Title | Released | Publisher | Developer | Genres | Perspective | Misc | Narrative | Gameplay | Setting | Vehicular | Interface | Pacing | ESRB | Visual | Platform Main | Description |
| A IV Evolution: A Ressha de Ikou 4 | 1994-12-03 | Artdink Corporation | Artdink Corporation | Simulation | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Train | | | | Isometric | PS1 | A.IV. Evolution is an updated console-only port of Take the A-Train IV, the fourth main entry in Artdink's long-running railroad management simulation series. It is largely a straight port of the original PC title, but the interface and graphics have been redesigned for the console format.The most significant new feature of this version is the ability to ride the trains and view the player's city in a full 3D polygon view, which would become a staple of later entries. The game was later released internationally with a number of additions as A.IV Evolution Global. |
| A.IV. Evolution (Hatsubai Kinen Gentei Set) | 1994-12-03 | Artdink Corporation | Artdink Corporation | Simulation | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Train | | | | Isometric | PS1 | This is a special limited-edition release of A.IV. Evolution packaged in an oversize box. It includes the game itself, an official PlayStation mouse and memory card, memory card label stickers, and a mousepad featuring the game's logo. |
| Crime Crackers | 1994-12-03 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | Media.Vision Entertainment Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | In the distant future, in the reaches of space, war raged on for many years. Many lives were lost, but eventually, peace returned to the galaxy. But those who fought yet remain, and with wartime advances in technology, many turned to piracy.It is now 20 years after the end of the war, and many have begun to forget how hard-won the current peace is. Piracy is at an all-time high, and the Galactic Police are unable to keep up. Enter the Crackers: bounty hunters who take jobs that perhaps the regular police cannot tackle, efficiently stopping evildoers...so long as the pay is good. Team Pink Dolphin is a highly skilled Cracker team. On their way back to civilization after a mission, they receive a distress signal from a nearby ship, and decide to investigate...Crime Crackers is a a first-person action shooting game. The player controls the Pink Dolphin team as they explore each area, defeating enemies and collecting useful items. Combat is real-time, but the player must switch into attack mode in order to attack enemies. This gives the player an aiming cursor, but reduces movement to only left and right strafing. To make up for reduced mobility the player can also block incoming attacks. Each stage culminates in a boss fight at the end, and between stages there are short dialogue scenes that drive the story, as well as an opportunity to buy and sell items.The team has three combat members: Amelia, Pink Dolphin team leader, cute redhead, and a crack shot; Drann, a large dragon-man who served under Amelia's grandfather during the wars, and who carries a large automatic rifle; and Liza, a girl from the Fox planet who wields a sword and talks like a samurai. Each has their own weapons and abilities, and the player can freely switch between them at any time. Each character also has their own life and weapon energy meter, so the player must take care to keep all three in good condition. During missions, they will also receive communications from their support team. |
| Mahjong Gokū Tenjiku | 1994-12-03 | Electronic Arts Victor | Chat Noir | Strategy | 1st-person | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | PS1 | Mahjong Gokū Tenjiku is a mahjong tournament between characters from Xi You Ji ("Journey to the West"), the classic Chinese novel. The player can choose to play as either of the four "good" characters from Xi You Ji: the Buddhist monk Xuan Zang, the famous monkey Sun Wukong, the pig Bajie, and Xuan Zang's pupil Wujing. They compete against a variety of Xi You Ji villains. The player can choose a location to set the mahjong game in and can configure most of the mahjong rules to their own preference in a special menu. |
| Mahjong Station: MAZIN | 1994-12-03 | Sun Corporation | Chat Noir, Sun Corporation | Strategy | 1st-person | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | PS1 | MAZIN is an early full-3D mahjong game. Ten heroes from the past and present, including a Greek warrior, a wild-west gunman, a 15th-century Romanian vampire, and a retro-futuristic robot, have been gathered together by the gods for a mahjong tournament. The game faithfully reproduces the 4-player variation of the ancient tile game, mixed with a highly-animated anime style where every move is reason to shout.The game includes two modes. In Campaign Mode, the player takes control of a young man named Katsuya Ibuki and must prove his worth to the God of Mahjong. There is also a Free Battle mode where the player can choose any character to play as. In addition to the featured 3D "Virtual" mode, there is also a "Standard" 2D mode that ditches the extra animations and voiceovers to streamline the gameplay. |
| Nekketsu Oyako | 1994-12-03 | Technosoft Co., Ltd. | Technosoft Co., Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler | | | | | | | PS1 | Middle-aged housewife Saeko Hibino has a secret: she's actually a Nobel laureate theoretical physicist who devised a completely new type of antimatter fusion reactor at only 17 years old. But when a band of no-good bad guys calling themselves the Haraguro-dan find out, they figure she's perfect to help them complete their ultimate secret doomsday weapon and kidnap her. Her family aren't going to take this lying down, though, and immediately take up arms, setting out to free her by whatever means necessary!Nekketsu Oyako ("Hot-Blooded Family") is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up in the tradition of Final Fight with a particular focus on finding and picking up weapons in each stage. There are three characters to choose from: Saeko's husband, former pro-wrestler Rando, their fighting prodigy daughter Rio, and Saeko's freeloading research assistant, Torataro Minowa. Each character has their own stats and special abilities, and two players can also play simultaneously. |
| Parodius | 1994-12-03 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc. | Action, Compilation | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | This compilation collects the first two arcade incarnations of Konami's shoot'em'up parody series on one disc: Parodius Da! and Gokujō Parodius.
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| Tama: Adventurous Ball in Giddy Labyrinth | 1994-12-03 | K.K. Time Warner Interactive | K.K. Time Warner Interactive | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | Isometric | PS1 | Tama: Adventurous Ball in Giddy Labyrinth is a videogame version of a wooden labyrinth game. Players have to guide Tama, a ball shaped being, to the goal of several different labyrinths. Players guide Tama by tilting the entire labyrinth at all sorts of angles. The main obstacle going against the player is the timer that is always counting down. Players have to reach the goal before the time is up. Another goal for the player to aim for is to have a high score by beating the levels (referred to as waves in the game) as fast as possible. |
| Twinbee Taisen Puzzle Dama | 1994-12-09 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Co., Ltd. | Puzzle | | | | Arcade, Falling block puzzle | | | | Real-time | | | PS1 | Twinbee Taisen Puzzle Dama is a competitive action-puzzle game featuring the characters and settings of the Twinbee games.Gameplay is similar to games like Puzzle Fighter or Puyo Puyo, you select a character and engage in one-on-one duels with other characters in which each player has its well in which different color-coded bells appear and must arrange them in series of three to clear them out and send "garbage" bells to the other player in order to halt his advance.The game features single and 2-player VS modes as well a story mode for each character. |
| Hōma Hunter Lime: Special Collection Vol. 1 | 1994-12-22 | Asmik Corporation | Copya System Ltd., Silence | Adventure, Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Hōma Hunter Lime: Special Collection Vol. 1 contains the following games:
Hōma Hunter Lime
Hōma Hunter Lime Dai-2 Wa
Hōma Hunter Lime Dai-3 Wa
In addition, a new short episode ("Act 4") is included, dedicated to a particular masked type of BEM. All the episode have voice overs, which were not present in the original releases, as well as slight interface and visual modifications. There are no subtitles or other text display besides menu options. |
| Kakinoki Shōgi | 1994-12-22 | ASCII Corporation | ASCII Corporation | Strategy | Top-down | | | Chess | Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | Direct control | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | The player participates in a classic Shogi board game hosted by champion Yoshikazu Kakinoki. Each move made the player gets a voice announcement of the chosen move. Playing by the traditional rules the game, the player has to move different pieces across the 9x9 square board and put the opposing king in checkmate. |
| Twin Goddesses | 1994-12-22 | PolyGram K.K. | PolyGram K.K. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Fighting | Fantasy | | | | | | PS1 | King Loveradiant III is the king of the Kingdom of Loveradiant. One day, the evil witch Carmilla appears with her five servants, striking down King Loveradiant and plunging the kingdom into darkness. The king's twin daughters, Nina and Syllin, are granted the powers of love and courage by Zeus, and must now fight to stop Carmilla and bring peace back to the Kingdom of Loveradiant.Twin Goddesses is a 2D fighting game featuring a mix of 2D hand-drawn sprites and digitized photographs for the characters. There are two modes included. Legend Battle is the story mode, where the player chooses either Nina or Syllin and must defeat each of Carmilla's minions, ultimately defeating Carmilla herself to save their kingdom. Between fights, the player can purchase a variety of items to assist in battle. There is also a 2-player Versus Mode. |
| Bakushō!! All Yoshimoto Quiz-Ou Ketteisen DX | 1995 | Yoshimoto Kogyo Co., Ltd. | Tose Co., Ltd. | Puzzle | 1st-person | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | Fantasy, Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | Menu structures | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Bakushō!! All Yoshimoto Quiz-Ou Ketteisen DX is a quiz game based on the popular TV show Yoshimoto Club. There are two different modes. The first mode has the player going on a fantasy quest to rescue a princess and the player has to answer questions correctly to bypass monsters. The second mode is a classic game show in which the player must answer as many questions correctly as possible to get the highest number of points. |
| Bases Loaded '96: Double Header | 1995 | Jaleco USA, Inc. | Jaleco Ltd. | Sports | Behind view, Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | This baseball game features real MLBPA players from the 1994 baseball season. The teams they actually played for are only represented by the cities the actual teams are from. The game has an Exhibition mode, a Regular Season mode, and a Championship Game mode. The Regular Season mode lets the player choose to play either a 13, 26, 52, or 162 game season, while the Championship Game mode lets the player play either a 3, 5, or 7 game championship game series against an opposing team.The game also allows baseball players to be traded to other teams, and it also allows the player to select to play in 1 of 7 different MLB ballparks, plus one extra ballpark designed by Jaleco. Gameplay options include turning automatic fielding on or off.When on the field, batting makes use of a behind the batter view, while pitching makes use of a behind the pitcher view. Pitching is kept simple by the player being only able to control where the pitch goes, while batting only involves timing the swing to make contact with the pitched ball. |
| Chessmaster 3-D | 1995 | Mindscape, Inc. | Mindscape, Inc. | Strategy | | | | Chess | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Chessmaster 3-D brings the Chessmaster 4000 chess engine to consoles. The game provides six 3D chess sets and lets you control the camera to view the board from almost any angle. A 2D "war room" view is also available. Twelve computer opponents are provided, each with a different play strength, photograph, and short biography. You can also play a human opponent or set up a position and ask the chess engine to solve for mate. |
| Geom Cube | 1995 | American Technos Inc. | Technos Japan Corp. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Falling block puzzle | | | | Real-time | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Geom Cube is a three-dimensional puzzle game based on Tetris concept. Blocks are dropped into a 4x4 pit where the object is to completely fill a level in the pit with blocks so it disappears. There are 24 different block shapes. If the blocks reach the top of the pit, the game is over. This game is for one or two players; the single-player mode has an option of playing against a series of eight computer opponents.There are three game modes for one player: the fast, time-limited Finite mode, the slower Infinite mode, and a versus mode against computer-controlled fighters. Multiplayer is available as a head-to-head vertically split-screen mode for two players, where completed layers can be transported to the opponent's screen. |
| NBA in the Zone | 1995 | Konami (America), Inc. | Konami Co., Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | This is the first in the NBA in the Zone games, which is considered a true simulation of the NBA. There are 29 teams to choose from with a full compliment of rosters from the 1996 season and a plethora of offensive and defensive plays to use against their opponents with trick shots like behind-the-back passes, skyhooks, alley-oops, fade-away jumpers and of course the slam dunk.There are, however, only five players from each team on the court at one time, similar to NBA Jam. The game also supports an advanced A.I. and is rendered in 3-D polygons. There are two modes to choose from, Exhibition and Playoff. |
| Player Manager | 1995 | Softgold Computerspiele GmbH | Anco Software Ltd. | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | Text-based / Spreadsheet, Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (Europe) (from Ad Blurbs)Player Manager is a football management simulation of unparalelled depth. Featuring all four divisions, promotion and relegation, domestic and European cup competitions, it is the perfect introduction to the world of soccer management. Together with its volatile transfer market, fickle fans and temperamental players it contains all the pressures of sport's toughest profession. This is the definitive management experience. |
| Power Serve 3D Tennis | 1995 | Ocean of America, Inc. | SPS | Sports | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Will you dominate the field as world #1 Steve Edwars? Or perhaps you'd prefer to challenge the top players as the up and coming Andy Legacy? Power Serve 3D Tennis is the first tennis game released for the PSX console and as the players' names show, it was not licensed.Choose from eight different players and challenge the computer or a friend in this fully 3D tennis game. The player can determine the length of match, playing surface, and camera angle to suit the playing style. There is also an option of teaming up with a partner in doubles action. Full match statistics are available after each match. |
| The Scottish Open: Virtual Golf | 1995 | Core Design Ltd. | Core Design Ltd. | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | In the golf simulator you are allowed to win in Scottish Open on Championship Golf Courses, including The Bowery, Kilmarney, Penperro, and Carnoustie. There are many players in the game, who can rise during the playing. You can choose, edit or create one of them. Choosing a club, striking a ball, and counting turns, you have to beat your opponents, taking into account wind and height of landscape.The game employs 3 different camera angles to capture the most realistic aspect on the course. |
| Total Eclipse | 1995 | Crystal Dynamics, Inc. | Crystal Dynamics, Inc. | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Total Eclipse is a futuristic 3D shooter set in 2099 where an alien race by the name of the Drak-Sai are out to destroy humanity by destroying Earth and the Sun. The player controls an aircraft called a FireWing through 20 missions with a perspective behind the craft where the player can maneuver the ship up and down, left and right and the gameplay angled towards an on-rail shooter. Additionally, there are three different levels of power for each weapon that their craft can wield.The game is in the style of 3D textured mapping with the story being told through pre-rendered cut-scenes. The PlayStation version is essentially the same except for sped-up gameplay and a password feature that allows the player to pick up and play at their choosing. |
| Cosmic Race | 1995-01-20 | NEOREX Co., Ltd. | NEOREX Co., Ltd. | Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | | | PS1 | Cosmic Race is a 3D racing game with flying vehicles. The goal is simple: follow the course and beat the opponent to the goal without blowing up. Crash into too many obstacles, or leave the course for too long, and it's game over.There are four different stages, each with multiple course variations, for a total of 33 different courses. There are five different vehicles to choose from, each with a different top speed and damage limit, and four different game modes: single-player campaign, single-player time attack, two-player versus, and a two-player tag battle.The ten best times for each course are saved, and replay videos can also be saved to watch later. |
| Jigsaw World | 1995-02-03 | Nippon Ichi Software, Inc. | Nippon Ichi Software, Inc. | Puzzle | | | | Cards / tiles | | | | Real-time | | | PS1 | Jigsaw World is a jigsaw puzzle game, and the sequel to Jigsaw Party. Much like its predecessor, it combines the jigsaw puzzle with elements of arcade puzzle games, tasking two players (or a player and the computer) with solving a set of puzzles as quickly as possible. Pieces are supplied to each player in a specific order, and there are also power-ups that can be used to hinder the other player.The main attraction is the Alice in Jigsaw Land story mode, a parody of Lewis Carrol's famous novel, in which the player controls Alice as she competes against a variety of characters in jigsaw puzzle battles.In addition to the battle modes, there is also a regular puzzle mode for one player. There are over 100 puzzles, including both photographs and illustrations, each of which can be played as either a 24, 96, or 150 piece puzzle. |
| Idol Janshi Suchie-Pai Special | 1995-03-24 | Jaleco Ltd. | Jaleco Ltd. | Strategy | Top-down | | Adult | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | PS1 | Idol Janshi Suchie-Pai Special is an arcade follow-up to the Super Famicom game Bishōjo Janshi Suchie-Pai that was later ported to several home systems. Like the original, it features Misaki Kyoko's alter ego, the superheroine Suchie-Pai, as she plays mahjong against various young, attractive female opponents. However, this game contains stripping.The PlayStation version is a censored port and doesn't feature the adult content. |
| Shanghai: Triple-Threat | 1995-03-24 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | Activision, Inc., Success Corp. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Falling block puzzle | | | | | | | PS1 | Another version of the ancient game of Mah-Jong. The player is presented with an arrangement of tiles, lined up together and stacked, with either 2 or 4 of each of an array of patterns. These must be removed by matching pairs, but only tiles that are visible and have a space to the left or right can be removed.This release in the Activision's Shanghai series includes three games along with the Classic Shanghai. In The Great Wall, the tiles are stacked vertically, and fall when lower tiles are removed, a lá Tetris. In Beijing, gaps are created to slide groups of tiles along. The Golden Tile sees two players attempt to clear a set layout at once. The Triple-theme continues with three game modes: Solitaire, 2-player "Pandamonium", and Arcade. Three themed tile sets complete the "Triple Threat". |
| Kyuutenkai: Fantastic Pinball | 1995-03-31 | Technosoft Co., Ltd. | Technosoft Co., Ltd. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Pinball | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Fantastic Pinball plays very similar to the Alien Crush/Devil's Crush series of pinball games. This game also offers living bumpers, wandering enemies, and bonus rounds that take place outside of the main table. The character art and background designs are of an anime style.You can select from three different characters before the plunger is pulled. They each have their own attributes that affect how the game is played. The pinball can also be powered up, allowing it to hit enemies and obstacles for greater damage. |
| Starblade | 1995-03-31 | Namco Limited | Namco Limited | Action | 1st-person | | | Rail shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Wataru Yanagawa (W. Yanagawa) | PS1 | Sitting in the gunner position of a "GeoSword" fightercraft, you must shoot your way through the enemy armada and bring the fight to their base planet, Redeye. Altogether you'll have around 10 missions to get through before the galaxy is safe and your wingmen will help you along the way. And during those missions, you'll be expected to shoot out the sides of huge enemy battlecruisers, travel inside of enemy carriers, and travel through the canyons of Redeye to deliver your payload.The PlayStation and the 3DO versions offer the choice between an arcade mode and an enhanced mode. In the enhanced modes that flat polygons are remade in fully textured polygons and the black bars on the sides have been removed to turn the image into a fullscreen view. |
| Uchū Seibutsu Flopon-kun P! | 1995-03-31 | Asmik Corporation | Warp Inc. | Puzzle | | | | Falling block puzzle | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | | | PS1 | Uchuu Seibutsu Flopon-kun P! is an enhanced rerelease of the 3DO game Trip'd. It feature revamped presentation, with all of the artwork redone, and tweaked game rules. |
| Victory Zone: Real Pachinko Simulator | 1995-03-31 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | UNiT Inc. | Gambling | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | Real-time | | | PS1 | As the name states, Victory Zone is a Pachinko simulator. Pachinko is a gambling device resembling a pinball machine without flippers. Balls are launched into the play field, to hopefully land in an area that gives bonus balls. The player can control the launch speed of the ball, but nothing else. The tables feature a slot machine mechanism in the center, that if landed on, will spin, with the largest payouts coming from here.Victory Zone includes 10 modern electronic tables, and 10 mechanical tables from Sankyo. Tables can be customized in various ways, including changing the background graphics and music, as well as gameplay changes. In addition, a two-player mode (called Attack Mode) is included, where one player has a certain amount of time on a table, then player 2 has to beat their score.In-game, the table can be panned, zoomed, and rotated to examine it more closely. The player's wins and losses over time are recorded and can be viewed as a graph. |
| Missland | 1995-04-28 | Altron Corporation | Altron Corporation | Puzzle | | | | Hidden object | | | | Real-time | | | PS1 | Missland is a simple "spot the differences" game. The player is given two slightly different 3D objects, or placed inside two slightly difference scenes, and can freely rotate and zoom. Each puzzle has eight differences to spot, and there are 36 puzzles total.The game can be played single-player against a timer, two-player competitive, or with up to eight players in a tournament mode. |
| Rapid Reload | 1995-04-28 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | Media.Vision Entertainment Inc. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | The object of interest in this game is the mysterious Valkiry Stone. Two treasure hunters, Axel and Ruka, set out to find the stone, but the evil gang known as the Pumpkin Heads wants to find the stone first.As either Axel or Ruka, blast your way through six side-scrolling levels against hordes of enemies, facing off against several bosses in each level. You can select from four different weapon effects (normal, bouncing, homing and flamethrower), use smartbombs and a grappling hook. |
| Gokū Densetsu: Magic Beast Warriors | 1995-05-26 | Allumer, Ltd. | Allumer, Ltd. | Action | Side view | | Martial arts | Fighting | Asia, China (Ancient / Imperial) | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Magic Beast Warriors (悟空伝説) is a 1v1 fighting game based on the traditional Chinese legend Journey to the West. The game offers a two player VS mode allowing to select between nine fighters representing the main characters of the legend, along with a story mode where the player starts as the monkey king Sun Wuhong (better known as Son Goku) armed with his iconic extensible sfaff and gradually unlocks the other fighters as they are defeated in turn throughout a heavily stylized version of the traditional story. Once a battle is lost against the computer, the character the player was using becomes unavailable, and upon continuing he or she has to choose between one of those available up to that point.Gameplay features are reminiscent of Street Fighter, with similar movesets and impact feedback, while the presentation sees prerendered 3D sprites on static 2D backgrounds. The game includes about 30 minutes of full-motion video cutscenes featuring real actors in costumes varying from Chinese armor to rubber monster suits. These play in between battles as introduction for each new fighter. The whole production reminds of Japanese "sentai" TV serials, with exaggerated poses, extravagant martial arts flourishes and grotesque creature designs. |
| Falcata | 1995-06-01 | Gust Co., Ltd. | Gust Co., Ltd. | Strategy | Top-down | | | RPG elements | Fantasy, Middle East | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)To download content to the Memory Stick PRO Duo™ of your PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, the free space required is twice the size of the content to be downloaded.This software is playable for PLAYSTATION®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).To download this software, you must also have at least 175MB of free space on your PLAYSTATION®3 system's hard disk.To play this software with your PSP®, the latest system software and a Memory Stick Duo™ with at least 175MB of free space are required.For more detail information about download to your PSP® system, please see below URL.http://asia.playstation.comWhen downloading using PC:When downloading contents to PSP®, you must install the PLAYSTATION®Network Downloader application first. Please go to our official website for installing instructions and other information.■Game descriptionA strategy simulation game set in ancient Persia. In a world steeped in Persian mythology, a fierce battle unfolds to bring prosperity to Asutoran.Differences in military power are realistically portrayed during battles though a simple system using concise commands and a map with strategic points linked by lines. This title is sure to tax your brain in an effort to strengthen your army's power.※For playing with PSP®, single player game play or play in turn only. Not compatible with multiple user play.■PS3™ HDD and Memory Stick™ capacity requirement175MB■Copyright notices©GUST CO.,LTD.1995■AttentionThis software is converted from the software for PlayStation® so that it can be played on PS3™ and PSP®. Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. |
| Game no Tatsujin | 1995-06-09 | Sunsoft | Alpha-Beta, Chat Noir, Itsui, Success Corp. | Strategy | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Board game | Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Within Game no Tatsujin are four different classic Japanese board games made by different developers, which are Mahjong, Shogi, Go and Reversi. The board games can be played in three different modes including the Training Mode with five opponents, the Free Battle Mode with progressive levels of difficulty and World Mode with a total of 21 game masters to challenge with the ultimate goal beating them all and earning the award title "Master of the Game". |
| Mobile Suit Gundam | 1995-06-23 | Bandai Co., Ltd. | BEC Co., Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | | Koji Sasaki, Muneshige Ikeshita, Takeshi Onozaki | PS1 | Mobile Suit Gundam is a first-person action game that puts you in the shoes of Amuro Ray, pilot of the RX-78 Gundam, and has you play through the events of the original 1979 animated television show. You view the game from the cockpit of the RX-78, which has a variety of displays to show the condition of your mobile suit. In each stage, you must eliminate all the enemies to clear the stage. |
| Arc the Lad | 1995-06-30 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | G-Craft | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | Kids to Adults | Takeshi Goya, Satoshi Tetsuka (G‑Craft) | PS1 | A girl named Kukuru lives in a village controlled by the Sacred Tribe - people who guard an ancient flame which contains a powerful spirit that was sealed in it many years ago. Kukuru must marry a man she doesn't love, and in order to avoid this marriage, she accepts the offer of the mayor: he asks her to extinguish the flame. As a result, the spirit awakes and threatens to destroy the world. A young adventurer named Arc arrives to the village at the same moment as Kukuru is standing frightened in front of the spirit. Arc immediately recognizes it - it was the murderer of his father! Before he realizes how that could be possible, the spirit disappears, and now Arc and Kukuru have to do everything in their powers to undo the error, to stop the spirit, and perhaps to avenge the death of Arc's father.Arc the Lad is a hybrid of traditional and strategy-based Japanese-style RPGs. The story unfolds as you are transported from location to location and enter battles - you don't walk around on the world map, choosing yourself which location to visit. The battles take place on a battle field, on which you can move and attack only when you approach the opponent. |
| Kururin Pa! | 1995-07-07 | Sky Think Systems Co. Ltd. | Sky Think Systems Co. Ltd. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Falling block puzzle | | | | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Kururin Pa! takes an explosive take on the falling block genre. Players drop pairs of blocks containing string; linking up different blocks of string can produce long lines that cross the playfield. Sometimes, the player will be given a spark of fire instead; lighting up one of the ends of a piece of string will set the entire piece on fire, destroying many pieces at once. In addition to the string, there are a few garbage blocks: snowmen, who melt when adjacent squares are comboed; and two different kinds of bombs, which expand the players' combo abilities. |
| Cyberwar | 1995-07-21 | Coconuts Japan Entertainment Co., Ltd. | SCi Games Ltd. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Arcade, Puzzle elements, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | | | PS1 | Cyberwar is based on the movie The Lawnmower Man and is set after its ending. The player takes the role of Dr. Lawrence Angelo who once again has to defeat the corrupted Jobe. Gameplay
is similar to its predecessor and
consists of several mini games which are all based on the movie's virtual reality segments. Pre-rendered movies are streamed from the disc and require the player to press left or right at the appropriate second. There are also some puzzles like entering a code. |
| J. League Jikkyō Winning Eleven | 1995-07-21 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo Co., Ltd. | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | This is the first title in the J-League Jikkyō Winning Eleven series. Choose a Japanese club team, and then hit the field in the Exhibition or Full J-League season. No matter what mode you play, all of the rules of soccer apply: throw-ins, offsides, and penalties. For those who like to control every aspect of play, you can choose team strategies and formations. There is also multiplayer so you can challenge your friends to see who is the master of the soccer pitch. |
| 3x3 Eyes: Kyūsei Kōshu | 1995-07-28 | Xing Entertainment | Nihon Create | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Kyūsei Kōshu is based on the manga and anime series 3x3 Eyes. It tells the story of a simple Japanese teenager Yakumo, who lives in Tokyo and tries to study at his high school and to earn his living by working as a cross-dressing waiter at the same time. His father was a famous explorer and adventurer, but he died after a mysterious accident during one of his journeys to Tibet. One day, Yakumo meets a girl who calls herself Pai. She tells him that she belongs to an ancient powerful race of immortals, called the sanzhiyan, the three-eyed ones. It appears that Yakumo's father worked together with Pai, and that Pai's biggest wish is to become a normal human again. Since then, Yakumo and Pai work together, but they must be aware of other sanzhiyan - powerful demons with their own evil plans.The story of the game is based on the following episode: Yakumo receives a message from his friend, the Buddhist monk Naparvha, saying that a curse has fallen upon a village in China. A young girl was killed under mysterious circumstances, and two monks fell asleep and cannot wake up. Yakumo visits the village and begins the investigation, aided by Yue Hua, the sister of the dead girl. The game is a Japanese-style adventure. The game world is composed of still shots of locations and characters in anime style, and the player interacts with objects and characters by selecting choices from a menu (such as "Look", "Talk", etc.). Cutscenes are presented as animated sequences. |
| Night Striker | 1995-07-28 | Ving Co., Ltd. | Taito Corporation | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | Flight / aviation | | | | | PS1 | Night Striker is a third-person shooter reminiscent of Space Harrier. Laser optics expert Dr. Lindvery Maska and his daughter have been kidnapped by a terrorist group, and Dick Dagras, head of the Special Service Agency, is mobilizing a group of elite soldiers experienced in the use of special armored flying cars, in order to rescue Dr. Maska and destroy this terrorist group.The player flies through each stage, controlling their armored car and shooting down waves of enemies. A boss appears at the end of each stage, and after this the player must choose what path to take in the next stage, as in Darius. Instead of lives, the player has a shield that takes damage from each hit, but is recharged at the end of each stage.The Sega CD version of the game features remixed CD-audio, and the Saturn version features a set of exclusive bonus levels. |
| Battle Arena Toshinden | 1995-08-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment of America | Tamsoft Corporation | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Fighting | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Teen | | PS1 | In Battle Arena Toshinden eight world renown weapon fighters have been invited to a mysterious tournament. It is one of the first one-on-one beat-em-ups to feature the ability to sidestep a full 360 degrees around the opponent allowing one to strike from any angle. Aside from the 3D movement, Toshinden's game play can be considered similar to Street Fighter, but in 3d and with a little less depth to the moves.Two versions of Toshinden were released; for the Sony PlayStation and later a lesser known version for DOS PC's. However the PC version is not a straight port of the PlayStation version and plays and looks notably different despite sharing the same characters, attacks and controls.The U.S and E.U PlayStation versions of Toshinden feature redone voices in English and redone music using different instruments. The lyrics on Sofia's stage music in the Japanese version, which were actually in English, were removed in the process, likely due to their suggestive nature. Sofia's and Ellis' voices in the English translation are also notably adjusted, for presumably the same reason; while the other characters English voices generally match the tones of the original Japanese voice actors, Sofia is far less suggestive sounding, while Ellis sounds notably older.The later DOS version of Toshinden however, uses the same audio as the Japanese PlayStation version in all regions, albeit recorded at a considerably lower quality than they were on PlayStation. |
| Gakkō no Kowai Uwasa: Hanako-San ga Kita!! | 1995-08-11 | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Amuse, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Mini-games | Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Gakkō no Kowai Uwasa: Hanako-San ga Kita!! is based on the anime series of the same name. A group of curious children explore their school in the dead of night to check out the rumors of ghosts lurking about. They are rescued from certain dangers by the ghost girl Hanako. The game has the player move around in a 3D environment, navigating rooms and areas, solving puzzles, obtaining items and playing mini-games. |
| Kileak: The DNA Imperative | 1995-09-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment of America | Genki Co., Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Scientist Dr. Kim has taken his experiments in genetic engineering one step too far. A strike team of the International Peace Keeping Forces is dispatched to his south pole base but is shot down before landing. As one of only two survivors it is your mission to enter the base, find Kim and stop his evil plans.In first-person shooter manner you explore the levels of the base, destroy robotic enemies and search for the elevator to the next level. Your SJ107 assault suit features an automapping system and can be upgraded with better armor and weapons. It runs on battery energy which can be recharged at an energy station somewhere on each level. If doors are locked, they can be opened with a keycard or by solving a lever puzzle. The storyline is advanced through communications with your surviving comrade Carlos and through recordings found in the levels which can be watched at a computer station. |
| PGA Tour 96 | 1995-09-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Hitmen Productions | Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | PGA Tour 96 was the last of the series released for Sega's 16-bit console, and technologically the most advanced one. Instead of offering several generic courses, the three available (Spyglass Hill, Sawgrass and River Highlands) are in 3D, with height differences visible (as well as the limited 3D abilities of the console allow).The player can either chose to play as one of the 10 PGA Pros (whose swings were digitized), or go Pro - the game keeps track of statistics (longest drive, driving accuracy, best round, etc), a game (Tournament, Strokeplay, Skins, Match and Shootout), as well as a replay.Gameplaywise, PGA 96 uses the tried-and-proved triple click system - one to start the swing, other to set strength and a final one for accuracy. It's possible to fade or draw the ball (to bend the trajectory), add backspin and pitch or chip the ball (for some medium range attempts at the hole or go above a bush).The difficulty level affects mostly the leniency of the triple click hit areas - while at novice it is possible to let the accuracy a bit off-center, in pro levels the ball goes where your swing took it - no excuses taken. However, only in Pro it is possible to make the longest drives, as the amateur and novice levels take a few yards from the total capacity of the club. |
| Rayman | 1995-09-01 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Ubi Soft Paris Studios | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | Kids to Adults | 2D scrolling | PS1 | When a villain known only as Mr. Dark appears, trouble brews in Rayman's world. Mr. Dark captures the Toons - source of light and Rayman's friends. With no more light, evil creatures begin to roam, making the world unsafe for everyone. It’s up to you, as Rayman, to free your friends and put an end to Mr. Dark's dastardly schemes!Rayman is a side-scrolling platformer starring the titular Rayman, a big-nosed chap with no arms or legs. Rayman can jump and use his hair to hover for a short period of time. He can also attack by throwing his fists, or winding up his fists for a more powerful punch. He can occasionally find special power ups that grant him unlimited flying power, giving him the ability to navigate through tricky mazes. |
| NBA Jam Tournament Edition | 1995-09-05 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Midway Manufacturing Company | Action, Sports | Side view | Licensed | | Arcade | | | Direct control | | Kids to Adults | 2D scrolling | PS1 | This game lets you play two-on-two arcade basketball with players from all the NBA teams. Gameplay is fast and action-packed, with few rules, no fouls, and deliberately unrealistic jamming. Players are rated on eight ability categories, from steals and blocks, to dunks and 3-pointers.Up to four human players can take part, each always controlling a single player for their team, and AI for missing players. This allows for four players to face each other in teams of two, or for two players to team up against a third player with a CPU team-mate.The Tournament Edition ups each team's roster to three players, and allows for substitutions between quarters. Shoving players now results in injuries, which lower a player's stats; encouraging you to sub them out and let them recover. Aside from the usual secret characters and cheat modes, the T.E. also includes four new additions you can individually enable from the special options menu:
"Hot Spots" are randomized zones on the court that reward extra points (up to a 9-point shot!) for making a basket while standing within them.Powerup icons appear randomly, and convey temporary arcade-like benefits when picked up. Some examples are instant "on-fire," enhanced 3-point accuracy, monster dunks from anywhere on the court, or a bomb that knocks all other players to the ground."Juice Mode" increases the speed of the game up to 4x."Tournament Mode" disables all other modes, special characters, and cheats, and challenges you to defeat all the NBA teams to unlock extra players (2 extra players for almost every team). Winning Tournament Mode also unlocks a higher CPU difficulty level. |
| Street Fighter: The Movie | 1995-09-05 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Arcade, Fighting | | | | | Teen | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Street Fighter: The Movie is a 2D versus fighting game based on the movie of the same name, which in turn is based on the well known Capcom series, Street Fighter. Gameplay is similar to Street Fighter II and Super Street Fighter II Turbo. Select from a range of fighters (including Ryu, Ken, Guile, M. Bison and Chun Li) each with their own set of special moves, and defeat all of the opposition to become the King of street fighting. The game uses digitized animation based on the actors and the many locations featured in the film.Also included is a story mode which follows the story of the movie and uses FMV in-between fights and a Trial Battle Mode, where the player takes on Guile in a range of different battle events to test their skills. |
| Boxer's Road | 1995-09-08 | NEW Corporation | NEW Corporation | Simulation, Sports | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | PS1 | Boxer's Road is an early boxing simulation game by NEW, who would later be responsible for the Victorious Boxers series. The game provides a detailed simulation of your boxer's professional career, including scheduling training and meals, monitoring a huge range of statistics on your boxer (which will affect your classification), and looking at your opponents' histories and information before each fight.You also directly control your boxer during fights, and you have a sizable variety of different punches and other techniques. In addition to following your own career, you can also play an exhibition match against a friend's boxer on their own memory card. You can also save replays of your matches. |
| Oh-chan no Oekaki Logic | 1995-09-08 | Sun Corporation | Sun Corporation | Puzzle | Top-down | Licensed | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Oh-chan no Oekaki Logic is a digital conversion, with anime mascots, of the classic Japanese newspaper puzzle nonograms. A nonogram is a puzzle on a square or rectangular grid the object of which is to reveal a hidden picture. Along each row and column there is a number or series of numbers which indicate how many squares will be colored in that row or grid. Example; "5 9 4" would mean there would be sets of five, nine, and four colored squares in the grid, in that order, with at least one blank in between. Oh-chan no Oekaki Logic adds a story mode where starring the titular character, Hebereke's friend who first appeared in Ufouria: The Saga. Oh-Chan, representing the player, competes with other blobby anime characters in finding hidden images in the nonogram grids. |
| Air Combat | 1995-09-09 | Namco Hometek Inc. | Namco Limited | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | Direct control | | Kids to Adults | Ryo Kinoshita (Final), Koichiro Maeda (Illusion), Kenji Hanma (belle), Isshin Yabuki (116663), Masato Kanno (AERO), Hideki Saitoh (280ps), Yoshihiro Takahashi (MUCCHY), Naoko Asano (PSY) | PS1 | You play as a freelance mercenary hired by world governments to strike against terrorists. The missions get harder as you proceed, but the money you earn for completing each mission makes it worthwhile. You can purchase additional aircraft and arms as you go along, as well as hire wingmen to make the going easier.Combat flight simulator in which you play a mercenary pilot who hires his combat skills to several corporations, governments, etc. in order to get cash for weapons & upgrades.The game progresses through a series of linear missions, and has a 2 player split-screen deathmatch mode plus a series of extras like hidden planes, mini-games, etc.An arcadish combat flight simulator for the Playstation. The game casts you as a mercenary that hires his piloting skills to a set of organizations, governments, etc. in order to receive cash to buy better weapons & upgrades.The game is played from either a first person or 3rd person perspective a la Afterburner, an has a standard single player mission-based campaign as well as a deathmatch-like 2 player mode. Also included are a series of hidden planes as well as some hidden mini-games. Plus, as in other Namco games, you can put in your own music cds to play as you fly the missions. |
| ESPN Espn2 Extreme Games | 1995-09-09 | Sony Computer Entertainment of America | Sony Interactive Studios America | Racing / Driving, Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | Tricks / stunts | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | ESPN Extreme Games lets the player access three modes of play: Exhibition, New Season or a continuation of a season. Exhibition mode helps the player get to know the courses and equipment as well as get a feel for the controls. New season offers the player the chance to race against sixteen other competitors on any of the four racing machines competing for season points as well as money to upgrade equipment.Choose between roller blades, a luge (basically a sit-down skateboard), a mountain bike, and the skateboard. The player can also determine which character they want to race with, each one having a unique skill on one of the apparatus. For example one might be top-notch at roller blading but be bad at bike-riding so there is no point choosing the bike with him/her. In a season, the player competes in the five locations - three times, twelve in all and each time the obstacles become more and more tricky to avoid as well as the other racers becoming faster and more agile. The tracks are:
Italy - Country roads leading down to a town area;
Lake Tahoe - Twisting roads and strategically placed haystacks;
South America - Lots of caves and thin jungle roads;
San Francisco - Hundreds of obstacles and hills;
Utah - Falling rocks, secret routes, and some hungry looking crocodiles.
Sony's ESPN license had expired by the time the game's Greatest Hits release came out in 1998, hence it was retitled 1Xtreme (a sequel named 2Xtreme had been released in 1997) and all ESPN logos and video footage were removed from the release. |
| Ridge Racer | 1995-09-09 | Namco Hometek Inc. | Namco Limited | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Kids to Adults | Yozo Sakagami, Mitsuhiro Isozaki, Satoshi Inoue, Junko Tobita, Megumi Shikanai | PS1 | Ridge Racer is an arcade racer that puts the emphasis on speed and fun rather than on realistic driving simulation. Choose from 4 fantasy cars (plus 9 more that you must unlock yourself) and go race in a series of equally fantastical tracks against a series of computer controlled oponents as well as the clock itself.Other additions to the game come in the form of a hidden "extra" mode, and a music player that allows you to play any of the 6 included cd tracks as well as your own music cds. |
| The Raiden Project | 1995-09-09 | Sony Computer Entertainment of America | Seibu Kaihatsu Inc. | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | The Raiden Project contains two games:
Raiden
Raiden IIThis release features difficulty settings, credit limits, remixed music, on-screen text positioning and the ability to save high scores with a memory card. |
| Hōma Hunter Lime: Special Collection Vol. 2 | 1995-09-15 | Asmik Corporation | Copya System Ltd., Silence | Adventure, Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Hōma Hunter Lime: Special Collection Vol. 2 contains the following games:
Hōma Hunter Lime Dai-4 Wa ("Act 5")
Hōma Hunter Lime Dai-5 Wa ("Act 6")
A new episode ("Act 7") dedicated to an unfamiliar BEM renowned for its melancholic mood
Hōma Hunter Lime Dai-6 Wa ("Act 8")
All the episode have voice overs, which were not present in the original releases, as well as slight interface and visual modifications. There are no subtitles or other text display besides menu options. |
| Nobunaga no Yabō: Haōden | 1995-09-15 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events, Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Haōden is the fifth game in Koei's Nobunaga's Ambition series, and once more is a historic war simulation set in 16th century Japan. Up to eight players can participate in one of three different scenarios with the ultimate goal of unifying the whole of Japan. Nearly 60 different real-life warlords and their territories are represented and available to play as. The three scenarios available are Nobunaga's rise to prominence in 1551, the Tenka Fubu campaign towards Kyoto in 1568, and Nobunaga's death in 1582. |
| Exector | 1995-09-22 | Arc System Works Co., Ltd. | Arc System Works Co., Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | | Koki Sadamori | PS1 | The space station Spin Drift is being pulled towards a mysterious planet by a strange ruin. Piloting the super-robot Exector, you must save the ship. You have ten real-time hours to complete this mission. This mostly entails shooting enemy robots with a number of different weapons, and finding key cards to open doors. Weapons you can use include missiles, lasers, flame throwers, and the "Xector Genocide Gun". |
| Detana!! Twinbee Yahoo! Deluxe Pack | 1995-09-29 | Konami Corporation | Konami Corporation | Action, Compilation | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | PS1 | Prepare to enter the bizarre side of Konami's creative mind with their Twinbee series! Take control of the fighter ships, Twinbee, Winbee, and Gwinbee, as you and a friend save some strange and bizarre worlds from even more bizarre enemies and freaks! This pack contains the arcade games Detana!! TwinBee (released in a home version for the PC Engine) and Twinbee Yahoo! (never released separately for home), in all their arcade glory! |
| Emit: Value Pack | 1995-09-29 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Adventure, Compilation, Educational | | | | Visual novel | | | Menu structures | Meditative / Zen | | Cinematic camera, Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Emit is a visual novel divided into 3 parts which was made to help Japanese people study English. The game can be played both in English or Japanese with the ability to listen to the audio and/or read the transcript in both languages. There are 2 modes to play the game: Story mode and English Game mode. The story mode is the main game divided into chapters where players get to watch the story unfold and can do a number of exercises after each chapter. During the story mode, players can pause the game at any time in order to look up a term they didn't understand or to change the language.The exercises are:
Listening comprehension activities where players pick the right options to check their understanding of the story.
Guessing what's going to happen where players choose the question that's closest to their opinion and listen to the characters in the story commenting about the player's opinion.
Conversation practice where students can listen to the characters speech and act out the dialogues.
The Value pack is a compilation of all 3 volumes of the game bundled together. This compilation marks the first time the game was released on the PlayStation. |
| Hermie Hopperhead: Scrap Panic | 1995-09-29 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | Yuke's Co. Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Hermie Hopperhead: Scrap Panic is a 2D platformer that takes inspiration from the classic Sonic and Mario games. Hermie Hopperhead is a young city kid with weird-looking red hair that sticks out in all directions. While waiting for his girlfriend, Trish, he happens to spot an egg with arms and legs come leaping out of a nearby garbage can. The bipedal egg coaxes him to come with it, and Hermie is lead into another world called Egg World. The world's resident villain, Mad Migo, is trying to take over this world of innocent egg people. What's worse, the evil Migo has taken Hermie's girlfriend, Trish, hostage. It is now up to Hermie to put a stop to Mad Migo's plans and rescue his girlfriend. The gameplay is very similar to that of Mario games: enemies are usually defeated by jumping over them. A notable feature is the assistance of the inhabitants of the Egg world. Some of them follow the protagonist around and may turn into platforms and other things to help his progress. |
| Namco Soccer: Prime Goal | 1995-09-29 | Namco Limited | Namco Limited | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | Isometric | PS1 | J-League Prime Goal EX is one of the first football games in Sony's console, following previous appearances in the SNES, Prime Goal is a straightforward action game with simple arcade controls. While the Japanese version features all 14 JLeague teams and fully licensed players, the European version features the same number of national teams with fictional players, all from Europe. Game modes include friendly match, league and cup knockout modes, as well as an all-star game where the player chooses his stars from the best in the selected zone.Graphically, the game uses a polygonal playing field, while players are represented using sprites, and gameplay features a combination of the face buttons to perform actions (passing, lobbing, shooting, tackling and so on) with shoulder buttons to add swerve to the ball, change team tactics on the fly or pushing the camera backwards to find an open team mate.While gameplay is fast and simple, it has three quirks: first, unlike most modern offerings, the AI does not set up the target players for passes and crosses, making the player control the target player as soon as the ball is released in order to place them in the best position to complete the play, and also unlike most other games, the players are able to run freely off-bounds, allowing the player to capture a free ball close to the touchlines without risking touching it for a throw-in. The final main gameplay feature can be seen when the ball carrier faces a defender, as the camera quickly changes to behind the forward, as he tries to trick the defender into going the wrong way as the defender tries to steal the ball by predicting where will the forward move, with the winner of the challenge being able to run a few meters unopposed. |
| Off-World Interceptor | 1995-09-29 | Crystal Dynamics, Inc. | Crystal Dynamics, Inc. | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Shooter | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | | PS1 | You play a Trashman, a bounty hunter paid to capture criminal scum hiding on harsh alien worlds. Your job is to race the enemy crime boss to the finish, blasting his goons along the way. Get blown up or drive too slowly and the boss gets away. But if you make it to the checkpoint in time, you block the boss' escape and trap him on the planet.You can upgrade your vehicle with the cash from your bounties. You can also go up against a buddy in the vertical split-screen deathmatch mode.Off-World Interceptor's most unique feature is the storyline, told in full-motion video. Standard for the time. But OWIE's FMV is mocked by a couple of guys sitting in chairs, a la Mystery Science Theater 3000. |
| Mortal Kombat 3 | 1995-10-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment of America | Midway Manufacturing Company | Action | Side view | | Martial arts | Arcade, Fighting | | | | | Mature | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Shao Kahn has won. The Earthrealm is no more. In order to revive his Queen Sindel, the emperor Shao Kahn used the Outworld Tournament from Mortal Kombat 2 as a diversion while his Shadow Priests revive his fallen Queen on Earth. Once enacted, the dimensional bridge between the two realms connects, allowing Kahn's extermination squads to invade and destroy Earth, and enslave the population's souls.A small team of Raiden's "Chosen Warriors" survives the attack: Mortal Kombat champion Liu Kang and his ally Kung Lao, Special Forces agents Sonya Blade and Jax, the shaman Nightwolf, the riot cop Stryker, the nomadic Kabal, and former Lin Kuei warrior Sub-Zero, who has gone rogue from his clan. Facing the warriors are the mercenary Kano, cyber-ninjas Smoke, Sektor and Cyrax, Sheeva, a female Shokan, the sorcerer Shang Tsung, and Queen Sindel herself.Mortal Kombat 3 brings new elements to the 2D fighting series: multi-level playfields, "Dial-A-Combo" attacks, a "Run" button to speed up the battles, and "Vs." codes, which unlock new powers and abilities once both players enter a code sequence in pre-match-up screens. Also included are more stage fatalities and finishing moves as each warrior attempts to go one-on-one with the Centaurian enforcer Motaro, and Shao Kahn himself.Mortal Kombat 3 is the last traditional one-on-one fighting game game in the series to feature motion-captured digitized graphics for its kombatants, and introduces online network play to the PC version. |
| Theme Park | 1995-10-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Bullfrog Productions, Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation | | | Point and select | Real-time | Kids to Adults | Free-roaming camera | PS1 | Dominating the exciting world of Theme Park ownership is your goal in this strategy game from Bullfrog. The first task is to set up your rides within the available land, structuring convenient paths and queues and ideally leaving some space for bigger rides once they become available, and include some lakes and trees to increase the park's allure. Rides range from Teacups and Haunted Houses to the biggest most elaborate roller-coaster you can design, and water rides that loop around other rides.Shops must also be included so that the visitors can buy food, drinks, and souvenirs - the cunning player will combine salt, sugar, and caffeine settings to maximize consumer interest. Staff must be hired to keep everything running smoothly, and they will only work for what they consider a fair rate of pay.You are competing against other Theme Parks, so don't let them get an advantage over you - monitor your success in attracting customers and financial viability closely using the supplied statistics pages. More important, ensure that research is adequately funded to produce new rides.It can be played in three modes - Sandbox level lets you concentrate on the park design elements, while Sim and Full add more strategic features. |
| Jumping Flash! | 1995-10-10 | Sony Computer Entertainment of America | Exact | Action | 1st-person | | | Platform, Shooter | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Jumping Flash is a first-person 3D action platformer where the player must use their triple-jump and special weapons to defeat enemies.The story goes like this: the evil Baron Aloha and his minions the Muu-Muus have stolen all of the Earth's greatest locations to use to construct his own private retreat. It's up to the player as Commander Robbit the robotic super-bunny to save the world and stop Baron Aloha.The player begins with 3 lives and an additional life is given when 1 million points are achieved. There are 18 main levels to explore in 6 worlds. Boss fights take place in the final level of each world. There are also some hidden bonus worlds in the game. Once a level has been completed a time attack mode for it is unlocked. |
| Tokimeki Memorial: Forever with You | 1995-10-12 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Co., Ltd. | Simulation | 1st-person | | Romance | Dating simulation | | | | | | | PS1 | This is an updated version of the first Tokimeki Memorial. This version has improved graphics and sound, new cut-scenes, and new mini-games.You are a young boy who is going to study three years at the Kirameki High School in Japan. Your goal is to win the affection of one (and possibly more) of the twelve beautiful girls who also study with you, especially of Shiori, with whom you were in love some years ago. This is a simulation game with a high-developed statistics system. You have to increase your statistics in different disciplines, depending on the girl you are interested in. You communicate with people via your telephone, and date girls by going with them to various places. You have to keep your promises, otherwise a girl will become angry and even tell bad things about you to other girls, which will spoil your reputation. |
| Hyper Formation Soccer | 1995-10-13 | Human Entertainment, Inc. | Human Entertainment, Inc. | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Part of the Formation Soccer series and one of the first soccer titles released for the PlayStation.In Hyper Formation Soccer, the player can choose one of the national teams from all around the world, and participate on exhibition matches, world cup and Human cup. The game features the usual options such as match length and draw rules, as well as define different weather effects, etc. |
| Wizardry: Crusaders of the Dark Savant | 1995-10-13 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | Sir-tech Software, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Crusaders of the Dark Savant is the seventh installment of the Wizardry series and a direct sequel to Bane of the Cosmic Forge. In the end of the previous game, the party of heroes finally acquired the Cosmic Forge. However, before they were able to decide what to do with it, it was taken away by a servant of the Cosmic Lords, the cyborg Aletheides. It appears that the Cosmic Forge was in fact a clue to the location of the Astral Dominae, the artifact of life, somewhere on the planet Guardia, which has now been revealed to the universe.The heroes then travel to Guardia, which is populated by many races and organizations with their own agendas, including the rhinoceros-like Imperial Umpani Federation and the spidery T'Rang affiliated with a malevolent being known as the Dark Savant, whose goal is to get rid of the Cosmic Lords. All these factions are looking for the Astral Dominae, finding which is the primary goal of the game. Depending on the decisions made by the player in the previous game (should he opt to import the party from there), the game will have different openings and begin in different locations. However, regardless of the initial premise, the player is free to follow or betray whatever faction he was supposed to be allied with. The gameplay system is very similar to that of its predecessor, retaining the races, the classes, the skills and the magic system it introduced to the series. The trademark first-person exploration and turn-based combat are present as well. Unlike the previous games, Crusaders of the Dark Savant allows the player to explore towns and vast forest areas between them, in addition to several large dungeons situated in different areas of the game world. Many NPCs have their own agendas and may move between locations as well, and even obtain crucial items themselves if the player-controlled party is not quick enough, forcing the player to change plans. The exotic setting contains elements of science fiction on top of the traditional fantasy background. Like in the previous game, encounters, events, as well as the heroes' reflections upon them are described through text messages.A few skills have been added, including swimming and climbing, as well as diplomacy. The latter reflects the more important role dialogues and interaction with NPCs play in the game compared to the previous installments of the series. A mapping skill has been added, which, if learned, displays - for the first time in the computer releases of Wizardry games - an automap on top of the exploration screen. Skills are increased with repeated usage and the characters now receive separate bonus points for each category (weapon, physical, and academia). Like before, magic is divided into four schools (Psionics, Alchemy, Theology, and Thaumaturgy) and six elemental categories. |
| Cyber Sled | 1995-10-18 | Namco Hometek Inc. | Namco Limited | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | The year is 2067. Prosperity has spread throughout the world. However, decadence has started society's decay. Similar to the decline of the ancient Romans, the only spectator sports left are blood sports. Duels between huge tanks, known as cyber sleds, are the most popular.The user plays as one of these future gladiators. Jump into one of 6 tanks, each varying in speed, shield strength, weapon power, and maneuverability, and enter an arena.As an added bonus, choose between the original arcade arenas or exclusive PlayStation arenas. Avoid obstacles and try to blast your opponent into small unrecognizable pieces with machine guns, heat seeking missiles and other weapons. The game also supports 2 player modes, via a split-screen option. |
| WWF WrestleMania | 1995-10-18 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Midway Manufacturing Company | Action, Sports | Side view | Licensed | | Arcade | | | | | Kids to Adults | 2D scrolling | PS1 | WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game merges the personalities and action of the WWF TV show characters with a Mortal Kombat-style fighting game. This title features digitized graphics of 8 WWF superstars: Doink, Razor Ramon, Bret "Hit Man" Hart, Shawn Michaels, The Undertaker, Yokozuna, Bam Bam Bigelow, and Lex Luger.Although presented as a wrestling title, this game is structured like a one-on-one fighter, features over-the-top special moves characteristic of WWF. Each match is divided into a series of rounds, much like a fighting game. Instead of each round ending in a KO, it simply ends when the player forces the other wrestler(s) to fall by reducing their energy meter. Game modes include single player arcade mode, tournament mode, and versus mode for one-on-one multiplayer. |
| Power Instinct 2 | 1995-10-20 | Atlus Co., Ltd. | Atlus Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Fighting | | | | | | | PS1 | Otane, the winner of the last Gouketsuji clan tournament has mysteriously disappeared, and thus the tournament to decide who gets to take control over the Gouketsuji clan has been hastily re-scheduled. Once again the different families spread all over the world send their finest fighters to determine who will rule the clan for the next years in a one-on-one fighting tournament. Gouketsuji Ichizoku 2 is the sequel to Power Instinct. It is a 2D one-on-one fighting game in which you take your pick from the available characters and attempt to defeat all other opponents in combat for the title of ruler of the Gouketsuji clan.The sequel features improved graphics and music (taking advantage of CD audio), new characters and additional gameplay mechanics, such as a power bar that gets charged as you perform special moves and allows you to unleash "super" moves as well as increase your speed and strength for a few moments. The game features a 1P single player arcade mode, 2P Vs mode and tag-team variations of both which allow you to control a team of 2 characters. |
| Thunder Storm & Road Blaster | 1995-10-20 | Ecseco Development Ltd | Data East Corporation | Action, Compilation | 1st-person | | | | | Helicopter | | | | | PS1 | Thunder Storm & Road Blaster is a bundle composed of two discs that features two FMV arcade games by Data East:
Thunder Storm
Road BlasterThe bundle was only released in Japan. |
| X-COM: UFO Defense | 1995-10-25 | MicroProse Software, Inc. | Mythos Games Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | RPG elements, Turn-based strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | Kids to Adults | Isometric | PS1 | In the year 1998, the amount of reports of UFO sightings has been drastically increased. Stories about abductions and alien attacks became more and more widespread. Finally, after various nations of the world have failed to intercept the UFOs, their representatives met in a conference of global importance in Geneva, Switzerland. It was eventually decided to organize a secret paramilitary group, dubbed Extraterrestrial Combat Unit (X-COM). Starting with one base, two fighters, one transport, and a few soldiers, X-COM must locate the aliens, learn about their origins and technology, find out where their base is, and destroy it.X-COM: UFO Defense is a strategy game featuring separate but interlinked elements. On the strategic side, called GeoScape, you get a rotating view of the globe, where you see all visible UFOs (those that are within your detection range) as well as major cities and your base(s). You order movements from here, such as sending out fighters to intercept UFOs, transports with soldiers to assault/recover UFOs, and perhaps assaults on alien bases (if you find any). You also control your research, as you must invent better weapons (the Terran weapons are just no match against the alien weapons) quickly, not to mention all the other cool tech you can recover from the aliens. You also need to control your budget, as you can't afford to overextend your reach. Researchers need to be paid, engineers (who build the new toys) need to be paid, base(s) need to be be built/expanded, planes need to be bought/maintained, supplies need to be replenished, and so on.You can earn money by selling unneeded stuff, and you receive funding from the nations of the world; however, a nation can decrease its funding if it decides you aren't operating efficiently enough within its region. It's even possible that a nation gets so fed up with you that it signs a pact with the aliens and ceases funding altogether. Once you join a ground battle, the game switches to Battlescape, which is an isometric view of the battlefield with realistic line-of-sight calculations and turn-based combat. Your mission is usually extermination of all aliens on the battlefield, though if you can capture a few it would surely help your research efforts. If you win, you also recover any alien artifacts left on the field, which can then be researched.In combat, each of your soldiers has a specific number of Time Units. Doing anything (moving, shooting, turning around, rearranging objects in the inventory etc.) costs a number of TUs. Once a soldier is out of TUs, he cannot act any more this turn (he gets all his TUs back on the next turn, though).
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| Dark Seed | 1995-10-27 | GAGA Communications Inc. | Cyberdreams, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Horror | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Dark Seed is an adventure game which capitalizes on the drawings of famous horror designer H. R. Giger as a source of background artwork and inspiration.You play Mike Dawson, an ad company manager who, in pursuit of his goal in life to become a writer, purchases a solitary mansion in a small town called Woodland Hills. Although the low cost and hush-hush transactions when purchasing the house do raise your suspicion, the solitary environment and sheer beauty of the house crush common sense and you decide to buy the house. That's when trouble begin. Upon reaching the house, you suddenly feel tired. You find a bed and fall asleep...... and wake up from a terrible dream, only to find out that your life has just become a worse nightmare: an unknown source has implanted a seed of darkness in your mind, and you only have three days to find a way to stop it. |
| Graduation for Windows 95 | 1995-10-27 | Riverhill Soft Inc. | Headroom | Simulation | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | PS1 | Graduation is a Japanese anime "life-sim" game. You take the role of a homeroom teacher who is given the responsibility of teaching five girls in their last year of high school. You determine their class schedules, do guidance counseling, interfere with their weekend plans, and occasionally take to the streets to make sure they're not getting into trouble. Each of the girls has their own individual personality and problems, and the choices you make will determine whether they graduate from high school, what they do with their lives afterward, and whether or not they wind up hating your guts. Get them all into top colleges and your boss will praise your genius. If they all flunk or wind up wanting to marry you, you'll obviously be fired.Despite what common sense and knowledge of the Japanese psyche might lead you to believe, this is not an adult (or hentai) game and there's no nudity and only an average amount of anime sexploitation. |
| FIFA Soccer 96 | 1995-11-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Extended Play Productions | Simulation, Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Direct control, Multiple units/characters control | | Kids to Adults | 2D scrolling, Isometric | PS1 | FIFA Soccer 96 is a football (soccer) simulation. The game includes eleven leagues from all around the world, ranging from the unknown players of the Malaysian league to the celebrated stars of the English and Italian leagues. 59 International teams are also featured, and it's possible to match the teams you want to against each other through friendlies, or you can also choose to play domestic tournaments or International ones such as the World Cup. If you're not satisfied with the composition of the various teams, you can create your own dream team through the custom team creator.British commentator John Motson comments all the incidents and happenings on the pitch in real-time. The ambient commentary is varied, and systems with more than the minimum memory level get extra commentary phrases. The Virtual Stadium technology has numerous pre-defined camera angles. |
| Agile Warrior: F-111X | 1995-11-02 | Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc. | Black Ops Entertainment, LLC | Action | Behind view | | | Arcade | | Flight / aviation, Vehicle simulator | | | Teen | | PS1 | Because of international conflicts and new dangers due to terrorist attacks the Air Force needed to construct a new warplane which can be uses for multiple roles like frontal attacks or stealth operations. The result: a mixture between the YF-23's (high performance airframe), the X- 31's (thrust-vectoring maneuverability), and the F-111's (superior terrain and weapon-guidance systems).In Agile Warrior: F-111X the player pilots one of these aircraft to solve the mentioned issues in about six missions. To be successful he needs to utilize all of the aircraft's features, e.g. rockets, a radar which uncovers nearby enemies or the ability to cloak. The latter is important during the stealth missions in which the player needs to avoid hostile radars. |
| Novastorm | 1995-11-02 | Psygnosis Limited | Psygnosis Limited | Action | Behind view | | | Arcade, Rail shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | In the distant future, humans have left Earth, carrying its ecosystem with them. However, the journey to the stars lasted longer than they had thought. Computers took control of navigation, and humans had nothing else to do but sleep, dreaming of a new paradise. When the mysterious Scarab-X forces attacked, the Scavenger 4 squadron became humanity's only hope for survival.Novastorm is a rail shooter in which players blast enemies against a cinematic backdrop, trying to kill the computer-controlled fighters before they take over the world. Unlike first-generation interactive movies with action, the game has hooks into the environment: if the player-controlled fighter moves into the path of a pre-rendered obstacle, there is a collision and the craft takes damage. |
| Tekken | 1995-11-08 | Namco Hometek Inc. | Namco Limited | Action | Side view | | Martial arts | Fighting | | | | | Teen | 2D scrolling | PS1 | The powerful fighter Heihachi Mishima throws his five-year-old son Kazuya off a cliff, saying that the child will survive the fall if he is truly his son. The fatally wounded boy is approached by the Devil, who offers him his life and a chance to become a fearsome fighter in exchange for his soul. Determined to get even with his father, Kazuya agrees. Twenty-one years later Heihachi, now the head of a corrupt corporation, organizes a fighting championship his son is eager to join.Tekken is a versus fighting game similar in concept to Virtua Fighter. Besides Kazuya, other fighters of the tournament all have their own range of moves, something to prove, and a reason for any combat opponent to fear them. For example, Nina Williams is a trained assassin, Yoshimitsu is a robotic recreation of a ninja, and Marshall Law aims to set up a fighting school to pass on his knowledge. As one of these eight figures, the player must come through fights in a 360-degree 3D environments with texture mapped backdrops and polygon graphics. After beating the seven rivals there are two bosses to beat. There are three difficulty levels, and fight lengths and number of rounds can be varied.Each limb's movement is controlled with a different button, making finding the right combos a matter of instinct and planning rather than experimentation. Pure martial arts inspire most of the moves. The slow-motion replay of the final moves allows the player to see where and what went right or wrong. |
| Makeruna! Makendō 2 | 1995-11-10 | Datam Polystar | Fill in Café Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | Martial arts | Fighting | | | | | | | PS1 | The Ghost Prime Minister is holding a fighting tournament, and 14-year-old Hikari Tsurugino, the second Mighty Makendo, must face off against all sort of strange apparitions. Characters from the first game make appearances, including Mai Tsurugino, Hikari's sister and the first Mighty Makendo.Makeruna! Makendō 2 is a comical VS fighting game with an eclectic cast of characters including a soccer player, a zombie, a musclebound mer-man, and a giant robot. Bouts are best two-out-of-three, and each character has both a life bar and a "Makendo" meter, which lets each character perform a variety of special attacks. The game includes a story mode and a 2-player versus mode. |
| Twisted Metal | 1995-11-10 | Sony Computer Entertainment of America | SingleTrac Entertainment Technologies, Inc. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | Contemporary, Fantasy, North America | Automobile, Vehicular combat | Direct control | Real-time | Teen | | PS1 | Every year, a mysterious man named Calypso sends e-mails to renowned drivers, inviting them to compete in a tournament called Twisted Metal. The conditions of the tournament are anything but ordinary: opponents fight each other in armored vehicles with mounted weapons. The winner receives an audience with Calypso, and is granted a single wish - a wish without limits, be it money, power, or even our reality itself. In 2005, the annual tournament is held again in Los Angeles, and twelve drivers, each with his own agenda, have come to compete to death.Twisted Metal is a vehicular combat game. The player selects one of the twelve available drivers and takes part in the competition. In the one-player story mode, the player must progress through six combat stages; all the opponents must be destroyed in order to win the race. In the two-player co-op mode, players choose a battlefield and control two cars in an attempt to get rid of the competition.All the vehicles are equipped with two mounted machine guns; though relatively weak, they have unlimited ammunition. Other weapons can be picked up by driving over them during the races. These include fire and homing missiles, land mines, tire spikes, and others. Each participant has a life bar, which can be replenished by entering a specific area on the stage. |
| Warhawk | 1995-11-10 | Sony Computer Entertainment of America | SingleTrac Entertainment Technologies, Inc. | Action, Simulation | Behind view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Warhawk is an action/simulation game built around a futuristic VTOL craft. The player maneuvers with 360 degrees of flight control through 6 unique levels.3D weapons include fire off lock-ons, rockets, multi-fire swarmers, and plasma cannons. The player will need all of these when deadly air and ground forces surround him in desert and volcanic wastelands, castle hallways and chambers, and gothic tower airships.There are no saving or loading features. Instead, a password is presented each time a level is completed. In 2007 Incognito Entertainment remade the title as a multiplayer-only PlayStation 3 game. |
| Primal Rage | 1995-11-14 | Time Warner Interactive Inc. | Atari Games Corporation | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Fighting | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | A meteor struck the Earth and caused great chaos. Seven gods from ancient times awoke, and are now attempting to take control of the post-apocalyptic world.Primal Rage is a one-on-one fighting game featuring dinosaurs and giant apes as the fighters. The graphics are done with digitized stop-motion animation. Gameplay is similar to Mortal Kombat in that it is viewed from a side perspective, and features deadly finishing moves at the end of the match. |
| DOOM | 1995-11-16 | Williams Entertainment, Inc. | id Software, Inc. | Action, Compilation | 1st-person | | Horror | Shooter | | | | | Mature | | PS1 | This release of DOOM is based on The Ultimate DOOM and DOOM II: Hell on Earth and contains most of the levels and enemies from both games as well as about half a dozen exclusive maps.The Doom maps are based off the Jaguar version and hence feature the same simplifications as that release. The PC Ultimate Doom and Doom II maps were converted especially for this release and also feature some simplifications, though not to the degree of the Doom maps. Some Doom II enemies have been added to the Doom and Ultimate Doom maps.The engine has been upgraded to a 32 bit renderer allowing for smoother distance shading and more notably, in the PS1 version, coloured lighting. This version of Doom features also entirely new sounds and music. |
| Destruction Derby | 1995-11-16 | Psygnosis Limited | Reflections Interactive Limited | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicular combat | Direct control | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | You probably feel like a crash test dummy when you're playing this game - it's not only a racing game, but you get points for wrecking your enemies! The amount of points you get depends on how you hit them ... e.g. you get more points for getting them do a 360 other than driving into their sides at high speed. The game has more to offer: a head to head mode with only two cars or the legendary destruction derby itself - a huge arena, every car starts at the edge of it, and then - have a nice crash! |
| Discworld | 1995-11-16 | Psygnosis Limited | Teeny Weeny Games, Ltd. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Point and select | | Teen | | PS1 | This adventure game puts the player in the shoes of Rincewind, a wizard whose sole purpose in life is to stay alive. He appears to be very good at it as well, because apparently the universe has decided to continuously challenge him. The game takes place in the humorous fantasy world created by Terry Pratchett. The world is called the Discworld, as it is actually a flat disc carried on the backs of four gigantic elephants, which themselves stand on the back of an even larger turtle.The story is loosely based on the novel "Guards! Guards!". Both in the book and the game, a dragon is summoned by a group of mysterious conspirators and now terrorizes the city state of Ankh-Morpork. Being the most expendable wizard of the Unseen University, Rincewind is given the task to get rid of the beast (only in the game though; in the book, the city's nightwatch has to deal with the problem).Discworld is a classical point-and-click adventure game with a few original features. For example, Rincewind's inventory is limited to two objects, and the majority of his belongings is stored in the Luggage, an intelligent chest with dozens of little feet. Furthermore, at a certain point in the game the player gains access to a time-traveling device and has to send Rincewind to the past and back in order to solve some of the puzzles. |
| Night Head: The Labyrinth | 1995-11-17 | Fuji Television Network, Inc., Pony Canyon, Inc. | Scitron & Art Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Horror | | Fantasy | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Night Head: The Labyrinth is a mystery adventure game based on the Night Head TV show that tells the original story parallel to the TV series. The general premise focuses on two brothers, Naoto Kirihara and Naoya Kirihara who have supernatural abilities. Naoto is an older brother who can use psychokinesis, the ability to control objects and people with his mind. His younger brother, Naoya, possesses a psychic ability of reading people's minds and hearts. Both have trouble fully controlling their abilities, especially when becoming emotional. Both brothers were locked inside a research institute hidden deep in the mountains and controlled by a figure of a tremendous supernatural power. The barrier held them inside, until one day it disappeared and they managed to escape.The game tells another story of the Kirihara brothers. The entire story takes place in a secluded mansion in the forest and game plays as a 1st-person horror adventure with pre-rendered backgrounds and live actors. Moving from one location to another is animated, but gameplay is otherwise tied to a static screen where you either interact with objects on the screen or talk to other characters. Similar to visual novel storytelling, game features choices that affect the story and lead to multiple different endings. |
| Zoop | 1995-11-20 | Viacom New Media | Hookstone Ltd. | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | Licensed | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Direct control | | Kids to Adults | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Zoop is a fast-paced puzzle game in which the player eliminates colored shapes that are approaching his alter ego, another colored shape, before they reach the top, somewhat similarly to Tetris.In order to eliminate the other shapes, you must point your piece at it and 'fire'. If the shape is the same color as your piece, the shape is eliminated, as well as all of the shapes of the same color behind it, until your piece hits a piece of a different color. If the shape is of a different color, or it is hit when collecting a line of similar shapes, your piece exchanges colors with the shape. |
| WipEout | 1995-11-21 | Psygnosis, Inc. | Psygnosis Limited | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Hovercraft, Track racing | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | WipEout is a futuristic racing game set in the year 2052. Racing for one of four teams, the player competes in the F3600 Anti-Gravity Racing League on six tracks. Each team's hovercraft racer has different ratings in speed, acceleration and turning. In addition to high-speed racing, there is also shooting in the game, with different weapon pickups like rockets and mines available, useful for slowing one's opponents down. Shields can also be picked up and can block the weapons' effects.There are championship, single race and time trial modes. Winning the championship in the regular Venom class unlocks the Rapier class, where the craft are faster and the tracks have slightly different looks.There is also a two-player mode where two opponents can race and shoot at each other. |
| J.B. Harold: Blue Chicago Blues | 1995-11-22 | Riverhill Soft Inc. | Riverhill Soft Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | | | | | | | | PS1 | Following Murder Club, this is another detective story about the fearless private investigator J.B. Harold. This time, an unknown woman in a red dress was murdered in Chicago. A female detective who began investigating the murder was killed as well, and this time the killer made it look like a suicide. J.B. Harold arrives in Chicago and now has to work together with the local police to solve the mystery.J.B. Harold: Blue Chicago Blues is an interactive movie. Most of the player's time is spent watching movie footage (with real actors and scenery). At certain points, the movie freezes, and the player is presented with a screen with two or more choices. Each choice advances the clock, so it is necessary to plan well in order not to run out of time and to successfully solve the case. |
| Defcon 5 | 1995-11-24 | Data East USA, Inc. | Millennium Interactive Ltd. | Action, Strategy | 1st-person | | | | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | In the far future, conflict is at an all-time low and outdated defence bases are being vacated and replaced with automated software. You play as an engineer sent to update one such base. Just after uploading the automating code, the base is suddenly invaded by unknown assailants from the air and ground. You must rely on your wits and the defence software to fend them off.The main game takes place in a first-person view inside the complex. Trams connect the maze-like living areas to a handful of manned turrets outside. You must shuttle between shooting down waves of fighters in the turrets, and scouring the base levels for card keys during the downtime.A third consideration is the "Virtual Operating System" controlling all major base functions. You use this interface to repair damage from attacks, monitor intruders, and place robot sentries to guard key passages. As you find more access keys, you can increase the software's efficiency to the point that you can command turrets remotely, or set them to auto-attack with a high degree of success. As defending the base becomes more automated and efficient, you have more time to search the levels for keys. Your ultimate goal is to find the clearance to self-destruct the base, defend your escape shuttle, and get out alive. |
| Criticom | 1995-11-29 | Vic Tokai, Inc. | Kronos Digital Entertainment | Action | Side view | | | Fighting | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | Farzad Varahramyan | PS1 | Criticom is a one-on-one fighting game where 8 diverse fighters from across the galaxy vie for a crystal artifact. The game features a sci-fi backstory that involves mystery and intrigue surrounding the crystal and each of the 8 fighters is given a unique storyline to explain why he or she is so interested in the artifact. Among the colorful characters are a giant lizard man named Gorm, a ninja lady named Yenji, a killing robot named S.I.D., and a mysterious vampire-like creature named Demonica who places little value on clothing.The fighting action takes place on a round, elevated platform. Each fighter begins the fight with a full power meter and one power meter refill in reserve that is activated when the primary meter is depleted. Thus, there are no rounds. The fight runs until one fighter is knocked out (no more power in their meter), one is knocked out of the arena (or steps/jumps out), or the time runs out.
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| BreakThru! | 1995-12-01 | Shoeisha Co., Ltd. | ZOO Corporation | Puzzle | | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | In the award-winning tradition of Tetris, comes BreakThru! This time, your goal is to make as many bricks disappear as you can before time runs out. Click on a group of same-colored bricks to remove bricks and make the wall come tumbling down. |
| Gex | 1995-12-01 | Crystal Dynamics, Inc. | Crystal Dynamics, Inc. | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | Kids to Adults | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Enter your television to defeat the evil Rez by collecting remotes to open worlds inside your tv.
You are a gecko with all the usual platform hero skills such as jump, fire, and close-range attack, but also suction cups to help you scale walls, a tongue to pick up those tricky to get power-ups
and plenty of wise-cracks to keep you amused. Use them all to make your way through TV land searching for the remotes, collecting pickups, power-ups, and killing TVs. |
| Sentō Kokka: Air Land Battle | 1995-12-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | Marionette Co., Ltd., Soliton Soft | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | Wargame | | | Menu structures, Point and select | Turn-based | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Sentou Kokka: Air Land Battle is the first in a series of Sentou Kokka (戦闘国家) turn-based modern warfare strategy games. The game uses hexagonal maps and consists of all types of units, meaning player engages in fight on land, in the air, and on the water. Similar to other such games, each unit icon represents several units of the same type which are visible during combat animation. Units have movement radius, attack and defense stats, ability to auto-engage when enemy comes into firing range, experience, range of sight, etc. which gives them advantage over specific types of enemy units. Map terrains vary from forests and mountains to seas to deserts with cities and ports scattered around the maps which provide additional bonuses when conquered. The game supports up to 3 warring sides at once, each of which can be controlled by a player or two can be controlled by an AI. |
| The Perfect Golf | 1995-12-01 | SETA Corporation | Nasa Corporation, Ltd. | Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | The Perfect Golf is a 3D polygon golf in which the word perfect refers to all the minutiae the game covers which is uncommon in golf games, sort of like a perfect guide. Besides the actual game mode, there are many extras included in the game, such as simulation mode which lets you enter your data and simulate the strategy of around 480 golf courses with detailed info on each of the course, its tracks, contact info and more. Advice mode contains live-action videos and comments by Hiroshi Tahara (田原 紘), a professional golfer, as well as a detailed list of rules and manners with explanations and comic art representation.The game mode covers around 200 actual golf courses in Japan, letting the player go through any of them in 1, 9, or 18 holes play. Several existing pre-defined characters modeled after professional golfers are available to play as, or you can generate your own golfer. The game uses behind camera but offers many options through the menu before each hit, some of which lets you move around the golf terrain like focus on the flag in the distance, or check your position by displaying the top-down representation of a hole you're at. Before hitting the ball you can select the club, where and how strong you wish to hit the ball, or change your stance. After all is set for a hit, the red circle on the ball will blip in a loop becoming smaller which requires timing to hit it perfectly, while the strength of the hit is set at ease before and doesn't require you to dictate it at the gauge bar as most other golf games do. |
| Thunderstrike 2 | 1995-12-01 | Core Design Ltd. | Core Design Ltd. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Helicopter, Vehicular combat | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | This is the sequel to Core's Sega CD game, AH-3 Thunderstrike. Like the previous game in the series, this is a helicopter simulator/shooter. It features realistic features like multiple weapons selection, full freedom of movement, and a mission-based structure. On the other hand, it also throws lots and lots of enemy tanks and helicopters at you to blow up.The graphics in Thunderstrike 2 are drawn completely with 3D polygons, including the helicopter's cockpit. As you track an enemy, the view changes so that it is always in your sights. There are 8 campaigns to complete, each with multiple missions. |
| Zero Divide | 1995-12-01 | Time Warner Interactive Inc. | Zoom, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Fighting | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | On one fateful day in the near future, an online database known as XTAL Tower has surfaced. The hackers who were running it claimed that the database contained the national security secrets of every country in the world. Governments have received an invitation from the mysterious XTAL: if they can create robots who are strong enough to defeat XTAL security units, the database will not be made public. The most powerful robots are dispatched on the dangerous mission: take down the units, and eventually destroy XTAL itself...Zero Divide is a 3D robot fighting game. You play one of eight robotic fighters and must battle your way through multiple levels in single player, or go head to head with an opponent in two-player mode. There is various unlockable content: mini-games, (e.g. a side-scrolling shoot 'em up), easter eggs, etc. |
| CyberSpeed | 1995-12-07 | Mindscape, Inc. | Mindscape International Ltd. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Race around a futuristic race track tied to a cable, bumping and shooting your opponents. Think "Wipeout" meets cable cars. |
| Loaded | 1995-12-12 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | Gremlin Interactive Limited | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | Mature | | PS1 | Loaded is a violent, bloody top-down shooter which places you in the boots of one of six characters, who are all strange and deformed, from a psychotic clown to a huge baby.Loaded is a mission based game, where you have to complete various objectives, such as "escape the prison." Throughout each mission, there are tons of enemies to kill.You can choose to play through the single player campaign, or you can go head to head in two player. |
| Shockwave Assault | 1995-12-15 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Action, Compilation | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Shockwave Assault combines Shock Wave and its expansion Operation Jumpgate and makes them available for systems other than the 3DO for the first time.In Shock Wave, the player takes the role of a rookie pilot, defending the Earth from an alien invasion. From the cockpit of the F-177 fighter, one shoots at the alien walkers and fighters with lasers and missiles, rearming and refueling at supply depots when necessary. The story is told with live-action cutscenes.Operation Jumpgate continues the story with several further missions, set around the solar system. |
| PD Ultraman Invaders | 1995-12-22 | Bandai Co., Ltd. | Lay-Up KK | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Licensed | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Naomi Kirita (霧田 尚見) | PS1 | PD Ultraman Invaders is an updated remake of the original Space Invaders featuring a wide variety of heroes and villains from the numerous Ultraman television series produced over the years, rendered in a cartoony SD style. In addition to the original Ultraman, there are also appearances from Ultra Seven, Ultraman Ace, Ultraman Taro, and many others.Gameplay-wise, it is very similar to the original title. Waves of enemies slowly advance toward the player, who shoots at them from the bottom of the screen behind a number of defense posts. The action can be viewed from either a pseudo-3D perspective behind Ultraman's back, or the standard top-down view. There are also special attacks available, which differ depending on which character is currently in the action. There is also a version of the original Space Invaders included. |
| The Firemen 2: Pete & Danny | 1995-12-22 | Human Entertainment, Inc. | Media Entertainment Inc | Action | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)"THE FIREMEN 2 Pete & Danny" is an action adventure game. Play as fireman Pete or Danny to put out roaring fire, save lives and clear missions. Gameplay is further enhanced by colourful stages and storyline.This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：146MBCopyright：©2011 HAMSTER Co.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Chō Aniki: Kyūkyoku Muteki Ginga Saikyō Otoko | 1995-12-29 | Masaya | Pre-Stage Inc. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Quick to jump into the 32-bit bandwagon, Masaya developed their next Cho Aniki game for the PSOne and Saturn. Cho Aniki: Kyuukyoku Muteki Ginga Saikyou Otoko is a 2d shooter which plays like a sequel to the first game, as you once again take control of either Idaten or Benten (the heroes of the original game) with the semi-nude bodybuilders Adon and Samsom returning to their role of option characters that hover around the player.The game plays almost exactly like the original TurboCD games, except the graphics have been completely revamped to make full use of digitized photographs. |
| Hi-Octane | 1995-12-29 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Bullfrog Productions, Ltd. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Hovercraft | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | A futuristic racing game with hover cars, in the same line as Wipeout, using a modified version of the Magic Carpet 2 engine.Gameplay takes a straightforward approach, with the directional keys controlling the steering and throttle, and three keys to fire the minigun, missiles or charge the booster. While the minigun has unlimited ammo, both fuel, armour and missiles must be replenished by passing through some marked areas or picking up powerups in the track or by left destroyed opponents. While the vehicles float on the track they are still influenced by the ground material: they slow down on dirt and even more on water.
Each track has a number of shortcuts or alternate routes that offer powerups, and some tracks feature gates and ramps that open or close randomly.Includes 9 tracks and several game modes (for Saturn owners and PC players with the 1.2 patch installed) such as single race mode (with option to change the number of laps), a Championship mode, Split Screen, Clone Race (beating the ghost of the best race time), Death Match (Where instead of finishing first what matters is finish alive and with the most kills) and Hot Seat, where up to eight players can compete in the same race by taking turns, with the computer taking control of the players' vehicles waiting for their turn. There are six hover cars to choose from: the fast Flexiwing and Outrider, the balanced KD-1 Speeder and Vampyr and the slow but armed to the teeth Berserker and Jugga. In addition to the natural capacity of each, their Minigun, Missle and Booster capacities can be upgraded by picking up powerups during the race. There are Eight teams to choose from, which change the colour of the vehicle: Mad Medicine (white), Bullfrog (aqua green), Storm Riders (purple), Fire Phreaks (orange), DethFest (blue), Foo Fighters (yellow), Gorehounds (red) and Assassins Anonymous (black). |
| Nichibutsu Arcade Classics | 1995-12-29 | Nichibutsu | | Compilation | | | | Arcade | | | | | | | PS1 | Nichibutsu Arcade Classics contains four classic Nichibutsu games in emulated form:
Moon Cresta
Crazy Climber
Frisky Tom
SF-X
Crazy Climber '85, a version of Crazy Climber with enhanced graphics, original to this release
Tom's Strikes Back, a version of Frisky Tom with modified gameplay, where instead of picking up the pipe pieces that are dropped by the mice, you rotate pipe joints, also original to this release.
Game settings can be configured per game before you begin to play. You can also see their instruction card in the options screen. Additionally, a gallery of posters for their earlier games, including their release dates, is accessible from the title screen. |
| Road Rash | 1995-12-29 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Advance Technology Group, Buzz Puppet Productions | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Motorcycle, Street racing | | | Teen | | PS1 | Road Rash is a remake of the original from the early nineties. For those who've not played the original, you're competing against thirteen other "Road Rashers" who will stop at nothing to win. During the race, you have two options available: you can either do your best to cross the finish line or use your weapon to bring the Rashers to the ground if they give you trouble. Do the latter, and your opponents will do the same to you during the next race.There are five circuits to race: The City, The Peninsula, Pacific Highway, Sierra Nevada, and Napa Valley. Some of these circuits are dangerous. In addition to the obstacles and traffic you encounter along the way, there are also police motorcycle units that will arrest you if you happen to crash or stop near them. Get caught, and you'll have to pay a fine to get in any more races. If you crash too often, your bike will be wrecked, forcing you to pay for damages. The amount you have to pay depends on the bike you are riding. Once you have completed the first five circuits, you have to race them again another four times - but at a much higher difficulty. Manage to win all five circuits on all levels, and you win the Road Rash cup!There are about five bikes to choose from, divided into three groups; Rat, Sport, and Super. You start the first level with a Rat bike. As you progress through the levels it will become increasingly important to pick bikes from different classes.If you have no plans to win the Road Rash cup, you can choose the game's Thrash mode. The difference between this and the other mode is that there is no money involved (i.e., you are not allowed to buy bikes), and you're competing against fourteen opponents. And if you wreck your bike or get busted, you have to start all over again. Regardless of the mode you pick, you will always start in the last place.The remake also contains FMV movies that usually depict the outcome of the races, as well as limited songs performed by various recording artists, including Soundgarden, Therapy?, Monster Magnet, and Swervedriver. These songs can be changed on-the-fly via the game's options menu. |
| Winning Post | 1995-12-29 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Simulation, Sports | | | | | | | | | | Cinematic camera | PS1 | Winning Post lets the player take control of a stable of horses, breeding and training them for the ultimate goal, to win the French Grand Prix.The player can hire breeders, trainers, and jockeys and race in over 240 different races to earn more money. That money can then be used to buy even better personnel and breed faster, stronger horses as well as to keep their horses healthy. Players can also bet on races.The gameplay consists of choosing options before races, such as choosing which horses to train and what regiment they undertake, viewing stats, hiring personnel, and placing bets. However, the player has no control over races, cannot participate, and is only viewable as a spectator. |
| Wizard's Harmony | 1995-12-29 | Arc System Works Co., Ltd. | Arc System Works Co., Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy, Medieval | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)To download content to the Memory Stick PRO Duo™ of your PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, the free space required is twice the size of the content to be downloaded.This software is playable for PLAYSTATION®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).To download this software, you must also have at least 150MB of free space on your PLAYSTATION®3 system's hard disk.To play this software with your PSP®, the latest system software and a Memory Stick Duo™ with at least 150MB of free space are required.For more detail information about download to your PSP® system, please see below URL.http://asia.playstation.comWhen downloading using PC:When downloading contents to PSP®, you must install the PLAYSTATION®Network Downloader application first. Please go to our official website for installing instructions and other information.■Game descriptionRather than science, swords and sorcery flourish in this world. Our story takes place at the school of "Skill & Wisdom," founded for youngsters who long for adventure.The hero of our story, "Rufus Craoun" (you), is an active young man who participates in club activities at the Wizard Academy. But this Wizard Academy is suffering from a major problem...The former head master carried out a number of misdeeds, and you're the only member of faculty. You've got to hire more faculty members to keep the academy going, but also make sure to pass the exams presented three times a year! Study and go on adventures with faculty members on the weekdays! Even enjoy school life with a charming member of staff from time to time! Think you can keep the academy up and running? Give it your best shot!※For playing with PSP®, not compatible with Mouse■PS3™ HDD and Memory Stick™ capacity requirement150MB■Copyright notices© ARC SYSTEM WORKS■AttentionThis software is converted from the software for PlayStation® so that it can be played on PS3™ and PSP®. Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. |
| 2Xtreme | 1996 | Sony Computer Entertainment of America | Sony Interactive Studios America | Racing / Driving, Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | Tricks / stunts | | Bike / Bicycling | | | Kids to Adults | Joe Hight, Rex Baca, Scott McMahon, Joel H. Copen | PS1 | 2Xtreme is the sequel to ESPN Extreme Games where the player takes part in a series of extreme races with only one goal: to win at any cost.There are four different kinds of racing: snowboard, bike, inline skates and skateboards and four different locations to choose from: Japan, Africa, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles, each with three different tracks to master.The main goal of the game is to advance through the level, punching and kicking opponents and avoiding obstacles scattered throughout the stage. The player can also perform mid-air tricks to earn extra money to add to their race winnings to buy better parts for their various means of transportation. Players can also play in a season mode, single race against computer opponents, or go head to head with a friend. |
| 3D Baseball | 1996 | Crystal Dynamics, Inc. | Crystal Dynamics, Inc. | Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | 3D Baseball is a 3-D polygon baseball game with over 700 actual Major League players and their previous years stats to choose from. There are over 50 real-life batter stances that were motion-captured through the actual players themselves with five different dynamic camera angles to choose.The standard modes apply such as Exhibition and Pennant along with a General Managers Mode where players can trade and even alter the stats of their players to create the ultimate team. It feature realistic animation and the voice talents of Van Earl Wright with over 1,000 different commentary phrases.Though it did feature the MLBPA (Major League Baseball Players Association) license, it did not however feature the actual MLB (Major League Baseball) team names and logos. |
| AirGrave | 1996 | Santos Ltd. | Santos Ltd. | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | Fantasy | Flight / aviation | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | AirGrave is a top-down vertically scrolling shooter controlling a plane. At the start one of four pilots is selected (Aine, Randy, Reny, Vel) each with a different plane and statistics based on air attack, defence, ground attack and mobility. The ship can be moved freely around the screen. Enemies appear in waves both on the ground and in the air. The ship can take multiple hits, shown through a shield meter in the top left corner. Destroyed enemies leave behind power-ups. The plane has access to a special attack for which the meter recharges slowly. Levels generally end with a boss fight. Between missions there are short, animated sequences with voice characters where the story is furthered. When dead, multiple tries are offered through credits system. |
| Area 51 | 1996 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Mesa Logic, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Rail shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | | PS1 | Using a light gun you blast your way through the secret base, Area 51, which has been taken over by mutant aliens. As you work your way to the secrets at the heart of Area 51, you'll need to destroy an increasingly dangerous line of aliens, upgrade your firearm, and cause as much collateral damage as possible. The game rewards the player for destroying windows, light fixtures, computers, explosive barrels, and even fire extinguishers. Each consecutive hit increases your streak rating (which adds to your score) and certain combinations of these collateral hits will open up secret bonus rooms.The home version has special bonuses and additional secret levels not found in the arcade version and a mouse option is available. |
| Assault Rigs | 1996 | Psygnosis Limited | Psygnosis Limited | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | Tank | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | In the future, physical sports will be replaced by a violent virtual contest, where a lot of gambling and corporate cash is involved.Such is the setting for this action-packed game, where you act as a jockey for a virtual tank of massive firepower, called a Rig. Navigate through the maze-like arenas with jumps, elevators and movable blocks. Pick up power-ups to overcome other Rigs, or Gems to advance through more than 40 levels.Graphics and ambiance are inspired, it seems, by Tron, and place the player in a "wire framed" virtual environment. The focus here, though, is not racing, but rather blowing your opponent to oblivion. For that purpose the game gives the player progressively more power and versatility. Mini guns, laser cannons and heat seeking missiles are pretty much standard gear, but it also has a couple of twists of its own: feed your guns bouncing or shattering ammo rounds for added firepower, or experiment with the fly-by-wire missiles, where you remote control it to your target of preference. Shields and turrets are also at your disposal.Also, as the game progresses, you can choose different tanks (Rigs) to use in your struggle to survive the clash. The game features 3-D graphics with light sourcing and multiplayer features. |
| Bottom of the 9th | 1996 | Konami of America, Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Chicago, Inc. | Simulation, Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | 2D scrolling | PS1 | One of the earliest in Konami's franchise, this version featured 300 actual MLB players at the time, but did not feature the MLB licensed teams. Players can choose to either play against a friend in Exhibition, Season or Playoffs. The gameplay is geared for more of a simulation style of play with the players stats determining on how well they hit, pitch and field.Along with the standard modes for a baseball game, this one also featured the ability to customize their teams and choose any player to create their "Dream Team". It also had a variety of different camera angles to choose from and had meters to show their players progress such as a "Streak Bar" that showed a batters hitting ability and a "Pitching Bar" that showed whether a pitcher was fatigued. |
| Bottom of the 9th '97 | 1996 | Konami of America, Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Chicago, Inc. | Simulation, Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | 2D scrolling | PS1 | The sequel to Bottom of the 9th, this version still continues to provide players with a full authentic MLB license including teams, their respective logos and over 700 of the major players of the time in 3D polygon graphics.If also features the obligatory game modes such as Exhibition, Season, Championship and the like along with extensive stat tracking in numerous categories and the ability to trade players to build the ultimate "dream team". A new feature is the "Scenario Mode" that sets the player in a make or break situation to attempt to win a game on a full-count, bottom of the ninth situation, along with many other numerous scenarios. |
| Break Point | 1996 | Ocean Software Ltd. | Smart Dog | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Break Point is your basic tennis game.
You can play on several different courts which differ in surroundings and style. There's a couple of fantasy courts as well as some real life courts.
Player can choose between various motion captured players and game modes including practice, cup, tournament and so on.
The speciality in this one is the fact that you can play with up to 8 players in tournament. |
| Burning Road | 1996 | Playmates Interactive Entertainment, Inc. | Toka S.a.r.l. | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Burning Road is an arcade racing game, heavily influenced by Daytona USA. There are four types of cars to drive: two muscle cars, a drag car and a monster truck, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. There are three different courses to drive on (a wooded area, city streets and snow area) and also have a reverse track variation that can be unlocked. The object is not only to finish ahead of opponents, but also cross checkpoints in order to add more time to the ever depleting timer at the top of the screen.There are three different difficulty levels and three different game modes: Practice lets the player choose a track and races several different opponents and Career where the player races in a series of multi-heat events. In these heat events, each time a lap is completed the driver that is last place is eliminated until only one car finishes the race. The final mode is a multiplayer that allows two friends to battle against each other utilizing the Playstation Link Cable.There are also a multitude of camera angles including first and third person along with a full replay mode that shows the race in its entirety. |
| Casper | 1996 | Interplay Productions, Inc. | Funcom Oslo A/S | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Based on the Casper film, the game puts you in the role of the friendly ghost trying to make a friend and a second chance at life instead of scaring everyone away.The plot centers around the "spoiled, grasping inheritor of Whipstaff Manor" - Carrigan Crittenden. She's after the treasure she thinks is hidden in the walls. Casper will need the help of Dr. James Harvey - therapist to the dead - if he has any hope of succeeding in his adventures.Casper will also have to deal with his uncles - Stretch, Stinkie, and Fatso, who just love to scare "Fleshies" and thwart Casper's efforts. The gameplay is 3d - and is mostly puzzle solving, with Casper able to take a variety of forms and can manipulate objects. |
| Cheesy | 1996 | Ocean Software Ltd. | CTA Developments | Action | | | | Platform | | | | | | | PS1 | CTA's first venture on the Playstation was a platform style game which incorporated several first person elements.Cheesy the mouse (and the star of the game) has been captured by a mad scientist for his genetic experiments. However, mohawked aliens attack the castle and in the commotion cheesy escapes. He has to navigate through 24 levels of mutated creatures, fight huge spiders, balance a mine cart through derelict tracks and escape flames inside a burning chimney. |
| Chronicles of the Sword | 1996 | Psygnosis Limited | Synthetic Dimensions PLC | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Fighting, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | Mature | | PS1 | Point and click adventure taking place in the England of King Arthur. You're Gawain, a knight who has to save the kingom of the evil witch Morganna. The game also features some fighting scenes, which you can do yourself or let the computer do for you.The graphics are pre-rendered, as well your character. |
| College Slam | 1996 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Iguana UK | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Arcade | | | | | Kids to Adults | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Part of the NBA Jam series of basketball games, College Slam allows you to choose from over 40 real college teams and take part in head-to-head games, tournament games, and season-long play. The gameplay is arcade-style two-on-two fast action featuring backboard shattering wild dunks, power-ups and other crazy moves. The game also features fight songs from all the available teams. |
| Cosmic Cookoff: Mathematics | 1996 | Lightspan, Inc. | Lightspan, Inc. | Educational | | | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Front of Sleeve - PlayStation (US) (from Ad Blurbs)In Cosmic Cookoff, your child will practice his or her mathematics test-taking skills as Mars and Cali navigate through the solar system, racing againts Flinch and Wigsley in search of the perfect recipe.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Understand and identify place values
Create the greatest sum and difference
Compare and order whole numbers
Compare and order fractions and decimals
Read and interpret bar graphs
Plot points on a coordinate plane
Practice test-taking skills
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| Dare Devil Derby 3D | 1996 | Mindscape, Inc. | Supersonic Software Ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Dare Devil Derby 3D is a cartoonish-type of destruction derby that lets the player take control of 8 unique characters and over 30 different tracks, ranging from jungles, canyons, city streets, underwater, outer space and various other three dimensionally rendered terrain. Power-ups can also be picked up and used to give more power and speed to a players car or even a weapon to knock out rivals.There are a plethora of single player modes, ranging from single one on one races to Knockouts, which consisted of a demolition derby where the winner was the last car still operable. There is also a grand prix mode where the player races in a series of 10 races and required to finish in the top 3 in order to advance to the next. At the end of these 10 races, if a player meets a requirement of points they can then compete in a World Series of Racing to become champion.Eight friends can also go against each other simultaneously utilizing the multi-tap adapter. |
| Earthworm Jim 2 | 1996 | Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Europe) Ltd. | Shiny Entertainment, Inc. | Action | Side view | | Comedy | Platform | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | An ordinary average earthworm named Jim goes about his normal daily life, cruising around avoiding crows and doing other general worm-like things. Until one day, Jim is suddenly struck by a very large Ultra-high-tech-indestructible-super-space-cyber-suit. Through sheer luck, Jim rests safely in the neck ring of the suit. Suddenly, the ultra-high-tech space particles of the suit begin interacting with Jim's soft wormy flesh. A radical light-speed evolution takes place. Jim soon realizes that he is now in control of the suit.Earthworm Jim 2's gameplay is similar to the first game, with Jim running and jumping through the levels. There are five weapons more than in the original game to collect. Characters like Princess What's-Her-Name and Psy-Crow also appear. |
| Floating Runner: Quest for the 7 Crystals | 1996 | Kokopeli Digital Studios | T&E Soft, Inc. | Action | Behind view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | In the world of Floating Runner, its populace inhabit seven floating islands, living in peace and tranquility until one day it comes to a crash halt. An evil emperor by the name of Zaurer has unleashed his hordes of baddies upon the land, enslaving and conquering all within their path and the only hope for this world is a young priestess, a bounty hunter and seven magical crystals.The gameplay is a 3D platformer where the player takes control of either Cress (the priestess) or Lay (the bounty hunter) and explore these seven worlds in fourteen levels, blasting away bad guys with various spells, firepower and power-ups in an attempt to locate a magical crystal that will help them in their quest. In addition to blasting away bad guys (which are disguised as cute, fuzzy animals) they must complete the level in a certain time-limit, but there are an unlimited amount of continues at the player's disposal. |
| Goal Storm | 1996 | Konami of America, Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc. | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control | | Kids to Adults | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Goal Storm is a soccer game featuring 3D polygonal motion-captured players. It features an Exhibition and a Hyper Cup mode. Exhibition mode lets the player play a game of soccer against the computer or another player. Hyper Cup mode lets the player pick a country (unfortunately one without licensed players), and lets them compete in a tournament against three other teams. All the rules of soccer are present such as throw-ins, offsides, and penalties which can get players yellow and red carded. Offensive and defensive team strategies and line formations are also able to be set by the player. There's also an announcer who calls all the action on the field. Options let the player choose the computer's difficulty level, the length of the halves, and the conditions of the playfield.
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| Grid Runner | 1996 | Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc. | Radical Entertainment Inc. | Action | Diagonal-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Aliens have captured you and you are forced to play a deadly game of what appears to be capture the flag combined with tag. Race your way around the area and capture the required number of flags before being touched by your opponent. If they do touch you, you must find and touch them before they capture the right number of flags. Who ever is "it" cannot capture flags until their opponent is tagged. There is a story and 2 player versus mode. Through the story, you face many different enemies with ranging speeds and firepower (gun fire only slows down the person shot, there is no health bar). |
| Gunship | 1996 | MicroProse Software, Inc. | MicroProse Software, Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Helicopter, Vehicular combat | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | An update to Gunship 2000. This updated game now includes full textures on all 3D objects. The game features two game modes. The Quick Fire game mode has the player piloting a helicopter, trying to take out as many enemy targets as they can.There is also a campaign mode where players can tackle various day and night missions in either Central Europe or the Persian Gulf. Missions range from destroying enemy convoys to taking out enemy platoons. Players start out as a greenhorn and can only do training or single scenario missions at first. The player can eventually get promoted to campaign scenario missions where they can also get to control a complete squad of five copters.The game features flyable versions of the AH-64A Apache, UH-60K Blackhawk, AH-66B Comanche and four other authentic U.S. Army attack helicopters. Copters can be equipped with unguided weapons like rockets and machine guns and guided weapons like Hellfire, Sidewinder, and Stinger missiles which are used to take out both air and ground targets. Copters can be flown from either a cockpit view or from a chase view. The game also has other camera views such as the remote view or the tactical view. |
| Hebereke's Popoitto | 1996 | Sun Corporation | Success Corp. | Puzzle | | | | Falling block puzzle | | | | Real-time | | | PS1 | Hebereke's Popoitto is a Tetris variant. The goal in each level is to remove the blocks already on the playfield, representing characters from the franchise. Other blocks fall down from the top of the screen and have to be steered to the right place before touching the ground or another block. When four or more of the same blocks are together, they vanish. The catch of this variant is that the blocks which have to be removed move over the playfield. The player takes the role of the penguin Hebereke who wants to win a tournament against his friends. |
| Help Charity Compilation | 1996 | Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Three classic games put in one package where what you pay for it is donated to children charities. The games included are:
Broken Sword: The Shadow Of The Templars
Myst
Road Rash
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| Hyper Tennis: Final Match | 1996 | JVC Musical Industries Europe, Ltd. | Arc System Works Co., Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Hear the grunts echo through the stadium as you control one of 12 (6 male & 6 female) tennis players with different abilities. Up to four players can compete in Exhibition singles and doubles or rack up points on a World Tour of six tournaments (the Australian Open in Melbourne, the French Open in Paris, the Human Open in Tokyo, Mixed Doubles in Montreal, the US Open in New York and Wimbledon in London). Three different court surfaces (clay, grass, and hard court) affect the speed and bounce of balls hit. You get penalized for not connecting on your serve and must time your hits of returns as it will affect where the ball goes. Your player's movements are motion-captured and you can lunge at a ball if you are caught out of position. There's 9 different camera views to choose from. |
| In the Hunt | 1996 | Kokopeli Digital Studios | Irem Corp. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Naval / watercraft | | | Kids to Adults | 2D scrolling | PS1 | A 2D side scrolling shooter in which you take control of a small attack submarine and engage in underwater combat. The Dark Anarchy Society's forces threaten to destroy the earth's most important cities and only you can get past their defenses and destroy their secret underwater lair.In the Hunt follows the classic template for 2D shooters, with the added feature of being able to control scrolling speed. Includes seven levels of underwater action (and keep an eye out for threats from above the surface), upgradeable weapons, and two player cooperative gameplay. |
| International Moto X | 1996 | Renegade Software | Graftgold Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other), Behind view | | | | | Motorcycle, Off-roading, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | PS1 | International Moto X simulates off-road motorcycle races. The main part of the game is the championship mode in which the player controls a 125cc motorcycle. There are various different leagues on different continents.At first the player creates his rider and sets the colour of his bike. More important is the tuning of the bike. It is possible to buy new dampers, tires or engines or update the ones already in use. Also there is a choice between three, four or five gears - inexperienced players can select automatic.During the race the goal is obviously to be the fastest rider by using all the tricks in the book - including stunts like wheelies, risky jumps, sliding or forcing the competition out of the way. There are several shortcuts to use but when the player is caught doing so, he is penalized. Winning a race results in prize money which can be reinvested in better gear. After winning all races in a league the player is allowed to ride in the 500cc league.Because the game is played in a 3rd person perspective there is no cockpit view - so all relevant data is shown in the upper left corner of the screen, including a mini map. Additionally there are two training modes, a time race and a training race against seven other riders on a course of choice. The game also features a scenery editor to create own courses but it not possible to save unfinished work. The competition editor allows the creation of new leagues with old or new courses. |
| International Track & Field | 1996 | Konami (America), Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo Co., Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | Akihiro Imamura | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | International Track & Field continues with the button mashing of the NES games in 11 different sports, now in full 3D! The sports range from 100 meter sprint and 110 meter hurdles to javelin and discus.The game features two game modes. One where you can practice each sport individually and the "normal" mode, where you can go at it with up to 4 people facing off in all the sports one after another. |
| Iron & Blood: Warriors of Ravenloft | 1996 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Horror | Fighting | Fantasy | | | | Teen | | PS1 | In this fighting style game, the player assumes the personas of various character types from the Ravenloft setting of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons universe. The goal (besides winning each battle) involves a quest for artifacts that will determine whether the "ranks of Chaos" or the "Lords of Law" are triumphant.Unique to this fighting game (at least at the time) was the introduction of cooperative campaign play for two players at once. |
| Killing Zone | 1996 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Scarab | Action | Side view | | | Fighting | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Teen | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Seven infamous monsters from Frankenstein to the Minotaur go head to head in this early PlayStation fighting game.These initial seven monsters are all there is; there are no hidden characters to unlock or a final boss to beat.Most of the characters are slow and un-manoeuvrable. This may be by design to represent the weight of the monsters; most of them are big and their fighting styles could be considered anything but skill based. For instance the Skeleton can jump on the opponent and stab them in the neck repeatedly with its sword while the Minotaur gores them with its horns. It must be said that the attacks in the game generally fit their respective monster.There are only two game modes available with the main one being the standard "Normal Mode" where one player goes up against the six other monsters and finally a mirror match. A second player can join in at any point (in fact it's the only way a second player can play as there is no Vs mode). If one completes this mode they are presented with a breakdown of their performance in each fight, though no ending in the real sense, as the game has no story at tall to explain why these monsters are fighting each other.The second game mode is an innovative mode the game calls "Auto Mode" and devotes most of its manual to. In this mode the player functions as a side line trainer to train and guide an AI controlled monster (selectable from one of the same seven as the Normal Mode) through several tournaments. This is done by pressing various buttons on the controller to tell your monster to try to perform certain offensive or defensive plays.The monster you are training start's of with little more than the ability to throw a punch and is slow to respond to your prompts, but will gain additional attacks and respond quicker and more intelligently to your prompts the more it fights, until it ultimately gains the full range of attacks it would have in the Normal Mode.However the full potential of this mode is undermined by the games lack of any save feature. |
| Lone Soldier | 1996 | Telstar Electronic Studios Ltd. | Tempest Software Ltd | Action | Behind view | Regional differences | War | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | An alien force known as the Varinians have invaded Earth, and stolen an experimental "super-missile" in order to blackmail the world's governments into delivering further payloads of radioactive materials to them. Having further bolstered the defenses of their mothership by hiring on human mercenary forces and other ne'er-do-wells, there's only one man capable of wading through the enemy forces and defeating the alien menace: An ex-special ops unit by the name of Hank, who claims to "pick his nose with a bayonet and wipes his arse with sandpaper."Gameplay sees players taking direct control of Hank from a behind-the-back perspective, as you shoot your way through linear stages. Levels require you to kill a minimum percentage of enemies before proceeding to the next, lest you are made to repeat the same level again. Weapons include an Uzi submachine gun, bazookas, flamethrowers, and hand grenades. |
| MLB Pennant Race | 1996 | Sony Computer Entertainment of America | Sony Interactive Studios America | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | MLB Pennant Race is one of the many baseball games released on the platform. It features the MLB license with all 28 teams at the time as well as 700 different players. It has a simulation mode where the real rules apply and an arcade mode for players who are less into serious baseball. It also contains quick play, season and home run derby as well as the option to play playoff games or to go straight to the World Series.As a fully licensed game, it contains the real uniforms, logo and players and statistics based on the actual characteristics. Despite being released late in 1996 however, when the baseball season was already over, all the information still refers to the 1995 season. Commentary is done by Jerry Coleman.Players can create their own players or compose a dream team from the pool of available players. |
| Machine Head | 1996 | Eidos Interactive, Inc. | Core Design Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Blam! Machinehead is basically a normal 3D shooter where you shoot enemies and explore the futuristic, barren wastelands and abandoned factories and such as you try to save the world.
The player controls Kimberly Stride, who is a scientist.
She has to save the world from bad DNA that is slowly "eating" everything away.As a player, you control this hovercraft-thingy which was designed to be a safe vehicle to be in while travelling through this infested world. The game has nice 3D graphics and a very unique mood to it that separates it from the more common shooters. |
| Mickey Mania | 1996 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | Traveller's Tales (UK) Ltd. | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Platform | | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Mickey Mouse gets a chance to go down memory lane and walk through the timeless adventures he has lived. Mickey Mania is a platformer where all the levels are based on Mickey's most famous cartoons. The levels range about 75 years, starting off with "Steamboat Willie" and going all the way to "The Prince and the Pauper".The gameplay consists mostly of jumping and marble throwing at enemies, with an occasional puzzle element. |
| NASCAR Racing | 1996 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Papyrus Design Group, Inc. | Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Sierra and Papyrus bring over their NASCAR series to the Playstation.The game presents three different game modes: Arcade Race, Simulation Race, and Simulation Testing. While the Arcade Race mode let's the player jump right into the fray after choosing their difficulty level (either rookie,veteran, or ace), the Simulation Race mode features a lot more customization options for the player to take into consideration.Simulation Race mode lets the player tweak their vehicles fuel usage, cross weights, tire pressure, the alignment of the camber and stagger of the wheels, the aerodynamics (air dam and spoiler), the shocks, and the gear ratios. The game also offers a Simulation Testing mode to let the player test these settings on the race track without the interference of other drivers.Both Arcade and Simulation Race modes let the player compete in a full 31-race championship season. After each race, players earn points depending on which position they placed in, which then affects their place in the season standings.The game features 16 licensed NASCAR tracks such as the Red Rock Raceway and the Bull Run Raceway. 3 of these tracks also have a nighttime version. There is also 2 fantasy tracks available to race on. The game also features 20 real NASCAR drivers from the 1996 season, and their respective car details.Options include having either automatic or manual shifting, setting the race length (either 2, 5, 10, 25, 50 or 100% of the laps depending on the track), setting the opponents' strength (between 80% and 120%), setting the car damage to either arcade, full, or off, and turning on or off braking help, yellow flags, and the pace lap. |
| NBA Jam Extreme | 1996 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Sculptured Software, Inc. | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade | | | Direct control | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | "Takes the NBA Jam game and puts into an all new 3d engine with lifelike player movement. All the real basketball action is bundled with extreme moves. Zany sound fx, commentary and victory dances by the players."Basketball with altered gameplay. Features two players on each team with a huge number of special dunks and moves. There is an inclusion of a new extreme button for added excitement. Commentary by Marv Albert. |
| NBA ShootOut | 1996 | Sony Computer Entertainment of America | Team SOHO | Sports | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | This is the first entry of Sony's basketball franchise that has all 29 NBA teams and their respective logos of that time as well as updated rosters with 300 major players. The players animations were motion captured and represented by 3D polygons.It has the standard modes: Exhibition, Season and Playoffs as well as the ability to have eight friends play simultaneously. It has three different skill levels along with several camera angles and various plays that can be chosen from as well as slam dunks and pick & rolls. |
| NBA in the Zone 2 | 1996 | Konami (America), Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | This is the sequel to its predecessor which features more of the same gameplay and updated rosters including Dennis Rodman and Cliff Robinson. It also features all 29 fully licensed NBA teams and their respective logos and the standard Exhibition and Season modes including the ability to trade and build their ultimate dream team.The players are rendered in 3D polygon graphics and even features small details such as sweat bands and tattoos and even realistic player animations and dunks. Eight friends can also play simultaneously utilizing multi-tap. |
| NCAA Gamebreaker | 1996 | Sony Computer Entertainment of America | Sony Interactive Studios America | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | 2D scrolling | PS1 | This is Sony's first entry in its NCAA Gamebreaker series which features over 100 Division 1-A, 1-AA and historical teams, including their respective logos and nicknames. It also features real-life stats of each team's players and their jersey numbers, but not their names. Authentic stadiums for the major teams are also present as well as crowd chants and fight songs.The standard game modes apply including Championship, Season (either with tournament championships or bowl championships) and Exhibition which also includes multiplayer capabilities that can include up to eight simultaneous human players. There are also 20 authentic bowl games to choose from, over 12 categories of stats that the player can track and authentic awards including the coveted Heisman trophy. |
| NFL Full Contact | 1996 | Konami (America), Inc. | Robin Antonick Games, L.L.C. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | The American football game contains all the licensed NFL teams, all the players (over 1500 of them) and schedules. Players choose between multiplayer mode or single player mode versus computer AI. Games can be played individually, or players can compete against a series of randomly chosen opponents in the Playoff games. Camera angles can be changed to numerous 3D views that simulate the looks of real television coverage, with a special first-person view also included. Adding to the realism is a simulated voice announcer. The player animations are motion-captured. |
| NHL Open Ice: 2 On 2 Challenge | 1996 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Midway Manufacturing Company | Sports | Side view | Licensed | | Arcade | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | NHL Open Ice is the NBA Jam for ice hockey, with a 2 on 2 arcade action featuring a full NHL license including actual team names and logos and 120 actual NHLPA players with reflective stats for the 1995-96 season.The game features power-ups that will aid the players along during a game including the "Hot Meter" which is filled with every score, body check and steals. Once the meter is full, the player will literally catch fire and their stats will max out for a brief period of time, allowing the player to score goals better, steal the puck more often, etc.There is five difficulty settings and adjustable options such as period time times and cheat options such as "Big Head" mode and multiplayer capabilities for either head-to-head action or co-op play. Chicago Blackhawks announcer, Pat Foley, lends his voice talents to the game for in-game commentary. |
| Namco Museum Vol. 2 | 1996 | Namco Hometek Inc. | Namco Limited | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | The second in Namco's Museum series brings together the following games:
Super Pac-Man
Xevious
Mappy
Grobda
Dragon Buster
Gaplus
There are also some extras in the museum section, including never before seen pictures and text of the development of each title. |
| Olympic Soccer | 1996 | Eidos Interactive, Inc., U.S. Gold, Inc. | Silicon Dreams Studio Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | Isometric | PS1 | While the soccer tournament is often downplayed not only inside the Olympic movement but also by the soccer-following community, in 1996, by the occasion of the Games of the XXVI Olympiad in Atlanta, US Gold decided to release a game representing the tournament.The player can choose one of the 33 teams, and participate in exhibition matches, arcade (a 32-team cup knockout), Olympic (the 16 team tournament mimicking the actual tournament), or play on an all-versus-all league (from 3 to 16 teams). The games feature the usual options found in contemporary games, such as match length and draw rules, as well as define several weather patterns from wind to the bumpiness of the grass. All 5 stadiums used in the actual Olympics are present. |
| Panzer General | 1996 | Strategic Simulations, Inc. | Strategic Simulations, Inc. | Strategy | Top-down | | War | Turn-based strategy, Wargame | Africa, Europe, Historical events, Middle East, World War II | | Point and select | Turn-based | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | The time for resurrecting historical events has come. Panzer General was one of the first games (if not the first) that actually gave you the ability to play for the Nazis, and yet succeed where Hitler failed. Having total and complete control over land, sea, and air units, you must defeat the Allied dogs as fast as you can (to get a major victory), or slower than in history (to get a minor victory).The game's quality lies in the number of units. There are basically hundreds of Axis and Allied units from World War II, accompanied with "circled" animations and battle sounds, as well as marching or moving sounds. The Main menu is always located on the right side of the screen, with plenty of options and selections you can change to suit your preferences.A turn-based hexagon strategy game that will actually go faster if you have a faster computer, but will always be playable (speed doesn't go up to infinity). The first and original Panzer General, this installment would be followed by sequels and many other games in the series using the "General" name. |
| Pro Pinball: The Web | 1996 | Interplay Productions, Inc. | Cunning Developments | Action | | | | Pinball | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | In this pinball simulation, you play on a table called "The Web". With the help of three flippers, you must send the ball into the various openings, trapdoors, and ramps. You can gain various bonuses (such as several balls to knock at the same time) if you play particularly well. Some of the targets activate special missions when you hit them with a ball. Those missions vary from aiming at specific targets to playing mini-games, such as shooting asteroids. After you have completed five missions, you'll be able to face the Dark Queen, the off-screen antagonist of the game.Unlike many other pinball games, "The Web" aims for realistic simulation of pinball. The game implements real table physics, and doesn't feature any unrealistic gadgets or living enemies.
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| Project: Horned Owl | 1996 | Sony Computer Entertainment of America | AlfaSystem Co., Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | | | Rail shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | Teen | | PS1 | Horned Owl is a rail-shooter that can take advantage of the PlayStation mouse or the Konami light gun. Three main characters are available. The levels are all city-based with multiple mech style enemies to dispatch. The game plays pretty quick as there are only five levels. Masamune Shirow, famous for the anime Ghost In The Shell, was involved with the character design. |
| Robotron X | 1996 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Player 1 | Action | | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | Isometric | PS1 | The arcade classic is taken to the next level, this time in 3D. The super-enhanced hero Ugene is once again called into action to save the last human family against the hordes of relentless Robotrons. Battle through 100 different levels, gaining new power-ups and abilities as Ugene survives wave after wave of the unrelenting hordes. While Ugene may face the familiar Robotrons, there will be new additions and tricks that the killer robots will use against the last surviving human family. Ugene must protect them at all cost while racking up the highest possible score! |
| Slamscape | 1996 | Viacom New Media | Viacom New Media | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Cyberspace is in danger again, and you've got to save it. Gameplay is reminiscent of Spectre VR; the goal is to pilot a Slamjet (a hovercraft-like vehicle) around futuristic virtual landscapes and collect a series of glowing objects called "Orb-ids" while avoiding a series of enemies and bosses which require some puzzle-solving in order to defeat.Once you collect all the Orb-ids in a level you clean up the virtual zone, and move on to the next.Graphics are fully 3D with polygonal enemies and objects, and the game touts a dynamic soundtrack composed by alternative rock band God Lives Underwater. |
| Smash Court | 1996 | Namco Limited | Namco Limited | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Smash Court is an arcade-style tennis game that features quick play exhibition mode as well as fully fledged tennis club mode which lets you name and create your character and build it over time into a professional tennis player by playing in various leagues and participating in tournaments. The tennis club mode also lets you practice alone to learn how to hit the ball in different ways. You can start the tennis club mode alone on in two player mode. Unlike for exhibition mode, memory card is required to save your data when starting the tennis club mode.Exhibition mode quickly goes through basic selection such as playing as whether to play as singles (1-on-1) or doubles (2-on-2), choosing who controls which player (all combinations of Player and AI are included), select the tennis players for both sides (there are 24 playable characters, 12 male and 12 female ones), and deciding where you want to play (10 locations are available in total to choose from, each representing a specific country with the background setting, such as coastal town of Greece, temples in Thailand, sand beach in Tahiti, and other). The game is played in bird's eye perspective where hitting the ball requires precise timing and direction. The camera is always focused on and follows the ball since the field is larger than the visible area on the screen and supports scrolling in any direction. |
| Solar Eclipse | 1996 | Crystal Dynamics, Inc. | Crystal Dynamics, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Solar Eclipse is a 3D space flight simulation shooter that takes place on and near the many moons of Saturn. You are a hot-shot pilot with a troubled past. You've been re-assigned to a new squadron aboard a Tomlinson-class carrier. There's trouble on a mining colony on the moon Janus. Your squadron is sent in to investigate, and uncover a lot more than they went looking for.Solar Eclipse plays kind of like a sequel to Total Eclipse for the 3DO, which gameplay is similar to Space Harrier. You can view the game from a behind-the-ship perspective, or an in-cockpit perspective, but the scrolling is on rails and the player can only travel in one direction. In each of the 9 missions you will find wave after wave of enemy ships, and a powerful boss ship at the end.The story in this game is told through a series of full-motion video clips. In addition to between-level scenes, FMV messages from your squad mates appear from time to time while you play the game. |
| Space Hulk: Vengeance of the Blood Angels | 1996 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Key Game | Action, Strategy | 1st-person, Top-down | Licensed | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Space Hulk: Vengeance of the Blood Angels is a mix of a First-Person-Shooter and a tactical fighting game. It is placed in the
Warhammer 40k background of the Games Workshop tabletop games.
It is the successor of the PC game Space Hulk from 1993 and it tells of the fight between the Terminators of the Blood Angels Chapter of Space Marines and the Tyranid Genestealers.You control up to ten Terminators. You give them orders in a tactical screen and/or take over one of them and then move in a 3D environment and fight the Genestealers just as in a First-Person-Shooter. So the game includes tactical planning and fighting in a good balance. |
| Star Fighter | 1996 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | The World Federation Entertainments Network | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation, Space flight | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | 3037. FedNet is now in control of the federation, and in an attempt to gain the trust of the population following decades of corruption and warfare, the FedNet Space Corps were sent to the outermost planets to crush the small-time warlords still running the show there. After being "convinced" to join them in a tour of duty, he is assigned to an elite flight group with the only purpose of testing the most cutting-edge technology.A remake of the original game of the same title released a few years before for the Acorn Archimedes platform, Starfighter 3000 features more detailed graphics (now all surfaces are texture-mapped and a fogging filter reduces clipping). Featuring 15 levels in 4 worlds, the player controls the Predator Mark-IV, a fighter ship capable of space and atmospheric flight. However, other than the handy boost button, the player has no control over the throttle, (unless he uses a flight stick with thrust controls such as 3DO's CH Pro stick) and must keep moving at all times. In post 3DO releases, only two points of view are available: behind (better for acrobatics and general flying) and cockpit (accurate aiming and NOE flight). The 3DO release contained several more, like a TV-style fly-by-cam, weapon cameras, and enemy cams that could show a nearby enemies' POV. By picking up crystals the player is able to upgrade his craft and obtain more ammo, and by combining colours, get more powerful weapons, some also obtainable from parachute drops sent by FedNet.One of the defining features of the game is using the laser (basic weapon) to terraform the map. As the game map is composed of tiles, some with higher or lower vertexes can be leveled by simply firing repeatedly at the same area. This allows players to strategically avoid heavy defense turrets by simply collapsing a hill, or destroy a heavier turret by simply burrowing the ground beneath it.The player starts the game with three lives and earns one every 250k points. Losing all lives means a game over, but as there isn't a profile for each pilot (like in Tie Fighter), the game can be resumed freely from the last savegame. |
| Steel Harbinger | 1996 | Mindscape, Inc. | Mindscape, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | | PS1 | In the midst of a large-scale war, aliens invade. The attack begins with pods dropped on the Earth, designed to turn anyone foolish enough to come near into a bio-mechanical horror, determined to kill all humans, and very good at this task. Luckily, one of the pod's victims manages to escape halfway through the conversion process, retaining her mind. Now, the Steel Harbinger, backed up by a group of surviving scientists, must travel the post-apocalyptic United States, destroying aliens, rescuing survivors, and searching for a way to stop the attack.Steel Harbinger is a 3d, top-down shooter, with the twist that you can eat the enemies you kill to regain health. Weapons, both human and alien, can be found around the large levels, as well as the standard keycards, consoles, and aliens. Between levels, full-motion videos explain the plot. |
| Super Football Champ | 1996 | Taito Corporation | Taito Corporation | Sports | Side view | | | | | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)super football champ
The football game all arcade fans have been waiting for!
Arcade football has just come home! which means for the first time a real-time 3D arcade football game is available on the PlayStation!. If you want flowing football, realistic animations, over the top celebrations and wild fouls then look no further. Quite simply Super Football Champ is in a different league!Up to four players can compete at once!
Unique arcade look and feel
Easy to pick up - impossible to put down
Re-create your own personal world cup with 30 international teams
Perform miracles in the box with the User selectable ACE player
Friendly, tournament or league play
Over the top celebrations, wild fouls and big match atmosphere thanks to in game commentary by Jonathan Pearce |
| TNN Motor Sports Hardcore 4x4 | 1996 | American Softworks Corporation | Gremlin Interactive Limited | Racing / Driving, Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | | | Off-roading | Direct control | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | TNN Motorsports Hardcore 4x4 is an off road racing game. You drive a 4x4 like a Jeep or pickup truck around cross-country loops and attempt to get to the finish line first. There are three race types. In single race mode you participate in only one race on a track of your choice against 5 other competitors. Championship allows you to race through all 6 courses in a row in an attempt to win a hidden truck. Time trial lets up to 8 players compete round-robin style for the fast lap time around a track.This game utilizes 3D environments and truck models. The sound track features hard rock music. |
| Tecmo Super Bowl | 1996 | Tecmo, Inc. | Tecmo, Ltd. | Sports | Side view | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | Kids to Adults | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (US) (from Ad Blurbs)TECMO SUPER BOWLIT'S UN-BOWL-IEVABLE
Tecmo® Super Bowl™ is the most realistic football game ever programmed! Just check out these great features:
Super refined polygon graphics
Instant replay
Live commentary
3 different playing perspectives
Variable weather conditions
Unlimited player trades
New play book system and new plays
Updated players and stats
New crowd noises
Free edit: create your own dream team
Free positions: place any one anywhere, any time
New tournament mode for you and 7 of your closest friends
So, get ready to play the best football of your life — in one of the best games in the world. |
| The Crow: City of Angels | 1996 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Gray Matter Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed, Regional differences | | Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | Michael Upton | | Mature | | PS1 | The Crow: City of Angels is a video game adaption of the 1996 film of the same name.Brought back from the dead by the mysterious crow, Ashe will stop at nothing to avenge his and his son's execution at the hands of the minions of Judah, the city’s crime lord. One by one they will face the crow!The Crow: COA is a 3D fighting game in which the player wanders from screen to screen, fighting everybody they come across with a wide variety of kicks and punches that vary based on your proximity to your foe. There is also a large range of weapons including pistols, shotgun's, knives, pool cues, pipes and steel drums. |
| The Final Round | 1996 | Konami (America), Inc. | Konami Co., Ltd. | Sports | Behind view | | | | | | Direct control | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Part of Konami's XXL Sports series, The Final Round is a golf game with support for up to four players that features stroke play, match play, and skins match modes.Players can choose from one of six available generic golfers, each with differing ratings in power, technique, stability, and luck. One 3D course is available, and players must contend with the usual elements, including wind, terrain, and club selection.The game should not be confused with Konami's arcade boxing title of the same name. |
| The Raven Project | 1996 | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Sci-fi shooter with gameplay similar to the Rebel Assault series. Divided into missions, you get to play in ship-to-ship combat, mechanised warrior battles, surface-planetary warfare and tail-gunning, according to the developers. The game also features a complex story with live-action video sequences. |
| Tokyo Highway Battle | 1996 | Jaleco USA, Inc. | Genki Co., Ltd. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Street racing | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | One of the earliest in the Shutokou Battle series, where the player took control of 12 different cars and 60 different parts and upgrades available to choose from.There are a variety of tracks to choose from, all recreated to resemble actual Tokyo roads and highways and featured the "Drift" button that allowed the player to take a turn faster. Players can also earn points through this action as well as from winning races to upgrade their car and go head-to-head against the computer or against three CPU opponents.Keiichi Tsuchiya, a racing champion from Tokyo and Masaaki Bando, a top automotive expert from Japan both lent their expertise to the game to ensure authentic handling and physics for each vehicle that was rendered in the game. |
| V Tennis | 1996 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Tonkinhouse | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | Kyou Momonoki | PS1 | V-Tennis is a three dimensional tennis games played from a third person perspective with ten different camera angles to choose from. It plays like other games of its kind and allows the player do a number of different shots, including slices, lobs, top spins, drop shots, and smashes. It's possible to play individual matches against human or AI controlled opponents or in a tournament. Individual matches can be singles or doubles and in multiplayer it's possible for players to both compete against each other or to cooperate against the computer. There are 16 tennis players to choose from and they have different stats in five categories: service, forehand, backhand, footwork and sprint. Six different courts can be chosen from: stadium, indoor, N.Y., Fiji, Kilauea and Japan. It's also possible to chose the surface type: hard, clay or lawn. The game also has an edit mode where the abilities and look of the tennis players can be modified. |
| VR Golf '97 | 1996 | Interplay Productions, Inc. | Gremlin Interactive Limited | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Actua Golf is a golf simulation with full 3D terrain and characters. It comes with two courses to play at (country and tropical), customizable characters and multi-view shot tracking and action replays.Actua Golf uses similar game controls as older golf titles did. With a swing meter, where you have to time correctly to hit the ball right.The game features two difficulties and various game modes such as foursome, four ball challenge and skins. Commentary in the game is provided by Tony Adamson, Pat O'Brien, and Peter Alliss. |
| VR Soccer '96 | 1996 | Gremlin Interactive Limited | Gremlin Interactive Limited | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | In 1995 the increased power of the new wave of systems made 3D football games a possibility several companies investigated. Most of the features people later took for granted in football games were pioneered, or at least fairly fresh, when they appeared in the first of the Actua Sports titles.Multiple camera angles were available to view the full-3D action, with 3 Sheffield Wednesday FC players providing motion capture. 44 international squads of 22 players, each with 8 individual skill attributes, were featured. BBC commentator Barry Davies provided a full flowing commentary over the top. A full range of customised tournaments were available, as well as multi-player options allowing for both same-system and networked play. |
| Viewpoint | 1996 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Aicom Corporation | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | Kids to Adults | 2D scrolling, Isometric | PS1 | Viewpoint is a top-down orthographic perspective game in the tradition of Zaxxon. The PlayStation and Saturn versions feature 3D rendered graphics with texture maps, unlike the other versions which primarily feature shaded polygons.One or two players (in hot-seat or cooperative mode) control a spaceship equipped with a laser cannon which can be charged (by holding the shooting button down) for a stronger blast. Besides the main weapon, three special weapons are available: a wall of fire which wipes the screen up in a wave, a nova-like blast and a circle of spherical-green homing missiles. |
| X2: No Relief | 1996 | Ocean Software Ltd. | Team17 Software Limited | Action | Side view, Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | X2: No Relief is the sequel to Project-X for up to two players. Like its predecessor, it's a horizontal (and sometimes vertical) scrolling shoot em up. The manual instructs the player that this game doesn't need a story, and they should simply get rid of the attacking aliens.To do so, the player has a choice between three types of space ship, each of them differs in terms of firepower and speed. The game has two different difficulty modes and a password system to resume the fight for the first five levels. During gameplay, the player has the possibility to pick up a wide variety of power-ups for their ship. Next to the main gun, side weapons and anti-gravity orbs with their own firepower can be obtained as well as mega-bombs, among other things.The game is over once all lives or continues are used up. The player is then taken to a high-score screen to enter their initials. |
| Zeitgeist | 1996 | Acclaim Entertainment Ltd. | Taito Corporation | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Zeitgeist is a 3D shooter in which the player controls a futuristic fighter jet flying through space. The lone hero must battle multiple waves of aliens and asteroids, fly across planets and inside space stations, as well as combat large mother ships and other boss enemies. The game only allows limited movement of the jet, prompting the player to focus on targeting and destroying as much as he can on his path. The jet that has two main weapons, and a laser sub-weapon that homes into targets. Unlike most other shooters, this game does not have any power-ups. |
| NFL GameDay | 1996-01-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment of America | Sony Interactive Studios America | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | This is the first installment in the NFL GameDay series, and has all the players, teams, stadiums, stats, and injuries. There is a variety of offensive and defensive moves you can use including dives, spins, and stiff arms on offense; and dives, jumps, forearm bashes, and swim moves on defense. |
| NHL FaceOff | 1996-01-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment of America | Sony Interactive Studios America | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | The first in the NHL FaceOff series. You'll find one-timers, a wide selection of checks, slap shots, drop passes, every NHL player and team, and statistics.Also found in FaceOff includes pretty good AI for the time of the game's release. In terms of sound, FaceOff really tries to recreate an in the arena hockey sound, with the announcer's voice echoing combined with organ music and cheering from the crowd.There are also multiple camera angles that can put you in the middle of the ice. |
| Philosoma | 1996-01-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment of America | G-artists | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | In Philosoma, you blast through 18 vertical scrolling deep space environments in search of the mysterious distress call, destroying enemies and obstacles in your path. Go up against a variety of vehicles including the "Hover Carrier," the "Makkon," and the "Missile Walker" as you clear your way with one of four main weapons such as the Vulcan, Laser, A-Break, or Ray-B. Each weapon can be upgraded up to three times when specific power-up icons are collected. A secondary weapon such as Buster grenades, MRMs, and SRMs are equipped at the beginning of a level or acquired through a power-up.Enemies include other space ships and large insect like aliens. |
| Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams | 1996-01-02 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | Martial arts | Fighting | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Teen | 2D scrolling | PS1 | It's Street Fighter as you always remember it, with some new moves, characters and combo systems, as well as a more polished look and feel.The new moves available for each fighter, called Super moves, allow them to fire off very powerful moves. A bar at the bottom of the screen represents the power that you have to use for the moves. You start the first round on 0, and each attack that you make adds power to the bar. Once you reach level 3, you can unleash the special attacks, that can sometimes KO the opponant.The other major change over the Street Fighter 2 series are the Alpha counters. These can be used to counter an on-coming attack after blocking. |
| Revolution X | 1996-01-04 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Midway Manufacturing Company | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Rail shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | | PS1 | Revolution X is about the ol' Rock & Roll.There is an evil nation putting the youth down and banning our beloved rock music. Who you gonna call? Aerosmith!
With the help of Aerosmith, the player must shoot his/her way through enemy infested levels, (light) guns blazing, collecting power-ups and releasing hostages.Almost all of the graphics are digitized and Aerosmith themselves are too! There are also lots of fmv videos.
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| Magical Drop | 1996-01-13 | Data East Corporation | Data East Corporation, Russ, Ltd. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Direct control | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | This is the very first coin-op game (and home conversions) in the Magical Drop series. Similar to other titles in the series, the goal of the game is to clear the screen of constantly advancing objects called 'drops'. The player character, stuck at the bottom of the screen, has a grapple which can be used to pull down a single drop, change its colour and put it back in line. Drops disappear when a line of three or more drops of the same colour is created.There are several game modes: endless mode, story mode, two-player mode, and puzzle mode.
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| Yaku: Yuujou Dangi | 1996-01-13 | Idea Factory Co., Ltd. | Axes Art Amuse | Action | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery, Horror | | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)To download content to the Memory Stick PRO Duo™ of your PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, the free space required is twice the size of the content to be downloaded.This software is playable for PLAYSTATION®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).To play this software on your PLAYSTATION®3 system, you must have at least 95MB of free space on your PLAYSTATION®3 system hard disk.To play this software on your PSP®, you must install the latest system software version and have a Memory Stick Duo™ with the free space stated above.For more detailed information about downloading to your PSP® system, please see URL below.http://asia.playstation.comWhen downloading using PC:When downloading contents to PSP®, you must install the PLAYSTATION®Network Downloader application first. Please go to our official website for installing instructions and other information. ■Game descriptionThis is the story of the terrible fear experienced by a group of friends who met in an abandoned elementary school. Unique visuals and extreme plot twists will test the player....You can still make it... This cult game might rub you the wrong way. It's dangerous! Not recommended for beginners!■PS3™ HDD and Memory Stick™ capacity requirement95MB■Copyright notices©1996 IDEA FACTORY■AttentionThis software is converted from the software for PlayStation® so that it can be played on PS3™ and PSP®. Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. |
| Akagi: Tōhaiden | 1996-01-19 | Micronet Co. Ltd. | Micronet Co. Ltd. | Strategy | 1st-person | Licensed | Crime | Board game | Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | Direct control | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Based on Nobuyuki Fukumoto's manga "Akagi: Yami ni Oritatta Tensai" and some live-action adaptations, the game explores the gambling exploits of Shigeru Akagi. The player progresses the story by winning Mahjong games in two to four player matches with the stakes gradually rising through each new game, with the goal of become a legendary champion. |
| Policenauts | 1996-01-19 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | In the year 2010 mankind has built its first space colony, Beyond Coast. Three years later the founders of the colony felt it needed to be protected, and chose five best policemen from Earth to do that: Gates Becker from Scotland Yard, the Japanese Sadaoki Tokugawa, Salvatore Toscanini from New York, and two policemen from Los Angeles: Jonathan Ingram and his best friend Ed Brown. During a routine patrol on Beyond Coast, something happened to Jonathan's spacesuit. He was sucked into space and presumed dead. Twenty-five years later, he is miraculously discovered in his life pod, alive. He still looks like a young man, but in reality, he is fifty-five years old.Trying to forget his past, Jonathan opens an investigation agency on Earth. One day, his ex-wife unexpectedly pays him a visit. She has re-married during Jonathan's prolonged absence and asks him to find her missing husband. When she leaves the office, her car explodes, and she dies. Determined to fulfill her final request, Jonathan prepares to re-visit Beyond Coast.Policenauts is a Japanese-style adventure with action elements, similar in many ways to Snatcher. The player interacts with the environment in a point-and-click fashion: positioning a cursor over an object allows the player character to examine it or perform other context-dependent actions. There are a few puzzles in the game, but most of the time the story is advanced by visiting various locations, examining objects, and talking to characters. Conversations usually include a selection of topics. Action sequences are similar to those of Snatcher, but are more numerous and varied. The player must rapidly shoot enemies moving within a one-screen area viewed from a first-person perspective, reloading the gun manually and trying to eliminate the enemy before Jonathan's health bar is depleted. |
| Dai-4-ji Super Robot Taisen | 1996-01-26 | Banpresto Co., Ltd. | Winky Soft Co., Ltd. | Strategy | Top-down | Licensed | War | Tactical RPG, Turn-based strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | The proper sequel to the third game and EX.Three months have passed since the third game, where a race of extraterrestrials, known as the "Inspectors", attacked Earth Federation forces (Mobile Suit Gundam). The Earth Federation, economically exhausted from conflicts, decides to impose the hegemony of Earth and to neglect the Space Colonies. In the midst of these reforms, rear admiral Jamitov (Zeta Gundam) forms the Titans, a pro-Earth group with a goal to enforce the will of the Federation on the Colonies. Due to the neglect, a rebellion begins in the Colonies, with the formation of the AEUG (Anti-Earth Union Group, also from Zeta Gundam). Meanwhile, Hamarn Karn (Zeta and ZZ Gundam) forms the Neue DC, a new group of Divine Crusaders (the villains from the first game) on a large mining asteroid. On Mars, two mysterious, yet very powerful figures, rebuild the same group with enormous amount of resources and technology. The Londo Bell battalion (Char's Counterattack), declared missing in the wake of the "La-Gias incident" (EX), is stripped of its former titles and becomes a rogue military group. Despite these circumstances, the threat of extraterrestrials still exists, with the arrival of the Guests...Dai-4-ji Super Robot Taisen is the finale of the Classic timeline of the series (until F and F Final came), before the story elements were revamped into Alpha series. This game introduced a number of significant features that became the mainstay of the entire franchise, such as a customizable player characters (appearance, sex, birth date, personality, robot type), upgradable weapons and pilot skills. The birth date determines the "spirit powers" (精神 seishin), which gives the players advantage over the enemy. The story branches depend on the actions of the player throughout the campaign. Also, a number of new robot franchises were added, such as Mazinkaiser (designed by the creator of the Mazinger franchise himself, Go Nagai), L-Gaim and Go Shogun. |
| Dark Legend | 1996-01-26 | Data East Corporation | Data East Corporation | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Fighting | Fantasy | | | | | | PS1 | Dark Legend or Suiko Enbu (Outlaws of the Lost Dynasty) is a one-on-one 2D fighting set in medieval China and based around the myths of the classic "Shuihuzhuan" Chinese story.Select between a group of 11 fighters and clash against each other using your specific moves and attacks. Additionally, each character fights with his own unique weapon, but depending on how much you block your weapon can break and you must finish the fight barehanded and using a different moveset and generally faster (but less powerful) attacks.Features the standard Vs head-to-head mode, as well as an Original mode which plays like the arcade original and a Special mode with arranged moves and tweaked balance. |
| Cyberia | 1996-02-01 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | Xatrix Entertainment, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements, Rail shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | In the year 2027, the world is controlled by two rival superpowers, the western-bloc Free World Alliance and the east-bloc Cartel. Transmissions from an FWA spy reveal the location of a secret multi-national laboratory deep within Siberia, the Cyberia Complex, where a mysterious weapon is being developed. FWA leader Devlin frees a cyber-hacker named Zak from prison and sends him to infiltrate the complex and discover the true nature of the Cyberia weapon.Unfortunately, the Cartel is also interested in the weapon and will stop at nothing to get it. Not only must Zak make his way past the Cartel forces sent to stop him, but he must also overcome the Cartel agents which have already seized control of the complex. To make matters worse the Cyberian scientist's genetically engineered creations are running rampant in the same area as the weapon and Devlin also appears to have something up his sleeve.Cyberia is an action game with puzzle sequences and a heavy reliance on scripted events and cutscenes. The game allows limited navigation between locations, which usually lead to a puzzle or (more often) action scenes that involve either shooting down planes with a gun turret or navigating various flying vehicles, destroying enemies in a Star Wars: Rebel Assault-style confrontations. |
| Rise 2: Resurrection | 1996-02-01 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Mirage Technologies (Multimedia) Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Fighting | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | | | Teen | 2D scrolling | PS1 | In the sequel new troubles in ElectroCorp have begun. As we remember, this corporation made robots for civilian jobs, but one Supervisor decided to make robot-killers. Human brains were implanted on some of them. But this time, one hacker has infected the ElectroCorp's network with a virus, so Supervisor lost control over robots and they began to kill each other. You are one of them. |
| Striker '96 | 1996-02-01 | Warner Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Rage Software Ltd. | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | 1996's edition of the Striker football series from Rage Software.Graphics combine a 3D pitch with 2D player sprites. The game includes multiple camera angles as well as different weather effects. You can modify any team's roster, select basic formations, time limits, difficulty, etc.Select from 41 international teams and take part in either friendly games, league, or cup tournaments.
Also included is a 6 on 6 indoor mode, and multiplayer support for up to 4 players using Gravis's GrIP system or through a network. The game includes commentary by Scottish commentator Andy Gray. |
| Alnam no Kiba: Jūzoku Jūnishinto Densetsu | 1996-02-02 | Right Stuff Corp. | Right Stuff Corp. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | Fantasy | | | | | Setting | PS1 | Alnam no Kiba is a remake of the PC Engine RPG of the same title from two years prior. The same general plot is present, but the entire game has been reworked from a traditional Japanese-style RPG into a Japanese-style adventure or visual novel game. The player controls Kenbu as he explores various locales, speaking to other characters, and sometimes ending up with them tagging along with him.Much of the original game's assets have been reused, but there are also some new graphics and music as well as some differences in the story, creating a very different alternate version of the game. As a bonus, there is also a gallery of fan art with commentary included on the disc. |
| Shijin no Maki Koten Tsumego Shuu | 1996-02-02 | Vap Inc. | Vap Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Board game, Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)"Shijin no Maki Koten Tsumego Shuu" is a board game in which you have to solve up to 500 tsumego questions simulating the conflicts of territory in the Chinese Classic "The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms". Play Shougi as you enjoy the story of the Kingdom Shu lead by the famous Zhu Ge Liang which united China. This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：21MBCopyright：©VAP INC.ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Angel Devoid: Face of the Enemy | 1996-02-09 | Vantan International Co., Ltd. | Electric Dreams Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | David Lo | PS1 | In Angel Devoid: Face of the Enemy, which is set in the futuristic NeoCity of the year 3032, the player takes the role of Jack Hard, a cop whose life goal is to hunt the criminal Angel Devoid. After an accident during a car chase he awakens in an hospital - only to find out that his face was operated to look like his eternal enemy. Now he is a wanted man...The controls of the game are similar to The 7th Guest: in a first-perspective view the player clicks on interactive items and a video clip shows the result. The game is designed to give an expression of the time pressure the protagonist is under - he has to react fast or he dies. This is also true when meeting other characters; in many situations Jack needs to use his gun to avoid being killed. Often he runs into conversations with people and robots instead of shooting them directly; then the player doesn't choose the exact answer but only the mood (aggressive, passive or normal) Jack answers in. The wrong approach may result in death. The protagonist can't walk freely through the city; the game consists of several single screens which have to be left by clicking on an exit, followed by a walking animation. There are quite a few places to visit, e.g. bars or a museum, but choosing the wrong path or hot spot generally leads to an instant death. There are also a few basic inventory-based puzzles to solve. |
| King's Field | 1996-02-15 | ASCII Entertainment Software, Inc. | FromSoftware, Inc. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy | | | | Teen | | PS1 | The powerful and holy Moonlight Sword was stolen from King Alfred of Verdite. Prince Alexander, one of the king's closest friends, embarks on a journey to retrieve the sword. During his voyage a terrible storm overcomes his ship, and it sinks to the bottom of the sea. Alexander miraculously survives and is washed ashore on the mysterious island of Melanat. He has to explore the island, aware of the monsters roaming it, and find the sword.King's Field (originally dubbed King's Field II) is the second game in the series, and the first one to become localized in Western countries. Like its predecessor, it is a first-person 3D action role-playing game with a heavy emphasis on dungeon crawling. The game takes place in world consisting of interconnected areas, which gradually open up as the player acquires keys and other means to enter them. Most of the time the player is free to explore large areas, though he may encounter powerful enemies he is yet unable to defeat.The player character can attack physically with melee or ranged weapons (bows), as well as cast magic. Physical attacks and spells are each assigned to a different button. Character growth is handled by repeatedly executing the same types of attacks and applying certain items to raise attributes. New in this installment is the learning of magic from special crystals. Most of the creatures encountered in the game are hostile, with only a few offering help such as procuring different types of crystals needed to make healing potions. Every NPC in the game, whether hostile or friendly, can be killed by the player. Alexander can sprint now, though doing this depletes his hit and magic points and he must rest for a while to recover them. It is also possible to teleport between areas. |
| Krazy Ivan | 1996-02-15 | Psygnosis Limited | Psygnosis Limited | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Shooter | Europe, Middle East, Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | In the early 21st century, the Earth is under attack by aliens. In five areas of the planet, they have erected energy generators, creating a field that slowly encompasses the entire planet surface. They have also taken hundreds of humans prisoner. Someone has to stop them. Enter Russian Commander Ivan Popovich, nicknamed "Krazy Ivan". He is a paranoid schizophrenic, prone to burst out into violence at any time. In other words, he's perfect for the job.The player controls Ivan's "Steel Cossack" power suit on the three-dimensional battlefields. In each of the five areas in the game, two kinds of enemies can be found: Drones and Sentients. Drones are smaller air and ground vehicles that often respawn. Sentients are mechs similar in size and capability to the Steel Cossack. Each of the Sentients must be eliminated before the energy field generator can be destroyed to complete the mission.The Cossack is capable of carrying lots of weapons: projectile and energy guns, unguided and guided missiles, and other special weapons. Destroyed enemies reveal captured humans, to be rescued by Ivan, and power-ups, which recharge shields or rearm weapons.After a successful mission, Ivan can upgrade the Cossack with more powerful weapons and replace the mech's armor.Between the missions, rather humorous live-action cutscenes (starring English actors sporting thick Russian accents) continue the story. |
| Doraemon: Nobita to Fukkatsu no Hoshi | 1996-02-16 | Epoch Co., Ltd. | Epoch Co., Ltd., Sakata SAS Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Platform | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | One winter, the robotic blue cat from the future, Doraemon, takes Nobita and his friends on a trip into outer space. However, while they're flying across the galaxy, they wind up making an emergency landing on a strange planet after a collision... and are attacked by strange robots as soon as they land! Now, Nobita and his friends must figure out what's happened on this strange planet, and find a way to repair their ship and get home!Doraemon: Nobita to Fukkatsu no Hoshi ("Doraemon: Nobita and the Planet of Revival") is a side-scrolling action platformer, and one of the many titles based on the long-running children's cartoon. The game is divided into short platform stages, each with a specific objective or goal that must be completed to move on. Between stages, there are voiced visual novel-style sequences which move the story forward. There are sometimes choices available in these sections, which can affect which stage the player reaches next. |
| Lode Runner: The Legend Returns | 1996-02-16 | Petra | Presage Software, Inc. | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Platform | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | A resurrection of the original classic platform game with a number of updates such as one and two player options, detailed graphics, character moves, a level editor, and music with sound effects. Besides running from some red-toga wearing "Mad Monks" that eat you (like in the "Beast Master" movie) if they catch you, you have a few things on hand to use: small bombs, big bombs (nothing will reappear when they destroy something), a drill (for stone floors), booby-traps, and a few other things up your sleeve. |
| Puppet Zoo Pilomy | 1996-02-16 | Human Entertainment, Inc. | Human Entertainment, Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person | | | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)PUPPET ZOO PILOMY is a simulation game that plays like toy blocks. Build up different kinds of animals with the parts by manipulating the simple controls, and explore the nature with your animals today.This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：255MBCopyright：©2010 HAMSTER Co.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Quarantine | 1996-02-16 | Asmik Ace Entertainment, Inc. | Imagexcel | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | Automobile | | | | | PS1 | In Quarantine, you play the part of a taxi driver, desperate to escape from the violent prison city of Kemo. Deliver passengers to their destinations, so you can earn money to upgrade your cab, and take on undercover missions in the hope that somehow you can find a way out. An impressive array of cab-mounted weaponry will help you to survive. |
| Snatcher | 1996-02-16 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Japanese-style adventure, Quick Time Events (QTEs), Shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | | | | | PS1 | Snatcher is set in the futuristic Neo Kobe City, a city of madness and decadence. The year is 2047 (or 2042, according to the original Japanese version). Mankind is facing its gravest crisis. A mysterious bio-roid life form has appeared. Its true nature and purpose are unknown. Is it some country's secret weapon, or an alien from another world? They appear in the winter, killing people and taking their place in society. They wear artificial skin and can sweat and even bleed. They are called "Snatchers" because they "snatch" their victims before they take their place.A new police force, specifically trained to fight the Snatchers, has been formed. They are JUNKERs (which is deciphered as "Japanese Undercover Neuro-Kinetic Elimination Rangers" in the English version). Every time you encounter someone, a difficult question must be asked — is it a person or a snatcher? The player takes control of Gillian Seed, one of the JUNKERs. The gameplay largely follows the structure of a Japanese-style adventure. The player uses a menu-driven interface to execute commands, which include moving between locations and interacting with the environment. Typically, every room contains objects that can be examined, leading to text descriptions and comments. Conversations occupy a large portion of the gameplay, with various topics available and a wealth of information about the game's world and characters. A few parts contain light puzzle-solving elements, though as a rule the game is almost completely devoid of puzzles.During key moments of the narrative, the player will be prompted to participate in intense shooting sequences. The goal is usually to kill all the enemies that pop out on the screen before they are able to kill Gillian. Some of such sequences are timed, i.e. the player is required to quickly shoot before another events is triggered, leading to the protagonist's death. |
| Vehicle Cavalier | 1996-02-16 | Vanguard Works | Vanguard Works | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Fast-paced gun-blazing action awaits in this classic mecha deathmatch. Blast your way through the arena as you wield over 300 types of weapons. You can even create your own weapons for custom carnage! Explore the madness as 8 unique characters are locked in a mobile-suite melee. Conquer all challenges and build the most powerful Vehicle Cavalier ever!
©1995 VANGUARD CO.,LTD.
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| Johnny Bazookatone | 1996-02-22 | U.S. Gold Ltd. | Arc Developments | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Shooter | | | | | Kids to Adults | 2D scrolling | PS1 | The original guitar hero with the Elvis attitude and purple hair pompadour, Johnny Bazookatone, has been imprisoned in the year 2050 in Sin Sin Prison by El Diablo, the Lord of the Underworld, who is jealous of his talent and kidnaps other musical legends as well in this 3D side-scrolling platformer. Johnny's guitar Anita has been taken from him and he sets out to escape and vanquish foes on his way to be reunited with Anita. He can perform moves such as 360-degree spin jumps and hover jumps, among others, while using his bazooka guitar as a weapon. When powered up, it can emit a special sonic blast that fries anything within hearing range. As you make your way through the demonic levels such as Hotel Demonique, Hell's Kitchen, and Mr. Diablo's fiery Penthouse, you can acquire more weapons, power-ups and find secret passages that lead to bonus levels. The game's soundtrack includes the title track contributed by Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora and Tico Torres. |
| Hyper Crazy Climber | 1996-02-23 | Nihon Bussan Co., Ltd. | Nihon Bussan Co., Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Hyper Crazy Climber has similar gameplay to that of the
original game, but it has a few differences. Besides updated graphics, you choose between three characters, each with their own strength/speed differences. You then select several buildings from a Bomberman-style map screen, and these spires include an underwater building, a medieval clock tower in which its hands are a hazard, a haunted skyscraper, and a beanstalk.The object of the game is, as always, to reach the top of the building using the blueprints as a guide. While working your way to the top, you must dodge various obstacles that get in your way. More often than not, you do not fall off the building if one of the objects hits you, unless you try to dodge when you come in contact with them. Falling off a building will result in a loss of life. When you reach the top of a building, you have to hop onto some sort of vehicle that will take you to the next building. Coins are awarded at the completion of each standard level.To increase your chances of reaching the top, power-ups can be obtained, and include a time-stopping clock and window-shattering sticks of dynamite. When you complete the second stage, the game unlocks the building at the center of the map. This building lets you gamble for extra lives and other items that lead you to a fast-paced bonus level. |
| Taikō Risshiden II | 1996-02-23 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | | | | | Historical events | | | Real-time, Turn-based | | | PS1 | Taikō Risshiden II is a follow-up to Taikou Risshiden. The game has a new map which spreads to Shikoku, Kyushu and Tōhoku so that the player character can attack or defend more castles and roam more towns. The player character can serve under other clan they should desire. They may do so by traveling to their location and by building friendly ties with them. In general, the sequel retains the basic gameplay principle of the first game, but expands the playing area. |
| Welcome House | 1996-02-23 | Imagineer Co., Ltd. | Gust Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Comedy | | | | Direct control | | | Cinematic camera | PS1 | Welcome House is an adventure game which has players take the role of Keaton Paxman who is visiting his rich uncle Parkinson on April Fools. When Keaton got to his uncle's estate, his car broke down and, on top of that, when he entered the mansion, the door got jammed trapping him inside the mansion. Now, players must help Keaton find a way out of the mansion. The game never takes itself seriously, featuring a lot of slapstick humor and a laugh track when Keaton uses an item in the wrong place or gets into a trap. There are no enemies, Keaton can't die in the game and the traps that are scattered across the mansion are mainly for comic relief making it kid friendly. Players will need to locate keys, books, food and other objects and use them in the right place to get to the locked rooms and progress through the game. |
| Alien Trilogy | 1996-02-29 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Probe Entertainment Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | Licensed, Regional differences | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | | PS1 | Alien Trilogy is a first-person shooter based on the first three Alien movies. You control Lt. Ripley in three sections, each based on one film: The colony complex on LV426 (from Aliens), the prison planet (from Alien³) and the derelict spaceship (from Alien). Each section consists of about 10 missions. In every mission, certain goals must be accomplished to continue. These include killing a certain number of enemies, finding items or activating switches.Enemies include everything the alien life cycle provides: facehuggers, chestbursters, warrior aliens, dog aliens (from Alien³) and alien queens, one of which waits in the final mission of every section. In addition to the Aliens, you also have to fight employees of the Company, who have either been infected by the aliens and are beyond saving or who actively want to obstruct your mission.Weapons to be used include pistol, shotgun, pulse rifle, flame thrower and smart gun. Ammunition, health upgrades and other useful items are scattered throughout the levels. Hidden areas may be uncovered by using explosives like grenades and seismic charges. An auto mapping system helps in not getting lost, night goggles and shoulder lamps (running on battery power) allow you to see in the dark and the motion tracker tells you where your enemies are - but only if they are moving. |
| Brain Dead 13 | 1996-03-01 | ReadySoft Incorporated | ReadySoft Incorporated | Action | | | | Quick Time Events (QTEs) | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | In Brain Dead 13, the player takes on the role of a young computer expert who one day is called to fix a computer at some scary castle and in no time flat, finds himself in trouble.It is up to the player to use the complex moves of an interactive movie to escape from the castle. This animated adventure is basically based on the player's judgment on which direction you think the character might go, and if the player guesses wrong, death. |
| Psychic Detective | 1996-03-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult, Detective / mystery, Horror | | | | | | Mature | | PS1 | Eric Fox is a psychic who lives in San Francisco and earns his living performing magic shows in seedy nightclubs. This changes when Eric meets Laina, a mysterious woman who trains him to venture inside other people's minds. Laina then hires Eric as a private detective to travel into the minds of the people who attend a wake held in honor of her father, which has died under unclear circumstances.Psychic Detective is an interactive movie with adventure elements. The player can choose people whose minds Eric is able to read, and also interact with objects for further insight into the storyline. Many of these decisions and interaction choices branch the storyline, leading it to different endings; one of these endings is reached if the player chooses not to interact at all and lets the movie unfold by itself. |
| True Pinball | 1996-03-01 | Ocean Software Ltd. | Digital Illusions CE AB | Simulation | Top-down | | | Arcade, Pinball | | | | | | Isometric | PS1 | True Pinball is a console version of Pinball Illusions that has 4 different tables, named "Extreme Sports", "Vikings - The Tales", "Ricochet" and "Babewatch".Both 2D and 3D views (not available in computer versions) are available and over 32,000 colors in high resolutions boost it visually.
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| Twilight Syndrome: Tansaku-hen | 1996-03-01 | Human Entertainment, Inc. | Human Entertainment, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | Horror | | | | | | | | PS1 | Every high-school has its own dark secrets. Well, maybe not every; but in Japan, this seems to be a rather popular theme. Mysterious disappearances, ghostly photographs, untimely deaths, eerie sounds coming out of the music room - all these things attract the curiosity of three high-school girls: Yukari, Mika, and Chisato. At night, armed with nothing but a flashlight, the trio of heroines enters the dark school building, prepared to explore every corner, and investigate every urban legend they have heard of...Tansaku-hen opens the Twilight Syndrome horror adventure series, defining its stylistic traits and gameplay. The game is divided into chapters, each dedicated to a particular "ghostly" story. Unlike most Japanese-style adventures, there is physical character navigation in the game; the player moves digitized images of the three girls on 2D backgrounds, in a manner somewhat similar to side-scrolling games - though many areas feature a third dimension, like in Western third-person perspective adventures.The gameplay consists of two activities only: walking and occasionally choosing a dialogue option and/or action, as prompted by the game's narrative. There is no other kind of interaction, no inventory, and no combat. Different choices may lead to different endings; the next chapter can be accessed only if the player has not attained the "bad" ending.Twilight Syndrome: Tansaku-hen abandons the nearly omnipresent anime/manga graphical style of Japanese games in favor of digitized images and photos of real people. |
| Williams Arcade Classics | 1996-03-01 | Williams Entertainment, Inc. | Digital Eclipse Software, Inc. | Action, Compilation | Side view, Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Williams Arcade Classics is a compilation that includes the following games:
Defender
Defender II
Joust
Robotron: 2084
Sinistar
The PC, PlayStation, and Dreamcast versions also contain Bubbles. The PC and Playstation versions contain FMV supplements, including interviews with the original programmers. |
| World Cup Golf: Hyatt Dorado Beach | 1996-03-01 | Coconuts Japan Entertainment Co., Ltd. | Arc Developments | Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | World Cup Golf takes the player to Puerto Rico's own Hyatt Dorado Beach Golf Course as they can choose from a bevy of fictional golfers or create their own in 18 rounds of golf. There are 15 types of tournaments to choose from including skins, medals, and Stableford to name a few. Players can also practice their swing on the driving range.Players can also customize weather conditions as well as choose from a plethora of camera shots including the "Ball Cam" that follows the ball to its location. Like many golf games, a meter is used to determine the accuracy and the power of the player's swing and also features in-game commentary. |
| D | 1996-03-02 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Warp Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Puzzle elements, Quick Time Events (QTEs) | | | | | Teen | Norihiro Yamamoto | PS1 | The story begins in 1997. It's the dead of night in the city of Los Angeles, and there has been a mass murder at a general hospital on the outskirts of downtown. The perpetrator is the director of the hospital, Richter Harris. He has shut himself up in the hospital and taken a number of patients as hostages, leaving the police helpless and unable to move in. After hearing the situation, Richter's only daughter, Laura Harris, rushes to Los Angeles from San Francisco to the tragic scene at the hospital. Upon entering, Laura finds herself transported to an old mansion, while the disembodied voice of her father pleads with her to leave. Nevertheless, she must press forward to save her father and herself.D is a puzzle game requiring Laura to solve esoteric inventory puzzles on a very strict time limit. Each of the game's four discs must be completed in about thirty minutes each, and saving is not an option. The time is kept track of using Laura's pocket watch. The pocket watch can also be used to supply hints for puzzles, but after three uses the glass will shatter and it will stop working. The game also has multiple endings. |
| CG Mukashi Banashi: Jiisan 2-do Bikkuri!! | 1996-03-08 | Idea Factory Co., Ltd. | Axes Art Amuse | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)To download content to the Memory Stick PRO Duo™ of your PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, the free space required is twice the size of the content to be downloaded.This software is playable for PLAYSTATION®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).To play this software on your PLAYSTATION®3 system, you must have at least 60MB of free space on your PLAYSTATION®3 system hard disk.To play this software on your PSP®, you must install the latest system software version and have a Memory Stick Duo™ with the free space stated above.For more detailed information about downloading to your PSP® system, please see URL below.http://asia.playstation.comWhen downloading using PC:When downloading contents to PSP®, you must install the PLAYSTATION®Network Downloader application first. Please go to our official website for installing instructions and other information. ■Game descriptionJapanese tales from childhood days. They are always the same story that everyone may have heard with the same endings. . . However, giving some funny changes and arrangement with new development is what you can do in this game! It's not just original characters who enter the scene. Other characters come from other stories and cross over in the same world! Like Urashima Taro bumping into Momotaro. Not only that, other characters from other many stories among old tales form unusual connections in many location with variety. It is possible to change to other character's viewpoints and it is possible to reach multiple variations of the story ending. This game overturns the established concept that there is only one ending to one story!■PS3™ HDD and Memory Stick Duo™ capacity requirement60MB■Copyright notices©1996 IDEA FACTORY■AttentionThis software is converted from the software for PlayStation® so that it can be played on PS3™ and PSP®. Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. |
| Sotsugyō: Graduation Real | 1996-03-08 | Bandai Visual Co., Ltd. | Headroom | Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | Developed by | PS1 | A spin-off in the Sotsugyō/Graduation series, this game is just what its title implies: graduation with real people.
Instead of anime-style portraits of school girls, there are pictures (and a few full motion videos) of real Japanese young women. Gameplay follows the same formula as the other graduation games: as a high school teacher, the player's task is to successfully lead five high school girls to their graduation. Most of the activities consist of making schedules, organizing classes, and giving assignments to the girls. It is necessary to know the strength and the weaknesses of each girl, in order to choose correct activities. The teacher supervises not only everything the girls do in the school, but also some of their activities during leisure time, including making plans for the holidays. |
| Descent | 1996-03-12 | Interplay Productions, Inc. | Parallax Software Corp. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | Direct control | | Teen | | PS1 | The Post-Terran Minerals Corporation (PTMC) digs up minerals on all nine planets of the solar system, employing humans and robots to do its job. Unfortunately, the mining robots are now being controlled by a hacker, and have taken the human workers hostage. The PTMC has tried to get the robots back under their control, but communication with the mining stations has been lost. In desperation, the PTMC modifies a Pyro-GX ship for combat and hires a mercenary, codenamed "Material Defender", to fly it. The mission is to destroy the infected mines and rescue human hostages, destroying any hostile robot that gets in the way.Descent is a 3D first-person game that puts the player at the controls of the Pyro-GX spaceship. Descent is notable in that the player travels through various interior locations (mines) but can do so in 720 degrees of movement. The ship however only moves forward and backward in any of the directions it is facing. The ship is able to use a variety of weapons scattered as power-ups throughout each level. They include: standard lasers, the Vulcan Cannon (a chaingun-like weapon), the Spreadfire Cannon (a rapidly firing, shotgun-like energy weapon), the Plasma Cannon (a rapidly firing energy weapon more suited for medium-range combat), and the Fusion Cannon (fires a ball of energy that's more powerful the longer it is charged it up, but could destroy the ship). All of these weapons, except for the Vulcan Cannon, use the ship's energy supply. The Pyro-PX is also capable of firing regular concussion missiles, homing missiles, proximity bombs (sits in the sky, then explodes when something gets close to it), smart missiles (more powerful homing missiles that fire out homing energy balls upon impact with their target), and Mega Missiles (the ultimate weapons of mass destruction).The goal of each level is to locate and destroy the mine's reactor. Once completed, there are only 45 seconds to find the escape hatch to get out of the mine before it explodes. As progress is made through the game, the AI will adapt to player's strategies and attempt to prevent the player from reaching the goals. |
| Zork I: The Great Underground Empire | 1996-03-15 | Shoeisha Co., Ltd. | Arc System Works Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Interactive fiction / text adventure, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Koji Saito | | | | PS1 | A radical graphical remake of Zork: The Great Underground Empire made some 19 years after the series debut on a PDP-10 mainframe at MIT, this version boasts the incorporation of modern gameplay amenities undreamed of the first time around, such as automapping and, er, graphics.Given ample time to drift wildly, the story and premise appear to have remained remarkably close to the source material -- the locations, layout and denizens of this fantastical subterranean treasure-hunt familiar to anyone with even a passing acquaintance with the original game. Where the biggest change lies, of course, is in the transition from the text parser to an interface controllable by a console's joystick. Adapting some sentence-construction conventions from the graphical adventure game genre (and the interfaces of Lucasfilm's and Legend's early entries in particular), menus selectable with a joystick pointer fill in for common "action" verbs while icons represent the inventory items the verbs influence; an expanded compass rose permits precise navigation of the Flatheadian ruins. (Alas! No secret joystick-button combination for "xyzzy"!)In short: as faithful a reproduction of the original experience as you're going to find without employing a keyboard or voice-recognition software, plus "modern" graphics, sound and music! |
| The Need for Speed | 1996-03-20 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Street racing | Direct control | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Drive some of your favourite sports cars through wild and fast tracks, including the Dodge Viper, Lamborghini, Ferrari, Porsche, Corvette, Mazda RX7, Toyota Supra Turbo, and Acura NSX.
Some of the tracks are open road, meaning you simply fly down a huge highway, with cops following in hot pursuit. One of the options in the game allows you to pick which time of the day to race in. |
| Air Management '96 | 1996-03-22 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Flight / aviation | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Air Management '96 is a sequel/remake to the other games in the Air Management series. Like previous titles, the game is an airline management simulation however graphics and interface have been updated to 3D. Players take control of an airline as it's CEO, and must first select the name, tail logo and home airport of their airline. The game is turn-based between each airline. Each airline has four "board members" who can be assigned to perform various tasks, which take varying length to accomplish. These tasks include buying aircraft, bidding for slots at an airport, buying facilities at an airport and marketing a PR campaign in a region. Once the player has purchased aircraft, they must further make planning of the route between two airports with available slots. Once a route is setup, the player is able to manage how many planes fly the route daily and the number of passengers they carry, as well as ticket price.The game is played over one of two scenarios, each representing a different era. The game is over when any airline reaches the target money amount. |
| Ganbare Goemon: Uchū Kaizoku Akogingu | 1996-03-22 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view, Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | Visual Design Room , Muneharu Samejima (さめじまむねはる) | PS1 | First 32-bit title in the Ganbare Goemon series of platform/adventure games in which you take control of the heroic Goemon and his gang of buddies as he attempts to save feudal Japan and the world from evil. After the events of the previous game, Goemon and the gang return to Japan to defend it from an invasion from outer space with the help of a stranded alien that holds the key to save the world.As in the other side-scrolling/adventure titles in the series, the game alternates between a top-down world map view in which your characters explore the game world and side-scrolling stages in which you have to use each character's individual skills to complete an objective to advance the game's plot. You can buy items in the world map and an experience-system has been added which increases each character's abilities as a reward. Between stages and in special locations you can also play several mini-games as customary for the series, which include controlling Goemon Impact, Goemon's giant mecha, and other unique challenges.Two new characters join the gang with unique abilities and powers and for the first time you get to control the entire party when playing in the world map sections. The game also features fully animated cutscenes and CD music. |
| Uchū Gōshōden: Bakuretsu Akindo | 1996-03-22 | Astec 21 | Astec 21 | Strategy | | | | Board game | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Bakuretsu Akindo Uchuu Goushouden is a sugoroku game (Japanese backgammon) that takes its players to the universe. Gameplay offers a high degree of freedom. Player can choose to make money slowly by taking up ordinary jobs, or take a risk and make a fortune at one stroke.This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：97MBCopyright：©1996 ASTEC21 / ©2010 HAMSTER Co.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Warriors of Fate | 1996-03-22 | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | War | Beat 'em up / brawler | China (Ancient / Imperial), Historical events | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Warriors of Fate is a 2D side-scrolling beat 'em-up and sequel to Dynasty Wars taking place in ancient China. Akkila-orkhan the dark lord of Shang-Lo has decided to conquer the neighboring countries. The wise Kuan-Ti has summoned the five greatest warriors of the lands to stop this from happening. The five warriors to choose from are(international names) Portor, Kassar, Subutai, Abaka and old man Kadan.As you make progress you encounter numerous different enemies including spearman, archers, mace wielding soldiers, hand to hand fighters and bosses. Various weapons dropped by enemies can be picked up and used. Along the way health can be replenished by consuming food as well as mounting a horse. The game can be played solo or with up to two friends in the arcade version. The Saturn and PlayStation version allow two player to play. |
| NBA Live 96 | 1996-03-27 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | Kids to Adults | Isometric | PS1 | As with all games in the NBA Live series you can draft, trade and edit players. Play a full season, exhibition or just the playoffs. 96 includes 29 teams including the expansion Toronto and Vancouver teams. |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV: Wall of Fire | 1996-03-27 | KOEI Corporation | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Strategy | Top-down | | | | China (Ancient / Imperial), Historical events | | | Turn-based | Kids to Adults | Isometric | PS1 | The Three Kingdoms era of Chinese history is the setting for this strategic war game. Select one of 38 leaders and guide your people to power by military or diplomatic means in an isometrically viewed world. Military tactics such as well-placed taunts and deliberate enemy confusion are on offer. Weaponry includes catapults and automatic-firing crossbows. |
| Extreme Pinball | 1996-03-28 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Epic MegaGames, Inc. | Action | Top-down | | | Pinball | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Extreme Pinball is Epic Megagames' successor to Epic Pinball. It contains four pinball tables: Rock Fantasy, Medieval Knights, Urban Chaos, and Monkey Mayhem, each with a different theme. Compared to Epic Pinball, it has a larger, 320x400 resolution, as well as taller tables, both allowing for more objects. It also has a typical Dot Matrix Display where the scoreboard shows 3D-rendered animations as well. The controls are more sensitive with a faster ball. This is less true to real pinball gameplay, but it speeds up the game's pace and gives more power to the player to influence the movement. |
| Magic Carpet Plus | 1996-03-28 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Bullfrog Productions, Ltd. | Action, Compilation | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | Flight / aviation | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | This compilation contains:
Magic Carpet (base game)
Magic Carpet: Hidden Worlds (add-on)
In Europe, this version was made available as a re-release of Magic Carpet, not using Plus in the title. |
| Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger | 1996-03-28 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | ORIGIN Systems, Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person | | War | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | Teen | | PS1 | The war against the Kilrathi is going badly for the Confederation. Its flagship, the Concordia, has been destroyed, battles are lost on all fronts. War hero Colonel Christopher Blair is transferred to the old carrier Victory. Take the role of Blair and ensure the success of the Confederation's last-ditch attempt for victory: the destruction of the Kilrathi homeworld.Wing Commander III has the usual mix of space battles and cinematic storytelling. Changes from the first two games include SVGA graphics, the use of texture-mapped polygons instead of bitmaps for spaceflight sequences, and real Hollywood actors appearing in the cinematic scenes. |
| Angelique Special | 1996-03-29 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Adventure, Strategy | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | PS1 | Angelique Special is an enhanced version of the original Angelique for Super Famicom (SNES). There are no changes gameplay-wise (a mixture of adventure, strategy, and dating sim) or story-wise (a simple girl named Angelique Limoges must befriend nine Guardians to become a queen). This version features slightly improved graphics, CD-quality music, voice acting, and anime-style cutscenes. |
| Asuka 120% Special: BURNING Fest. | 1996-03-29 | Family Soft Co., Ltd. | Fill in Café Co., Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | Martial arts | Fighting | | | | | | | PS1 | Shiritsu Ryōran Jogakuin -- Ryōran Private Girl's Academy -- is a famous school which, since its founding only 30 years ago, has turned out a great many prominent figures in the artistic, literary, and political worlds. The school's founder, Genichirō Shindō, created the school to teach both the literary and military arts, and so every autumn there is a martial arts tournament for the best students from each club.Asuka 120% Special is the first PlayStation entry in the long-running all-girl fighting game series from Fill in Cafe. Choose a character representing one of the many school clubs, such as science (Asuka), tennis (Ryoko), or karate (Torami), and fight to win the tournament. There are a total of ten characters, each with their own unique abilities and special moves.Each character has a small meter called the Burning Gauge at the bottom of the screen that will fill up as the fight progresses. When it reaches 120% (as the game's title might suggest), the player can execute special moves for a limited time before it resets back to zero. The game features standard story and versus modes. You can play against the computer or a friend, or watch the computer fight against itself. |
| Gradius: Deluxe Pack | 1996-03-29 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Co., Ltd. | Action, Compilation | Side view | | | Shooter | | | | | | | PS1 | This pack contains both the arcade classics Gradius I and II, ported to Windows 95, Sony Playstation and Sega Saturn.Story: the Bacterians are attacking the planet Gradius, and in a state-of-the-art fighter ship you have to stop them. Both games have similar gameplay and graphics, with only different music and level layout setting them apart.Each of these side-scrolling shooters has over a dozen levels each, all of which are completely unique. There are no enemy types that are re-used from level to level (except for the boss who is the same in every level). You can collect powerups that provide things like extra speed, laser shots, target-seeking missiles, shields, etc.While there have been many small modernising touches made to the games, there is still no ability to save. Be prepared to set aside a considerable amount of time to finish in one go. |
| Mobile Suit Gundam 2.0 | 1996-03-29 | Bandai Co., Ltd. | BEC Co., Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | War | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | Direct control | Real-time | | | PS1 | Mobile Suit Gundam 2.0 is an upgraded do-over of the previous PlayStation game based on the original anime's storyline, Mobile Suit Gundam. This version retains the same storyline, first-person cockpit perspective, and control scheme, but has upgraded the experience across the board. 3D objects now appear in stages, such as White Base in space missions or buildings in the fight for Jaburo. All the stages in the game are newly designed; omitting some encounters from the first game but in general telling more of the original Gundam story, such as Garma Zabi's final attack. All FMV in the game is newly made and higher detailed, and the cockpit has been redesigned to make health, ammo, and the radar easier to read.In addition to the story mode the game also includes two new modes: Time Attack and VS U.N.T.SPACY Mode. All story mode missions can be attempted in Time Attack mode, and the game saves the player's best completion time. In VS U.N.T.SPACY Mode the player takes control of either Char's Custom Zaku II or Char's Custom Gelgoog and attempts to shoot down Amuro. The best times for this mode are also saved. |
| Mobile Suit Gundam: Version 2.0 (Limited Edition) | 1996-03-29 | Bandai Co., Ltd. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This special packaging includes:
Mobile Suit Gundam 2.0
A large format playing manual with additional staff interviews
Memory card stickers
10 art cards
Promotional Card #0 of the CARDASS MASTERS Mobile Suit Gundam series
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| Nobunaga no Yabō: Tenshōki | 1996-03-29 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | | Historical events, Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | PS1 | Nobunaga no Yabō: Tenshōki is a tactical strategy game set in 16th century feudal Japan. It is the sixth game in the Nobunaga's Ambition war simulation series. The player can educate warlords and increase their fighting power. He/she can let them go into battle and check their statuses in the meantime. It is possible to have dozens of opponents fighting alone in a given scenario.
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| Sangokushi Eiketsuden | 1996-03-29 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | China (Ancient / Imperial), Historical events | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | PS1 | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)To commemorate Kou Shibusawa's 35th anniversary, the "Kou Shibusawa Archives" will be opened in the Steam Store. Here we will revive popular previously released titles.
In this eighth round of releases, we offer "Sangokushi Eiketsuden," which was released in 1995.
This game is a simulation RPG in which players become Liu Bei and battle for the restoration of the Han Imperial court. The game progresses around the battle map. Players fulfill the victory conditions of each battle as they go from battlefield to battlefield to advance the story. |
| Resident Evil | 1996-03-30 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Regional differences | Horror | Puzzle elements, Shooter, Survival horror | Contemporary, North America | | Direct control | | Mature | Cinematic camera | PS1 | A team of S.T.A.R.S (Special Tactics And Rescue Squad) members are called to investigate a series of murders near Raccoon City.
While searching the woods near the city, the team is attacked by bloodthirsty dogs and they have to retreat to a nearby mansion. The player chooses between Jill Valentine or Chris Redfield and starts to explore the mansion. It soon becomes very clear that it isn't just any mansion, but a hellish place where the undead walk the corridors, and other horrors are lurking in the darkness, waiting to eat some heads. While solving puzzles, collecting keys, and shooting monsters, the player has to unravel the mystery behind this mansion and, if possible, get out alive.Exclusive to the SEGA Saturn version is a Battle Mode bonus mode, where, with limited ammo and under the threat of limited time, the player must survive a series of rooms filled with monsters. |
| PO'ed | 1996-04-01 | Accolade, Inc. | Any Channel | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | | PS1 | PO'ed is an action game similar to DOOM.
You are a cook who has to escape an alien world. With such weapons as a frying pan or a drill, you must bash your way through levels full of monsters, one of them being a walking arse (yes, not kidding).
One of the most useful items in-game is a jetpack which you must use frequently to explore levels and get to places where no space-cook has gone before. |
| Return Fire | 1996-04-12 | Time Warner Interactive Inc. | Silent Software Incorporated | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Shooter | | Helicopter, Tank | | | Kids to Adults | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Return Fire is the spiritual successor to Fire Power and it fits in both the strategy and action genres. You can take control of one of 4 vehicles, a jeep, helicopter, tank, and a missile launching vehicle (but actually called The Armoured Support Vehicle (ASV).There are two ways to win, the easier one would be to capture the enemy's flag by bringing it to your bunker with the frail Jeep. This is the main objective. The other way to win is to destroy your enemy, a secondary objective. |
| Slam Dragon | 1996-04-12 | Jaleco Ltd. | Jaleco Ltd. | Action | Side view | | Martial arts | Fighting | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)"Slam Dragon" is a fighting game released by Jaleco in 1996.A group of underground fighters throng in the dark corners of the city, launching bloody battles. Strong as they might be, they fear the crueliest fighter X.With strong bodies and crafted skills as weapons, they launch intense battles to take down the mysterious figher "X".Don't miss this battle.This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).Content file size：116MBCopyright：©2012 HAMSTER Co.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account.Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Advanced V.G. | 1996-04-19 | Technical Group Laboratory, Inc. | GIGA | Action | Side view | | | Fighting | | | | | | | PS1 | The story of Advanced V.G. follows a similar template as those of the previous Variable Geo games: the strongest young women in the country hold a tournament, which is sponsored by various restaurant chains, which in turn ask the competing girls to pose as waitresses working in said restaurants, for promotional purposes. The girls of the Jahana group who starred in the previous games return, with the new main protagonist being the young martial artist Yuka Takeuchi, who has been training in a secluded forest area before joining the competition. Like its predecessors, Advanced V.G. is a fighting game, with the basic "kick" and "punch" moves, while the various special attacks are executed by pressing combinations of buttons. There are three modes in the game, "Normal", "Vs.", and "Story". The normal mode is basically training matches between the player character and an AI-controlled girl. Vs. mode allows two-player mode, as well as demo "computer vs. computer" gameplay, with the possibility to choose any of the stages. Any of the nine heroines is available as a playable character in these modes (Yuka Takeuchi, Chiho Masuda, Jun Kubota, Manami Kusunoki. Kaori Yanase, Reimi Jahana, Satomi Yajima, Ayako Yūki, and Erina Goldsmith). The story mode, on the other hand, allows the player to control Yuka Takeuchi only, and follow her story. Cut scenes advance the story between matches. The SNES received a stripped-down version, Super V.G., without the Story Mode and all explicit hentai elements. Hybrids (pair of bosses in Advanced V.G.) were also removed. |
| Double Dragon | 1996-04-26 | Urban Plant Ltd | Technos Japan Corp. | Action | Side view | | Martial arts | Fighting | | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Released around the same time as the film of the same name and loosely based on its story, this installment in the Double Dragon series also moves away from the traditional roam-the-streets-fighting to a pure one-on-one fighter. There are ten characters to choose from, including Billy and Jimmy and the game has colorful interactive backgrounds, screen zooming, over-the-top special moves and with the inclusion of double jumps, combos, charges for the losing player and counter hits, there is plenty of room for advanced fighting strategies. |
| Galaxian 3 | 1996-04-26 | Namco Limited | Namco Limited | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Rail shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | K. Mizuno (credited as K. Mizuno), M. Ozaki (credited as M. Ozaki), K. Nakano (credited as K. Nakano) | PS1 | Welcome aboard the Starship Dragoon, gunners! From now on, you are no longer 'I', you are 'we'! We will fight together or we will fall together! The Cannon Seed has been discovered and it is aimed directly at Earth. The United Galaxy Space Force and Earth are counting on us!In Galaxian 3, you, and multiple other players (28 in the GH-28 version, 16 in the GM-16 version, & 6 in the Theatre 6: GT-6 version), man the guns on a starship called Dragoon. The piloting is handled elsewhere so all you're concerned with is gun-firing. As enemies approach, you must shoot them down. You are trying to make it through the enemy fighters to reach and destroy the Cannon Seed. Be advised that all players are on the same ship so you all share the same life meter. When that life meter reaches zero, everybody's game is over. |
| Mega Man X3 | 1996-04-26 | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | A Reploid scientist named Dr. Doppler begins creation of a new city for Reploids, which will bring a new era of peace to the Reploids and humans. But something goes terribly wrong, and now Mavericks have begun to appear everywhere! It's up to X and Zero to find out who is behind this Maverick revolt and bring them down for good!For the first time in the series, players can play use X's friend, Zero. However, he is pretty much restricted to only about one third of each level, and has only one life (i.e when he loses all his energy, he is put out of the fight for the rest of the game). |
| Sid Meier's Civilization | 1996-04-26 | Asmik Corporation | MPS Labs | Strategy | Top-down | | | 4X, Managerial / business simulation, Turn-based strategy | | | Multiple units/characters control | Turn-based | | Isometric | PS1 | Civilization has the widest scope of any strategy game of its time. You are a leader of a nation. You begin in the Stone Age, and complete the game in the XXIth century (unless your civilization gets destroyed earlier). Your eventual goal is to become the dominant civilization in the world, either by wiping out everybody else, or being the first to get a space ship to Alpha Centauri.As the nation's leader, you have many responsibilities. You have to build cities, and then micromanage them, constructing various buildings. Most of people in your cities will be working on the neighbouring lands to get food (without it, your city won't survive or grow), production (used to build military units and buildings) and trade (which can be exchanged for money, science (see below) or luxuries that make people happy. You decide how much trade you want to invest into each of these areas.) You have to make sure that your people are in a good mood; if they get too unhappy, the city will collapse into disorder, and won't produce anything until you fix the situation. If you're ambitious, you can build Wonders of the World - epic constructions, such as the Pyramids or the Hoover Dam. Each Wonder is an unique thing, and only one of each can exist in the world. They give you a lot of benefits if you complete them, but they take a long time to build, and many of them will eventually stop working. There are other nations in the world, and there are also barbarians, so you'll have to invest into the military to protect yourself and to attack. Sure, you can sign peace treaties with other nations, and even exchange scientific knowledge with them (although sometimes they'll demand tribute from you), but eventually you'll probably have to fight. You control each of your military units on the world map, attacking your opponents' units and cities (possibly taking over them). Not all units are for combat though. Settlers are used to build cities, create roads (for easier travel of your units) and improve the land around cities, increasing production. Diplomats can be sent to foreign cities to negotiate with the other nations or create embassies, but they can also bribe enemy units to join you and conduct espionage and sabotage in the enemies' cities. Caravans can be sent to faraway cities to increase trade in their home city, and they can also help in building Wonders of the World. Scientific progress is an important part of the game. The more science your cities produce, the faster you research new technologies. Initially, you'll be finding out about the wonders of Alphabet or Bronze Working, but late in the game you'll be researching Computers and Robotics. Most technologies give you some new units, buildings and other things, although some have more interesting effects - for example, after inventing the Automobile, you'll find out that your citizens started producing pollution. Pollution is a bad thing; if there's too much of it, global warming may occur. How your cities prosper depends partially on the type of government that your nation has. Initially you're living in Despotism, but this can stunt growth of your civilization, so it's a good idea to switch to something else - Monarchy, Republic, Democracy or Communism. |
| Slam 'N Jam '96 featuring Magic & Kareem | 1996-05-01 | Crystal Dynamics, Inc. | Left Field Productions, Inc. | Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | A fast paced 5-on-5 basketball game very similar to the Run and Gun series from Konami. This game features no real NBA license but two real legends: Earvin "Magic" Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. There are player stats and skills for each player which are modeled to be similar to their actual NBA counterparts. Features exhibition, season and playoff modes. |
| Galaxy Fight: Universal Warriors | 1996-05-03 | Sun Corporation | Sun Corporation | Action | Side view | | | Fighting | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | As the millennium nears in the far future, a being of ultimate power named Felden will make his appearance in the galaxy. It is unknown whether he comes to destroy all living beings or use his powers for good, but whatever the reason a group of skilled fighters from all corners of the universe have decided to beat each other up in order to face off against him and claim his power.Enter Galaxy Fight, a one-on-one 2D fighter set in the far future and featuring sci-fi characters and settings. In the game itself, you have to select from 8 fighters, each with his unique moveset and stats, and then attempt to defeat the other character in 2 out of 3 matches using your special moves and attacks while avoiding your opponent's strikes.Features single player and 2-player Vs. game modes, secret bosses and bonus rounds. |
| Hanafuda Graffiti Koikoi Monogatari | 1996-05-10 | I'Max Corp. | I'Max Corp. | Simulation | 1st-person | | | Board game, Cards / tiles | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Hanafuda Graffiti Koikoi Monogatari is a hanafuda game (a type of Japanese playing cards) that features a story mode and a free versus mode. In story mode, the game starts with the main character taking on different challenges in order to become the successor of a prestigious school of hanafuda. Player can enjoy lots of typical gameplay features for adventure game, such as moving around in the town, searching the room for special items and triggering off love story events. In free versus mode, two hanafuda games, Koi-Koi and Hana Awase, are playable. Game instruction can be displayed anytime during gameplay so even beginners can easily enjoy the fun of hanafuda. To fuel up the game further, characters with plenty of personalities and unique reactions will be appearing in the game. Seasoned players can also maximize their hanafuda experience by customizing their game with detailed settings.This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：21MBCopyright：©1996 I'MAX ©2002 HAMSTER Co.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Rohga: Armor Force | 1996-05-10 | Xing Entertainment | Data East Corporation | Action | Side view | | | Shooter | | Mecha / giant robot | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Rohga: Armor Force is the sequel to Vapor Trail. In 2001, two years after the events from Vapor Trail, the technology allows for the building of mechs rather than jets. The DAGGER organization returns and targets the mech factories in Australia and New Zealand.Rohga: Armor Force is a side-scrolling shooter, in which the player controls a mech using different types of armament in order to defeat the foes in its path. The player can initially select one of four premade mechs, or construct their own. The primary weapon, secondary shoulder weapon and the mech's legs can be customized with four different parts for each type.The game features different branches, and choosing the harder branches will lead to the good endings. Different countries may be freed, but only one per play through. |
| Circuit Beat | 1996-05-17 | Prism Arts | Prism Arts | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Track racing | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Circuit Beat is an arcade racing game developed by Prism Arts which plays similarly to Namco's Ridge Racer. The game has three game modes: Race, where the player races against four computer opponents in a four lap race; Battle, which is the same as Race but the computer opponents are replaced with replays of other human player's races that are saved to the memory card; and Time Trial, where the player must try to get the fastest lap time they can. Like with other arcade racers of the time, the game has a timer which counts down during a race and is replenished by passing checkpoints throughout each circuit. The game features a total of three different racing circuits and a selection of unlicensed vehicles to race with. |
| Skeleton Warriors | 1996-05-21 | Playmates Interactive Entertainment, Inc. | Neversoft Entertainment, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | You're Prince Lightstar, with the quest to conquer and slay Baron Dark, who holds the half of a mighty crystal called the Lightstar Crystal. With that crystal he can change anyone with an evil heart into his skeleton slave.The game is a 2D sidescrolling platform game with 3D pre-rendered graphics, with about 100 types of enemies for you to slay with the weapons you possess. You need to complete 21 levels filled with demonic evil creatures before you can fight the Baron Dark himself, with 3D rendered cutscenes inbetween some levels. |
| Battle Arena Toshinden 2 | 1996-05-23 | Playmates Interactive Entertainment, Inc. | Tamsoft Corporation | Action | Side view | | | Fighting | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Teen | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Battle Arena Toshinden 2 is the first sequel to Battle Arena Toshinden.It adds three new starting fighters; Tracy and Chaos with the original game's final boss, Gaia returning un-armoured and with a completely new move set. There are also three new bosses and hidden characters raising the total number of fighters to 15 (up from 10).Toshinden 2, on top of additional special attacks for every character, adds several running attacks to each character: the ability to strike a grounded opponent with new ground attacks and the powerful Overdrive attacks that one must fill up a bar by using other attacks to be able to use.Toshinden 2 also does away with the free-form combo system of the original Toshinden replacing it with a simple combo system (i.e. light attack, hard attack, special or light attack, light attack, hard attack, special). The 3D movement in Toshinden 2 has also been made notably slower to prevent the heavy abuse it could be used for in the original.As a result, while the core game play is similar, this sequel is more tactical than the original game. Where as in the original Toshinden, one could throw normal attacks (i.e. light slashes) around with fairly reckless abandon and sidestep repeatedly without fear of their opponent being able to counter them easily, opponents in Toshinden 2 are able to capitalize on individual missed attacks.As a result, Toshinden 2 is more balanced than its predecessor. This balance was further tweaked with a re-release called "Toshinden 2 plus" in Japan.Unlike the Playstation release of the original Toshinden, Toshinden 2 was not re-dubbed for releases outside of Japan.Also unlike the original Toshinden, the PC release of Toshinden 2 for Windows computers, is a straight port of the Playstation version and supports Direct3D rather than specific 3D cards. |
| Dezaemon Plus | 1996-05-24 | Athena Co., Ltd. | Athena Co., Ltd. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | Flight / aviation | | | | | PS1 | Dezaemon Plus is an updated PlayStation release of Dezaemon on the Super Famicom. Both games allow players to create their own vertical shooters through use of an icon-driven tool set. Players can control enemy placement, behavior, weapons, powerups, boss firing points, and so on. A graphics editor allows players to draw backgrounds, along with sprites for players, enemies, and even explosions. A music editor, very similar to the one in Mario Paint allows players to construct background themes for each level. Players are limited to a maximum of five levels, and a limited amount of shared memory for all graphics.Dezaemon Plus's changes primarily include parallax scrolling for enemy sprites and backgrounds, and a selection of new or altered instruments in the music editor. Players can save their creations to a memory card and share them with friends. The game also supports the PlayStation mouse, making graphics editing a little easier.Dezaemon Plus also contains an updated version of the Super Famicom's demo game Daioh Gale (which players can use as a template for editing), as well as submissions from two editing contests held by Athena. 13 winners and runner-ups are included, 9 of which are fully playable. The remaining submissions are included as gameplay videos. All submissions were created using the Dezaemon tools, giving players some ideas of what they can create with them.The game was released on the PlayStation Network in Japan, and as a "PSOne Classics Japanese import" (so menus are untranslated) in the U.S. and Europe. The game does not feature USB mouse support or analogue controls, making image editing somewhat difficult. However, created games can be copied to PlayStation Memory Sticks and shared. |
| Dragon Ball Z: Idainaru Dragon Ball Densetsu | 1996-05-31 | Bandai Co., Ltd. | BEC Co., Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Fighting | | | | | | | PS1 | Idainaru Dragon Ball Densetsu is a game that adds another Dragon Ball to the franchise of the same name and starts with the events of the Saiyan Saga and the fight with Vegeta and Nappa.In Idainaru Dragon Ball Densetsu you don’t have your natural one on one fights. At the beginning of each fight you are given a total of 4 fighters (up to 6 later) from which you have to choose the 3 that you would like to participate in the battle that follows. Each fighter has 2 bars – a green and a yellow one. The green represents the life force and the yellow the power force which is depleted with every attack you do. At the bottom of the screen there is a blue bar and a red one that form a gauge called Power Balance. The reason for this gauge to be there is because your attacks don’t affect the enemies’ life bar directly. By continuously attacking the enemy the bar that represents your power (blue bar) increases while that of the enemy (red bar) decreases. When the blue bar covers all the gauge a random attack sequence, from the current character you’re controlling, is initiated and that’s how you can actually injure your opponents. The same can happen to you though if the enemy’s red bar covers all the gauge.
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| Expert | 1996-05-31 | Nihon Bussan Co., Ltd. | Nihon Bussan Co., Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | YOU_MAT, Hiroyuki Wada (和田 博之), Kenji Horinouchi (Carlos Horinouchi ), Hideki Hirao (Sekai Saisoku Hirao ), Takeshi Shimoyama (下山 たけし), Megumi Enomoto (榎本 恵) | PS1 | An unknown terrorist force has taken the high-tech Intelligent Building hostage, along with everyone inside. The elite counter-terrorist team Expert has been called in to neutralize the threat, rescue the hostages, and secure the building. Expert is a modern-day first-person shooter. Taking control of Expert team member Takuya Kudō, the player must clear each floor of terrorists, rescue any hostages, and find the elevator to the next stage. Takuya can choose from multiple weapon loadouts for each stage, and can also find new weapons within the building. The game plays much like Wolfenstein, with simple enemy AI, locked doors, and pickups strewn about each stage. Later stages also introduce environmental hazards such as trapdoors and proximity mines. Progress is saved between stages, and if Takuya is killed by the terrorists, the player must start the current stage over from the beginning. |
| Kyuiin | 1996-05-31 | Media Entertainment Inc | | Action | Side view | | | Shooter | Fantasy | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Two kids are cleaning their room when they find a book of fairy tales. Suddenly a fairy pops out of the book and tells them about an evil wizard who is tampering the fairy tales. Hopping on the vacuum cleaner the kids travel to the fairy land to help the fairy. Kyuiin is a horizontal shoot-'em-up set in a fairy tale world. The players control a boy (and a girl in 2-player mode) who flies around on a vacuum cleaner fighting an array of fairy tale characters like Snow White, The Big Wolf, Frog Prince etc. In addition to a standard primary attack there is an ability to suck up certain enemies and projectiles into the vacuum thus building up a special power. Once activated this special power sends back all enemies that have been sucked in into a beam of energy and it grants a short period of invincibility. There is also a backfire cannon helpful against enemies attacking from the left side of the screen. If the boy is hit once he loses all his weapon upgrades, and a second hit destroys the boy. |
| Olympic Games: Atlanta 1996 | 1996-06-01 | U.S. Gold Ltd. | Silicon Dreams Studio Ltd. | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | An officially licensed product of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, Inc.This was the first true 3D multi-event sports game with 15 sporting events (100 meters, 400 meters, 100M crawl, Javelin, Hammer, Discus, Long Jump, Triple Jump, High Jump, Pole Vault, Fencing, Rapid Fire Pistol, Weight Lifting, Archery, Skeet Shooting) that mirrored those in the actual Atlanta '96 games.The game supported up to 8 players, competing in arcade-style games and Olympic-style tournaments.The in-game commentary was by BBC Radio 5's Alan Green. |
| Silverload | 1996-06-01 | Vic Tokai, Inc. | Millennium Interactive Ltd. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Horror | | | | | | Mature | | PS1 | Somewhere in the Old West lies Silverload, an old mining time. It has once been a vibrant, silver boom-town, but now it has become a ghost town, surrounded by perpetual storms. The town’s decline has started with a disastrous earthquake, but it may also be caused by an Indian curse, because the mine was built on land sacred to the Skaedi tribe.
You play the part of a bounty hunter who has been hired by the people of Silverload to find one of their children. The parents claim that it is kidnapped by "the monsters of Silverload". If you survive long enough, you will discover the town’s dreadful secret.
Silverload is a 3rd POV, inventory-based point and click adventure that belongs to the genre of horror adventures. It includes a few arcade sequences: from time to time the player will become involved in gun fights. Silverload was originally developed for the Sony PlayStation.
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| Tecmo World Golf | 1996-06-01 | Tecmo, Inc. | Tecmo, Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Tecmo World Golf is a golf simulation for 1-4 players, released in 1996, in the Sony long-box packaging. Players may choose from 4 male or 4 female customizable characters which can be saved for later play. Shot control allows you to adjust contact point and stance as well as the basic strength of the shot and the club selection. The game offers 101 full, accurately represented, real-world golf courses in Japan for players to choose from. A female caddy keeps score, and offers encouragement and positive responses if your score is good enough. |
| Bust-A-Move Again | 1996-06-04 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Taito Corporation | Puzzle | Side view | | | Arcade, Tile matching puzzle | | | | Real-time | Kids to Adults | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Bub and Bob are back! Like in Tetris in reverse, you shoot bubbles at an array of different-colored bubbles stuck in an ever descending ceiling, attempting to match them up three by three to make them disappear.This edition contains both puzzle challenges, multiplayer and normal progressive stages. |
| A-Train | 1996-06-05 | Maxis Software Inc. | Artdink Corporation | Simulation | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Train | | | Kids to Adults | Isometric | PS1 | In the role as the head of a major transport company it is the player's goal to build up an efficient train and bus system. The player is also free to buy and sell land, build housings and try to make money on the stocks market. The game also features a spectator mode, in which players can enter one of your trains and enjoy the ride in a 3D perspective.A-Train is the international version of the Japanese PlayStation launch title A.IV. Evolution, itself a reworked port of Take the A-Train IV. It adds 15 new locations and a wide variety of new trains from multiple countries, as well as updated graphics and new music arrangements compared to the original release. |
| Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors | 1996-06-06 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | Horror | Arcade, Fighting | | | | | Teen | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors is a 2D one-on-one fighting game. Select one of the ten available fighters and two unlockable boss characters, each based on a classic monster (vampire, werewolf, golem, zombie, succubus, mummy, catwoman, oni, merman, sasquatch, robot, alien.) and fight it out in various horror-themed locations. Gameplay is mostly concentrated on special moves and combos. |
| Bonogurashi | 1996-06-07 | Amuse, Inc., Emotion Digital Software | | Adventure | Side view | Licensed | Comedy | Graphic adventure | Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | Point and select | Real-time | | | PS1 | Based on the "Bonobono" anime, the player controls a human who meets Bonobono and his friends on an adventure. The game involves a set of five actions to navigate the forest and progress through a series of conversations and solving puzzles. |
| Top Gun: Fire at Will! | 1996-06-12 | Spectrum Holobyte, Inc. | Spectrum Holobyte, Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Top Gun: Fire at Will is a flight simulator based on the movie of the same name. You take the role of Maverick and must pilot your F-14 Tomcat with your RIO Merlin in the backseat through a series of missions that begin with the Top Gun School in San Diego and continue with conflict zones in Cuba, Korea and Libya.Full motion video cutscenes with live actors play between many of the game's fifty or so missions, with James Tolkan being the only actor to return from the original movie. |
| Meru Purana | 1996-06-21 | Gust Co., Ltd. | Gust Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Tactical RPG | Asia, Medieval | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)To download content to the Memory Stick PRO Duo™ of your PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, the free space required is twice the size of the content to be downloaded.This software is playable for PLAYSTATION®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).To download this software, you must also have at least 65MB of free space on your PLAYSTATION®3 system's hard disk.To play this software with your PSP®, the latest system software and a Memory Stick Duo™ with at least 65MB of free space are required.For more detail information about download to your PSP® system, please see below URL.http://asia.playstation.comWhen downloading using PC:When downloading contents to PSP®, you must install the PLAYSTATION®Network Downloader application first. Please go to our official website for installing instructions and other information.■Game description『Meru Purana』 is a simulation game set in Central Asia and based on Indian mythology, making it unique among games in its genre. It also features an epic story of 108 warriors vying for dominance of Mt. Mael and an expansive plain. With a refined system and simplified command groups, this title delivers an extremely player-friendly game environment! And its background music features famous works that are somehow melancholy. What will the warriors behold at the end of their seemingly eternal battle?※Not compatible with Multitap※For playing with PSP®, single player game play only. Not compatible with multiple user play.■PS3™ HDD and Memory Stick™ capacity requirement65MB■Copyright notices©GUST CO.,LTD.1996Illustration:Hitoshi Yoneda■AttentionThis software is converted from the software for PlayStation® so that it can be played on PS3™ and PSP®. Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. |
| Taiketsu Rumi-Zu! | 1996-06-21 | Octagon Entertainment Inc. | Octagon Entertainment Inc. | Action | Top-down | | Comedy | Arcade | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Taiketsu Rumi-Zu! has a number of similarities to Bomberman. First the player picks a character, then how many rounds in a maze they want to play. Each maze consists of four opponents competing to obtain all the vital items. The object of the maze is to interact with valves to activate water flows in order to wash out your opponents and burst balloons. Winning the maze requires being the last standing opponent or otherwise surviving within the time limit with the most vital items. |
| Tomomi Tsunoda: Come and Kiss Me | 1996-06-21 | Antinos Records Inc. | PIXY Corporation | Simulation | | | | Music / rhythm | | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Tomomi Tsunoda: Come and Kiss Me is one of the first music interactive game for PlayStation consoles. It lets the player perform video edits and play the director of "Come and Kiss Me" music video by Tomomi Tsunoda.The game, which feels like an interactive multimedia for the most part, consists of:
Photo Session: this area lets player choose one of the three pre-set backgrounds over which photos from the official music video are being player. There are literally 100s of photo slides which can be played automatically or controlled by the player via fast forward and backward buttons with background instrumental music.
CD Player: supports typical player options such as play, fast forward, stop and rewind on each of the three included songs which are "Come and Kiss Me", "Make Love in Dark", and "Come and Kiss Me (Flying in Jamaica Mix)".
Video Editor: starting with original music video clip the player can edit it and store it in a memory for future playback. But original music video is always available if one wants to start again from scratch and create a different edit.
Video Player: this section automatically plays the official music video in full screen mode. |
| Triple Play 97 | 1996-06-24 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Sports | Behind view, Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Many of the features that players have come to expect in a baseball game are featured in this early edition of the Triple Play series.A manager mode that allows players to be traded just like in real baseball is included. Since the game is licensed by the MLB and players associations, it has all the teams and players of the 1997 season.Game modes include exhibition, series play, all-star playoffs, and full and partial season play - in which players also sustain injuries and go on hot and cold streaks. The Home Run Derby is an additional feature. |
| Fade to Black | 1996-06-28 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Delphine Software International | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Fade to Black is the sequel to Flashback: the Quest for Identity. The player takes control of Conrad, the hero from Flashback who has been imprisoned by his old enemy, the Morphs. Gaining the trust and assistance of the mysterious Ancients, Conrad must fight off the Morph invasion, not knowing whom he can trust.The game uses fully polygonal graphics for both character models and environment. The camera changes angles depending on the location of the player character, similar to the Alone in the Dark series. Conrad can use various weapons to eliminate the enemies and will also have to solve some puzzles on the way. He can not, however, perform as many moves as in Flashback; he can't climb or jump, and the only way he can potentially avoid being shot by enemies is by ducking. |
| Ide Yōsuke Meijin no Shinmi Sen Mahjong | 1996-06-28 | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Strategy | | | Comedy | Cards / tiles | Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | Direct control | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | A group of shifty gangsters, cops and other groups gather together to compete in a Mahjong tournament. Before starting the game, the player configures the game settings and bets, then choose the characters. There are a total of 16 different opponents to choose from. The order of players' turns is determined by a dice-roll. Then the traditional rules of Mahjong apply with the goal being to beat the other three opponents. |
| Race Drivin' | 1996-06-28 | K.K. Time Warner Interactive | K.K. Time Warner Interactive | Racing / Driving | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Tricks / stunts | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | PS1 | Race Drivin' is an updated remake of the 1990 coin-op racing game of the same title. It features the original Hard Drivin' course, the courses added in the original Race Drivin', and three brand new courses only found in this new version. The number of available vehicles has also increased from 3 to 8. The game includes both a single-player championship mode and an arcade time attack mode. |
| SD Gundam: Over Galaxian | 1996-06-28 | Bandai Co., Ltd. | Lay-Up KK | Action | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | SD Gundam: Over Galaxian is a semi-3D update of Namco's arcade classic Galaxian featuring the famous SD Gundam characters. The game plays pretty much the same as the original Galaxian, though there some added features such as a variety of power-ups. The game includes two different story modes (Gundam Story and G Changer Story), a remixed version of the original Galaxian, and a two-player VS mode. CG videos explain the story as you progress through the game. |
| Pete Sampras Tennis 97 | 1996-07-01 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Codemasters used their Pete Sampras license for a second time on this tennis game. Playing as either a male or female in singles or doubles matches, your ultimate aim is to win each of the 8 matches, which represent the finals of 8 tournaments The four Grand Slam tournament venues are unlocked when you win tournaments on the other four (in Barcelona, Hong Kong, Frankfurt and Moscow). Single matches or quick multiplayer knockout tournaments can also be played, the latter with up to 8 human players.Lob, slice and drop shots each have their own control buttons, and spin can be comfortably applied. Serving involves stopping a curving arc at the right moment - there are three serve speeds and the arc's motion reflects this, so it is harder to get the faster serves accurate. Ten camera styles are available, encompassing both fixed and moving camera work. |
| Neo Planet | 1996-07-05 | Map Japan Co., Ltd. | Map Japan Co., Ltd. | Simulation | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Purchase this PS one® Classic and play it on both your PS3™ and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) systems!
NEO PLANET is an original world-development simulation game.
The goal is to develop a planet to become the “second Earth” in which humans can safely dwell.
Through exploration and development, foster the growth and progression of the planet while preserving its fragile ecosystem.
Depending on the player’s actions, the game will unfold with different endings.
Download this PS one® Classic today!
Transferring to a PSP® system from your PS3™ system:
You must be signed into the PlayStation®Network account that originally purchased the game. You must have at least 80 MB free on your Memory Stick Duo™. Connect your PSP® system to your PS3™ system with a USB cable and switch your PSP® system to USB Mode. Highlight the game on the PS3™ XMB™, press the Δ button and select Copy.
PC Store Customers:
Log into your PlayStation®Network account that you originally used to purchased the game. Then, download the game from your "Download List" in the PlayStation®Store onto your PS3™ system.
This title has been converted from the original PlayStation® disc to the PSP® and the PS3™ systems. Consequently, there may be times where the title plays differently from the PlayStation® disc version, or where some features may not function properly. This version does not support PlayStation® peripherals (controller, memory card, multitap, etc.), therefore functionalities such as multiplayer, versus, and co-op modes are not available.
Please Note: This game is a direct import from Japan and is displayed in its original Japanese language.
Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. This item has been sublicensed to you by Sony Computer Entertainment America. One-time license fee for downloads to up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are associated with the purchasing account.
©1996 Map Japan Co., Ltd.
"PS one", "PlayStation", "PS" Family logo, and "PSP" are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. |
| Time Gal & Ninja Hayate | 1996-07-05 | Taito Corporation | Taito Corporation | Action, Compilation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | PS1 | Time Gal & Ninja Hayate is a bundle composed of two discs that features two FMV arcade games:
Time Gal (previously converted to MSX, SEGA CD and LaserActive)
Ninja Hayate (released for the SEGA CD as Revenge of the Ninja)The bundle was only released in Japan. |
| Ugetsu Kitan | 1996-07-05 | Tonkinhouse | Will Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Japanese-style adventure | Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Ugetsu Kitan is an adventure game in Japanese. It is a collection of loosely connected mystery/horror stories, based on the old book of supernatural tales Ugetsu Monogatari.In the PC-98 version, a young girl guides the player from a busy street to a tent containing a labyrinth occupied by Japanese mythical creatures, in which the player experiences several stories based on the Ugetsu Monogatari, with vignettes from the original scenario in-between.The PlayStation version, which was released several years later, changes the introduction and other aspects, like the order of the stories. In this version the player wakes up in a hospital, and after jumping from the building's roof, is guided to the same tent and labyrinth as in the PC-98 version. The PlayStation version also changes many graphical assets from the typical PC-98 pixel art style to digitized photographs and prerendered 3D CGI. |
| SimCity 2000 | 1996-07-09 | Maxis Software Inc. | Maxis Software Inc. | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation | Contemporary | | Point and select | Real-time | Kids to Adults | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | PS1 | SimCity 2000 is the successor to the city simulation game Sim City. You are once again the mayor, but this time you can fully customize the terrain before building your city. The graphics are isometric, whereas the original had graphics displayed in a top-down fashion.This title adds numerous features over the original such as the ability of building "light" zones, subways, hospitals, colleges, zoos, and arcos which are actually cities in cities. You can now give names to places, and your city is surrounded by neighboring towns with which you can trade goods. Finally, instead of the poll in the first game, you now have the option of reading several newspapers to get an idea of your progress. |
| Heir of Zendor: The Legend and The Land | 1996-07-12 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Micronet Co. Ltd. | Strategy | Behind view, Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Heir of Zendor: The Legend and The Land is a turn-based strategy game and a sequel to Gotha: Ismailia Seneki. The game is set on Zendor, a planet with floating continents thanks to anti-gravity ore. The most important resource is water, which after the Great Wars still remained only in the continent named Terra Sancta. The player assumes the role of the Prince of Zendor, commander of the Zendorian Squadron of the Royal Alliance Expeditionary Forces and needs to defeat the "Five Kings".As any strategy game, Heir of Zendor has objective driven stages called missions. Completing these objectives the player reaches new missions. The player needs to deploy ships, arm them, move each unit individually or as a complete formation, and when the player's units are close enough to attack the enemies, command their in battle (that consists in: select a weapon, select a target and shoot). Turn ends when all player's units moved or attacked an enemy. |
| Masters: Shin Harukanaru Augusta | 1996-07-12 | Softbank Corp. | T&E Soft, Inc. | Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | | Cinematic camera | PS1 | Similar to the other golf games released by the developer around this time, this is an updating of the Augusta golf course with the most recent iteration of the T&E SOFT golf engine. It features fully 3D free-roaming graphics, dynamic camera and FMV sprites. It is a Japanese exclusive and therefore the commentary is in Japanese. |
| PoPoLoCrois | 1996-07-12 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | G-artists, Sugar & Rockets, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)To download content to the Memory Stick PRO Duo™ of your PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, the free space required is twice the size of the content to be downloaded.This software is playable for PLAYSTATION®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).To download this software, you must also have at least 260MB of free space on your PLAYSTATION®3 system's hard disk.To play this software with your PSP®, the latest system software and a Memory Stick Duo™ with at least 260MB of free space are required.For more detail information about download to your PSP® system, please see below URL.http://asia.playstation.comWhen downloading using PC:When downloading contents to PSP®, you must install the PLAYSTATION®Network Downloader application first. Please go to our official website for installing instructions and other information. ■Game descriptionPOPOLOCROIS, which was released in 1996 and became one of the hit RPGs on the PlayStation®, is now available! Enjoy cinematic-quality animation and a game system in which events, movement, and battles all unfold in the exact same size! Packed with over 400 events that play out in isometric view! We hope you'll be touched by the unforgettable emotional journey of this RPG driven by epic love and friendship.■PS3™ HDD and Memory Stick™ capacity requirement260MB■Copyright notices©1996 Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.■AttentionThis software is converted from the software for PlayStation® so that it can be played on PS3™ and PSP®. Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. |
| Gakkou de atta Kowai Hanashi S | 1996-07-19 | Banpresto Co., Ltd. | Pandora Box | Adventure | | | | Survival horror, Visual novel | | | | | | Buy at Buy at | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)To download content to the Memory Stick PRO Duo™ of your PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, the free space required is twice the size of the content to be downloaded.This software is playable for PLAYSTATION®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).To download this software, you must also have at least 230MB of free space on your PLAYSTATION®3 system's hard disk.To play this software with your PSP®, the latest system software and a Memory Stick Duo™ with at least 230MB of free space are required.For more detail information about download to your PSP® system, please see below URL.http://asia.playstation.comWhen downloading using PC:When downloading contents to PSP®, you must install the PLAYSTATION®Network Downloader application first. Please go to our official website for installing instructions and other information. ■Game descriptionThis monumental title marks the first collaboration between BANPRESTO and Takiya Iijima, the director of the PlayStation®2 game titled Shiju-Hatchi, released in fall 2007. The game is best categorized as an adventure game in the sound novel format. The main character hears one scary tales at a time from six storytellers, experiencing each one firsthand. A multi-scenario, multi-ending system is employed so that a scary ending no one could possibly predict results, depending on the main character's decisions! The game's story changes according to the order you listen to the storytellers, the choices you make, and the gender of the main character. There is even a hidden scenario that only appears when special conditions are satisfied.Infinite horror awaits.Now, let the tales of horror begin.■PS3™ HDD and Memory Stick™ capacity requirement230MB■Copyright notices©パンドラボックス©BANPRESTO 1996 MADE IN JAPAN■AttentionThis software is converted from the software for PlayStation® so that it can be played on PS3™ and PSP®. Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. |
| Relentless: Twinsen's Adventure | 1996-07-19 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Adeline Software International | Action, Adventure | Diagonal-down | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Somewhere in the universe, there is a beautiful planet called Twinsun. It is populated by four different races, which have been living in peace and prosperity, until a mad scientist Dr. Funfrock of the Quetch (human-like) race used his newly invented cloning and teleporting techniques to create an army of fearsome soldiers and become the planet's dictator. Twinsun's inhabitants have not lost hope, placing their faith in the old legend about the benevolent goddess Sendell who would save the world. However, Dr. Funfrock totalitarian regime forbade displaying any images of the goddess and her worship. A young Quetch named Twinsen was just a regular fellow until he had a dream, which surprisingly involved the outlawed goddess. It seems that Dr. Funfrock was no stranger to mind control; in his opinion, even dreaming of the goddess was illegal, and he promptly ordered to put the perpetrator in prison. Now the unlikely hero must find a way to escape and eventually save his planet from the clutches of its insane ruler.Little Big Adventure (Relentless: Twinsen's Adventure in the US) is primarily an adventure game with strong action elements. As usually in adventure games, the hero must talk to other characters, and collect and use objects. However, not all the problems have to be solved with dialogue and item manipulation. The player can activate four different behavior modes for Twinsen: Normal, Aggressive, Athletic, and Discreet. The first is used for peaceful exploration and conversations; Aggressive mode allows Twinsen to punch and kick other characters; Athletic mode must be applied when it becomes necessary to run quickly and jump; Discreet effectively puts Twinsen in a stealth mode, making it possible to sneak by hostile character unnoticed. While activation of a particular mode is often required to solve a problem, many situations can be dealt with in different ways.The game universe is rendered with characters in full 3D, while the environment uses isometric graphic tiles. The CD version (which was released earlier than the floppy one) features pre-rendered animated cutscenes, audio music and speech; all these features are absent from the floppy disk version. |
| Strikers 1945 | 1996-07-19 | Atlus Co., Ltd. | Psikyo | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | World War II | Flight / aviation | | | | | PS1 | Strikers 1945, not to be confused with the US PSX game Strikers 1945, which is actually the sequel Strikers 1945 II, is a port of the top-down vertically-scrolling arcade shooter. Set during World War II, the player can choose from different ships and pilots to engage the enemy. At the end of the war, all sides are left powerless and defeated. A secret organization known as CANY manages to initiate a coup among each country's military forces. The last resort is a team assembled with the best fighters from the US, Japan, Germany and England, with the goal to push back CANY.The list of planes and pilots includes:
P-38 (Lockheed P-38 Lightning) - Cindy Volton
P-51 (North American P-51 Mustang) - Tina Prize
Spitfire (Supermarine Spitfire) - Alice Herring
Bf-109 (Messerschmitt Bf-109/Me-109) - Lean Beirer
Zero (Mitsubishi A6M Zero) - Ai Mikami
Shinden (Kyushu J7W Shinden) - AinzaemonEach plane has a normal shot, a charged shot and a bomb that clears the entire screen. The P-51 can also block bullets with its charged shot. Destroyed enemies and buildings leave behind gold bars for bonus points. This adaptation includes two original modes, an arcade mode and an index of the different fighters. Co-op is available for up to two players. |
| Twilight Syndrome: Kyūmei-hen | 1996-07-19 | Human Entertainment, Inc. | Human Entertainment, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | Horror | | | | | | | Akihiko Ishizaka (石坂 明彦) | PS1 | Kyūmei-hen is a direct sequel to the first Twilight Syndrome game, continuing the spooky adventures of the three brave and reckless high-school girls: Yukari, Mika, and Chisato. The first mystery involves a girl named Sakura Himegami, who was killed in an accident many years ago; apparently, her ghost is still around somewhere. The trail leads to an abandoned path in the mountains; Mika decides to venture there, while the other two are going back to school at night, hoping to find more clues.The gameplay is identical to that of the previous entry: the player navigates the digitized images of the girls over 2D backgrounds in a side-scrolling/third-person perspective manner, searching for clues, triggering scenes, and choosing responses and/or actions when prompted by the narrative. As in the first game, these choices may influence the course of the story, and lead to various endings of the chapters; reaching a "bad" ending prevents the player from continuing to the next chapter. |
| Angel Graffiti: Anata e no Profile | 1996-07-26 | Coconuts Japan Entertainment Co., Ltd. | Astrovision | Adventure, Simulation | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | | | | | | Buy at Buy at | PS1 | Angel Graffiti is a visual novel romance simulation game for PlayStation, ported a year later to Sega Saturn under the name Angel Graffiti S. The player character is a high-school sophomore student, whose name, nickname, birth date and blood type is decided by the player at the beginning of the game. One day, while walking through the park, you notice a beautiful girl, but don't really manage to make a good impression on her and she soon goes away. The next day, your homeroom teacher announces you have a new student joining your class ... her name is Misuzu Amano ... the girl you met a day ago in the park. Your luck didn't completely run out as now you will have plenty of time to try and make an impression on her and possibly make her fall in love with you. But she is not the only girl in school that caught your eyes, so you will have to decide who is your person of interest and who you will try to woo. Luckily for you, you are not alone on your quest, you will have a help from heaven itself, an angel by the name Eve, who will often give you advice on girls' feelings.The basic gameplay is similar to visual novel style with dialogues and occasional selectable answers, but while you're in your room you'll be able to perform some other actions such as study, work part-time to earn some income, ask Eve for advice, set events on your calendar, join the school clubs and similar options. While dialogues use typical anime character style to represent characters, each of the main heroines also has a small figure-like character that represents her. They come in five different degrees of emotions between love and hate, the middle one being neutral, neither loving nor hating you. The game features animations for certain memorable events, while the dialogues mostly use static images with different postures. Voice-acting is included but is not complete, meaning even the heroines that talk during dialogues do not talk throughout all of their dialogues bust only some of them. |
| Aquanaut's Holiday | 1996-07-26 | Sony Computer Entertainment of America | Artdink Corporation | Adventure | 1st-person | | | | | | | Meditative / Zen | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | In this game, players are put into the role of a submersible to explore the ocean depths at their leisure. Along the way, players can cruise the depths of the ocean from a first-person perspective, climbing or diving the waters as they see fit to discover the wonders of the ocean. Along the way, players can locate sunken ships, statues, and other aquatic treasures, or attempt to communicate with the various sea life through sonar, whether it's a whale, or one of the more bizarre creatures found within the darkest depths of the ocean.Players can also leave underwater stations to mark points of interest for future study, or even assist in building a customizable coral reef that will continue to grow and attract marine life.Aquanaut's Holiday focuses on the subtleties of discovery over fast-paced action sequences or point accumulation. |
| Jikū Tantei DD: Maboroshi no Lorelei | 1996-07-26 | ASCII Corporation | System Sacom | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | Jikuu Tantei DD is a detective noir adventure game with a futuristic setting. The game is one big cinematic drama which plays as an interactive movie (think Cyberia). The story takes place aboard a zeppelin ship Lorelei. In 2238 human race got the freedom to use the ability to travel back in time, which eventually led to the emergence of crime. You are a Raizou Narukami, a detective who runs an agency that specializes in space-time crimes. Womanizer at first glance, you are very skilled at what you do, namely in power of observation, reasoning and deduction. You are known as DD (short for Dracula Detective) because your are a direct descendant of legendary Dracula. Due to your genes, you also exert some superhuman powers and abilities. |
| NoëL: Not Digital | 1996-07-26 | Pioneer LDC, Inc. | Pioneer LDC, Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person | | | Dating simulation | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)NOëL NOT DiGITAL is a simulation game in which player is given four months’ time to communicate with girls met in a beach resort during summer. Enjoy communicating with the girls and write the future with them today.This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：825MBCopyright：©1996 GENEON UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT JAPAN, LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Shingata Kururin Pa! | 1996-07-26 | Sky Think Systems Co. Ltd. | Sky Think Systems Co. Ltd. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Falling block puzzle | | | | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Shingata Kururin Pa! refines the original game's formula with a few new features. This time around, if a fire block is dropped in a place where it has nothing to burn, it will smoulder in place until a nearby fire helps it burst into flames; this allows the player to build some much more complex combos. Each character now also has a unique block type with its own effects. |
| Bogey: Dead 6 | 1996-08-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment of America | Pegasus Japan Corp. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | Flight / aviation | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | The player takes the role of an air pilot who is part of an elite first strike air unit. This unit is tasked with putting a stop to an international crime organization that is building up a military sized force.In this air combat game, players can choose to play in a training mode, play a mission mode, or have a VS. battle.Training mode features 3 different missions with players attempting to get as high of a score as possible. VS. battle has 2 players linking up to play a head-to-head battle against each other.The main mode is the mission mode. Players can choose from 6 different fighter jets which are the F-4E Phantom II, F-14D Tomcat, F/A-18 Hornet, F-15E Eagle, F-16C Falcon and the F-22 Raptor (AKA Superstar), each with their own ratings in max speed, endurance, maneuverability, and stability. The game features 12 missions to play through, with objectives such as defending a weapons factory or shooting down a stolen F-16. Each mission completed successfully will reward the player a certain number of credits depending on the difficulty of that mission.Gameplay involves flying a fighter with a cockpit view. The HUD includes a radar showing the enemy fighters locations plus the number of enemies left. Their is also a rear view mirror which lets the player see if their are any enemy fighters on their tail. Players can fire their air-to-air, air-to-surface, and air-to-ground missiles at enemy units.Options let the player adjust the difficulty level and change the controls between easy or hard. |
| Mortal Kombat II | 1996-08-02 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Midway Manufacturing Company | Action | Side view | Regional differences | Martial arts | Arcade, Fighting | | | | | Mature | 2D scrolling | PS1 | The Mortal Kombat fighters, plus several new ones, return for a tournament held by the evil Shang Tsung of the Outworld. The action is one-on-one as before, and famed for its high level of violence and blood (other than the sanitised Nintendo version). There are 5 difficulty levels and optional credits, as well as the usual two player mode including same character duels.To win the main tournament, the player must beat each of the other human players, before taking on Shang Tsung, Kintaro and finally Shao Kahn. Players have a range of punches and kicks available, as well as flying kicks, uppercuts, roundhouses, and the special moves, which vary for each player. These include throws, uppercuts, long-distance bullets, bicycle kicks and a teleport feature. |
| Robo Pit | 1996-08-07 | Kokopeli Digital Studios | Altron Corporation | Action | Side view | | | Fighting | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Robo Pit is an arena fighter, plain and simple. Well, maybe not so simple. When you start your game, you have to build your mechanical gladiator; choosing the color, body, eyes and legs. While most of your starting choices are purely cosmetic, the legs you choose do slightly affect your game by changing the speed and mobility of your fighter, as well as its special attack.Once you've created your robotic brawler, it's time to start climbing the ranks. To progress, you have to fight the robot that's occupying the rank above yours. Once you beat them, you get to take an arm and then move up. The game continues on in this fashion until you've bested all of the other combatants. However, a few curve-balls are thrown your way as you climb the ladder. For starters, there are several different arms you can acquire; from swords and shields to cannons and lasers, and the more you use them, the faster and more effective (i.e. damaging) they are. On top of that, even so often a sort of "boss" robot is put in your way. These "bosses" use special weapons that only they have access to. Until you pound them into scrap and take them, that is. These weapons can be incredibly powerful if you stick with them, making the rest of the fighters, save number one, a breeze. As an added bonus, you can even save your cyber-combatant to a memory card and bring it to a friend's house for some one-on-one let's-see-who-has-the-best-robot fighting goodness!The arenas themselves are fairly basic, but they are varied, offering up different layout and obstacles to take cover behind or use to get the drop on your opponent. They also have ledges, and like most fighting games a ring-out means an instant loss. As for the fighting, it's simple, but effective. Square and circle attack with the left and right arms, X jumps and triangle triggers your special (which has to charge of course). Of course different weapons have different ranges and timing, which will also improve the more you use them. |
| Worms | 1996-08-07 | Ocean Software Ltd. | Team17 Software Limited | Strategy | Side view | | Comedy, War | Artillery | | | Direct control, Multiple units/characters control | Turn-based | Kids to Adults | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Worms is a turn-based strategy game. It features up to 4 teams of 4 worms, aiming to destroy the others on a generated terrain. Each worm has 100 hitpoints and dies when his hit points fall to 0. Upon death, a worm explodes, causing damage to everyone around.Gameplay is turn-based. Each turn, the player can control one specific worm from his team. The worm can crawl left and right or jump. However, there is a time limit to make a move; also, if the worm falls from a great height, it loses health and the turn ends immediately; and if a worm falls into water or offscreen, it dies. Each turn, a worm can also make a single attack: the player can aim up and down, choose a weapon and then fire it. After attacking, the turn ends. There are a lot of weapons available - the standard ones as bazookas (which are affected by the (random) wind settings and gravity) and grenades. The others include a Fire Punch, dynamite, airstrikes, and utilities such as ropes and girders.There are 10 styles of terrain, ranging from forests and deserts to Candy land and the moon (complete with affected gravity). Shots leave craters in the ground, and complex tunnels can be formed. |
| Battle Arena Toshinden 2 plus | 1996-08-09 | TAKARA Co., Ltd. | Tamsoft Corporation | Action | Side view | | Martial arts | Fighting | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Battle Arena Toshinden 2 plus is an updated version of Battle Arena Toshinden 2 for the game's re-release on Japan's "The Best" range (equivalent to the "Greatest Hits" and "Platinum" ranges in the U.S and E.U).It adds no new characters or attacks, rather it polishes and tweaks what is already there by enhancing the graphics (slightly sharper textures, particle effects replace sprite effects), tweaking character balance (with some attacks such as Fo's Mystic Sphere and Duke's Knight Strike having slightly new behaviour) and speed (the game runs notably faster than the Playstation version of the original game).Finally, the ability to save unlocked characters, scores and control setups has also been added (this was present in the PC version of Toshinden 2, but not in the Playstation version). |
| Nanatsu no Hikan | 1996-08-09 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | | Contemporary | | | | | | PS1 | In this mystery adventure game, a young man called Ippei has been given the key to the seven mansions his uncle wants to restore and turn into a resort. But these mansions were never fully explored and his uncle suspects a great treasure to be hiding somewhere on the premise, and Ippei is tasked to look into it. However, he is warned that there may be dangerous people lurking around. The game uses 3D graphics and a first-person perspective to let the player full explore the mansion up close. The more Ippei explores the mansion, the more he will find out about his family's history. Ippei can pick up and use various items, talk to other characters or simply think out loud to give clues to the player. While there are no action elements, the protagonist has a health bar which can be decreased if he is not careful and activates various traps that lie hidden throughout the mansions. |
| Jumping Flash! 2 | 1996-08-21 | Sony Computer Entertainment of America | Exact, MuuMuu Co., Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | | | Platform | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Just like in the predecessor you jump around a 3D scenery and try to find all the Muumuus hidden in each level.You'll once again go through big levels with some huge structures reaching into the skies with floating platforms and loads of shooting enemies. Luckily you're armed too, so prepare for some really thrilling jump and run action along with a lot of shooting. |
| Alone in the Dark 2 | 1996-08-22 | Infogrames Europe SA | Infogrames Europe SA | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery, Horror | Puzzle elements, Survival horror | Interwar | | | | Teen | Cinematic camera | PS1 | In Alone in the Dark 2, you take the role of detective Edward Carnby, one of the two main characters in the original Alone in the Dark. Carnby is now called upon to investigate a bootlegger named One Eyed Jack after an old detective colleague named Stryker attributes Jack to the kidnapping of young Grace Saunders. Stryker attempts to infiltrate Jack's dilapidated mansion of Hell's Kitchen and rescue the girl, only to disappear himself. That's where Carnby comes in.Carnby soon learns that Jack and his gangsters are really 15th-century pirates who gained immortality after Jack joined forces with Elizabeth Jarret, a Voodoo witch. However, the dark magic which keeps them immortal also requires Jack and his crew to regularly make human sacrifices (which explains Grace's kidnapping).Now Carnby must battle his way through Hell's Kitchen and Jack's army of Tommy-gun-wielding gangsters, searching for a way to break the spell and make them stay dead. Alone in the Dark 2 is an action-adventure game, similar to the original Alone in the Dark. Like its predecessor, the game uses hybrid 2D-3D graphics. Completing the game requires you to solve a lot of puzzles while fighting zombie pirates along the way. Some enemies can be killed with the numerous weapons at your disposal, while others need to be defeated via trickery. Apart from Edward Carnby, the game also includes a short section (two sections in the CD-ROM version) where you play as the little Grace Saunders. Grace obviously cannot fight, and thus the sections featuring her are all about fast reflexes and wits to evade and outsmart the enemies. |
| Creature Shock | 1996-08-23 | Data East Corporation | Argonaut Software Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | | Horror | Rail shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | The earth is overpopulated and mankind must find a second home. The spaceship Amazon is sent to investigate Saturn and Jupiter for possible colonization. Near the end of its mission, all contact is lost with the ship except for a distress beacon. The player is part of the crew sent to the Amazon's last known location to find out what happened.Creature Shock is a first-person shooter with Full Motion Video and arcade-like elements. Aliens of all sizes and types will try to destroy the team, but each one has a weak point that can be exploited. The fighting takes place on the surface of asteroids and within mazes of passageways underground. There are also two 3D sections where the player gets to pilot the ship. |
| P.T.O.: Pacific Theater of Operations II | 1996-08-23 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events, World War II | Naval / watercraft | | | | | PS1 | PTO II is a KOEI game that depicts the conflict between the USA and Japan during World War II. The player takes control of the Navy forces of both nation, and tries to outsmart each other. |
| Tekken 2 | 1996-08-28 | Namco Hometek Inc. | Namco Limited | Action | Side view | | Martial arts | Fighting | | | | | Teen | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Heihachi Mishima, the head of the powerful Mishima Zaibatsu, has been dethroned and defeated by his son Kazuya, backed and possessed by the Devil himself. Under his leadership, the organization has grown even more corrupt, and is involved in illegal animal experiments. An animal rights activist named Jun Kazama is sent to confront Kazuya. Meanwhile, Heihachi is plotting to overthrow his son. In attempt to draw his father out, Kazuya organizes the second King of the Iron Fist tournament.The follow-up to Tekken is a versus fighting game featuring similar mechanics, with four buttons assigned to left and right punches and kicks. New moves include back throws, chain-throws, and a sidestep unique to Kazuya and Heihachi Mishima. Tackles now inflict damage depending on the distance.The game also introduces three new gameplay modes: Survival, Team Battle and Time Attack mode. Survival mode is an endless series of matches, keeping track of the number of opponents the player defeats and not restoring the controllable character to full health after each battle. Team Battle is a two-player mode with up to eight selectable characters. Time Attack offers the opportunity to establish records in timed combat. |
| Arthur to Astaroth no Nazo Makaimura: Incredible Toons | 1996-08-30 | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Puzzle | Side view | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | A Japanese-only entry in Dynamix's The Incredible Machine series based on the Ghosts 'N Goblins series. It is the only The Incredible Machine game with a plot, which is the same as in every Ghosts 'N Goblins game: the princess is kidnapped by Astaroth (the main villain of the games), so Arthur (the main character in the series) has to save her. It features all of the known characters of the series, such as the Red Arremer (who would get his own game series: Gargoyle's Quest). It also features items from the game, for example the armor icon, which is required for Arthur to move in this game. Not only does it have the most well known characters in the Ghosts 'N Goblins games, it also features remixed music of the series. As with the The Incredible Machine games, there are different kinds of puzzles, one of them even involves killing Arthur. However, unlike the The Incredible Machine games, there are no Head-to-Head puzzles and no Freeform Machine mode, so there's only single player puzzles. |
| CRW: Counter Revolution War | 1996-08-30 | Acclaim Japan, Ltd. | WiZ | Simulation, Strategy | | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | Turn-based | | Isometric | PS1 | It is the year 2037. The defense department has established the new Fourth Special Division, the Special Mobile Unit. It is supposedly a part of the intelligence force, but is actually an independent organization which takes orders directly from the President. Its purpose is for preemptive strike on terrorist forces, but it also assists the self-defense force, eliminates state enemies, and even takes on private missions. They have experts with a wide range of expertise.Counter Revolution War is an turn-based strategy game similar to Front Mission. The player assembles a team of pilots each with their own characteristics, puts them in heavily armed mechs, and equips them with the best weapons government money can buy. Each mission has a specific objective, outlined in an introduction. There are a wide range of statistics to keep track of, including multiple types of armor, remaining ammunition, and even pilot stamina. |
| Hokuto no Ken | 1996-08-30 | Banpresto Co., Ltd. | Natsume Co., Ltd. | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | Post-apocalyptic | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Hokuto no Ken is based on the anime series First of the North Star, continuing its plot. The story begins when Burt and Lynn are about to marry and Lynn is kidnapped by Jado (which resembles Jagger of the first series of Hokuto no Ken), a disciple of the "Dark Hokuto" The Dark Fist of Deceased Light, using a technique called Hokuto Mumyo Ken, a technique older than Hokuto Shinken itself. Then Ken (who is retired in a cave) is attacked by an henchmen of this martial arts school. After defeating him, Ken decides to investigate.The player watches the development of plot in long anime-like cutscenes and takes an active role only during the simple turn-based battles. The player chooses his actions from a menu. A time bar marks the flow of the turns. When the battle is won, another cutscene starts, etc. The game is divided in levels and a password is given after beating each of those. |
| Sonic Wings Special | 1996-08-30 | MediaQuest | Video System Co., Ltd. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | Flight / aviation | | | | | PS1 | A secret organization called Fata Morgana is developing a weapon that is capable of killing or wounding two-thirds of the world's population. A super-national group of combat experts from all over the world called Project Blue has been established to counteract Fata Morgana's evil doings. Sonic Wings Special is an enhanced and expanded port of Aero Fighters Special (Sonic Wings Limited in Japan), a coin-op shoot-'em-up with vertical scrolling. The original coin-op game uses altered levels, graphics and many features from Aero Fighters, Aero Fighters 2 and Aero Fighters 3. The home console version adds new characters and endings, new bosses, updated graphics and unlockable planes. There are also Time Attack and 2-player modes. The game uses a branching stage system, so it is impossible to see all levels in one sitting. There is a total of 14 playable characters and many different endings (some of which are reused from previous games in the series). Overall the game has a comic feel. As of Summer 2012, the Android version of Sonic Wings Special has only 4 playable characters with 4 endings and 9 stages. However, the publisher is planning to add further elements of the original version. |
| Toaplan Shooting Battle 1 | 1996-08-30 | Banpresto Co., Ltd. | Toaplan Co., Ltd. | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Toaplan Shooting Battle 1 is a compilation of two classic shooters by Toaplan: Tiger-Heli and Kyūkyoku Tiger (Twin Cobra). Both Japanese and overseas versions of Twin Cobra are available. |
| Yellow Brick Road | 1996-08-30 | Acclaim Japan, Ltd. | Synergy Inc. | Adventure, Strategy | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | Isometric | PS1 | Inspired by the Oz Books by L. Frank Baum, Yellow Brick Road concerns the player's attempt to thwart an invasion of the Emerald City by the Gnome King. Along the way s/he teams up with the tin man, lion, and eventually the scarecrow. Besides these, other recognizable figures from the books include Jack Pumpkinhead, the little Wizard of Oz, and Glinda, who, in the game, is queen of Oz. The game's structure is reminiscent of first-person adventures: the player interacts with the environment and manipulates inventory items to proceed. The puzzles, however, are kept to a minimum, since combat occupies a significant portion of the game, effectively turning it into a hybrid of adventure and small-scale real-time strategy.Battles usually occur as dictated by the plot. The player does not fight directly, but instead acts as a general to his/her companions. Each character has a quick but weak base attack or can use one of the items found throughout the game. Many of the items act differently depending on who uses them. For instance, the flute calls field mice into battle for the Tin Woodman, while it calls crows into battle for the Scarecrow. The more powerful the item, the longer the downtime for the character who has used it before he can fight again. The enemies progress toward the companions' side of the battlefield at a constant pace. If they reach them, the battle is lost, and the player must try again. If instead the player manages to push them back off the far side of the field, the battle is won and the game progresses. Different enemies are more greatly affected by different weapon/character combinations, and immune against some. |
| Die Hard Trilogy | 1996-08-31 | Fox Interactive, Inc. | Probe Entertainment Ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | Crime | Arcade, Rail shooter, Shooter | North America | | Direct control | | Mature | | PS1 | Die Hard Trilogy lets players guide New York cop John McClane through three arcade-style games based on each of the three Die Hard movies. Each movie is represented through a totally different style, making this a "3 games in 1" style package. Die Hard is a third person action/adventure through thirty floors of the Nakatomi Tower high-rise. Terrorists have interrupted the company's Christmas party and taken hostages. As McClane, the player must search for hostages through computer, construction, maintenance, and executive levels. McClane's default pistol holds infinite ammo, and the player can collect limited-ammo machine guns and grenades inside the levels. Walls turn transparent when they intersect the camera, allowing players to follow McClane through hallways and rooms with ease. After all the hostages on a level have been rescued, the player has 30 seconds to locate a bomb sent down by elevator, then use that elevator to move to the next level. Die Hard 2: Die Harder is a first-person arcade gun game, nearly identical to Virtua Cop. Terrorists have attacked Washington/Dulles Airport. The player automatically moves through the airport and surrounding areas "on rails," shooting bad guys that appear from behind the scenery. Weapon upgrade icons can be shot to be collected, and either use limited ammo, or are retained until the player is hit (identical to Lethal Enforcers). Players can also destroy parts of the environment by shooting it, which can be used to take out nearby terrorists (with explosions, or by shooting overhead items to drop on them). This game supports pad controls, or any of the PlayStation's gun controllers. Die Hard With A Vengeance has players racing through New York City streets in a variety of vehicles, trying to locate bombs before they explode. A strict timer ticks off the next explosion, and the player is guided only by a direction arrow and the vocal suggestions of their co-driver. Bombs are hidden inside everyday objects (like phone booths and benches) and are defused by ramming them, which activates the timer on the next bomb. Occasional "bomb cars" must be chased and rammed until their life bar is depleted. Powerups can be collected by running over icons in the streets, and include extra time, turbo boosts, and jumps to rocket over obstacles.All three games are exaggeratedly bloody (players can run over pedestrians in Die Hard 3 and wipe the blood away with windshield wipers). Each of the three games also uses a combination of textured polygons and sprites to generate their worlds, resulting in warping textures and some quirky "paper doll" effects. |
| NFL Quarterback Club 97 | 1996-08-31 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Iguana Entertainment Incorporated | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | NFL Quarterback Club 97 utilizes many of the same gameplay elements seen in Madden NFL 97 - including the kicking T-meter, the three-quarter overhead primary camera angle, and the button assignments and controls. Player animations are fluid and realistic, and the player sprites have clearly visible jersey numbers and names. The game also boasts a historic simulation mode. Players can choose among 50 different classic NFL game situations and try to rewrite history. Imagine...it's December 23, 1973. The Dallas Cowboys are down 28-13 to the 49ers. With under a minute remaining, the Boys score a touchdown and recover an onside kick. Can you complete one of the greatest comebacks in NFL history? |
| Beyond the Beyond | 1996-09-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment of America | Camelot Software Planning | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | | Kids to Adults | Isometric | PS1 | The hero of the game, an apprentice knight (named Finn by default), lives together with his father's friend in a village called Isla, located in the Kingdom of Marion. All of a sudden, the neighbor land Bandore Empire attacks the village. Finn manages to escapes and seeks shelter in the royal castle of Marion. But the castle has also fallen into the hands of the enemy. Followed by a group of loyal friends and servants, the young man sets on a long journey...This game is a RPG with random encounters and turn-based combat with an extra feature: the player can press a random combination of buttons before attacking (or during enemy attack), and if the combination is guessed correctly, the party member will deal critical damage or will block the enemy's blow. |
| Impact Racing | 1996-09-01 | JVC Musical Industries, Inc. | Funcom Dublin Ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Shooter | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | With disregard for a background story, Funcom Dublin offers a Wipeout-esque mix of racing and driving at a very fast pace. Completing laps within the allotted time does not suffice, you also need to destroy a certain amount of vehicles. Contrary to the aforementioned title, you drive ordinary racing cars, if you count out the mounted weapons. These include mines, concussion missiles, smart bombs, heat-seeking missiles, lasers and firewalls. Some are provided by taking out enemies, but power-ups, time bonuses, energy, armor and a handicap that turns the screen upside-down, can also be collected.Five cars are available, with different statistics and built-in weapons. The initially weak weapon is soon replaced when you collect upgrade icons. To activate these, you have to complete a bonus stage after which you can also save your game. To add to the game's length, each of the twelve tracks, based on the settings "city", "mountain" or "space", has three variations: reverse, at night or the combination of the two. Other features include a small diagram showing approaching cars to time your mines, and pumping electronic tracks to match the game's pace. |
| NHL Powerplay '96 | 1996-09-01 | Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc. | Radical Entertainment Inc. | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | An early competitor to the EA Sports NHL series, NHL Powerplay '96 features motion-captured players, an NHL Player’s Association license, a variety of managerial options, and the ability to play seasons and tournaments.It is the first NHL game to include a World Tournament mode in which the NHL players can compete against each other on their respective national teams.In a time where developers tried to get the most from 32-bit consoles, leading to the "unlimited camera angles" blurb on many games, NHL Powerplay stuck with the one most people used, the overhead "behind the goal" view, popularized by EA's NHL series - and it was one of first full 3D sports games on the market. |
| PGA Tour 97 | 1996-09-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | This golf game is another entry in the Electronic Arts PGA Tour Golf series.Players can choose to play as one of fourteen professional golfers such as Fuzzy Zoeller and Jim Gallagher Jr. or choose to create their own golfer by giving them a name and choosing what their golfer looks like from the few portraits that are available.Players are then able to select what type of game mode they want to play. Game modes include letting the player practice a round of golf, compete in a tournament, have a shoot-out, or compete in a Skins game.The game features two 18 hole golf courses to play at. Both platform versions of this game include the Sawgrass golf course, with each also including a unique golf course of their own. The Playstation version includes the Spanish Bay links, while the Saturn version includes the Spyglass Hill course.When on the course, player select what club they want to use. They also can set the angle, pitch and backspin of the ball before taking a swing.
They then have to aim where they want their shot to go. When shooting, players have to contend with the "Target Arc" power bar interface which effects the velocity and accuracy of each shot. This meter also factors the players risk in their shot by determining the degree of difficulty it would be to make the shot. Bold shots get rewarded while risky shots are not.The game also features TV style commentary and several different camera angles, including a picture in picture view. |
| StrikePoint | 1996-09-01 | American Technos Inc. | Motivetime Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | | Flight / aviation, Helicopter | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | The terrorist organization named Hex has placed deadly ShockWave devices worldwide. If triggered, they will cause total destruction of the ecosystem. You must lead the newly formed StrikePoint helicopter team against the forces of Hex, destroying their strongholds and defusing their tectonic threats. The game contains 10 global hotspots that you can attempt in any order you choose. Each hotspot contains its own set of missions. Some of the missions you will be sent on will involve destruction of enemy aircraft and artillery, ambushing and elimination of enemy convoys, rescuing of ally scientists, and most importantly collecting and defusing all untriggered ShockWave devices. You can choose to fly one of three different types of helicopters to accomplish your goals. |
| HardBall 5 | 1996-09-05 | Accolade, Inc. | MindSpan | Simulation, Sports | Behind view, Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | 2D scrolling | PS1 | HardBall 5 is mainly an update to HardBall 4, with the additions coming in the form of adjustable difficulty settings, sharper graphics, more comments by Al Michaels and improved league play, which comes with a full set of 1994 major leaguers, plus a bonus legends league. The game includes multiplayer support for up to two players. |
| Bubble Bobble also featuring Rainbow Islands | 1996-09-06 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Probe Entertainment Ltd. | Action, Compilation | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Bubble Bobble: One or two players attempt to save their friends in this re-release of the 1987 classic puzzle/action game. Players blow bubbles to trap enemies. When they pop the bubbles, fruit comes out and the players compete for the points. If they don't pop the bubbles in time, the enemies escape and become faster.Rainbow Islands: One or two players. Rainbow Islands is the sequel to Bubble Bobble. Instead of bubbles, you create rainbows. The highly versatile rainbow can be used as bridges, as platforms, or as a weapon. You can shoot a rainbow at an enemy, you can trap it inside, or you can drop a rainbow on an enemy from above. |
| Crash Bandicoot | 1996-09-09 | Sony Computer Entertainment of America | Naughty Dog, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Regional differences | | Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Dr. Neo Cortex and Dr. Nitrus Brio, two evil doctors determined to take over the world, create two devices to turn innocent creatures into genius destroyers of the world.
One particular animal, a Bandicoot, is chosen to be the leader of the pack, but when the devices fail in their attempts, the animals are turned into crazy monsters. Only Crash Bandicoot survives with brain intact, now knowing that Neo Cortex is the real bad guy.
Cortex notices the threat that Crash may cause, and banishes Crash to another island. So it is up to Crash to find his way through the islands monster population and stop Cortex from destroying the world, as well as saving his girlfriend who is next on the devices list.In Crash' first appearance on the Playstation, you must run, jump and spin your way through this part 3D platform/part Side Scroller/part Mario 64 style adventure. |
| Madden NFL 97 | 1996-09-11 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Tiburon Entertainment | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | 2D scrolling | PS1 | The Madden football series makes its debut on the 32-bit consoles with Madden NFL 97. Like the PC version, the game moves into the world of polygonal 3D graphics, but has a unique set of modes, teams and options.The game includes the 30 teams of the 1996 NFL season, the 1996 All-Madden team plus 68 classic teams from NFL history. Playing modes include Exhibition, Season and Tournament. All scheduled games during a season can be either played or simulated. The tournament is for either 8 or 16 players in single elimination mode. The game also includes the 30 team's home stadiums plus one extra arena in Hawaii.Many features introduced in previous titles are reused here: variable weather (including night games), injuries and substitutions, ten different penalties (all adjustable), two skill levels, a bluffing mode for play calling, color commentary by John Madden, instant replays, and team roster editing with player creation (stats are set from a point pool), trading, releasing and signing of free agents. Player records and season progress can be saved to memory card/backup RAM. A new feature is the possibility to change which team is controlled at any time during a game.During a game, the stadiums are rendered in polygonal texture-mapped 3D, with only the players, referees and ball as bitmaps. The game allows to choose from eight different camera perspectives, including views from the end zones and sidelines, a diagonal view and a "classic cam" emulating the perspective of earlier titles in the series on Genesis and SNES. |
| Project Overkill | 1996-09-12 | Konami of America, Inc. | Konami of America, Inc. | Action | | | | Puzzle elements, Shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | Isometric | PS1 | In the distant future, mega-corporation Terracom has authorized its Off-World Colonization Division to expand to new planets through whatever means necessary. Since worlds that have any kind of development are off limits for corporate planetary development, Terracom is hiring Terran and alien soldiers through a directive known as "Project Overkill" to "unpopulate" desirable locations.
In response, a corporate leak has hired mercs to fight against the injustice of Terracom with the ultimate goal: destroy "Project Overkill."Take on the role of four ruthless mercs as you rack up the body count through over 50 different missions with multiple paths. One of the earlier releases for the Playstation, Project Overkill uses a 3D rendered, 3/4 perspective to deliver loads of blood-drenched mayhem. |
| Ayrton Senna Kart Duel | 1996-09-13 | GAPS Inc. | GAPS Inc. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | PS1 | Ayrton Senna Kart Duel is a 3D kart racing game named after Ayrton Senna. Playable modes presented in the game include: "Race", "T.T", "VS", and "Beginner".The Race mode is divided into three different classes: S Stock, SS Stock, and A Stock. Each class has three races. Before every race there are four different karts to choose from, each of them with its own characteristic (different acceleration, grip, maximum speed, and handling). The number of race laps can also be chosen: three, five, or ten.The player must win every single race in order to advance in the game, and therefore be promoted. Finishing below the first position only drives the player to the Game Over screen.After finishing successfully all the nine races, the player will receive the final challenge: racing against the greatest Ayrton Senna. If the player wins it, Senna will give the car he drove as a reward.The game also features a Senna Memorial Data where it is possible to view some of the Senna's career records and photos. |
| Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball | 1996-09-13 | Acclaim Japan, Ltd. | Iguana UK | Simulation, Sports | Behind view, Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Baseball player Frank Thomas licensed one of the first baseball games to use motion-captured 3D graphics and multiple camera angles. 28 stadia have been rendered in 3D, and each has its own visible and significant differences. There are 6 distinct game modes, allowing for single exhibition matches as well as full seasons on the playoffs. There is also a Home Run Derby mode, allowing the player to pelt the ball out of the ground for points. You can choose pitchers and batters, based on their statistics and form. Bowling options are set to define the delivery, with fastballs and curveballs as well as more precise setting of pace and height. Fielding is optional - it's best to leave this to the computer at first You can always alter the infield and outfield depth and shift. |
| Jigsaw Island: Japan Graffiti | 1996-09-13 | Nippon Ichi Software, Inc. | Nippon Ichi Software, Inc. | Puzzle | | | | Cards / tiles | | | | Real-time | | | PS1 | Jigsaw Island is a jigsaw puzzle game, and the third title in Nippon Ichi's jigsaw series. As in Jigsaw Party and Jigsaw World, it combines the jigsaw puzzle with elements of arcade puzzle games, tasking two players (or a player and the computer) with solving a set of puzzles as quickly as possible. Pieces are supplied to each player in a specific order, and there are also power-ups that can be used to hinder the other player.The main story mode follows two young girls from the Japonese Kingdom, Asuka and Akira, as they try to improve their rank at their school's Puzzle Association, battling against other students and eventually teachers. There are also two different battle modes for up to four players.In addition to the battle modes, there is also a regular puzzle mode for one player. There are 150 puzzles total, including both photographs and illustrations, each of which can be played as either a 24, 96, or 150 piece puzzle.The international release, Jigsaw Madness, removed the story mode, leaving only the battle and solo modes. |
| Mahō Shōjo Fancy Coco | 1996-09-13 | Planning Office WADA | Planning Office WADA | Simulation | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | PS1 | Coco is a young princess in a magical kingdom, which has a tradition of shape-shifting magic. Her father, the king, explains to her that she must study magic for three years, in order to prove herself worthy of being a true heiress to the throne. Whether Coco will succeed or not depends on the player!Mahō Shōjo Fancy Coco is similar in gameplay to Princess Maker games: the main goal is to make schedules for the young princess, alternating between actually learning magic and having vacations. Every activity influences Coco's stats, which in their turn influence her advancement in magics. Unlike Princess Maker, there is no RPG element and no free movement in certain locations. It is possible to visit the capital town and its nearby surroundings and talk to people, though those activities are only shown as still images. |
| Vegas Casino | 1996-09-13 | Coconuts Japan Entertainment Co., Ltd. | Coconuts Japan Entertainment Co., Ltd. | Gambling, Strategy | 1st-person | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | PS1 | Vegas Casino is a game for up to four players via multitap comprising Baccarat, Roulette, Let It Be, Black Jack, Video Poker, Keno and Slot Machines.It can be played in two modes, Ranking play or Free Play.
In Ranking mode the player enters a target amount to be reached and then plays against their opponents to see who can reach that amount. If a single player plays in this mode the game provides three opponents but the game caters for up to ten players with the game providing the additional AI opponents. Roulette,Video Poker, and Slot Machines in this game mode are played within a split screen.
In Free mode there are no computer opponents and the games are the same as the games played in Ranking mode though there are minor differences, such as selecting which slot machine to play, because in this mode the split screen mode is not used at all.There are three kinds of slot machine which can be played for different stakes. Keno is the odd game here because it does not appear on the game menu, instead during any game other than Video Poker a casino hostess pops up in her own little window inviting the player to a game of Keno. If the player accepts they are shown a Keno card on which they mark their numbers after which their current game of Baccarat, Roulette or whatever resumes. A short while later the hostess window opens up again and the hostess gives the good, or more usually bad, news on how good their selections were.
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| Andretti Racing | 1996-09-17 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | High Score Entertainment, Stormfront Studios | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | For the first time ever in an arcade racer, take control of either NASCAR or Indy cars and cruise around 16 detailed tracks. There are 3 views available to drive from. As well as individual races, you can play a full career. Derek Daly and Bob Jenkins provide a running commentary. Outside factors such as pit-crew mistakes and mechanical failures can affect your races. |
| The King of Fighters '95 | 1996-09-18 | Sony Computer Entertainment of America | SNK Corporation | Action | Side view | | Martial arts | Arcade, Fighting | | | Direct control | | Teen | 2D scrolling | PS1 | The first sequel in the King of Fighters series picks up a year after the end of the first tournament. Once again, fighters from all over the world receive a mysterious invitation to a team-based fighting tournament. And just like last year, it appears that the notorious criminal Rugal Bernstein is behind it, apparently returning from the dead to raise havok once again...The King of Fighters '95 introduces Kyo Kusanagi's rival Iori Yagami, and firmly places Kyo as the main character for the rest of the series. The gameplay of The King of Fighters '95 is essentially unchanged from the previous title, though it does introduce the "team edit" concept which would remain as a standard feature of the series. Using the "team edit" feature, it is possible to create a totally customized team using any of the available fighters, or use one of the default teams if you wish. |
| Battle Arena NiToshinden | 1996-09-20 | TAKARA Co., Ltd. | Tamsoft Corporation | Action | Side view | | | Fighting | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Battle Arena NiToshinden is a spin off of the main Toshinden series. Set in a high school, NiToshinden is, like its parents, a versus fighting game. It features four fighters and a fifth hidden character from the first two Toshinden Playstation games; Eiji, Sofia, Ellis and Tracy along with four exclusive characters based off school stereotypes; Ryuji, Rika, Baifu and Shu.As in the main series, the arenas are 3D and a sidestep manoeuvre exists for moving around them, but otherwise the gameplay is different from its parent series.Each character has the same six attacks; hard, medium, light, low, special attack and desperation; the differences between the fighters are in the range, speed of and what the attacks do for each fighter. For instance, Eiji's special attack is to shoot a carrot from his sword, a play on his classic fireball attack, while Sofia's special attack is a variant on her classic Aurora Revolution attack.The game features no standard combos or blocking. Instead a parry must be performed to block all non-low attacks. Low attacks are unblockable and have to be sidestepped. The characters also have the ability to dive under any non-low attack.An unusual element of the game is its "practice mode", which, unlike other fighting games, is a series of short videos hosted by an enthusiastic Japanese lady and a small CGI version of Rika.The art style heads further into the realms of anime than the other installments of the series, with cell-shaded textures and fighters with huge heads and small bodies.
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| Genei Tōgi: Shadow Struggle | 1996-09-20 | Banpresto Co., Ltd. | Racdym | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Martial arts | Fighting | | | | | | | PS1 | The Phillips Foundation is sponsoring a grapple tournament, and the prize is ten million dollars. Eight warriors have gathered to take part in the tournament -- some for the money, some for the fame, and some for more personal reasons. The name of the tournament is...POWER OF SOLID.Shadow Struggle is a fast-paced 3D fighting game similar to its contemporary Toshinden. There are eight playable characters each with their own moves. During the fights, in addition to their health meter, each character has a "Shadow Skill Gauge" that fills up as blows are exchanged. When it fills up and starts flashing, they can unleash their "Shadow Skill", allowing them a short burst of increased attack speed and power.The game features standard Arcade and Versus modes, as well as a mode called Arena game in which you fight to win credits, which can be used to buy new moves and customize your character. Saved characters can be used against each other in two-player bouts. |
| Idol Janshi Suchie-Pai II | 1996-09-20 | Jaleco Entertainment, Inc. | Jaleco Entertainment, Inc. | Strategy | Top-down | | Adult | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | PS1 | The third installment in the Suchie-Pai series of mahjong games. More beautiful girls are ready to be your opponent in a game of strip mahjong.A girl named Shiho Katagiri has been kidnapped, and it's up to Suchie-Pai to save her. Suchie-Pai will need to beat several opponents in mahjong in order to progress. The strip scenes are animated this time. You are also joined by some of your opponents, who can transform into heroes themselves.The PlayStation version is a censored port and doesn't feature the adult content. |
| Gallop Racer | 1996-09-27 | Tecmo, Ltd. | Tecmo, Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Gallop Racer is a horse racing simulation. It has both a season and preseason mode. The game lets the player customize the color of their jockey's stripes. Players can spend their starting money to purchase horses (each with their own unique attributes) at the Horse Shop and can earn more money by doing well on the track. On the other hand, players can lose money by not placing in a high enough position during a race as entering races costs money.While on the horse track running their horse, players can apply the whip to the horse and can also rotate the view of the race. The game tracks the players performance throughout their racing season. |
| Return to Zork | 1996-09-27 | Emotion Digital Software | Activision, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | PS1 | You are standing behind the white house. There is something in the mailbox. A video message from a wizard informing you that you are the sweepstakes winner to the Valley of the Sparrows... right now, by magic flight. Upon arriving at this mysterious place however, not everything is as it should be. There's nobody to meet you and those who you do come across don't seem to have any knowledge about a sweepstakes. It looks like this is a private vacation and you'll need to find your own way through this land.Return to Zork is a first-person adventure game using live actors and video sequences. The game is similar to Myst in interface; the player is also able to rotate the viewpoint to discover new areas and uncover items that can be used or picked up. Various characters will be met along the way and spoken to via a system of dialog choices. The game allows the player to experiment with items in various ways, including discharging them; however, this often leads to "dead ends", rendering it impossible to complete the game. |
| Silhouette Stories | 1996-09-27 | Kaneko Co., Ltd. | Kaneko Co., Ltd. | Action, Puzzle | | | | Arcade, Visual novel | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | A single young man wakes up one morning, looks out the window at the sunrise, and decides that today is the day when he will finally find a girlfriend. He then proceeds to find a strange star-like alien creature in his mailbox, eating his newspaper. This creature introduces itself as Pani, from the planet Gals, and claims to be able to help the man change his fate. Will Pani really be able to help this young man find love?Silhouette Stories is a spinoff of Kaneko's Gals Panic series, removing the nudity but adding light visual novel elements. The player chooses one of 12 locations, where they find one of the possible female matches. Depending on the player's choices in the dialogues, and their performance in the stages, each girl's story will branch in different ways. However, the player must reach all possible endings with a girl, including the bad ones, before their true "happy end" will be unlocked.The gameplay itself is a basic QIX variant, where the player must use their cursor to capture the glowing silhouette of the female character without being hit by enemies. Several items will also appear to aid the player, such a speed booster, and a time stop. Each stage also has a random objective such as "collect every item" or "get 30% in one capture". Failing to complete the objective does not necessarily mean game over, and in many cases will result in a different story branch.Images from completed stages can be freely viewed from an in-game gallery, and completing all of a girl's story paths will unlock a bonus dress-up mode for that character where the player can swap out different outfits. |
| Tokimeki Memorial: Taisen Puzzle Dama | 1996-09-27 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Co., Ltd. | Puzzle | | | | Arcade, Falling block puzzle | | | | Real-time | | | PS1 | Tokimeki Memorial Taisen Puzzle Dama is a Puyo Puyo style puzzle game based on the dating game Tokimeki Memorial.
The player chooses between the different girls from Tokimeki Memorial to compete in falling block battles. Colored blocks fall in pairs that the player rotates and places in the game matrix as they fall. There are two different types of blocks. When three or more regular blocks of the same color touch, they get cleared. Smaller blocks don't disappear like the regular blocks do when they are aligned, but grow into regular blocks when adjacent ones get cleared. This can be used to perform combos.The goal of the game is to defeat another player or COM opponent by clearing series of blocks and making combos, which makes batches of small blocks fall into the opponent's matrix, until the opponent fails at clearing enough blocks and his matrix is full. |
| Black Dawn | 1996-09-30 | Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc. | Black Ops Entertainment, LLC | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Helicopter | | | Teen | | PS1 | Black Dawn fulfills a few childhood dreams by putting gamers in control of a military helicopter. Terrorists have grown powerful in the world and it is up to you to restore stability and peace throughout the lands. Assigned to a variety of campaigns, you must fly the AH-69 Mohawk (sounds like something Jan-Michael Vincent from AIRWOLF would pilot) as you battle through enemy territory across different global locales.
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| Fox Hunt | 1996-09-30 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | 3Vision Games, Evolutionary Publishing, Inc. | Action, Adventure | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Jack Fremont is an ordinary guy with just one unique talent: his knowledge of TV shows. Otherwise, his life isn't going too well, and he is about to be evicted from his place. However, one day, bragging about his encyclopedic abilities, Jack is confronted by two CIA agents who tell him that a powerful terrorist is about to destroy Los Angeles. Apparently, the terrorist was uncredited in some TV shows and resorted to violence in protest. Now it's up to Jack to stop him and save the city.Fox Hunt is a spy comedy that heavily relies on live-action full-motion video to advance the plot. The gameplay is restricted to interludes between the movies, and features both adventure and action elements. In some places the player has to explore rooms and find items, while others are built like action sequences. There is a time limit in many of these episodes, and a few branching story arcs. |
| Myst | 1996-09-30 | Psygnosis Limited | Cyan, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Point and select | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | You have just stumbled upon a most intriguing book, a book titled Myst. You have no idea where it came from, who wrote it, or how old it is. Reading through its pages provides you with only a description of an island world. But it's just a book, isn't it? As you reach the end of the book, you lay your hand on a page. Suddenly your own world dissolves into blackness, replaced with the island world the pages described. Now you're here, wherever here is, with no option but to explore.Myst is a first-person point-and-click adventure where the player controls a character known as The Stranger. Magically transported into the world described in the book, he needs to explore Myst Island and solve its mysteries. The game is presented as a series of static scenes where the player acts with the environment by clicking and manipulating objects. There are no enemies and it is not possible to die. Through Myst Island, the game is further divided into mini-worlds set in different ages accessed through different books. The game's interface is reduced to a single cursor for navigation and interaction. Rather than collecting items and using them to solve puzzles, the player must gather subtly placed clues and manipulate complex mechanical devices in order to advance in the game. The world of Myst is mostly uninhabited, and the game has very few live-action scenes with characters and dialogue. |
| Ridge Racer Revolution | 1996-09-30 | Namco Hometek Inc. | Namco Limited | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Street racing | Direct control | Real-time | Kids to Adults | Shiro Wada, Takaaki Okuda | PS1 | This new version of the classic arcade racer now adds new cars, new tracks and some remixes of the in-game music |
| Time Commando | 1996-09-30 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Adeline Software International | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | In the near future, the military has created an advance computerized combat simulation, which allowed participants to be trained in various forms of combat throughout human history. However, a programmer working for a corporation that seeks the downfall of the simulation developers infects the system with a virus. This virus creates a dimensional vortex that threatens to swallow the entire world. Stanley Opar, a member of S.A.V.E (Special Action for Virus Elimination) enters the vortex with one goal: destroy the virus before the universe ceases to exist.Time Commando is an action game with light puzzle-solving elements. The player character travels to eight different time periods: Prehistoric, Roman Empire, Feudal Japan, Medieval, Conquistador, Wild West, Modern Wars, and Future. Each era has its own characteristic enemies and sets of weapons: for example, Stanley fights with rocks and bone knives in the Prehistoric era, switching to shurikens and katanas in Japan, revolvers and shotguns in the Wild West, laser pistols in the future, etc. Most of the time in the game is spent fighting enemies. Character navigation and combat resemble those of Alone in the Dark. The navigation is character- rather than camera-based, similarly to survival horror games. During combat, Stanley has three attack moves at his disposal, as well as a blocking move. Part of the challenge relies on choosing the right weapons against particular enemies. Stanley starts with a small life bar that can be increased by picking up life power-ups, as well as multiple lives. Time limit is imposed on each level. To lower the countdown, the player has to deposit computer chips collected throughout the levels in special orb pools. The game utilizes animated pre-rendered sequences to represent locations, and polygonal models for the characters. |
| WipEout XL | 1996-09-30 | Psygnosis Limited | Psygnosis Limited | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | Hovercraft, Track racing | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | WipEout XL is set in the year 2097, around four decades after its predecessor. Instead of the F3600 anti-gravity racing competition, the game features an even faster and more dangerous tournament: the F5000 AG league. The gameplay system is similar to that of the previous game: players race against each other or computer in high-speed futuristic environments, liberally picking up weapons scattered around the stages and using them against the opponents to finish the race in the highest position.Each vehicle is provided with a shield; once this shield is breached (by weapons or other kinds of damage), the craft explodes. As in the first game, the vehicles move at very high speeds. The game's four difficulty levels are used to crank the speed up and down, with the highest setting corresponding to the highest speed. In addition to the main championship mode, there are also challenge modes, winning in which rewards the player with faster game settings, new tracks, and new vehicles. |
| Blast Chamber | 1996-10-01 | Activision, Inc. | Attention to Detail Limited | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | A quite weird puzzle/actiongame in 3d, where you are a little guy in a chamber which is rotatable by pushing around the corners. Objects will fall down then and some other parts of the level get accesible.The game also supports a 2 player competitive mode, where you have to pick up objects and put them in another one's crystal. Try to avoid the other to get to his crystal by moving around the chamber. |
| Choro Q: Ver.1.02 | 1996-10-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. | Tamsoft Corporation | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Bus, Truck | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Choro Q: Ver.1.02 is an updated version of the PlayStation game Choro Q released earlier in the same year. Version 1.02 only has a "PlayStation the Best" budget release version and as such was released at a discounted price. The game contains the latest bug patches and updates, along with some new graphical and audio content. |
| Davis Cup Complete Tennis | 1996-10-01 | Telstar Electronic Studios Ltd. | Dome Software Developments, The | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | The Davis Cup is tennis' equivalent of soccer's World Cup - a competition between teams of men in their sport representing their countries. 16 countries qualify for the tournament and you can choose from among 48 players - all with different attributes and skills. Locations for the matches vary from each of the 16 countries including the U.S., Sweden and Italy. The courts also vary between grass, clay, concrete and wood and the ball will react differently on each. You can take to the practice court first to perfect your serves, lobs, smashes and volleys. Then you can have a quick singles match against a random opponent, have a doubles match with a friend or even play a 4-player game using multitap. There's also the option of playing a "winner moves on" series of games, play in a league, or join the Davis Cup tournament. |
| Epidemic | 1996-10-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment of America | Genki Co., Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | Kids to Adults | Tsunemi Akiyama | PS1 | In the year 2065, the human race is being wiped out by a virus with the survivors finding solace in an underground city lead by a man named Byflos. But after people start dying once again, people begin to suspect Byflos is behind the virus. The player must take their mech through the city, destroy the enemy mechs and force a final showdown with Byflos.Epidemic is the sequel to Kileak: The DNA Imperative, with a first-person corridor shooting perspective inside of a mech, shooting scores of enemies. It features an auto-lock system and a mapping system as well. It also features full-motion video sequences to tell the story. The basic gameplay of the game is to wander the corridors of the city, destroying other mechs and picking up items along the way and solve mini-puzzles with them to advance to the next level. |
| Final DOOM | 1996-10-01 | Williams Entertainment, Inc. | id Software, Inc. | Action, Compilation | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | | PS1 | Final DOOM for PlayStation is a compilation of 30 levels from the PC version of Final DOOM and the Master Levels. |
| Persona | 1996-10-01 | Atlus Software Inc. | Atlus Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | | | | | | Turn-based | Kids to Adults | Isometric | PS1 | A group of high-school students decide to play a ritual-like game called "Persona". Unexpectedly, they are knocked unconscious and have a vision of a mysterious being called Philemon, who bestows upon them the ability to call powerful creatures known as Personae. Afterwards, the students go to visit their sick friend, Mary. Once they exit the girl's room in the hospital, they see their home town has changed. They can't leave it, and it is infested by demons. At first, it seems that the giant Sebec corporation and its manager are the ones responsible for the terrible accident. But this corporation is not the only enemy the young heroes have to confront - they must look deep into their hearts, and perhaps find the truth there...Persona is the beginning of a sub-series within the Megami Tensei universe, and one of the first Megaten titles to be released in the West. While overworld locations and battle screens in the game are isometric, the maze-like 3D dungeons are explored from a first-person perspective. Player-controlled characters fight randomly encountered demons in round-based combat, using melee weapons, firearms, or spells. As opposed to most other Megaten games, player-controlled party (up to five active combatants) consists entirely of human characters. Verbal communication with demons, however, still plays an important role in the game.Each character possesses a unique set of four communication styles, e.g. insult, flattery, etc. The player may select combinations of various characters and their approaches during conversation with the demon. Depending on the player's choices, as well as the current Moon Phase, the demon may end up responding in one of the four emotional ways: anger, fear, joy, and interest. The last two types responses are beneficial to the player: the demon may give the party a useful item or a spell card.If the player combines various types of spell cards, more powerful creatures (Personae) can be fused in a special location called Velvet Room. Personae act like equipment sets and can be attached to player characters, modifying their parameters, strengths and weaknesses, and teaching them new spells. |
| Saban's Power Rangers Zeo: Full Tilt Battle Pinball | 1996-10-01 | Bandai America, Inc. | KAZe Co., Ltd. | Simulation | Top-down | Licensed | | Pinball | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Pinball, a game that has been around since the 1930s, has been translated into video game format once again, this time via the Mighty Morphing Power Rangers, those multi-colored ninja heroes of low-budget television. Comprised of 5 different 3D play fields, this one-player simulation takes place in fifteen locations around the world, including Japan, New York, and Africa. Each play field consists of the usual pinball trappings such as ramps, targets, flippers, bumpers, and multi-ball specials. Before and between each level of play, a cinematic storyline plays out involving the invasion of Earth by aliens and the Power Ranger's attempts at stopping this dreaded scourge. Along with the Rangers, several other characters from this juggernaut franchise are featured including: Zeo Zords, King Mondo, and Queen Machina. |
| Street Fighter Alpha 2 | 1996-10-01 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Fighting | | | Direct control | | Teen | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Another Street Fighter sequel (this time for Street Fighter Alpha) adds even more to the classic fighting series.New characters in this version include Gen (a wise kung-fu master), Rolento (who you may remember from another Capcom classic, Final Fight) and Sakura, a young school girl who follows her hero Ryu so close, she has the same type of moves. Dhalsim and Zangief also return to the fight with some news moves.The other major difference is the loss of chain-combos and the gain of a custom combo system. Once you reach the required level (which is 1 at the least) you can execute a custom combo by combining any of the buttons (which there are 6 in total) or any of the special attacks (fireballs, etc.) |
| Blazing Dragons | 1996-10-03 | Crystal Dynamics, Inc. | Illusions Gaming Company, The | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Blazing Dragons is an adventure game based on the Nelvana cartoon of the same name. In this twist on the King Arthur legend, the player controls a young dragon named Flicker who lives in the kingdom of Camelhot. Flicker is an inventor who wants to become a knight and win a tournament. The prize is the hand in marriage of Princess Flame, Flicker's lifelong love interest. The player must solve puzzles to defeat the evil mechanical Black Dragon, the human race's entry into the tournament. The gameplay is mostly straight inventory-based point-and-click, but there are several arcade sequences that the player must successfully complete in order to progress. |
| Bandit Kings of Ancient China | 1996-10-04 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Strategy | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | China (Ancient / Imperial), Historical events | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | In the 12th century, the Emperor Hui Zhong is faced with an internal rebellion led by Imperial Minister Gao Qiu. The Song Dynasty comes to an end, and Gao Qiu became the new ruler. You take the role of an exiled ruler, and you must build your stats up to be able to challenge- and destroy- Gao Qiu and restore Hui Zhong to the throne.The game is a military strategy game, like most of Koei's games, but instead of conquering a country, the goal is to depose the despotic ruler of China. You start out lowly, and have to work your way up by conquering smaller prefectures, forming alliances, and fighting small battles. You have to earn the right to attack Gao Qiu's home prefecture, though- he is off limits until you are powerful.
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| C1-Circuit | 1996-10-04 | INVEX Ltd. | INVEX Ltd. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Street racing | | | | | PS1 | C1 Circuit is a street racing game. The title refers to Tokyo's Inner Circle Route (Route C1) which is part of the Shuto Expressway and known for its street racing. The game is three dimensional with polygon graphics and it's by default played from a third person perspective although it is possible to switch to a first person hood view.After creating a profile, which involves selecting one of four cars as well as a difficulty level, the player can race in three different modes: scenario, time attack and two players. The scenario involves competing against AI opponents, one at a time, and after four rivals have been defeated it's possible to move on to another class. Time attack lacks opponents and is all about racing against the clock. The two player mode is for playing against another human player over system link. When not racing the player can go to the garage where parts can be bought and sold and the car can be modified in various ways. |
| Chaos Control | 1996-10-04 | Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Japan), Inc. | Infogrames Multimedia SA | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Rail shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | | | PS1 | The year is 2071, the aggressive Kesh Rhan aliens have already destroyed the human colonies on Mars and Pluto, and now plan to wipe out all humans from Earth as well. You play as Jessica Darkhill, lieutenant and most skilled pilot of the Orbital Defence Forces. The counter-attack you are about to launch is the last hope to save the Earth of chaos. Chaos Control is a fast-paced shoot'em up featuring 3d pre-rendered environments, which means you cannot actually control the spaceship you are flying in, but are merely in charge of aiming at the various enemies appearing on screen. |
| Spectral Tower | 1996-10-04 | Idea Factory Co., Ltd. | Idea Factory Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | Fantasy, Medieval | | | Turn-based | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)To download content to the Memory Stick PRO Duo™ of your PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, the free space required is twice the size of the content to be downloaded.This software is playable for PLAYSTATION®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).To play this software on your PLAYSTATION®3 system, you must have at least 145MB of free space on your PLAYSTATION®3 system hard disk.To play this software on your PSP®, you must install the latest system software version and have a Memory Stick Duo™ with the free space stated above.For more detailed information about downloading to your PSP® system, please see URL below.http://asia.playstation.comWhen downloading using PC:When downloading contents to PSP®, you must install the PLAYSTATION®Network Downloader application first. Please go to our official website for installing instructions and other information. ■Game descriptionSinners are being drawn to a nameless town somewhere in Neverland, as if they were being attracted like iron to a magnet. Some had been gathering people for war, while others had been hurting others for their own gain. It was as if they all had their own cross to bear. In the middle of the continent, rose the Spectral Tower, which reflected in their eyes. It is said that a new world will open up for those who can make it to the top of that tower...■PS3™ HDD and Memory Stick™ capacity requirement145MB■Copyright notices©1996 IDEA FACTORY■AttentionThis software is converted from the software for PlayStation® so that it can be played on PS3™ and PSP®. Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. |
| Spot Goes to Hollywood | 1996-10-06 | Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc. | Burst | Action | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | | | Kids to Adults | 2D scrolling, Isometric | PS1 | The central character in this game is Spot, the little red mascot from the 7-Up TV commercials. Spot has somehow become trapped in a movie projector. As he jumps from film to film, he encounters many classic film genres that make up all the different levels of the game. The main levels are a pirate movie, an adventure movie and a horror movie, but there are also many other bonus films to unlock.The game is played from an isometric overview perspective. Spot has to collect five Hollywood stars per level to unlock hidden areas and ultimately complete the game 100%. |
| Heroine Dream | 1996-10-10 | Map Japan Co., Ltd. | Map Japan Co., Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Heroine Dream is an idol simulation game in which the player takes a role of a producer whose goal is to help Shizuka Maiki enter the scene in style. But that doesn't happen over night, in fact, it requires many weeks of training. The heroine herself has many attributes that lack in quality and as her producer, you will have to balance her training (ballet, dancing, swimming etc.), but at the same time keep an eye on her stress level. The game features voice-acting, but without the ability to see subtitles, only the answers you can select during conversations with other characters. Depending on what kind of a star producer you turn out to be, the game may reach one of several different endings. |
| Mortal Kombat Trilogy | 1996-10-10 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Midway Games, Inc. | Action | Side view | | Martial arts | Fighting | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Mature | 2D scrolling | PS1 | All the characters from the first three Mortal Kombat games return for the ultimate battle. You can play as Kano, Reptile, Mileena, Kung Lao, Shang Tsung, Sindel, Sketor, Stryker, Nightwolf, Sheeva, Kitana, Scorpion, Sonya, Smoke (Cyber Ninja), Rain, Jade, Baraka, Johnny Cage, Ermac, Noob Saibot, Sub-Zero (Unmasked), Sub-Zero (Classic), Jax, Rayden, Cyrax, Liu Kang, Smoke (Human), Kabal, Goro, Kintaro, Motaro, or Shao Kahn.This game is one-on-one martial arts fighting. The player can choose from over thirty different characters, all with their own fighting style and their own special moves. Trilogy differs from the other games in that you can play combinations of people that otherwise isn't possible, such as old Liu Kang vs. new Liu Kang, etc.Mortal Kombat Trilogy also allows you to challenge a friend to a fight through a Windows IPX network connection. |
| Motor Toon Grand Prix | 1996-10-15 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Track racing | Direct control | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | In Motor Toon Grand Prix (Motor Toon Grand Prix 2 in Japan), all the familiar characters are back in Sony's sequel to Motor Toon Grand Prix. Very much like Mario Kart this game offers multiple worlds and tracks along with crazy characters and plenty of power-ups for some wild racing.The available characters are Captain Rock, Princess Jean, Bolbox, Raptor&Raptor, Penguin Bros., Vanity, Billy the Tough and Ching Tong Shang. The colorful worlds are Toon Village, Toon Island 2, Crazy Coaster, Gulliver House 2 and the Haunted Castle.The Championship mode takes you through all five tracks. For practice you can select from a single race, time attack and free run. You can even play back your races in the Replay Theater. The game includes a second disc for a two-player mode where you can link two separate playstations together. While racing, there are 17 power-ups to take out the competition: Bomb, FireBall, Jump, Missile, Crazy Mushroom, Dynamite, 32t Weight, Stealth Field, Turbo, Big Bigger Biggest, Tiny Tiny Tiny, Oil Can, Pandora's Box, Wonder Clock, Magic Hand, Power Up, Super Shield. |
| DonPachi | 1996-10-18 | SPS | CAVE Co., Ltd. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | DonPachi is a 1995 vertical manic shoot-'em-up originally in arcades and was the first game from the developer Cave. Settings are mainly woodland and enemies are military vehicles and robots, culminating in the final boss, a huge robotic bee. One of three weapon configurations is chosen at start and then levelled up through dropped power-ups. DonPachi was ported to the Sega Saturn and Sony Playstation in 1996. |
| Megatudo 2096 | 1996-10-18 | Banpresto Co., Ltd. | General Support | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Fighting | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | It is the year 2096, and the Megatudo Grand Prix is on! 12 pilots from 12 manufacturers, each with their own unique robot (dubbed Maneuver Wear), will fight to win the tournament.Megatudo 2096 is a 3D fighting game, and features standard story and 2P VS modes. Each character has their own set of normal and special attacks, as well as the ability to dash and weave in different directions. |
| Shock Wave: Operation JumpGate | 1996-10-18 | Electronic Arts Victor | Electronic Arts, Inc. | DLC / Add-on | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | It has been 7 years since the alien attack on Earth has been repelled. Now, signs of the aliens have been detected within the solar system. It's again up to you to lead the assault before the aliens launch their second wave.This add-on to Shock Wave takes you to places in the solar system like Mars, the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, and the asteroid belt in 5 new missions that feature new enemies. The story is again told through live-action cutscenes. |
| Stone Walkers | 1996-10-18 | Sun Corporation | Ehrgeiz | Adventure | | | | Japanese-style adventure | Contemporary | | Menu structures | Meditative / Zen | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | The ancient Maya civilization's artifacts sit buried somewhere deep in the jungle, their advanced astronomical secrets buried with them just waiting for adventurers to find them... One such adventurer is a teacher named Randy who, with several friends, flies to Guatemala in search for the legendary Jade Mask. This Japanese-style adventure game plays similarly to other games in the genre; gameplay is entirely menu-based, with players given a variety of exploration and dialogue options, while the graphics are presented with a cinematic art style and many detailed illustrations. |
| Tetris Plus | 1996-10-18 | Jaleco USA, Inc. | Jaleco Ltd. | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | | Kids to Adults | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | This is yet another updated version of Tetris which was released for PlayStation, Saturn, and Game Boy. This version features Classic mode, Puzzle mode, Versus mode, and Edit mode. In Puzzle mode, you must save the professor who climbs his way to the top. In order to do that, you must clear the blocks away and bring him to the bottom. Versus mode brings you head to head with another player. Edit mode allows you to create and save your own custom levels. |
| Formula 1 | 1996-10-23 | Psygnosis Limited | Bizarre Creations, Ltd. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | Oceania | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Formula 1 was the first of Sony's official FIA-licensed Formula 1 games. All the cars, teams and circuits of the 1995 season are recreated in millimetric detail. Variable game modes and camera angles are included. To widen the game's appeal, it includes optional helpers such as automatic braking.The game contains a rock soundtrack including tracks by Joe Satriani and Steve Vai, and commentary from UK TV legend Murray Walker. |
| NHL FaceOff '97 | 1996-10-23 | Sony Computer Entertainment of America | Killer Game | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | 1997 NHL Hockey game that departed from the incremental year-to-year improvements to ice-hockey games. Offers new AI for play against the computer that is "All-Star" level and the default game that offers honest hockey, pure and simple, crisp and satisfying.Other features include, team management, new moves previously unseen such as hip checks, fake shots, backwards skating and more. All 26 NHL arenas are playable with realistic player abilities based on their real NHL statistics. |
| Building Crush! | 1996-10-25 | Shoeisha Co., Ltd. | Shoeisha Co., Ltd. | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Building Crush! is a puzzle game where you play the role of a demolitions expert and try to bring down buildings faster than your opponent. Place bombs in windowed blocks to clear connected blocks of the same color, and make chains with the falling blocks that match up. There are several bomb power-ups to increase their effectiveness, as well as assist characters to hinder your opponent. You can play against the CPU or a friend. |
| Pinball Fantasies | 1996-10-25 | Vap Inc. | Spidersoft Limited | Action | Top-down | | | Pinball | | | | | | | PS1 | After the success of Pinball Dreams on several systems, a sequel featuring four new tables was created. The gameplay is much the same as the first game, with realistic physics, multi-player options and a high score table to aim for. The tables are Partyland, Speed Devils, Billion Dollar Gameshow and Stones 'n' Bones, taking in a funfair, racing cars, a tacky game-show, and a graveyard. Each one has a range of ramps, combos, light sequences and targets to shoot, as well as general themes which are less influenced by real tables than those in Pinball Dreams. |
| Soviet Strike | 1996-10-29 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Shooter | | Flight / aviation, Helicopter | | | Teen | | PS1 | In 1991, the U.S.S.R. (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics); boasting the largest military force in history, suddenly and unexpectedly collapsed. Since that time, the fallen empire has lain lifeless -- a rich corpse waiting to be picked clean.
Now, a sinister ex-KGB general codenamed Shadowman directs a flock of vultures to swoop in from all parts of Eastern Europe and claim Russia's nuclear warheads and weapons of mass terror. With these "wars of liberation", Shadowman intends to shake democratic Russia to its foundations, bringing about a return to the Cold War... or even worse. Soviet Strike is the fourth installment in the Strike series and the first for 32-bit consoles.
Once again, this is a shooting game where the player is in control of a combat helicopter, this time guiding it through 41 deadly missions across five unique 3D worlds, from Crimea to the streets of Moscow or above the Black Sea.
This installment introduces a brand new "Living Battlefields" feature, where the enemy troops, their tactics and vehicle responses will adapt to the player's actions as they progress toward their objective, sometimes triggering events without waiting for the player to be on site. |
| Rupupu Cube: Lup Salad | 1996-10-30 | Datam Polystar | Fupac | Puzzle | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)★This game is supported with the PSP® and PS Vita screenshot function★PSP®: Screenshots can be taken by using the menu after holding the PS button (HOME button) in the game. The image will be saved in the photo collection from the XMB™ (XrossMediaBar).PS Vita: Screenshots can be taken by using "Screenshot" from the "Settings" after holding the PS button in the game. The image will be saved as an application photo. This software can be played with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).If you are downloading with PC or via PS3™, after downloading with the device please connect to PSP® with a USB cable and copy the content by inserting a storage media like Memory Stick™.Set a journey on to the world of puzzle with the main character, Salad.A wondrous world will be revealed as you clear the simple yet profound puzzles.So enjoy the soft and mellow story created by Izumi Takemoto!Copyright:©Datam Polystar Co.,LTD. Izumi TakemotoPurchase or use of this item is subject to SEN Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Destruction Derby 2 | 1996-10-31 | Sony Computer Entertainment of America | Reflections Interactive Limited | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicular combat | Direct control | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | This sequel to the original Destruction Derby offers more of the same no-holds-barred action and mayhem with new tracks and a lot of technical improvements and features not seen in the original, such as a pit stop feature that allows car repairs!Gameplay is identical to its predecessor -- the objective consists of gaining points by winning races or "creatively" crashing opponents and climbing to the top of the rankings.
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| Iron Man / X-O Manowar in Heavy Metal | 1996-10-31 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Realtime Associates, Inc. | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Beat 'em up / brawler, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | 2D scrolling | PS1 | This game is a linear beat 'em up Final Fight type game with the choice to play as one of two comic book heroes: Iron Man or X-O Manowar. The game follows the pattern of sidescrolling action in each level with a comic book boss at the end of each.Levels are as follows:Nuclear Plant Siege with bosses Mr. Hyde and the Melter.Stark Enterprises with bosses Titania, Yellowjacket and Goliath.Retake New York City with bosses Vizier and Mistress Crescendo.Dromak Base Assault with bosses Absorbing Man and Dromak Gladiator.Assault on Zola's Castle with bosses Arnim Zola and Mistress Crescendo.Alien Dig: The Cosmic Cube with bosses Baron Zemo and Mistress Crescendo.Board Dromak Ship with Final Boss General Krytos. |
| Starwinder | 1996-10-31 | Mindscape, Inc. | Mindscape, Inc. | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Track racing | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Starwinder is a space-based racing game, where the "road" is a twisting and turning rail which you have to stay close to in order to achieve the maximum speed. You play as Connor Rhodes, the Earth's first emissary to the biggest race in the galaxy. There are a variety of colorful characters from different regions of the galaxy that also participate in the race. There are a variety of ships and weapons that are unlocked as you progress through the game. |
| Twisted Metal 2 | 1996-10-31 | Sony Computer Entertainment of America | Sony Interactive Studios America, SingleTrac Entertainment Technologies, Inc. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade | Post-apocalyptic | Automobile, Vehicular combat | | | Teen | | PS1 | Twisted Metal 2 features destructive car combat, playable either as a complete tournament or a single match The action takes place in eight different locations around the world, on differing surfaces, many featuring destructible buildings and landmarks.Combat takes place between a wide array of vehicles ranging from a man strapped between two wheels to an ice cream truck. They have their own strengths and weaknesses, using an eclectic arrangement of weaponry include bombs and missiles, and resulting in its own end sequence, complete with an ironic line in humour.
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| Arc the Lad II | 1996-11-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | G-Craft | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | This direct sequel to Arc the Lad continues the unfinished story of the first game, but starts from a totally different perspective. You control a bounty-hunter named Elk, who suffers from amnesia. On his quest for his own true identity he discovers the powers hidden within him, and the destiny of his entire tribe. While pursuing his archenemy, Elk meets up with Arc, the hero of the first game, and then both realize they have been looking to destroy the very same evil.The battle system of Arc the Lad II is similar to the one used in its predecessor: in battles you can move your characters on the battle field, and your proximity to the enemies plays an important role. You cause and take different amounts of damage depending on your position on the battle field. Unlike the first game, this one is a full-fledged RPG, without the "strategy" feel of the predecessor. You move through the game world on your own, visiting towns and exploring dungeons. |
| DragonHeart: Fire & Steel | 1996-11-01 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Funcom Oslo A/S | Action | Side view | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | | | Teen | 2D scrolling | PS1 | This game is a tie-in for the movie directed by Rob Cohen starring Dennis Quaid and Sean Connery as the voice of Draco.DragonHeart puts you in the sweaty medieval shoes of dragon hunter Bowen, as he faces the last dragons still surviving, and then ends up befriending one, Draco. With his help, he goes after King Einon, a former pupil of the dragon hunter, who has turned to evil.Dragonheart's gameplay is quite similar to the Golden Axe series. Hack'n'slash your way through the nine levels of the game, killing dragons, befriending Draco and then going after Einon with Draco's help (who will toast everything in the way with his flame breath). |
| Firo & Klawd | 1996-11-01 | BMG Interactive Entertainment | Interactive Studios Ltd. | Action | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | | Platform, Shooter | | | | | Kids to Adults | Isometric | PS1 | In the depths of New York City live two animal cop characters living out their own dreams (Firo, an orange ape and Klawd, an alley cat). But when counterfeit crimes push the city to its limits, the two must knock their differences to the side and clean up the mess that the other cops are yet to achieve. Includes a mix of Isometric platform action, and 1st person shoot 'em up stages, with plenty of laughs along the way. |
| NFL GameDay '97 | 1996-11-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment of America | Sony Interactive Studios America | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | 2D scrolling | PS1 | In addition to all the features on the previous edition of the series, NFL GameDay '97 includes new options like season-ending injuries, a draft, more stats, and the ability to create players. The player also has expanded camera control. |
| Perfect Weapon | 1996-11-01 | American Softworks Corporation | Gray Matter Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Martial arts | Beat 'em up / brawler | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | You find yourself on a alien planet and must kick ass and take names using guns and kung fu. You move your 3d character around static 2d screens (a sort of Alone in the Dark-esque game). |
| Samurai Shodown III: Blades of Blood | 1996-11-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment of America | SNK Corporation | Action | Side view | | Martial arts | | Fantasy | | | | Teen | 2D scrolling | PS1 | The 12 samurai (and ninja) elite are back, this time to answer the threat of the demon Zankuro, Minazuki. The possessed swordsman has brutally slaughtered innocents in his path, yet could not raise his blade to the cries of an innocent baby. Vowing never to spill innocent blood again, he targets those who live by the way of the sword...but now the hunter becomes the hunted:Amakusa, Shiro Tokisada - The orb wielding Boss from Samurai Shodown I is now a contender in the race against Zankuro, his next religious sacrifice for enlightenment.
Basara, Kubikiri - The embodiment of hate has risen Basara the Executioner from his grave for revenge against Zankuro for murdering his lover (and himself). Love is stronger than death.
Gaira, Kafuin - A Buddhist monk with giant prayer beads as his weapon. He had an argument with his grandfather, the great Nicotine and was kicked out from the monastery. Wandering aimlessly, he witnesses the demon Zankuro spill innocent blood. The monk vows to teach the demon a thing or two on the teachings of Buddha...the hard way.
Galford and Poppy - The American Ninja and his beloved dog seeks to defeat the demon Zankuro in the quest for justice for the deaths of refugees killed by Zankuro.
Genjuro, Kibagami - Former colleague of Haohmaru, now rival. Genjuro the Assassin almost killed Haohmaru in a match for a scroll that would increase one's fighting skill, but instead got expelled from his fighting school. Flamed with vengeance, now he's has his sword aimed at Haohmaru's heart...history will not repeat itself.
Haohmaru - Learns from a boy that a demon killed his parents, out of compassion Haohmaru takes the task to avenge the boy of his parents.
Hanzo, Hattori - Darkness never sets in the eyes of the Ninja Hanzo and death is its only release. The stench of death by the demon Zankuro only draws him nearer, to what may be his ultimate release.
Kyoshiro, Senryo - The famed Kabuki artist searches out his next dramatic play by defeating the demon Zankuro for his next best-selling kabuki play!
Nakoruru - Sensing a disturbance in Mother Nature, Nakoruru with the help of Shikuruu the wolf and Mamahaha the falcon seeks out the demon Zankuro.
Rimururu - Nakoruru's ice-wielding sister. Determined to protect her sister at all costs feels instead that the disturbance in nature is caused by Amakusa.
Shizumaru, Hisame - A boy with an umbrella searching for his past. Remembers only the never-ending screams of his parents being murdered by a vile demon...maybe this is the demon he's been searching all this time at long last...
Ukyo, Tachibana - The blue-haired master swordsman finds his sensei and students dead. He learns that the demon Zankuro is responsible and heads off for revenge. The female fans still await him from a distance...The third series of Samurai Shodown introduces 2 different techniques for each character. The "Slash" techniques are the original moves of the most of the characters whereas the "Bust" techniques maybe the "darker" version of each character. |
| Sexy Parodius | 1996-11-01 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Computer Entertainment Roppongi Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | Comedy | Arcade, Shooter | Fantasy | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Sexy Parodius is the fourth game in the series. As one of the members of Parodius Team, you must stop a lecherous octopus and his army from hoarding a huge treasure mound for their own no-good deeds. Featuring several classic Parodius cast members (including sexy bunny sisters Hikaru and Akane, Takosuke the Octopus, Koitsu the stickman), newcomers, and tons of classic Parodius scenes. Plus, there's a few "extra" surprises for those who love the trademark wackiness of the series.This game was never released outside of Japan. |
| SimTower: The Vertical Empire | 1996-11-01 | OPeNBooK9003 inc. | OPeNBooK Co., Ltd. | Simulation | Side view | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | PS1 | Maxis takes their Sim-building line vertical with SimTower, an original concept from Japan (where vertical living is much more commonplace than in many parts of the world). Your goal is to build a skyscraper that is both tall, aesthetically pleasing, popular, and, most importantly, economically profitable. To be successful, your building cannot just be endless levels of office space or purely an apartment sky-rise, but rather a multi-functional haven for humanity featuring everything from penthouses to theatres, restaurants to shopping malls. The centerpiece of your tower design is your elevators and proper management is key.You can watch your Sims enter and leave your grand tower, getting impatient waiting for elevators, or having a hectic workday at the office. You can even train in on one or two, to serve as a metering stick for their compatriots, or just to peek into the average workday of the little people living in your building. Or watch the security and rescue crews race as disasters like bomb threats and fires rampage through your well-crafted skyscraper.The PlayStation version adds an additional bonus map. |
| Space Jam | 1996-11-01 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Sculptured Software, Inc. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Licensed | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Based on the movie of the same name, Space Jam centres around an invasion of Looney Tunes land by tiny aliens. The fate of the Tunes is to be decided by a basketball game, and for this the aliens turn into the huge, evil Monstars.The game is about two thirds basketball sim and then minigames are stuck in to fill all the gaps. You can play as the Monstars or the Looney Tunes who have the help of Michael Jordan. The basketball games themselves come in two flavours, two-on-two and three-on-three.Successful completion of the minigames upgrades your character's abilities on the court. There are several - one involves finding MJ's basketball togs, one is a space race in the style of the retro Micro Machines games. There are about five minigames in all, and a player from both teams participates.The multiplayer is a big aspect of the game. There is the traditional two-player versus, one team Tunes, one team Monstars, and there is also co-operative mode. In this two or even three players can play on the same team. Using multitaps, you can actually have a three-on-three game.The Tunes roster is made up of Michael Jordan, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Lola Bunny, Taz, Foghorn Leghorn, Pepé Le Pew, Sylvester, Wile E. Coyote, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd and Yosemite Sam. The Monstars have access to Pound, Bupkus, Bang, Blanko and Nawt.There are three statistics in the game, namely Speed, Shooting and Rebounds. These are pretty self-explanatory, but there is another more subtle one that's similar to stamina. Throughout the course of play your characters will get tired and lose their focus. A successful slam dunk usually tops this up.The closest thing the game has to a single player mode is the Intergalactic Tournament (though it can be played multiplayer). This is a series of five matches in a row. One captain is picked and plays every game, while the rest of the team is substituted in and out.There is no real way to progress in the game as it does not support memory cards. Space Jam has more of an arcade, lighthearted feel to it. |
| Star Gladiator: Episode:I - Final Crusade | 1996-11-01 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Fighting | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Set in the 24th Century, this 3D fighter pits humans against humanoids. Combo systems and counter attacks are all there, as well as some strange characters, especially Saturn who uses two yo-yos as his main weapon.The back story to the game has humanity exploring the stars, populating planets and meeting alien races. Not all races are friendly so in 2348 the Federation starts researching a new plasma power weapon. The chap leading the research is Dr. Edward Bilstein and he discovers human's sixth sense that taps the power of the human mind. The weapon works and is a success but it is discovered that Bilstein has used real people in his experiments so he is exiled and all further work stops.Move on four years and, thanks to rumours about the Federations super weapon hostile confrontations have largely ceased and everyone is getting along, then a small band of rebels calling themselves 'The Fourth Empire' attacks and wipes out an army base. It looks like Bilstein is heading towards Earth for revenge so the army puts together a team of people who can use the plasma force weapon to mount a last ditch defense of the planet.The game has the following modes of play:Arcade Mode: In which the player selects a character and fights their way through all the other computer controlled characters. It's a one player game mode but a second player can join in at any time.
Vs. Mode: This is a two payer contest where players select a character each, fight each other, then return to the character selection screen. Here the players can adjust the skill levels of their characters to even up their handicaps, the default setting is 'Random'.
Group Battle Mode: This mode allows one or two players to play teams of up to five characters in a series of one round matches. This mode can be played as Player vs Player, Player vs CPU, or watch a demo with CPU vs CPU.
Training Mode: because practice makes perfectGame configuration options allow the player to set the CPU opponents difficulty, the Damage that the players attach can be caused, the Time limit for each round, the number of rounds for each match, configure the keypad buttons, and there's a shortcut option to skip some of the setup screens in Vs. Mode.There are eight characters in the game, Hayato - a Japanese bounty hunter; June Lin Milliam - whose an English gymnast with a hatred for Bilstein because he was responsible for her father's death; Saturn - an alien street performer from Saturn with a passion for street theatre; Gamof - a lumberjack turned bounty hunter from Andromeda; Gerelt - a Spanish matador who was recruited the Fourth Empire; Vector a prototype robot assassin member of the Fourth Empire; Rimgal - part human, part Tyrannosaurus who fights for the Fourth Empire because he has a microchip implanted in his brain; Zelkin - a Klondike warrior king who owes a debt of honour to Bilstein; Gore Gajah from Indonesia who specialises in black magic; and finally Dr. Edward Bilstein.Characters special moves in this game are called Plasma Combos and they are triggered by putting together a series of basic attacks. There are three types Plasma Combos, Hayato and Gerelt have Type A combos, Gamof, Saturn, Vector and Gore have Type B, and Zelkin, Rimgal and June have Type K. There's also a Plasma Final attack which becomes available if, after the fifth Plasma Combo, the player executes a special attack followed by pressing a specific direction button (the manual does not say what these are - it's up to the player to work it out) |
| Star Wars: Dark Forces | 1996-11-01 | LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC | LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Teen | | PS1 | Kyle Katarn is a former Imperial officer turned mercenary, now hired by the Rebel Alliance. After having stolen the Death Star plans from a remote facility, he is tasked with investigating the sudden destruction of a hidden Rebel base. This leads him to face off against Imperial General Rom Mohc and the various iterations of his Dark Troopers - cybernetic soldiers with the armor and firepower to turn the tide of the war.Dark Forces is a close prequel to the original Star Wars movie trilogy. The game marks LucasArts' first attempt to enter the first-person shooter market. Instead of licensing the DOOM engine, like many competitors, LucasArts created its own internal Jedi engine. The Jedi engine contains advanced features over similar tech, including the ability to look up and down, jump, crouch, and limited support (in the build used for Dark Forces) for rooms (sectors) over rooms. The 3D models also make occasional appearances inside the game, as turrets or Kyle's ship dropping him off or picking him up from each mission. Most levels have a fairly complex, often maze-like structure, and include various switches that need to be activated to change the layout of the level. Jumping is integrated into the gameplay, as certain areas can only be accessed in that way. In addition to weapons, Kyle can use shields to protect himself from damage, a head lamp to illuminate dark areas, as well as specific items used to counter environmental hazards. The player character is given a certain amount of "lives" per level; he dies permanently once he runs out of all of them. Game progress can be saved only between missions.The game features fourteen substantial levels as Kyle works to disarm the Dark Trooper project. Many levels reference characters or areas from the Star Wars movie trilogy, such as a visit with Jabba the Hutt, a trip to Coruscant, and a battle through the interior of a Star Destroyer. As opposed to most first-person shooters of the time period, every level has objectives for Kyle to complete, ranging from grabbing a clue and getting out alive, to planting charges around a facility to demolish it. Cutscenes appear between key missions to update the plot.The Star Wars license gets plenty of use, as the game features imperial officers, stormtroopers, and a collection of aliens seen in the films as enemies. Blaster rifles and thermal detonators are used as weapons, along with other firearms inspired by the tech of the films. Dark Forces also uses the iMuse engine to dynamically change the music during action scenes, with much of the music based off or directly replicating, John Williams' original film score.The game is entirely a single-player campaign; no multiplayer is included or supported. |
| Tecmo's Deception | 1996-11-01 | Tecmo, Inc. | Tecmo, Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | 1st-person | | Horror | | | | | Real-time | Teen | | PS1 | Once upon a time, there was a prince who wanted nothing else out of life but marry his sweetheart Fiana and live happily ever after. But his fate took an unexpected turn when his malicious brother Yurias killed their father, the king, and framed the prince for murder in order to get Fiana for himself. Possessed by despair, the prince's soul could not rest in peace. The prince made a pact with Satan himself, and was given the Castle of the Damned, where he would set traps to capture souls, grow stronger, and eventually get his revenge...Deception is a first-person perspective game that has elements of strategy and role-playing. The main activity in the game is setting traps for those who dare to venture into the castle, which requires magic points. Captured invaders can be dealt with in various ways. They can be released, killed, or have their soul devoured. The game registers the prince's deeds with a morality system: killing innocent people who just happen to be inside the castle would lower the morality level of the protagonist. Devouring the souls increases the hero's parameters, similarly to experience points in RPGs. Money can be obtained from corpses and spent on expanding the castle. Body parts can be used to create and summon monsters, who would help the owner to stop invaders. |
| Tempest X3 | 1996-11-01 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | High Voltage Software, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Tempest X3 is a modern-day update to the original arcade game, Tempest. This game features three modes called Classic Tempest, Tempest X3, and Tempest Duel. Classic Tempest is the original arcade hit. Tempest Duel faces you off against a second player. Tempest X3 is an upgrade to the original featuring enhanced visuals, more enemies, an AI droid, jumping ability, and a modern soundtrack. The X3 mode is very similar to Tempest 2000, but with improved speed, visual effects, and a remixed soundtrack. |
| The Book of Lulu | 1996-11-01 | Tohokushinsha Film Corp. | Dada Média | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Interactive book | | | | | | | PS1 | The Book of Lulu is an interactive multimedia book by Romain Victor-Pujebet where player can flip the pages to read through and click on various images in the book. Certain images in the book allow for slide changes or result in a small video animation, while others open in full screen mode with ability to interact with them by clicking on a certain area. Interactive images allow changes such as changing the sky, weather, season, colors and mode, while interactive videos let you interact with objects and characters which result in a short FMV sequence. |
| Pandemonium! | 1996-11-05 | Crystal Dynamics, Inc. | Toys for Bob Inc. | Action | Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Kids to Adults | 2D scrolling | PS1 | The young sorceress Nikki, the court jester Fargus, and his side-kick Sid the puppet are the three main protagonists of this 3D platform game. While attending a "Wizards in Training" seminar, Nikki accidentally casts a powerful magic spell, which results in a giant monster swallowing the whole village. The three friends must now travel to a place called "Wishing Engine", and be granted a wish to revert the world back to normal.The characters each have a special movement to kill enemies with. The game uses floating camera angles through a vast Prince of Persia-style world. The goal of the game is to clear the various levels, avoiding spikes and enemies and collecting coins for extra lives.Unlike most 3D platformers, Pandemonium offers only two-dimensional movement, rather than complete freedom of movement. The characters move along a curving 2D course within a 3D environment. |
| Pitball | 1996-11-11 | Accolade, Inc. | Warner Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Pitball is a 2-on-2 futuristic sports game. The gameplay is a cross between Rollerball and Basketball. Players 'fight' within an enclosed arena, over control of a floating orb, which they then pick up and throw into the opponents goal. Various power-ups are dropped into the arena during play, that offer advantages to the player, such as extra speed, more accurate shooting, more power and various bombs and landmines that can be used against the opponent.In addition, special orbs can be picked up, that can be built up and then used to execute a 'special moves'.The game also allows the player to 'manage' a team. The management portion offers the player a wealth of options including a full transfer market, to trade for better players, and an equipment shop to buy upgrades. Wins earn cash, but the player can also gamble on the outcome of games to further increase earnings. The player can also use cash to bribe opponents before a big game, and they will not try as hard when they face you.The game supports up to 4 players and is compatible with the Multi-Tap. |
| Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat | 1996-11-11 | Strategic Simulations, Inc. | Mindscape International Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | Kids to Adults | Isometric | PS1 | Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat is one of the first 3D real-time strategy games. The game is based on the medieval fantasy world from Games Workshop Warhammer Fantasy Battle tabletop game. The player takes on the role of mercenary commander Morgan Bernhardt, with the Skavens (humanoid, intelligent rats) as the main villains. Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat is non-linear, the player can choose alternative missions to progress. Troops are transferred from mission to mission - as is their loss. The player commands whole groups, not single units (similar to the games in the Total War series. Soldiers themselves belongs to various groups (cavalry, infantry, machinery, archers, etc.). |
| NHL 97 | 1996-11-12 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Visual Concepts Entertainment, Inc. | Sports | Diagonal-down, Top-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | Kids to Adults | Released | PS1 | 1997 edition of EA's NHL sport simulation series. Improvements in this edition come mostly in the graphical arena, with a refined version of the "virtual stadium" system that adds new camera angles (including the classical top-down one strangely missing from NHL 96), and polygonal players instead of the bitmap-based ones with motion-captured animations.Other extras include multiplayer support for up to 8 players through network or Gravis's GrIP system, the option to create new players and trade them around, and the usual amount of EA sports licensed multimedia flair, including an interesting "Goalie Mask Viewer" which lets you observe the elaboratedly decorated helmets of 30 goalies. |
| Jet Moto | 1996-11-14 | Sony Computer Entertainment of America | SingleTrac Entertainment Technologies, Inc. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | In this arcadelike, futuristic racer, you pilot your moto/hoverbike against 19 other racers in a free-flying, chaotic race across diverse tracks to the finish line. Developed by SingleTrac and published by SCEA. |
| Power Move Pro Wrestling | 1996-11-14 | Activision, Inc. | Yuke's Co. Ltd. | Sports | | | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | In Power Move Pro Wrestling, you can choose from one of 11 fictional wrestlers to duke it out. At your disposal is Agent Orange, Malibu Mike, and Chaingang, to name a few.When in the ring, you have a wide array of moves to pull off, from body slams and piledrivers to head butts and shoulder breakers.You can compete in various matches, such as 1-on-1, 2-on1, Royal Rumble, or King Of The Ring.There are two main camera modes; one from ringside, the other from the second floor, giving you a higher view. You can also rotate the ring 90 degrees, so you can see the action from any side. |
| Tomb Raider | 1996-11-14 | Eidos, Inc. | Core Design Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | Direct control | | Teen | | PS1 | Lara Croft is a Tomb Raider, an archaeologist who explores ancient sites in search of valuable artifacts, who is hired to retrieve an artifact from a tomb in Peru, which turns out to be one of three parts of the Atlantean Scion. Soon betrayed by her employer, Lara Croft travels to Greece, Rome and Egypt to recover the other parts before this powerful device falls into the wrong hands.Tomb Raider is a 3D action game with platforming and puzzle-solving elements, in which players control Lara Croft from a third-person perspective. The camera follows Lara as she climbs, jumps, and swims through detailed environs overcoming environmental obstacles and deadly fauna. Moving through levels often involves finding spots where Lara can climb, looking for spots where Lara can use her acrobatic ability, and sliding blocks and pushing levers to solve puzzles and open passageways.Lara is armed with twin pistols with infinite ammunition, but she can pick up higher caliber weapons to take on deadlier human opponents. Lara also comes across restorative health packs and has a compass with which she can orient herself. Lara’s opponents include animals, gunmen, as well as primeval and supernatural beings. Careful explorers can also find secret areas and avoid traps. |
| Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain | 1996-11-15 | Crystal Dynamics, Inc. | Silicon Knights, Inc. | Action | Diagonal-down | | Horror | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | Mature | | PS1 | The nobleman Kain has been slain by a group of bandits and in his death, he is revived by the necromancer Mortanius for his own ends. Kain is returned in the form of a vampire and yearns to exact vengeance on those who killed him. Stronger and faster than a human being, coupled with a thirst for blood that must be satisfied regularly, he is able to dispatch his killers quickly. However, Mortanius and other forces seek to use him as a tool in a greater plot. Mortanius is of the Circle of Nine, the guardians of the Pillars of Nosgoth. These pillars, connected to the world and balancing the forces, have become corrupted and the Circle members been driven mad. At the Pillars, Kain meets Ariel - a former guardian of the Pillar of Balance, now a spirit after being murdered by an unseen assailant. She informs Kain of his relation to the Pillars and that the only way for him to restore the balance is to seek out each guardian and kill them. The fate of Nosgoth may hang on Kain decisions.Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain is an action game where the player controls the vampiric Kain. As a vampire, Kain is able to withstand sunlight, but is harmed by water. However, he is able to obtain several cursed abilities and spells such as being able to transform into a bat, wolf, and even a cloud mist respectively, as well as learning the ability to disguise himself from creatures of weaker mind. Kain is also fixated on murder and is a master of several ways to kill and destroy his opponents. As the enemies are slain in front of him, Kain may drink their blood to restore his health, which is always trickling away, representative of his insatiable craving. To aid in the slaughter of his enemies, Kain may equip different weapons and armor, each with its own unique properties. |
| Harukaze Sentai V-Force | 1996-11-15 | Ving Co., Ltd. | Ving Co., Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | Turn-based | | 2D scrolling, Isometric | PS1 | Long ago, civilization flourished on Venus. The environmental protection agency Goa Del maintained the planet. However, in the name of self-defense, Goa Del began to develop weaponry against the wishes of the house of lords, El Doral, and eventually war broke out between the two groups. The queen of El Doral sent her young daughter Rabis on a shuttle to Earth, but in an attack, the shuttle was separated from the convoy and made an emergency landing on the moon. In a last-ditch effort, El Doral brought the way to an end with the "organic weapon" HN-01, and the defeated Goa Del fled into the reaches of space.Two thousand years later, the descendants of Goa Del, now calling themselves the Baskille Empire, are rapidly expanding their power. One day, a bright light appears near Venus, and the Baskille Empire has appeared, returning to take back their planet. And now, three sisters living on Earth, distant descendants of El Doral, have gotten caught up in the fight.Harukaze Sentai V-Force is an isometric strategy RPG similar to Front Mission or Super Robot Taisen. The game follows Natsuki, Mizuki, and Kagetsu, three sisters who are pilots in the Earth Defense Force. Each mission allows you to configure your character's weaponry, and as they fight, they will gain experience and level up. Before and after each mission, fully-animated cutscenes drive the plot forward, and sometimes they will appear at crucial points during a mission as well. |
| Puyo Puyo 2 | 1996-11-15 | Compile | Compile | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | The follow-up to Puyo Puyo is, like its predecessor, a falling block game in which the goal is to combine four or more blocks (Puyos) of the same color, which then disappear. The remaining Puyos will then fall down and can produce combos which can cause special blocks (Nuisance Puyos, that can only be destroyed by eliminating adjacent Puyos) to appear on the enemy's field.This game includes a story mode, in which Arle (the main character) fights against computer enemies, a vs player mode, a four player mode (SNES only), and an endless mode (SNES only). |
| Disruptor | 1996-11-20 | Universal Interactive Inc. | Insomniac Games, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Disruptor is a FPS with a few twists such as cut-scenes with actors, psionics as well as weapons and specific goals on your missions. As a member of Earth's psionic troops you must perform missions for the security of the planet. As you progress through the stages you get access to bigger weapons as well as more psionic implants that give you special abilities. |
| King's Field II | 1996-11-20 | ASCII Entertainment Software, Inc. | FromSoftware, Inc. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy | | | | Teen | | PS1 | A storm runs through the kingdom of Verdite, taking away the precious Moonlight Sword and spreading evil throughout the land. Players take on the role of Lyle, the king's son, in his quest to retrieve the Moonlight Sword and save the kingdom and his father. Unfortunately, the king fell victim to the ensuing corruption, and Lyle must acquire magical powers from the four greatest mages in the kingdom in order to complete his quest.King's Field II is a first-person action role-playing game. Despite the number in its Western release title, it is the third game in the series, originally entitled King's Field III. The events of the game take place fifteen years after those depicted in its predecessor. Gameplay-wise, it is similar to the previous installments, offering vast interconnected areas open for exploration and a variety of enemies to defeat with the help of weapons and magic. The game's world is larger than in the earlier games and has more open-air areas, including several towns with friendly NPCs. Magic is divided into disciplines and special crystals are required to become proficient in any of them. |
| Tunnel B1 | 1996-11-21 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | NEON Software GmbH | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | You are on a mission to destroy the ultimate weapon of your enemy. This involves travelling through a set of precarious tunnels in your high-tech hover-craft. The tunnels are filled with enemy vehicles, choppers and sentry guns which you have to take out or avoid. To make life even worse, a lot of sections require you to clear them in a given time limit. The only good thing is that you'll be able to upgrade your weaponry often. |
| WWF in Your House | 1996-11-21 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Sculptured Software, Inc. | Sports | Side view | Licensed | | Arcade, Fighting | | | | | Kids to Adults | 2D scrolling | PS1 | WWF In Your House is a successor to WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game. Like its predecessor, it is a hybrid of wrestling game and arcade versus fighter, with over-the-top, unrealistic moves. Concept and presentation are similar to Mortal Kombat games: digitized sprites are used to represent the wrestlers, and the game features finished moves that are performed before the final pin. There are a total of ten WWF wrestlers in the game: The British Bulldog, Goldust, Bret Hart, Owen Hart, Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Ahmed Johnson, Shawn Michaels, The Ultimate Warrior, The Undertaker, and Vader. A new four-player mode is available. |
| Karma: Curse of the 12 Caves | 1996-11-22 | Patra | InterServ International Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | Alex Yu, Al Kuo | PS1 | A FMV adventure set in the caves of Dun-Huang. A trap was set for a terrible demon. The trap worked all too well as it also trapped the stone cutters that built the trap in the walls of the cave. Its your mission to go in and unlock the stone cutters by solving various puzzles based on Chinese myth and lore.The game uses the same slide show puzzles that made Myst famous. Unlike Myst, you have a mysterious guide who transforms in to a lotus blossom and provides history and explanations for the various puzzles. There is also a help feature that provides clues to how to solve puzzles. |
| YoYo's Puzzle Park | 1996-11-22 | Irem Software Engineering, Inc. | Irem Software Engineering, Inc. | Action | | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | Takayasu Ito, Masakatsu Tomii | PS1 | At the opening ceremony of the Gussan Paradise theme park, a creature known as YoYo invades it. He takes hostages from the crowd and manages to elude the police and take control of the park. It's up to Guss and Yodie, two innocent bystanders, to take back the park.YoYo's Puzzle Park is a puzzle platform game featuring some sixty platform-filled levels similar to Bubble Bobble. The player (as Guss or Yodie) can hop around on them, while avoiding the enemies that crowd the platforms. The enemies hurt the player by touching them, and some have ranged attacks like lasers. The players can strike back at the enemies with bombs that scatter the level, throwing or jumping on them activates their two second fuse. The goal is to kill all the enemies in a level within the time limit.To aid the protagonists there are several collectibles such as vehicles. Guss and Yodie can also stun enemies with their Yo-yos. In the multi-player mode, you can fight against your friends in a two-player deathmatch game. |
| Bubsy 3D | 1996-11-26 | Accolade, Inc. | Eidetic, Inc. | Action | Behind view | | Comedy | Platform | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Bubsy 3D is a polygonal platformer, and one of the earlier games released domestically for the Sony PlayStation. It is a continuation of the Bubsy series, which debuted on the 16-bit platformers back in the early 1990s. The game's graphics are predominated by flat-shaded polygons. The gameplay is broken up into a series of stages. The typical goal is to find pieces of a broken spaceship. The game supports both password saves and the PlayStation Memory Card, but it does not feature analog support. |
| NBA Live 97 | 1996-11-26 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | NBA Live 97 is a basketball game with an emphasis on realism. You can choose from all of the NBA teams, create a team with players you create yourself, or choose a team formed by the All-Star players of the east or West coasts. When you create a player yourself you can customize the player to a high degree. There are over 60 offensive and 10 defensive set-ups. Match options include an exhibition match, a whole season or the playoffs. |
| Contra: Legacy of War | 1996-11-29 | Konami of America, Inc. | Appaloosa Interactive Corporation | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | 2D scrolling | PS1 | The first Contra game for the 32-bit consoles and released exactly 10 years after the first Contra.Unlike the original Contra and follow-ups, this is an overhead-view 2D shooter (with 3D graphics) that plays more like a side-scrolling Commando or Mercs.The graphics are truly 3D; an option allows you to view them as red/blue images, and some packages of Contra: LoW come with 3D glasses to garner full enjoyment of the feature.Hidden within the game – accessible on a certain level and through a secret code – are a mini-version of Gyruss and a Pac-Man-like game called Pactank. |
| Deserted Island | 1996-11-29 | KSS | Mediamuse | Simulation | 1st-person | | Survival | RPG elements | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)★This game is supported with the PSP® and PS Vita screenshot function★PSP®: Screenshots can be taken by using the menu after holding the PS button (HOME button) in the game. The image will be saved in the photo collection from the XMB™ (XrossMediaBar).PS Vita: Screenshots can be taken by using "Screenshot" from the "Settings" after holding the PS button in the game. The image will be saved as an application photo. This software can be played with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).If you are downloading with PC or via PS3™, after downloading with the device please connect to PSP® with a USB cable and copy the content by inserting a storage media like Memory Stick™.This is a survival simulation game masterpiece!Become the captain of an exploration team dispatched to an unknown island and find out the hidden "truth" on the island!The player will need to investigate the island while working to grasp the characteristics of the members and managing their physical conditions.Record various events occurred on the island in the "Natural History" and use the given points to develop the crew members.Find out the truth by continue on with the dangerous investigations and associate various things that have occurred!Copyright:©SoftgaragePurchase or use of this item is subject to SEN Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| ImageGun & TFX (Flight Maniac Set) | 1996-11-29 | Imagineer Co., Ltd. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This special box set includes:
TFX: Tactical Fighter eXperiment game
ImageGun joystick
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| Mahjong Taikai II Special | 1996-11-29 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Strategy | 1st-person | | | Cards / tiles | | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Mahjong Taikai II Special is an enhanced remake of Mahjong Taikai II. The game plays much the same as the original version, allowing you to play mahjong against 23 famous historical and fictional figures, including Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Abraham Lincoln, Joan of Arc, and Sherlock Holmes. This remake includes full 3D graphics and voice clips for each character. |
| Rurouni Kenshin: Ishin Gekitōhen | 1996-11-29 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | Zoom, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Martial arts | Fighting | | | | | | | PS1 | Rurouni Kenshin: Ishin Gekitōhen is a 3D fighting game (with a similar action timing to that of Tekken 1 & 2) which reproduces the first story arc of the Rurouni Kenshin anime series. Here your fighting possibilities will depend of 4 buttons, two working for either high or low attacks (which pushed together will execute a special move) and the resting two for different kinds of blockings.Game modes are history and VS. History mode begins with the battle against Sanosuke, who will join you once you defeat him until the end of the game, being an alternative character to Kenshin. After that point, your rivals are: Jine, Hyottoko, Hannya, Shikijou and Aoshi. VS Mode includes all the characters above mentioned as playable, with the option of unlocking a secret one (see Trivia). |
| TFX | 1996-11-29 | Imagineer Co., Ltd. | Digital Image Design Ltd. | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | War | | Contemporary | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | | | | | PS1 | TFX (Tactical Fighter eXperiment) is a flight simulation where the player can fly with F-117A, Eurofighter 2000 or F-22 Superstar in various scenarios as a UN fighter pilot. Before the player begins his/her duty, there is a need to complete 10 training missions. Only then will the rest of the possible game modes be available. The game also contains a mission editor where the player can create his/her own missions in any of the chosen scenarios. |
| Tantei Jingūji Saburō: Mikan no Rupo | 1996-11-29 | Data East Corporation | Data East Corporation | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery, Thriller | Japanese-style adventure | Contemporary | | Menu structures | | | | PS1 | Tantei Jingūji Saburō ~ Mikan no Rupo is a Japanese style adventure game in the detective/mystery genre. It is the 5th game in the Jake Hunter / Tantei Jingūji Saburō series, being released between Toki no Sugiyuku Mama ni... (1990) and Yume no Owari ni (1998). While following the same formula of the previous titles, the game features a "Zapping System", allowing the player to see the story from the perspective of other characters as well as Jingūji. Also featured in this title is car chase and following suspects in the form of 3D mini-games, although these features would rarely be seen again in future releases.One day, an air mail arrives in Jingūji's office. The sender was a drinking friend of Jingūji's named Ikegami, the package contained a key that seemed to be from a coin locker. As the detective investigates cases of missing persons, drug dealings, and murders, the mystery of the key is gradually revealed. Now the famous detective has to follow the leads left by his friend and avoid the traps cleverly set by his enemies. |
| Star Wars: Rebel Assault II - The Hidden Empire | 1996-11-30 | LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC | LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | Arcade, Rail shooter | | Space flight | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Following his successes for the Rebel Alliance in the previous game, the adventures of the starfighter pilot "Rookie One" continue. While out scouting in the Dreighton Nebula, Rookie One's patrols receive a distress call from a freighter. As this is an area where ships are known to disappear, any deviation from the flight path is dangerous. But what they find is an Imperial presence where there shouldn't be one... and a new secret project to bring about the destruction of the Rebel Alliance.Rebel Assault II is a rail-shooter "interactive movie" featuring a variety of action sequences. Rookie One will fly sequences in an X-Wing, the Millennium Falcon, speeder bikes and being on foot. His only real ability is the precise targeting and shooting of laser weapon and occasionally the chance to take cover and avoid obstacles. Rookie One will team up with other characters who will aid him and need to be defended in turn. Occasionally different paths can be chosen in the animation and different events triggered, but for the most part the game is a closed environment. |
| Ten Pin Alley | 1996-11-30 | American Softworks Corporation | Adrenalin Entertainment | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | In this bowling game, you must choose from one of eight very different characters. Choose power and accuracy from a meter that is very similar to the Links golf games - let go and watch the action.The game consists of single game, league and tournament (amateur and pro) modes. Selected player may be edited by changing shirt, hair, pants and skin color and is described by four factors: power, release, spin and hand usage. Each strike consists of choosing lane arrow , setting bowler position and operating on bowling meter. Operating on bowling meter includes specifying spin velocity, power of the strike and release point. The game shows the release animation, ball track and the moment of impact in bowling. After two strikes next player takes his position. The results are presented in the table after every completed round. Windows version of the game allows to play up to ten human or CPU players on a single computer (hot seat mode) or via internet connection. |
| Tobal No.1 | 1996-11-30 | Sony Computer Entertainment of America | Dream Factory Co., Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Fighting | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | The year is 2027 and an Earth starship has discovered the planet Tobal which has large deposits of a rare and powerful energy source called Molmoran. A tournament is set up to see who should get the rights to it.Tobal No.1 is a fighting game with a stand-out feature: grappling system. Every character has the ability to grapple the opponent, which in its turn allows access to new moves. Grapple reversal and grapple escape are also available. In addition, there is a large amount of combo attacks to perform (by rapidly pressing corresponding buttons), most of which are unique to each character. There is also a quest mode. |
| Re-Loaded | 1996-12-01 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | Gremlin Interactive Limited | Action | | | | Shooter | | | | | Mature | Isometric | PS1 | This is the sequel to 1995's Loaded, with an improved graphics engine, and just as much violence and blood. Re-Loaded puts you in the shoes of a number of characters, such as Sister Magpie or Butch. Each character is weird, deformed, and generally strange.It is a mission based game, where you must complete various objectives to successfully win in each of the 12 worlds. Throughout each mission, you must kill lots of people, with a variety of weapons such as plasma cannons, lasers and ultra bombs. |
| Street Racer | 1996-12-01 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Vivid Image | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Street Racer is a kart racing game similar to Super Mario Kart.Up to four players can play by split-screen. If there are no human opponents, the player can drive against seven computer opponents in three leagues. If the player wins the first league, they can play the second and so on. The game has eight different vehicles with different skills in speed, haste or resistance. There are also some power-ups on the tracks such as bombs, nitro fuel, and health packs. |
| X-COM: Terror from the Deep | 1996-12-01 | MicroProse Ltd. | MicroProse Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | Turn-based strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control | Turn-based | Teen | Isometric | PS1 | X-COM: Terror from the Deep is the follow-up to the resource management and tactical combat game X-COM: Enemy Unknown.It has been 40 years since X-COM last defeated the aliens. Now, in the year of 2040, aliens begin to appear on the Earth again. This time the threat to humanity is coming from the depths of oceans.The game is almost identical to the original X-COM game. The user interface, weapons, and aliens are all the same. The only difference is the adaptation of the aliens and weapons (e.g. new hand-to-hand weapons) to the ocean environment. The game features both undersea and on-land missions, and is significantly harder than its predecessor. |
| Batman Forever | 1996-12-03 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Iguana Entertainment Incorporated | Action | Side view | Licensed | Martial arts | Beat 'em up / brawler | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | A Final-Fight/Double-Dragon style game which features the Caped Crusader and his sidekick Robin in a traditional beat-em-up. Based on the Batman Forever movie, this side-scrolling beat-em-up features the plot, several memorable characters, and quotes from its movie counterpart.The player gets to use batarangs, a bat grapple, and tons of other Batman-specific goodies in order to accomplish their goals. The player can create their own combos and collect power-ups to help them in their quest to rid the streets of Gotham from an everlasting flow of bad guys. |
| Blue Forest Story: Kaze no Fūin | 1996-12-06 | Right Stuff Corp. | Right Stuff Corp. | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | PS1 | Blue Forest Story is set in a medieval fantasy land, controlled by the powerful Empire. There are in fact two stories in the game, featuring two different characters, who live in different provinces of the Empire. The boy Wallace enjoys a peaceful life with his family in a quiet village; the girl Rakjit witnesses persecution and death of her mother, and joins a resistance movement that specializes in magics. The paths of the two young people will eventually lead to the same goal - the liberation of the world; but when and how it will be achieved, remains unclear...The game plays for the most part like a traditional Japanese-style top-down RPG. Both Wallace and Rakjit eventually gather a party, which roams the world, visiting various locations and advancing the story in a predominantly linear fashion. The appearance of random enemies triggers a battle screen, which is viewed from an isometric perspective. The battle system is rather old-fashioned, with physical and magical attacks; level progression is automatic, as in most games of the genre.Sometimes the game prompts the player to choose an action or a response; while the flow of the story is rarely influenced by the player's decision, the game keeps track of these decisions, evaluating the player's attitude between chapters. |
| First Queen IV | 1996-12-06 | Kure Software Koubou | Kure Software Koubou | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | | PS1 | The land of Logris was originally inhabited by elves, dwarves, and other magical creatures. When the humans arrived, the cultural differences between the races were not enough to provoke a war, so for a while they co-existed peacefully. Afterwards, the humans have split into several smaller nations. The nation of Barcia in the north had a small population, and its king Zenel was worried his country would be conquered by others. To prevent that, he invited the dark magician Zon, who cast a spell over his soldiers. But nothing comes without a price. Insanity seized the king and its army. Barcia began invading other countries. A warrior named Ares and his friends try to assassinate the king, but as a result, Ares is thrown in prison. A mysterious man with magical powers saves Ares, telling him that it's time to sort out the differences between nations and races, and lead an army to stop the madness of Barcia...The fourth entry in the First Queen series utilizes the trademark "mixed-up characters" battle system, with dozens of characters on both sides fighting each other in real time. The game features a new point-and-click interface, with battle tactics accessible at any moment from the battle screen. It is also possible to focus attacks on an enemy simply by clicking on him with the mouse. Compared to the previous entries, First Queen IV emphasizes the war game aspect, with less focus on RPG-like exploration and more strategic challenge. The movement on the map has grown into an important gameplay device: different armies move simultaneously, and the player has to pay attention to enemy forces advancing to different locations. It is possible to split units, create new ones, exchange soldiers, and send different units to different locations. An enemy army may join forces with the heroes upon defeat; diplomacy can also be used to make agreements with sovereign city-states. Once a location is clear of enemies, it is possible to "camp" and to direct other actions from there. |
| Fluid | 1996-12-06 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | Opus Corp. | Simulation | Behind view | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | A unique Interactive Sound Lab that enables you to compose infinite music sequences covering all genres of dance music. Navigate this incredible ambient world and access over 600 samples, an entire studio of audio effects, an 8-track mixing desk and an interactive light show. Control a dolphin as you move through serene underwater environments. |
| Gaball Screen | 1996-12-06 | Antinos Records Inc. | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., System Sacom | Action | Behind view | | | Music / rhythm | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (JP) (from Ad Blurbs)音楽は小室哲哉と久保こーじがプロデュース。
宇都宮隆をはじめ全8組のアーティストによる新曲8曲を収録。3Dで描かれた美しいワールドを散歩しながら、トラックを集めよう。
トラックを見つけるたびに曲ができ上がっていく快感！
果たしてこの曲は誰が歌うのか？どんなメロディがのるのか？produced by Tetsuya Komuroperformed by Takashi Utsunomiya, Ryoko Shinohara, B☆KOOL, Chie Iwashita, No!Galers, Yukie Nakama, Rina ChinenEnglish Translation:Music produced by Tetsuya Komuro and Cozy Kubo.
Includes 8 new songs by 8 artists, including Takashi Utsunomiya.Collect tracks while strolling through beautiful 3D-drawn worlds.
The pleasant feeling of discovering music every time you find a track!
Who will be singing? What melody will be playing? |
| Jewels of the Oracle | 1996-12-06 | Sun Corporation | ELOI Productions | Puzzle | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Board game, Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | Egypt (Ancient), Middle East | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Jewels of the Oracle is a stationary puzzle game with no real story line or plot. A total of 24 ingenious puzzles must be solved, each independent of the others. Most of them can be played in two difficulty levels (Easy or Hard), and the Oracle provides clues to help along the way.The graphics for the puzzles are designed in an Egyptian or Mesopotamian style. Music plays in the background to provide atmosphere, but it can be turned off, if it gets repetitive. The basic layout is a hexagon around an Oracle's well. There are three doors on the outside of the hexagon, and the first one is where you begin the game. In each room is a puzzle you have to solve to get a jewel which must be taken back to the Oracle's well.The puzzles in this game can be compared to those found in The 7th Guest. The Chinese Checkers puzzle in Shivers rivals many of the ones contained in Jewels of the Oracle. |
| Kid Klown in Crazy Chase 2: Love Love Hani Soudatsusen | 1996-12-06 | Kemco | Kemco | Action | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Kid Klown in Crazy Chase 2: Love Love Hani Soudatsusen is the sequel to the SNES title Kid Klown in Crazy Chase. It has same gameplay, but boasts three times as many stages: the first game had five, this one has sixteen.Your goal is to run through the stage as quickly as possible to stop a rocket ship from taking off at the end. There are obstacles galore, from simple things like tacks on the ground to give you a temporary foot puncture and rolling barrels from behind to more complex events such as falling giant ice stalactites, dusty tornadoes, and lightning strikes. Or Dirty Joe could just chase after you on a skidoo. There are moving platforms as well. |
| Ranma 1/2: Battle Renaissance | 1996-12-06 | Rumic Soft, Shogakukan Production Co., Ltd. | Atelier Double Co. Ltd. | Action | | | Martial arts | Fighting | | | | | | | PS1 | Ranma 1/2: Battle Renaissance is a 3D fighting game. There is a Story Mode, a Battle Mode, and a VS Mode. The changing weather causes the cursed characters to change into their cursed forms when they get soaked in cold water, and back to their normal forms when they get soaked in hot water, affecting the players' fighting strategy. Throughout the game there will be rain squalls and geysers causing players and opponents to transform back and forth. This is the only Ranma 1/2 fighting game in which Ryu Kumon and Rouge appear. |
| Spider | 1996-12-06 | BMG Interactive Entertainment | Boss Game Studios Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Warrick Holfeld | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | During a break-in at a lab, a scientist accidentally has his mind transfered into a cybernetic spider. He must move through various environments to locate the intruders who have stolen his research and his body. The player can move forward and back as well as jump. He can also move up and down walls as well as replace certain legs with power-ups like flamethrowers. Other cybernetic creatures that were released during the break-in are some of the hazards he will encounter. |
| Stakes Winner | 1996-12-06 | Saurus Co., Ltd. | Saurus Co., Ltd. | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | PS1 | Stakes Winner is a horse racing game. Races can be entered by one or two players and involve eight horses struggling for victory; each of the eight horses (in the order which the game presents them in: White Heat, Hot Sand, Euro Union, Asian Hope, Brave Lady —the sole female one—, Be Silent, US Fighter, Sky Dancer) given for selection is characterized by three parameters (named «abilities» in-game): speed, stamina, strength, all measured in stars from a minimum of one to a maximum of five. Rival horses are not available for selection to the player: their names are, for instance, the ominous- or hilarious-sounding «Mr Devious», «Red Vision», «Sunk Star», «HelpMe», «OhMygod», «Nutseater». The names are also differentiated by being written all in capital letters the latter ones, normally the former.Before the beginning of the race, while horses approach the starting point, the name of the circuit, course plan, prize money and circuit time record are displayed. During the race, the indicators on the screen are: the course plan (with a moving coloured circular indicator representing the position of each contender), the chronometric indication of time, the horse's energy bar with a line composed of three segments beside it: a red one (that means the horse is in its full strength), a yellow and a blue one (denoting lack of strength); a representation of the horse's face, which portrays its, more or less fatigued or strong status and how intensely it is running.The game controls require the use of two buttons and the control stick or directional pad: one button controls the reins, for slight acceleration, which consumes a little of the horse's energies. The other one controls the whip, for sharp acceleration: this consumes the horse's force significantly. Should the energy be consumed entirely, racing will have to be given up for a while. Two rapid touches on the joystick or directional pad in the direction of travel allow to force away a horse blocking the player's road to victory; two rapid touches in the direction opposite to that of travel vigorously reduce speed. Power-up items represented by icons placed on the course may be taken during the race, raising one of the parameters of the horse by one for some time, giving a temporary boost in speed, or partially restoring the horse. Weather conditions change from time to time: the drizzle may be an obstacle, worsening the status of the terrain. A real second corresponds to two seconds in game (therefore, for instance, a one-minute race will last half a minute).After every stage, the track length, as well as the prize money awarded to the first three finishers are augmented. The series of levels are separated by training stages. If done successfully, training on the dirt or on the turf respectively increases the horse's stamina and speed, whereas training on or «against»,the hill strengthens it. Success in training session is to be attained by pushing a button as rapidly as possible, while avoiding assorted obstacles and hindrances. The player can choose what type of training to opt for.Race courses proceed in the ensuing sequence:
Maidens
Sapporo Juvenile
Juvenile Stakes
training
2000 Guineas
Derby Stakes (the $1.300.000 prize money is mistakenly displayed as «$ 130.000»)
St. Leger (BC Classic in the original arcade game)
training
Japan Grandprix
Emperor Spring Cup
Champion Stakes
St. Leger (difficulty is now higher than the previous time)
training
Japan Cup
Japan Grandprix (difficulty is this time higher than previously)
The Arc The TriompheThe game is identical to the original one in all of its fundamental aspects, save for a number of modifications to minor details: continues are still named «credits» (four of them are given: it is possible to select a different horse when continuing the game using a credit after game over) and their quantity is indicated, likewise in arcade games, at the bottom of the screen (although the flashing «Insert coin» on the opening screen followed by «Push P1 start !» has been replaced with «Push P1 or P2 start !»).While the original game was entirely in Japanese (except for race names, given an English translation), the console version, despite not having been released outside of Japan, can be said to be in English (conversely, now race course names have a Japanese translation next to the English name); money prizes are now in dollars rather than in yen, and remarkably changed in value: whereas YPN 5300 were the reward in the arcade version, $540000 are awarded to the winner of a race. Initially, nothing but crossing the finish line in the first place allowed progression in the game; in the console conversion finishing in the first three places guarantees advancement to the next race.Horse energy is named «power» in the Neo Geo version, adhering to the original game, while in the Wii version it was renamed to «life»; furthermore, in the Neo Geo version the blue and red segments are shown inverted beside the energy bar. The console version presents fours levels of difficult: easy, normal, hard, MVS. |
| The Incredible Hulk: The Pantheon Saga | 1996-12-12 | Eidos, Inc. | Attention to Detail Limited | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Beat 'em up / brawler | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | The Incredible Hulk is an isometric 3D action game.The popular Marvel comic book hero The Hulk returns to the PC, Playstation and Saturn systems to battle tons of lowly enemies and the occasional monstrous super-villain. When the lawful Pantheon society of superheroes kidnaps the green giant, he joins forces with his abductors and smashes through 13+2 isometric 3D levels (in a look reminiscent of the Loaded series of games).True to the comic books, the Hulk relies on no other weapons than his massive muscles to punch, kick and crush his enemies. When he has accumulated enough gamma energy, he may use powerful special moves like a Vortex Spin or the Floor Hammer. Rare bonus items also allow the Hulk to summon one of the four Pantheon team members Atalanta, Ulysses, Ajax and Hector to assist in the thick of battle. Most levels include at least one arch-enemy, such as Piecemeal, Trauma & Lazarus or the U-Foes. Luckily, the Hulk’s regenerative powers allow him to regain health slowly. Little seems to be left of the Hulk’s legendary leaping capacity, however, so the green meat ball is forced to hop from platform to platform every now and then. You can find more information on The Incredible Hulk comic books in the trivia and links sections. |
| GaiaSeed | 1996-12-13 | Techno Soleil Corporation | Techno Soleil Corporation | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Purchase this PS one® Classic and play it on both your PS3™ and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) systems!
Download this PS one® Classic today!
GaiaSeed is a horizontally scrolling shooter from Techno Soleil. The game has solid control, precise bullet collision, and a simple powerup system. With six stages, it’s not the longest game on the block, but the massively scaling 2D backgrounds and variable difficulty make up for that.
But the real beauty of GaiaSeed lies in its subtlety. The technique and effects used will give shooter aficionados a work of art to go back to for multiple exposure. The soundtrack stands out for its techno/ambiance mood and is adds to the subliminal nature of the work. The effects and twists in the game will have you on your edge. Thoughtfully presented and wonderfully executed, GaiaSeed is a PS one® game console gem. The game is very rare and can be found on online auction sites in the $150 range.
Please Note: This game is a direct import from Japan. Although text is limited, it is in the its original Japanese language. Help with playing can be found at www.monkeypawgames.com.
Transferring to a PSP® system from your PS3™ system:
You must be signed into the PlayStation®Network account that originally purchased the game. You must have at least 64 MB free on your Memory Stick Duo™. Connect your PSP® system to your PS3™ system with a USB cable and switch your PSP® system to USB Mode. Highlight the game on the PS3™ XMB™, press the Δ button and select Copy.
PC Store Customers:
Log into your PlayStation®Network account that you originally used to purchased the game. Then, download the game from your “Download List” in the PlayStation®Store onto your PS3™ system.
This title has been converted from the original PlayStation® disc to the PSP® and the PS3™ systems. Consequently, there may be times where the title plays differently from the PlayStation® disc version, or where some features may not function properly. This version does not support PlayStation® peripherals (controller, memory card, multitap, etc.), therefore functionalities such as multiplayer, versus, and co-op modes are not available.
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| Pebble Beach no Hatō Plus | 1996-12-13 | Softbank Corp. | T&E Soft, Inc. | Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | Turn-based | | Cinematic camera | PS1 | Pebble Beach no Hatō Plus features the same Pebble Beach Golf Links course as the previous Pebble Beach Golf Links games by T&E SOFT, but this is a totally new and updated game with a full 3D engine and free roaming camera. It is very similar to the other T&E SOFT golf games released at the same time. It was a Japanese exclusive, but the commentary is in U.S. English. |
| Road Rage | 1996-12-13 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo Co., Ltd. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Hovercraft | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)ROAD RAGE
Become a real speed king....Imagine the incredible feeling of floating on air in a state-of-the-art hovercraft. Now imagine travelling at the speed of sound, manoeuvring through challenging race courses, and experiencing all this action in unbelievable 3D environments. Do you have what it takes to race against the best? To push your body and your machine to their limits? To become the speed king? Road Rage offers PlayStation™ owners eight vehicles, four unique tracks, and four speed classes plus the option to save your best race on a Memory Card then race against yourself.Based on the smash hit arcade simulator! |
| True Love Story | 1996-12-13 | ASCII Entertainment Software, Inc. | Bits Laboratory | Adventure, Simulation | 1st-person | | Romance | Visual novel | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | True Love Story is a visual novel styled love simulation game where the protagonist meets many girls and has one one month time to make one of them fall in love with him. The player moved to a new town and is living with his younger sister. The story progresses in a typical visual novel style where one reads onscreen text, talks to present characters and moves from location to location in a determined order. Free movement is not done directly on a map but is rather scheduled. During school and lunch breaks the player can schedule places on school campus he wishes to visit, and after school additional scheduling of the place around the town can be selected. Depending on place one visits, the location will have different girls to talk to, or if noone and the player will soon leave the place without engaging in any dialogue with anyone.The game uses full voice acting for main heroines but not all characters, and character animations are done at minimal with variation in static poses and dispositions. Upon creating the protagonist by entering his name (or leaving the default one) and setting up some of his parameters, the game will prompt the player to select the season during which the story will take place. Story itself will not change, and neither will most of the dialogues, but the outfit heroines and characters will change to fit the selected season (they may wear short shirts during summer or winter jacket during winter season). Finishing the game unlocks bonus extras which can be accessed via main menu. |
| Yusha: Heaven's Gate | 1996-12-13 | Atlus Co., Ltd. | Racdym | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Fighting | | | | | | | PS1 | Yusha: Heaven's Gate is a 3D fighting game with an arcade and Vs. mode. The player can choose from one of the eight combatants that are available at the start, with a few more characters being available once their unlocked. Each character has a different nationality, specialty, and lineage. Each character represents either a good or an evil alignment and depending on the character chosen, it affects which final boss the player will have to fight against. Defending, punching and kicking are on three separate buttons. There are variations of each of these moves depending on how quick the button is pressed.Consistently damaging or taking damage from an opponent will add to a sol or lunar (depending on the character the player is playing as) power gauge. When this gauge is filled, the player is temporarily invincible and allows the player to use strong power assault moves.
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| 3D Shooting Tsukuru | 1996-12-20 | ASCII Corporation | Success Corp. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | | Flight / aviation | | | | | PS1 | 3D Shooting Tsukuru is a game in which you can make your own 3D shooter games. There are lots of settings and graphics to tinker with to make your own game the next Star Fox. You can set your vehicle's looks, movements, weapons, special attacks and much more. The same goes for the enemies, music, sounds and the stages, where you can change a plethora of things to suit your needs. Once you're satisfied you can save the game to your memory card to play the finished product later.There are also three sample games included to show what you can do with the editor. The three games are very different in style and difficulty. |
| Alice in Cyberland | 1996-12-20 | Glams, Inc. | Glams, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | Tokyo, the 21st century. The internet has grown to be an enormously important part of life, and a digital world called "Cyberland" has come into existence. This digital world is divided into eight levels, with more important and confidential information being granted higher levels of priority, with the highest levels being inaccessible to anyone other than those with the highest government security clearance.A young junior-high student named Alice Minazuki is the daughter of one of the developers of this system. He left her with a very special "dive system," which allows the user to enter the deepest parts of Cyberland. Together with her friends Rena Ohtori and Juri Yagami, they are ALICE-3, a team tasked with maintaining peace and order in Cyberland.Alice in Cyberland is a traditional Japanese-style adventure game divided into chapters. Each chapter begins with Alice and her friends in Tokyo, and you can move about the city talking to people to find out more about what's happening. Eventually, she'll need to "dive" into Cyberland, which is also represented by a city. Your team will be able to move around, investigating different systems and looking for information, and eventually running into enemy "guard programs" which must be fought. The battle system is simple, allowing for either attack, defense, and character change. Defeating a guard system will continue the story.While exploring Tokyo, you can also visit an arcade and play a game, or go to a Karaoke club and watch the girls sing. The game's scenario was written by Chiaki Konaka, better known for his work on serial experiments lain, The Big O, and Ultraman. |
| Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Atari Collection 1 | 1996-12-20 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Atari, Inc. | Compilation | | | Earwax Productions | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Another in the series of Midway's retro arcade compilations, this is the first to feature early Atari titles (in addition to the usual FMV interview segments.)The games included are:
Asteroids
Battlezone
Centipede
Missile Command
Super Breakout
Tempest |
| Crusader: No Remorse | 1996-12-20 | ORIGIN Systems, Inc. | ORIGIN Systems, Inc. | Action | Diagonal-down | Regional differences | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | Isometric | PS1 | You are a silencer, the elite of the elite soldiers of World Economic Consortium. You are used to orders of hunting down the Resistance, a ragtag band of rebels committing sabotage and other acts of terrorism against the WEC, but slowly, you realized the WEC is not quite what it appears to be... then one day you and two other Silencers, your best buddies, were ambushed by a WEC mech patrol when it was supposed to be a routine mission. You alone survived. It is clear that the Silencer is being silenced... and the only place to turn is the Resistance... Crusader: No Remorse is the first in the series, which is best described as a 2D isometric shooter. Your silencer can roll left, roll right, kneel, jump, run, and perform other acrobatic moves. You get plenty of different weapons, from assault rifles and shotguns to grenade launchers and lasers, to really exotic weapons like microwave cannon, EMP discharger, and even plasma cannons. You're up against the full military might of the WEC, from simple guards to full-fledged Guardmechs and elite forces (though none are quite as good as you). You can find supplies and money off of killed enemies (if you left a body, that is, and some of the extreme weapons don't). You'll often need to bypass traps, open doors, disable alarms, take out security cameras, and more. The action is intense, and there's usually a bit of puzzle involved. It's often a matter of exploring the map to find a switch or a terminal with the code that'll let you access another part or another level of the map. Between missions you can chat in the Resistance base and/or buy/sell weapons. You can also find recharge stations to replenish your energy and health (you can also find batteries and first aid kits too). The missions range from simple sabotage to rescue. |
| Darius Gaiden | 1996-12-20 | Interbec | Taito Corporation | Action | Side view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Take command of your Silverhawk fighters once again as you battle to take back the planet Darius from the evil forces that had overpowered it! Converted from the Taito 1994 arcade game for the Windows platform (9x and NT). |
| Jikkyō Oshaberi Parodius | 1996-12-20 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | Comedy | Shooter | | | | | | | PS1 | Jikkyō Oshaberi Parodius is the third in the Parodius series. It retains the same gameplay and humorous elements that substantiated the first two games. Gameplay itself is a parody of Konami's famous Gradius series; the screen scrolls from left to right (most times) and the player manoeuvres a flying character around the screen destroying waves of enemies and avoiding obstacles. Unlike previous Parodius titles, this game contains a difficulty adjustment option, allowing the player to make things easier or harder. Also unique to this installment are bits of digital voice acting. Survival throughout the level leads the player to a boss fight, which frequently includes some of the strangest characters in the game. Power-ups include, besides the standard version (red, used to upgrade weapons), the shield power-up (blue) and a variety of different coloured bells. Green Bells will make the protagonist huge on the screen; Yellow Bells are worth points (points in turn are worth extra lives); Blue Bells are "big bombs" that clear the screen of enemies and can be saved until you need them; White Bells will give the player character a megaphone that will shout out phrases that damage enemies; Red Bells stockpiles the hero with three point-defense lasers, only one of which can be activated at a time and disappears after a short while; Purple Bells will clear the screen of all but the strongest enemies, turning them into power-ups.This time around there are sixteen different characters to chose from, each with unique power-ups and weapons. These include familiar faces from earlier games as well as new ones: Vic Viper, the "gradius ship" equipped with its traditional Gradius weapons; Pentaro from Penguin Adventure, whose Potion weapon may now hit multiple enemies and his normal weapon shots explode against obstacles; Soitsu, a green stickman surfing aboard a paper airplane, whose laser weapon is able to charge up to deliver more power and who drops little stickmen onto the ground which occasionally dance around rather than attacking; Mike, a cute little kitten who happens to to have a very powerful wave weapon which can travel through obstacles and enemies, as well as a multiple bomb ability which requires his "upgrade ability"; Memim, a flying fairy in bikini who carries missile weapons whose direction is determined by her current location on the screen when fired; Tako, the flying octopus wearing a baseball cap; Upa, the flying baby with a Mega Crush ability that destroys all enemies on screen, and others. |
| Lightning Legend: Daigo no Daibōken | 1996-12-20 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo Co., Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | Martial arts | Arcade, Fighting | Fantasy | | | | | | PS1 | The ancient country of Japon has existed for millennia, through times of peace and war. However, long ago, an evil creature called Dragules was sealed away in what is now the capital city, Azumakyo. Even today, the descendants of the heroes who sealed that monster away still live in Japon. One such person is a young boy named Daigo Raioh, who was rescued by a mysterious stranger when he was only eight years old. Now 14, Daigo has set out to find the one who inspired him to become a hero. At the same time, an ancient evil has begun to stir once again...Lightning Legend is a 3D 1-on-1 fighting game with a strong focus on story elements. The single-player story mode allows the player to choose from one of eight characters who are each traveling around Japon for their own personal reasons. Extended dialogue sequences before and after each battle drive the story. There is also a two-player versus mode.The fighting system is comparable to other contemporary fighting games, such as Super Street Fighter II and Dead or Alive. Each character has their own set of standard and special moves, executed by various button commands. Each character also has unique special moves that can be used when their power meter is filled. It is also of course possible to jump, dash, block, and throw opponents. |
| M: Kimi wo Tsutaete | 1996-12-20 | Nexus Interact, Ltd. | Nexus Interact, Ltd. | Adventure, Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | M is a love/dating simulation game. The game immediately starts by asking you a series of questions to determine your personality, after which the heroine is determined based on your personality. Similar to other simulation games, player has a set of skills that may be upgraded by performing various tasks. Things like sleeping, working, shopping and such. The game story takes time during the 85 days where you exchange the diary with others, reaching good ending if you connect with someone by the time the time runs out. |
| Mahō Shōjo Pretty Sammy: Part 1 - In the Earth | 1996-12-20 | Pioneer LDC, Inc. | TamTam Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | | Visual novel | Fantasy | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Mahō Shōjo Pretty Sammy: Part 1 - In the Earth is based on Magical Girl Pretty Sammy (魔法少女プリティサミー) anime TV series which focus on magically transformed Sasami character from Tenchi Muyo! universe. This is a visual novel featuring Sasami as the protagonist. For reasons unknown, she has been chosen as a champion by Tsunami, the next queen of Juraihelm, to fight in her name. But there are people bent on seeing Sasami fail in her endeavors and her tasks will soon prove much more challenging as she fights her way with Misao, her best friend who was chosen as a magical girl by Tsunami's opponent, Ramia. |
| Not Treasure Hunter | 1996-12-20 | Acti-Art Corporation | Acti-Art Corporation | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Thriller | | Contemporary | | | | | | PS1 | British archaologist James Arklight receives a note with a clue to the location of an ancient civilization. Pursuing the treasure, though, will bring him in contact with a dying adventurer with a dire warning, a girl in need of rescuing, and countless deadly traps and creatures.Not Treasure Hunter is a linear action-adventure game following a preset plot. Each action scene follows the player through different caves or other classic adventure movie tropes. Death lurks around every corner, and the slightest wrong move will doom the player to a quick death, requiring them to start the game over. The protagonist is equipped with a gun, giving the player some modicum of defense agains the lizard people and giant spiders that inhabit the caves they're exploring, and they can also kick enemies. Aside from simple combat, players will also sometimes be faced with multiple-choice options of how to proceed. Rather than branching story paths, it's a simple choice between life or death: the right option lets the player continue with the story, and the wrong option instantly kills them in one of many different ways. |
| Welcome House 2: Keaton & His Uncle | 1996-12-20 | Gust Co., Ltd. | Gust Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Comedy | | | | Direct control | | | Cinematic camera | PS1 | Welcome House 2: Keaton & His Uncle is a sequel to the Welcome House adventure game. The game starts on the 4th of July with Keaton sleeping in bed when his prankster uncle Parkinson gives him a bombing wake-up call. Confused and angry, Keaton goes through all the traps he had set for him to find his uncle, give him a piece of his mind and leave the mansion for good.Players once again navigate Keaton through the mansion. The gameplay can be described as playing Resident Evil but without the monsters. The slapstick humor is still intact with more explosions, trapdoors, shower scenes and a laugh track when Keaton gets into any of these traps. The game also adds voice acting for the dialogues. None of the traps are lethal so players can enjoy seeing how Keaton gets squished, smashed, trips and falls and can't progress to a new area without pulling the necessary levers. Players will still need to locate keys and other items and use them to progress through the game. |
| Imadoki no Vampire: Bloody Bride | 1996-12-27 | Atlus Co., Ltd. | Astrovision, Jorudan Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG), Simulation | 1st-person, Top-down | | Romance | Dating simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | PS1 | Imadoki no Vampire: Bloody Bride is a dating simulation game mixed with turn-based combat.The game features a young vampire who reaches (vampire's) adulthood. But in order to become mature he must suck the blood of a girl with a "Platinum Aura". However, this task is harder than it may look because the girl must willingly let him suck her blood.The young vampire is sent to the human world in order to find a girl with that aura, having 3 years to complete that task. In order to get consent though, the vampire must work on his appearance, manners, strength and other skills and schedule dates with the girls where he must choose appropriate responses to improve his relationship with them. As a vampire, the boy can wander at night in order to find common girls and suck their blood. Successfully sucking a victim's blood will have the vampire level up which will give him 10 points to assign to any skill which players wish to improve. The vampire will also encounter monsters with whom he'll fight in order to help him reach his adulthood, gain experience, souls which can be used to purchase items, weapons and accessories and berries which he can give to his female demon servants to improve their skills and have them successfully spy on the girls the player wants the vampire to go for. |
| Mighty Hits | 1996-12-27 | Altron Corporation | Altron Corporation | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Shooter | Western | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Mighty Hits is a shooting gallery game and the gameplay and stages are very similar to Point Blank in theme and presentation. The game has a cartoony wild west theme throughout the cut scenes and menu screens.One or two players compete in a series of mini games, which last about 20 or 30 seconds each. The rules of the mini games are displayed before each round. In general players have complete objectives and puzzles by shooting at targets. After each round a results screen shows if the objectives were completed or failed. Failing a round and the player loses a life feather, lose all feathers and the game is over.There are 3 courses to select from, represented by a blue, green and yellow tin can. There is Easy (6 mini-games), Medium (9 mini-games) and Hard (15 mini-games) and completing hard mode unlocks a black tin can for Very Hard with 18 mini-games. The game is played in sets of 3 stages, the player has to shoot 3 cards to select the stages. The cards are quickly flipping randomly through mini-games. After 3 stages the player draws a bonus card and moves onto the next 3 stages. A bonus card might contain "2 stage select" where 2 of the stage cards will flip more slowly allowing the player to purposefully select a stage.There are many mini games, including shooting away parts to complete a doll, a Three Shell type game, shoot ice to free a penguin, shoot colored bells to recreate a melody, throwing balls into cups, shoot the object in the room that has changed, and in general shooting at various targets like fish, bees, lights, eggs, floating lanterns, toppling pictures frames and other targets. |
| New Horizons | 1996-12-27 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | | Naval / watercraft | | | | | PS1 | In the first Uncharted Waters game, it was the 15th century and the New World was discovered. Now in New Horizons, it is the early 16th century and the age of exploration and sea trade is underway. Players choose from any one of six adventurers (scenarios), each with their own distinctive but intertwining plot, to embark on a quest of sailing, seamanship and exploration. The six characters are:João Franco is the son of Duke Leon Franco, the hero of the first Uncharted Waters game and an influential man in Portugal. His father wants to make him into a strong man and so decides to send him out to sea. Young Joao is tasked with learning the skills of the sailor (he is the only character who starts at level one) and embarking on a quest of discovery; reaching the far east and eventually looking for the secret of Atlantis.
Catalina Erantzo is a Spanish naval officer who believes her beloved and her brother were both murdered by the Portuguese armada. Vowing revenge she turns to a life of piracy and soon becomes a red haired scourge of the seas.
Pietro Conti is a indebted man, having inherited the financial woes of the Conti family. When the Duchess Franco hires him to spy on her son, he accepts the job and obtains a ship. Pietro hopes to use these resources to seek out valuable treasure and clear up his family's debt.
Ernst Von Bohr is a geographer who is teaching classes in Holland. He yearns to leave the classroom and sail the high seas, living a life of adventure that he has only read about in books. When his friend, Mercator offers to finance his initial voyage in exchange for cartography information about the world, Ernst is given the opportunity to live out his dream.
Ali Vezas is a poor orphaned child living in Istanbul and serving others. He dreams of becoming his own master and making his own fortune across foreign lands. A twist of fate aides in providing him with small loans, with which he is able to afford his first ship and sail out with a cargo hold full of goods...
Otto Baynes styles himself a Royal Knight of the British Empire, in the service of his majesty the king. Promoted to Admiral of the British fleet, the kingdom is worried about the increased naval power of Spanish fleets. Otto is given a letter of marque by the king and ordered to terrorize the Spanish Fleet. Equipping himself simply at first, Otto strives to become a great privateer in the name of king and country.Regardless of the character chosen, Uncharted Waters: New Horizons is a top-down sailing simulation. At sea, players control the direction of their ship, where speed is affected by the number/health of the crew, the wind and the currents. Players can navigate anywhere there is water (though some ships are not ocean worthy) and discover interesting landmarks and new ports. Upon landing at a port, the view is also top-down and the player can enter different buildings, each with unique services and goods. These include: the Inn, the Item Shop, the Shipyard, the Tavern, the Castle, the Guild Hall, the Church, the Merchant and the Harbor. It's up to the player to earn enough gold to keep the crew fed and financed and keep the fleet repaired. Primary methods of earning money are through sea trade, accepting jobs from the guild, gambling and battle with other ships.During naval combat, the game becomes a turn-based top-down strategy game, with the player moving ships in order to obtain trajectories needed to fire cannons at enemy ships, or run alongside enemy vessels in order to board them. If the player's flagship attacks the flagship of the enemy fleet, they can challenge the opponent to a duel. If accepted, the game changes to a side-view of the two captains engaged in a fight. During this sequence, the player can only choose which fighting maneuver (strike, thrust, parry, lash) they wish to engage in. |
| Tasogare no Ode: Ode to the Sunset Era | 1996-12-27 | Tonkinhouse | Tonkinhouse | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) | Fantasy | | Direct control, Menu structures | Real-time, Turn-based | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Tasogare no Ode: Ode to the Sunset Era is a JRPG in Japanese. A distinct feature is its song magic system. Players can give every magic spell a name, which is then "sung" by a text-to-speech system every time the spell is used.After encountering a storm at sea and stranding on an island, the bard Ruckert embarks on an adventure to collect the fragments of a song called the Dark Ode which the god Atbiohn is said to have sealed away, in order to use it to defeat the evil god Galihark. |
| Suikoden | 1996-12-28 | Konami of America, Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | Regional differences | | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Loosely based on the classic medieval Chinese novel Water Margins, the game is a fantasy RPG set in an imaginary universe, its main theme being political struggle. The hero of the game is the young son of Theo McDohl, a general who serves the Scarlet Moon Empire, presently controlling the land of Toran. Through a series of events the hero becomes involved in a rebellion against the Empire, led by an organization known as the Liberation Army. Will the hero find a new home there, will he be able to tear himself away from everything that has been sacred to him, including his own father?Suikoden is a Japanese-style role-playing game with several unusual additions. There are three kinds of combat in the game, the most common one being the traditional turn-based party combat (players can have up to six people in their active party). Magic runes can be equipped on the player's characters which allow limited usage of offensive and healing spells. There are also a few army battles, where the player must control whole units of fighters, archers, magicians, etc., and one-on-one fights (duels).The game allows the player to build and customize a castle, which serves as their home base and fortress. 108 characters can be recruited in the game, a tribute to 108 Stars Of Destiny in "Water Margins". Many of those characters will be available as active party members and participate in battles, while others will act as strategy advisers, or enhance the castle itself in various ways. |
| 4-4-2 Soccer | 1997 | Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Europe) Ltd. | Arc Developments | Sports | Diagonal-down, Side view | | | | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | 4-4-2 Soccer is a football game with real teams and players. It features friendly games, a world cup, league and KO competitions. Two players are supported through regular multiplayer and up to four players simultaneously through multitap. |
| Actua Soccer 2 | 1997 | Gremlin Interactive Limited | Gremlin Interactive Limited | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Following the success of the first Actua Soccer game, a sequel was likely. The game is fast-paced with more of an action than simulation feel, and an emphasis on ground play rather than heading.A young Michael Owen provides motion capture to produce realistic player motions and actions - the different builds and styles of players are taken into account. 64 top international teams are featured, as are 24 distinct stadiums, with weather conditions having both visible and noticeable playing effects.This was one of the first games to feature 2-man commentary, with former England captain Trevor Brooking joining Barry Davies in the analytical role. |
| Actua Soccer: Club Edition | 1997 | Gremlin Interactive Limited | Gremlin Interactive Limited | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Actua Soccer Club Edition is a re-edition of Actua Soccer, released with the 20 teams of the English Premiership instead of international competitions. New commentary was recorded and some Premiership historical data was included. All remaining aspects of the game were unchanged or just tweaked.The rest of the game is well known to fans of the genre - it was the first fully polygonal football game on the market, which allowed an unprecedented graphical realism and (technically) unlimited camera angles. |
| All Star Soccer | 1997 | Eidos Interactive Limited | | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - Playstation (EU) (from Ad Blurbs)At last, the ultimate challenge for all soccer fans! Your chance to build your perfect dream team! Not only does All Star Soccer let you dictate the tactics, formation and playing style of your team, but actually lets you create custom players with just the right mix of skill, speed and intelligence. This fantastic mix of ultra realistic soccer with a radical twist is completed by a hilarious mix of commentaries by impressionist Alistair McGowan. |
| Ayrton Senna Kart Duel 2 | 1997 | Sun Corporation | GAPS Inc. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | PS1 | Ayrton Senna Kart Duel 2 is a 3D karting game named after famous Brazilian kart and Formula One racer Ayrton Senna. The game features a Time Attack mode, VS Battle mode and a Grand Prix mode. The Grand Prix mode contains three classes. With good results you can promote to higher classes. There are 8 tracks that can be raced on and three different difficulty settings.You race against seven opponents and you can adjust some of the settings of your kart. There are two camera viewpoints in single player, but only one in multi player.The game also features a Senna Memorial album with pictures of the famous racer. |
| Battle Arena Toshinden 3 | 1997 | Playmates Interactive Entertainment, Inc. | Tamsoft Corporation | Action | Side view | | Martial arts | Fighting | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Teen | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Battle Arena Toshinden 3 is the he third instalment of the Toshinden series.After the defeat of the Secret Society in Battle Arena Toshinden 2, a new group of villains emerges. Known as the Organization, they wish to use the Toshinden fighters as blood sacrifices for a ritual to summon their dark god.The number of fighters has been raised from the 15 characters of the previous game to a notably larger 32; 14 starting fighters, 14 Organization counterparts and 4 bosses. Though many of the Organization counterparts have near identical move lists to their equivalent starting character.The arenas have been redesigned so that they are now enclosed allowing the ability to send the opponent flying into a wall or the ceiling, though the opponent can recover and use the wall for a counter attack.The combo system has been redesigned again; now each character has a preset range of combo's, however multiple combo's and special moves can now be combined to juggle the opponent for multiple hits, though once again the opponent can recover and counter your combo. The game's physics have been greatly relaxed to accommodate the new arenas and game play; many attacks launch the opponent clean across the arena.The North American and European versions of Toshinden 3 feature a slightly different blocking setup compared to the Japanese version. In the Japanese version there are separate high and low blocks, whereas in the Western versions the high block has been altered to be an all purpose block and will block both high and low automatically. This small change has a notable impact on how the game plays .The Western versions of Toshinden 3 also feature new English voices for several characters and a couple of new game play modes; a comprehensive practice mode and a Survival mode. |
| Battle Stations | 1997 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Realtime Associates, Inc. | Action, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Arcade, Real-time strategy | | Naval / watercraft | | Real-time | Kids to Adults | Isometric | PS1 | This naval combat game feature a 1 and 2 player game. The 1 player game is split between either Arcade or Campaign mode. The 2 player game is split between Arcade or War Games mode.The Campaign mode features 50 missions with objectives such as eliminating enemy supply convoys or carrying out a full scale assault on an opponent's homeland. The player then selects the admiral they want to fight in the battle. There are 5 opposing admirals and each admiral has their own set of skills on how they wage war.The Arcade mode lets 1 or 2 players choose their ship and then have a 1 on 1 ship battle. Players earn points for sinking their opponent's ships which will allow them to climb 10 naval ranks all the way from Ensign to Fleet Admiral.The War Games mode allows 2 players to play against each other in 26 different locations. Players can compete in these locations in three different ways. One way, is called war, with the objective to destroy every one of their opponent's ships. Another way, is to play capture the flag, which has the player trying to sink their opponent's flag ship and then return the flag back to their own harbor. The final way is called capture the harbor. This has the player attempt to drop marines, who are being carried inside a troop transport, off into their enemy's harbor, so the harbor can be attacked and captured. In this mode, players also get to choose between playing as one of several countries, or have a balanced or custom naval force. This choice affects the number of units of each type of ship the player starts the battle with.The game features 8 types of ships which are aircraft carriers, destroyers, battleships, cruisers, patrol boats, mine layers, troop transports, and submarines. Each ship has different ratings in the categories of top speed, target range, hull strength, main guns, special weapon, and defensive weapon.Gameplay has players moving their ships strategically on an overhead map. When two ships move close enough to each other, a battle can happen. In the battle, players try maneuvering a target reticule on their opponent ship to attack them, while also attempting to move out of the way of their opponents attacks. Once one of the ships health meters become empty from taking to much damage, they are sunk. |
| Big Bass World Championship | 1997 | HOT-B USA, Inc. | Starfish Inc. | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Big Bass World Championship is the standard fishing game with two different modes of play. There is a Practice mode where players can learn the basics of the game including casting, reeling and selection of rods and lures. In the Tournament mode, the player can choose from either a male or female angler and choose from one of four lakes with over 15 different fishing lures. It also features the personal endorsement of angler legend, Hank Parker. |
| BugRiders: The Race of Kings | 1997 | GT Interactive Software Corp. | n-Space, Inc. | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | Fantasy | Track racing | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Bug Riders tries to put a new twist on the racing genre. You choose a character and his or her bug and race through six tracks that make up the "Great Race". Instead of having a normal accelerate button, you must crop your bug to make him go faster. But watch out, you don't want to overdo it because he will become angry and refuse to obey you. You can pull on the reins to slow down.The six tracks are filled with shortcuts and power-up items, such as missiles and bombs to blast away your opponents. You must fly through as many time rings as you can to add time to the clock or you won't be able to finish the race. |
| Calamity 1: The Natural World | 1997 | Lightspan, Inc. | Lightspan, Inc. | Educational | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Front of Sleeve - PlayStation (US) (from Ad Blurbs)Mona and Moki are transported back in time by Jules Verne's time machine and meet both Mr. Verne and the real Calamity Jane! To help our heroes get back home, your child will read articles about various environments such as the forest, the desert, the ocean, and the arctic, and then answer questions about what they have read. So pack your literary picnic basket for a wild ride across some of the world's most fascinating landscapes!Learning objectives:
Use reading strategies to answer questions
Use contextual clues to understand text meaning
Analyze words containing Greek or Latin roots, prefixes, or suffixes
Learn new vocabulary words
Understand and solve analogies and riddles
Identify the main idea
Learn about the ocean, deserts, forests, and polar regions
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| Calamity 3: Around the World | 1997 | Lightspan, Inc. | Lightspan, Inc. | Educational | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Front of Sleeve - PlayStation (US) (from Ad Blurbs)Still trapped in the Old west with Jules Verne and Calamity Jane, Mona and Moki must finish their quest to get back to their own century. To help our heroes on the final part of their journey, your child will read articles about careers, hobbies, children's adventures, and those whose lives made a difference. So get ready for the exciting finale - and a surprise ending!LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Use reading strategies to answer questions
Use contextual clues to understand text meaning
Analyze words containing Greek or Latin roots, prefixes, or suffixes
Learn new vocabulary words
Understand and solve analogies and riddles
Identify main idea
Appreciate and learn about cultures around the world
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| Calamity: People and Traditions | 1997 | Lightspan, Inc. | Lightspan, Inc. | Educational | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Front of Sleeve - PlayStation (US) (from Ad Blurbs)Still roaming the American West, Mona and Moki continue their adventures with Jules Verne and Calamity Jane. To help them get home, your child will read interesting articles about famous inventors, explorers, writers and artists, and about American heritage, and then answer questions about what they have read. So cinch up your saddle and hold onto your hat for an exciting ride through Calamity Jane's Wild West!LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Use reading strategies to answer questions
Analyze words containing Greek or Latin roots, prefixes, or suffixes
Learn new vocabulary words
Understand and solve analogies and riddles
Identify the main idea
Analyze information
Use context clues to understand text meaning
Learn about American traditions, artists, writers, inventors, and explorers.
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| Cali's Geo Tools | 1997 | Lightspan, Inc. | Lightspan, Inc. | Educational | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Front of Sleeve - PlayStation (US) (from Ad Blurbs)Welcome to Cali's exciting tool room! Using shapes, patterns, symmetry, and spatial relationships, these fun and challenging Lightspan activities give your child a chance to "shape up" his or her geometry.LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Explore concepts of symmetry
Develop spacial sense
Identify and continue patterns of geometric figures
Compare Shapes
Explore concepts of congruence
Use problem-solving skills and strategies>/li>
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| Car and Driver Presents Grand Tour Racing '98 | 1997 | Activision, Inc. | Eutechnyx Limited | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Total Drivin is a racing game with five different classes of cars (4x4 Buggies, Dakar Rally, Sports, Indy and Rally) in six different locations (Moscow, Easter Island, Scotland, Hong Kong, Egypt and Switzerland). Each location has six different tracks to master with a total of 36 tracks. The different tracks actually are variations of the same track only slightly different. For example drive with different car type, reverse direction, ramps added or safety rails removed, different weather conditions etc.You can choose to drive with 1 of 8 different teams, each with different driving behaviour, providing 40 cars in total. There is multiplayer for 2 to 4 players, using split-screen and a link cable. The game also features typical 1990's rave music.When your car rolls over the game will turn you right side up again, but if your car drives into water or falls into lava the game instantly ends. |
| Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (Limited Edition) | 1997 | Konami Corporation of Europe B.V. | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | Side view | | Horror | Metroidvania, Platform | Fantasy | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | The limited edition of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night includes:
The game itself
The "Illustrations & Comic" -art book
The "Dracula Music Collection" -soundtrack with selected titles from previous Castlevania games
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| Evidence: The Last Report | 1997 | Microïds | Microïds | Adventure | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | | | | | | | | PS1 | Evidence: The Last Report is a detective adventure, in which you play Daniel Singer, a reporter for Channel Z. Your former girlfriend and co-worker Sarah Hopkins has been murdered and because you recently broke up with her, you are considered to be the prime suspect. You have a few hours to discover the real killer and your job isn’t easy, as there are people in high places involved that will try to stop you.Evidence is a point-and-click adventure with some real-time 3D action scenes that can be skipped. Those include shoot-em-up and beat-em-up sequences, and boat and car races. |
| Excalibur 2555 A.D. | 1997 | Telstar Electronic Studios Ltd. | Tempest Software Ltd | Action | Behind view | | | | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Teen | | PS1 | Excalibur 2555 AD is a 3D action game. The legendary sword Excalibur has been stolen by the raiders from the far future. As Merlin's apprentice, you are sent forward in time, equipped only with a broadsword and limited spellcasting ability. Your mission: recover Excalibur and prevent catastrophe. |
| Explosive Racing | 1997 | Funsoft GmbH | Toka S.a.r.l. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Motorcycle, Off-roading, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | PS1 | This game is a sequel to Toka's previous game Burning Road, which made a ton of improvements over the first game. For one, you are now able to drive motorcycles in addition to cars, and you also have headlights you can turn on if visibility of the track starts to dim.Like Burning Road, this game is an arcade racer. Drifting is similar to Sega Rally, as taking a turn will cause your car to slide. You not only have to race against your opponents, but also against time. Passing through the checkpoints throughout the track will replenish your time limit, but you have to be quick and careful not to crash into anything!In the beginning, you start off with only two tracks, six vehicles, and the Practice and Championship modes. By successfully clearing the game modes in specific ways, you can unlock more tracks, vehicles and additional game modes. There's also a two player mode which can be accessed using the PlayStation Link Cable. |
| Felony 11-79 | 1997 | ASCII Entertainment Software, Inc. | Climax Entertainment | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade | Kan Naito, Kazushige Inaba, Masayasu Yamamoto, Hidehiro Yoshida | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | In Felony 11-79 the player is a thief hired by an eccentric millionaire that wants them to acquire an ancient statue that has been broken into three pieces and scattered throughout the city. To obtain these pieces, the player must travel through these three areas (Downtown, Seaside, and Metro City) and complete certain objectives by obtaining certain items to complete missions or escaping police in high-speed chases all within a certain time limit.Additionally, the player is also awarded monetarily for destroying other cars, objects such as lamp posts, fences, etc, however money is deducted for hitting pedestrians. This money is used to customize the vehicles (20 total). Players must also be aware of the destruction they do to their vehicle, if it is too damaged they will no longer be able to complete the mission and end the game.There are also two other modes that are present, one of which is Time Trial where a player races against the clock and attempt to beat record time limits by any means including finding shortcuts. There is also Test Run which lets a player get the feel of a car without the boundaries of set objectives or a time limit. |
| Final Fantasy II | 1997 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | Square Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) | Fantasy | | Direct control, Menu structures | Real-time, Turn-based | Teen | 2D scrolling | PS1 | The military country of Baron is one of the strongest in the land, with a proud army and a majestic air force known as the Red Wings. However, the recent actions of the king make even the most loyal of his subordinates doubt his judgment. The captain of the Red Wings, Cecil, is ordered to attack the city of Mysidia and take the Water Crystal from innocent magicians who protect it. When Cecil questions the king's orders, he is immediately thrown out of the country and sent off to deliver a package to the village of Mist, accompanied by his best friend Kain, the captain of the dragoons. Little does he realize that the king's inexplicable behavior is but a part of a much larger picture, which he is yet to reveal.The fourth entry in the Final Fantasy series was released as Final Fantasy II in the West, because the second and the third games were not released there at the time. The game is a Japanese-style RPG with top-down world map navigation, automatic leveling up, and random enemy encounters.The game introduces a system called ATB (active-time battle). While combat is turn-based in its core, the game does not pause when the player accesses the battle menu. Enemies continue to act in real time regardless of the actions of the player-controlled party. The turns of the participants are calculated depending on their agility rating. Each player-controlled character has a special bar that gradually refills itself; said character may act when the bar is full.Unlike all the previous Final Fantasy games, the fourth installment does not allow the player to customize the characters' abilities and classes. Each character belongs to a specific, clearly defined class: dragoon, white mage, black mage, summoner, ninja, etc. Each of these classes has distinct special abilities or magic spells. New abilities are learned automatically when a character reaches a pre-determined level. Characters join and leave the party as dictated by the game's plot events. The active party includes up to five combatants.The PlayStation version adds a new rendered intro and ending. |
| Golden Nugget | 1997 | Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc. | Abalone Entertainment Software Development Inc. | Gambling, Strategy | 1st-person, Top-down | Licensed | | | | | Point and select | Turn-based | Kids to Adults | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Immerse yourself in the Golden Nugget and you'll enjoy Las Vegas-style casino gaming in a four-star casino paradise with 16 games of chance to challenge and thrill you. This is virtual nonstop casino action with all the authenticity and splendor of the real thing. |
| International Superstar Soccer Deluxe | 1997 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Computer Entertainment Osaka Co., Ltd. | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | 2D scrolling | PS1 | This is the sequel to International Superstar Soccer, Konami's saga of soccer games. This Deluxe version was published first to the SNES, then the Mega Drive and Playstation.ISS Deluxe has realistic animations and player sprites. You can compete with 36 national teams with recognizable celebrity players (like Valderrama, Baggio, Ravanelli, Petkov...), but their names are fictitious. You can choose too from 16 formations and 8 strategies to win.The competitions available are: International Cup, World Series (League), Scenario Mode and customizable mini-cups/leagues. |
| K-1 The Arena Fighters | 1997 | Kokopeli Digital Studios, THQ Inc. | Daft Co., Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Martial arts | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | K-1 The Arena Fighters is a kickboxing game featuring 8 real world K-1 fighters.The game features a 1 player mode, a 2 player VS. mode, a Tournament mode featuring all 8 fighters, and a Team Battle mode.The team battle has 2 teams made up of 3 fighters each facing off against each other in one on one fights. The first team to win 2 out of 3 matches wins the entire team battle.Gameplay consists of two fighters in a boxing ring using high and low punches and kicks to down their opponent. Each fighter can also use their special signature move to hurt their opponent. Each fighter has two meters, one for strength and one for stamina. So the more punches and kicks that are thrown, the less amount of power they start to pack. This means the player is rewarded for timing their attacks because their attacks will be more effective. Also, a well placed hit on their opponent can lead to a flash knock down, which instantly drops the opponent to the canvas. |
| K9.5 2: We Are the Dogs | 1997 | Lightspan, Inc. | Lightspan, Inc. | Educational | | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Front of Slip Case (US) (from Ad Blurbs)Listen to that guitar! Check out that keyboard finger work! Dig the rhythm of those drums! Your child will learn valuable reading and language arts skills while helping Ella and Gershwyn beat the deadline to mix the tracks for their hot new CD.LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Identify vowel sounds
Identify states and capitals
Identify content area vocabulary
Identify mathematics, science, and literature terms
Develop word attack skills
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| Kaze no NOTAM | 1997 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | Artdink Corporation | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | Meditative / Zen | | | PS1 | Kaze no NOTAM - NOTAM of Wind is a hot air balloon simulator in a fantasy setting. As a hot air balloon operator you'll be left mostly to the mercy of the winds having no control over your balloons movements on the X or Y axis. Only the Z is open to you by letting off your burner and ascending or releasing hot air and lowering yourself to earth. The wind changes at different altitudes, you'll be aware of the way it's blowing at every height thanks to a wind compass on the right side of the screen, so you'll have to make shrewd use of it to get where you're going.You have green markers that can be used for a variety of things. The game enters a first-person gondola view whenever you prepare to throw a marker.The game allows you to select the weather conditions and time of your outing as well as the locations. The three locations are Drafty Valley, a valley peppered with castles and other memories of a bygone time. Windy City, a modern metropolis with airports, stadiums and office buildings. Breezy Earth A mysterious presentation of the Earth's and mankind's future. All of these areas are peppered with strange things to see and explore, such as unusual dirigibles, mad auroras, sand drawings, and ancient ruins, to name a few.
The game has several "Try Tasks" which the player can set records on and then try to beat, or ignore and drift lazy as a cloud. The tasks are:Fly In: in this task you'll have the skillfully use the winds to get your craft to hover over a terrestrial target. Once their you'll try to throw a marker at it. The goal is to be as accurate as possible, a difficult thing as your balloon moves with the wind, and you can't stop the forces of nature.
Try Delta: a competition of flight distance. You'll have three markers, which once dropped will measure the area of the triangle they form. This shows the surface area covered in your journey, assuming you wisely used your markers, the larger it is the better your score.
Wolf Hunt: this is a timed task in which you'll be hunting down whimsically shaped balloons, e.g. chickens, and marking them. The faster you can hunt down all six the better. These wolf balloons will appear in bright yellow on your map to help you hunt them.The game also features a "Round Mode" in which you have to try to beat nine specific goals or "rounds". |
| Lethal Enforcers I & II | 1997 | Konami of America, Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Chicago, Inc. | Action, Compilation | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | Point and select | | Mature | | PS1 | Lethal Enforcers I & II contains the Konami coin-op shooters Lethal Enforcers & Lethal Enforcers II: Gunfighters both on one disc.
The games both share a similar gameplay structure with digitized enemy targets "popping up" on screen and simply needing to be shot down before they take a shot at you.The original game places you as a 1990s police officer fighting bank robbers, Chinese Mafia and drug dealers while in the sequel you are now a Sheriff up against more bank robbers and wrong doing but now set in the Old West.
Lethal Enforcers can be played with either a standard game pad or for more of an authentic arcade experience, the Konami Hyperblaster light gun. |
| MLB 98 | 1997 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Sony Interactive Studios America | Simulation, Sports | Behind view, Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | One of the earliest in Sony's MLB franchise, MLB 98 features the standard set of many baseball games. It has all of the 30 MLB teams and many of the major players, rendered in 3D polygon graphics with complete up-to-date (for that time) rosters. Real stadiums are also included along with the updated rules including the Interleague play rule that was implemented at the time.It also has the standard set of modes including Exhibition, Season, Playoffs, Home Run Derby, All-Star Game and World Series. Players can also create and save their own players and customize them to their liking as well as keep extensive track of stats. They also have the option to run a franchise at the same time and manage everything including trades and free agency.The controls consist of using certain buttons to either run the bases, bat and throw specific pitches depending upon the pitcher and the D-pad to move outfielders. Also, to throw to bases the player uses the main buttons (Triangle, Square, Circle and X). |
| Magic: The Gathering - Battlemage | 1997 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Realtime Associates Seattle Division | Strategy | Top-down | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | Fantasy | | | Real-time | Teen | | PS1 | Another of the Magic: The Gathering series, where you are a battle mage trying to challenge the authority of the new ultimate planeswalker of the lands.This game combined a strategy-based interface with a real-time action battle simulation, in an attempt to "put to life" the creatures of the cards in real-time battle.The storyline has different possibilities for the hero to take, so the course of the game differs for every new game. |
| Maximum Force | 1997 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Mesa Logic, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Rail shooter | | | | | Mature | | PS1 | Maximum Force is the follow up to Area 51, however, this time around instead of shooting up aliens, the player goes up against a terrorist organization.The gameplay is similar to other first-person shooter gun games where the player can use a light gun or a controller to shoot at bad guys popping up from behind objects or coming off from the side of the screen. If a player gets shot by a bad guy, they will loose a bar of health or can also loose health by accidentally shooting innocent bystanders.There are also power-ups scattered throughout the stage that can restore health, upgrade their weapons power among many others. There are three levels in all and 35 secret rooms scattered throughout the stages. It also supports a second player simultaneously. |
| NBA Hangtime | 1997 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Midway Manufacturing Company | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | Kids to Adults | 2D scrolling | PS1 | NBA Hangtime is a 2-on-2 arcade basketball action game following in the footsteps of NBA Jam. All NBA teams, each featuring 4 players to choose from, are included along with fast paced, over-the-top basketball, disregarding the normal rules of the game but including fouls and out of bounds. You can also create your own player, with a collection of body parts and clothing to choose from. |
| NCAA GameBreaker 98 | 1997 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Sony Interactive Studios America | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | 2D scrolling | PS1 | A college football game with three different game styles (simulation, total control, and fantasy league) and three different game types (scrimmage, tournament, and bowl season).The game contains all 112 Division 1A Teams with their team specific playbooks along with 130 different NCAA stadiums. The game also contains over 40 classic teams to play as.There is also a Create Play mode which lets the player draw up their own plays to use on the gridiron. Players can also create a walk on athlete to play as.Gameplay is similar to what is found in NFL GameDay '98, but with more emphasis on college plays and rules. Players select their plays, try to gain yards on a vertical field, and hopefully score by getting into the end zone. On offense, players can use Total Control Passing which enables a player to under or over throw to a receiver.Options include adjusting the difficulty level and the length of each quarter, setting the likelihood of penalties being called, setting the speed of the game, what type of weather to play in, and whether to turn on or off the announcer, music, or injuries. |
| NHL Powerplay 98 | 1997 | Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc. | Radical Entertainment Inc. | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | NHL Powerplay 98 is a hockey game where the player can control a team of his choice to bring it to victory and glory. The game modes are the typical genre choices: Either a whole NHL season, the NHL playoffs or a league with 15 national teams. The team logos and player names are official licensed but in contrast to NHL 98 it uses the data from 1996/1997.The gameplay itself is more action oriented than a simulation and uses several shooting and pass variations which are activated with more or less complicated key combinations. Six camera angles and a instant replay feature complement the TV atmosphere. The game also features several tactical possibilities. For eight game situations the player can choose between three behaviours, e.g. how the players set up shots in the offensive zone. During the season there is a option to trade players with other teams. Extensive mid-season statistics, which can be shown for every team in the league, help planning transfers and tactics. |
| NanoTek Warrior | 1997 | Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc. | Tetragon | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | In the 23rd century, nanotechnology does man’s bidding. Anything from curing disease to feeding the worlds population has been taken care of by these tiny wondrous nanobots. But what happens when they become self-aware and decided to destroy their oppressors? To save the human race from extinction by its own creation, you are put in control of a new breed of nano war machine designed to fight – and win – this war. Enter NanoTek Warrior.A ground-based shoot-em-up by design, the game employs the use of jumping, banking, and strafing as you move forward through 3D tube-like levels. The game is seem from a third-person perspective behind the ship. Some areas place you outside and some inside, but the majority of the game takes place rotating around tubes. This gameplay only differs slightly in boss levels, that allow you to rotate around a central point with no forward motion.You can obtain different power-ups including special weapons, health bonuses and extra lives as you play through the game’s 9 levels. Each level is divided into 2 stages, one on tubes and a boss fight afterwards. |
| Peak Performance | 1997 | Atlus U.S.A., Inc. | CAVE Co., Ltd. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Arcade | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Peak Performance is an arcade-style racing game similar to Cruis'n USA with over 20 vehicles ranging from normal street cars to high-end performance race cars and even buses and scooters. There are five different tracks to choose from: Seven Tight Corners, Uptown Driveway, Northern Country, Bay Area, and Pikes Peak Hill Climb along with the ability to change weather conditions to add more challenge.Not only can players compete against 11 other A.I. drivers, they can also face off against a friend using a split-screen of their choosing (either vertical or horizontal) which will merge into one screen when the players come into close contact. There is also a Time-Trial mode where players race against the clock in an attempt to unlock certain vehicles by either beating certain times or finding them hidden on the track.A Course Edit mode is also present that allows players to create their own Time Trial tracks and place time interval markers anywhere on the course. Also featured on the cover is Robby Unser, an eight-time winner of the Pikes Peak Hill Climb. |
| Poy Poy | 1997 | Konami of America, Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo Co., Ltd. | Action | | | | Board game | | | | | Kids to Adults | Isometric | PS1 | In Poy Poy, contestants from all over the land come together to compete for big cash prizes and the honor of being crowned the Poy Poy Cup champion. To become champion you have to beat three rounds on each of the six stages. You can choose from a variety of characters each with different attributes.Poy Poy is a multiplayer party/action-game in which four players battle it out by throwing rocks, bombs, logs, wooden boxes, etc. at each other on varying battle arenas for a set amount of time. At the end players are awarded points based on their remaining health, how many times they were able to hit others with objects and how many white hearts they were able to collect from the arena. Players can also choose from a number of psyche-gloves, that give them various special-abilities when used. There is also the Channel Poy Poy studio's lobby area that has a glove shop, a glove tune-up shop, and a memory card access terminal. |
| Psychic Force | 1997 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Taito Corporation | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Fighting | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | | | | | PS1 | The year is 2010, and people are being born with special powerful abilities, such as the power to control the elements. These people are deemed "Psychics". A large group of underground Psychics are plotting something mysterious, which may endanger everyone, and this group is called "Noa". Psychic Force follows the intertwined adventures of a group of Psychics as they each struggle to reach their goal, and ultimately defeat the threat of Noa.Psychic Force is a one-on-one fighting game and battles take place in a flying, floating cube on a 2D plane. The characters use a combination of Psi powers and combat techniques, with each player having his/her own special abilities. Each Psychic character has attacks relevant to the element they control (fire, ice, thunder, wind, gravity, etc.), while Gates (the only non-Psychic character) has a built-in weapons system. Every character has two light attacks, two heavy attacks, one ultimate attack, a charge and the ability to block attacks. There is a Training mode, where players can learn and test out Psi powers, the regular Arcade mode, and a Story mode in which the main characters fulfil their quests. |
| Pu•Li•Ru•La | 1997 | Xing Entertainment | Taito Corporation | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler | | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Pu-Li-Ru-La is a psychedelic side-scrolling arcade beat 'em up set in the magical land of Radishland.
As the story goes, some evil magical entity has stolen the keys of time for the towns in Radishland, freezing time and turning every animal and creature into evil magical contraptions. Only Zac and Mel, empowered with their "invented magic sticks" are able to escape the curse and must thread through Radishland turning all the monsters back into their original form and recovering the keys of time.Gameplay-wise the game is a side-scrolling beat 'em up in which you control your character in a 2.5D isometric plane as he clears each stage by beating the many wacky enemies with his stick and a few magic spells that are randomly selected whenever you start the game. At the end of each stage there is a harder "boss" creature you must defeat and upon doing so you proceed to the next stage.The game is notable for its surreal graphic design, featuring digitized graphics merged with hand-drawn sprites and featuring mostly colorful nonsensical graphics. Features single player or co-op two-player gameplay modes. |
| Risk: The Game of Global Domination | 1997 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | BlueSky Software, Inc., NMS Software Ltd. | Strategy | Top-down | Licensed | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | RISK: The Game of Global Domination is a conversion of the classic board game Risk. Your aim is to wipe out your opponents and conquer the world by placing your armies and attacking neighbouring territories. The CD-ROM version of the game features an exact conversion of the Classic board game against human or AI opponents, as well as Ultimate Risk, a more complex game where a completely new strategy is needed, involving Generals, forts and different terrain types.Other features include new maps, the challenging Blind Risk, fully animated battle scenes and a second CD to allow easy network gaming. |
| Sangokushi V | 1997 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | China (Ancient / Imperial), Historical events | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Romance of the Three Kingdoms V is the fifth game in the popular turn-based strategy game series, based on the classic medieval Chinese novel "San Guo" ("Three Kingdoms"). The novel, written by Luo Guanzhong, is perhaps the most popular classic book in China and all countries influenced by the Chinese culture (such as Japan). Its events occur in the third century AD, during the Later Han Dynasty. Several army leaders (the most important ones being Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Sun Jian) are trying to unite China under their rule, and each one strives to defeat his opponents.Romance of the Three Kingdoms V offers many innovations. You won't only participate at wars, but also manage your country, and learn resource management of people and goods. A new "Reputation" parameter directly affects the people's opinion of you as the leader. Multiplayer allows participation of up to eight players (playing the eight main characters).The game was never translated into English. It was released in Japan for the PC (both DOS and Windows), and for PlayStation. A Chinese translation of the game (DOS version) is available. |
| Soccer '97 | 1997 | Eidos Interactive Limited | Silicon Dreams Studio Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Soccer '97 is a one or two player football game based on the English league as it more or less was in the 1997-1998 season.There are four modes of playExhibition mode where the player picks both teams and plays as one of them.
League mode where a player selects a team and plays through an entire season with the game simulating all other results. The teams in this mode are restricted to the English Premier league for the 1997-1998 season (*see note below)
Arcade mode is a knock-out tournament
Tournament mode starts with four groups each with four teams in each which can be manually or randomly populated. Here the teams within each group play each other and the group winners play for the trophy.There is a limited team management function within the game. Prior to the match the player can decide on their preferred formation, and can assign roles such as man marking to their defenders and so on. The game is licensed by the Professional Footballer's Association and so can use footballer's names, however all team emblems and strips are fictitious.The teams available in the Exhibition Match mode are Arsenal, Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea, Coventry City, Crystal Palace, Derby County, Everton, Huddersfield Town, Ipswich Town, Leeds United, Leicester City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United, Nottingham Forest, Queens Park Rangers, Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday, Southampton, Stoke city, Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur, Tranmere Rovers, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United, Wimbledon and Wolves.*However the teams in the League are not quite those that played in the 1997-1998 season. The league is largely correct but Bolton Wanderers and Crystal Palace are missing and have been replaced with Middlesborough and Sunderland. |
| Space Griffon VF-9 | 1997 | Atlus Software Inc. | Panther Software Inc. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | Real-time | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Space Griffon VF-9 is a graphically enhanced version of the earlier computer game Hamlet.The largest moon base, "Hamlet", has stopped responding to communication. It is up to you to determine what happened, and fix it. The game mixes typical FPS gameplay with RPG elements. You are inside a giant mech that can transform into a shape fit for walking, driving, and a mixture of both. You can move square-by-square, with 90-degree turns, slide left or right, and look up and down. By defeating enemies, the invisible RPG elements are introduced: you have hit points, energy points, and you can collect weapons and items. When an enemy approaches, this is shown through an icon, along with the distance.The environment is claustrophobic and maze-like, and includes many enemies. The game features an unusually large amount of plot for a game of this type, mostly consisting of conversations between your teammates, who are always in other parts of the station. |
| Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo | 1997 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Puzzle | | | | Falling block puzzle | | | | Real-time | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | A Tetris-like puzzle game featuring popular characters from many Capcom games.Colored gems fall from the top of the screen in pairs, but this time lining up those of the same color is not enough. To break the gems and punish your opponent with counter gems you have to place a crash gem of the same color next to the gems. If you make a block of gems of the same color they'll fuse, forming a power gem. Breaking a power gem sends more counter gems to your opponent than breaking the same amount of gems in some other configuration. But the ultimate attack is breaking power gems in chain. |
| Swagman | 1997 | Eidos, Inc. | Core Design Ltd. | Adventure | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | Isometric | PS1 | The Swagman, a baddie from The Terrortories, has imprisoned the Dreamflight fairies so no one can wake up from their nightmares. It's the Swagman's plan to unleash his horde of minions and take over the world, unless two eight year-olds, Zac and Hannah, can stay awake long enough to stop him.This is a character based adventure game with puzzle and platform elements. |
| Tail of the Sun | 1997 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Artdink Corporation | Action, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | Survival | Life / social simulation | Prehistoric | | Multiple units/characters control | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | In Tail of the Sun, you start out as a caveman struggling to survive in the world. Hunt, gather, explore, increase your various stats, and eventually die. It's not just the usual game hazards of animals and drowning that can take your life, but also hunger and age. At that point you select a new member of your ever-growing tribe to continue on as. Your ultimate goal is to kill mammoths, and collect enough tusks to construct a tower that can reach the tail of the sun. |
| Tecmo Stackers | 1997 | Tecmo, Inc. | Tecmo, Ltd. | Puzzle | | | | Falling block puzzle | | | | Real-time | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Tecmo Stackers is a puzzle game in the vein of Tetris with the objective of the game is to match up four blocks of the same color to eliminate those colors. When the player eliminates those colors in a chain reaction, those same blocks will be dropped on either the computer opponent or a friend. There are also bombs that can be used to clear out large sections at one time.There are four game modes to choose from: Arcade Competition, Time Trials and Chain Reaction, each with their own set objectives and difficulty with more than 20 levels with photo backdrops. |
| Tennis Arena | 1997 | Ubi Soft Entertainment, Inc. | Smart Dog | Sports | 3rd-person (Other), Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Tennis Arena is a comedic, arcade take on tennis. Featuring a total of 10 selectable characters (five male and five female), the game allows for both singles and doubles matches, as well as tournament play and a world tour mode.Some players have unconventional outfits, such as overweight William Lee Chan, who plays barechested with baggy pants and a large gold necklace. The game also features wacky sound effects and special shots, which can be deployed after racking up six straight returns.Available court options include a New York City park, a traditional professional stadium, the Sahara Desert, the Roman Coliseum, and an ocean cruise liner. |
| Test Drive: Off-Road | 1997 | Accolade, Inc. | Motivetime Ltd. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | The Test Drive series of racing games traditionally involve driving cars on tarmac. However, a sub-series of games involving hazardous racing on less prepared surfaces was commenced with this title.Choose from one of four monster trucks (Hummer, Land Rover Defender 90, Jeep Wrangler, and Chevrolet K-1500 Z71), each of which has its own handling as well as realistic damage modeling. Take them through 12 tracks incorporating sand, snow and dirt. In the single-player mode your task is to progress through increasing challenging leagues. An assortment of camera angles are supplied to play from. 3 exclusive remixes of Industrial band Gravity Kills make up the soundtrack. Up to four drivers can race against each other. |
| The Divide: Enemies Within | 1997 | Viacom New Media | Radical Entertainment Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Metroidvania, Platform | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | Direct control | | Teen | 2D scrolling | PS1 | In The Divide: Enemies Within, the player takes control of an explorer on an alien planet. After they land to investigate, they are attacked, where the player is frozen and their partner kidnapped. After being thawed, the player takes control of a mech and sets out to rescue their partner and destroy the alien menace.The basic gameplay has the player explore through eight different worlds with a total of over 100 different stages in a 3-D environment. The player explores the levels, collecting new weapons and power-ups to fight out the 20 different enemies scattered throughout the level. At the end of each level, the player must fight off an enemy boss before fighting the final boss at the end of the game. |
| Trash It | 1997 | GT Interactive Software Corp. | Rage Software Ltd. | Action | Diagonal-down, Side view | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Trash It is an arcade action game where player(s) have to destroy buildings with a gigantic hammers.
As a player, you take a role of construction worker who has only one mission: To smash everything to bits.
Pieces are flying and houses falling as players hack their way through levels and earning points as they go. |
| VMX Racing | 1997 | Playmates Interactive Entertainment, Inc. | Studio e | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Motorcycle, Vehicle simulator | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | VMX racing is a 3D dirt bike racing simulation.The game features four bikes, six different tracks, both outdoor and in stadiums. You can unlock bonus tracks (including one that takes place on the moon) trough performing tricks during the races. You can choose from individual races or a championship in which you play all tracks. Each time you race against seven opponents. One of them can be a friend in two player split-screen mode. |
| VR Baseball '97 | 1997 | Interplay Productions, Inc. | VR Sports | Sports | | Licensed | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | VR Baseball '97 is a baseball game. It prides itself on being the first fully 3D baseball game. You also have complete control over your camera to view the action from any angle. The game comes with a Major League Baseball license and thus features over 700 Major League Baseball players, 28 official stadiums, and all the statistics from the 1997 season. Game modes include Exhibition Game and Home Run Derby. Both can be played in multi-player mode. |
| Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey '98 | 1997 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Software Creations Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey '98 is basically the same game as its predecessor with only a few minor changes such a updated teams and new statistics.The game offers two basic playing options: simulation and arcade. While simulation tries to be relatively realistic (but still relatively fast-paced in comparison to similar games), the arcade mode ignores penalties and features a power shot. The player may either participate in exhibition matches, a whole season, play-offs or practice. Thanks to the official NHL and NHLPA licenses, there are 26 teams with real-life athletes available. |
| World League Basketball | 1997 | Mindscape International Ltd. | High Voltage Software, Inc. | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | World League Basketball, part of the Mindscape Sports Advantage series, is a realistic basketball game developed using motion capture and physics of real players.Change the rules of play for arcade, custom or simulation game with control over the difficulty level to time length of actual play from 5 minutes (10-minute default) to a maximum 25 minutes.Players can choose "exhibition play" for practice matches between teams, before committing to one team for a 30-game "season play" or six-round "tournament play" in prearranged series of scheduled games against 36 different countries of various abilities. The latter two allows for simulated games to skip matches - if desired with results automatically calculated by the computer.View statistics of your team before embarking in a match to determine the best on-court positions from point guard to centre of talented team members according to their performance and capabilities. Freely adjust player attributes from height, weight, strength, endurance to ball handling skills.On-court play includes live commentary by Chris Smith. |
| Xevious 3D/G+ | 1997 | Namco Hometek Inc. | Namco Limited | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Kids to Adults | 2D scrolling, Isometric | PS1 | Xevious 3D/G+ is a compilation of four titles: Xevious 3D/G (main game), Xevious (Arcade version), Super Xevious (Arcade version) and Xevious Arrangement.A fighter pilot flying the Solvalou space ship is the last hope for the Earth. Invaders from the planet Xevious have arrived; being descendants of our planet's original inhabitants, they wish to reclaim it for themselves. The Xevians started to build huge ground structures, and it is the hero's job to destroy them while shooting at their space ships and detonating the treacherous SOL bases.Xevious 3D/G+ puts the classic arcade vertical shoot 'm up Xevious game in a third-person 3D perspective. The game brings some new weapon systems to the player-controlled fighter jet and contains many new enemies, some of which are quite large and pose new challenges to the player. During the game the player can collect three types of power-ups: bullets, lasers and plasma beams. |
| adidas Power Soccer 2 | 1997 | Psygnosis Limited | Shen Technologies SARL | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | adidas Power Soccer 2 is the second main game in the Psygnosis series and was made by a different development studio. Continuing the 3D gameplay from the first game, this title adds updated player and team databases for the 1997-1998 season, a new arcade mode where players can perform special moves, commentary by ITV's Brian Moore (UK), Yves Lecoq (France) and RTL's Marcel Reif (Germany), and eight new stadia fully rendered in 3D.The title includes many real Premier League teams, in addition to 56 national teams and top clubs. Multiplayer is available for up to four players with a multitap. |
| adidas Power Soccer International '97 | 1997 | Psygnosis Limited | Psygnosis Limited | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This sequel to the early PlayStation bestseller adidas Power Soccer expands on the number of available leagues (from 3 to 5, with Spain and Italy adding to the English, French and German leagues) and a "Top 20" division with top European Clubs, as well as 56 national teams. The usual game modes and options in the genre make a presence here, being possible to play cups, tournaments or leagues.As with the previous game, the same fast-paced gameplay remains, while the regular mode isn't much different from the remaining sports game in the first years of the console, with the face buttons controlling the basic aspects of the game, such as passing, lobbing or kicking (or different kind of lunges on defence). However, the game gains a new dimension in the "arcade mode", where it's possible to bend the rules with infamous kicks to the head or unleash the trademark move of the series - the Predator Megakick, named after the then revolutionary boot models. However, doing those decrease the players' stamina meter, and after the bar is depleted, players not only no longer can make special moves, but also take longer to recover from a tackle, so longer games can be won (or lost) by the number of players that can't feel their legs no more. |
| hyper 3-D Pinball | 1997-01-01 | Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Europe) Ltd. | NMS Software Ltd. | Action | | | | Arcade, Pinball | | | | | | | PS1 | Tilt! is a pinball game. The 6 pinballs you can play in the 3D full screen-modus or in the classic 2D scroll-modus. The themes of the pinballs are Science Fiction (Star Quest), Horror (Monster), Racing (Road King), Underworld (Gangster), Fantasy (Myst & Majik) and Fair (Funfair). Every pinball has multi-ball gaming, animations (esp. ball-locks) during the game and intermezzos in the scoring field. |
| Lode Runner Extra | 1997-01-10 | Patra | Presage Software, Inc. | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Platform | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Lode Runner Extra is a stand-alone expansion for Lode Runner: The Legend Returns, featuring 110 new levels for advanced players and an integrated level editor. The gameplay remains the same in this action-platformer, where the objective is to collect all the gold nuggets and bars scattered around each stage to activate a portal to the next level. Red monks chase the main character around the many platforms and ledges, killing the adventurer when finally reaching him. New tools and other helpful pieces of equipment are slowly introduced with cutscenes showing their usage. |
| Moujya | 1997-01-10 | Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Japan), Inc. | AM Factory, Etona, Four Winds Inc., Racdym | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Take Money Puzzle Exchanger, sprinkle on some Puyo Puyo, and what do you get? Hey presto, it's Moujya! Players control falling pairs of yen coins, in assorted denominations from 1 through 500. Making change by combining coins into the amount of a higher denominations combines the set of coins into one coin of the larger size, and combining two 500 yen coins makes them disappear. Efficient coin placement can lead to making large combos by letting transformed coins fall into place to make change for a higher denomination.This rendition of Moujya gives the original game a bright and colourful makeover and replaces the cast with cute cats. |
| Real Bout Fatal Fury | 1997-01-10 | SNK Corporation | SNK Corporation | Action | Side view | | Martial arts | Arcade, Fighting | | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | The fourth title of fighting Fatal Fury series. Now, you can destroy fight scene objects and the "Fatal Fury 2" fighters are back forming this list: Terry Bogard, Andy Bogard, Joe Higashi, Franco Bash, Mai Shiranui, Bob Wilson, Geese Howard, Billy Kane, Hon-Fu, Ryuji Yamazaki, Sokaku Mochizuki, Blue Mary, Kim Kaphwan, Jin Chonrei, Jin Chonshu and Duck King. |
| Command & Conquer | 1997-01-15 | Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc. | Westwood Studios, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | Real-time strategy | Africa, Europe, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | PS1 | The PlayStation port of Command & Conquer has the same gameplay and storyline as the DOS original, with an adapted sidebar similar to the one from the SEGA Saturn port. Exclusive to this version are six Special Operations missions (three for GDI, two for Nod, one hidden) which are different to the missions of the same name from the later Nintendo 64 port. Using a code, missions from The Covert Operations expansion pack for the DOS original are also accessible. |
| Cool Boarders | 1997-01-15 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | UEP Systems Inc. | Sports | Behind view | | | | | | Direct control | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | The first title in the long-running PlayStation snowboarding series.Imagine riding down the slopes, avoiding the trees and trying to hit the jumps. When you catch enough air, you grab your board, twist, and land a perfect trick. Choose from several different riders and 10 boards, and then hit one of the five courses. On each track you can earn three different trophies: one trophy is awarded for getting down the hill in the quickest time; catch big air to pull off big tricks to earn the highest trick point trophy; or win the final trophy by getting the highest total score, which is based on both time and trick points.If the competition seems a little rough, race against the ghost from your last run and find a smoother line down the mountain. |
| Master of Magic | 1997-01-17 | Asmik Ace Entertainment, Inc. | SimTex, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | 4X, Managerial / business simulation, RPG elements, Turn-based strategy | Fantasy | | Point and select | Turn-based | | | PS1 | The plot of Master of Magic is to become the dominant wizard on two 'planes' of existence, the normal Earth-like one and the fantasy based plane "Myrror". You can do this by destroying your competing wizards (up to 4 computer players) or by casting the Spell of Mastery.Game play is carried out in a 2D top down perspective. You move your armies around the board, fighting monsters to get treasure, and more importantly 'nodes'. Once you control a node you can summon a spirit to meld with the node and gain mana from it. You also must build up your cities so you can support and train your army. City management is very much like Civilization. You also must allocate your mana for use, or research. You must research to learn new spells. You can do battle with the enemy in a quasi-isometric perspective or you can have the game simulate the battles. The game ends when your home tower is destroyed; you banish all the other wizards (by destroying their home tower) or someone casts the Spell of Mastery. |
| Ray Tracers | 1997-01-17 | Taito Corporation | Taito Corporation | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Ray Tracers is an arcade racing game where you have crash into others cars to destroy them. It is a spiritual successor to Chase H.Q. with some differences like a nitro boost system, four cars to choose from and more variety in end bosses.You can choose Chase or Time Attack mode. Chase is arcade mode, where you have to go through several missions, ram into other traffic for extra points and fight end bosses. The bosses include high speed dual tanks, a helicopter and other military vehicles. In Time Attack mode you try to set the best lap time on one of four selectable courses, with or without a computer controlled rival.You can choose from 4 cars, Spanker (no joke), Buffalo, Lynx, Hawk. Each of the cars vary in attack power, top speed, acceleration and steering agility. |
| Shanghai: Great Moments | 1997-01-17 | Sun Corporation | Quicksilver Software, Inc. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Shanghai is a puzzle game using MahJongg tiles where you slide available matching tiles off the stack to reveal more tiles. Slide all 144 tiles off the board and you win the game.This game includes four versions of the classic Shanghai game: The Great Wall (Shanghai meets Tetris), Beijing (slide rows to make matches), Action Shanghai (clear tiles quickly before more appear), and Classic Shanghai (either regular or face down for an extra challenge). |
| The Note | 1997-01-17 | Team Bughouse | NK System Co., Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements, Survival horror | | | | | | | PS1 | Linda, Toshi and Dave, three members of an occult group of a senior high school end up missing while investigating a mansion in a town in southern Europe. Linda, one of the group sent her mother photos of spirits she captured inside the mansion before she disappeared.You are Akira, a freelance journalist. Linda's mother hired you and your assistant Angela to find the whereabouts of her daughter and the two other kids she was with.The Note is an action adventure survival horror title, you move around the levels in a first person view and can interact with almost everything in the rooms. Curtains can be opened, fireplaces can be lit (granted, if you have any wood) and items such as paintings can be examined for additional info.The game allows binding functions such as Check, Open or item-based functions such as Shotgun or Match to the shoulder-buttons, so you can use doors and weapons without going through the menu every single time.In the general fashion of survival horror games, you must lit torches or open curtains in order to access dark corners, ie. to use a key to a nearby door or to examine a painting closely. You must also conserve your ammunition since nightly creatures such as rats, bats, werewolves and zombies roam the levels.You can exit the levels and visit the city where you can buy and sell supplies, rest or save your game. These parts work much like menu based role playing games. |
| Carnage Heart | 1997-01-22 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Artdink Corporation | Strategy | Behind view | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | in 2073, giant companies are battling on the moons of Jupiter to extract their resources.
In this complex strategy game, you must design "OKE" (i.e. giant robots), choosing their hardware and also programming their software. In the battlefield, you don't control the robots. Instead, it's the program you wrote which makes the decisions. |
| Kyōfu Shinbun | 1997-01-24 | Yutaka | Atelier Double Co. Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery, Horror | | | | | | | | PS1 | In Kyōfu Shinbun, you play the game as a character who has begun to receive a subscription, well its thrown through the glass of your window, to a mysterious newspaper. This daily publication "Horror Newspaper" predicts disasters and deaths. A strange violent poltergeist, represented by an oddly elongated spectral face, follows you and seems to have a connection with the paper. You'll interact with a number of people mentioned in the paper and try to safely navigate the games story while trying to unravel the mystery of this "Horror Newspaper". |
| Princess Maker: Fairy Tales Come True | 1997-01-24 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | Ninelives | Role-playing (RPG), Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | The third main installment (and fourth game in all) in Gainax' Princess Maker simulation series. A young fairy wants to become a human princess. The fairy Queen first refuses to fulfill her wish, but the fairy becomes so upset that the Queen finally decides to make her reborn as a princess, and entrusts her future to you. You are the one responsible for what the little princess will become. You can give her a good education, let her study a lot, fight, develop her sense for arts, etc. The princess will go to school and make friends and rivals, and live her life to the full according to your plans. |
| Crypt Killer | 1997-02-01 | Konami of America, Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo Co., Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | | Horror | Arcade, Rail shooter, Shooter | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Crypt Killer is a horror-themed lightgun shooter. As a tireless adventurer, you are looking for the "Eyes of Guidance", ancient crystals of mysterious power. To find them, you have to shoot your way through hordes of monsters.The game has six stages which can be taken on in any order. Each stage consists of four acts. The levels range from dark forests to deep caves, ancient crypts and underwater labyrinths. You move through the 3D levels on a predetermined path and shoot at skeletons, zombies, spiders, demons and other foul beasts. Your standard weapon is a shotgun, but you can gain additional weapons like gatling guns and grenade throwers. Some enemies throw projectiles like knives or bones at you, so be sure to aim at those as well. If the screen becomes too crowded, clear it with a smartbomb.
At the end of some acts, you can choose from one of two paths through the next act, giving you different ways of completing a stage. At the end of each stage, a boss enemy awaits. |
| Professional Underground League of Pain | 1997-02-01 | Psygnosis, Inc. | Beyond Reality | Action, Sports | Diagonal-down, Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Kids to Adults | Cinematic camera | PS1 | Riot is a futuristic sports game. The court is a hall similar to a basketball field but the basket is in the middle. The goal is to throw a charged energy ball into the basket. It is charged in energy fields that are placed in the opponent's half. There are three areas which give a different amount of points. The team which has the most points when the game is over wins. Every team consists of six players which have different scores in condition, speed, power and accuracy. Occasionally appearing power ups give a boost to one ability. There are no rules against attacking the opponent's players. 23 camera angles, including top down and directly behind the used player, can be used during the game.There are three playing modes: Exhibition matches are a single game between two of the 16 teams. In the second mode, there is a playoff tournament where several player-controlled teams can participate. Only one team can be controlled in the league mode. |
| Rally Cross | 1997-02-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Sony Interactive Studios America | Racing / Driving, Sports | | | | | | Off-roading | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | A chaotic, and bouncy rally racing game. One of the aspects of this game that set it aside from other games at this time was the variety of the terrain. Not only is it off-road, but the course is filled with jumps, dips, hairpins, and off camber turns. Consequently, it is very common for the car to flip upside down. By pressing the shoulder buttons, the player can rock the car left or right. To get back on the tires, the user must time the rocking of the car to flip it back upright. Any of the course can be raced forwards or backwards, and there is a season mode as well as the single race mode. In order to increase the chaos, there is a suicide-mode where you race the course in the opposite direction of the other cars. Up to 4 players can play the game in split screen mode. Tracks include a tight Stadium course, an abandoned mine, jungle, and desert. One trick to increase performance is that the buttons that rock the car upright, can also be used to prevent flipping in tight corners. Mud, dirt, snow, and water are kicked up behind the car to add some graphical flair. The cars in the game are not licensed vehicles.
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| Whizz | 1997-02-01 | Konami UK Ltd. | Flair Software Ltd. | Action | | | | Platform | | | | | | Isometric | PS1 | Whizz is one of the few 3D platformers to use an isometric viewpoint. The controls reflect this, with moving the controller to the right actually moving the character down and right, moving it down and right moving the character down directly, and so on. Each level is played out against a time limit, and the paths through the level aren’t always clear-cut. There are four different types of doors, each of which needs a particular icon to pass (the icons represent the door type, such as ice or bricks, rather than hot water or a key, or anything you’d logically expect to clear the path). You can avoid the baddies, which may be the best option, as killing them costs you some energy –this reduces the significance of the points system. |
| Dragon Knight 4 | 1997-02-07 | Banpresto Co., Ltd. | Elf Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | Adult | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Dragon Knight 4 is a sequel to Knights of Xentar. Years have passed after Takeru (a.k.a. Desmond, the hero of the previous Dragon Knight games) defeated the ultimate evil. He married his sweetheart Luna, and they had a son named Kakeru. This fifteen-year-old boy has one weakness: he likes naked female elves. But soon he learns that the evil wizard Lushifon wants to turn all people into stones and control the whole world while nobody is able to stop him. Together with the mysterious swordsman Eto and many other heroes, Kakeru must perform his ultimate quest and defeat Lushifon and his minions.In this tactical role-playing game the player controls nine units in battles, assigned according to the class of the character who leads the unit. The opponents also form similar groups, and are also divided into classes. Each class has its own range, strengths, and weaknesses. There are many characters the players can recruit to the party, and they belong to different classes (barbarians, archers, magicians, etc.).The adult content (scenes which include nudity) has been removed from the console releases. The PlayStation version has updated graphics and CG animations. |
| The Yakutsu Noroi Game | 1997-02-07 | Idea Factory Co., Ltd. | Axes Art Amuse | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)To download content to the Memory Stick PRO Duo™ of your PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, the free space required is twice the size of the content to be downloaded.This software is playable for PLAYSTATION®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).To play this software on your PLAYSTATION®3 system, you must have at least 207MB of free space on your PLAYSTATION®3 system hard disk.To play this software on your PSP®, you must install the latest system software version and have a Memory Stick Duo™ with the free space stated above.For more detailed information about downloading to your PSP® system, please see URL below.http://asia.playstation.comWhen downloading using PC:When downloading contents to PSP®, you must install the PLAYSTATION®Network Downloader application first. Please go to our official website for installing instructions and other information. ■Game descriptionHigh school students, Misuzu and Shogo, who have been friends from early in their childhood, starts a part-time job at a game company. After awfully busy days, the game development is completed and the title that was produced was a game which the company president also had confidence. But a very unfavorable assessment comes from a game magazine publisher that reviews the game. Almost at the same time, the company president disappears. Then he meets a mysterious death. While passing each day with an indescribable sense of unease, Misuzu receives a phone call from the deceased. In an unconventional adventure in the manner of PlayStation® software "YAKU" a world with new fears is brought forth.■PS3™ HDD and Memory Stick Duo™ capacity requirement207MB■Copyright notices©1997 IDEA FACTORY■AttentionThis software is converted from the software for PlayStation® so that it can be played on PS3™ and PSP®. Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. |
| Harmful Park | 1997-02-14 | Sky Think Systems Co. Ltd. | Sky Think Systems Co. Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | A side-scrolling "cute'em up", Harmful Park puts you in the shoes of the two daughters of a well-meaning inventor that sends her daughters in weapon-loaded, flying hoverbikes to retake the "Heartful Park" which has been taken over by one of its creators and has turned all of its attractions into mechanical beasts.As mentioned, the game uses a cute graphic design with colorful 2D artwork, gameplay involves shooting your way past 6 stages themed as park attractions. You have at your disposal 4 different weapons selectable at any moment and which can be individually powered-up by collecting the right items. Additionally each weapon has its "super" attack which has a limited number of uses.Features 2-player cooperative gameplay in the main game as well as three different competitive mini-games, such as a Pong clone (with the bikes replacing the paddles) a racing game and a four-player tank combat game. |
| Sangokushi Koumeiden | 1997-02-14 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | China (Ancient / Imperial), Historical events | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | PS1 | Sangokushi Kōmeiden is the second installment in the Sangokushi Eiketsuden series.Unlike its predecessor, Sangokushi Kōmeiden relies heavily on the player's ability and success in each combat to determine how the game will conclude. The game tracks the player's overall record by monitoring the character's overall health and counting the number of times the player has resorted from battle and restarted a level, in addition to having decisions at the beginnings of most stages that affect troop placements for both sides, event triggers, and the items found in armories and granaries. Zhuge's health will be badly harmed if he takes too many rounds to reach a specific point in the tale, or if he restarts fights too many times, and if he becomes too weak, he will die before the final Battle of Wuzhang Plains takes place. If the player's skill level is high enough, Zhuge Liang will pretend to die, leading his adversary, Sima Yi, out into the open. After then, the game will go to the last chapter, which will feature a series of climactic conflicts against the kingdoms of Cao Wei and Sun Wu. |
| Doraemon 2: SOS! Otogi no Kuni | 1997-02-21 | Epoch Co., Ltd. | Pre-Stage Inc. | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Platform | | | | | | | PS1 | Doraemon has brought a giant television from the future for Nobita and his friends to watch, but when they turn it on to watch some famous fairy tales, they find that all the heroes have been captured by an evil demon! Using another device, Doraemon transforms each of his friends into one of the famous heroes, and they enter the storybook world to rescue the captured heroes.SOS! Otogi no Kuni ("SOS! Fairy Tale Kingdom") is a side-scrolling platform action game based on the popular children's cartoon Doraemon. Each stage is based on a famous fairy tale, with one of the children taking the role of the lead character to rescue the story's hero. For example, Nobita's stage casts him as Momotaro, while Shizuka's has her playing Little Red Riding Hood.There are five stages, with each one featuring a different playable character, that can be played in any order. Each stage is broken into multiple sections, and includes at least one boss battle. Once all five stages are cleared, a sixth stage opens up. |
| Jewel BEM Hunter Lime with Paint Maker | 1997-02-21 | Asmik Corporation | Silence | Adventure, Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Jewel BEM Hunter Lime with Paint Maker contains the following games:
Hōma Hunter Lime Dai-7 Wa ("Act 9")
Hōma Hunter Lime Dai-8 Wa ("Act 10")
A new episode ("Act 11") introducing a new character with a story relating to that of the protagonists Bass and Lime
This release features improved visuals, additional animations, slight interface modifications (icons instead of text commands), a built-in Paint Maker program, and a simple arcade mini-game where the player has to guide a character through a maze within time limit. |
| Ninja Jajamaru-kun: Onigiri Ninpōchō | 1997-02-21 | Jaleco Ltd. | GAME STUDIO Inc., Infinity Co., Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | Platform, Shooter | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Ninja Jajamaru-kun: Onigiri Ninpōchō is an instalment in the Ninja Jajamaru-kun series and the first to be realized in 3D. Players once again control Jajamaru-kun as he fights his way through a land inspired by Japanese mythology in order to rescue Princess Sakura, who is being held captive by the villainous Catfish Tayu. The game is played from a fixed behind-view perspective and Jajamaru-kun can move left, right, forwards and backwards through the 3D environment.As in previous games, Jajamaru-kun can jump onto platforms to navigate levels as well as throw shurikens to defeat enemies. He can also collect power ups and use a katana to dispatch enemies that get too close. Defeating enemies and collecting silver pieces awards points which add up to a total score. There is a time limit to each level and any seconds remaining in the timer when the level is completed are converted into points which are added to the player's score. |
| Azito | 1997-02-28 | Astec 21 | Astec 21 | Action, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | | | PS1 | In Azito, the player takes the role of chief commander of a new secret base. Weapons, in the form of Mechs are developed and used to defend the secret base from enemy attacks. The secret base must be protected in order to be completed. The player cannot attack enemy bases, but only intercept the enemy units. As the player chooses their attributes with the help of specialized staff, a variety of weapons can be developed, and the appearance of the base will change depending on what is being developed.It is possible to trade weapon designs with other players via memory card. |
| Derby Jockey R | 1997-02-28 | Asmik Corporation | Graphic Research Co., Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | | Real-time | | Cinematic camera | PS1 | Derby Jockey R is a horse racing simulation game. The player plays the part of a horse rider who belongs to a horse stable. In order to achieve better results in various races, the player need to choose a suitable horse for the race and give appropriate commands to the horse during the race. |
| Fushigi no Kuni no Angelique | 1997-02-28 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | Fantasy | | | | | | PS1 | This game is a variation on the Angelique story: an ordinary school girl named Angelique becomes involved in a struggle to become the Queen of Cosmos, for which it is necessary to befriend the handsome and powerful Guardians of the Elements. The game features the same world and graphics as Angelique Special, with a slightly different story: Angelique falls asleep outside near a tree, and dreams that she fell through a rabbit hole (in an Alice in Wonderland fashion) into the magical land where she encounters her eternal rival Rosalia.Unlike other Angelique games, Fushigi no Kuni no Angelique plays like a board game, with the kingdom divided into fields on which Angelique moves. There are no visible dice, but the amount of fields Angelique can walk on is determined randomly by clicking on the "move" button. Fields can either be empty, placed inside a location (like Angelique's own room), trigger events, conversations, etc. In some places it is possible to find items, which can then be used on another field to help Angelique advance more quickly, increasing her chances to become the queen. |
| Independence Day | 1997-02-28 | Fox Interactive, Inc. | Radical Entertainment Inc. | Action, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | This arcade game is based loosely on the 1996 blockbuster movie "Independence Day." Interspersed with cutscenes lifted from the film, the game consists of flying a jet through various missions in order to take down the gargantuan, city-destroying spaceships. This entails flying around the 3D level and taking out targets such as: communication uplinks, shield generators, the occasional alien fighter craft, and ultimately bringing down the major alien ship via a strike on its main cannon. Powerups are plentiful, such as medical packs that heal your jetcraft, bonus weapons, bonus planes, and an item that freezes enemy planes for a brief time.Mission settings include the Grand Canyon, Washington D.C., and New York City. There are other missions that are provided on a need-to-know basis (as stated in the manual). The game also features 2-player head-to-head action via a network or null modem link. |
| Kowloon's Gate | 1997-02-28 | Sony Music Entertainment (Japan), Inc. | Zeque | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Asia, Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | | | | | PS1 | Kowloon's Gate is an adventure game based on Taoism and other concepts from Chinese philosophy and religion. The story takes place in 1997, when the destroyed Kowloon Walled City suddenly reappears and threatens to bring about catastrophe by throwing yin and yang out of balance. The player character is a feng shui practitioner who has been tasked with identifying and correcting the spiritual disturbances that caused Kowloon to reemerge.Gameplay consists of exploring the city and its dungeons, gathering items to solve puzzles, and quelling restless spirits. The latter activity involves a battle system in which the player manipulates the five elements to defeat the spirit and restore balance to the immediate area. |
| Kowloon's Gate: Jiǔlóng Fēngshuǐ Zhuàn (Shokai Genteiban) | 1997-02-28 | Sony Music Entertainment (Japan), Inc. | | Adventure, Special edition | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This first print limited edition release includes:
Kowloon's Gate
Special bookletAs the game originated on the original PlayStation platform, for that platform this is the limited edition retail release which includes the bonus booklet. The base game without the special booklet has been available on PSN for PS3 and PSP platforms from 2010 to 2013, but later got re-released (this release version) on PSN which additional PS Vita support as well as included digital version of special booklet making it the same release as the original PSX first print limited edition release. After this release however, the regular PSN release for PSP and PS3 stopped being available, but for PlayStation Vita platform this was the first and only release of the game. |
| Las Vegas Dream 2 | 1997-02-28 | Imagineer Co., Ltd. | Dice Co., Ltd. | Gambling | 1st-person | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | With $1000 in your pocket, you enter a futuristic casino with the hope of becoming a high roller. At the casino, you have the option of trying your hand at slots, blackjack, craps, roulette, poker, or keno. The game also contains a practice mode for the games. You have eight days in total to become a VIP and win the game. Each game takes off a bit of time for each playthrough, and there is also an eight-hour sleep option.Despite only being released in Japan, the game contains English voice acting and FMVs. The FMVs set up encounters that can cause the player to either win or lose money by pawning off jewelry or asking for a favor. They can also simply drain the eight day clock via going shopping or viewing fireworks with the fellow casino goers. |
| Love Game's WaiWai Tennis | 1997-02-28 | Tears Ichikawa Software Co., Ltd. | Tears Ichikawa Software Co., Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | WaiWai Tennis is a tennis game using behind-the-player angled camera view. The game is authorized by JPTA (Japanese Tennis Association) and tried to be realistic even though characters may look less so. You can play as one of pre-selected male or female tennis players, or you can create your own character. Each character has his own ups and down, the game features dozens of moves and character skills which can become better through practice and playing matches and tournaments. Characters also have their preferred hand which will decide whether they'll hit a ball using a backend or forehand. The ball will not be automatically hit if you're in its vicinity, instead, you'll have to be well positioned to hit the ball and time your swing as well as the direction in which you wish to hit the tennis ball. Whether you catch and hit or miss the ball may also be affected by your skill level to perform a certain type of moves. |
| Nibiiro no Koubō: 32-nin no Senshachō | 1997-02-28 | Shangri-La | Shangri-La | Adventure, Strategy | 1st-person, Top-down | | War | Wargame | | Tank | Direct control, Menu structures | | | | PS1 | Nibiiro no Koubou: 32-nin no Senshachou is a tank-themed strategy game which takes place in 1929 in Eurodyell Republic. While the name of the country is fictional, it is set on a region that resembles Europe on a globe which is shaped to look like Earth. Furthermore, tanks featured in the game, which are several dozen, are all modeled on actual known World War II tanks such as Panther or Tiger II. The coup suddenly takes place in Eurodyell Republic and the player, whose name is entered before starting the campaign, finds himself as one of the tank commanders of an experimental tank model. The game consists of adventure element which mostly entail on-screen dialogues over pre-rendered backgrounds, and action strategy where player actually controls the tank from 1st-person and fires at the enemy tanks. During tank simulation mode, the screen can be switched to top-down overview which serves as a map and shows both allied and enemy tanks, while during controlling a tank the player moves the turret and fires at the enemy. The story is split into chapters and game progresses after destroying all enemy tanks on each map as the story unfolds. |
| Soul Blade | 1997-02-28 | Namco Hometek Inc. | Project Soul | Action | Side view | Regional differences | Martial arts | Arcade, Fighting | Fantasy | | Yoshihito Iwanaga | | Teen | 2D scrolling | PS1 | In the 16th century, a sword surfaces that is so powerful, so evil that warriors from all over the globe seek it out. It is Soul Edge, a demon blade. From America to Europe to Japan, these warriors fight each other for the chance to obtain it. Soul Blade is a 3D weapons fighting game that chronicles their story.A complete 3D fighting game that allows for side steps, Soul Blade has twelve colorful fighters (ten standard, two hidden, plus additional costumes for a few fighters), each with various weapons and styles. The first ten can be used in all the combat modes, while the hidden two can only be used in versus and arcade mode.Namco enhanced the arcade version (called Soul Edge) by adding a well done CGI intro, plus a story mode to the addition of the traditional team, survival, and time attack modes. The story mode goes into greater detail about each character, and is presented in an ancient book format. The story mode also allows you to unlock more of each characters' extra weapons. These weapons, which vary in lengths, stats, and durability, add to the options available players in the versus mode.Soul Blade's sequel is SoulCalibur, both in the arcades and for the Sega Dreamcast. |
| Umihara Kawase: Shun | 1997-02-28 | Xing Entertainment | Jackpot, Japan Clary Business | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | PS1 | In this slightly out of the ordinary platformer you play as a girl equipped with a fishing (and grappling) hook and a backpack, who has to maneuver her way through an aquatic world and fight off the mutated sea creatures within it.In a somewhat similar manner to Bionic Commando the player has to use a lot of planning and his grappling hook to get around the stages in a successful way. There are no power ups in the game, so skill is of the essence. |
| Ballblazer Champions | 1997-03-01 | LucasArts | Factor 5 GmbH | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | An updated version of the 1985 classic Ballblazer. The basic rules have stayed the same: two players in rotofoils compete to put the plasmorb into the enemy's goal. But the new version adds numerous power-ups including weapons into the game, so you can blast the enemy out of the way.Choosing one of 8 different characters, each with a unique rotofoil, you compete in the Interstellar Ballblazer Championship to attain the title of Master Blazer. After a won game, you can upgrade your rotofoil with new equipment.In addition to the tournament mode, there is also a practice option and a split-screen multiplayer mode. |
| MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat | 1997-03-01 | Activision, Inc. | Quantum Factory, Inc | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | War | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot, Vehicular combat | Direct control | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | You are the genetically engineered Clan Mechwarrior. The Clans are invading the Inner Sphere. Join either the Wolf Clan or the Jade Falcon Clan as they pursue their own agenda against the Inner Sphere and other Clans. Take your advanced Omnimechs into battle against all comers. Win high warrior ratings (by using less mechs or smaller mechs than needed, completing secondary objectives, etc.) and you'll get chance at a promotion trial where you face superior odds in an arena. If you win, you advance in rank. If you are very successful, you can make it all the way up to Khan, leader of the Clan.Mechwarrior II was developed in-house by Activision as the successor to their original Mechwarrior. While this time there are no dynamic campaign and mercenary actions, the Clan culture is integrated into the two campaigns. Different clans have different mechs and different rules, even different weapons. You can customize your mechs in order to use less than the "par" force in order to get a higher rating. The game features full 3D environments. The addition of NetMech allowed users to fight each other online. When 3D cards came along, special versions of the game were created to take advantage of 3D texturing. |
| Mega Man 8: Anniversary Edition | 1997-03-01 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | The Blue Bomber returns! The evil Dr. Wily discovers the remains of a strange robot that evidently came from space, and discovers a source of unbelieveablely powerful energy that could allow him to control the world with an army of unstoppable Robot Masters!It's up to Mega Man to stop Wily once again! Now joined by a new ally, Duo, Mega Man takes off on his greatest mission yet! |
| Micro Machines V3 | 1997-03-01 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Action, Racing / Driving | Top-down | Licensed | | Arcade | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Micro Machines are now able to explore the third dimension. Gameplay still stays the same, but the whole new graphics now look more realistic. Also a lot of new multiplayer options were added. |
| NCAA Basketball Final Four '97 | 1997-03-01 | Mindscape, Inc. | High Voltage Software, Inc. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Shoot and block your way through a full college season working your way up to the final four. Comes with replicas (the NCAA didn't allow real players to be used in this game) of 64 major college basketball teams. There are basic coaching options that can be used, a few plays to cover the basics but nothing too detailed. |
| Powerslave | 1997-03-01 | Playmates Interactive Entertainment, Inc. | Lobotomy Software, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Metroidvania, Shooter | Africa, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | | PS1 | In this First person shooter, you're an armed forces specialist sent to investigate strange happenings at the ancient Egyptian city of Karnak. Soon you learn that alien invaders with a penchant for mummifying humans alive have taken over the place.
You have to fight your way through increasingly difficult levels with an unbelievable cast in order to finish it.
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| Big Challenge Golf: Tokyo Yomiuri County Club Hen | 1997-03-14 | Vap Inc. | | Sports | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | Direct control, Menu structures | | | | PS1 | Big Challenge Golf is a golf true to its name, adding a whole new level of gameplay which increases authenticity as much as difficulty. This golf games tries to faithfully reproduce the Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club. The gameplay is done entirely in 1st-person perspective where before swinging at the ball the player can choose the stance, position the golfer, rotate and move the club, selecting the power with which to swing, face the direction in which to strike the ball, and perform the action. Depending on the setup the ball may be hit or missed. The game uses 3D graphics and lets the player explore the golf field by literally walking around it with a player in first person perspective, rather than depending on aerial camera to check the hole. There are typical gameplay modes such as tournament and quick play to start with randomly generated golfer without pressure of competition. Aside from the actual game, player can create his own golfer, check the rules of the game and see various info on the actual Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club. |
| NBA ShootOut '97 | 1997-03-14 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Team SOHO | Sports | Side view | Licensed | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | One of the first few games to be developed by SCEE's internal studio, this official basketball simulation is endorsed by the NBA, and features all of the teams from the '97 season. The game features real player likenesses, names and stats. There is also the facility to create customised players.The usual range of Season play, Tournaments and Exhibition modes can be found. A host of tactical options can be set-up, and 'special moves' are there to discover. The game supports multiplayer modes of up to 8 players. |
| Refrain Love: Anata ni Aitai | 1997-03-14 | Riverhillsoft Inc. | Riverhillsoft Inc. | Adventure, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Refrain Love is a dating simulation adventure game and a story of seven men and women, including the player. The protagonist is a male college student (character's name is not pre-defined, but entered by the player) who made a vow with couple of his friends, Tetsuya Yamo, Kousuke Satou, and Taizou Sakaki, to find a woman by next Christmas. One day, you meet a girl that looks like a dead ringer of the mysterious woman that's been plaguing your dreams recently. Chance, fate, or just dumb luck, it makes you feel like you just might have a chance to make your wish come true.The game's story follows the events in the year and ends on the Christmas Eve, hopefully with the girl of your dreams right by your side. Two main gameplay modes in the game are simulation and adventure mode. Adventure mode is similar to visual novels but with much more choices to select during conversations with your buddies or the girl you're on a date with. Additionally, you can use the city map to visit various different locations. The simulation mode consists of part-time job where you get to earn some money, spending time alone with a hobby of your choice, playing with your friends, or taking a girl to a date. The obvious girl of your choice features Tomomi Sakura, the girl from your campus, Ran Yuuki, your childhood friend, and Shouko Takamiya, a working woman. |
| Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss | 1997-03-14 | Electronic Arts Victor | Blue Sky Productions | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | After having brought peace to Britannia during his previous journey there, the Avatar returns to our world. However, he is haunted by ghostly dreams that warn him of great danger in Britannia. The Avatar decides to travel there once again. Upon his arrival, he witnesses the kidnapping of Baron Almric's daughter. Found guilty of the crime, the Avatar is thrown into the Great Stygian Abyss with the choice of either finding the girl or rotting in the dungeon. On his journey, he will have to get along with the many inhabitants of the dungeon, who are survivors of a failed colony, and eventually find out that there's much more to this kidnapping than meets the eye.Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss is commonly considered the first role-playing game with fluid first-person movement in a real 3D environment. Unlike earlier first-person RPGs such as Dungeon Master or Eye of the Beholder, the player can move in every direction and the graphics are updated continually. The player is also able to look up and down with the press of a key, jump, and swim. The dungeon is not made entirely of corridors and rooms arranged in a rectangular fashion but has a lot of variety: slopes, stairs, bridges, underground rivers, and more.The game's combat system is action-oriented. The player has to draw his weapon, aim at his opponent, and hold the cursor over the game screen to inflict damage; the longer the player holds it, the stronger is the attack. Some weapons have different types of attacks, depending on where the cursor is held: for example, jabs are executed when the cursor is near the bottom of the screen, while slashes are performed with the cursor in the middle.At the beginning of the game, the player chooses the gender, the class, and the initial skills for the Avatar. Skills include various weapon proficiencies, lockpicking, bartering, and others. They can be increased by reciting mantras at special shrines after having accumulated a sufficient amount of experience points. Leveling up also increases the Avatar's hit points and mana. The magic system is based on runes that can be found in the Abyss. If combined in the right order, they produce a magical effect. As the Abyss is populated by more than just monsters, there are various conversations the Avatar can conduct with non-playable characters. The player can also make choices regarding the Avatar's behavior towards these characters. Game progression is largely non-linear: the player is able to explore most of the Abyss in any order, though several specific tasks must be accomplished in order to complete the story. An auto-map displays all the locations the player has explored previously, and also allows the player to make notes on it. |
| Mega Man Battle & Chase | 1997-03-20 | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | PS1 | It's robot mayhem at the Battle & Chase tournament! Dr. Wily is trying to take over the tournament with his army of Robot Masters, and now Mega Man has to enter to try and save the races! Choose your racer and head out on the tracks, and if you win, you'll get to steal parts off your opponent's cars, and eventually, you'll race against the mad Dr. Wily himself!This game was only released in Japan and Europe. A U.S version can be played via Mega Man X Collection. |
| Breeding Stud: Bokujō de Aimashō | 1997-03-27 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo Co., Ltd. | Simulation, Sports | | | | Managerial / business simulation | Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Breeding Stud: Bokujō de Aimashō (literally translated as "Breeding Stud: Let's Meet at the Pasture") is a racehorse breeding simulation game. As the owner of a racehorse breeding pasture, players need to breed or purchase foals, then send them to other pastures for training and racing. |
| Tokimeki Memorial Selection: Fujisaki Shiori | 1997-03-27 | Konami Computer Entertainment Japan Co., Ltd. | Konami Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | | | | | | Buy at Buy at | PS1 | This is a spin-off from the main Tokimeki Memorial game series with main focus on Shiori Fujisaki, the main heroine from the original Tokimeki Memorial game.Gameplay-wise, the game contains four really shot date visual novels, one for each season (spring, summer, fall and winter) and a rock-paper-scissors mini-game you can play with Shiori. The mini-game rules are like this: the one who wins the rock-paper-scissors game points toward left or right and the one that lost has to look in the right direction or losses a point. The winner is the one who first gets three points. The game features full voice-acting for Shiori whenever she is talking on the screen, whether in visual novels, mini-game or various extras.Extras consist of two music video which use animated Shiori incorporated on the live animated backdrops. Videos mostly show sea and nature, as well as some rural and known Japanese cities such as Yokohama. The portrait collection contains over a dozen of scrollable portraits of Shiori in various different outfits and locations. The voice collection includes various words and sentences you can hear Shiori say upon selection. Shiori's mini-character is walking around the screen and stops to say to selected word or a sentence. |
| Vandal Hearts | 1997-03-27 | Konami of America, Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Tactical RPG | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | Mature | | PS1 | Vandal Hearts is a turn-based strategy RPG. It follows a fixed plot-line with set battles, focusing more on strategic elements than adventure elements. The combat takes place in a series of 3D grid based maps and each character in the party has a certain amount of movements they can perform each turn. As the game progresses, other characters join and leave the party and as they increase in level they can progress along different paths of development. Between each battle there is a cut scene that develops the plot using the same 3D engine as the combat (and often the same areas).In between battles you have the opportunity to talk to people in cities as well as purchase different equipment for the up coming battles. |
| Saber Marionette J: Battle Sabers | 1997-03-28 | Bandai Visual Co., Ltd. | Tom Create Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Fighting | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Developed by | PS1 | Saber Marionette J: Battle Sabers is a one-on-one fighting game featuring the android characters from the anime with the same name. You get to pick from any of the 7 characters available to duke it out with your opponent in either CPU mode (1 player) or VS mode (2 players).Before each battle you get to pick two special abilities, which all do different things. These are: Spark Punches, Fire Punches, Big hands, High Jump, Float, Big feet, Spark Kicks, Fire Kicks and they all make your character look different and they affect the way you fight in the game. |
| Saber Marionette J: Battle Sabers (Doki Doki Otomebako) | 1997-03-28 | Bandai Visual Co., Ltd. | Tom Create Co., Ltd. | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | Developed by | PS1 | This is a limited edition package of Saber Marionette J: Battle Sabers which includes the game and a few bonus items:
A set of 3 small plastic figurines (representing Lime, Bloodberry, and Cherry)
A set of 20 cards featuring illustrations and CG of the characters. |
| The Conveni! | 1997-03-28 | Human Entertainment, Inc. | Access co., ltd., Masterpiece Co., Ltd. | Simulation | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)To download content to the Memory Stick PRO Duo™ of your PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, the free space required is twice the size of the content to be downloaded.This software is playable for PLAYSTATION®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).To play this software on your PLAYSTATION®3 system, you must have at least 20MB of free space on your PLAYSTATION®3 system hard disk.To play this software on your PSP®, you must install the latest system software version and have a Memory Stick Duo™ with the free space stated above.For more detailed information about downloading to your PSP® system, please see URL below.http://asia.playstation.comWhen downloading using PC:When downloading contents to PSP®, you must install the PLAYSTATION®Network Downloader application first. Please go to our official website for installing instructions and other information. ■Game descriptionBecome the owner of a convenience store franchise, and experience the fun of arranging products and customizing your store to meet land features and seasons!Can you bring in lots of customers?Can you succeed in opening up ten stores?Can you serve a million customers?...A store owner faces so many challenges!Experience the first installment of the hit convenience store management simulation!■PS3™ HDD and Memory Stick™ capacity requirement20MB■Copyright notices©1996 Masterpiece.,LTD.©2000 HAMSTER Co.■AttentionThis software is converted from the software for PlayStation® so that it can be played on PS3™ and PSP®. Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. |
| Need for Speed II | 1997-03-31 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | EA Seattle, Electronic Arts Canada | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | Oceania | Automobile, Street racing | Direct control | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | In Need For Speed II the player takes control of eight Super Cars and races his or her way through six different tracks from Australia to Nepal. Much like the first in the series, the sequel has plenty of high performance cars to choose from, including the McLaren F1, Ferrari F50, Lotus GT1, Jaguar XJ220, Ford GT90, Isdera Commendatore 112i, Italdesign Cala and Lotus Esprit V8, each handling differently.Once the player has beaten the six tracks, a new track is made available. It's a fast paced racing game which is intended to play more like an arcade racer than a true simulation, though the player can select which driving style suits him or her best: arcade or simulation. There are three game modes: single race, tournament (in which the player must get the highest score in order to win) and knock out (in which the player has to outrun at least one car at the end of each track to avoid elimination). Car settings such as gear ratio, downforce, break bias and color can be customized. The opponents' skill can also be chosen, as well as the presence of civilian traffic in the tracks. The game offers four options of camera views: heli-cam, tail-cam, in-car and road cam. A replay mode with eight cinematic cameras is also available.The main difference between this and the previous Need for Speed game is in the tracks, with less open road tracks in this sequel. Also, there are no cops to chase the player. However, the tracks available are have a range of detail, and some have changing weather conditions while the player races. |
| Buster Bros. Collection | 1997-04-01 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Mitchell Corporation | Action, Compilation | Side view | | | Puzzle elements, Shooter | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | A collection of 3 classic Buster Bros. games:
Buster Bros.
Super Buster Bros.
Buster Buddies
Each game plays virtually the same- these are action-puzzle hybrids (akin to Bubble Bobble); maneuver your character along the bottom of the screen and fire your rope gun; your rope causes the bad evil bubbles to break into smaller bubbles until they finally are defeated (much like the asteroids in Asteroids). BBros and SBB both involve your world being attacked by the Bubble King (the funny synopsis of BBros in the instructions notes "One day for no particular reason the Bubble King began a siege on Earth's cities with multi-sized breakable bubbles"- Idi Amin he ain't.), while BBuddies involves precious art being guarded by bubbles- in a rare turn of events, you play as the thief looking to steal the art! |
| Grand Slam | 1997-04-01 | Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc. | Burst | Sports | | Licensed | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Grand Slam Baseball was an innovative, albeit relatively low-key release from Virgin Interactive Entertainment in 1997.Not known for sports games, VIE released Grand Slam for Windows, Sony Playstation and Sega Saturn as the second title in its attempt to establish a mainstream sports line. The first title in the short-lived line was Power Play Hockey in 1996. The sports line would last only one more title after Grand Slam's release, that being the sequel to the hockey game, also released in 1997.Grand Slam was one of the early adopters of 3D accelerator card technology and also offered full 3D play in software alone. The Playstation and Saturn versions were 3D by default.Grand Slam introduced a few play mechanics to video game baseball that would later prove to be fixtures in the genre. The most notable in this area was the introduction of a meter for pitching, used to control the velocity and accuracy of pitches, similar to the familiar swing meter in popular golf games. This meter was later borrowed and made popular by titles such as EA's MVP Baseball. On the batting side of things, a similar metered approach was used. This was inspired by older arcade baseball games that allowed the player to load up a swing's power with a control stick before releasing it as the pitch came in.Other highlights amongst Grand Slam's feature set included:- A trade AI engine that would examine the needs of a team and decide if a proposed trade was in its best interest.- Catcher AI and pitch signals, helping a player learn how to pitch to each batter's strengths and weaknesses.- Attention to details and baseball flavor, such as players that would blow bubble gum bubbles during an at bat, light- hearted commentary, an All Star Break during season play (complete with a working voting ballot), and an in-game JumboTron scoreboard that would show animations after home runs. |
| BRAHMA Force: The Assault on Beltlogger 9 | 1997-04-09 | Jaleco USA, Inc. | Genki Co., Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | A mech-based FPS; pilot your Bipedal Robotic Assault Heavy Mechanized Armor (built by Bronx Industries, of course) through the Beltlogger 9 excavation colony......discover what happened to the Beltlogger 9 colony- it may be related to the events on Probe Ship Mina 3, wherein a lone person apparently under the control of an outside intelligence slaughtered his shipmates. |
| Angelique Special 2 | 1997-04-11 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Adventure, Strategy | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | PS1 | Following the events of the first Angelique game, Angelique Limoges has become the queen of Cosmos, and her former rival Rosalie - her aid. Now a whole new Cosmos has appeared, and it's time to choose a new queen for it. The candidates this time are Angelique Collet (the protagonist of the game) and Rachel Hart.The gameplay system remains largely unchanged in this sequel. Once again, Angelique has to use diplomacy to make the Nine Guardians lend her their powers (making the inhabitants of her land happy), or develop stronger feelings for her. New in this sequel is the ability to work with three different instructors, developing mind, sense, or dignity of the heroine, which will influence the way she interacts with other characters and also affect the behavior of the Guardians. |
| Raiden DX | 1997-04-11 | Nihon System Inc. | Seibu Kaihatsu Inc. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Raiden DX is an arcade shoot'em up. The game features similar vertically scrolling shooter gameplay as in its predecessors Raiden and Raiden II. The player controls a jet fighter and blasts his way through various stages which are divided into levels.When destroying buildings and enemies the player can collect power-ups to gain better weapons, bombs, missiles and score extra points. There are three stages, Practice, Novice and Expert. Practice features one level only. Novice features 5 levels and Expert features 8 levels, including remixed versions of the Novice and Practice levels. At the end of each level the player has to defeat a level boss. |
| FEDA 2: White Surge the Platoon | 1997-04-18 | Yanoman Corporation | Max Entertainment | Strategy | Top-down | | | Tactical RPG | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Taking place after the end of the first game, FEDA 2 follows returning character Tom Woodland and new protagonist Harvey Winston. A civil war has broken out between the western and eastern regions, with players being thrust into the conflict. Although this game largely follows the tactical RPG mold of the previous one, the exploration portions have been removed with a greater focus on the tactical battles. The alignment system has also been removed, simplifying players' relationships with other characters. |
| MaxRacer | 1997-04-18 | PD, Inc. | Avion Corp., PD, Inc. | Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | MaxRacer is a futuristic racing game similar to Wipeout. There are three courses and five different racers, each with their own abilities. The game runs on an arcade-style checkpoint system, ending the race if you don't reach each checkpoint quickly enough, and also gives each racer a shield meter to discourage hitting the walls. The game is only one-player, but best times can be saved with a memory card. |
| Velldeselba Senki: Tsubasa no Kunshō | 1997-04-18 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | TENKY Co. Ltd. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view, Diagonal-down | | | | | Flight / aviation | | Real-time | | | PS1 | The planet Velldeselba has long been in a state of turmoil, with fighting continuing between the Kingdom of Gidan, the Munogi Federation, and the independent state of Noipask. Misaki, a young space pilot, had to make an emergency crash landing on Velldeselba, and washed up on the shore of Noipask. Sensing his potential, he was quickly recruited to join the Noipask army and help the country in their struggle to remain independent.Velldeselba Senki is a combination of a traditional Japanese-style RPG and an arcade-style flight sim. Story events, as well as on-foot exploration and equipment setup, take place in a 2D overhead view, while battles take place as full-3D flight sequences. It is necessary to purchase upgrades and repairs outside of battle, and it is also possible to recruit additional crew members and obtain multiple distinct types of ships, each with their own abilities and weapon systems. |
| Carom Shot | 1997-04-25 | Argent | Argent | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Carom Shot is a 3D billiards game with four different gameplay modes; story mode, pocket game, carom game, and speed. Story mode uses visual-novel style for dialogues between characters and the story is set in stages. In order to finish each stage you need to win several times and reach necessary amount of money to proceed further. Pocket game is 1 or 2 player game where player gets to select one of the nine available character (three of which are locked at the beginning) and one of the three game types; NineBall, Rotation, or EightBall. Carom game additionally lets the player set the number of lost points for a handicap, and game types available change to FourBall, ThreeBall, and 3-Cushion. Finally, in the Speed mode your only opponent is the time you try to beat by quickly finishing all the tasks presented. |
| Dakar '97 | 1997-04-25 | Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Japan), Inc. | Elcom Co., Ltd. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | Africa | Automobile, Off-roading | | | | | PS1 | Dakar '97 is a rally game with obvious focus on Paris-Dakar racing. Being developed in co-operation with Mitsubishi Motors, the game lets player drive some of the authentic cars from Dakar race. The game offers both Rally mode where you go through a set of courses with a selected vehicle, and Test Run mode where you train a specific track in a selected racing vehicle.There are only four available racing cars, which include:
Mitsubishi Pajero Prototype
Mitsubishi Pajero
Mitsubishi RVR Prototype
Isuzu Bighorn
There are six different courses in total which vary from racing on the mountain roads and savannah to beaches and raw desert with only checkpoints to guide your way. Gameplay customization is pretty basic and only lets you choose between manual and automatic transmission, and actual racing can be done in either back-camera view or first person hood camera. |
| Fighters' Impact | 1997-04-25 | Taito Corporation | Polygon Magic, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Fighting | | | | | | | PS1 | Fighters' Impact is 3D fighting game. The player can choose 1 from 8 playable characters (the game has a couple of bosses too) and fights against the others. Game has special combo system (players can come up with their own combos), and characters have a special sub-styles of fighting. The game uses 3 buttons: for punch, kick and evade. Rules are simple - the player must beat the opponent in 2 rounds. (The game has a small arcade-only update, named Fighters' Impact A.) |
| Gamera 2000 | 1997-04-25 | Datei Digital Entertainment | Surveyor Corp. | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | Alien monsters and other gigantic nightmares threaten earth. Fortunately for us a special force has been assigned to deal with them which includes the mighty Gamera as an ally.The game puts you in the shoes of Jack, the star pilot behind the jet fighter designed to take out these nasties. Together with Dr. Mikanuki you take to the skies as swarms of monsters attack you mercilessly through several stages.Gameplay-wise Gamera 2000 plays like Panzer Dragoon, as you don't have direct control of your jet, but instead try to aim at the incoming monsters from all directions and shoot them down while the jet follows a pre-set path. Facing bosses requires you to target specific weak points while your fighter circles around and at all times you can call Gamera to aid you by instructing it to shoot its homing attacks, as well as a charged attack that clears all enemies on screen.Some stages switch the action to ground level, as you pilot a futuristic bike, but the gameplay remains the same. Features polygonal graphics and live action FMV sequences that advance the plot between each stage. |
| Hi・Hou・Ou: Mou Omae Tobakuchi Kikan!! | 1997-04-25 | Sonnet Computer Entertainment | Sonnet Computer Entertainment | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)"Hi・Hou・Ou" is a sugoroku board game in which players become treasure hunters to go on a hunt for treasure. About 500 actual and fictional hidden treasures are available!Instead of the order of crossing the finish line, you compete to be the one who possess the largest amount of money at the end of this treasure hunt . Enjoy!This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：18MBCopyright：© LAYUP / ©2011 HAMSTER Co.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| PAL: Shinken Densetsu | 1997-04-25 | Toei Video Co.,Ltd., Tohokushinsha Film Corp. | Fill in Café Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | One rainy day, a shy young girl named Kaoru was walking home from school. Near her house, she found a puppy abandoned in a box. She rescued the puppy, naming him "Pal", and cared for him dearly. However, not long after, the prophet Nostradamus, having waited hundreds of years searching for the one who will finally make his predictions come true, has finally found the one he's been seeking.It just so happens that this person is none other than Pal's owner, Kaoru. Nostradamus sends his servants, who kidnap Kaoru, leaving Pal all alone. The Seven Gods of Luck, taking pity on Pal, grant him a rare gift: a Fruit of Evolution. Eating it, Pal transforms into a human. Together with Kaoru's boyfriend Yukito and two lesser gods who work for the Seven Gods of Luck, Pal sets out to rescue Kaoru and stop Nostradamus!PAL is in most ways a traditional Japanese-style role-playing game. The player orders each character in battle, choosing attacks, items, and techniques. Equipment upgrades are represented as scrolls, and techniques can be upgraded as they are used. Kaoru's boyfriend, Yukito is also an excellent cook and can learn a wide variety of recipes to create recovery and assist items for use in and out of battle. |
| Running High | 1997-04-25 | System Sacom | System Sacom | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Tadataka Hirosawa, Takeshi Sakurai | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | In the distant future of the year 2001, the mind-machine interface has become a reality and the ability to control machines through the power of thought is now possible. Many types of machines were created using this technology, including powered suits called "component muscle" that give the wearer incredible running speed. However, because of misuse of this technology, it was outlawed for general use and is now reserved only for military purposes...and for a famous sports tournament called Running High.Running High is a high-speed futuristic foot-race game for one player. There are six racers to choose from, and three tracks (with a fourth unlocked after clearing the first three). Each racer has different abilities, and all of them will play dirty in trying to be the first to the finish. You can attack the other racers with punches, knock them down, and vault over them. |
| Shutokō Battle R | 1997-04-25 | Genki Co., Ltd. | Genki Co., Ltd. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Street racing | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Shutokō Battle R is the third installment in the Shutokō Battle series for the PlayStation. This time, however, the action is not limited to Tokyo - it has spread to the Osaka metropolitan area. There are three game modes to choose from:
Scenario: Try to beat the clock as well as your competitors to the finish line. The points you earn can be used to upgrade your car in the machine shop.
Practice: You can practice driving before you try it on the real thing.
Link Race: Connect another PlayStation and play against another player.
The more opponents you defeat, the quicker you will be able to meet the challenge of professional driver and street legend Keiichi Tsuchiya. |
| Tobal 2 | 1997-04-25 | Square Co., Ltd. | Dream Factory Co., Ltd. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Fighting | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | Tobal 2 is a sequel to Tobal Nr. 1. Like its predecessor, it is a fighting game with an additional Quest Mode, which has been expanded and added new features in this sequel.The basic fighting gameplay is the same as in the first game, utilizing free movement in a 3D environment (provided the player character is facing the opponent) with high, medium, and low punches and kicks, as well as the trademark grappling and throwing moves. An unblockable fireball attack has been added in this installment.The Quest Mode has undergone a significant expansion, including role-playing elements. In addition to the dungeons featured in the first game, the sequel adds an explorable town, where the main character can eat, rest, and buy supplies. An experience system has also been added. Consuming food and potions will have an effect on the character's attack and defense power. Individual attacks and body parts can be increased in strength as well.Also new in the Quest Mode is the ability to capture encountered monsters and then use them as playable characters in the Vs. mode. The amount of playable characters in this fighting game can be therefore as high as two hundred. |
| Rush Hour | 1997-04-30 | Psygnosis Limited | Clockwork Games Limited | Racing / Driving | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Rush Hour is a racing game in the style of Ignition. The landscape as well the cars are in 3D, but the perspective is top down. There are no weapons in this game, just racing. You can drive 16 different sport cars and choose from 8 different tracks. |
| Sentient | 1997-04-30 | Psygnosis Limited | Psygnosis Limited | Adventure, Strategy | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | You are sent to investigate an outbreak of radiation sickness aboard the space station Icarus, but once aboard, you realize your primary objective is the least of your worries. The captain has been murdered, an assassin threatens a visiting senior Senator, and a power struggle arises as the station careens toward the sun. Save yourself, or save the ship?Sentient's main feature is the artificial intelligence controlling multiple individual crew members aboard the station, each with their own assignments and behaviors. You interact with the AI characters through an elaborate parser interface, which allows you to ask them everything from the location of a vital piece of equipment, to their opinion of another member of the crew. To succeed, you must take advantage of the crew's help through this social system. |
| Wild Arms | 1997-04-30 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Media.Vision Entertainment Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Rudy is a fifteen-year-old orphan who discovers that he has been endowed with the ability of using powerful forbidden weapons called ARMs (Ancient Relic Machines); forced to use an ARMs technique when fighting a demon, he is cast out of his home village. Jack is a treasure hunter who is seeking for an ancient device that would help him to deal with his troubled past. Cecilia is a young princess who has been studying magic at an abbey; on her seventeenth birthday, she is contacted by a mysterious voice who tells her that she can serve as a medium between the worlds of humans and spirits. The paths of these three heroes converge, and they team up to embark on a long journey, eager to understand their roles in a grand scheme of events that go back a thousand years into the past.Wild Arms is a Japanese-style role-playing game set in Filgaia, a fictional world that has elements of American Old West setting and medieval fantasy. The game's prologue consists of three chapters, each dedicated to one of its three main characters; afterwards, the player controls them as a party. Like most representatives of the genre, the game features turn-based battles against randomly appearing regular enemies and bosses. Besides attacking physically, the characters possess unique abilities - ARMs for Rudy, sword techniques for Jack, and magic for Cecilia. Characters can also equip special accessories (runes), which conjure powerful creatures known as the Guardians during battles, to attack enemies or assist the party by casting supportive spells.The game has a stronger inclination towards puzzle-solving than most other Japanese RPG. Each of the three playable characters possesses a set of non-combat abilities called "Tools"; for example, Rudy starts with an ability to blow up obstacles, Jack can send his talking mouse Hanpan to manipulate objects out of his reach, and Cecilia can rewind time to ensure another attempt at solving a puzzle. The game's dungeons contain puzzles, many of which must be solved by using these abilities. During the course of the game, the three heroes will gradually learn additional Tools.Various mini-games are also available. Characters and backgrounds in the game are done with 2D graphics during exploration; conversely, battles utilize a fully 3D environment with cinematic camera angles. |
| Descent Maximum | 1997-05-01 | Interplay Productions, Inc. | Parallax Software Corp. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | Teen | | PS1 | Descent Maximum took the best parts of the original Descent and Descent II for the PC and adapted them to the Playstation game console.In Descent the player takes control of the "Material Defender" a pilot sent into a series of interstellar mines to rid them of the crazed robots that have taken over them. The player has total 360-degree movement of the ship to navigate through the twisting mines and is equipped with over 20 specialized weapons.Descent Maximum was the second and final Descent game available for the Playstation game console. Initially, the game was to be a direct port of Descent II to the Playstation, however at the time Sony were rejecting PC ports of games to the PS in the US, so the game was retooled, renamed and all the previous levels were scrapped in favor of 36 (!) new Playstation exclusive levels. It was still released as "Descent 2" for the Playstation in foreign markets. |
| Gundam 0079: The War for Earth | 1997-05-02 | Bandai Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. | Presto Studios, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | Mecha / giant robot | | | | | PS1 | A simple puzzle oriented game based upon the popular Gundam robot warrior series. Game has several FMV shots of fighting robots and live actors superimposed over bluescreens. You have a set of choices that are presented during each scene. The choice you make decides if you progress through the game or not. |
| The Unsolved | 1997-05-02 | Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Japan), Inc. | Japan Media Programming Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | | | | | | | | PS1 | The Unsolved is an adventure game in style of The X Files that uses real-actors and real photo backdrops. The player assumes a role of a police detective who is trying to solve the series of murders in downtown Los Angeles, where all the victims are women. All the victims seem to be missing organs and depleted of their blood, and modus operandi of the perpetrator is unknown. Police is tapping in the dark, and the closer you get to the truth, the story mixes science fiction and supernatural, much like The X Files.While actors use English, this game is not released outside of Japan, and subtitles as well as any other in-game text are in Japanese. |
| Asuka 120% Excellent: BURNING Fest. | 1997-05-09 | Family Soft Co., Ltd. | Fill in Café Co., Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | Martial arts | Fighting | | | | | | | PS1 | Another year, another martial arts tournament at Ryōran Private Girl's Academy, and once again, the best students from each club gather for a fighting tournament. All ten characters from Asuka 120% Special return in this update, along with the previously secret character Shinobu.The actual fighting remains relatively unchanged from last year's release, but the story mode is now deeper. Between matches, you can move around the campus, talking to the other students and getting into fights. The game also once again features the regular versus mode for one or two players. New this time around is a training mode for practicing moves and combos. |
| Rage Racer | 1997-05-14 | Namco Hometek Inc. | Namco Limited | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Kids to Adults | Kazutoki Kono, Tadahiko Kawaguchi, Manabu Okano, Tadashi Sato, Mayumi Ota, Tohru Kusakari, Kenichi Nakai | PS1 | The third Ridge Racer game again features three tracks, with each of the courses beginning with the same starting line to emerge into a completely distinctive course. Each of the courses take you through a multitude of ancient landmarks, cities, natural wonders such as light houses, tunnels, waterfalls, ruins, European styled villages etc. The graphics however have transformed from bubble gum like unrealistic environments, to drab and very realistic racing courses. On top of the three available tracks available from the onset, another bonus track is earnable as are all courses in reverse.
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| Triple Play 98 | 1997-05-14 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | This baseball simulation features official MLB 1997 statistics and names for all teams and players - these can be traded, or new fictitious players can be created. Players have distinct batting and bowling styles. Over 50 distinct statistics are stored for each of these, with full analysis on offer. You can play in simulation or action modes. Player and team Artificial Intelligence has more complexities than in the previous Triple Play game. Two-man commentary is provided, for a play-by-play summary as well as 'Color Commentary' to add detail and depth to the analysis. |
| Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom | 1997-05-14 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | ORIGIN Systems, Inc. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | Teen | | PS1 | Christopher Blair, "Heart of the Tiger" had retired to a farming planet after the war, content with retirement, so he says... In the depths of space, a new menace has surfaced. Some unknown attackers are killing civilian ships. The tension between the Confederation and the Border Worlds is at an all time high, as both sides accuse the other of staging the attacks. Admiral Tolwyn has recalled Blair back to service, where he will make the most difficult choice of all... And contemplate action he had never dared before, in the name of justice...Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom is a mix of interactive movie and space sim. The game has a dynamic mission tree, which means the player's behaviour will determine the next mission. The videos feature real actors, like Mark Hamill, Tom Wilson, John Rhys-Davies and Malcolm McDowell. Before the start of each mission, the space craft can be equipped with different weapons. Sometimes the mission objectives change during flight, and the player has to make decisions what he wants to do next, e.g. help out his friend or destroy an enemy fighter. |
| Hexen: Beyond Heretic | 1997-05-15 | GT Interactive Software Corp. | Raven Software Corporation | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Mature | | PS1 | Hexen is the sequel to Heretic. While the Heretic was destroying D'Sparil, the other two Serpent Riders have come to your dimension and slaughtered everyone. Or so they thought. Three humans have managed to escape with their lives and now seek vengeance against the Serpent Rider Korax who remains in their world.Like Heretic, Hexen is a fantasy game based on an enhanced DOOM engine. All of Heretic's innovations like vertical looking, flying, and the inventory system have been carried over. The new major changes this time around are three characters for the player to choose from and the level hub system. The characters are the Fighter, the Cleric, and the Mage. Each one has four unique weapons and different levels of speed and armor.The hub system steps away from the traditional "single levels stringed along into episodes" system which had been carried over into the FPS genre from sidescrollers and made popular by Wolfenstein 3D. In Hexen's hub system each episode is still made up of interconnected levels, but most of the levels are connected to a single "hub" level through portals. There are also portals between some of the "spoke" levels. Many of the puzzles in Hexen require travel back and forth between different levels.Other innovations in Hexen include weather effects, jumping, earth-quakes, and destructible objects such as trees and vases. The game also includes scripted sequences created with a language called ACS, allowing for much more complex puzzles and dramatic scenes. |
| Kōshien V | 1997-05-16 | Magical Company Ltd. | Magical Company Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)★This game is supported with the PSP® and PS Vita screenshot function★PSP®: Screenshots can be taken by using the menu after holding the PS button (HOME button) in the game. The image will be saved in the photo collection from the XMB™ (XrossMediaBar).PS Vita: Screenshots can be taken by using "Screenshot" from the "Settings" after holding the PS button in the game. The image will be saved as an application photo. This software can be played with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).If you are downloading with PC or via PS3™, after downloading with the device please connect to PSP® with a USB cable and copy the content by inserting a storage media like Memory Stick™.Win the spring and summer Koshien tournament!This is the complete baseball simulation game with the hot spirits from the high school baseball teams!Select 1 high school among all national high school teams and start training and practicing in order to win the Koshien tournament!Various editing functions such as customizing your own uniforms and throwing postures will be available, and there will be also be plenty events for the teams and athletes!Copyright:©1997 MAGICAL COMPANY LTD.Purchase or use of this item is subject to SEN Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| OverBlood | 1997-05-22 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Riverhill Soft Inc. | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Puzzle elements, Survival horror | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | A team of scientists have been conducting controversial genetic experiments at the Lystra Laboratories research center. Due to a system malfunction, one of the test subjects, a man named Raz Karcy, is released from a cryogenic container. Infected by a terrible disease, Raz must do everything it takes to find a cure. In order to do that, he will have to discover the truth behind the scientists' plans, the nature of their project, and his own past.OverBlood is a predominantly survival horror game, focusing on exploration of indoor environments, puzzle-solving, and combat. Unlike the similarly styled Resident Evil, the game utilizes fully 3D backgrounds, and allows the player to toggle between third- and first-person view. The player controls Raz for the majority of the game; sometimes it is possible to play as another character, e.g. control a small robot named Pipo to perform special tasks. A few sequences are reminiscent of arcade-style "interactive movie" games, requiring the player to press buttons rapidly at the correct moment. |
| Atelier Marie: Salburg no Renkinjutsushi | 1997-05-23 | Gust Co., Ltd. | Gust Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | | | | | Fantasy | | | | | Isometric | PS1 | Marlone is a student at the Royal School of Sorcery (known simply as "The Academy") in the city of Salberg. She's studying to become an alchemist, but her grades are, to put it lightly, not good. Unable to graduate, she is given a special exam: continue her studies while running a shop, and learn to create a high-level item within five years. And so, Marlone is now running the shop, attempting to pass her exam in order to graduate.Atelier Marie is the first title in the long-running alchemy RPG series from Gust, and establishes many of the features common to the series. Central to the game is researching different items, locating them, and fusing them to create (hopefully) more powerful ones. You can also explore the city and outside, looking for items and training your characters' fighting abilities in battle. All the while, those five years are slowly ticking away, so you'd better make the most of them. |
| Future Racer | 1997-05-23 | D Cruise | D Cruise | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)Pick one of six robot vehicles to race against your opponents.
Compete in Training and Story modes over incredible futuristic tracks.Your racer is able to climb walls, loop-the-loop, and swing devastating blows at the opposition, helping you to progress through the exciting story.
Future Racer puts you in the hot seat! |
| Indy 500 | 1997-05-23 | Tomy Company, Ltd. | Tose Co., Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | PS1 | Indy 500 is an arcade 3D racing game. The players race on circuits in typical open wheel cars.The game features a two player (horizontal split-screen) mode, time attack and Indy 500 mode.In time attack the player just has to beat the clock in Indy 500 mode. The player has to race all the tracks including qualification rounds. |
| Pet in TV | 1997-05-23 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | MuuMuu Co., Ltd. | Adventure, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | PS1 | In Pet in TV the player takes control of a virtual pet, which resembles a more complex version of the Tamagotchi. The player can choose from a selection of PiTs and name it.It is then up to the player to nurture their PiT and allow it to explore the 3D world, learning from its encounters with scenery and objects through trial-and-error. Once these behaviours are learn, the PiT will know how to respond to those objects in the future (such as a Flower, or a Spike). Whenever the PiT becomes injured, or tired, returning it to its home will allow Dr. Y to fix it. The objective then becomes for your PiT to solve puzzles on its own - for which it will be rewarded with AI upgrade chips. |
| All-Star 1997 Featuring Frank Thomas | 1997-05-24 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Iguana Entertainment Incorporated | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | This baseball game is the follow up to Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball. It features an Exhibition, Season, Playoff, All-Star, Batting Practice, and Home Run Derby modes. It also features all the 28 MLB teams plus the Tampa Bay and Arizona squads, the 2 new expansion teams of that era. The game includes the real players, stats, stadiums, and logos of each team. During full season play, the game keeps track of stats in more than 27 different categories. The player can also trade players from their team during the season.The play-by-play commentary is from sportscaster Jon Miller. |
| FIFA Soccer 97 | 1997-05-26 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | High Score Productions | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control, Multiple units/characters control | | Kids to Adults | 2D scrolling | PS1 | This iteration of the FIFA lineage includes commentary from John Motson with summaries from Andy Gray, with the between-match sections covered by Des Lynam. All player moves are from David Ginola using the MotionBlending technology. Full interactive replays are included.You can play a league or cup tournament, and practice your skills before playing. The game can be tailored to action or simulation style, with fouls, injuries and offsides available to toggle on or off. This version also includes a 6 vs 6 indoor play mode, and various multiplayer options |
| Goal Storm '97 | 1997-05-26 | Konami of America, Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc. | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | The first ISS Pro game for the Playstation, with
32 international teams, a choice of 4 stadia, 21 formations & strategies. With a choice of Exhibition Mode, International League, International Cup, and a Penalty Kick mode. Screenshots Promo Images Alternate Titles "Winning Eleven 97" -- Japanese title
"International Superstar Soccer Pro" -- European title
Part of the Following Groups Console Generation Exclusive: PlayStation
International Superstar Soccer series
Konami XXL Sports series
PlayStation Platinum Range releases
Pro Evolution Soccer / Winning Eleven / eFootball series
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18 out of 20
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| Lemmings 3D | 1997-05-26 | Psygnosis Limited | Clockwork Games Limited | Puzzle | | | | | | | Point and select | Real-time | Kids to Adults | Free-roaming camera | PS1 | You, as in all other Lemmings games, are responsible for leading hordes of lemmings to safety through hazardous environments. However, this installment goes just that little bit further by introducing the lemmings to 80 new 3-dimensional levels! |
| Namco Museum Vol. 1 | 1997-05-27 | Namco Hometek Inc. | Namco Limited | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Included in this package are:
Bosconian
Galaga
New Rally-X
Pac-Man
Pole Position
Rally-X
Toy Pop Not only can you play these games, but you can also learn about them in the virtual museum mode included on the disc, including their history, art and the original arcade cabinets. |
| Namco Museum Vol. 3 | 1997-05-27 | Namco Hometek Inc. | Namco Limited | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Namco included the following games in part three:
Ms. Pacman
Galaxian
Dig Dug
Pole Position 2
Phozon
The Tower of Druaga
Once again you can also check out info and pics of each game in the museum.
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| Broken Helix | 1997-05-29 | Konami of America, Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Chicago, Inc. | Action | Behind view | | | | | | | | Mature | Keith Uecker | PS1 | Broken Helix puts you in the boots of an armed marine of a special forces team. You are sent in to a military base which has been taken over by terrorists for unknown reasons.The main character is voiced by Bruce Campbell, star of the Evil Dead movies. Throughout the game, he makes wisecracks and one-liners, and dialogue with personnel is generally comical.Broken Helix is considered a 4D game. For example, if you are on the third floor, you may have to make your way up to the fifth floor in order to defuse a bomb. There is no visible time limit, but if you do not make it up to that floor in time, the bomb will go off, and you will die.There are various objectives to complete, such as disarming bombs and finding certain items, but the game is mostly action/adventure, searching for keys to open doors.In order to be successful, you must sneak past cameras and other devices, in order to find out the truth behind the terrorist takeover. |
| Eberouge | 1997-05-30 | TAKARA Co., Ltd. | Japan Media Programming Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person | | Romance | Dating simulation | Fantasy, Medieval | | Menu structures | | | | PS1 | Eberouge is a Japanese dating sim which is similar to Konami's Tokimeki Memorial. In a world called Worland where magic exists, players will spend a total of 5 years (2 years of primary school and 3 years at high school) as students who entered a magical school. The core gameplay involves planning a weekly schedule, which includes school-related and free-time activities. Players have to arrange their daily classes and have a variety of things to study or practice including martial arts, science, literature, art, different kinds of magic, as well as go for extracurricular activities. All these classes influence the protagonist's statistics, making him attractive or vice versa to the various girls that he meets during his studies. The protagonist can also rest and travel to different places in the city. In addition to the daily courses that can be arranged, the players must also go on dates with the girls, solve daily problems and compete with their classmates while having to cope with their exams.After clearing primary school, the story branches out by letting players choose their future career. This choice will impact the amount of girls the protagonist meets and can go for in the next 3 years. The game ends with a graduation ceremony. A week before the graduation ceremony, a group of girls who have an affection for the player will want him to make up his mind about them. Once the player chooses his girl, the graduation ceremony will officially begin, and the ending and the protagonist's future will be determined by his chosen lover. The game has a lot of unexpected events, the story will change with the player's actions, resulting in a variety of different results. |
| Gritz: The Pyramid Adventure | 1997-05-30 | Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. | | Action | Top-down | | | | Africa, Egypt (Ancient) | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Gritz: The Pyramid Adventure is a game about adventurers from four different countries, Mexico, England, Israel and Zaire who travel to Egypt to find secrets and treasures in the pyramids. The game play is similar to Bomberman. Players try to avoid getting washed down drains in the maze and other players to to get their opponents to fall into traps they set. There is a VS mode, where up to 4 human players can play with the use of the Multitap. There is also a story mode where the player chooses one of the 4 main characters and goes through the 8 floors of the pyramid. |
| Codename: Tenka | 1997-05-31 | Psygnosis Limited | Psygnosis Limited | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | | PS1 | Wars and pollution have driven the Earth to chaos. The year is 2096. The remaining colonists' only dream is to leave the planet and establish on Extrevius 328, a corporate conglomerate manufacturing plant for deadly warriors, known as Bionoids. You are Joseph B. Tenka, future Bionoid, very unpleased with the situation, and determined to stop the corporate evil plans.Over 20 missions with detailed briefings can be found in this Doom clone with creepy atmosphere which has been compared to Aliens. |
| Thunder Truck Rally | 1997-05-31 | Psygnosis Limited | Reflections Interactive Limited | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Off-roading | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Thunder Truck Rally is a an arcade-style 3d monster truck racing game. Here you will find all the normal racing game modes: championship, time trial, practice, and multi-player. In addition to the standard modes, there is a car-crushing competition that serves as both a separate game mode and a bonus round in the championship.There are 9 different trucks to chose from. Each has their own set of strengths and weaknesses. Some are faster than others, but break more easily. Some turn corners more quickly, and some accelerate more quickly. The designs of the trucks vary greatly. Beyond the standard pickup and jeep type vehicles, you will find a VW bus and a sedan.There two main types of races in Thunder Truck Rally. The first takes place in an open, free-roam area. Here, your objective is to race from point to point in the fastest time possible. The second type of race takes place in closed circuits with a fixed track that cannot be escaped. Here, you simply complete the circuit as fast as possible. |
| Darklight Conflict | 1997-06-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Rage Games Ltd. | Action, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | A space combat game like Wing Commander; you control a space ship, as the lone man trying to save humanity from not one, but two alien races. It also has multiplayer modes like Race and Tag for IPX network users. |
| Dynasty Warriors | 1997-06-01 | KOEI Corporation | Omega Force | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Fighting | China (Ancient / Imperial), Historical events | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Dynasty Warriors is a 3D fighting game steeped in traditional Chinese history and mythology, its characters being warriors from the Three Kingdoms era, a setting that was used by Koei before in their Romance of the Three Kingdoms series.Over 2000 years ago, Guang-Wu revived the Han Dynasty in China. Wars and chaos follow for centuries after, because of regional conflicts, rival dynasties, and bureaucratic problems. An insurgent group, the Yellow Turban Rebels, roams China killing government officials. The current Emperor Shao is protected by troops raised by the nobles of the land - but each noble has their own plan to gain power.The fighting is based on martial arts and weapons (and the tactics thereof) rather than focusing on combos, special moves, or other modern fighting-game embellishments. The characters can be chosen from four groups, each representing one of the main kingdoms - Shu, Wei, and Wu, as well as a miscellaneous-character 4th group.
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| The Hive | 1997-06-01 | Trimark Interactive | Rainbow Studios, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Rail shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | The Hive is an on-rails shooter similar to Rebel Assault within a sci-fi setting. All levels are pre-rendered, the player controls the cross-hair to fire at enemy ships and turrets. The levels are connected with cutscenes using the same visual style of the actual levels. The shooting happens both in space, within the atmosphere of different planets, and even indoors. Control alternates between spacecraft, turrets, ground based vehicles and on foot. In some cases such as when controlling a turret the player has camera control. |
| Bounty Sword: First | 1997-06-06 | Pioneer LDC, Inc. | Pioneer LDC, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Tactical RPG | Fantasy | | Menu structures | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Bounty Sword is a tactical strategy role-playing game set in a fictional futuristic world with a power struggle looming between Europea and the Kingdom of Rheinmetall. The game puts heavy focus on battle mode and offers a detailed tutorial one can go through before starting the story mode. During the battle your character can use close-combat weapons such as sword, initiate special devastating attacks, or use magic and items either to combat or as a remedy.While traversing the world map you will encounter various cities which will let you visit stores to buy and sell items, or check the local inn to hear the gossips or save your game progress. While you start the game as a lone bounty hunter, you can have other characters join your party which in turn will participate in combat during the battle mode. The battle mode, however, does not let you control the characters directly. Instead, you can create trajectory paths which the characters will follow, and decide how they should act when encountering enemy combatants. Special attacks and magic spells can be initiated at any time, assuming you can perform them.The game offers a variety of character classes, each with their pros and cons. Some of the character classes include bounty hunters, knights, ninjas, samurais, amazons, clerics, priests, sorcerers, wizards, snipers, and more. Each of your party characters has its own level and can level up by gathering experience points in combat. In town shops you can buy swords, bows and arrows, and other weapons, as well as protective armor and special items to equip your part characters with and increase their winning chance in combat. |
| Quantum Gate | 1997-06-06 | GAGA Communications Inc. | Hyperbole Studios | Action, Adventure | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | Quantum Gate is an adventure game set on a distant planet, in which you are sent out to fight in a war with an alien race. Most of the game is played in a first person perspective, as you travel around your base and talk to other people. There are also fighting segments, done in FPS mode, in which you and your computer allies must battle alien soldiers. |
| Allied General | 1997-06-13 | Xing Entertainment | Halestorm, Inc., Strategic Simulations, Inc. | Strategy | | | War | Turn-based strategy, Wargame | Africa, Europe, Historical events, Middle East, World War II | | Point and select | Turn-based | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Allied General is the sequel to Panzer General and uses the same turn-based gameplay mechanics. This time the player experiences World War II from the Allied point of view during two British, one U.S. and one Russian campaign. The settings are Europe, Russia and Northern Africa.The most important thing to have are prestige points. These are earned by solving scenarios (more for less amount of turns used) and used to buy replacement units. But this is not the only reason to be concerned about the detailed mission results: surviving units are transferred to the next mission and receive experience points. The campaign is also not completely linear, and the next mission depends on the result of the last - this means a lost scenario does not necessarily result in a game over, and a scarce victory can have devastating results. Of course a great victory has positive effects on the next missions.Every turn the player plans the actions of his units and tries to defeat his enemy. The complexity of the game mostly comes from the many different units and weapons - everything has their use and weaknesses. It is vital to use the resources in the correct order and combination. There are also other factors to think about, e.g. fuel. Allied General tries to be player friendly by giving feedback during turns, e.g. by showing the probable combat result before the player issues the attack. He can also undo a turn as long as no new enemy units are scouted. Other extras are historical film material and optional combat animations. |
| Baby Universe | 1997-06-20 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | 3D Kaleidoscope | Simulation | | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | | PS1 | Baby Universe in an experiment in visuals. It consists of different worlds with digital kaleidoscopes. One of them, a 3D Kaleidoscope, is floating in space. You create visual effects by pressing buttons on the controller, to turn the different axes, bend and reflect light, and change the angle, with different background patterns. All your actions can be recorded and saved.In the jewel case, you select the objects to appear on the screen, and in the console, you can edit each individual item. This includes colour mapping of the surface, movement patterns and frame rate. Settings can be saved on a memory card. In the sound scape, you can insert your own CDs, and sound wave patterns will appear to accompany the music. There is also a traditional (electric) and a psychedelic kaleidoscope available. |
| Gundam: The Battle Master | 1997-06-20 | Bandai Co., Ltd. | Natsume Co., Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Fighting | | | | | | | PS1 | Gundam: the Battle Master is a Japanese fighting game involving robots who will try to attack and destroy each other. Before you start the game, you can choose from a various amount of robots, each being smaller or bigger, or having different attacks. As you progress the game, your opponents will get more difficult to beat. During a fight, your temperature bar will decrease when you manage not to get hit by your opponent.All the robots will start with 4 levels of armor. As you attack your opponent with missiles and bazookas, his temperature bar will increase. You can aim your long range weapons by holding them to the direction you wish to shoot at. The game will be over when one of the robot's armors are fully destroyed or when time limit reaches zero and one robot has more armor than its opponent. Special moves requires energy from the energy cap, which is shown right below the temperature bar.Your opponent will be beaten when he is overheated. When both robots are at the same level of armor, then the current temperature will decide the winner. You can block attacks in the air when you jump, but you cannot block when you are dashing. |
| Puzzle Arena Toshinden | 1997-06-20 | TAKARA Co., Ltd. | Electronics Application Co., Ltd., TAKARA Co., Ltd. | Puzzle | | | | Falling block puzzle | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | | PS1 | Puzzle Arena Toshinden takes the furious fighters right out of the ring and into the world of puzzle games! The game plays out much like the Puyo Puyo series by Sega. Connect 3 balloons of the same color to make them disappear. Get combos to have black pieces fall on the opponent's side that are harder to get rid of.You can play standard 1-on-1 games, knock out competition where you (and your opponent) each pick 4 characters to see who'll be the last man/woman standing. |
| Sold Out | 1997-06-20 | Shinko Music | Make Software, Inc. | Simulation | | | | Music / rhythm | Contemporary | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Sold Out is a Japan-exclusive "band simulation" video game published by Shinko Music.In Sold Out you are basically a band manager. At the very beginning you will have to choose a main vocalist for the future band. There are five available, all with their own styles. Then you will have to cruise the city and visit eight different locations in order to meet other musicians and composers that will sell their songs.To successfully make a contract with a certain musician, you will have to answer few of their questions. If you don't choose the correct or appropriate option, you will not be able to make a contract and will have to wait until the musician appears again in the future. The band can be formed once a guitarist, bassist and drummer are hired. Then during the course of the gameplay, the band will have to make concerts in six different venues and release at least one CD under the three different recording companies. Promoting the gigs and CD releases are always essential to achieve success. During a concert, you can make few movements with the band members (except the drummer) and control the spotlights (and firework too but only in the last two venues).There are 10 songs available, and to play each one at its "fullest", you will need to gather the best lineup. If the band play a song with members that are not the most "adequate", the sound will be different (worse) than when you use the best lineup. Therefore the attendance number and money gain will be obviously poor.In the "band meeting", there are options such as "group talk" and "rehearsal". Choosing these two every single week will certainly influence the attendance of your upcoming gig and CD sales. Other options in band meeting include "song list" (where you can hear the songs you bought and read its lyrics), "member change", "band break up", "gigs" and "CD release".In the "band chart" you can check the gig attendances, CD sales, and listen to the song that your band played in a specific gig. Listening to them is important to spot which are the worst or best musicians for a certain song.All the members are replaceable except the vocalist, however you can still hire other four vocalists in order to buy other songs, but having a song doesn't guarantee that you can play it because each vocalist can only perform about four or them. A song can be bought only when a certain vocalist is under contract.The game will be over only when the money is all gone, that means if you choose "band break up", the game will still continue as long as there's still money left, and you can start a new adventure with a new band. Meanwhile if a contracted musician is not used for a long period of time, he or she will eventually resign. Also, if the gameplay takes too long, the band will automatically disband by itself due to lack of motivation.To finish the game, the band must release a cd under "Bonny Record", and reach an attendance of at least 65000 people in the Tokyo City Dome. To access this final gig, you will have to play a song with the best lineup for it, otherwise you will not be allowed to access this last venue. Once you reach or surpass that number, the ending movie will start playing. |
| War Gods | 1997-06-20 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Midway Manufacturing Company | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Fighting | | | | | Mature | | PS1 | War Gods is a one-on-one fighting game that takes place in 3D environments. The fighter under your control can perform many different moves, and string those moves together to perform "combos." Furthermore, the fighters all have special "finishing moves" that eliminate your opponent in some gruesome manner at the end of a match. There are 10 different fighters to choose from, all based on different ancient civilizations.The graphics in War Gods are fairly unique. They were created by texture-mapping 3D character models with digitized photos of people. This gives them a reasonably lifelike look. |
| Zero4 Champ: Doozy-J | 1997-06-20 | Media Rings Corporation | Media Rings Corporation | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | Japanese-style adventure, Mini-games | | Automobile | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Zero4 Champ: Doozy-J is a racing game from Zero4 Champ series that comes with a full story mode with anime-style characters, and covers latest car models from six car manufacturers. Side from single-player story mode, the game includes VS two-player race where one can compete against a CPU or another player on the same screen, and time/speed attack mode. During the story mode there is an adventure style gameplay where player has options such as move somewhere, talk to other characters, look at something, or use an item.Aside from the main game, there are several mini-games, such as cards, slot machine, RPG, which appear in the story mode, but can also be played as standalone. Some of not listed mini-games also include:
Mezashi de Pon! - Platform game where you launch harpoon at various fish and underwater life from your boat. The player can only regular the angle of fire and time of launching the harpoon. The goal is to get as many fish within the allotted time.
Long Shoot - Basketball free kick mini-game where player can choose the angle at which to throw the ball at the net. This mini-game supports two players who throw the ball at the net in turns, first one who scores five nets wins. This mini-game uses side-view perspective.
The Storehouse - Top-down puzzle game where you need to properly stack boxes which come in various shapes in the allotted space before the time runs out.
Arm Champ - Arm wrestling mini-game from the first-person perspective showing only the player's and opponent's arm.
Car Data (for featured cars in the game)
Name
Engine
0-100 km/h
Weight
Toyota Supra RZ-S
2977 cc
13.92 sec
1490 kg
Toyota Celica GT-FOUR
1998 cc
13.55 sec
1380 kg
Toyota MR2 GT-S
1998 cc
13.58 sec
1260 kg
Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec
2568 cc
12.50 sec
1540 kg
Nissan Silvia K's Aero
1998 cc
14.21 sec
1250 kg
Nissan Fairlady Z 300ZX Twin Turbo
2960 cc
13.94 sec
1570 kg
Nissan 180SX Type X
1998 cc
14.91 sec
1220 kg
Mitsubishi GTO Twin Turbo
2972 cc
13.54 sec
1710 kg
Mitsubishi Lancer GSR Evolution IV
1997 cc
13.30 sec
1350 kg
Honda NSX
2977 cc
12.83 sec
1350 kg
Honda Integra 3-door Coupe Type-R
1797 cc
14.27 sec
1080 kg
Subaru Impreza WRX Type-RA Sti
1994 cc
13.29 sec
1220 kg
Subaru Legacy Touring Sedan RS
1994 cc
14.53 sec
1380 kg
Mazda RX-7 Type-RZ
654 cc x2
13.61 sec
1250 kg
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| ONSIDE Complete Soccer | 1997-06-26 | Telstar Electronic Studios Ltd. | Motivetime Ltd. | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | | Isometric | PS1 | ONSIDE Complete Soccer is an early 3D soccer game that includes four playing leagues (England, French, German and Italian) and a basic managerial options, where the player can trade players, deal with finances and stadium expansions. The key features of the game include several camera options, seasonal weather with progressive pitch damage, indoor five-a-side and play-by-play commentary including all player names. Graphics feature a polygonal stadium with sprite (2D) players.Gameplay features a typical two-button layout, with one button to play low balls and other to kick higher balls (including crosses and shooting on goal), and by holding both the player can sprint, making him much harder to stop. It's possible to score goals from most situations, from distance kicks, crosses, outpacing the goalkeeper and from dead ball situations, where the player can also tweak player positions in a blackboard. |
| Shinsetsu Samurai Spirits: Bushidōretsuden | 1997-06-27 | SNK Corporation | SNK Corporation | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down, Side view | | | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Shinsetsu Samurai Spirits: Bushidōretsuden (unofficially known in the Western world as Samurai Shodown RPG) is a Japanese-style role-playing game based on the Samurai Shodown universe. The player has to explore the world, find items, participate in battles, and acquire accessories that will contribute to his success.The player can start the adventure as any of the six personages that are available (Haohmaru, Nakoruru, Genjuro Kibagami, Galford D. Weller, Ukyo Tachibana and Cham Cham). The main line of the argument does not diverge much depending on the player's choice; the differences will be more noticeable in the dialogues or the appearance of some character-focused scenes thorough the game.The fighting mode is fairly different from those found in most other Japanese-style RPGs: the moves are executed by pressing the same button combinations as in the arcade fighting games.
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| Zero Divide 2: The Secret Wish | 1997-06-27 | Zoom, Inc. | Zoom, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Fighting | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | XTAL has been defeated and the hackers responsible rounded up. However, the leader of the hackers reveals that the group have also unleashed a second artificial intelligence into the data library, known as EVE. The player must take control of one of EVE's attack programs and use them to destroy the other guard programs and then EVE herself.Zero Divide 2: The Secret Wish is a sequel to the robot fighting game Zero Divide. The game features higher resolution graphics and more detailed character models. It adds two new robots, the nurse-like Pixel and the crab-like Cancer, along with a few new bosses and hidden characters. It also adds various new arena types of different shapes (the original game only had standard square arenas), including completely walled-in ones, as well as arenas with low barriers that the opponent can be juggled over to lead to a ring out. Rounds are now considerably shorter, and the robot's armour easier to knock off. |
| Battlesport | 1997-07-01 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | 3DO Company, The | Action, Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Battlesport simulates the sport of the future. Choose your vehicle and enter the arena to face your computer opponents to see who scores the most goals before the clock runs out.Scoring isn't easy. The ball constantly bounces over the arena, retrieved by a player constantly bombarded by opponents. A variety of weapons are available to shoot your competitor, and anyone that takes a hit while carrying the ball loses possession, sending the ball bouncing across the arena. Taking too many shots results in a temporary inability to take part in the action while your opponent happily scores goals. Winning matches increases standing in the rankings and the acquisition of cash to purchase a better vehicle and enhanced offensive or defensive items. |
| Disney's Hercules | 1997-07-01 | Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc. | Eurocom Developments Ltd | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Arcade, Platform | Fantasy | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | The game is based on Disney's animated cartoon movie. You take control of Hercules, son of the god Zeus and a mortal woman, the strongest man in the world and the legendary hero in the Greek mythology. Your goal is to prove yourself worthy of being admitted to Mount Olympus, the residence of gods, and to become a god yourself. You must commit heroic deeds and overcome various obstacles to show your strength and courage. Hades, the overlord of the dead, is making it even more difficult for you by sending fearsome Titans to stop you.This is a 2D platform action game. Hercules can jump, grab ledges, swing on poles, and jump while running. He has a variety of attack moves at his disposal. He can execute a basic attack with his sword, or pull out different combo attacks. He can also Power Punch enemies, but he needs time to charge for this powerful attack. He can even slam the ground to reveal secret areas by performing a certain move while jumping. There are also different power-ups to collect, such as coins to grant bonus points at the end of the level, Hercules Action Figures to increase your hero rating, and upgrades to your sword - Sonic, Lightning, and Fireball swords. |
| EOS: Edge of Skyhigh | 1997-07-03 | Micronet Co. Ltd. | Micronet Co. Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)★This game is supported with the PSP® and PS Vita screenshot function★PSP®: Screenshots can be taken by using the menu after holding the PS button (HOME button) in the game. The image will be saved in the photo collection from the XMB™ (XrossMediaBar).PS Vita: Screenshots can be taken by using "Screenshot" from the "Settings" after holding the PS button in the game. The image will be saved as an application photo. This software can be played with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).If you are downloading with PC or via PS3™, after downloading with the device please connect to PSP® with a USB cable and copy the content by inserting a storage media like Memory Stick™.This is the 3D shooting game allowing players to fight with a 2 type transformation unit during battle!Experience the overwhelming sensation as you wipe out target enemies. With the 2 type transformation you can change the speed and attacks so utilize this during missions!BGM with dashing sensations is unique as well!Copyright:©Micronet 1997Purchase or use of this item is subject to SEN Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Salamander: Deluxe Pack Plus | 1997-07-03 | Konami Co., Ltd. | | Action, Compilation | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Salamander Deluxe Pack Plus is a compilation featuring ported versions of the arcade classic Salamander, its westernized port Life Force, and for the first time since its arcade release Salamander 2.In all the games you control a lone starfighter as he battles the armies of Zelos, a terrible alien creature that threatens to eat the entire galaxy. Collect power-ups, defeat bosses and clear stages until you defeat the game without being blasted into space dust.All games feature small tweaks like infinite continues and difficulty settings, but are otherwise faithfully recreated from their arcade counterparts. |
| The King of Fighters '96 | 1997-07-03 | SNK Corporation | SNK Corporation | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Fighting | | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | "Violent fighting to come again!"SNK's flagship series returns for another year. Many of the changes in this year's KOF release come in the form of improved graphics, sound effects, music and totally redone character sprites. The gameplay of the system has been altered with the addition of "Rush" multi-hit combos and new moves for practically every character. The storyline of the series receives heavy focus in this release with the Orochi Saga swinging into high-gear.The King of Fighters '96 has 27 regular characters plus 2 boss characters (who can be unlocked with the use of a code). Newcomers to the tournament include Mr. Big from the Art of Fighting series, the bosses from Fatal Fury (Wolfgang Krauser and Geese Howard), and completely original characters like Leona Heidern, Mature and Vice. Other features carried over from the previous year include the ability to choose between the default "Team Fighting" mode or the traditional "Single Fighter" style of gameplay, plus the "Versus" and "Survival" gameplay modes. |
| Bedlam | 1997-07-04 | GT Interactive Software Europe Ltd. | Mirage Technologies (Multimedia) Ltd. | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | | Isometric | PS1 | A fast paced action game where you run around a machine-gun wielding robot destroying everything in your path. There is a multitude of enemies and you can destroy almost every single thing on the map (buildings, vehicles, etc.). The reason for all this destruction is a revolution led by the robots against their human masters. |
| Quest for Fame | 1997-07-10 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | Virtual Music Entertainment, Inc | Simulation | | | | Board game, Music / rhythm | | | | | | | PS1 | As the game itself comes shipped with some kind of electronic plectron you can connect to your parallel-port (it's called the "V-Pic" in the game) it's your mission to become a virtual guitar-hero.
After a few training lessons in your private room to get used to the game's interface (at the bottom of the screen is some kind of rhythm indicator that's similar to karaoke-systems. There's a red bar constantly moving from the left to the right end of the screen while in the background is a "rhythm-scale" - When the bar is moving over a peak from that scale you got to use your plectron on e.g. your tennis-racket so that virtually a guitar-riff is generated. the better and more exactly you can match the predrawn rhythm scale the better your guitar playing will sound and the higher your score is to proceed to further levels of the game).
The ultimate goal of the game is to reach the final level. To finally start a virtual concert with Aerosmith in a crowded football-stadium.
Although the above description might sound a bit complicated the game soon catches even unmusical people's attention by its very own and unique gameplay.
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| Tokimeki Memorial Drama Series: Vol.1 - Nijiiro no Seisyun | 1997-07-10 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Co., Ltd. | Adventure, Sports | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | | | | | | Sport | PS1 | Nijiiro no Seisyun (虹色の青春) if the first story in the Tokimeki Memorial Drama Series trilogy which takes place within the same years of school life depicted in the original Tokimeki Memorial: Forever with You, but focuses on a shorter time period. Each of the three games features different protagonist who are all childhood friends of Shiori Fujisaki, the main heroine from the Tokimeki Memorial series. Player can enter the name of the protagonist at the beginning of the game, or accept the default one.In this, first story, the protagonist is a high-school sophomore who is member of a soccer club. As substitute player he doesn't get much chance to play, but is secretly practicing in order to gain skill level and show his teammates and the coach why he should play. Luckily for him, he's not alone, as the manager on the team, Saki Nijino, is supporting him in his training. Unlike visual novel gameplay style, which is also present, you can often move mouse cursor around the screen to interact with objects (i.e. look, take, throw, etc.) and characters (.e. look, talk, call to, etc.), and while talking to characters there will be various topics and sub-topics you can talk about. Beside adventure style gameplay, the game also features soccer mini-games which requires you to kick the ball at the designated target to score a point. That gameplay elements is most similar to golf games, where you adjust the point where you want to kick the ball and use a power-bar to select the intensity of your kick. |
| Herc's Adventures | 1997-07-15 | LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC | Big Ape Productions, Inc., LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC | Action | Top-down | | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Ahhh...ancient Greece. A fertile land, full of wine, women, and some of the best gyros you'll ever taste. Thanks to Persephone, the Greek goddess of spring and fertility, Greece is a wonderful paradise. But now the lord of the Underworld, Hades, has gone and kidnapped Persephone, causing the land to slowly wither away! Zeus, the King of the Gods, needs help in saving her, so who do you call? None other than three of the greatest warriors in the land!You can choose from the big 'n' buff Herc, the super swift Atlanta, or the young and street-smart Jason, each of whom have their own weapons and strengths. The game's 40 levels include many further variations and pastiches of Greek mythology and legend.It's all up to you to rescue Persephone and give Hades a beatdown he'll never forget! |
| Boundary Gate: Daughter of Kingdom | 1997-07-17 | Victor Interactive Software, Inc. | Pack-In-Video Co., Ltd, Polestar Co., Ltd., Studio OX | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Long time ago, the First Mother created the world and blessed it with five magical symbols that would keep it in balance. The symbols were hidden deep in a sacred temple, to protect everything and everyone around them.Many years later, an adventurer named Finn was looking for work in the city of Ambrose. There was indeed much work to do: monsters roamed the country, the threat of war was more real than ever. One night Finn was strolling through the city when he suddenly spotted a young girl attacked by a monster. Naturally, he defeated the monster and saved the girl, who turned out to be a princess hoping to restore her father's kingdom. The two decide to work together and venture to the nearby city, that lies in ruins, overrun by monsters...Boundary Gate is an old-fashioned RPG with dungeon-like 3D layout. The game is viewed from first-person perspective, with the exception of battles, where the heroes can be seen from an "over-the-shoulder" view. The attacks are animated. Enemies are random, and combat is turn-based, the party members using equipped weapons to attack or magical spells. Important locations are presented as 2D pictures. There is also voice acting for important conversations. |
| Cat the Ripper: 13-ninme no Tanteishi | 1997-07-17 | Tonkinhouse | Tonkinhouse | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure | Europe | | Point and select | Meditative / Zen | | | PS1 | A game based on a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure book by Yamaguchi Masaya. You wake up dizzy and confused in a private detective's office and discover the corpse of the detective next to you. After searching the office for clues, you are confronted by two police officers. In hiding, you decide to discover the truth and catch the mysterious murderer called Cat the Ripper.
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| Clock Tower | 1997-07-17 | Kaga Tech | Human Entertainment, Inc. | Adventure | Side view | | Horror | Puzzle elements | | | | | Mature | | PS1 | Jennifer and her friends are adopted by a nice lady named Mary one day. They expect to be going to a wonderful new home, at the Barrows Mansion. There they will live with Mary and Mr. Barrows. Unfortunately, something goes terribly wrong and Jennifer's friends are showing up dead one by one. While this is happening, Mary is missing and Jennifer ends up being chased by a crazed psychopath known only as...Scissorman. Now she must survive and get out of the mansion in this point-and-click horror adventure... Being a teenage girl, you have no special abilities at all, just your wits and your will to survive, there are a few enemies that can kill you instantly, but Scissorman is the true horror that will give you trouble. |
| Derby Stallion | 1997-07-17 | ASCII Corporation | ParityBit | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | A horse racing simulation game, which seems to be a popular genre in Japan. Indeed, the game only was released in that country. A horse breeding, training, and racing simulation, Derby Stallion surpassed 4,000,000 units sold across the Nintendo, Super Nintendo and Playstation consoles. No other horse racing game has performed in such a manner. |
| Ridegear Guybrave | 1997-07-17 | Axela | Avit, Inc. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Fighting | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | | | PS1 | Colonel Dahar, leader of the Mars Imperial Army, has brought his forces to attack Earth, seeking to take the remains of an ancient civilization by force. A young girl named Momolita, living with an old inventor and a group of machine pilots in a small Earth city, seems to have some kind of connection to this mysterious ancient civilization. When Momolita is captured by the Mars Imperial Army, it's up to Ridegear pilot Ken and his friends to rescue her, and bring the fist of justice crashing down on Colonel Dahar!Ridegear Guybrave is a side-scrolling action game with RPG elements. One or two players select from the four available characters, hop into their Ridegear mechs, and head out to fight for justice. Each character pilots their own unique Ridegear, and it is possible to buy a variety of different upgrades for each, including main and sub weapons, shields, and engines. Defeating enemies will also earn experience, and leveling up will increase each character's life meter and unlock new moves.In addition to the main story mode, there is also a 1-on-1 Coliseum mode for one or two players. It is possible to use upgraded machines from the story mode, and new machines are unlocked for use as the story progresses. |
| Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer | 1997-07-17 | Urban Plant Ltd | Technos Japan Corp. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Fighting | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | In 1999 a massive earthquake levels Tokyo, killing nearly all the population and forcing the government to move its capital onto a man-made island off of the coast of Japan where for years they lived in peace. However, in the year 2017 violence begins to erupt between citizens coincidentally enough when a new principal arrives at the National Belnar Institute, the largest university on the island. Around this time a student also arrives by the name of Isato Kaiza, who is secretly the hero of the game Gowcaizer. He arrives with a stone that can manifest energy that allows him to transform. With this stone, he must discover the source of the evil and bring peace back to Japan.The main gameplay aspect is a 2D fighting game (one on one) which SNK is mostly known for. The player can choose from 10 different characters each with their own unique moves and abilities. One feature that this game has over other games in the genre is the ability to add a defeated foes special abilities to their own repertoire, however they can only do one move at a time and if they choose to change a move, the previous one is lost for the rest of the game. Additionally, when the player defeats their mirror image their move will be amplified. The player will face each opponent twice in a tournament style before reach the final boss at the end of the game. |
| Carnage Heart EZ: Easy Zapping | 1997-07-24 | Artdink Corporation | Artdink Corporation | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | | Kenichi Abiko | PS1 | Carnage Heart EZ is an updated version of the original game. While the focus of the game remains on programming battle robots, many of the OKEs have been rebalanced, and new features have been added including the ability to load programs from other save files (including from the original title). The difficulty of the campaign has also been increased for expert players. |
| Chōkōsoku GranDoll | 1997-07-24 | Bandai Co., Ltd. | KID Corp. | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Metroidvania, Platform | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Based on the anime Hyper Speed GranDoll, Chōkōsoku GranDoll is an action, side-scrolling platformer with metroidvania elements and influences of Mega Man. The story is about Hikaru, a high school girl, who discovers that she is a surviving member of a royal lineage of aliens from a distant planet and is the protector of powerful armor that can control the fate of the galaxy. It is up to Hikaru to defend Earth from an alien invasion.The game is an action platformer with elements of a run 'n' gun game where you play as Hikaru. Game mechanics include: a grappling hook, collecting key cards, and acquiring power-ups after boss fights to strength her armor and gain more powerful combat tactics. The game also features cut scenes in the style of anime. |
| Arc the Lad: Monster Game with Casino Game | 1997-07-31 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | UNiT Inc. | Gambling, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Arc the Lad Monster Game is a spin-off from the Arc the Lad series and a bonus expansion to Arc the Lad II, as it uses the player's saves from the second game so the player can compete in the tournament with his monsters, visit shops, trade items etc.
In addition there is a collection of casino mini-games that complete the package. |
| Baseball Navigator | 1997-07-31 | Angel | Ornith | Simulation, Sports | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | PS1 | Where most baseball games have you controlling the players, Baseball Navigator is a little different in that it has you playing the part of a team manager. Set training schedules, draft and trade players, meet with the owner, and build the best team you can. During the games, you can act as the coach and give commands to your players. Coach your players well, and you'll have a winning team. You can even have your team play against a friend's team. |
| Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout | 1997-07-31 | Bandai America, Inc. | Tose Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Fighting | | | Direct control | Real-time | Teen | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Based on the popular anime series Dragonball GT, take control of Goku, Piccolo, Frieza, Cell, Buu and many other characters in full 3D battles. Game modes include Taisen mode (Battle mode), Tenkaichi Budoukai mode and Build Up mode (where you can increase your character's skills). |
| Langrisser I & II | 1997-07-31 | NCS Corporation | Masaya | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | This is a remake of two games: Langrisser (known as Warsong in the USA) and its sequel, Langrisser II – or, better to say, the enhanced version of this sequel, known as Der Langrisser. The remake features the Ultima-style character creation (you choose between various answers to morally provoking questions) introduced in Der Langrisser, and also offers a branching storyline (you can be good or side with the evil forces, if you wish). The Sega Saturn port titled Langrisser: Dramatic Edition adds 2 new story lines to the Langrisser II part. One is "true brilliant" route which is the best ending that allows most characters to stay alive at the ending. The other one, "downfall" route, is a totally tragic ending as the name suggests. |
| Space Invaders | 1997-07-31 | Taito Corporation | Taito Corporation | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | This version of Space Invaders is based on the 1994 arcade game Space Invaders DX but lacks the parody mode of that game. What remains is the classic mode that allows the player to choose the type of arcade cabinet (upright, black & white, etc.) as background to the action as well as the versus mode for two players. The versus mode is split-screen, each player trying to survive and eliminate more invaders than the opponent.The Game Boy version has both one- and two-player modes using the usual Game Boy tones (black and grey). However, plugging the cart into a Super Game Boy allows playing the game in all four cabinet types of the SNES version. The PC Engine (TurboGrafx) CD version offers an additional "cosmic versus" mode, where the background is composed of anime-style pictures of girls. They also appear in the "omake mode", which is a single-player variant with the same backgrounds.The WonderSwan version doesn't offer all four cabinet types (only black & white) but keeps the versus mode. |
| Syndicate Wars | 1997-07-31 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Bullfrog Productions, Ltd. | Action, Strategy | Diagonal-down | Regional differences | | | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | | Real-time | Teen | | PS1 | In the sequel to the dark isometric action / strategy game Syndicate, you control either Eurocorp Syndicate or Church of the New Epoch. These two sinister forces are battling for world domination. You must help them dominate the world across 60 violent missions spread through 30 cities - you receive e-mails containing the mission plans. After selecting a squad of four men from your roster, you direct them through the rotatable 3D city views, shooting foes as the situation dictates. Nuclear grenades and psycho gas are among the new weapons. Tubes, a monorail system and unimpeded Antigrav vehicles give a futuristic feel to travel. In the PC version, 8-player battles over modem and network are available. |
| Ogre Battle | 1997-08-01 | Atlus Software Inc. | Quest Corporation | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time, Turn-based | Kids to Adults | Isometric | PS1 | Twenty-five years ago Empress Endora conquered the entire continent of Zetegenia. Her reign proved to be tyrannical, and people of different social classes and positions began to long for a better future. Eventually, a resistance movement called the Liberation Army was formed. The protagonist (whose name and background are chosen by the player) takes command of the new army, and leads his allies towards a revolution.Ogre Battle has elements of a real-time strategy game and a tactical RPG. The player manages a large army consisting of characters belonging to a vast amount of different classes. These classes include military specializations as well as mythological creatures such as dragons, angels, hellhounds, undead trees, etc. Each class its own unique characteristics and abilities in battle. For example, vampires and werewolves can only be deployed when the battle takes place during the night.The player moves troops in real time on the tactical map. Individual battles between units are handled in a turn-based RPG style. The player is able to select general commands for the battle, as well as use powerful tarot cards for special techniques. Characters level up, change classes and grow stronger over the course of the game. The player can also purchase items in towns.The protagonist's reputation is affected by the player's decisions during the storyline. The player can make choices that may prove to be popular or unpopular with the nation in contact with the Liberation Army. In addition, every character has his or her own alignment, ranging from good to evil. Liberating towns with evil characters may lower the army's reputation. These and other choices affect the plot's development and eventually lead to one of the thirteen possible endings. |
| Porsche Challenge | 1997-08-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Team SOHO | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Kids to Adults | Cinematic camera | PS1 | Porsche Challenge is a racing game exclusively dedicated to Porsche's awesome new roadster called Boxster. The game was developed in collaboration with Porsche. As a result of this collaboration the game features only Porsche Boxsters as cars and focuses more on realistic look and feel of these Boxsters than on fast and furious action and spectacular crashes.The game features interactive tracks, driver personalities, and a range of different game modes, including multiplayer. There are 4 different tracks available: USA, Japan, Alpine, and Stuttgart. Each track can be played in 3 different modes: classic, long mode (which features extra shortcuts and extensions to the tracks) and interactive mode (which remixes and extends the tracks). The action can be viewed by three different camera angles. |
| Tigershark | 1997-08-01 | Atari, Inc. | n-Space, Inc. | Action | Behind view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Tigershark is set in 2060, where a Russian commander is seeking to sink the entire Pacific tectonic plate by constructing geothermal taps in the ocean. Only the Tigershark, a powerful prototype attack subfoil (submarine-hydrofoil) can stop it. The Tigershark will encounter enemy submarines, hostile aircraft, and powerful battle cruisers in battles in both sea and air. Some missions require escorting ally submarines to safety. |
| NCAA Football 98 | 1997-08-05 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | EA Tiburon | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Press Release - PlayStation (from Ad Blurbs)
ELECTRONIC ARTS SHIPS NCAA FOOTBALL 98 FOR THE PLAYSTATION
EA SPORTS' Top Selling College Football Video Game Graduates From 16-Bit to Advanced Gaming Platform
SAN MATEO, Calif., August 5, 1997 -- Electronic Arts® (Nasdaq:ERTS), a leading global interactive entertainment software company, today announced the shipment of NCAA® Football 98 for the PlayStation’. NCAA Football 98 is the latest version of EA SPORTS'’ best-selling college football video game line. Previously only available on the Sega’ Genesis’ 16-bit game console, fans of this franchise have been waiting for its arrival on the PlayStation.
NCAA Football 98 includes all 112 teams from the ten different Division I-A conferences. It has 20 all-time historic games, with 40 of the greatest college football teams ever to step onto the gridiron. It is therefore possible to recreate such memorable games as the historic 1987 Fiesta Bowl that featured the great 1986 teams from Penn State and Miami. Accurate position rankings and skill levels for each school enhance the game's realism.
Exclusive rights to the Fed Ex Orange Bowl, Tostitos Fiesta Bowl and Nokia Sugar Bowl provide real life bowl games not found in any other interactive football game. NCAA Football 98 also has the rights to the Rose Bowl. The 1998 Fed Ex Orange Bowl will host this season's National Championship game, and with the exclusive rights to this bowl NCAA Football 98 is the only interactive college football game in which the user can play for the undisputed National Championship.
"We have created a football game that stays true to the feel of a Saturday afternoon college event," said Rob Martyn, executive producer, EA SPORTS. "You'll hear the voice of Rose Bowl announcer Chuck White during the game. We worked with former UCLA coach Terry Donahue to make sure the playbook for each team was authentic and reflects the style of play that team actually uses. You play this game and you feel like you are on the field and part of the college football experience. The emotion, tradition, rivalries and enthusiasm that surround the college game is very intense and EA SPORTS has captured that feeling in NCAA Football 98."
The level of detail in the game is incredible from the jersey numbers that are shown on each player, to 122 fully-rendered and authentically reproduced stadiums for every team in the league, plus extra stadiums used in post-season play. Even the most minute details were taken care of, such as the field starting to degrade in quality over the course of the game if it's raining. Also, over 30 licensed fight songs are in the game. In order to ensure a competitive game against the computer, whether the game player is a novice or an expert, skill setting can be placed at Junior Varsity, Varsity or All-American levels. Saved instant replays allow the user to save a great play to a PlayStation memory card and carry it to a friend's house to replay.
NCAA Football 98 has features unique to the college game that distinguish it from other football games on the market. Dynasty mode allows the user to build a powerhouse program over the course of multiple seasons. In dynasty mode, after the season the user can pick blue-chip recruits from a field of incoming freshman. The better the previous season's record, the better the caliber of athletes available to your team. Thus, a weak team can be built up to national champion by quality play and shrewd recruiting. As seniors graduate, it is up to the player to replace them with talented freshman who can help build the program.
Rival mode instantly brings up the main rival for each team in the game, and with every Division I-A school in the game the number of matchups is huge. With team rivalries being a major part of college football, the rival mode adds an element to the game that defines what the college football experience is all about. Many times a winning season for a team is still considered a failure because of the simple fact that the team lost to its main rival. NCAA Football 98 captures that feeling and immerses the user in the passion of the college game.
EA SPORTS is the leading interactive sports software brand in the world. Its top-selling titles include FIFA Soccer, John Madden Football’, NHL® Hockey, NBA Live Basketball, PGA TOUR® Golf, Triple Play Baseball’, and Andretti Racing.
Electronic Arts (EA), headquartered in San Mateo, California, is a leading interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, EA posted revenues of $625 million for fiscal 1997. The company develops, publishes and distributes software worldwide for personal computers and advanced entertainment systems such as the PlayStation’, Nintendo® 64 and Sega Saturn’. Electronic Arts markets its products worldwide under six brand names: Electronic Arts, EA SPORTS’, Origin Systems’ Inc., Maxis®, Bullfrog’ Productions Ltd. and Jane's® Combat Simulations. EA has international subsidiaries in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, and North American development operations in San Mateo and Walnut Creek, Calif.; Baltimore, Maryland; Austin, Texas; Seattle, Washington; and Vancouver, British Columbia. More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at http://www.ea.com.
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| Dōkyūsei 2 | 1997-08-06 | Banpresto Co., Ltd. | Elf Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | | | | | | | | PS1 | Dōkyūsei 2 is a classic "love adventure", a genre that is also referred to (quite erroneously) as "dating simulations". You are a high-school student, whose father is a famous archaeologist traveling around the world, and whose mother died when he was a child. It is now your third year at the 88 High School, and naturally, your primary concern is your love life. Will you be able to date successfully and to come to a happy ending with one of the fifteen lovely female classmates?The game mechanics are a lot like in a "standard" adventure game (examine objects, visit various locations, talk to people, make decisions), but the plot centers exclusively around your relationship with the girls. The game has its own internal clock. You can move around your character on a "city map", visiting different locations. Every visit takes 20-30 minutes of game time. You can make appointments and visit various places at a specific time. The decisions you make influence the story. |
| Arkanoid Returns | 1997-08-07 | Taito Corporation | ITL Co., Ltd., Taito Corporation | Strategy | Side view | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Arkanoid Returns is the fourth game in the Arkanoid series. It is largely similar to its predecessor Arkanoid: Doh It Again as it has the same power-ups (plus the Giga-Ball) and board size. Some of the level designs have even been reused. The game has 50 levels, and the theme changes every 9 levels. Unlike past games, it doesn't have any boss battles. |
| Metal Slug: Super Vehicle - 001 | 1997-08-07 | SNK Corporation | Nazca Corporation | Action | Side view | | War | Platform, Shooter | | Tank | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Metal Slug, originally released on the Neo Geo, is a side-scrolling shoot'em'up.The player(s) takes the role of a soldier (or two) and fights a gigantic army. Every level consists of running forward blasting anything that moves, while collecting power-ups along the way (there's also a wide selection of weaponry in the game). In the end of each level the player goes up against one gigantic boss. The PlayStation port introduces some extra features: there is a combat school where the player may fight with other players for the best time on each level and an art gallery. |
| Panzer Bandit | 1997-08-07 | Banpresto Co., Ltd. | Fill in Café Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler, Fighting | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | An evil robotic army invades city after city and nothing seems to stop them, that is until fighting hero Kou and his band of heroes decide to put the hurt on the invading forces and set off in a quest to liberate each city and finally destroy their flying robotic whale HQ. (Yeah, robotic whale HQ). The game prompts you to select from four different characters, each with his/her unique moveset and sends you off for eight enemy-infested stages in which you must use your attacks to pummel everything that crosses your path. You only have two planes of vertical motion, which are mainly used to avoid enemy fire, and the game includes a power-bar that increases with your attacks and allows you to unleash super moves. These moves also increase an overheat gauge which renders you useless for a while, so as to avoid abusing the super moves.Features an anime intro and cutscenes, and the game uses 2D sprites with some polygonal elements for background elements. |
| Sokoban Basic | 1997-08-07 | ITOCHU Corporation | Outback Pty. Ltd., Thinking Rabbit | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | This game is a sequel to the original Soko-Ban. The gameplay is no different than the original game, where you push the boxes on the marked areas with careful planning ahead so you don't get stuck.There are 8 difficulty levels, each with 40 challenges. In addition there is also an editor to create your own box-moving challenges. |
| WarCraft II: The Dark Saga | 1997-08-20 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Blizzard Entertainment Inc. | Strategy | Top-down | | War | Real-time strategy | Fantasy, Steampunk | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | PS1 | This port of Warcraft II includes all the missions from Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness and its expansion pack, Beyond the Dark Portal, into one package. New features for the console release include an auto-build option, where the player can set a queue of units to be produced and the ability to select sixteen units at a time instead of the PC's nine. |
| Pastel Muse | 1997-08-21 | Soft Office | Soft Office | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Direct control | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Pastel Muse is a puzzle game where you shoot colored balls down a slope to match them up with the pile of balls at the bottom. The premise is similar to such games as Puzzle Bobble, but with a difference. Here you not only control the aim, but also how hard you shoot the ball, making it go in an arc across the playing field and down the slope. Also, when you make balls disappear the remaining balls fall further down the slope using somewhat good physics.You can play the game in the usual Story Mode, vs Mode and Endless Mode varieties usually found in this kind of puzzler. |
| Ace Combat 2 | 1997-08-25 | Namco Hometek Inc. | Namco Limited | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Shooter | | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | | | Teen | Takumi Kudō, Kō Akimoto, Kazutoki Kono, Akinari Kaneko, Kei Yoshimizu, Masato Kanno, Hideki Nakamura | PS1 | Ace Combat 2 is the sequel to Namco's PSX combat flight simulator Air Combat. Ace Combat 2 puts you back in the cockpit as a mercenary pilot out to foil a world-threatening terrorist plot. You'll proceed through 30 missions in which your success will allow you to buy weapon upgrades, parts and other gimmicks just like in the original. The game offers sharper graphics and sounds, more planes and options, dual shock support as well as adding analog joystick support. |
| Madden NFL 98 | 1997-08-26 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Tiburon Entertainment | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Madden NFL 98 is the second game in the series to appear on PlayStation and Saturn. It is based closely on the previous year's edition, but with the usual updates, revisions and several new features. Compared to versions on other platforms, the 32-bit console version comes with its own graphics engine and selection of teams, modes and options.The game includes the 30 teams of the 1997 NFL season, the 1997 All-Madden team and 85 classic teams from NFL history, spanning 1960 to 1996. All the team's home stadiums plus the Pro Bowl stadium in Hawaii and the Super Bowl stadium in San Diego are available. Further teams and stadiums can be unlocked via secret codes. Returning playing modes from the predecessor are Exhibition, Season (including Playoffs and Super Bowl, based on the 1997 NFL schedule) and Tournament (8 or 16 player single elimination). Added to these are the new Custom Season and Fantasy Draft. Custom Season allows players to customize the NFL divisions and thus the schedule with all available teams, including the classic teams. Fantasy Draft is a custom tournament mode for four or eight teams. Players create their own teams by giving them names and then drafting players. The tournament consists of a round-robin round followed by semi-finals and finals. The option of creating and trading players also returns, and can be made more realistic by employing salary caps and trading deadlines within a season.During a game, the same graphics style employed by the previous year's game is used: polygonally-rendered 3D stadiums with players, ball and referees as 2D bitmaps. The camera can be toggled between several perspectives, with most returning from the predecessor, but some being replaced by new ones. |
| NFL GameDay 98 | 1997-08-26 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Sony Interactive Studios America | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | NFL GameDay '98 has new and previous features like Preseason, Season, and Training Camp modes. You can also choose to play as a skill player, like wide receiver or fullback instead of mostly being in control of the quarterback. You also get a play editor, a create-a-player feature, and over 100 touchdown dances. |
| The Lost World: Jurassic Park | 1997-08-26 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | DreamWorks Interactive L.L.C. | Action | 1st-person, Side view | Licensed | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | Matt Hall | PS1 | The dinosaurs are back in this monstrous sequel. Take a dinosaur-stomping adventure through 'Site B' as you try to reach a radiophone to call a helicopter to get you out of there. But your journey won't be easy, because along the way you'll run into fierce, menacing dinosaurs that'll try to catch and eat you.Play as characters from the movie and use weapons such as the tranquilizer, rocket launcher, and the shotgun. Featuring music straight out of the movie, many levels and fast gameplay, JURASSIC PARK is back... with bite!5 different playable characters, over 30 levels, 20 different dinosaurs, variety of secret paths and hidden areas, 3D rendered graphics. |
| Eikō no St Andrews | 1997-08-28 | Shogakukan Production Co., Ltd. | SETA Corporation | Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Eikō no St Andrews (栄光のセントアンドリュース) is a golf game which focuses on the original course at St Andrews also known as the home of golf. Gameplay modes include training, stroke play, match play and tournament. Depending on the type of game, you can play against one or more players in turn or compete in match or tournament against CPU players. Character models include several professional golfers from that time, although a lot of things are adjustable, include character heights, player names and their hand preference.Gameplay uses 3rd-person back camera and shows a swinging ellipse around the player character which indicates power of the swing, which once pressed will show red blip on the ball icon which will downsize red circle indicating precision with which you hit the ball, which also requires good timing to hit the ball in best possible way sending it off flying long distance. Each strike is indicated with a vector arc in different color so at any time in the game you can see your full trajectory from the starting point to your current position.During the tournament, each hole has a brief overview introduction sequence shows the terrain all around with camera showing it from high altitude. The game also features live-action videos for each of the track. Those videos, along with town overview and foreword by an actor portraying Tom Morris, a 19th century golfer, can be accessed from the main menu. Various game data can be saved onto memory card such as scores and replays. The settings screen allows for change of the time of day, weather control (sunny, rainy, cloudy, and random), BGM and movies can be toggled on/off, and number of days for tournament can be set (between 1 and 4 days).
Course Guide
Hole
Name
Par
Distance (in yards)
1
The Burn
4
370
2
The Dyke
4
411
3
Cartgate Out
3
352
4
Ginger Beer
4
419
5
Hole O'Cross Out
5
514
6
Heathery Out
4
374
7
High Hole Out
4
359
8
Short Hole
3
166
9
End Hole
4
307
10
Bobby Jones
4
318
11
High Hole In
3
172
12
Heathery In
4
316
13
Hole O'Cross In
4
398
14
Long Hole
5
523
15
Cartgate In
4
401
16
Corner of the Dyke
4
351
17
The Road Hole
4
461
18
Tom Morris
4
354
|
| Gradius Gaiden | 1997-08-28 | Konami Co., Ltd. | KCE Tokyo, Inc. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Evil lurks out there in the universe - even after you defeated the Bacterian forces. It's 200 years into the future and Gradius is prospering. But one day, a science vessel disappeared into the Evil Range nebula. This started a domino effect which ended in the colonies around Gradius attacked and most of the planet's army in ruins. Desperately, the Gradius army launched an attack on the source with four ships in hot pursuit. Now only you, aboard your trusty Vic Viper starfighter, can put an end to the Dark Nebula in Gradius Gaiden, yet another shooter in the Gradius series.Gameplay consists of moving your fighter across side-scrolling stages, shooting everything in sight and avoiding enemy fire, with your objective being to reach the end and defeat the stage boss to move on. You can collect power-ups which fills your power-up bar and which can then be triggered at any time for a specific effect depending on what bar is active at the moment. You can also power-up the Missile, Double, and Laser power-ups to become more powerful, select two new types of shield (Guard, which protects against physical barriers. and Limit, which renders you invincible for three seconds), and even re-arrange what's in your bar.The game uses 2D graphics with some polygonal elements and features 2-player co-op gameplay as well as the option to select from four starfighters to take into battle. |
| Shin Senki Van-Gale: The War of Neo-Century | 1997-08-28 | Yumedia | Aroma Co., Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation, Mecha / giant robot | | | | | PS1 | War has been raging for several years now between the Glomar Empire and the distant space colonies. The Mule Colony Alliance have banded together to fight for independence as a new order called Elysion. The battles in this war are carried out by new fighting robots called Assault Armor, and as a pilot on either the Glomar or Elysion side you will help to decide the outcome of the war.Van-Gale is a one-on-one 3D space shooter that combines elements of Omega Boost and Virtual On. You and an opponent trade fire and blows in a free-scrolling environment. Each pilot's machine has different abilities: some have high speed, some have powerful or highly-accurate weaponry, and some simply excel at punching other machines. To win, the opponent's HP gauge must be depleted in any way possible. The game includes eight playable characters, and both a story mode and a split-screen versus mode. |
| Yūkyū Gensōkyoku | 1997-08-28 | Media Works Inc. | Starlight Marry Corporation | Adventure | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | PS1 | A young traveler finds himself working in a shop in the town of Enfield after being rescued by the shop's owner. One day, he's arrested on suspicion of stealing a work of art, and though he does not remember doing such a thing, several people claim to have seen him fleeing the scene of the crime. The shop's owner takes a loan to pay his bail, but if she is unable to pay the loan back within one year, she will lose the shop. A peculiar law in the town says that if he can gain the favor of the town, he can request a retrial, and so the young man and several of his friends in the town start taking odd jobs in order to gain the trust of the townsfolk.Yūkyū Gensōkyoku (Eternal Fantasy) is a traditional-style Japanese adventure game. You must interact with your companions and other people about the town, as well as plan jobs and leisure time for your group in order to build the trust of the town and pay back your debt. |
| Yūkyū Gensōkyoku (Genteiban!!) | 1997-08-28 | Media Works Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | The limited edition release of Yūkyū Gensōkyoku was released at the same time and with the same fixed price as the regular release with color scenario and special package artwork. There are also various small extras such as a full instruction manual and a transparent bookmark with character art. |
| Final Fantasy VII | 1997-08-31 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Square Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time, Turn-based | Teen | Cinematic camera | PS1 | The seventh installment of the Final Fantasy series takes place in a post-modern, steampunk, sci-fi world where high technology reigns and where robots and bio-engineered mutants co-exist with humans and dragons.The story focuses on Shinra Inc., an evil mega-corporation responsible for all the world's high technology. Shinra supports this technology with Mako Energy, Shinra's patented source of power. Unfortunately, Mako is the lifeblood of the living planet and by using it up Shinra is slowly upsetting the balance of nature.In comes AVALANCHE, a rebel group of disenfranchised citizens who have taken it upon themselves to oppose Shinra's ambitions. The main character is an ex-Shinra soldier named Cloud Strife, an angst-ridden fellow with a complex history that is explained as the game goes on. Cloud joins up with AVALANCHE as a mercenary for hire, and together they take on Shinra's maniacal executives and their army of shock-troops, robots, and mutants. However, after a while, it becomes apparent that there are other forces at work, and ultimately Cloud must not only fight against Shinra but also stop a powerful man from his past from destroying the world.Like its predecessors, Final Fantasy VII is a role-playing game in Japanese style, featuring turn-based combat with a real-time (ATB, "active time battle") element against randomly appearing enemies. Customization in the game revolves around a so-called "Materia" system. Instead of magic spells, abilities, and bonus stats being saved to a single character, they are saved to Materia orbs, allowing the player to change a character's spells and abilities from the equipment menu at any time. Materia orbs can be bought in stores or found during exploration. The series' trademark summoned monsters are also contained within specific Materia. Besides experience points, characters also receive ability points that gradually upgrade the abilities of the currently equipped Materia.Each character also possesses a set of unique attacks called "Limit Breaks". By sustaining enough damage without dying a character will build up their Limit Gauge, which can be expended to do a highly damaging attack when filled. More powerful Limit Breaks are unlocked as previous ones are used, and acquiring the most powerful Limit Break of each character will require the completion of sub-quests. The game utilizes 3D character models and pre-rendered backgrounds with varying camera angles for the exploration of towns and hostile areas. World map navigation and battle screens are done completely in 3D. CG movies are frequently used as cutscenes that advance the game's story. The game features a large number of mini-games (most of which are optional) and many ways to explore the game world, as the player gradually acquires various vehicles that can venture into previously inaccessible locations. |
| Formula 1: Championship Edition | 1997-09-01 | Psygnosis Limited | Bizarre Creations, Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | An updated version of Psygnosis' first Formula 1 game. It features all tracks, drivers and cars from the 1997 season. Both an arcade mode and a realistic Grand Prix mode are available.
New features are higher resolution and split-screen multiplayer. |
| Nuclear Strike | 1997-09-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Shooter | | Helicopter | | | Teen | | PS1 | After the Middle East, South America, the United States, and the former U.S.S.R, this fifth installment of the Strike takes the action to the heart of Asia, following the trail of Colonel LeMonde, who has terrorized South East Asia. LeMonde is armed with one prototype nuclear missile warhead, modified to catalyze a chain reaction that can completely destroy the ozone layer and thus irradiate the Earth. The hunt for LeMonde will take the player from Indocine (intended to suggest Indochina, the mainland of South East Asia), to the South China Sea to combat Napoleon Hwong, then to the heart of North Korea to uncover the nuclear schemes of Kym Zung-Lee (intended to suggest Kim Jong Il), and finally to Siberia for a final battle. With the aid of fellow operatives, the player pilots the Super Apache, a fictional helicopter variant that is armed with Hellfire and Sidewinder missiles as well as Hydra cannons. Various other vehicles are also available during the course of the game, including tanks and jet fighters. |
| Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee | 1997-09-01 | GT Interactive Software Corp. | Oddworld Inhabitants Inc. | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Platform | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Teen | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Abe is a Mudokon, a member of a once prosperous race which has now been enslaved by the Glukkons, forced to work in their huge corporations. The food factories have found a new type of meat, delicious to all the inhabitants, though no one knows the recipe. Following his stomach, Abe eavesdrops on the corporate leaders' conversation and makes the most frightening and disgusting discovery: his own race is that secret delicious food. Alas, Abe has been spotted, and the guards are marching towards him. He must escape, but he can't leave his friends to the mercy of the Glukkons and their henchmen. He must rescue as many as he can, and tell the world the truth about what he has found out.Abe's Oddysee is the first game set in the fictional Oddworld universe. It is a platformer with puzzle-solving elements, focusing on the portrayal of a weak, underpowered character in a grim and hostile world, who has to rely on his cunning to outwit enemies and overcome hazards. Abe is almost completely helpless: he cannot use weapons and is usually instantly killed by his brutal enemies if he confronts them directly. For this reason, most of the game involves careful exploration, timed movement, sneaking, and outsmarting the foes through various means: throwing stones to confuse them, luring them into traps, etc. Abe can run, jump, climb, tiptoe, crouch, and roll; in most areas, these actions are essential to his survival. A few stages involve Abe riding a large animal known as Elum.Abe's only special power is chanting, which he can use to stun certain enemies for a while or possess them. When Abe possesses an enemy he gains his abilities: for example, possessing the body or a ferocious Slig allows the player to shoot from his machine gun, communicate with other creatures of his kind, and even commit suicide, clearing the way for Abe. Chanting is also used to open "bird portals", which is the final action needed to bring a fellow Mudokon to safety. Before that, Abe needs to locate his enslaved friends and lead them out of the hostile environment by using a communication method called "Gamespeak". Gamespeak is a way of verbal communication through simple commands, which are assigned to various expressions, such as "Hello", "Follow me", "Wait here", etc. It can also be used to memorize passwords given to Abe by other Mudokons in a few areas. Many areas in which Abe can save Mudokons are hidden and not required to complete the game. However, the ending of the game differs depending on the number of Mudokons saved by the player. The game has pre-rendered background graphics and uses CG movies of similar style to advance the story between the levels. |
| RayStorm | 1997-09-01 | SPAZ, Working Designs | Taito Corporation | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | RayStorm is a shoot'em-up game created for the arcades, later ported to the Playstation and Saturn home consoles. Although there is no story connection, it is often thought of as the spiritual successor to RayForce, which had similar gameplay.You have 2 weapons at you disposal, a vulcan gun and a lock-on missile attack. You can also do 2 special attacks by using the lock-on system in a special way. The graphics are all in 3D, but the gameplay mechanics are in 2D. There are 7 stages, each ending with a giant end boss. |
| Steel Reign | 1997-09-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Chantemar Creations | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Tank | | | Teen | | PS1 | General Storm and his militia are out to take over the world, and it's up to you to stop them. Luckily, you are armed with a battalion of tank prototypes. While there are only three different types to choose from at the beginning, the number of choices will grow to 12 as more tanks are discovered throughout the game.Play takes place in either the Arcade or Quest modes. Arcade has the player fighting through 10 levels of driving and shooting action, where players can pick up new weapons like laser beams, plasma cannons, and missiles. Between each mission, there is the opportunity to change tanks. Quest mode plays the same way, except the player is not given the opportunity to switch vehicles and must drive the same tank through all of the levels. Can General Storm be defeated? |
| Transport Tycoon | 1997-09-01 | Ocean Software Ltd. | Chris Sawyer Productions | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Bus, Flight / aviation, Hovercraft, Naval / watercraft, Train, Transport, Truck | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Kids to Adults | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | PS1 | In Transport Tycoon, you are in charge of a transport company starting in 1930 in the midst of The Great Depression, and your aim is to build up an empire of trains, ships, lorries, planes and helicopters, with technological evolution to be taken into account. You can play alone, or with a number of computer-controlled rivals. At the beginning of the game, you (and your rivals) have a large terrain at your disposal. The terrain is shown in isometric projection and includes hills, rivers, lakes, bridges, industrial facilities and a lot of small towns. It is up to you to decide how to start building your empire. Maybe you can begin by connecting two towns with a road, building a vehicle depot somewhere next to the road, and setting up bus stops in both towns. Now just buy a bus (initially, there are just a few models available, but more buses appear with time), set its schedule, and watch as it goes between both bus stops, taking passengers and unloading them, earning you money. You can also transport passengers by building train tracks, sea ports, or airports and then buying appropriate vehicles - trains, ferries, planes. If you set up a station next to an industrial facility (such as a factory, a power plant or a farm), you can also transport various cargo, such as coal, livestock or wood, which allows you to earn much more money than transporting passengers. Of course, you'll have to buy special lorries and train cars if you'll want to deal with these. Most businesses offer certain types of cargo and are ready to pay for transporting other cargo to them; for example, a steel mill has a lot of steel to fill your cars, and will gladly accept iron ore if you have any. Clicking on any of your vehicles brings up a small window where you can observe a live feed of what the vehicle is doing and look up its status. If anything important happens during the game (such as a particular station accepting its first vehicle), it is shown as a newspaper headline at the bottom of the screen. Various versions exist building upon the DOS original, with the most notably different being the PlayStation port, which in addition to the isometric graphics includes a 3D view of the world map taking advantage of the PlayStation’s graphics hardware. The game was followed up with the release of the World Editor and later re-released in enhanced form as Transport Tycoon Deluxe. |
| Nobunaga no Yabō: Tenshōki with Power Up Kit | 1997-09-11 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Compilation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | Wargame | Historical events, Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) | | | | | | PS1 | A compilation of Nobunaga no Yabō: Tenshōki and Nobunaga no Yabō: Tenshōki - Power Up Kit. |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV with Power Up Kit | 1997-09-11 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Compilation, Strategy | Top-down | | | | China (Ancient / Imperial), Historical events | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | PS1 | Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV with Power Up Kit is the compilation of Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV: Wall of Fire and Sangokushi IV: Power Up Kit. |
| CART World Series | 1997-09-16 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Sony Interactive Studios America | Racing / Driving | | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | CART World Series, endorsed by Championship Auto Racing Teams, is Sony's first attempt at the world of CART racing. With the official endorsing and license, the developers were able to include a lot of realistic elements from the racetrack into the game.All of the top-rated CART drivers (circa 1996-1997) have been included and programmed to match their real-life abilities (based on a statistics standpoint). Al Unser Jr., Bobby Rahal, Gil de Ferran and many more are there to use or to race against. Each one has their own unique car, which can be tuned-up and modified any way you'd likeModification comes in the way of tweaking a car's performance. If you know a lot about cars and how they handle, you can adjust their tires to fit the road (hard or soft) as well as modify their gear systems and aerodynamics. By moving the front of the car down or slanting the wings, you may be able to find a perfect combination for speed and performance. During races, a car's tire will wear down and it will eventually run out of fuel. Pit stops are necessary for a successful victory.In addition to the real drivers and cars (Honda and Ford included), ten official CART tracks have been included – each modeled after their real-life counterpart. Tracks span the United States and are located in Cleveland, Michigan, Long Beach and more. Each features realistic dynamics and road handling in an attempt to create a believable racing experience.As far as gameplay goes, you've got the following options: Arcade, Simulation, Practice, Single Race, 10 Race Season. The season play is simply a series of races in which you must qualify and race for the cup and the arcade and simulation modes both keep track of individual racer statistics. If you're still getting used to an Analog Controller, you may want to make a few practice runs before starting a season.Additionally, CART World Series supports two players via split-screen or a Link Cable. |
| Agent Armstrong | 1997-09-18 | Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Europe) Ltd. | King of the Jungle Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Shooter | | | | | | | PS1 | Agent Armstrong is a 3D side-scrolling single-player-shooter released in the early days of the PSX. Set in 1930, Armstrong must battle across 4 continents and deep underwater as the Syndicate attempt to control the world. The 30 levels are mission-based with at least 2 objectives. There are boss sequences every 5 levels or so. Whilst the game is predominantly side-scrolling there are many sequences and areas (boss areas in particular) where the action is free form. |
| Battle Bugs | 1997-09-18 | Manning Co., Ltd. | Epyx, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | | | | Real-time | | Isometric | PS1 | A very unique real-time strategy game. It's only semi-real-time, because it's possible to pause the action at any moment. The player commands 22 different insects in a long campaign (56 missions) against the computer-AI or a human opponent. |
| Dark Seed II | 1997-09-18 | B-Factory | Cyberdreams, Inc., Destiny Software Productions, Inc. | Adventure | Side view | | Detective / mystery, Horror | | | | | | | | PS1 | Dark Seed II continues the nightmare of Mike Dawson as he recovers from a nervous breakdown from his earlier encounters with the Ancients. Back in his hometown, Mike's high school sweetheart, Rita, is found murdered after the high school reunion. Unfortunately, Mike cannot remember much about that night, even though others saw him with Rita. Now, as the prime suspect, he must find a way to prove his innocence.The designs of H.R. Giger are pivotal in this horror-tinged point 'n click adventure. Players will be swapping between the Normal World and the Dark World, with 75 prerendered 3D locations in total. There are 40 characters to interact with. The goal is to overthrow the Behemoth of the Dark World and cut through the corruption of the Normal World.Movement, action and dialogue interaction modes are toggled between using the right mouse button, with the full screen used for location display unless the game menu or inventory bars are called into use. |
| My Dream: On Air ga Matenakute | 1997-09-18 | Nihon Create | Nihon Create | Adventure, Simulation | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | My Dream is an simulation game focusing on the world of voice-actors. There are eight different heroines in the game, and each has been voiced by three different actresses. Voice actress for each heroine can be set up at the beginning of a new game, right after entering the player's name. The game doesn't feature default name for the player, and other characters will address you by the name you enter (both Japanese and Latin letters are available during name creation). The player focuses on a single heroine and by setting up a weekly schedule for her, the game advances as a visual novel with selectable dialogue and action choices at certain locations and during certain conversations. The weekly schedule is set by selecting locations on the map you wish to visit, one location per day. Different location offer different actions and participation in various events and meeting and talking to other characters. Each heroine has a default set of attributes which change over time, such as physical strength, self-confidence, stress, speaking skill, and other. During gameplay, static character images with mild animations such as talking, are glued over blurred real-life photos which are used as backgrounds.Heroines with selectable voice-actresses include:
Nao Utsumi (voiced by Naoko Takano, Nao, or Miki Nagasawa)
Haruka Kudou (voiced by Tarako, Rika Matsumoto, or Kotono Mitsuishi)
Izumi Watanabe (voiced by Mayumi Tanaka, Noriko Hidaka, or Chisa Yokoyama)
Reika Shirouchi (voiced by Ai Orikasa, Naoko Matsui, or Rika Matsumoto)
Miyuki Yoshizawa (voiced by Kikuko Inoue, Miwako Hatayama, or Yuriko Fuchizaki)
Aya Takai (voiced by Mayumi Tanaka, Aya Hisakawa, or Akiko Hiramatsu)
Kurumi Kawai (voiced by Tarako, Yuriko Fuchizaki, or Yuuko Miyamura)
Erina Saitoh (voiced by Mika Nakai, Manami Komori, or Naoko Matsui)
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| Discworld II: Mortality Bytes! | 1997-09-24 | Psygnosis Limited | Perfect Entertainment, Ltd. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Point and select | | Teen | | PS1 | Mortality Bytes casts players again in the role of Rincewind, from the first game.Death, the grim reaper, who normally ushers the Discworld inhabitants into the afterlife, is on an extended vacation. This means that those whose "time is up" are faltering around in limbo. Now it's up to Rincewind to bring him back or suffer the fate of immortality.Gameplay is divided into 4 Acts. There are many locations to explore and a multitude of obstacles in Rincewind's path to overcome. Conversations with characters and interaction with inventory objects is necessary to move ahead.The game features unique humour similar to the previous game. |
| NHL 98 | 1997-09-24 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Sports | Diagonal-down, Top-down | Licensed | | Tom Papadatos | | | Direct control | | Kids to Adults | 2D scrolling | PS1 | NHL 98 features much faster and refined gameplay (now using four action keys instead of two, removing the need to double-tap to perform some actions), along other new features such as "in-the-fly" tactics developed by Marc Crawford, then manager of the Colorado Avalanche and new commentary lines from Jim Hughson and Darryl Reaugh and a re-worked interface.
Graphics are improved from the previous version with the players being less angular, and thanks to 3Dfx support, with less pixels showing in the textures. The in-game presentation follows a TV-style script, zooming in players while displaying stats during clock stoppages.As far as game modes go, in the year of the first Olympic Tournament with professional players, NHL 98 introduced the first real international competition, with 18 International teams to choose from. Other game modes include Season (option to pick between 25 or 82 games) and Playoff (best of 1, 3, 5 or 7 matches) and a Penalty Shootout mode. |
| NHL FaceOff '98 | 1997-09-24 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Killer Game | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | In this edition, you can trade players, release players, create a player, and sign free agents. The modes of play include the usual season, exhibition, and quick start. One new feature is multi-team play, which lets more than one user play within the same season. |
| Treasures of the Deep | 1997-09-24 | Namco Hometek Inc. | Black Ops Entertainment, LLC | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Naval / watercraft | | | Teen | | PS1 | Treasures of the Deep is an underwater exploration game. The player controls an underwater explorer and ex-Navy Seal Jack Runyan, who is approached by the Underwater Mercenary Agency to carry out highly dangerous missions. The risks are great but the rewards are even greater. Choose from 12 missions in all parts of the globe, from the Great Barrier Reef to the Bermuda Triangle. Eight ships await command; start with an USN RV-1 mini-sub and trade up to the deadly Viper attack submarine. An arsenal of underwater technology and weaponry aid you in the quest: steel-mesh wetsuits, night-vision goggles, homing torpedoes, and remote underwater robot vehicles are just some of the resources at the player's disposal. And each of them is needed to be prepared for the unknown dangers lurking in the deep. |
| Ayakashi Ninden Kunoichiban | 1997-09-25 | Shoeisha Co., Ltd. | Zero System | Adventure | 1st-person | | Comedy, Romance | Dating simulation, Japanese-style adventure, Life / social simulation, Visual novel | Asia, Contemporary | | Menu structures | | | Interface | PS1 | In an alternate modern-day world where being a ninja is recognized as a legitimate profession, our heroine and main protagonist, Kaede Hagakure, transfers into Himeyuri Gakuen, a girls' training school for kunoichi (female ninjas). During her time at the school, she is bound to encounter numerous friends, comrades and potential rivals, as well as a few very grave situations here and there...Ayakashi Ninden Kunoichiban is a yuri-themed visual novel and dating sim revolving around female ninjas. The bulk of the gameplay involves around stat-raising in a school environment, as well as choosing which of the main heroines the protagonist will spend their time with, potentially leading in the direction of a romantic ending with any of them. Players will also occasionally be thrown into battle sequences, and their time spent raising stats will greatly affect how these battles can progress. |
| Front Mission 2 | 1997-09-25 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | Square Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | Turn-based | | Isometric | PS1 | The player assumes the role of an OCU Wanzer squad in 22nd century Aroldesh. One night while on routine patrol, the OCU base is infiltrated and attacked. Civil war is now loosed upon the nation of Aroldesh as a coup d'etat is staged. Front Mission 2 is the first 3D title in the strategy/RPG series and the first to hit the Playstation. An isometric view is used to navigate your Wanzers (mech) on the battlefield. When the player engages an enemy the view switches to a 3rd-person perspective which shows the results of the battle. Between missions you can upgrade your Wanzer and talk with NPCs who will move the story forward. The game features over 30 missions and dozens of skills and weapons to outfit your crew with. |
| Linda³ Again | 1997-09-25 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | AlfaSystem Co., Ltd., MARS Corporation | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Linda³ Again is an enhanced remake of the PC Engine (TurboGrafx) CD game Linda³.The main story line in this version remains unchanged for the most part; however, many of the dialogues have been altered, and several characters modified and/or presented in a different way - which, naturally, also has an impact on the story. For example, a cut scene early in the game showed Linda and Ken kissing in the original version; in the remake, Linda punches him instead.All the cut scenes have been re-done from scratch. Instead of the simple animated scenes of the original the remake features full-motion anime-style movies. The change is more than just technical, as illustrated by the example above.In-game graphics have received a significant overhaul and are more detailed. Battle graphics in particular have been enhanced; in the original version, there were no backgrounds behind the enemy pictures; in this release, battle screens are accompanied by backgrounds reflecting the scenery the battle takes place in.Gameplay changes were also made. In addition to mission objectives (which represented difficulty levels in the earlier version), Linda³ Again features four parallel levels of difficulty, involving battles against animals and their collection. Difficulty of the battles themselves was also re-done in many areas; different and/or additional enemies are seen wandering in places populated by other creatures in the original release. |
| Paro Wars | 1997-09-25 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc. | Strategy | | | | | | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | PS1 | A turn-based strategy game based on the characters of the Parodius shooter series. You take your pick out of 8 classic characters from the Parodius games and pit their unique armies against the other character's in several scenarios in an all-out battle for total supremacy.Gameplay is divided between strategic phases played in a "world map" from which you build up your army and attempt to take control of several factories that provide the resources needed for unit creation, and tactical turn-based battles in which you deploy your army in hopes of taking over a control zone or similar objective from an opposing player (either human or AI-controlled).The game uses a combination of 3D backgrounds and 2D sprites for units and characters. As usual for games in the series, the game is filled with bizarre humor and parodies many other Konami franchises. |
| Croc: Legend of the Gobbos | 1997-09-29 | Fox Interactive, Inc. | Argonaut Software Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Croc: Legend of the Gobbos is a 3D platform game where you play as a crocodile. Small hairy creatures called Gobbos live peacefully on an island until one day they see a basket drifting in the water. After pulling it ashore they find a baby crocodile inside it. The Gobbos raise him as their own until he is three times their size. The game starts with the island being attacked by the evil Baron Dante and his minions. They capture most of the Gobbos, but the crocodile manages to escape. Now you need to rescue the Gobbos and fight Baron Dante and his minions.As you make progress you visit several islands with different themes like a forest, snow, desert or castles. Along the way you have to collect crystals (which serve as health), rescue Gobbos and defeat enemies and bosses. You can attack enemies with your tail, destroy crates with a jump down attack and, in some stages, it is possible to swim. Secret stages and a secret island can be unlocked if all Gobbos are rescued and all jigsaw pieces in the secret stages are collected. |
| Marvel Super Heroes | 1997-09-29 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Fighting | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Marvel Super Heroes is a 2D fighting game and the second Capcom title to feature characters from the Marvel comic universe. The gameplay is very similar to X-Men: Children of the Atom, but with a simplified Super Combo gauge and the addition of infinity gems. Each character starts with a set of gems. These can be activated during a fight to improve speed, power and defence, or provide special abilities to create crushing stone walls, open up a rift in space, or reverse the opponent's controls. The use of the gems is inspired by the The Infinity Gauntlet comic book series.There are ten playable characters. The heroes are Captain America, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, Psylocke, Spider-Man and Wolverine. The villains are Blackheart, Juggernaut, Magneto and Shuma-Gorath. Anita from the Darkstalkers series is a hidden character in the Japanese version. The bosses are Doctor Doom and Thanos. During the boss fight Thanos steals all the player's gems (except for mind) and uses them with new effects. |
| PGA Tour 98 | 1997-09-29 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | NuFX, Inc. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | EA's highly customizable golf series moves to the Sony Playstation with PGA Tour 98. Players can choose course conditions, whether to use special rules like mulligans, and even how much your caddy will assist with setting up a shot. With commentary by Ernie Johnson Jr., up to four players can play various play modes such as Skins games, Four-ball match play, and Skills Challenge on five real locales. The power and accuracy of ones shot is determined with a timed meter, which can be represented with a traditional vertical bar or a more realistic arcing meter. |
| NHL Breakaway 98 | 1997-09-30 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Sculptured Software, Inc. | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | This ice hockey game has a playbook-based AI system based on the teams' actual playbooks allowing for specific teams to play their actual styles, with variable player size, from big defensemen to small speedy wingers. There is a total team management system to make trades, improve coaching, create draft picks and send players through training camps, or even send injured athletes for therapy.The inclusion of all the marquee players such as Lemieux, Gretzky, Messier, Sakic, Hull, and others is mostly mandatory in sports games. Also, the hints about how to play each team from NHL player Keith Tkachuk are a useful resource. |
| Pax Corpus | 1997-09-30 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | | | | | PS1 | In the game you play an attractive female mercenary who knows little about her own past. You've been hired to discover the secrets surrounding Corporation Alcyon's Pax Corpus Project, and eliminate any threat it poses to the free world.The gameplay of Pax Corpus revolves around shooting, weapon upgrades, and level progression through the acquisition of keycards. Rave-style music accompanies the player throughout the futuristic world of violence. |
| Resident Evil: Director's Cut | 1997-09-30 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Regional differences | Horror | Puzzle elements, Shooter, Survival horror | Contemporary, North America | | Direct control | | Mature | Cinematic camera | PS1 | Resident Evil: Director's Cut is a reissue of the original Resident Evil. Unlike Resident Evil for the GameCube, it is not a remake of the original game, instead, it is more of a slight remix.There are three gameplay modes available. "Original" contains the original game with no changes or additions. "Beginner" features double the amount of ammunition and save ribbons, plus increased health for the player, increased damage for their weapons, and an auto-target feature."Arrange" mode is the "Director's Cut" version of the original. The default outfits for Jill, Chris, and Rebecca are changed, new camera angles are introduced, and the placement of key items is changed. Most of these changes are designed to play against the expectations of veteran players of the first Resident Evil - so zombie dogs may smash through new windows, or keys will not be where they were, forcing players to hunt for them anew. The default Beretta pistol is also changed to a chromed version with a randomized chance to kill standard zombies in one shot.The original release of the Director's Cut advertised an uncut version of the opening cinema, in full color, and never-before seen. Notable aspects of this video include shots of a corpse with bites taken out of the face, close-ups of zombie dogs bleeding when shot, and graphic quick-cuts of Joseph being bitten by these dogs. Chris is also shown smoking in his introduction, which was cut from Western releases. However, only the French and German releases contained this footage. U.S. and UK versions retained the censored black-and-white video shipped with the original release. This has never been corrected, either in the Greatest Hits reissue, or with the PSOne Classics downloads on the Playstation Network.The original issue of the Director's Cut contained a demo of Resident Evil 2 on a second disc. The "Greatest Hits" re-release added Dual Shock support for the controller (left "movement" stick only). |
| The Fantastic Four | 1997-09-30 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Probe Entertainment Ltd. | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Beat 'em up / brawler | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | In this beat-em up side scroller, you have a choice between five characters from the popular Marvel comics series: the Human Torch, Thing, Mr. Fantastic, the Invisible Woman, and She-Hulk. Each player has four special moves, one of which can only be executed when you collect enough force energy.One aspect of the game is that you can change between characters at any time. If you can't get past a boss with Mr. Fantastic's stretchy moves, you can switch to the Human Torch and set them on fire. |
| Bravo Air Race | 1997-10-01 | THQ Inc. | Metro Corporation | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | | Flight / aviation | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | In this air racing game, players race planes in an attempt to be first at the finish line. First they get to choose a plane, with each plane having their own ratings in max speed, acceleration, and mobility. The types of planes include a Lightning, Mustang, Thunderbolt, Corsair, Zero Fighter, Sinden, Messerschmitt, Spitfire, Gee Bee, Pitts, plus a few planes which have to be unlocked to use. They also can choose whether they want to fly the planes with automatic or manual transmission. They can choose to race in 4 different courses, which are the easy difficulty rated Mountain, the normal difficulty rated South City, or either of the hard difficulty rated Canyon or Snow Land course.When the race starts, players compete against 11 other planes. Players can view the plane they're flying while racing or they can choose to view the race from inside their cockpit. Players can turn a guide option on or off, with the guide being on, it helps the player stay on course and not fly out of bound by placing a trail to follow. Players also have to get to each course's checkpoints before a timer counts down to zero. If the player makes it to a checkpoint on time, their time is extended so they can get to the next one. During a race, players may see an S icon that when touched will give the player's plane a temporary burst of speed. Planes also can perform aerobatic rolls to quickly get out of danger. If a plane crashes, the players starts where they crashed, but costs them precious amounts of time. If players don't make it to the checkpoint on time, the race is over.The game also features a 2 player mode where 2 players race against each other while in split-screen. There is also a time attack mode where the player can fly the courses by themselves and try to complete laps as fast as possible and finish a course in as little time as possible. |
| Caesars Palace | 1997-10-01 | Interplay Productions, Inc. | Beam Software Pty., Ltd. | Gambling | 1st-person | Licensed | | Cards / tiles | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Players enter the Las Vegas casino Caesars Palace and try to turn their starting $1000 dollars into a fortune. Players first sign in with the cashier and then are able to choose from 5 different casino games from a menu in the lobby. The 5 casino games are roulette, blackjack, craps, slots, and baccarat. Players who need help can learn how to play the games by watching official Caesars Palace tutorial videos on them. All the games feature realistic random outcomes for each wager because the game was authenticated by gaming expert Dr. William Bertram. |
| Intelligent Qube | 1997-10-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | G-artists, Sugar & Rockets, Inc. | Action, Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | Direct control | | Kids to Adults | Isometric | PS1 | Put your brain to work! A squadron of Qubes are coming at you, and if you're not quick enough to get rid of them, you're toast! Capture them, contain them, and confine them...score points for capturing big groups of Qubes! Just don't touch the black Qubes, because...well...you're dead if you do.And the rules are very simple. If you lose, you die. So you know what to do, right? That's right...don't die. |
| Mega Man X4 | 1997-10-01 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Mega Man X, the reploid leader of the 17th unit Maverick Hunters, and his best friend Zero have to stop a reploid rebellion. Each of them gets involved in a different way and you can play as either character through the parallel stories.
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| Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero | 1997-10-01 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Midway Games, Inc., Avalanche Software LLC | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Fighting, Platform | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | | PS1 | Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero is a story-driven fighting game that casts you in the shoes of Sub-Zero, and chronicles a series of events that occurred prior to Mortal Kombat 1.In a storyline that is reminiscent of Looking Glass's Thief, the Lin Kuei assassin/thief is sent to steal an important document; this mission proves to be a test from a mysterious character (which turns out to be MK4's Quan Chi) and who charges you upon retrieval of this object to recover an ancient medallion of untold power. However once you retrieve the medallion, Quan Chi reveals that he actually tricked you, and the medallion is the key to awakening the demonic Shinnok (yup, the same baddie from MK4). You must now become a reluctant hero, as you pursue Quan Chi trough hell itself hoping you get to Shinnok before him.Gameplay wise the game takes the Mortal Kombat familiar 2D fighting environment and turns it into a hybrid fighter/platformer game, where you must travel trough hazardous levels running and jumping around as well as fighting your way against both digitized and polygonal enemies. Sub-Zero's interface is the same as in every MK game, with the addition of a "use" and "turn around" buttons and additions such as an inventory, and a slight RPG twist in which you get exp. for defeating opponents, which translates into new techniques and moves to execute in the game.Technically speaking this game represents the final evolutionary step in the MK's series 2D engines. New features include zooming, 3D lighting as well as 3D backgrounds and characters, etc. |
| Nightmare Creatures | 1997-10-01 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Kalisto Entertainment SA | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Regional differences | Horror | Arcade, Fighting | | | | | Mature | | PS1 | Adam Crowley, a once-respected scientist, now turned to black magic, has released a demonic contagion onto the streets of 1834 London. Based on the long-lost work of the Brotherhood of Hecate, it mutates its victim's bodies into grotesque nightmare creatures, and changes their minds into those of murderous brutes. When Dr. Jean F. began investigating, he was murdered. Now, as either his friend Ignatius Blackward, a priest and expert on the occult, or his daughter Nadia, a biologist and gymnast, fight against the creatures that roam the streets of London, the revived Brotherhood of Hectate, and the man behind it all, Adam Crowley.Gameplay is 3rd-person action, with an emphasis on melee combat. Ignatius and Nadia have different fighting styles and special moves. To keep things moving, an adrenaline meter depletes, killing the hero if it ever runs out. Kill monsters to top it up again. Gather special items to use on enemies, or just kill them using basic weapons. |
| Reel Fishing | 1997-10-01 | Natsume, Inc. | Victor Interactive Software, Inc. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | Masaru Yoshioka, Hiroshi Hirokawa | PS1 | Reel Fishing is a fishing simulation game. All the fishing spots are displayed with Full Motion Videos with the fish and line superimposed on them. Once you have bait, you see the fish and the end of your line and have to make sure he doesn't get away. Using the right bait you can catch fish, which can be held in your own personal aquarium, where they need to be taken proper care off. You have to refresh the water and feed them regularly. The game is divided in stages. For each stage you need to catch a certain number of fish before you advance to the next location. |
| Wing Over | 1997-10-01 | JVC Musical Industries Europe, Ltd. | Beluga Computer, Victor Interactive Software, Inc. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | | | | | PS1 | Wing Over is a combat flight simulator game for the PlayStation. It features 30 realistic fighter planes from various eras such as World War 1 and the Gulf War. There are four game modes: tournament, free play, survival, and vs. mode., and three different camera modes: first person, panoramic and trailing. |
| Castlevania: Symphony of the Night | 1997-10-02 | Konami of America, Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc. | Action | Side view | Regional differences | Horror | Metroidvania, Platform, RPG elements | Europe, Fantasy | | | | Teen | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Five years ago, Richter Belmont, the latest in the Belmont lineage and the one destined to be a Vampire Hunter, defeated Dracula in a brutal battle which nearly cost him the love of his life, Annette, and her sister, Maria. Now, Richter has suddenly vanished, Dracula's castle has mysteriously reappeared, and Maria, now a young woman, sets off to find Richter. Alucard, the son of Dracula, is awakened from his eternal slumber after this large shift in power and enters into the castle to find some answers and confront his father.Symphony of the Night is a direct sequel to Rondo of Blood. Unlike the previous installments of the series, the game is set in a castle which the player can explore freely with many different paths, although often items in certain areas need to be found that will allow passage to others. The action-based gameplay incorporates now strong RPG elements. The hero receives experience points for defeating enemies, gains levels, and becomes more powerful. There is also money to be found in the game, and various accessories to buy. In a separate screen, players need to equip attack weapons, shields, and other items. Magic plays an important role, as well as secondary weapons and a large amount of "special moves" that are executed similar to advanced one-on-one fighting games.The Saturn release adds two new areas to the castle (the Underground Garden and the Haunted Path), a third playable character (Maria), and a few new remixed music tracks. However, it sacrifices a few of the graphical effects from the PlayStation version, particularly true transparencies. The iOS and Android versions are based on the version found in the Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles release (has the Saturn versions familiars and items). All the other releases are based on the PlayStation version and do not feature these changes. |
| Daikōkai Jidai: Gaiden | 1997-10-02 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG), Simulation | Diagonal-down | | Romance | Managerial / business simulation | | Naval / watercraft | Direct control | Real-time | | | PS1 | Daikōkai Jidai: Gaiden is a spin-off game of New Horizons (also known as Daikōkai Jidai II or Uncharted Waters II). The in-game world and mechanics are similar to New Horizons along with some adjustments. In comparison with New Horizons, the game's story is much more fulfilling, at the cost of reducing number of playable protagonists to two compared with New Horizons's six. |
| Final Fantasy VII International | 1997-10-02 | Square Co., Ltd. | Square Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time, Turn-based | | | PS1 | Final Fantasy VII International features all the improvements from the North-American version of Final Fantasy VII: full motion videos of the Weapons, better control for the mini-games, "arrows" for the screens, an enhanced Materia management system, and an additional cut-scene about Cloud's past.In addition to those changes, Final Fantasy VII International includes an additional fourth disc with information, maps, character concepts, and general Final Fantasy VII trivia. |
| Voice Fantasia S: Ushinawareta Voice Power | 1997-10-02 | ASK Kodansha Co., Ltd. | | Adventure | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | PS1 | The hero of this game is a young man who enjoys playing video games (don't we all?..). One fine day, he rents a new game; after firing it up, a princess appears on the screen, calling for help. A moment later, a demonic hand reaches to the hero and pulls him into the TV! The hero is teleported into an alternate world, a kingdom that is a mixture of medieval and modern day-like environment. This world is in danger, and only those who have the magical "voice power" can save it! The hero meets the young female magician named Whip and the princess of the country, Fret; together, they must stop the evil and figure out a way for the hero to go back to his world.Voice Fantasia might look like an RPG, but in reality its gameplay is much closer to the adventure variety, the RPG elements reducing to a mini game-like status. Most of the gameplay here is dedicated to exploring the world, talking to characters, and acquiring and using items needed to advance the story. The infrequent turn-based battles are dictated by the story. Three girls join the party, and are able to use "voice powers", which are in effect attacks of various properties. There is no experience system of any kind.There is also a mild "dating simulation" element in the game. The player is able to buy presents for the girls, invite them for dinner, etc. When staying at the hotel, those anime-style fantasy characters are replaced by video footage of real voice actresses. The player is able to talk to them and ask a variety of questions. |
| WCW vs. the World | 1997-10-07 | THQ Inc. | Man Breeze, Inc., The | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Wrestle the world's toughest WCW wrestlers. Control non-stop 3D action in and out of the ring!You can play as one of 15 WCW wrestlers, including Chris Benoit, Lex Luger, Dean Malenko, Ric Flair, Eddie Guerrero, Hollywood Hulk Hogan, and many more!Choose from 60 wrestlers from 6 different organizations each with 30 to 40 moves per wrestler and play in over 10 hot 3D arenas! |
| Kuro no Ken | 1997-10-09 | CD Bros. | Forest | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Long time ago, the Black Dragon was destroying human cities and devouring human beings. A sword imbued with magical powers was made in order to destroy the dragon. It was known as the Blade of Darkness. The dragon was defeated, and the sword disappeared after the battle. Now, unholy people attempt the resurrection of the Black Dragon. Shinobu Ryudo, a young girl from the Dark-Haired tribe, begins a long and perilous journey across the main continent to find the sword and prevent the dragon's resurrection. Meanwhile, the warrior Kayes is instructed by the oracle to look for the sword as well. Will the heroes join forces to defeat the evil?..Kuro no Ken is a rather standard Japanese-style RPG with all the familiar ingredients: top-down locations, navigation on the world map, random enemies, turn-based combat, automatic leveling up, etc. The battles are viewed from a third-person perspective, using much larger character sprites than during exploration. Shinobu and Kayes can use physical attacks or magic spells (learned automatically when leveling up), which deplete MP. |
| Moonlight Syndrome | 1997-10-09 | Human Entertainment, Inc. | Human Entertainment, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Horror | | | | | | | Masayuki Fujita (藤田 政行), Yoichiro Shimazaki (島崎 洋一郎) | PS1 | A teenage girl named Mika meets a mysterious person on her way home, who warns her of horrifying events that are about to happen to her and her friends. More strange events are happening this evening: a cancelled meeting, a boy who seems to have followed her - but the next day, she almost forgets it... until she hears on the news that her schoolmate Kyoko was killed in a truck accident. Now Mika must find out what is truly happening around her. And so does Ryo, Kyoko's brother, who has been seeing strange dreams lately...A sequel to the original two Twilight Syndrome games, Moonlight Syndrome has a similarly text-heavy, low-interaction, linear gameplay with dialogue and/or action choices, which would sometimes influence the course of the narrative. Like Twilight Syndrome games (and unlike most Japanese-style adventure games), Moonlight Syndrome has physical character navigation in limited 3D areas. Some scenes - such as most full-screen dialogue portraits, etc. - are depicted as pre-rendered images. The player controls different characters, starting with Mika, then switching to Ryo; most of the gameplay consists of walking/running to the next screen, triggering the next dialogue/scene. There is no other interactivity in the game, and no items. |
| Spectral Force | 1997-10-09 | Idea Factory Co., Ltd. | Idea Factory Co., Ltd. | Strategy | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)To download content to the Memory Stick PRO Duo™ of your PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, the free space required is twice the size of the content to be downloaded.This software is playable for PLAYSTATION®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).To play this software on your PLAYSTATION®3 system, you must have at least 265MB of free space on your PLAYSTATION®3 system hard disk.To play this software on your PSP®, you must install the latest system software version and have a Memory Stick Duo™ with the free space stated above.For more detailed information about downloading to your PSP® system, please see URL below.http://asia.playstation.comWhen downloading using PC:When downloading contents to PSP®, you must install the PLAYSTATION®Network Downloader application first. Please go to our official website for installing instructions and other information. ■Game descriptionThis is a war simulation game set in "Neverland", where humans, gods, and the demon clans each wage war over the continents for their own visions of unity. Over 200 characters and interweaving events. The first installment of a simple-to-play series. Even now, many sequels and updated editions continue to be made.■PS3™ HDD and Memory Stick Duo™ capacity requirement265MB■Copyright notices©1997 IDEA FACTORY■AttentionThis software is converted from the software for PlayStation® so that it can be played on PS3™ and PSP®. Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. |
| The Adventures of Lomax | 1997-10-10 | Psygnosis Limited | Psygnosis Limited | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | Kids to Adults | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Cute, green-haired yet halfwitted creatures Lemmings this time appear in a platform
game. As the only survivor Lemming that managed to rescue himself from the evil spell
of Evil Ed, you (Lomax) must stop Evil Ed's distracting effect over the LemmingLand.In your quest most of your enemies will be Hench Lemmings which've been possessed
by Evil Ed's evil spell. You will be mainly using your spin attack or -when grabbed-
your magic helmet to free these imprisoned Lemmings from the spell.You have also some special abilities like building a bridge, digging horizontally
through certain obstacles (just like the other Lemmings games) or throwing a flaming
helmet that will help you to accomplish your goal. |
| G-Police | 1997-10-15 | Psygnosis Limited | Psygnosis Limited, Wheelhaus | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | After a violent interstellar resource war, mega-corporations seize power from the remnants of Earth's governments and lead humanity's way into the colonization of space. The last vestige of central authority is in the form of the G-Police (Government Police); an independent agency tasked with keeping order in the colonies. You play as rookie Jeff Slater - a former military pilot going undercover at the G-Police squadron on Callisto, in the hopes of finding the truth behind your sister's sudden death.G-Police is an arcade-style helicopter shooter set inside the colony domes on Callisto. You pilot a futuristic close-air-support gunship, and are tasked with engaging ground and air enemies as you uncover a sinister corporate plot. Your ship can hover and turn in a VTOL mode, fire weapons outfitted before each mission, and lock on to objects in the world to both track enemies and scan suspicious cargo. Missions require you to navigate through the skyscrapers and billboards of the various city districts, and complete a number of objectives updated through radio contact with headquarters. There are thirty-six missions to complete. |
| Hard Boiled | 1997-10-15 | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | Hovercraft | Direct control | | | Laurent Lacombe | PS1 | Hard Boiled is a mix of futuristic hovercar action with a traditional, albeit 3D, shoot em up genre. It looks somewhat similar in concept to New York Race based on The Fifth Element movie. The car is always on the move, and while you can speed up or slow down - you can't stop it and also you can't go back, only maneuver across the screen - just like in a typical shmup title. Your vehicle is armed with some basic projectile type guns and you could pick up other types of weapons floating around the levels.The game story is based on the same name comic book by Frank Miller and Geof Darrow that was published in the early 90s. Here you play as Nixon who thinks he's a regular tax collector in dystopian retro-futuristic Los Angeles, but actually a cyborg-assassin for one of the big corporations that gets his memory reformatted once in a while. The gameplay is centered around riding your hovercar and shooting your way through the various city locales destroying all sorts of vehicles, turrets, barriers and occasional boss in the process. There are five missions in total with their own sets of enemy units and level design.
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| Iblard: Laputa no Kaeru Machi | 1997-10-16 | System Sacom | System Sacom | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Iblard: Laputa no Kaeru Machi is an adventure game. The main character is a boy who gets lost in the fictional world Iblard. He meets the wizard Niña and the animal-looking people Makinso and Scopello, and goes on an adventure to find a way back to his world through the floating island Laputa.The game is based around the works of Naohisa Inoue, a contemporary artist. Most of the gameplay is about exploring the environment and locating items. |
| Moon: Remix RPG Adventure | 1997-10-16 | ASCII Corporation | Love-de-Lic | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | Comedy | | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | A little boy likes to play video games. Day and night he sits in front of his GameStation and plays a game called Moon: a typical Japanese RPG with a sword-wielding hero who kills monster after monster on his grand epic quest. Skipping through the boring, cliche story, the boy continues to play until his mother tells him to stop and go to bed. However, the TV on which he was just playing the game miraculously turns itself on, and the boy is sucked into the world of Moon, a fantasy land called Love-de-Gard. It turns out that the hero of the game that the boy was playing is a troublesome individual, who does nothing else but slaughter various creatures populating the land, barge into people's houses bothering them with questions and taking their possessions without asking, and complain that he "can't reach the final dungeon". Souls of the animals the hero has killed find no rest, and the land's inhabitants are horrified. The boy realizes that there can only be one answer to that: love.Moon: Remix RPG Adventure is an adventure game with light role-playing elements that parodies the RPG genre by presenting a situation in which the player character must act in a way opposite to the usual behavior of typical RPG protagonists. There is no combat in the game. Core gameplay resembles that of adventure games: the player explores various locations, talks to characters and solves problems in a non-violent way. The game's world is open-ended, and story progression is non-linear. The world has a day and night cycle as well as an internal calendar, with people following their own schedules daily. The main goal consists of raising the protagonist's "love level", which is achieved by fulfilling people's wishes. In many cases it is not immediately obvious what people really wish for, and the player has to gather clues and learn more about the game world's inhabitants in order to find a way to make a particular character happy. Some of these activities are timed. Soul-catching, i.e. resurrecting the animals killed by the hero of the game Moon, is one of the ways to increase the love level. Amassing love points raises the "action limit", which is the amount of time the boy can stay in Love-de-Gard. If the action limit falls to zero, the game is over. |
| Wizard's Harmony 2 | 1997-10-16 | Arc System Works Co., Ltd. | Arc System Works Co., Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy, Medieval | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)To download content to the Memory Stick PRO Duo™ of your PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, the free space required is twice the size of the content to be downloaded.This software is playable for PLAYSTATION®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).To download this software, you must also have at least 180MB of free space on your PLAYSTATION®3 system's hard disk.To play this software with your PSP®, the latest system software and a Memory Stick Duo™ with at least 180MB of free space are required.For more detail information about download to your PSP® system, please see below URL.http://asia.playstation.comWhen downloading using PC:When downloading contents to PSP®, you must install the PLAYSTATION®Network Downloader application first. Please go to our official website for installing instructions and other information.■Game descriptionRather than science, swords and sorcery flourish in this world. Our story takes place at the school of “Skill & Wisdom”, founded for youngsters who long for adventure. In this game, you will play as an energetic young man who participates in club activities at the “Wizard’s Academy”. But all of a sudden all the other members quitted because of a big mistake made by you in an experiment! The student council, which has never been fond of the club, takes this chance and plans to abolish the club unless you can complete the tasks listed out by them. Now it is up to you to recruit more members to keep the academy going, and at the same time make sure to pass the exam that comes three times a year! Can you save the club and hold it up this time? ※Not compatible with Mouse■PS3™ HDD and Memory Stick™ capacity requirement180MB■Copyright notices© ARC SYSTEM WORKS■AttentionThis software is converted from the software for PlayStation® so that it can be played on PS3™ and PSP®. Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. |
| Bushido Blade | 1997-10-17 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | LightWeight Co., Ltd. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Regional differences | Martial arts | Fighting | Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) | | | | Teen | Cinematic camera | PS1 | The Bushido code of honor governs the actions of the Samurai and sets a code of ethics for use in fighting. Sometime in the 20th century, a group of Narukagami ninja, each proficient in a different style, find themselves in a battle to regain their honor in the fighting ring.Bushido Blade is a versus fighting game with several unique features. It does away with health bars, special meters, and other traditional gimmicks and allows for battles to be won with a single hit. Players select from among six ninja, each of a different fighting style and attributes. Players also choose equipment from among eight weapons, including Japanese swords, European blades, naginata and a sledgehammer. Battles take place in wide open areas in which combatants can run around as well as climb up and down. Some structures, like bamboo trees, can even be cut down. In the single player game, players can even run through the entire castle, picking a preferred fighting ground location. In addition to the single player story mode, there's a versus mode, a slash mode where you will be attacked by 100 generic ninja in one long corridor, a training, and a 'POV' mode, which allows players to play from first person, heightening the realism. The game's versus mode can also be played using two Playstations linked up.Gameplay involves picking one of three stances, then attacking high, middle, or low. Directions while attacking change attacks, and attacks can be combo'd. Player damage is location based, with hits to arms often making them useless, hits to legs crippling, and hits to heads and clean across the torso being mortal. The use of stances and the easily achieved one hit kills make Bushido Blade one of the most deadly, and therefore realistic, weapon fighters around. |
| Rampage World Tour | 1997-10-21 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Game Refuge Inc. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade | | | | | Teen | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Rampage World Tour is an updated version of the classic Rampage. Rampage World Tour starts off at Scumlabs International where three lab technicians, George, Lizzy, and Ralph have mutated in an accident involving toxic waste. George has turned into a gigantic ape, Lizzy a gigantic lizard or dinosaur, and Ralph some sort of gigantic wolf. The three destroy the lab they previously worked at and then embark on a path of destruction encompassing the entire globe.The player chooses one of these three characters and begins destroying buildings, eating civilians, knocking planes out of the sky, and stepping on tanks. The ultimate goal of the game is to rid the world of Scumlabs by traveling to the cities where they are located. Being creatures of such massive size, there are many cities that must be destroyed along the way. Scumlabs and the various militaries make it a priority to destroy you and optionally another player that can play simultaneously.The graphics are worth noting as they are of a unique, colorful "cartoon" flavor. Gameplay includes players climbing buildings while punching, kicking, and eating their inhabitants to destroy them. Once all the buildings for a particular stage have been destroyed, the stage is clear and players proceed to the next stage. Players can get many different kinds of power-ups that make them more powerful or restore health. |
| Pandemonium 2 | 1997-10-23 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Crystal Dynamics, Inc., Toys for Bob Inc. | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Kids to Adults | 2D scrolling | PS1 | In this sequel to Pandemonium, the player once again controls the young aspiring sorceress Nikki and the court jester Fargus with his puppet buddy Sid. It is the year of Cheese, and the advent of the Comet of Infinite Possibilities is foretold by the great prophet Nosewasinit. Naturally, Nikki and Fargus are interested in this comet; but they are not the only ones. The evil Goon Queen Zorrscha wants to use the comet for her own plans, so our heroes have to reach it first...The gameplay is similar to that of the first game; despite the 3D graphics, the gameplay mechanics are those of 2D platformers. The player can select Nikki or Fargus for each level. Each of the two has different abilities. For example, Nikki can jump higher, while Fargus can use his puppet Sid for a variety of attacks. The characters can also acquire power-ups, such as fire and lightning ranged attacks for Nikki or various Sid enhancements for Fargus. There are also level-specific items and vehicles the heroes will encounter on their way. |
| Pro Wrestling Sengokuden: Hyper Tag Match | 1997-10-23 | KSS | Dream Japan | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Asia | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)★This game is supported with the PSP® and PS Vita screenshot function★PSP®: Screenshots can be taken by using the menu after holding the PS button (HOME button) in the game. The image will be saved in the photo collection from the XMB™ (XrossMediaBar).PS Vita: Screenshots can be taken by using "Screenshot" from the "Settings" after holding the PS button in the game. The image will be saved as an application photo. This software can be played with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).If you are downloading with PC or via PS3™, after downloading with the device please connect to PSP® with a USB cable and copy the content by inserting a storage media like Memory Stick™.This is the pro wrestling game with a variety of modes such as the single match, tag match, group match, 100 group gang and more!More than 250 wrestling techniques can be enjoyed from more than 20 wrestlers, and there will be techniques ranging from bold moves to maniac skills.Moreover, with live voice by the real voice you can enjoy the hot and intense fight with a powerful feeling with presence.Let's form the strongest tag team and aim for the top in the pro wrestling world! !Copyright:©SoftgaragePurchase or use of this item is subject to SEN Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Armored Core | 1997-10-25 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | FromSoftware, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | Teen | | PS1 | You play the role of a Raven mercenary, piloting a powerful Mech called "Armored Core". You only work for profit, as the money you make goes towards upgrades and repaires to your mech.Multi-national companies are lined up at your door, paying you to complete certain objectives, which mainly include the destruction of a certain target or another mech. The more you complete, the better the pay and job offers, therefore allowing you to build the ultimate Armored Core.Apart from the single player campaign, you can take on a friend in a multiplayer battle. You each control a mech, and battle it out in a large war area (ranging from huge cities to desert planes). |
| Command & Conquer: Red Alert | 1997-10-25 | Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc. | Westwood Studios, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | Regional differences | War | Real-time strategy | Europe, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | PS1 | What if Hitler never existed? Einstein pondered the question and created a time-machine to eliminate Hitler as a young man, thus preventing World War II as history remembers it. However, Einstein stopped one evil only to create another - because Stalin's Soviet Union is now poised to conquer Europe... and Allies must stop them!Command & Conquer: Red Alert can be considered a prequel to Command & Conquer. Like its predecessor, it is a real-time strategy with an isometric semi-top-down perspective using 2D sprite graphics engine. The player takes control of either the Allies or the Soviets, as he battles for destiny of the planet. Gameplay features are similar to those of the previous game, including building a base with some defenses, massing units, harvesting resources, etc. The game has a variety of environments in its missions, adding some indoor missions that use only infantry units. |
| Shipwreckers! | 1997-10-28 | Psygnosis Limited | Psygnosis Limited, Wheelhaus | Action, Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | | | Naval / watercraft | Direct control | | Kids to Adults | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Action and puzzles on the high-seas! In Shipwreckers you captain a small galleon style playing ship through all kinds of dangerous environments. Levels consist of interconnected puzzles and combat engagements (against pirate vessels). Reward treasures and increasingly more potent weapons keep the pacing alive in this near top-down 3D action game.Shipwreckers supports solo play, head to head, and multi-person battles. |
| Namco Museum Encore | 1997-10-30 | Namco Limited | Namco Limited | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This is the final PlayStation installment of the Namco Museum series and probably the most eclectic selection of Namco arcade games from the early eighties to the nineties.
King & Balloon (1981): man a cannon on a castle wall and prevent a horde of balloons (Galaxian style) from kidnapping your king.
Motos (1985): top-down bumper car game in which you have to push your opponents off the game board.
Sky Kid (1985): a side-scrolling flying shooter starring the Red Baron
Rolling Thunder (1986): the arcade version of the side-scrolling espionage shooter.
Wonder Momo (1987): a platformer with the girl Momo, who has to fight back an alien invasion.
Rompers (1989): collect keys in different mazes while avoiding cute monsters (similar to Pacman)
Dragon Saber (1990): a vertical shooting game with a dragon instead of a plane.
Additionally, instruction cards, character sketches and various advertising info have been included. The package also contains a set of memory card labels with the Namco logo and drawings from the games. It has only been released in Japan. |
| Parlor! Pro 2 | 1997-10-30 | Telenet Japan Co., Ltd. | | Gambling | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Parlor! Pro 2 is the second in a series of pachinko simulator games from Japan.
Pachinko is sometimes referred to as the number one pastime in Japan, and it is played in gaming halls called parlors. Gambling for money is illegal in Japan so players purchase steel balls with which they play the game. At the end of their session they exchange their remaining balls for tokens which, in turn, can be exchanged for goods / prizes. This game features two pachinko machines, 'Hana Mizuki' and 'New Road Star', three gaming modes 'Simulator', 'Story', and a third that shows scenes from each game.
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| Jet Moto 2 | 1997-10-31 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | 989 Studios, SingleTrac Entertainment Technologies, Inc. | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | Naval / watercraft | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | In Jet Moto 2 you once again are racing the hoverbikes of the future. Race in over 15 extreme tracks ranging from snow, canyons, waterfalls, and even volcanoes. And don't worry about feeling lonely. You can race with a friend via horizontal and vertical split-screen. |
| Jimmy Johnson's VR Football '98 | 1997-10-31 | VR Sports | Padded Cell Studios | Sports | | Licensed | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Coach Jimmy Johnson lends his likeness and advice to this football simulation from VR sports. Using official 1997 NFL rosters and play books, VR Football ’98 focuses on accessibility with one touch play calling and an original pass control system. Play customization, season management and player creation are among the standard features you’ll find in VR Football. Unique features include halftime motivational speeches and critiques of your performance from coach Johnson. |
| Mass Destruction | 1997-10-31 | American Softworks Corporation | NMS Software Ltd. | Action, Strategy | Top-down | | | Shooter | | Tank | | | Teen | | PS1 | Mass Destruction puts players behind the controls of a one-man tank. The environments range from arctic to desert to urban. The player can blow up trees, buildings, walls - whatever you don't like the look. Enemies will come at you in tanks, planes, helicopters, and on foot. Each of the different weapons available to the player works best on a specific enemy. The player can use guided missiles for the helicopters and run over infantry men with the tank. |
| MDK | 1997-11-01 | Playmates Interactive Entertainment, Inc. | Shiny Entertainment, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | Regional differences | Comedy | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Teen | | PS1 | In this 3D shoot 'em up, you play Kurt, and your job is to save the world. Aliens have sent 8 giant fortresses to destroy earth. You run and jump through 6 missions of strange 3D worlds and kill the "Stream Riders" with your machine gun arm. Precise platform jumps are part of the challenge.Kurt is equipped with a special battle suit with an included parachute and a sniper interface (allowing you to aim precise shooting while standing still) embedded in your helmet. Further weaponry enhancements are available as you progress through the game. |
| Motor Mash | 1997-11-01 | Ocean Software Ltd. | Eutechnyx Limited | Action, Racing / Driving | Top-down | | | | | Automobile | | | | | PS1 | Motor Mash is a top down cartoon racer for 1 to 4 players by using a multi-tap or by sharing the joypad similar to Micro Machines 2.You can choose to play single player practice, Knockout Races, Single Player Tournaments, Multi Player Tournaments, Beat the Clock and Team Knockout. Players can select from 12 characters and race across level with different themes. There's jungle, aztec temples, inner city, wild west, nightmare, arctic themes. Each of the themes have unique hazards like bridges, crossing trains, oil wells, cyclones, snowmen and killer plants.In each race the goal is to leave your opponents far behind so they go off screen. You can by pushing them off bridges or into hazards. When there is one player left, that player wins and all other players return to start again from that point. Each time credits are awarded depending on how long each player lasted on screen. Lose all credits and you're out of the game, last man standing wins the race. |
| NBA Action 98 | 1997-11-01 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Visual Concepts Entertainment, Inc. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | Released | PS1 | Sega's first attempt at Basketball on the PC includes plenty of neat visuals; realistic AI and motion capture work; official licenses of the NBA including players, teams and courts; practice mode to help you get used to your team; and a multiplayer mode (for up to 5 players on one computer). You can also create your own team and players in the edit mode, in case you don't like what the NBA offers. |
| Namco Museum Vol. 5 | 1997-11-01 | Namco Hometek Inc. | Namco Limited | Action, Compilation | Side view, Top-down | | | Platform, Shooter | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Kids to Adults | Isometric | PS1 | This Namco Museum series member combines Pac-Mania, Dragon Spirit (which is a combination of 1942 and Xevious), Metro-Cross (a type of skateboarding action game), Baraduke (where you control the hero through many caverns filled with monsters) and Legend of Valkyrie, which combined classic gameplay with improved scaling effects.And as usual, you can find some great info on each title in the museum.
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| Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi | 1997-11-01 | LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC | LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC | Action | Side view | Licensed | Martial arts | Fighting | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Nick Pavis | | Teen | | PS1 | A fighting game in the Star Wars universe.Shortly after the Battle of Yavin, the Emperor employs the services of a deadly young woman named Arden Lyn, master of the ancient martial art of Teras Kasi, to eliminate the key heroes of the Rebellion. Learning of the threat, Luke Skywalker and crew face her directly in a number of locales from the various worlds visited in the original trilogy. Each warrior starts off fighting bare handed, but has a weapon that they can draw and use, ranging from Leia's staff to Han's blaster, to Luke's lightsaber. A typical fighting game, it features arcade, survival, team, practice, and versus modes. Combat takes place on square arenas, and ring-outs are possible. The backgrounds teem with images from the original Star Wars trilogy, from snowspeeders fighting walkers on Hoth to Endor Shuttle Pad from Return of the Jedi.The control scheme is also typical, and most of the powerful moves involve fairly complex combination of buttons. |
| Street Fighter Collection | 1997-11-01 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Compilation | | | | Fighting | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Street Fighter Collection is a bundle comprising several different games of the Street Fighter series. It includes:
Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers
Super Street Fighter II Turbo
Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold (updated Street Fighter Alpha 2 with balancing fixes: Evil Ryu and Cammy added as playable characters, timing of some characters changed) |
| Time Crisis | 1997-11-01 | Namco Hometek Inc. | Namco Limited | Action | 1st-person | | | Rail shooter | | | | | Teen | Naomiki Yanagisawa | PS1 | The events of the game take place in the fictional republic Sercia. A coup has ended the tyrannical regime of the Garo family, leading to the election of a new president. However, the last member of the once powerful Garo family kidnaps President MacPherson's daughter, demanding to know top military secrets in exchange for her life. An international intelligence service known as VSSE sends agent Richard Miller to infiltrate Garo's stronghold and rescue the young woman.Time Crisis is a rail shooter similar to Virtua Cop in gameplay style. The player moves automatically, using the light gun to eliminate appearing enemies, after which he can proceed to the next screen. The stages typically culminate in boss battles. The player can also press a button to make Richard dive for cover. However, using this feature too much might result in expiration of the time limit imposed on each screen.New features for the PlayStation version include a time trial mode and a brand new mission exclusive to the PlayStation. |
| Tomb Raider II | 1997-11-01 | Eidos, Inc. | Core Design Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | Direct control | | Teen | | PS1 | The Dagger of Xian is a legendary weapon that was used by Chinese emperors to command their armies. It is said that a person can turn into a dragon by piercing his own heart with this dagger. When one of the emperors used it for that purpose, Tibetan monks manage to withdraw the dagger from his heart and return it to its resting place on the Great Wall. While investigating the legend, the archaeologist Lara Croft finds out that a powerful Venetian crime lord is hunting for the dagger, and must do everything in her power to prevent him from obtaining it.Tomb Raider II is an action game with platforming and puzzle-solving elements, similar in concept and gameplay to its predecessor. Most of the gameplay consists of traversing hazardous 3D levels utilizing Lara's athletic skills and solving environmental puzzles. The sequel puts more emphasis on fighting enemies, adding many human foes to the mix. Additional weapons include a harpoon gun, a grenade launcher, and an M16 rifle. Automatic pistols replace the magnums from the first game.There are two vehicles the player can drive in the game: a motorboat in Venice and a snow scooter in Tibet. Lara can now climb ladders and perform a roll in the air, landing in an opposite direction. The sequel also allows the player to save the game anywhere. |
| Vs. | 1997-11-01 | THQ Inc. | Polygon Magic, Inc. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Fighting | Contemporary | | Direct control | | Teen | | PS1 | Vs. is a Western adaptation of Polygon Magic's fighting game Fighters' Impact. It features the same basic gameplay but a brand-new cast of 16 characters (plus four bosses). These new characters have a 90s alternative look and were designed by American comic book artist Kurtis Fujita. It also replaces the original game's soundtrack with licensed alternative rock. |
| Frogger | 1997-11-03 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | Millennium Interactive Ltd. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This is a late-90s remake of the original arcade classic Frogger. Navigate Frogger by hopping left, right, down and up through jungles, busy streets, sewers, and even the clouds to save his five little buddies, as well as the golden frogs of myth. Dodge cars, rats, and man eating alligators to stay alive. Snag some bugs for special abilities and points. Play against a friend online. Just remember, don't hop on sinking turtles. |
| Moto Racer | 1997-11-03 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Delphine Software International | Racing / Driving, Sports | Behind view | | | | | Motorcycle, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | Direct control | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | An arcade motorcycle racer in which both superbike and motocross events are available. Game modes include Practice, Time Attack, in which players race against their own replays, Single Races against computer-controlled opponents, and a Championship Circuit. Network or Internet play for up to 8 players is available as well.Winning the championship unlocks additional courses out of the 4 road and 4 dirt tracks available, as well as the new game options Reverse and Pocket Bike. In Reverse mode the tracks are raced in the opposite direction, while in Pocket Bike mode every racer is given a miniature version of his motorcycle.A free track add-on extends the game with one additional course for sportbikes and dirtbikes each. |
| Test Drive 4 | 1997-11-03 | Accolade, Inc. | Pitbull Syndicate Limited, The | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Test Drive 4 is a racing game featuring ten different cars - five modern supercars such as the Jaguar XJ220 and TVR Cerbera, and five vintage muscle cars including three Chevrolet models. Each car has its own realistic physics, with challenging handling.There are five full circuits, plus a drag strip. You can contest a full world championship, plus single races and ghost-car time trials. The ability to find shortcuts which is featured in the third game in the series is not included here; you must stick to the pre-defined track layout. |
| Colony Wars | 1997-11-05 | Psygnosis Limited | Psygnosis Limited | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Christopher Graham, David Wolsey, Graham Sidwell | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight, Vehicular combat | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Since 3095, the Earth Empire has spread throughout the universe, taking what it wants and destroying the rest - all in the name of sustaining life on Earth. To the Empire, expansion is of the utmost importance, even above famine, drought and death. The League of Free Worlds exists to offer resistance and hope to the plundered outlying colonies. After a key victory, it is shown that the Empire's Navy can be harmed and the ranks of the League begin to swell.Colony Wars is a combat fighter game set in space. You, as the player, join as a recruit in the League's fleet. Missions take place in various fighters, from a 1st person view inside the cockpit, or a 3rd person view from behind your ship. Ships have separate meters for shields and armor, and the player must cycle between weapons designed specifically to damage each. At the most basic, purple lasers must drain a target's shields, followed by switching to red lasers to destroy them.The game features advanced lighting and particle effects for the PlayStation, as well as a basic simulation of Newtonian physics. Thrusters are only active for as long as the accelerate button is held down. The player can burst fire their thrusters and drift, allowing for some advanced maneuvers. The campaign features branching missions and storylines which, depending on your performance in the previous operations, lead to up to five different endings. Unlike most games of this genre, the destruction of the player's ship does not imply the immediate loss of the game: the pilot automatically ejects on an escape pod, but the mission is marked as failed, thus potentially putting the player on a losing path.
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| Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back | 1997-11-05 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Naughty Dog, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Regional differences | | Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | After the last battle with Crash Bandicoot, Cortex is thrown down to Crash' island. In a cave he finds a crystal which he finds out holds great powers. Cortex plans to use these powers for an improved Cortex Vortex which will turn everyone on Earth into his mindless slaves. But in order to do that he has to find 25 other crystals to power the Cortex Vortex. He recruits his old enemy, Crash, to find them, but Crash doesn't know about Cortex' evil plans. |
| Fighting Force | 1997-11-05 | Eidos Interactive, Inc. | Core Design Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Beat 'em up / brawler | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Fighting Force is a 3D fighting "beat-em-up" in which the player can choose to control one of the four available characters. Each of the characters has his or her own advantages and weaknesses (e.g. superior strength but slow movement), and each possesses a powerful special move that depletes their health. Besides fists, they can use objects such as chairs, trash cans, and car tires, and weapons such as knives to fight the minions of the evil criminal mastermind Dr. Zeng who aspires to control the city. |
| Monopoly | 1997-11-06 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | Gremlin Interactive Limited | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Board game | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | The adaptation of the classic board game Monopoly for PlayStation supports up to four players. Players can select from eight tokens known from the board game. Any non-human players can be controlled by the AI - ten different AI opponent profiles can be selected.The game supports a variety of custom rules. These include popular house rules like collecting fines on free parking, double bonus on GO, and having to go around the board once before starting purchasing. Standard rules like auctions, the even-build rule or dealing from jail can be turned off. It is also possible to set the number of buildings in the bank to infinite. Various rules that vary in regional editions of the board game of the can be toggled as well, including higher luxury tax or the option of paying 10% income tax instead of a flat fee.During a game, the board is seen in a perspective view, with the side where the current token is situated always at the front. Controls are cursor-based point-and-click (the PlayStation mouse is supported). Clicking on Mr. Monopoly makes him throw the dice onto the board, while deals and trades are made from a special sub-menu. When a token is moving, the game plays a matching pre-rendered animation. Each board square also has a special animation played when the player reaches it. For properties, these change from an abandoned scenery for unowned properties to scenes with lived-in houses and hotels for properties that are built out. Both kinds of animations can be turned off before a game. |
| U.S. Navy Fighters | 1997-11-06 | Electronic Arts Victor | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | War | | Contemporary, Europe | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | Direct control | | | | PS1 | U.S. Navy Fighters allows players to fly US naval aircraft over Ukraine in a war against Russia. The game features a campaign, single missions, an in-game single mission creator, and a quick mission creator. The game offers not typical cockpit view where instead of myriad of indicators, gauges and buttons, the player receives information in the corners of the screen in order to interact. |
| Cool Boarders 2 | 1997-11-11 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | UEP Systems Inc. | Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | The second release in the Cool Boarders series. This was the last Cool Boarders title by original developer UEP Systems, before 989 Studios took over development duties.Imagine riding down the slopes, avoiding the trees and trying to hit the jumps. When you catch enough air, you grab your board, twist, and land a perfect 360 mute. Choose from 7 different riders and 18 boards, then hit one of more than 10 courses to compete in freestyle mode, where the score is based on speed and tricks; or just concentrate on pulling off tricks in the big air and halfpipe modes. For those who want to test all of their skills, try the Competition mode and compete in all three events. When competition gets to be too much, try the unscored Board Park mode to practice all of your moves. The game features a range of 2 player modes; either in split-screen mode, or via the PlayStation's link cable. |
| NBA Live 98 | 1997-11-11 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | NBA Live 98 offers the player all teams, players and stadiums of the 1998 NBA season. More than 350 faces got scanned to improve realism. Also some new moves like crossover or fade-aways are implemented. You can play single games, whole seasons, the playoffs or new things like manager career or 3-point-shootout in the style of an all-star-game. |
| Need for Speed: V-Rally | 1997-11-12 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Eden Studios | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing | Direct control | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Test your driving skills in this rally game. You can compete in three different game modes: Arcade, Championship and Time Trial. In the Championship mode you race against three other cars in various countries. Gain points in order to win the Championship. In the Arcade mode you still race against three other cars, but also against the clock. Finish each race before the time runs out, and come in first to win the Arcade mode. You can choose between Easy (4 races), Medium (6 races) and Difficult (8 races). If you just want to race by yourself you can try the Time Trial mode. There are 11 different cars available. They are divided into two groups: 2W and 4W drive. The 4W cars are a little bit faster than the normal cars. |
| Tora! Tora! Tora! | 1997-11-13 | Dazz Co Ltd | Nexus Interact, Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down, Top-down | | War | | Asia, World War II | | | Turn-based | | 2D scrolling, Isometric | PS1 | Tora! Tora! Tora! is a turn-based strategy war game set in the pacific theater during World War II. The game provides full top-down map with all the fleets, squadrons, bases, and cities in the Pacific Ocean for complete overview of the pacific theater of war, while it switches to isometric 3D presentation during turn-based combat. When attacking or being attacked, short cut-scenes will show units on both sides of conflict. The combat can be controlled by the player or left to AI to auto-battle using your units. The conflict takes place on the water, in the air, and on the ground. While on the map screen player can check unit info, set formations, search for enemy units, set movement routes, and so on. Different types of units are useful for different actions, recon planes can spot enemy ships, dive bombers help in sinking opponent's fleet, and infantry is used for beach landing and occupying enemy bases. To add to authenticity of the conflict, the game uses black-and-white photo stills of the actual scenes from the war. The game features about a dozen training missions to let the players master each aspect of the gameplay, campaign which lets player select one of the many available scenarios, and grand campaign. In both single scenarios and full campaign modes the player can select control either U.S. forces or forces of the Empire of the Rising Sun. |
| Machine Hunter | 1997-11-17 | MGM Interactive | Eurocom Developments Ltd | Action, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | A classic shooter with a twist. Aliens have invaded the Martian Colonies and reprogrammed the mining robots into killers. Earth, fearing an invasion, creates the Machine Hunters. They wear special suits that allow them to reprogram and take over the robots on contact. The trick is learning to control 9 different types of robots to fight the other robots. There are many different worlds to explore as you locate and battle the robots. All of the worlds let you teleport to different locations on the planets. |
| NASCAR 98 | 1997-11-17 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | High Score Entertainment, Stormfront Studios | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | With top-of-the-line racing simulation NASCAR 98 allows you to race with 24 drivers including legend Dale Earnhardt and 10 official tracks and extra 6 fantasy tracks. This NASCAR game allows you to hear all screeching burnouts, oiled skids, and emergency vehicles, or listen to provided music. This includes the modes season, Arcade, and new custom racing(control opponents,laps,gas gauge, and just about anything.). |
| Namco Museum Vol.4 | 1997-11-17 | Namco Hometek Inc. | Namco Limited | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | This compilation includes the following games:
Assault
Genpei Tōma Den
Ordyne
Pac-Land
The Return of Ishtar |
| Norse by Norse West: The Return of the Lost Vikings | 1997-11-17 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | Blizzard Entertainment Inc. | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | Comedy | Platform | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Kids to Adults | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Get ready for more nights of masochistic puzzle goodness, because the Lost Vikings need your help once again! The brothers (Erik the Swift, Baleog the Fierce and Olaf the Stout) are trying to get back home and you need to guide them through. Two brand new characters (Fang the Werewolf and Scorch the Dragon) also join the fray. Each character has their own special talents and they must be used in concert if you are to win. |
| Street Fighter EX Plus α | 1997-11-17 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Arika Co., Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Fighting | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Street Fighter EX Plus α is a 2D fighting game with 3D graphics and the PlayStation port of the original game co-produced by Capcom and Arika.The gameplay consists of the same vs. fighting matches, with the same features such as: 3 level super combo gauge, guard break, cancel moves and super cancel moves. This port features the 21 characters from the arcade port plus 2 new characters such as Sakura Kasugano and Dhalsim to make a total of 23 characters. It also contains game modes such as the original arcade mode; versus mode (a free 2 player mode); team battle mode (a group battle with a set number of teammates); survival mode to test your fighting skills; time attack mode to compete against the clock; training mode to practice your combos and attacks, with a sub-mode called expert mode to learn special moves and combos and unlock cool stuff; and watch mode (watch a two-player match controlled by the CPU). |
| The City of Lost Children | 1997-11-17 | Psygnosis Limited | Psygnosis Limited | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Steampunk | | | | Teen | Cinematic camera | PS1 | You play Miette, a character from the movie of the same name. The graphics are the style of 3d characters over rendered backgrounds. You travel through the streets at the whim of Pieuvre, the siamese twins who are your schoolmistresses. You do small robberies for them, but soon a larger plot emerges. Mysterious men called Cyclopses are kidnapping children to steal their dreams. You must determine what is truly happening in this adventure game. |
| Virtual Pool | 1997-11-17 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | Celeris Inc. | Educational, Sports, Strategy | 1st-person, Top-down | | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Virtual Pool is the definitive pool simulation game that actually teaches novice players how to play and even promises to improve the game of the pool shark. Developed by a team of physicists and professional pool players, Virtual Pool brings the game to life with the highest degree of accuracy. Balls roll, skid, collide and move on a fully rendered 3D controlled pool table that mirrors reality. Virtual Pool has revolutionary features that allow players to actually 'walk' around the table to check out their next shot, take a closer look, back away, look left or right and then line-up the shot like they would in a real game with a real table. This title also allows players to take an overhead view from above, something unavailable in a real pool game! Taking game tips from World Champion pool player "Machine Gun" Lou Butera is guaranteed to improve the player's game. "Machine Gun" Lou will teach players over 30 famous trick shots the player can practice on their computer screen and then implement on a real table. |
| adidas Power Soccer | 1997-11-17 | Psygnosis Limited | Psygnosis Limited | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | adidas Power Soccer is a sports game which simulates soccer. While it has the option to play in simulation mode, it is best remembered for the Arcade mode and the trademark move of the game - the Predator Shot (named after the most popular brand of boots manufactured by the German company). In this mode, all special moves are unlocked, and some of them allow to go way beyond what rules allow.4 cameras allow to follow the motion-captured action in the best way possible. Commentary is available in English, German and French. |
| PaRappa the Rapper | 1997-11-19 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | NanaOn-Sha Co., Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Comedy | Music / rhythm | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | The rapping pup, PaRappa, dreams of impressing his friend, the beautiful Sunny Funny, and going out on a date with her. But what he lacks is confidence - help PaRappa rap his way through learning Kung Fu, a driving test, cooking and more, all in order to get the girl. And remember - You Gotta Believe!PaRappa the Rapper is a game based on lyrics, music and rhythm. The game itself is very basic - each stage has a 'teacher', that PaRappa must follow. You'll see the teacher say some lyrics, and then PaRappa must copy the teacher by pressing the appropriate buttons to repeat those lyrics back. Rap well, and you'll be able to continue; fudge up the lyrics, and the music will start to distort and the teacher will become displeased. Continue to mess up and you'll fail the stage.Of course, the goal is not to copy the teacher, but instead to outperform them - you can do this by improvising in the song's gaps. Listen to how the song goes, and improvise in time to the music; if you perform well enough, the teacher will step aside, leaving you to freestyle on your own!The PSP version of the game is a remake of the PlayStation original. However, it includes a few upgrades, such as a 16:9 display, sharper graphics, game sharing, multiplayer support of up to four players, and the addition of song remixes, which can be downloaded via the internet onto your Memory Stick Duo. |
| Kindaichi Shōnen no Jikenbo: Hihōtō - Arata Naru Sangeki | 1997-11-20 | Kodansha Ltd. | Digital Frontier | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Visual novel | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Hihōtō: Arata Naru Sangeki (悲報島 新たなる惨劇) is the first game in Kindaichi Case Files series to come on PlayStation platform. While the setting is the same as in TV anime, the game features an original story. The story protagonist is Hajime Kindaichi (金田一 一), a 16-year old sophomore who inherited a knack for solving mysteries from his grandfather, a legendary detective.As the title implies, the game takes place on Hihoutou, an island that is rumored to hold a vast treasure. An island owner, Shi Mimasaka (美作 氏) was planning a treasure hunting tour, and Kindaichi found himself on the list of invited people. Along with his girlfriend, Miyuki, he went on the island only to find out that Mr. Mimasaka has been brutally murdered. There also has been a rumor that a monster is guarding the treasure on Hihoutou island, and as all the guests seem to have been unable to kill the island owner, the question of whether the island monster really exists became of utmost importance.This murder mystery mainly plays as a visual novel, and focuses strongly on dialogues with other characters, but also allows the player to search each room and location, check info about suspects which he keeps track of in his notebook, and traverse the map, both in the mansion and all over the island. The game also features fully animated as well as pre-rendered cut-scenes. While the dialogue is no entirely present during conversations, animated cut-scenes feel just as the TV animated series. |
| Konami Antiques: MSX Collection Vol. 1 | 1997-11-20 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc., Konami Industry Co. Ltd. | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This is the first of Konami's MSX Collections released on the PlayStation. Volume 1 has the following games:
Antarctic Adventure
Gofer no yabō: Episode II
Gradius
Hyper Sports 2
Konami's Boxing
Mopiranger
Ping-Pong
Road Fighter
Sky Jaguar
Yie Ar Kung-Fu
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| Mad Panic Coaster | 1997-11-20 | Hakuhodo Inc. | Hakuhodo Inc. | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | | Horror | Arcade | Contemporary | | Direct control | | | Tomoe Eno | PS1 | Batayan and Kyako, two elementary school students, are out on a skateboarding date, as a shadowy figure creeps up behind them. The next thing they know, they are suddenly on a coaster, abducted to Mad Land by the creepy Dr. Jones. He tells them about his son Masao, who loved roller coasters. For his son, he dedicated his life to build the best roller coaster in the world. One day however, a spark ignited the coaster under construction, burning it down and disfiguring the doctor. Still, he did not give up, and after many years, the coaster was completed. But Masao had already grown up, and did not care about coasters anymore.Mad Panic Coaster is a fast-paced roller coaster action game with a mix of punk/skating and horror/monster themes. While rushing along the roller coaster track at ludicrous speeds, try to avoid enemies, obstacles and falling off. There are five environments with three stages each, and a boss fight after every third stage. Survive three laps around the track to finish a stage. There is a health bar which depletes when you fall off the track or take hits; falling off with an empty health bar leads to a game over.The game features a sizable soundtrack of punk rock and metal tracks. The music director of the game, credited as "Kenny", is said to be Ken Yokohama of the Japanese punk rock band Hi-Standard. |
| Power Dolls 2 | 1997-11-20 | ASCII Corporation | Kogado Studio, Inc. | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Power Dolls 2 is a turn-based mecha-themed tactical game set in a futuristic scenario of the 26th century. Like its predecessor, the game focuses on the war between the planets Omni and Earth. The player commands the all-female Detachment Of Limited Line Service ("Dolls") squad and can opt for going through the campaign in a linear fashion or directly select specific missions from the main menu.The gameplay is very similar to that of the previous game, with some interface-related and customization additions (such as more detailed ways to outfit mechas). The player must build a team out of several available pilots, assigning a mecha or another type of craft (plane, mobile rocket-launcher, etc.) depending on the type of mission and its requirements. The player then proceeds to the actual mission, navigating squad members in turn-based fashion through a top-down area. Like in the first game, tactical considerations (pre-mission choices, positioning of team members, etc.) sometimes carry more weight than actual armed confrontations with the enemy. |
| The Master's Fighter | 1997-11-20 | Cinema Supply | Unico Electronics Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Fighting | | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | The Master's Fighter is a remake of the arcade 2D fighting game Master's Fury. The game features a Story mode, VS Mode and a Watch Mode where you can just watch fights without controlling the fighter. The game has both Japanese and English language options even though it was only ever release in Japan.
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| Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Midway Collection 2 | 1997-11-21 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | This is an emulation-based compilation of seven classic arcade games:
Joust 2: Survival of the Fittest
Blaster
Moon Patrol
Root Beer Tapper
Spy Hunter
Burger Time
Supplemented with a trivia quiz (with FMV interviews with the game designers) and a gallery of pictures when the trivia game is won. |
| Formula Karts | 1997-11-21 | Telstar Electronic Studios Ltd. | Manic Media Productions Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | PS1 | Formula Karts is a semi-realistic racing title that attempts to capture the spirit of kart racing with it's low slung feeling of speed, and corner after corner of impressive handling (and inevitable sliding). The title supports both simulation and arcade modes, and features some effective race AI for non-player vehicles. Two player split screen is supported albeit with some slowdown. |
| Critical Depth | 1997-11-22 | GT Interactive Software Corp. | SingleTrac Entertainment Technologies, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Naval / watercraft | | | Teen | | PS1 | A new spin on the whole vehicular combat genre- this one takes place underwater, and features freedom of movement throughout the ocean, instead of being land-bound like its brethren.Portals have opened up all over the world's oceans- to open each portal, you have to collect 5 pods, while fending off the competition using whatever means necessary. Once opened, each portal takes you to the next level......features mission-based levels, arena-battles, and a Vs. mode. |
| Monster Rancher | 1997-11-24 | Tecmo, Inc. | Tecmo, Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | Fantasy | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Monster Rancher is a "monster raising" simulation in which you raise your monsters in order to win fighting tournaments and become the greatest breeder ever.A unique feature is the way you obtain your monsters: from every CD you own. That's right: every CD you own (including PC ones, musical and even 3D0 games) can be used to generate a different monster. |
| Crime Crackers 2 | 1997-11-27 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | Media.Vision Entertainment Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | Team Guppy are a group of what are known as "Crackers" -- skilled bounty hunters who make a living fighting against space pirates under contract from the Galactic Police. Team Guppy haven't been around long, and aren't particularly famous, so they don't get a whole lot of work. One day, they get a request from the Galactic Police to respond to a pirate attack on Jack Station, and they jump at the chance.Crime Crackers 2 is the sequel to Crime Crackers, and is again a first-person action game in a similar style. It takes place two years after the original, following a team of Crackers who got into the business after being inspired by Team Pink Dolphin, the heroes of the first game. Just like the previous title, the player must explore each area, defeating enemies and collecting items until they find and defeat the boss.There are several changes to the system since the first title. The most significant is the elimination of action mode: The player can now always attack forward, giving the game a faster pace than its predecessor, but still more deliberate than, say, Doom. The team size has increased to four, and again each member has their own specific abilities, as well as their own life and weapon energy meters.The game is otherwise quite similar to the first game. The story is driven through communication from the support team during missions, as well as in animated cutscenes between them. There is also the option to buy and sell items between missions. The game also features a branching storyline with numerous endings, and will even keep track of which branches the player has played through. |
| Dragon Beat: Legend of Pinball | 1997-11-27 | Map Japan Co., Ltd. | Map Japan Co., Ltd. | Simulation | 1st-person | | | Pinball | | | | | | | PS1 | Dragon Beat serves up three realistic, pseudo 3D, single-screen pinball tables. Even with the small playfields you are treated to multi-ball play, extra flippers on some tables and the feel of a real pinball machine. The playfields are Castle which offers multiple ramps and targets, the surprisingly modern looking Old Town, and the jungle-themed Legend. The manual is written entirely in Japanese but all of the game and option screens are in English. |
| Farland Story | 1997-11-27 | Technical Group Laboratory, Inc. | Technical Group Laboratory, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Farland Story includes both scenarios from the original Farland Story and its sequel Farland Story Denki: Arc Ō no Ensei. |
| Gadget: Invention, Travel & Adventure | 1997-11-27 | Synergy Inc. | Synergy Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | | | | | PS1 | Gadget puts you in a strange surreal world were a comet appears to be heading for the earth. Most people dismiss this situation since apparently it won't collide with us, however a group of scientists scramble to develop a way to stop this comet. Whether they want to destroy it, divert it, or whatever is unknown however, and you are charged with the task to find out what really is going on. The game is viewed from a first person perspective and progresses as an adventure game, where the emphasis is to explore and discover rather than solve puzzles (this seems to be the Japanese concept of an adventure game) so ultimately it is not so much of a game as it is more an interactive "tour de force". |
| Guntu Western Front June, 1944 | 1997-11-27 | Electrocoin Japan Co., Ltd. | | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Rail shooter | World War II | | | | | | PS1 | Guntu Western Front June, 1944 is a first person rail shooter set during World War II. It takes place in occupied France just prior to the invasion of Normandy and the task in each of the game's six levels is to destroy a certain target, usually some sort of tank or other heavily armoured object.Like in other rail shooters the movement through the levels are automatic and all the player has to do is move a crosshair and shoot down the various German soldiers and vehicles that attack him. Two weapons are available at any time: a rapidly firing machine gun and a far slower rocket launcher. Ammo is available in unlimited quantities but has to be reloaded which happens automatically when the player releases the trigger. The game is time based and lacks both hit points and lives. Instead taking damage leads to time being removed and when it reaches zero the game is over (although there is a continue option to restart the current level). But time is also added to the clock when enemies are shot down. |
| Hybrid | 1997-11-27 | SPS | Motivetime Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | Hybrid is a 3D first-person shooter with a futuristic high-tech theme. Earth is on the the brink of collapse after years of fighting against an alien invasion, and you are among those who remain to fight. Your next mission is to strike a compound deep within the mountains. Choose from one of four characters: cybernetic commando George McKenzie, flame magic user Akiko Tyler, alien soldier Alien, or hard-boiled mercenary Bloodchaser Field. Use your guns and bombs to make your way through the complex and wipe out anything that moves. |
| Midnight Run: Road Fighter 2 | 1997-11-27 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Co., Ltd. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Midnight Run: Road Fighter 2 is an arcade racer and a modern 3D sequel to Road Fighter.Players can choose between four different colored cars and three different courses. The courses are the sunset trial (easy), the starlight heat (medium) or the midnight run (hard). You race on a single looped track against 3 rival cars competing for the first place. While racing the player must also reach check points for time extensions and pass as many cars as possible. |
| Nobunaga no Yabou: Shouseiroku | 1997-11-27 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | | Historical events, Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | PS1 | Nobunaga no Yabō: Shōseiroku is a turn-based tactical strategy game set in 16th century feudal Japan. It is the seventh title in the Nobunaga's Ambition series. |
| Puyo Puyo Sun | 1997-11-27 | Compile | Compile | Puzzle | Side view | | | Arcade, Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Puyo Puyo Sun is the third entry in the main Puyo Puyo series of real-time puzzle games, its title being a pun involving the Japanese word for "three". The evil Dark Prince has caused the sun to augment its size and power to dangerous levels, and thus the Puyo Puyo world is on the verge of being scorched unless you prevent it.The game features three distinct story campaigns, each pitting you against a different set of enemies which you must battle in classic Puyo Puyo fashion: In each stage you face off against an opponent in two different play areas, one for you and one for your opponent. As the blob-like "puyos" start falling in your play area, you must align them and create groups of the same color in order to clear the screen before you get flooded with puyos. Chaining puyos of different colors allows you to send several "garbage" puyos to the opposing player's play area in hopes of either flooding it, or slowing his advance, and whoever defeats the opposing player moves on to the next challenger.New for Puyo Puyo Sun are the Sun Puyos, which can be added to combos for extra damage. Also includes 2P vs gameplay, challenge modes and galleries and other bonus features. |
| R?MJ: The Mystery Hospital | 1997-11-27 | Bandai Co., Ltd. | System Sacom | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery, Horror | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | R?MJ is an interactive movie horror adventure game with full voice-acting and without subtitles to feel more like a movie. The story takes place in a summer of 1999, as a large explosion occurred in a General Hospital. Due to a deadly virus being released, the hospital is on lockdown, and you are left with no way out. The player assumes the role of Hajime, who after going to visit his best friend, finds himself trapped in a hospital along with two friends, Ryou and Tomowo, and a rookie nurse, Aya. The gameplay consists of exploring locations in the hospital by moving in a certain direction (forward, turn left or right, or turn back) which uses pre-rendered animation for every movement from one point to another. Certain locations can be zoomed in to give you more details or to pick up an item. Your companions will often give you some comments while you explore, most of which may seem a selection of five sentences that are randomly selected. The game also features the use of player's senses (sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste) which must be used at key locations and events in order to progress the game. |
| Courier Crisis | 1997-11-30 | GT Interactive Software Corp. | New Level Software, Inc. | Action | Behind view | | | | | Bike / Bicycling | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Courier Crisis is a game that simulates the life of a bicycle courier. As you peddle around a virtual city, you must pick up packages from grumpy customers, and then deliver them to other grumpy customers before a timer runs out.The 3D city and the traffic in Courier Crisis are your biggest obstacles. You can pull off crazy jumps and huge tricks that help you dodge them. There are many different areas of the city in which you can do delivery runs, such as the wharf, China town, the slums, and the city center. In total, there are more than 250 missions to complete. As you complete missions, you earn money that you can use to buy better rides. |
| One | 1997-11-30 | American Softworks Corporation | Visual Concepts Entertainment, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Teen | Released | PS1 | In this game your goal is to find out who you are. One of your only clues is a bar code on your neck. At the beginning of the game, you awaken on the floor, with a gun in place of one of your arms, no memory, and police helicopters shooting missiles through your window. From here, it's nonstop action as you battle your way across the city and countryside, constantly pursued by the police and miliary.Each level of this action shooter delivers nonstop action with a total of 6 levels and bosses at the end of each. |
| Riven: The Sequel to Myst | 1997-11-30 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Cyan Productions | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy, Steampunk | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | After the Stranger has rescued Atrus, the master of "linking books", from the imprisonment caused by his sons, a new task awaits the hero. Atrus's wife, Catherine, has been taken by Gehn, his own father. Gehn has appointed himself as the one to rule the Age of Riven, and has driven his world to collapse. Now he holds Catherine hostage on Riven, hoping that his son will restore the book link to the Age and free him from there. The Stranger is requested by Atrus to travel to Riven and find a way to rescue Catherine.Riven is a sequel to Myst, and is very similar to its predecessor in gameplay style, controls, and visual presentation. The game world is presented as a series of computer-generated still screens; the player explores it in a point-and-click fashion. Interaction with the environment is possible only when said environment is highlighted as a "hot spot", and is also performed by simple clicking. Like its predecessor, Riven is heavy on puzzles, which rarely include using inventory items, but usually involve understanding and manipulating the complex environments and machinery of the game world. |
| FIFA: Road to World Cup 98 | 1997-12-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control, Multiple units/characters control | | Kids to Adults | 2D scrolling | PS1 | The late-1997 edition of FIFA was heavily tied in with the qualifying procedure for the 1998 World Cup. In the Road to the World Cup mode, you take a team from first qualification through to the main tournament, using the varying systems in different parts of the world. The game features 16 distinct outdoor stadia. The League play features 189 clubs and 11 leagues. Each team has specific crowd chants incorporated into the ambient sound.The action is faster than in previous versions, and AI has been expanded. Players have distinct facial feature and hair styles. Each match is introduced by Des Lynam and commentated on by John Motson and former Scotland international Andy Gray. |
| NASCAR 98 (Collector's Edition) | 1997-12-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Stormfront Studios | Racing / Driving, Simulation, Special edition | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This collector's edition celebrates the 50th anniversary of NASCAR. The game is completely identical to NASCAR 98, except that Darlington has been added to the list of tracks and the racing legend Richard Petty has been added to the driver's roster, along with the obvious cover art changes. The game also comes with a NASCAR 50th anniversary key chain. |
| Spawn: The Eternal | 1997-12-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Sony Interactive Studios America | Action | Behind view, Side view | Licensed | | Fighting | | | Bob Estus | | Mature | | PS1 | Spawn: The Eternal is based on Todd McFarlane's Spawn comics. The game switches back and forth between two styles of play. There's an exploration mode, which is along the lines of Tomb Raider. Spawn must climb and jump his way through a variety of environmental obstacles while smashing crates and furniture to find power-ups.When you approach an enemy, however, the engine switches into something between a 3D fighting game and an old-fashioned side-scrolling beat-em-up. Spawn must defeat one or more enemies, who may be surrounding him before he can continue. |
| Z | 1997-12-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. | Bitmap Brothers, The | Strategy | Top-down | | | Real-time strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | | | PS1 | Z is a real-time strategy game in which you fight for control of the sectors, some of which contains manufactories that can gain you additional units. Touch the "flag" in the sector and it's yours. Capture the sector before the new unit comes out of the manufactory and the new unit is yours. With six different robots (different armaments, armor, and speed), multiple vehicles (from jeeps to tanks) the robots can utilize, your ultimate objective is to destroy the opponent's base, and prevent him from doing the same to you.The game differs from many other RTSs by emphasizing territorial control (and the manufactories) instead of getting kills and gathering a big army. You have to finely balance defense and offense. If you wait too long, the enemy will grab all the manufactories first. If you go too fast, you'll get hammered for stretching yourself too thin. You can hijack enemy vehicles by shooting the driver off. If you send a group of soldiers toward an objective and they find a vehicle, one of them will split off to grab the vehicle; you don't really need to micromanage each soldier.
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| Ghost in the Shell | 1997-12-03 | THQ Inc. | Exact, Production I.G, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | Shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | Mecha / giant robot | | | Teen | | PS1 | Ghost in the Shell is a 3D shooter based on the original comic by Masamune Shirow rather than Mamoru Oshi's film. The story is set in the future and focuses on a team of policemen led by the female cyborg Major Motoko Kusanagi, which fights technology-related crimes. The player takes the role of a new member in Kusanagi's anti-terrorist squad and gets to accomplish missions on the Fuchikoma, a spider-like AI equipped tank. During the course of the twelve missions a plot starts to surface concerning a giant skyscraper, the Aereopolis II.The Fuchikoma can be controlled from either third- or first-person view. It is permanently equipped with a machine gun, homing missiles (which are activated by holding the attack button), and limited supplies of grenades; there are no other weapons or tools in the game. The Fuchikoma can also jump, strafe, stick to the walls, climb on them, and even move on the ceilings. Missions mostly take place in enclosed outdoor or indoor areas and often involve destroying specified targets. Two of the missions are rail-shooting sequences. |
| Critical Blow | 1997-12-04 | Banpresto Co., Ltd. | Racdym | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | Martial arts | Fighting | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | A legend exists among the fighters and martial artists of this world, of a mysterious scarab badge that only the most elite warriors will earn. This badge, sent out by the mysterious Merkuar, is in fact an invitation to a dangerous tournament held in England, where the contestants fight for money, power, and glory. Now, a poor young fighter from Hong Kong named Rickey Leon has just received one of these badges.Critical Blow is a 1-on-1 fighting game, and the sequel to Shadow Struggle. Though the game features a full-3D view, gameplay takes place in a traditional 2D plane. In addition to a standard life meter, each character has a Special Guage, which increases as the battle proceeds and allows the characters to use special moves of varying power, called Assault Blows, Super Blows, and the titular Critical Blows. Several game modes also allow the player to earn, apply, and wager a number of types of Cards, which provide different benefits to the character such as extra moves, stronger attacks, or elemental affinities.The game boasts four different game modes: Tournament, Trading, Theater, and Versus. Tournament is a standard arcade mode where the player can select any available character and fight the others in sequence. Trading mode allows the player to fight computer opponents to earn additional cards. Theater mode is the main story mode, featuring fully-animated cutscenes following the main character, Rickey Leon. Finally, Versus mode is a 2-player free battle mode. It is possible to optionally use and wager cards in Versus mode. There are ten characters initially available, with several more unlocked as specific conditions are met. |
| MeltyLancer: Re-inforce | 1997-12-04 | Imagineer Co., Ltd. | TENKY Co. Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | Crime, Romance | Dating simulation, Tactical RPG | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen, Isometric | PS1 | MeltyLancer: Re-inforce is a sequel to MeltyLancer: Ginga Shoujo Keisatsu 2086 and takes place two years after, meaning in 2088. The core gameplay consists of isometric turn-based combat on one hand, and on visual novel and dating simulation style interaction with other characters. The player plays a young rookie transferred to a GPO (Galactic Police Organization) unit under Sylvie, the heroine from the previous game. The goal is to learn from the best and uphold the law. |
| Side by Side Special | 1997-12-04 | Taito Corporation | Taito Corporation | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | | | | | | | PS1 | Side by Side Special is a racing game based on the popular Asian sport touge, where Japanese racers run through narrow mountain passes. A port of a popular arcade game of the same name, it features a selection of Japanese cars, mountain passes and their tracks. As usual in this type of game, extra cars and tracks can be unlocked by winning races. |
| Beast Wars: Transformers | 1997-12-05 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | SCE Studio Cambridge | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Based on the TV show, Beast Wars: Transformers puts you in control of one of several transformers, allied with either the Maximals or the Predacons. The game includes five original and one hidden transformers for each team, all from the show. You must make your way through a total of 24 missions, through desert or urban environments. Each transformer can transform into it's own unique animal, which is necessary when traveling through the game. When transformed, each transformer has an upgradable weapon to defend itself from machine enemies but must return to it's animal state to protect itself from harmful energon rays. You choose either the Maximals or Predacons to decide the fate of the galaxy. |
| Sōkyūgurentai | 1997-12-05 | Data East Corporation | Raizing Co., Ltd. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | Soukyugurentai is a top-down shooter using an elaborate combination of pre-rendered and real-time 3D graphics as well as 2D pixel art.
The player is given a choice to control one of the three fighter ships of the JIN-SET Corporation Self-Defense Corps, all with strangely fish-themed names - S.O.Q. 004 Swordfish, S.O.Q. 010 Mackerel,and S.O.Q. 025 Scallop. Each ship comes with a unique, upgradable weapon system - Swordfish uses an all-around average rapid fire gun, Mackerel fires a weak laser and homing missiles, while Scallop obliterates foes with a narrowly-focused rail gun and a sub-cannon that fires in a direction opposite to the ship's motion. In addition to the primary weapons each ship carries a lock-on laser, activated by holding down the fire button. |
| Duke Nukem 3D | 1997-12-08 | GT Interactive Software Corp. | 3D Realms Entertainment, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | Adult, Comedy | Shooter | North America, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | | PS1 | Aliens have landed in futuristic Los Angeles and it's up to the Duke to bring the pain and show them the door. After the initial entries of side-scrolling platform games, Duke Nukem 3D introduces a first-person perspective to the series and turns the game into a full-fledged shooter with 2.5D graphics.Duke's arsenal includes pistols, pipe bombs, laser trip mines, Nordenfelt guns, a chain gun and various rocket launchers, but also his mighty foot to kick enemies. The game sports a high level of interactivity. Many objects in the environment can be broken or interacted with, such as pool tables, arcade machines, glass, light switches and security cameras. The protagonist is also able to hand strippers dollars to have them remove their top.The main character regularly delivers commentary on the events through one-liners. There are twenty-eight levels, divided over three episodes, set in locations such as streets, a church, a space station, a Japanese villa, a football field and many modern environments. Enemies mainly include aliens, mutated humans and members of the police force that have been turned into Pig Cops. Next to weapons, Duke also has access to medikits, steroids to enhance his speed, night vision, protective boots, a hologram known as the "holoduke", and a jetpack to reach higher areas. Most of the gameplay is action-oriented, but there is also an amount of puzzles needed to progress or access secret areas.The game includes network play through the IPX protocol, for deathmatch and cooperative games.While the port for the Sega Saturn features, among other things, a new secret level called Area 51, the Sony PlayStation version adds a whole new 7 level long episode called Plug 'N' Pray with new enemies and rearranged music. |
| Ishin no Arashi | 1997-12-11 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Ishin no Arashi is set during Bakumatsu period (around 1850 until the Meiji Restoration of 1867), the final stretch of the Japanese Edo period, which was a turbulent time, a time of great struggle between the supporters of the feudal shoguns, the rulers of the country, and the adherents of the Emperor, which eventually won and carried through the Meiji Restoration, turning Japan into a modern, powerful state. In Ishin no Arashi the player can choose one of the three major battles of Bakumastu period, and decide which leader will eventually propel Japan towards the Meiji era.This strategy game is somewhat similar to the better-known Romance of the Three Kingdoms series and other historical simulation games by the same company, but also differs from them by having much less complex diplomacy options and focusing the gameplay on navigation and individual encounters. Before beginning, the player chooses a general and customizes his parameters (stamina, attack power, charisma, knowledge). The player then controls the general with soldiers of his choice, navigating him on grids representing towns and countryside of Japan in turn-based fashion. The grids can be occupied by shops, schools (to train the general), friendly and hostile characters and groups. Battles, as well as negotiations and diplomatic procedures, are carried out automatically, and their outcome depends on the characters' statistics. |
| J. League Jikkyou Winning Eleven 3 | 1997-12-11 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo Co., Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other), Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | | Cinematic camera | PS1 | The third installment in the J. League Jikkyou football/soccer series. As with the other games in the series, the game focuses entirely on Japanese soccer leagues and lets you choose a team and try your luck at various available cups, quick exhibition matches or leagues. All the expected gameplay elements of a soccer game are there, from various player moves and rules of the game to setting team formations and choosing teams to control and stadiums to play on. Live commentator is present, but doesn't comment on everything but only on key elements as well as addressing players by their actual names. Camera isn't fixed and adjusts during gameplay to best show the current action, switches to back view for free kicks and penalties, zooms out if the ball is too high to show both the kicker and the ball, and otherwise works as an action camera slightly rotating angles and using zoom automatically instead of just scrolling over the soccer field. Before engaging in a match with another player or the CPU, player can also do training with a selected team where only your team players are on the field where one can test all the moves and learn the ropes. Penalty kicks are also available for practice, but it includes two teams aiming to score five goals first. |
| Maria: Kimitachi ga Umareta Wake | 1997-12-11 | Axela | Axela | Adventure | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | In this game, you play as a young psychiatrist named Takano. One day a new patient is brought into the hospital you work in - Maria, a young woman who has attempted suicide. She suffers from amnesia, and you try to find out more about her, visiting her and talking to her. Before long you discover that Maria has schizophrenia - a split personality. Her "other self" appears to be evil and threatens to take over her. The fight for Maria's sanity begins.The game plays like an interactive novel or movie: you read text and from time to time make a choice from two or more available ones. Instead of the standard 2D animé-style graphics the game utilizes semi-realistic CG pre-rendered backgrounds and characters. There are also CG animated movies in the game. |
| Tōki Denshō: Angel Eyes | 1997-12-11 | Tecmo, Ltd. | Tecmo, Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Fighting | | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Up in the heavens, eight angel sisters lived much like any sisters do: they argued a lot. One day, a decree came down from on high. One... and only one... of the sisters would be chosen to become an archangel, but it was up to them to decide who it would be. It was decided that each of them would make a pact with a warrior on Earth, through whom they would fight, and the winner of a grand tournament would be chosen to become the new archangel.Angel Eyes is a 2D versus fighting game featuring an all-female cast, which plays much like contemporaries such as King of Fighters. A curious aspect of the game is that four of the eight regular characters are hand-animated sprites, while the other four are pre-rendered graphics as in Donkey Kong Country or Rise of the Robots.In addition to the standard Arcade and Versus modes, the PlayStation release adds a dedicated Story mode for each character, plus a training mode. There also numerous secret characters to unlock, including 2D-sprite versions of some of the 3D characters, and the story mode bosses. |
| Densha de Go! | 1997-12-18 | Taito Corporation | Taito GM R&D Sect. #2 | Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | Train | | | | | PS1 | Based on the 1996 arcade game, Densha de Go! was one of the first commercial train-driving simulation games, and went on to spawn numerous successors.The player can choose from a variety of tracks and trains and will then have to drive the train to the designated stations while sticking to the tight schedule, stopping exactly at the marked positions, obeying all signs and signals, and ensuring passenger safety and comfort.Whenever the player makes a mistake, points are deducted from a counter which at the start of each round is initialized to a value depending on the selected difficulty. If it reaches zero, the game is over.The following lines are featured:Sagano Main Line (Sanin Line) from Kameoka to Kyoto
Keihin-Tōhoku Line from Shinagawa to Yokohama
Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kyoto Line) from Kyoto to Osaka
Yamanote Line (Inner Circle) from Shibuya to Tokyo Station
Tōkaidō Main Line EX from Takatsuki to Osaka, part of the rapid Tōkaidō Main Line from the original version, but this time with stops at every station (Windows only)
Sagano Line EX from Kameoka to Kyoto, without the shortcut from Saga-Arashiyama to Tambaguchi from the original version (Windows only) |
| Front Mission: Alternative | 1997-12-18 | Square Co., Ltd. | Square Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | The first game in the Front Mission series to take you to the African Continent. The year is 2034 and guerilla fighters are terrorizing local governments in Africa. You are charged with breaking these terrorist organizations with the WAWs (Walking Armored Wanzers) at your disposal.Front Mission Alternative is a variation on the series' standard strategy theme in that you do not control the action, but direct it. You issue orders on a tactical map and your platoons of Wanzers carry them out on their own. Like other Front Mission titles, you can outfit your Wanzers with an assortment of weapons and equipment. Features over 30 missions and multiple endings. |
| Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Jūyūshi Inbō Hen | 1997-12-18 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | Pandora Box | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Fighting | | | | | | | PS1 | This is an RPG with an alternative plot to the original Rurouni Kenshin series in which the main protagonist isn't Kenshin, but two characters created specially for that game: Hikaru (a young girl) and Hiziri (a young boy), both of them with a lost past, which key resides in the hands of Saitou and Aoshi, respectively. When starting the game you must choose which of the two you want to play with, having into account that according to your selection, the events and the people that will join your group would be different, as well as the main villains.The story is quite simple, it focuses in the new Meiji Era after Shishio's saga, once we start playing we get in a fight that we can't win, but Kenshin will appear to save us. Then Kaoru will take us to the Dojo Kamiya, and there the adventure will begin. We must then recruit Kaoru and Yoshi, and start the search of Kenshin. The Meiji government is facing a serious threat and we must reunite 9 seals that will make new zones accessible; for that we must defeat 10 enemies. In that way Kenshin, Sanosuke, Aoshi and Saitou will join us to battle. |
| Ryuki Densyo: Dragoon | 1997-12-18 | KSS | KSS | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)★This game is supported with the PSP® and PS Vita screenshot function★PSP®: Screenshots can be taken by using the menu after holding the PS button (HOME button) in the game. The image will be saved in the photo collection from the XMB™ (XrossMediaBar).PS Vita: Screenshots can be taken by using "Screenshot" from the "Settings" after holding the PS button in the game. The image will be saved as an application photo. This software can be played with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).If you are downloading with PC or via PS3™, after downloading with the device please connect to PSP® with a USB cable and copy the content by inserting a storage media like Memory Stick™.After meeting the mysterious girl named Miu what is the fate for Sedon, a young man who sets out on a journey around the world to search for her hometown...This is a dramatic simulation RPG consisted of unique characters!The battle scenes place importance on smoothness by having a tactics sharing system that emphasizes on the effects!There are many beautiful visual scenes that color the story, so you can fully enjoy the world of Ryuuki Densyou.Copyright:©SoftgaragePurchase or use of this item is subject to SEN Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Soukuu no Tsubasa: Gotha World | 1997-12-18 | Micronet Co. Ltd. | Micronet Co. Ltd. | Strategy | | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)★This game is supported with the PSP® and PS Vita screenshot function★PSP®: Screenshots can be taken by using the menu after holding the PS button (HOME button) in the game. The image will be saved in the photo collection from the XMB™ (XrossMediaBar).PS Vita: Screenshots can be taken by using "Screenshot" from the "Settings" after holding the PS button in the game. The image will be saved as an application photo. This software can be played with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).If you are downloading with PC or via PS3™, after downloading with the device please connect to PSP® with a USB cable and copy the content by inserting a storage media like Memory Stick™.Set in the aerial world "Gotha World", this is the great epic story that depicts the fight between the private garrison where the main character belongs and the pirate guild!After deciding operations for all units for both allies and enemies, the "Personal Time System" in action will greatly influence the outcome of the battle! Predicting the enemy 's actions, making strategy plans and carry out the actions in battle will be the key to victory!Copyright:©Micronet 1997Purchase or use of this item is subject to SEN Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| The Conveni 2 | 1997-12-18 | Human Entertainment, Inc. | Access co., ltd., Masterpiece Co., Ltd. | Simulation | 1st-person | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | Isometric | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)To download content to the Memory Stick PRO Duo™ of your PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, the free space required is twice the size of the content to be downloaded.This software is playable for PLAYSTATION®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).To download this software, you must also have at least 30MB of free space on your PLAYSTATION®3 system's hard disk.To play this software with your PSP®, the latest system software and a Memory Stick Duo™ with at least 30MB of free space are required.For more detail information about download to your PSP® system, please see below URL.http://asia.playstation.comWhen downloading using PC:When downloading contents to PSP®, you must install the PLAYSTATION®Network Downloader application first. Please go to our official website for installing instructions and other information. ■Game descriptionIn this latest The CONVENI 2, you run convenience stores as you try to expand your chain nationwide. As the owner, try to boost sales and increase your number of stores to achieve the goals on each map. The game's graphics have been completely retooled and more maps have been added! A high-speed mode has also been added! Even playability has been improved! This is a complete convenience simulation in which you can send spies to rival stores to collect information and even buy out your competitors! Go for it! Expand till you are a nationwide chain!■PS3™ HDD and Memory Stick™ capacity requirement30MB■Copyright notices©1996 Masterpiece Co.,LTD©2000 HAMTER Co.■AttentionThis software is converted from the software for PlayStation® so that it can be played on PS3™ and PSP®. Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. |
| Waku Waku Derby | 1997-12-18 | KSS | Dream Japan | Simulation, Sports | Side view, Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)★This game is supported with the PSP® and PS Vita screenshot function★PSP®: Screenshots can be taken by using the menu after holding the PS button (HOME button) in the game. The image will be saved in the photo collection from the XMB™ (XrossMediaBar).PS Vita: Screenshots can be taken by using "Screenshot" from the "Settings" after holding the PS button in the game. The image will be saved as an application photo. This software can be played with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).If you are downloading with PC or via PS3™, after downloading with the device please connect to PSP® with a USB cable and copy the content by inserting a storage media like Memory Stick™.A new sensational horse racing simulation game as a result of combining board game and racing game together! Raise your horse during the board phase and win the race with your favorite horse during the racing phase to earn the prize money.The trick for wining the race is to plan your strategy by utilizing the characteristics of the horse and make use of information such as the racing distance and courses on the turf or dirt.So work your way to keep winning with your favorite horse!Copyright:©SoftgaragePurchase or use of this item is subject to SEN Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Chocobo no Fushigi na Dungeon | 1997-12-22 | Square Co., Ltd. | Square Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This is the first game in the Chocobo's Dungeon series. You take on the character of Chocobo and adventure through a randomly created dungeon.The story evolves from the opening movie when a fellow chocobo is "turned" evil by a crystal he finds in a garden. When the evil chocobo kicks you into a dungeon, the adventure begins. Travel through an ever changing dungeon, collecting items and weapons to become more powerful, so you can defeat the increasingly difficult enemies. |
| Alnam no Tsubasa: Shōjin no Sora no Kanata e | 1997-12-25 | Right Stuff Corp. | Right Stuff Corp. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | 50,000 years have passed since Kenbu and his friends defeated the ultimate evil. The world of Alnam needed a long time to recover from the dreadful cataclysm that left its mark on it forever. The events of the past continued to affect the present society, and an ancient source of energy was used by the leader of the Maya Duchy for military purposes, as he began converting it into poisonous gas in at attempt to conquer the world. A fourteen-year-old orphan named Kusumida becomes involved in the grand struggle and must put an end to the Duke's plans before it is too late.Alnam no Tsubasa is a sequel to Alnam no Kiba. Like its predecessor, it is a Japanese-style role-playing game with a character-driven story, linear advancement, and simple leveling-up. Combat is turn based, with up to four player-controlled characters forming a party. Characters can attack physically, cast spells, or execute special attacks that take up a part of a corresponding gauge. Magic is learned by receiving magic points for winning battles and using them to create various spells. The game features 3D background graphics with 2D sprites representing characters. |
| Blue Breaker: Ken yori mo Hohoemi o | 1997-12-25 | Human Entertainment, Inc. | HuneX Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Side view | | | | | | | Turn-based | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | The world of Blue Breaker is called "the path in the middle of empty sky": floating islands connected with each other by bridges. It is the tradition of the people in this world that a fighter's full initiation can be completed only when he finds his true love and marries her. Such day has come now in the life of a young warrior named Kain, the hero of the game. His father explains to him that besides the usual warrior's goal of defeating the evil Dark Lord, Kain also has to find the girl of his dreams. He introduces to him a young sorceress named Asha, who becomes his first companion. But on his journey Kain meets many other young women, and it won't be so easy to choose one to whom he can give his heart!Labeled as Love Role-Playing, "Blue Breaker" is a genre-crossing game that combines traditional Japanese RPG with town and dungeon exploration, party-based combat, etc., with "love adventure", in which your behavior towards girls influences the story. "Blue Breaker" features branching story progressing: events appear depending on the progress you have made with your female companions. Your typical RPG activities will influence your relationship with the girls. For example, if you fight too much, the girls will be tired; if you give a girl too many orders in battle (you can set battle in auto mode and only interfere occasionally) she will be displeased, and so on. It is also important to form a party in which the girls will have as few internal conflicts with each other as possible. |
| Cyberbots: Full Metal Madness | 1997-12-25 | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Fighting | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | | | PS1 | A sci-fi one-on-one fighting game in which several characters converge in the wastes of the far future and must fight each other for their own personal reasons aboard giant battle mechs.As in One Must Fall, you select your pilot (who provides the storyline) and the mech (who provides the moves and stats) separately, and can also replace a few limbs and accessories to enhance your mech's capabilities.The game uses 2D sprites for the graphics and controls and plays as most 2D fighting games, with both characters facing each other in a side-scrolling stage and with your attacks and moves being triggered by different combinations of controller motions and button presses. Features either a single player story-based tournament, or a 2-player Vs mode. |
| Prisoner of Ice | 1997-12-25 | Xing Entertainment | Infogrames Europe SA | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Horror | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Interwar | | | | | Cinematic camera | PS1 | Another game in Infogrames' line of H. P. Lovecraft inspired games started by Alone In the Dark, Prisoner of Ice puts you in the role of Lt. Ryan, an American agent stationed aboard the submarine H.M.S. Victoria on a rescue mission to the Antarctic. The Victoria picks up two mysterious crates during the course of the rescue. Before you know it the Captain is eaten alive by the cargo, a horrific monster with whom you are trapped aboard the submarine. And that's just the start of your problems.Prisoner of Ice features a very simplified version of the classic adventure game interface, where you can left click with the cursor to operate an object or right click to look at it. The program won't let you do anything with these objects, other than the few appropriate actions needed to advance the game. |
| Samurai Shodown IV: Amakusa's Revenge | 1997-12-25 | SNK Corporation | SNK Corporation | Action | Side view | | Martial arts | Arcade, Fighting | Fantasy, Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Bringing a new breath to SNK's swordsman fighting series, this 4th installment marks the return of 3 classic characters (Yagyu Jubei, Charlotte and Tam Tam, now with updated stuff), introduces 2 newcomers for the pantheon (the brothers Sogetsu Kazama and Kazuki Kazama) and brings some new backgrounds.In spite of these little improvements, the game preserved (and improved a lot) many elements that did the previous one (Samurai Shodown III: Blades of Blood) a quite popular title, like the dodge move and the chance to choose between two versions of the fighter: the standard one and an alternative dark-styled one (SLASH and BUST, respectively).With the intention to provide more action in the battles, the "No Contest" Moves were introduced: working in similar way (and under certain conditions) to the many games of Mortal Kombat Series, your fighter will execute an ultimate-slaughter move in a stunned opponent. |
| A Mars Moose Adventure: Cosmic Quest 1 - City Sights | 1998 | Lightspan, Inc. | Lightspan, Inc. | Educational | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | A Mars Moose Adventure: Cosmic Quest 1 - City Sights is among the more than 100 Lightspan Adventure educational games that were distributed to American elementary schools in the mid-to-late 1990s.Mars Moose must lure his dog Cosmo down from a tree in the park by earning 14 dog treats around the city. To do so, he must travel to various locations -- a pet store, a pizzeria, and a recycling center -- and help the shopkeepers organize their merchandise.Part of Lightspan's reading and language arts curriculum, the game is geared toward children ages 5-7 and aims to teach vocabulary, prepositions, and sentence structure. |
| A Mars Moose Adventure: Cosmic Quest 2 - Fairy Tale Island | 1998 | Lightspan, Inc. | Lightspan, Inc., Realtime Associates, Inc. | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | A Mars Moose Adventure: Cosmic Quest 2 - Fairy Tale Island is among the more than 100 Lightspan Adventure educational games that were distributed to American elementary schools in the late 1990s and early 2000s.Mars Moose must follow rescue his dog, Cosmo, who has traveled through a magic portal to Fairy Tale Island. To do so, he must recover 26 different pieces of a map that have been scattered all over the island. However, Fairy Tale Island's colorful residents -- including Rapunzel, Peter Pan, and some miners -- have found the map pieces first, and Mars must earn them by playing a few rhyming games and answering questions correctly.Part of Lightspan's reading and language arts curriculum, the game is geared toward children ages 5-7 and aims to teach rhyming words, rhyming patterns, and phonogram families. |
| A Mars Moose Adventure: WalkAbout 3 - World Sports Day | 1998 | Lightspan, Inc. | Lightspan, Inc. | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | A Mars Moose Adventure: WalkAbout 3 - World Sports Day is among the more than 100 Lightspan Adventure educational games that were distributed to American elementary schools in the late 1990s and early 2000s.Mars Moose and the Adams Street Rangers have to prepare for the upcoming World Sports Day. In "Register at the Sports Complex," the player must find the quickest way to the Sports Complex by issuing a set of driving directions using a map of the city. In "Write an Article," the player helps the Rangers complete a story about the event by replacing pictograms with words. Finally, at the sporting goods store, the player helps sort through team uniforms and sporting goods by matching the equipment with the corresponding sport.Part of Lightspan's reading and language arts curriculum, the game is geared toward children ages 5-7 and aims to teach reading comprehension, mapping and spatial skills. |
| Actua Golf 3 | 1998 | Gremlin Interactive Limited | Gremlin Interactive Limited | Sports | Behind view | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Actua Golf 3 is a golf simulation game featuring eight courses. You can completely customize your own character. With a new character you start with amateur tournaments until you have removed your handicap. Then you can participate in the pro tournaments.To hit the ball in this game the player will have to use his analogue stick and swing that much like a real club.The game features commentary by Peter Alliss and Alex Hay. |
| Actua Ice Hockey | 1998 | Gremlin Interactive Limited | Gremlin Interactive Limited | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Another sport was added to the Actua series in this license of the Ice Hockey component of the 1998 Winter Olympics. You can choose from any of the leading teams and attempt to lead them to glory, starting from the qualifiers, with friendly matches (surely a misnomer in the tough world of Ice Hockey) and a practice mode also on offer. Players are motion-captured, and the action can be viewed from multiple camera angles. Paul Ferguson provides a running commentary, and full replays are provided. |
| Actua Soccer 3 | 1998 | Gremlin Interactive Limited | Gremlin Interactive Limited | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Arcade football action is recreated using motion captured graphics. As well as creating a custom tournament, you can play any of 25 leagues, with a total of 450 teams and 10,000 players featured. You can create your own squad, or customise the existing ones by trading and editing players. Tactics can be refined based on formation, defensive style and attacking approach. Realistic weather effects are incorporated into both appearance and gameplay. Barry Davies and former Celtic manager Martin O'Neill are the commentators. |
| All Star Tennis '99 | 1998 | Ubi Soft France SAS | Smart Dog | Sports | Behind view, Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Play as 8 world-class ATP/WTA tour players (including Michael Chang, Gustavo Kuerten, Mark Philippoussis, Richard Krajicek, Conchita Martínez and Jana Novotná) as well as 4 fictional players through a range of tournaments on grass, clay, hard court and rebound ace surfaces.Strikes such as lobs, volleys, smashes are available. Multiplayer options are offered for singles and doubles: up to four players can enter the challenge in a 2-on-2 match. |
| Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Atari Collection 2 | 1998 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Atari, Inc., Atari Games Corporation | Action, Compilation, Racing / Driving, Sports | Diagonal-down, Side view, Top-down | | | Arcade | Fantasy | Bike / Bicycling | | | Everyone | Isometric | PS1 | Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Atari Collection 2 is a compilation of six Atari arcade games:
Paperboy (code conversion)
Gauntlet (code conversion)
RoadBlasters (code conversion)
Marble Madness (code conversion)
Crystal Castles (emulation)
Millipede (emulation) |
| Atlantis: The Lost Tales | 1998 | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | PS1 | The advanced city design of Atlantis shows that a fully-fledged society must've functioned there, and this adventure game brings it to life. Queen Rhea is the leader who is under threat, and young Seth is the character you control as he aims to save the day. How can he know who to trust, and who has their own agenda in this complex world?The world of Atlantis is displayed in fully-rotational full-screen 3D comprising of millions of polygons and full lip-synching using a proprietary system. Listen out for sounds of danger - sometimes they are the first warning you get.There are 5 different continents to explore, and each has its own cultures. In total there are 50 characters you will interact with, and puzzles using an inventory system. Save points are limited by the game. |
| Bottom of the 9th '99 | 1998 | Konami of America, Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Chicago, Inc. | Simulation, Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | This baseball game features the following game modes: exhibition, season, training, and scenario.Exhibition mode lets the player play against the computer, another player, or just watch a game between 2 computer players. Training mode lets players practice their fielding, pitching, and batting skills. Scenario mode puts the player in a tight situation in 20 different in-progress games to see if they can succeed in those situations. Season mode lets players play a season with anywhere from 15 to 162 games. The game can keep track of the season statistics, team standings, and any trades made during the season.With only an MLBPA license, the game features the names of the real MLB players, but it doesn't include the real team's names or their logos, just the cities they play in. The game also offers 30 different stadiums to play in.During the game, pitching involves selecting a type of pitch and aiming it into the batter's box by sliding around a cursor to where they want the pitch to go. To hit the ball, batters must move their own cursor to match where the ball will end up. If the batter decides to powerhit, the cursor becomes smaller, making it harder to make contact with the ball.The game also features an announcer that calls the plays in real time. |
| Brunswick Circuit Pro Bowling | 1998 | Adrenalin Entertainment | Adrenalin Interactive, Inc. | Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Choose from one of the 13 genuine tournament bowlers, with real lanes, real player animations, real lane conditions and changes, real bowling balls (genuine Brunswick!) each with its physical properties. All the tournament rules are available along six game modes (Exhibition, Skins —the Brunswick "Skins" game—, Tournament, Career, Practice, Cosmic). The playing character is picked from the Brunswick ProStaff or self-created by the player. |
| C: The Contra Adventure | 1998 | Konami (America), Inc. | Appaloosa Interactive Corporation | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view, Top-down | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | C: Contra Adventure is a sequel to some of Konami's earlier Contra classics. The game's story follows the events of Contra: Legacy of War. It follows Ray, the only surviving member of the Contra task force (who is originally from Contra: Hard Corps), fighting an alien invasion in the jungles of South America.All the innovations that were introduced in Contra: Legacy of War are maintained in this game: memory card saving, hit-points, three-dimensional fire fights. However, the gameplay varies depending on the level and perspective used.The nine levels are a combination of mostly overhead with some side scrolling, and third person 3D. For a different twist in one of the levels your character is weightless.City Rescue - sidescrolling
Village - third-person 3-d
Canyon - overhead
Pyramid - third-person 3-d
Weightless - Sidescrolling
Hunting - third-person 3-d
Alien Lair - sidescrolling The weapons are the standard laser, machine gun and spread weapon. You can carry multiple weapons and in this version of the game you can take multiple hits before dying. |
| Chill | 1998 | Eidos Interactive Limited | Silicon Dreams Studio Ltd. | Sports | Behind view | | | Tricks / stunts | | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)CHILL
Feel the adrenaline rush of flying down a mountain at breakneck speed in Chill - the latest extreme sport game from Eidos Interactive. Chill recreates the speed and freedom of extreme snow boarding like no other game. Start on gentle slopes or jump straight into more difficult hidden runs on the quest to become King of the Mountain. Perform tricks like the triple tree-stump bonk, perfect your McTwist grab, or simply fly down the mountain in time trials mode as you explore 5 tracks on 5 different mountains. Play 1 of 4 characters each with different boards as you conquer the hills of Chill. |
| Circuit Breakers | 1998 | Mindscape, Inc. | Supersonic Software Ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view, Diagonal-down | | | | | Automobile, Track racing | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | Circuit Breakers is a racing game similar to Micro Machines and Ignition, where the vehicles resemble toys viewed from above. The game lets the player control cars (of various models), boats and submarines that change according to the track.The tracks have power-ups. They can be collected and activated and have negative and positive effects. Most are standard power-ups from this type of game, like speed boosts and oil leaks. Some are more bizarre, making the vehicle bigger or smaller, or making it bounce or fly.The tracks are organized by theme and difficulty. By winning races the player receives access to increasingly more challenging tracks. The game controls are particularly sensitive, and getting out of the path often makes the vehicle explode.Instead of a fixed camera, the game usually changes angles when the vehicle reaches certain points of the track. The camera can go as low as behind the vehicle, and go high to a "bird's eye" viewpoint.Multi-player mode has its own set of tracks. It supports up to 4 players (using a multi-tap). |
| Constructor | 1998 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | System 3 Software Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | Real-time | | Isometric | PS1 | Constructor gives the player the chance to run a construction company in a place where real estate is up for those who want to develop it first and where everything is allowed to get rid of the competition.Starting in a single plot of land with the headquarters, a construction team (composed by a foreman and one to five workers) and a repairman, the player must start by building a wood mill and provide housing to the bottom of the social ladder: slobs. From there, taking advantage of their fast reproduction rate, the player can train new workers, and as soon as three different wooden huts are available, the council will allow the construction of a cement yard, which in turn allows the construction of better buildings. However, slobs wouldn't appreciate living in such luxury, and so a gadget factory can be built so that computers are distributed to their houses, allowing for a new generation of better educated citizens.
While the workers pack a nasty punch when in a large group, violence should be left to the professionals. After building a Pizza Parlor, the player is allowed to use the services of gangsters. These are able to take on that pesky foreman or that building the Council asked to get rid off.But there's more to the game than just building from ghetto houses to luxury apartments, and as they say, all is fair in war, and construction IS war. The player can send their foremen to capture other teams' buildings, or do even worse: provide housing for the scum of society. From hippies to ghosts, these can do a number on the other teams' properties. Want to stress out a tenant? Send the thugs to do a wild party in their house. Need some cash or materials? Send the thief to relieve a team from them. All this while preventing the others from doing the same to you by assigning police patrols to key areas.
As time passes, it pays out to build other, more friendly, buildings. For example, a school allows everyone to breed more civilized members of the society, the hospital allows recovery of wounds much faster, and everyone can go to the park to relax a little. Improving the rooms and giving them garden furniture is also a good way of keeping tenants happy, but jealousy can grow among neighbors. Failing to comply to tenants requests and demands will quickly turn the Council against the player.The player will have to balance the output of their tenants to achieve success: overdeveloping one aspect might make a dent in the bank account (leading to bankruptcy), cut the arrival of new workers (putting a strain on existing teams), prevent deceased tenants from being replaced (leaving houses vacant, eventually having them turn into a flaming pile of rubble not before giant cockroaches settle in), or decrease police and mob favors (necessary to patrol areas against undesirables and gangster actions). The difficulty level affects what maps can be selected, but also which actions the undesirables can perform. To choose higher difficulty settings, more computer players (up to three) must be activated. |
| Cosmic Cookoff: Language Arts | 1998 | Lightspan, Inc. | Lightspan, Inc. | Educational | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Front of Sleeve - PlayStation (US) (from Ad Blurbs)In Cosmic Cookoff, your child will practice his or her language arts test taking skills as Mars and Cali navigate through the solar system, racing against Flinch and Wgsley in search of the perfect recipe.LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Identify nouns and adjectives
Identify correct verb forms
Divide words into syllables
Identify vocabulary words
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| Disney•Pixar A Bug's Life | 1998 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | Traveller's Tales (UK) Ltd. | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Based on the Disney/Pixar 3D animated film, you must guide Flik as he sets out to find a group of warrior insects to help his colony of ants to fight off the hungry grasshoppers.Travel through the 3D insect world, using the many elements of nature to fight the enemy, to get to the end of each stage, in turn saving fellow ants and knocking the grasshoppers quest for ant domination on the head. |
| Dodgem Arena | 1998 | Project Two Interactive BV | Formula Game Developments | Action, Racing / Driving, Sports | Behind view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Hovercraft | | | | | PS1 | Participate in the thrilling sport of the Dodgem Elite League.Dodgem Arena is a futuristic racing game that takes place in 2049 AD. In this racing sport four players controlling so-called dodgems hover in huge bowl-shaped arenas, while trying to shoot an ice hockey puck into a goal at the top of the arena.You can choose between various dodgems and during the match you can stockpile weapons, ammo and shields to improve your dodgem. There are six stadiums and each match has four rounds. The first round starts with four pucks, the second with three, until one is left in the final round. |
| Fox Sports Golf '99 | 1998 | Fox Sports Interactive | Gremlin Interactive Limited | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | An amateur golf sim featuring no PGA endorsed courses or players. The game uses the standard golf gameplay mechanics, with three types of swings, a two or three click swing bar system, or the "Fox Sports Swing" which is mouse-motion swing type.The game's most prominent feature is the use of a 3d engine and a series of 3d accelerated effects like reflecting water, lighting effects, trees that move and sway with the wind and translucent objects. The game features 8 single player courses and multiplayer support for up to 4 players. |
| Fox Sports Soccer '99 | 1998 | Fox Sports Interactive | Gremlin Interactive Limited | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (US) (from Ad Blurbs)WATCH FOX SPORTS. PLAY FOX SPORTS.
FAST AND FLUID GAMEPLAY
OVER 120 TOTAL TEAMS 64 National Teams 64 League Teams
24 UNIQUE STADIUMS
CONTROL THE REPLAY SPEEDS
CHOOSE YOUR SKILL LEVEL Amateur, Semi-Pro, Pro, and International
CREATE YOUR OWN LEAGUES AND TOURNAMENTS
"AMBIENT REALISM" True soccer match atmosphere, including crowd sounds and chants
IMPROVE YOUR SKILLS IN PRACTICE MODE |
| Hugo | 1998 | ITE Media ApS (Interactive Television Entertainment) | ITE Media ApS (Interactive Television Entertainment) | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Behind view, Side view | Licensed | Comedy | Arcade, Mini-games, Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | Persistent | | 2D scrolling, Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Hugo, the well known European TV troll makes his appearance on PlayStation.Once upon a time, there was a troll family living in a forest. They were living happily in the forest, but little did they know about the danger looming nearby. Over in a short distance is a mountain on top of which is a skull-shaped cavern. This cave is a home to an evil witch Scylla, the villain of this game.One day, Hugo's three kids and his wife Hugolina, were playing outside their house. That's when Scylla made her move and ambushed the troll kids. Hugolina heard this and ran outside only to be kidnapped along with the children. At the same time, Hugo was having a nap, only to awaken quickly to see what's happening outside. Sadly, he was too late and the witch was already heading back to home with Hugolina and the kids. Hugo immediately went after the witch to save his family... |
| International Superstar Soccer Pro '98 | 1998 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc. | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (US) (from Ad Blurbs)GOOOAAAALLLL!!
New for the PlayStation game console. Now endorsed by Carlos Valderrama International Superstar and captain of Colombia's national soccer team.
- Motion captured animations
- 5 unique soccer stadiums
- 8 preset strategies
- 5 different camera angles
- Compete for 7 different int'l cups
- 36 international teams
- Adjustable gameplay speed
- Play-by-play commentary by U.K. sportscaster, Tony Gubba
- 6 exciting play modes including training, penalty kicks and league play |
| Invasion from Beyond | 1998 | GT Interactive Software Corp. | King of the Jungle Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Strange sights have been seen in the sky, crop circles appear on the ground. These can only be signs of an alien invasion. The people are scared and Area-51 is called up to defend the planet.Invasion from Beyond is a 3D flight combat game. Choosing from a selection of different ships (more of which can be found during the course of the game), the player takes to the skies. Each ship contains a primary weapon, a secondary weapon and a Suk-O-Matic which can be used to retrieve items and people in order for them to reach safety. |
| Jeremy McGrath Supercross 98 | 1998 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Probe Entertainment Ltd., Atod AB | Racing / Driving, Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | | | Motorcycle, Off-roading, Track racing | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | Jeremy McGrath lends his name to this Supercross racing game. Game modes include a Racing Season, Single Race, and a Ghost Racing mode.The Racing Season mode involves the player racing against 5 opponent racers on a number of indoor or outdoor tracks trying to get first place. The higher the position the racer finishes the race, the more points that racer will earn (1st place = 5pts., 2nd = 4pts., etc...). Players have to earn a certain number of points in a series of races in order to move on to tougher competition. If the player becomes really proficient, they'll then be able to challenge Jeremy McGrath himself for the championship.Getting far in this mode will also unlock more bikes. The various motorcycles available have different statistics in engine power, tire grip, and handling. Players can choose to race with either auto or manual transmission.The Single Racing mode lets the player race alone, with opponents, or against another player. Players get to select from 7 different tracks and can also race on reversed versions of those tracks. Ghost Racing lets the player compete against a ghost racer who represents the player's best time on a track.The game also includes a track editor. Players can place various jumps, hairpin turns, and other types of track features and create their own track to race on. |
| K9.5 1: Live in Airedale | 1998 | Lightspan, Inc. | Lightspan, Inc. | Educational | | | | Mini-games | | | Direct control, Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Front of Slip Case (US) (from Ad Blurbs)Get ready to rock! Your child will gain essential reading and language arts skills while helping Ella and Gershwyn, founding members of the rock group K9.5, find their lost instruments.LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Recognize parts of speech
Identify syllables
Divide words into syllables
Recognize nouns, adjectives, verbs, and plural nouns
Identify correct verb forms
Use test-taking skills
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| Kensei: Sacred Fist | 1998 | Konami of America, Inc. | KCE Tokyo, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Fighting | | | | | | | PS1 | A 3D fighting game similar to Tekken or Dead or Alive. Choose from over 20 characters and fight in different modes, including "Normal Mode" (where secret characters can be unlocked), "VS Mode", "Time Attack Mode", "Survival Mode", "Training Mode", "Watch Mode" (watch two fighters controlled by the CPU) and an "Extra Mode", a racing mini-game that becomes available once all hidden characters are unlocked.Four buttons are used to control the fighters, one for punches, one for kicks, one for grappling moves and one for blocking. Combinations and special attacks can be performed by pressing the punch, kick and directional buttons in various combinations. Defensive moves include blocks, sidesteps as well as counterattacks. |
| Kick Off World | 1998 | Funsoft GmbH | Anco Software Ltd. | Sports | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | The first Kick Off game for PlayStation offers the ability to play with national or club teams. The game is not just about playing, coaching is equally important as you head for the Reebok DMX Super League. Kick Off World has four levels, and five modes which includes a practice mode as well as Friendly and Cup Competition modes. As the manager you can sell and buy players. |
| Legend | 1998 | Funsoft GmbH | Toka S.a.r.l. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Beat 'em up / brawler, Hack and slash | Fantasy | | | | | | PS1 | Legend is the sequel to it's namesake for the SNES. Despite the conversion to 3D, the game still keeps all the action in a two dimensional plane.The Kingdom of Tovakia is overtaken by chaos and despair. After several assassination attempts, the king's brother is sent into exile. During his exile, however, he learns the dark arts of sorcery. He summons a demon to support him in his quest to rule over Tovakia. When he manages to kidnap the king, it is up to the protagonists to save him, and Tovakia, from the evil brother.You can choose to play one of three characters: Axel (all-round character), Tara (fast and good with light weapons) and Karo (slow but strong and good with heavy weapons).You will find a wide array of weapons and enemies in this 3D Beat 'em Up. Besides the standard medieval weaponry there are various ranged spells you can use to hurt the enemy. There are five stages to play through and each stage ends with a level boss.In multiplayer it is possible to play the game in two player co-op with increased difficulty. |
| Lemmings & Oh No! More Lemmings | 1998 | Psygnosis Limited | DMA Design Limited | Compilation, Puzzle | Side view | | | | | | | Real-time | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | This port contains two complete games from the classic puzzle series. There are 209 levels to work through, all featuring the classic Lemmings formula: the player must assign roles (digger, climber, etc.) to marching Lemmings in order to prevent them from meeting terrible fates. |
| Max Power Racing | 1998 | Infogrames Europe SA | Eutechnyx Limited | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Max Power Racing is a racing simulation game. It is licensed by the UK magazine Max Power. It features cars from various manufacturers. It features 30 tracks across 11 countries from all over the world, featuring cities, mountain roads as well as off-road tracks. You can play in arcade mode (to unlock tracks), player mode and championship mode. Player mode allows you to play against a friend or set personal records and in championship mode you play through all tracks. There are four difficulties to select from in the championship mode. You start with the lowest, but finishing first gains you points with which you can unlock the other difficulties and new and better cars to race with.The game features various weather conditions and dynamic lighting during night races. |
| Men in Black: The Game | 1998 | Gremlin Interactive Limited | Gigawatt Studios | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Cinematic camera | PS1 | Men in Black: The Game loosely adapts the successful 1997 film into an action/adventure game akin to Resident Evil, with 3D characters moving through pre-rendered backgrounds with fixed camera perspectives.In an introductory level, players control NYPD cop James Edwards (as played by Will Smith in the film) who investigates a possible robbery in a New York apartment building. After finding out an alien creature is behind it, he is recruited into the Men in Black, a secret organization that supervises alien life on Earth. Now known as Agent J, he, along with his colleagues K and L (Tommy Lee Jones' and Linda Fiorentino's film character, respectively), protect the Earth from malevolent aliens and prevent the public from learning about the existence of extraterrestrial life.The main part of the game begins at MIB headquarters. Here, players are briefed on the next mission in the briefing room and can change their weapon and do target practice at the shooting gallery. Several different weapons are available, from realistic firearms to the futuristic guns seen in the film, including the small but powerful Noisy Cricket. Before a mission, players can choose to play as J, K or L. The three have different fighting styles and their dialogue also differs. The game includes three main missions, which send the agents to the Arctic, the Amazon and a remote island. Stylized comic-style cutscenes advance the story between levels.Missions involve exploring the surroundings, combat with aliens (either hand-to-hand or with guns) and puzzle-solving: finding keycards to open doors, restarting the computer system, or distracting a dog for a way to pass. Ammunition is limited and thus should be conserved, but can be refilled from the supplies of fallen enemies or occasional caches found in the levels.
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| N2O Nitrous Oxide | 1998 | Gremlin Interactive Limited | Gremlin Interactive Limited | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | N2O Nitrous Oxide's gameplay is in many ways similar to the arcade classic Tempest. The game involves flying a ship down a tunnel. You can move left and right along the tunnel's walls, and fire into the tunnel. You have a standard blaster, and can pick up a range of special weapons along the way. You also can pick up a 'smart bomb' type weapon, that launches a firewall down the tunnel.Enemies are all based on real world insects, and range from flies, though to mosquitos, scorpions and spiders. Each tunnel introduces one new enemy. After each tunnel has been cleared you have to defeat a larger version of that tunnel's new enemy before you can leave.Mushrooms can be collected off the tunnel walls. Once you have collected the required amount, you can enter a bonus level. These consist of open tunnels, containing two items: eggs, and spinning blades. The objective is to avoid the blades, and shoot as many eggs as you can. When you shoot an egg you get points, however the ship also speeds up making it harder to avoid the blades.At the end of the game there is a final mutant boss insect to defeat. |
| NBA ShootOut 98 | 1998 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Sony Interactive Studios America | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This game features all 29 NBA teams from the 1998 season. The game modes included are Exhibition, Season, and Playoffs. The game also features a draft mode and a player creation option. The game also contains player and league leader stat tracking.
Game options let the player choose whether to play a sim or arcade type of game, set the difficulty level, set the quarter length, and whether to turn turbo on or off.During the game, players can use the Total Control Dunking which lets the player perform various types of slam dunks. Also featured during the game is Icon Passing and Icon Cutting. These let the player select which team member they want to get open for a pass or to cut towards the basket. |
| Ninja: Shadow of Darkness | 1998 | Eidos, Inc. | Core Design Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Martial arts | Beat 'em up / brawler | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Enter the mystical world of Kurosawa, the young ninja, as he fights his way through 11 levels of puzzles, baddies and bosses with dozens of fighting moves, weapons and magic spells in this third person action arcade game.Ninja: Shadow of Darkness was originally developed for the Sega Saturn and then moved over to the PlayStation. The game is an action/arcade style game similar to Fighting Force, with some additional platformer elements. |
| Player Manager 98/99 | 1998 | Anco Software Ltd. | Anco Software Ltd. | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | PS1 | Like its ancestors, this title marks a return to the popular managing game where the player not only is a starting manager, but also a footballer close to retirement age (the player, however, does not control his footballing avatar directly in the field). Players are rated in 18 attributes (plus some hidden attributes), and eight formations. Several tactics give the manager a lot of depth to change into the style more suitable for the footballers available. As there isn't a stat to display the overall value of a player (other than his market value), the player has to choose the starting eleven according to the desired playing style by their individual strengths: defenders with strong heading should be placed in the middle, fast dribblers in the flanks and so on, as well as using the post-match analysis statistics to see how well they performed.Like the older titles, the game uses the Kick Off engine to simulate games, in this case Kick Off 97. Other match simulation options include a 2D radar (which can quickly change to the 3D engine in key parts of the game such as goals and cards) and a CM-like text mode. If two players want to discover who has the strongest team, they can do so by choosing the "Friendly" mode. This allows to import team data from the floppy drive, and play a dream match between them. |
| Pool Hu$tler | 1998 | Activision, Inc. | Ornith | Sports | 1st-person, Top-down | | | | Contemporary | | Direct control | | Everyone | Shingo Nakano, Takeshi Nagato, Terumitsu Fujito (as Teru Fujito) | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (US) (from Ad Blurbs)there's no such thing as a friendly game.
hustling is the name of the game
Shoot in six shady pool halls with unique tables, cuesticks and local pros. Select from single and two-player modes, plus, 8-Ball, 9-Ball, 14-1, and Rotation rules.swim with the sharks
Wager, win, and move on to tougher opponents in your quest to hustle all 12 underground champs - each with unique skills, playing abilities, taunts, and betting strategies.learn the ropes and be a pro
Learn everything from the basics to authentic pool techniques like English, draw and jumping. Align your shot with the realistic top-down camera. Then, view slow-motion instant replays.
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| Punky Skunk | 1998 | Jaleco USA, Inc. | Ukiyotei Company, Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Kids to Adults | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Punky Skunk is a side scrolling platformer where the titular skunk has to rescue his friends from a mad wolf who is threatening to take control of the world. Like in other games of its kind the player has to make his way through the levels by running left and right, jumping and using a spray attack to take out the various enemies that stand in his way. To complete a level the player has to reach a flagpole and attack it. When hit by an enemy the skunk loses one of his green orbs (which acts as hitpoints) and when all out of these a life is lost. More orbs can be earned by taking out enemies. Collectable stars can be found all around the levels and by getting a hundred of these an extra life is earned.The player will come across various extreme gears that allow him to progress through the levels. Once a gear is equipped the regular spray attack can not be used. There are six gears but only one can be equipped at a time. These include the diggers which allow the player to dig through earth in a Dig-Dug fashion, the paraglider which allows him to use air currents to his advantage, the pogo stick that allows him to jump higher, the skates which allows him to move really fast and the snowboard which allows him to gain speed on downhill slopes. There is also a jetpack that is only available towards the end of the game. |
| Resident Evil 2 | 1998 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Regional differences | Horror | Puzzle elements, Shooter, Survival horror | Contemporary, North America | | Direct control | | Mature | Cinematic camera | PS1 | Even though Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine were able to destroy the Umbrella corporation's undead monsters in the original Resident Evil, Umbrella's experiments with the T-virus continued unhindered. Claire Redfield, the younger sister of Chris, and Leon Kennedy, a rookie cop on his first day of the job, arrive in the sleepy midwestern town of Raccoon City only to find the city in flaming ruins due to the inhabitants having been transformed into mindless flesh-eating freaks. Although Claire and Leon team up, they are soon separated and trapped inside the city by a car crash. Seeking refuge within the Raccoon City police station, each character must find a way to escape from the nightmare while solving the mystery of what happened to Raccoon City. Besides the zombie population (which is much more diverse than the original, including teenage girl zombies, maniac cop zombies, and even melting naked zombies), Claire and Leon will also have to deal with a variety of freakish mutants including giant poisonous spiders, walking venus-fly-traps, and speedy wall-crawling Lickers. Each character will also be pursued by one seemingly unstoppable foe: a horrific and constantly evolving man-monster known as the "G-Type" (Leon's Scenario), or a taciturn but inhumanly powerful Umbrella agent who is nonetheless saddled with the rather quaint name of Mr. X (Claire's Scenario). Like the previous game in the series, Resident Evil 2 is a 3D action-adventure using three-dimensional polygon characters over two-dimensional pre-rendered backgrounds, with the action viewed through a variety of cinematic fixed camera angles in each room. Just like the original Resident Evil, players can choose to play as one of two possible characters. Each character goes through the same initial scenario, but with differences in the type of weaponry they find and the people they meet along the way. Leon will team up with a mysterious woman calling herself Ada Wong, while Claire will find herself charged with protecting a little girl named Sherry Birkin. Unlike the original Resident Evil, beating the game for the first time unlocks a second scenario to be played with the character you didn't choose, with new locations, maps, enemies, a longer and more climactic ending. Your actions in the first scenario can also affect the outcome of certain events in the second scenario. Additionally, ammo and healing items are more plentiful than in the original game, although you still aren't given enough bullets to kill every enemy you meet. |
| Sensible Soccer '98: European Club Edition | 1998 | GT Interactive Software Corp. | Sensible Software | Action, Sports | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | PS1 | Sensible Soccer European Club Edition is the followup sequel to Sensible Soccer '98. The game now has all the club teams of Europe included, with many new features that have never been seen before.Over 90% of all in-game graphics have been massively enhanced including all player models and textures and improved crowds and stadiums. The in-game animation system has been thoroughly tweaked for a much smoother overall look to the game. There's also a brilliant, new, stylish look to the even bigger and more comprehensive menu system. New close-up penalty shootouts in full 3D gameplay is more silky smooth than ever with improved aftertouch, much improved tackling, a burst of speed for defenders and the ability to wash whites at a much lower temperature. An improved in-game sound system lets you hear the sounds of the game more clearly. Over 200 European Club Teams are included, all with accurate player skills, etc., from the English, Scottish, Italian, Spanish, French, German, Dutch and Belgian leagues. Plus the clubs can play in all European Club Tournaments and European Tournament Qualifiers that are for all international European sides. |
| Shadow Gunner: The Robot Wars | 1998 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Vertex Multimedia | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | | | PS1 | Shadow Gunner: The Robot Wars is a third person shooter in which you control a giant robot. Shadow Gunner's story is set in the far future. Mankind has created robots to protect themselves. But bad people have also created robots in the hope to conquer the world. It is up to you to defeat them in three levels with five missions each.Defeating enemy robots will allow you to gain new power-ups and weapons to improve on your firepower. Your robot can be equipped with a jet pack that lets him fly. Levels include both inside and outside locations. |
| Shellshock | 1998 | Eidos Interactive, Inc. | Core Design Ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person | | | | | Tank | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Da Wardenz, an anti-terrorist tank force, is called in whenever there is trouble somewhere in the world. You are a rookie hired by the tank force and must prove yourself in 25 increasingly difficult missions.'The Pen' is Da Wardenz' headquarters. It has all sorts of locations including the main hangar, basketball court, simulation room, workshop area, briefing room and various lockers (used for loading and saving missions). Before a mission, you can explore the headquarters and interact with each member of the team; you may learn something.When you start a mission, the action is viewed from a first-person perspective. It has you controlling the M-13 Predator, a highly sophisticated and upgradable tank. The game is arcade-oriented and has much more in common with 'Quarantine' and 'Doom' than serious counterparts like 'M1 Tank Platoon'.
Your tank has unlimited bullets, can sustain heavy damage and can destroy enemies but also trees and buildings.When a mission is successfully completed you earn cash which you can spend on repairing your tank and extra upgrades. |
| Snow Break | 1998 | Microïds | Virtual Studio | Racing / Driving, Sports | Behind view | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Snow Break is a fast paced mountain racing game. Based on your personal preference you can select a character with skis or with a snowboard. The courses offer a nice variety of scenery as they include tracks based in the Valley, the Forest, the Cableway and the Castle. The characters can be selected based on attributes for Max Speed, Acceleration and Turn Power.Jumps and a limited selection of tricks are available as you race down each of the courses.The normal play mode is a Championship campaign where you race against three computer controlled racers as you try and place high enough to advance through each of the mountain courses.Two players can take turns racing against the ghost of the other player to try and beat their best time. A single player can also race against the ghost of their own character's best time in the Time race mode.For practice there is a standard race against the clock Time Trial mode as well. |
| Snow Racer 98 | 1998 | Infogrames Multimedia SA | Power and Magic Development | Sports | Behind view | | | Tricks / stunts | | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Snow Racer 98 is an alpine winter sports game featuring both skiing and snowboarding. Players can choose from among 15 different alpine tracks, and opt to compete in speed-based events, or perform aerial stunts to score as many points as possible. Available modes include Championship, Time Attack, and Versus, where two players can compete head-to-head. |
| Speed Racer | 1998 | Jaleco USA, Inc. | Graphic Research Co., Ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicular combat | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Speed Racer is an arcade-style racing game based on the television show, originally released shortly before the 1997 series revival. The driver has a choice between three versions of the Mach V: Manual, Automatic, or Super. The racer also has a choice between three versions of the racetrack: small, medium, and large. The Mach V has various features equipped on the car in order to gain an advantage on the opponent, including buzz saws and flamethrowers. |
| Tank Racer | 1998 | Grolier Interactive UK Ltd. | Glass Ghost | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view, Top-down | | | Shooter | | Tank | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Tank Racer is a mixed driving and shooting game in which you race tanks through various courses.
There are 15 normal and secret tanks to choose from, and a total of 22 different maps from a quiet English village to a spooky New Orleans swamp, a bustling Eastern European city to the controlled, sterile atmosphere of a biosphere! |
| Team Losi RC Racer | 1998 | Gremlin Interactive Limited | Gremlin Interactive Limited | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | PS1 | Buggy is a racing game where you drive a small radio controlled car. The player can choose between 12 different cars (some have to be unlocked) to control. The game consists of 16 levels and a number of bonus levels. There are three game modes: Time attack, Challenge 1 and Challenge 2. In Time Attack you compete against yourself for new personal records. At the beginning not all levels are available in this mode, they have to be unlocked by completing certain levels in Challenge 1. Challenge 2 is not available until Challenge 1 is completed. The second challenge contains all the levels from the first challenge plus some new ones.The player starts in a hub world and can drive through gateway ports to select challenges and races. During the race there are ports with colored banners and the player can drive through them to collect colored flags, similar to Buggy Boy. The available colors differ for each race and collecting certain color sequences yield different power-ups. For example collect yellow and then red for a speed boost, or red, blue, yellow to temporarily freeze opponents, or orange, green, red, purple to get a helicopter power-up allowing the player to fly for a short period. |
| Test Drive: Off-Road 2 | 1998 | Accolade, Inc. | Accolade, Inc. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Off-roading, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Race over 20 vehicles around the world... but off the road. There are 6 classes to race in: Hummer, Military, Safari, SUV, and Truck. Vehicles include the Jeep Wrangler, Ford Explorer, Range Rover, and more. |
| The Mahjong | 1998 | D3Publisher Inc. | Chat Noir, Success Corp. | Strategy | | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | PS1 | This is a video game version of the ancient game of Mahjong for the PlayStation. The player can go up against up to three computer opponents. It is a budget title released only in Japan, and was the first release in the Simple 1500 Series. |
| V-Ball: Beach Volley Heroes | 1998 | Funsoft GmbH | Avit, Inc. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | Tetsuya Wahira | PS1 | V-Ball: Beach Volley Heroes is the sequel to the NES game Super Spike V'Ball, an arcade game that deals with beach volleyball in a very special way.There are several teams you can choose from, such as Soldiers, Ninjas, Soccer players and so on, and each of them has got its own moves and special effects. There are commands for both heavy shots and for light ones, making you choose the strength to hit and throw the ball. There are no power bars and once hit, the ball flies to the opposing side automatically.The special moves can be triggered whenever you push certain button combinations (triangle and circle, circle and cross, etc) at the right moment. If it is a defense move, for instance, you must do it in response to others attacks.There is a Tournament mode, which is the main solo entertainment (although you can also play single matches vs the AI), but this game is clearly designed around player-vs-player mode, for arcade matches against human opponents. |
| VR Baseball '99 | 1998 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | VR Sports | Sports | | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | VR Baseball '99 is the sequel to VR Baseball '97. In this simulation you can play any of the 30 Major League Baseball teams in their authentic stadiums. Over 750 real players are included in the game.
Gameplay modes include: exhibition, season and home run derby. All available in three difficulty levels.The developer has aimed to make the pitching and batting more action based, and thus they do not include menu options, but are performed solely with button combos. |
| WCW Nitro | 1998 | THQ Inc. | Inland Productions, Inc. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Arcade | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Take control of your favourite WCW wrestler and battle it out in the ring. The 16 wrestlers (to start) in the game include such greats as Kevin Nash, Buff Bagwell and Hollywood Hulk Hogan.Based on WCW's flagship television program, "WCW Monday Nitro", this arcade-style game puts you (or a partner) in a button-mashing brawl featuring many of WCW's most popular stars and their signature maneuvers. There are single and tag match options for one or two players and a single-player tournament mode, where the player must battle through a series of matches to become a champion.As you progress, you can unlock new characters to take to the ring, including more WCW wrestlers and personnel, as well as fictional characters and THQ staff members. |
| WarGames: DEFCON 1 | 1998 | MGM Interactive | Interactive Studios Ltd. | Action, Strategy | Behind view | Licensed | | | Cold War, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Inspired by the 1980s movie about a computer trying to take over the world, this action/strategy game allows you to field either the tanks of human NORAD or the walkers of AI-controlled WOPR, in warzones across the world.You control one vehicle and can cycle through all the units in your current army at any time, and there are limited commands you can issue to the rest of your army. For example, you can tell all the units in your army to follow your vehicle. However this can be unreliable due to poor pathfinding.There is a huge range of vehicles available for each army, from reconnaissance jeeps and bikes through heavy tanks and walkers all the way to the really special toys, laser and stealth tanks. There are air and sea assault troops available as well.You receive your mission objectives in e-mails sent from mission control (or WOPR itself) which update as you fulfill briefs. These can be as simple as 'go there, kill that' but sometimes require more complex tasks such as picking up a spy from behind enemy lines, crippling a base's SAM sites to allow an attack from the air, and so on.One major draw of the game is an enjoyable two-player co-operative mode. Using a unique split-screen view (split diagonally instead of vertical/horizontal) both players control a vehicle each, and can cycle through the rest. This can be interesting as one player lends air support while the other storms the AA sites with a tank, for example.In addition to co-operative mode, there is a head-to-head multiplayer mode available and about 30 levels in the single player mode. |
| Warhammer: Dark Omen | 1998 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Mindscape International Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | Teen | | PS1 | This sequel to Warhammer: Shadow Of The Horned Rat is an overhead role playing game in which you play Morgan Bernhardt. The game consists of a series of battles where you view the battle from overhead via a rotatable view. You go through the game managing your army, deciding whether to fight in optional battles, and advancing through a deep and engrossing storyline via a series of conversations played out by talking portraits. |
| NBA in the Zone '98 | 1998-01-01 | Konami of America, Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Osaka Co., Ltd. | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | This fully licensed NBA title features all teams and players from the NBA for the 97/98 season, allowing Exhibition, Season, Playoff and All-Star modes for 1-4 players.Full teams stats, info and schedules are included, along with a complete list of options to create the game you want (from the length of each match, rules, control schemes, difficulty and more). |
| Red Asphalt | 1998-01-01 | Interplay Productions, Inc. | Interplay Productions, Inc. | Action, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Red Asphalt is a racing and combat game with a post-apocalyptic futuristic theme.There are a total of 24 tracks and players can choose from 6 characters. Each character has different driving skills, tactical skills and aggression skills. Players start out with a sum of money and can win additional cash by winning the races. Use the money to buy vehicles, 6 to choose from, and upgrade them with better engines, armor, tires, suspension and weapons.It is a direct sequel to Rock'n Roll Racing, although it features a very different style and gameplay. |
| Alundra | 1998-01-07 | Working Designs | Matrix Software | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Alundra is a boy who can step into other people's dreams. His own dreams tell him to go to the village Inoa. The ship on which Alundra is coming to the village goes down, but Alundra himself is washed up on a beach near the village. There, a blacksmith Jess takes care of him and treats him like his own son. But Alundra, stepping into the dreams of the village people, understands there's a danger somewhere. The people have horrible nightmares, and only Alundra can find out what they mean...Alundra is an action game with light RPG elements, somewhat similar to the Zelda series. It uses real-time combat and includes some platforming and environmental puzzles. A big part of the game is spent in dungeons (reached through an overhead map), where the player has to solve puzzles in order to proceed. During the course of the game, various new items, spells and special attacks are found which have to be used to solve new puzzles or get to previously unreachable places. |
| Groove Jigoku V: SweepStation Version | 1998-01-08 | Sony Music Entertainment (Japan), Inc. | Opus Corp. | Action | Side view, Top-down | | | Arcade, Mini-games | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Groove Jigoku Five is one part a DJ mixing console and also a collection of mini-games.The DJ mixer screen is a music editor where players can listen to music and alter it by changing the beat and applying various effects and sounds. Initially only a portion of sounds is available, and to unlock the rest of them the players need to play the other part of Groove Jigoku Five.The other part of the game is a collection of mini-games, or hell part-time jobs. These games are usually short and visually simplistic. On the mini-game selection screen only three random mini-games are available at each time and the players need to play more to unlock more games. They include counting people in traffic, crossing a road collecting mushrooms along the way, chopping logs, racing to the cliff, remembering the right sequence, spotting ghosts, assembling ball pens, and more. For doing these jobs the players get some money, which they can spend at vending machines, which give out random prizes. It can be either sounds for the DJ mixing console, or just random collectible pictures.Most of the mini-games were later reused in the PSP game WTF: work time fun (Baito Hell 2000) practically unchanged or with minor cosmetic iterations. The game's structure, except for the DJ mixing part, was also carried over to WTF: work time fun. |
| Wreckin Crew | 1998-01-18 | Telstar Electronic Studios Ltd. | Quickdraw Developments Ltd. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Teen | | PS1 | Wrecking Crew is a racing game similar to Mario Kart. Players take control of unorthodox characters such as a pair of Siamese twins, a circus trainer and a mad scientist, and race their hot-rods across ten tracks using unusual weapons such as lighting bolts, body bags and chickens.A two-player mode is available, and there are many funny unlockable characters. The tracks are sprawling, with teleports, secret routes and hidden areas to find. |
| Auto Destruct | 1998-01-21 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Neurostone | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Auto Destruct involves mission-based car combat. Unlike similar titles such as Destruction Derby and Twisted Metal, this doesn't focus on arena-type face-offs with multiple opponents.Sometime in the near future, your family is killed by a mysterious cult. You join an underground organization dedicated to annihilating this cult, and are outfitted with an armed car (customizable to an extent). The 25 missions vary, from simple search-and-destroy rounds to escort missions and defense missions. |
| Konami Antiques: MSX Collection Vol. 2 | 1998-01-22 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc., Konami Industry Co. Ltd. | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This is the second of Konami's MSX Collections released on the Playstation. Volume 2 has the following games:
Athletic Land
Gradius 2
Hyper Sports 3
Knightmare
Konami's Golf
Magical Tree
Super Cobra
Twin Bee
Yie Ar Kung-Fu 2: The Emperor Yie-Gah |
| Nobunaga's Ambition | 1998-01-22 | KOEI Corporation | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Strategy | Top-down | | | Turn-based strategy | Historical events, Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | In the 16th century, Japan's Sengoku ("Warring States") period divided the nation into numerous feudal states, each ruled by a daimyo. These daimyos would often go to war with each other. Many dreamt of conquering the land, becoming the Shogun and ruling the entire country. One of those daimyos was the ambitious Nobunaga Oda, a merciless ruler and a renowned strategist. Players take on the role of Nobunaga Oda or one of many other daimyos to try to conquer Japan. Nobunaga's Ambition is a turn-based strategy game which can be played in different modes. Gameplay is similar to Koei's better known Romance of the Three Kingdoms game. Players begin by selecting either a 17 regions scenario or a larger 50 scenario. Then, the player must select a daimyo, each of which is rated attributes in several categories; Age, Health, Ambition, Luck, Charm and IQ. As the game progresses, these values change depending on events in the game. The age value represents a time limit of sorts, as an elderly daimyo becomes increasingly likely to die of old age or sickness.During each of turn (one per season), players can issue one of several commands from a menu. They include: Recruiting new soldiers, Training the army, Buying Weapons, Increasing Peasant morale, Forming alliances or Hiring Ninjas to bribe & assassinate. When one player attacks another, there is a war fought over the defender's region. Battles are fought in an overhead-view hex battle map. Each player takes turn moving units and issuing orders, which include attack, move, bribe and surrender. The goal is to defeat all of the enemy units (or force them into surrender). Army units each have a certain weakness against other types of enemies, and are also affected by the terrain. |
| Skullmonkeys | 1998-01-28 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Neverhood, Inc., The | Action | Side view | | Comedy | Platform | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Skullmonkeys is the successor title to The Neverhood, which came out only on PC (and, in Japan, as "Klaymen Klaymen" on PSX). The game is an old-school jump and run type of game, with a large number of FMVs. The entire game is molded in clay.The player takes control of Klaymen throughout the game in an attempt to put a stop to the main opponent, being Klogg, who wants to destroy Klaymen's homeworld, The Neverhood, via a huge robot called "Evil Engine No. 9". He uses an army of extremely dumb skullmonkeys to stop Klaymen in his quest; With the exception of several strange, clay birds, each and every enemy in the game is a monkey. The game features music with lyrics by Terry Scott Taylor. |
| Blaze & Blade: Eternal Quest | 1998-01-29 | T&E Soft, Inc. | T&E Soft, Inc. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | | | | | PS1 | Blaze & Blade: Eternal Quest is an action RPG where you control a party of four. Character creation allows you to define a player's behaviour as well as their abilities. Your goal is to venture into The Forbidden Land, formerly known as Foresia, and deliver the land from evil. Foresia has been inhabited by monsters and demons since the time of the twelve Wisemen. These monsters and demons often transform into useful items once destroyed. |
| Final Fantasy Tactics | 1998-01-29 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Square Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Tactical RPG | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | Teen | Isometric | PS1 | Final Fantasy Tactics was a big move for the whole Final Fantasy franchise into different fields. Tactics combines traditional elements of the Final Fantasy series with a completely different game mechanics and battle system. It was the 1st game during the Final Fantasy 32-bit era using a 3D, isometric, rotatable playing field, with bitmap sprite characters and a turn based strategy system.In the game you build up a team by recruiting many available characters you meet during your travels and stocking up plenty of items, to defeat various enemies waiting on your path. The game features a very complex character class(job) system where each character begins his way with a job such as Squire or Chemist. Successfully participating in battles, characters can later select one of more advanced jobs, with a total of 19 to choose from. In addition there are certain monsters and computer controlled "guests" with their own jobs and special abilities available to learn. In total, over 400 abilities are available which leads to nearly endless combinations.The PSP version of the game mostly reiterates the original for the PSOne. Visual presentation is almost a 1:1 copy, looking like the old version with a zoomed-in camera to make it fit the PSP screen. Port developer Tose added cel-shaded introduction movies and numerous animation sequences played after each chapter ends. Some maps were completely remade as well, but you still cannot skip event scenes.Also the PSP version features two new playable characters: Balthier, from Final Fantasy XII and Luso from Final Fantasy Tactics A2. Two new job classes have been added - the completely new Onion Knight and the Dark Knight class which was available on the PSOne only after using a cheat code. There are two wireless multiplayer options available once you've reached the world map (just go into a bar in any town). One is Coliseum (Versus Battle Mode), the second is Cooperative Challenge (team mission). |
| MTV's Beavis and Butt-Head in Virtual Stupidity | 1998-01-29 | B-Factory | Viacom New Media | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | PS1 | Beavis and Butt-Head in Virtual Stupidity is a point-and-click adventure based on MTV's Beavis & Butt-head series. The player can control both characters as they attempt to join Todd's gang. Much of the gameplay consists of inventory-based puzzles. There are also a few mini-games and hidden music videos. |
| NOON: New Type Action Game | 1998-01-29 | Micro Cabin Corp. | Micro Cabin Corp. | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)★This game is supported with the PSP® and PS Vita screenshot function★PSP®: Screenshots can be taken by using the menu after holding the PS button (HOME button) in the game. The image will be saved in the photo collection from the XMB™ (XrossMediaBar).PS Vita: Screenshots can be taken by using "Screenshot" from the "Settings" after holding the PS button in the game. The image will be saved as an application photo. This software can be played with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).If you are downloading with PC or via PS3™, after downloading with the device please connect to PSP® with a USB cable and copy the content by inserting a storage media like Memory Stick™.Roll the "NOON" which is a legendary jewel! Crush it! Throw it to your rival!Connect 3 NOON with the same color and call upon the disrupting NOON in your rival's territory!You will win the match if you manage to fill all territories in your rival's area!This is the fighting puzzle action game with 6 warriors!Copyright:©1996 MICROCABIN CORP./1993 KOUJI OONOPurchase or use of this item is subject to SEN Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Nagano Winter Olympics '98 | 1998-01-29 | Konami of America, Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo Co., Ltd. | Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | Tricks / stunts | | | Ryota Yoshioka (Yaruki) | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | The official game of the XVIII Olympic Winter Games held in Nagano, Japan, including 12 events such as Downhill, Giant Slalom, K-90 and K-120 Ski Jumping, Freestyle Aerials, Snowboard Halfpipe (only in the N64 version) and Slalom (in their Olympic debut), 500m and 1500m Speed Skating, Bobsleigh, Luge and Curling. Up to four players can choose one of 16 nations and compete in Olympic (play for the medals) or Championship mode (for the points, in a Decathlon-style competition). |
| Spectral Tower II | 1998-01-29 | Idea Factory Co., Ltd. | Idea Factory Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy, Medieval | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)To download content to the Memory Stick PRO Duo™ of your PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, the free space required is twice the size of the content to be downloaded.This software is playable for PLAYSTATION®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).To play this software on your PLAYSTATION®3 system, you must have at least 265MB of free space on your PLAYSTATION®3 system hard disk.To play this software on your PSP®, you must install the latest system software version and have a Memory Stick Duo™ with the free space stated above.For more detailed information about downloading to your PSP® system, please see URL below.http://asia.playstation.comWhen downloading using PC:When downloading contents to PSP®, you must install the PLAYSTATION®Network Downloader application first. Please go to our official website for installing instructions and other information. ■Game descriptionNeverland is a lush, green world told of in ancient traditions.An enormous tower stretched high up into its sky, said to contain "Infinite Power" and "Eternal Life" within its walls.In times past, a great deal of travelers and adventurers went to the tower in search of those "powers buried within," yet not one of them was able to solve the mystery.It was a time of legends that have begun to fade from tradition--with young trees growing in abundance.One young traveler from a faraway land pressed forth on his journey to the tower. Little did he know this journey would have a profound effect on the fate of the world.■PS3™ HDD and Memory Stick™ capacity requirement265MB■Copyright notices©1998 IDEA FACTORY■AttentionThis software is converted from the software for PlayStation® so that it can be played on PS3™ and PSP®. Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. |
| Circle of Blood | 1998-01-31 | THQ Inc. | Revolution Software Ltd. | Adventure | Side view | | Detective / mystery, Romance | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | Teen | | PS1 | George Stobbart is an American tourist spending his autumn vacation in Paris. He barely escapes a bombing of a café and decides to investigate the clues left behind by the killer. This eventually leads him to a mystery dating back to the legend of the Knights Templar.Circle of Blood is the first part in the Broken Sword series. It is a third-person puzzle-solving point-and-click adventure game with 2D cartoon-like graphics. The player moves the character around using the mouse, examines the environment, talks to other people and collects items stored in an inventory. These items need to be used or combined with other items to solve puzzles. George gets help from Nicole Collard, a French journalist. The story is divided into eleven chapters and takes place in locations such as Paris, Ireland, Syria, and others. |
| March Madness '98 | 1998-02-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | March Madness '98 is a college basketball game. Its features include the NCAA Tournament, 107 division 1A teams, 9 women's teams, team specific fight songs and chants, plus authentic college uniforms and logos. The game also gives you the opportunity to win preseason and conference tournaments. Create your own player from scratch, or customize your own NCAA Tournament with up to 64 teams. The game also has a momentum meter which can go up when a team is doing well temporarily increasing the ability ratings of its players. |
| Shadow Master | 1998-02-01 | Psygnosis Limited | HammerHead Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | In a futuristic universe you must destroy the forces of ShadowMaster which are attacking your planet. You are in armored all-terrain vehicle and you must shoot over the enemies in a full 3D world. |
| Lode Runner | 1998-02-04 | Natsume, Inc. | Presage Software, Inc. | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Lode Runner is the U.S. only compilation on one disc of the following games that were originally released separately for the Playstation only in Japan:
Lode Runner: The Legend Returns
Lode Runner Extra
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| Destrega | 1998-02-05 | KOEI Corporation | Omega Force | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Fighting | | | Direct control | | Teen | | PS1 | Destrega is one of the first fighting games to focus more on long range attacks and use of interactive backgrounds than close-up fisticuffs.The story revolves around a battle for control of relics left a millennia ago by the Strega - mysterious beings with benevolent gifts of powers to human beings. |
| Universal Nuts | 1998-02-05 | Lay-Up KK | Lay-Up KK | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Setting | PS1 | Universal Nuts is a sci-fi visual novel featuring two protagonists, Yui and Ai, which get involved in an incident onboard a space station. As the story progresses, the mystery of events that have occurred start to unfold. The game plays in a typical visual novel style by reading through on-screen text and dialogues to progress the story. Character icons are present during dialogues beside the character art over the background image, and the game features both animated cut-scenes and voice-acting. |
| NBA 2 Ball | 1998-02-08 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Iguana Entertainment Incorporated | Sports | | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | Real-time | Everyone | | PS1 | This unique minigame was given away to attendees of the 1998 NBA All-Star Game, letting them recreate the 2 ball competition held at that game. 2 ball is a competition for two players with a single net. Each player is given sixty seconds to take as many free shots as they can. There are seven positions marked on the court, each worth a different point value when a player sinks a shot taken from it; players can freely move between spots during play. The winner is the player with the most points once both players have taken their turns. 28 NBA teams are represented, with one player per team. |
| Druid: Daemons of the Mind | 1998-02-19 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Synthetic Dimensions PLC | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | | | | Isometric | PS1 | The world of Navan has many islands, and four of them are reigned by the powerful Druid brothers: Lawson, Curak, Havnar, and Astor. They worship different deities and try to maintain the harmony of nature on their islands. But one day, Lawson mysteriously disappears. Unable to solve the mystery, the brothers seek out you, a grandson of a once powerful Druid, to search for Lawson in the entire world of Navan.The gameplay of Druid is somewhat similar to that of Ultima VIII: Pagan. It is an action RPG with simple point-and-click interface and action-oriented combat. You can execute two different types of physical attacks (high and low) and cast a variety of spells. You don't have a party in the game. |
| Ultraman: Fighting Evolution | 1998-02-19 | Banpresto Co., Ltd. | Metro Corporation | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Fighting | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Ultraman Fighting Evolution is a fighting game based on the Ultra series, a tokusatsu superhero series by Tsuburaya. The characters in the game are some of the characters that appeared in the original Ultraman TV show, Ultraseven, and Ultraman Taro. It is the first game in the Ultraman Fighting Evolution series.There are four game modes that is available in the game. In arcade mode, the player, who must play as one of the Ultramen, will battle several kaijus. In versus mode, the player can choose which character he want to play as and which character to fight against. Players are able to choose whether to fight against the CPU or against another player. In survival mode, the player will go up against a barrage of enemies until the player loses his health. There is also the training mode where the player is able to train their skills with the characters. |
| Gex: Enter the Gecko | 1998-02-24 | Crystal Dynamics, Inc. | Crystal Dynamics, Inc. | Action | Behind view | Regional differences | | Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Kids to Adults | | PS1 | Gex 3D: Enter the Gecko is a 3D platform game where the player controls a gecko who has to navigate several levels, all of which are parodies on well-known TV shows and movies, such as Looney Tunes, Gilligan's Island, or Friday the 13th.Rez, the evil overlord of the television is back into the Media Dimension, and the government asks the TV addict gecko, Gex, to defeat him once again. He gets a lot of money and an agent suit for that. The game generally resolves around a James Bondish spy theme, but the story is not referenced later in the game.Gex has to enter levels through TVs to collect three types of remote controls in order to unlock more of the Media Dimension, boss levels and secret TVs. Gex can tailwhip or karate-kick his enemies, climb certain walls and ceilings, eat bugs for power-ups, and spout one-liner wisecrack jokes. The gameplay is non-linear, the player can choose from multiple routes and goals on each level, and are replayable anytime after accomplished.
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| G·O·D Pure | 1998-02-26 | Imagineer Co., Ltd. | Infinity Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | G·O·D Pure is a remake of G.O.D: Mezameyo to Yobu Koe ga Kikoe.The story and the gameplay system remain the same; the changes in the remake mostly involve presentation. The game's graphical style remains rather faithful to the original in house interiors; however, cities and most dungeon-like areas have been re-designed as pre-rendered images. The perspective has become somewhat of a mix between the original top-down style and third-person perspective. Character graphics are very close to the original in style.A few pre-rendered movie sequences were added during some of the key events of narrative. CD-quality music has been re-recorded for this release. |
| Jungle Park | 1998-02-26 | Emotion Digital Software | Saru Brunei | Adventure | | | | | | | Point and select | | | | PS1 | Jungle Park is a point and click adventure game that invites the player to explore the titular park. More a walking simulator than a traditional adventure game, it has few goals and instead lets the player discover the park and its surroundings at their own pace. |
| Neo ATLAS | 1998-02-26 | Artdink Corporation | FlipFlop Productions | Adventure, Simulation | Diagonal-down | | Comedy, Detective / mystery | Managerial / business simulation, Sandbox / open world | Africa, Asia, Europe, Fantasy, Historical events, North America, Oceania, South America | Naval / watercraft | Direct control, Menu structures | Real-time | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Neo ATLAS is a reimagining of Artdink's home computer Atlas series, with 32-bit era upgrades to graphics and gameplay.As the manager of a trading company in 15th century Portugal, you're charged with making a profit while also exploring the mysterious remainder of the world, currently shrouded in mysterious clouds. As you explore the map, you make calls on whether you believe or disbelieve the reports of your sailors, and this act goes on to influence the shape of the world itself, and in turn, the resources and challenges placed around it. You can discover mysterious plots, cities, ruins, creatures, pirates, monsters and additional background music on your journeys.Whilst your admirals are out exploring, you are also charged with establishing trade routes to distribute the resources they've uncovered, enable the production of goods, and ultimately make yourself a tidy profit. |
| Noël: ～La Neige ～ | 1998-02-26 | Pioneer LDC, Inc. | Flight-Plan Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person | | | Dating simulation | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)In simulation game "NOel～La neige～", you have to communicate with the three girls you met and get acquainted with them. Talk to them with video phone and create a future for you and them. You decide your own future!This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：1087MBCopyright：©1998 GENEON UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT JAPAN, LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement.
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| Winning Post 3 | 1998-02-26 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Simulation, Sports | | | | Managerial / business simulation | Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | Menu structures | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Winning Post 3 is the third entry in the Winning Post series. The objective of the game is breeding horses with good bloodlines. Compared to its direct predecessor Winning Post 2, the 30-year time limitation is removed, making players able to breed horses at their pleasure. |
| Wizardry: Llylgamyn Saga | 1998-02-26 | Locus Company Ltd. | Soliton Soft | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Wizardry: Llylgamyn Saga is a remake of the first three Wizardry games: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord, Knight of Diamonds, and Legacy of Llylgamyn.
As in the original games, the player can create characters choosing from five races and eight classes, and level them up by exploring the maze and fighting monsters, finding and buying items in process.Monster graphics have been updated, and dungeons have been given textures, but the player can also opt for original graphics with wireframe dungeons. An auto-mapping feature has been added. The player can also transfer characters between the three scenarios. |
| Pitfall 3D: Beyond the Jungle | 1998-02-28 | Activision, Inc. | Activision, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Pitfall 3D is a remake of Pitfall!. Once again, take on the role of Pitfall Harry and swing across pits and battle scorpions, but this time in 3D. As you try to complete each level and solve the puzzles that will allow you to progress through the jungle ruins, your main objective is to gather crystals. |
| San Francisco Rush: Extreme Racing | 1998-02-28 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Atari Games Corporation | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Track racing | Direct control | Real-time | Everyone | | PS1 | For the N64 version of the arcade hit, Midway added all-new courses and shortcuts. All six courses can be run in reverse, mirrored, or mirrored and reversed. There's even two hidden stunt courses! Graphically, the game sacrifices detail in favor of blindingly fast screen redraws. The gameplay is very arcade-like: You fly through the air with the greatest of ease, and when you hit a wall your car bursts into flames. You can customize your car with different colors, racing stripes, tire rims and much more. |
| Bloody Roar | 1998-03-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Raizing Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Fighting | | | | | Teen | Mitsuakira Tatsuta, Shinsuke Yamakawa | PS1 | Bloody Roar is a fighting game with a twist. At the press of a button, the player character changes into a beast of unique strength and ability over the character's normal attacks. Each character has their own beast to transform into, and most battles come down to how the player uses this transformation to their advantage. The game features over-the-top special moves and combos in a 3D-like atmosphere. |
| Dead in the Water | 1998-03-01 | American Softworks Corporation | Player 1 | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade, Shooter | | Naval / watercraft, Vehicular combat | | | Everyone | | PS1 | A 3D Battle game that pits the players in heavily armed boats in fully destructable arena's. This is a a Vehicular Combat Game similar in basic structure to Twisted Metal or Vigilante 8. There are many characters to choose from, each with their own unique boat and then is entered into an arena to race against other contestants while also trying to score points by shooting and destroying the other boats. |
| Perfect Assassin | 1998-03-01 | Grolier Interactive UK Ltd. | Synthetic Dimensions PLC, Veritas Productions Ltd. | Action, Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Point and select | | | | PS1 | In Perfect Assassin, the main character is an interplanetary assassin named Charon who has lost his memory somehow. Charon is contacted by a shadowy character named Ul D-Grak, who claims to have a mission for him, and asks the assassin to meet them on the planet Kar-Naq. Charon lands on the planet near a city and proceeds to search for his mysterious client. The gameplay is from a third-person view, but the camera is always located at a set place on a map. As the player walks between different places, the camera fluidly moves from one set viewpoint to another. The gameplay has some action in it, but mostly it is adventure-style solving of puzzles or talking to people. During conversations, Charon can ask people a question about any subject he has heard about (a character, location or item), and he can assume one of three stances: meek, normal or aggressive. This is sometimes necessary to progress in a dialogue: for example, certain characters won't give Charon necessary items unless threatened.At other times Charon needs to use violent force to proceed. Charon can shoot his gun anytime, aiming at any spot visible on the screen. The gun can be used to kill enemies, or to shoot at specific parts of the environment to solve puzzles. |
| Rascal | 1998-03-01 | Psygnosis Limited | Traveller's Tales (UK) Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | In Rascal you must rescue your kidnapped father, a professor, from the clutches of the evil Chronon. Chronon is using Rascal's father to perfect time travel for his evil plans and it's up to you to stop him. You are armed with a bubble-blowing gun to take on Chronon minions as you travel through time. There are six worlds to explore which include a medieval castle, the Wild West, Atlantis, a pirate ship, prehistoric times and the Time Dimension. Each world has three time zones covering the past, the present and the future. In each of those levels you assemble an hourglass of six pieces, which teleports you back home. |
| X-Men: Children of the Atom | 1998-03-03 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Fighting | | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | X-Men: Children of the Atom is a 2D fighting game and the first Capcom title to use licensed characters from the Marvel comic universe. It has six main characters and four of their enemies that are playable. The X-Men are Colossus, Cyclops, Iceman, Psylocke, Storm and Wolverine. The villains are Omega Red, Sentinel, Silver Samurai and Spiral. The two main bosses are Juggernaut and Magneto, and Akuma is available as a secret character.Fighting is done one-on-one with a traditional best-two-out-of-three match setup, with automatic or manual blocking. Similar to the Super Combo gauge in Super Street Fighter II Turbo there is an X-Power gauge of different levels, filled up when the player performs moves. When it is maxed out an X-Ability or Hyper X special move can be performed. Other general features are the abilities to super jump, roll away and aiming projectiles. |
| Nobunaga's Ambition II | 1998-03-07 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events, Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Nobunaga's Ambition II is the sequel to Nobunaga's Ambition. The setting is 16th century feudal Japan, a period when ruthless daimyo (feudal lords) contended with each other for dominance. Ultimately, the winner in this struggle will become Shogun and hold actual power over the islands, while being nominally subject to the Emperor.The game casts the player as one of the daimyo, allowing them freedom to decide the fate and future of feudal Japan, through diplomacy and ultimately war. The objective is to unify Japan under the player's rule. If the player fails through death on the battlefield, assassination at the hands of a ninja, or through natural causes, they can choose a successor and play on. Functionally, the first job is to let prosper the fief (province) under the player's control through agricultural development and town investment. There are two scenarios available in the game:
Warlords: 1560 A.D.
The first scenario begins as the daimyo prepare what will eventually become a full scale war in the whole of Japan. The warring states period begins here. There are 28 of them included in the scenario, among others: the Mori clan, the Takeda, the Hojo clan, the Uesugi clan, etc.Nobunaga's Ambition: 1582 A.D.
The second scenario follows the rise of Oda Nobunaga in 1582 A.D. to power and allows the player to play either as Oda Nobunaga or as one of his chief allies or rivals.
Samurai
The game improves on its predecessor by including some 400 historical samurai in the game, providing the player with generals for troops and governors for a conquered fief. Each samurai is characterized by statistics: Age, Rank, Body Points, War, Politics, Ambition, Charisma, and Loyalty. There are also additional attributes for specific military purposes: Skill, Arms Level, and Unit Type. Some of these attributes may be improved through training (i.e. war, politics, and skill), rewards (i.e. loyalty), or through merchants (i.e. arms level). Strategy
The game is turn-based, with each turn representing one month. Certain events take place annually such as tax collecting (March) and rice harvest (September), while other events, such as invading neighbors, follows the player's time table.The game uses an initiative system to determine what actions can be completed in a particular month. Each daimyo and samurai has a stock of "Body Points" that represent the attention he can afford to spend on an action. Each action has a cost in Body Points for the character executing it, and if he does not have the point’s necessary, he may not perform it. Body Points are refreshed a little each month. The level of Body Points refreshed per month is depends on the level of his Political skill. Intensive operations will deplete Body Points and then require turns of inaction to stock up again, so timing actions to coincide with Body Point availability is an extra wrinkle to the management of resources.Combat
Each samurai can lead a 100-strong unit, which must be recruited, then trained, and equipped with weapons for battle. The attack of an army results in a tactical play out of the resulting battle or siege. A hex-based map of the area of the battlefield will form the playing board for the movement to combat and actual fighting. Fortifications (castles) have a dramatic benefit for the defender. The attacker must defeat the defender within 30 days or must force a withdrawal. Additionally, both sides must pay attention to their food provisions as each day subtracts food supplies in accordance to their army size.
Unit Types
The game introduces 3 basic military unit types: Infantry (Inf), Cavalry (Cav), and Rifles (Rif). Each unit type has certain special abilities and tactical advantages/disadvantages in combat:
Infantry have the ability to ambush anywhere on the main fief map (explained later) and have 4 movement points;
Cavalry have the ability to charge at an enemy (inflicting considerable damage on both sides) with the chance of breaking through the defending unit and emerging on the other side. Samurai leaders may often be killed (instead of captured) if their unit reaches zero. Cavalry have 6 movement points; Rifles may attack using muskets which have devastating offensive capabilities, which may also kill an enemy samurai unit if the opponent's unit reaches zero (thus, a standard non-rifle attack is also available for capturing an enemy samurai leader). Rifles have 3 movement points.
Additionally, both Infantry and Rifle units may move over walls or through water during the castle siege for a certain amount of movement points.Tactical Combat
Tactical combat occurs in two different locations:
The first is the tactical map of the fief, where the attackers first arrive and the defenders surrounding the castle. In this setting, each days is divided into three time periods: morning, afternoon, and night, before the day ends. At night, armies may maneuver to surprise attack enemies in the dark, which does considerably more damage than an average attack. This may be done if the enemy is at least two squares away (not adjacent).The second is the castle siege map, which occurs if the defender chooses to retreat to the castle from the previous map. Here, each turn represents one day, thus the time limit of the attack as well as the provisions of both sides, rapidly decrease with each turn. In this setting, the siege force must break down gates leading towards the castle for the final engagement. The defender is defeated, if the governor of the fief retreats, or if his unit is destroyed: resulting either in his capture or death.The end outcome is either the fall of the fief to the attacking forces or victory for the defenders. Either way, captured samurai (if any) will require a prompt response for release, beheading, or recruitment to the winner's force.
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| Triple Play 99 | 1998-03-10 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This iteration of EA's baseball simulation adds 3D hardware support, a career mode, and a full-league draft. It features official Major League Baseball statistics and names of all teams and players from the 1998 season.Other modes include single-game exhibition, home run derby, play-off, tournament, season and manager.The new career mode allows you to play multiple seasons. Tournament mode allows you to create a custom tournament with up to eight teams.The Full-league draft allows you to build your own team from scratch using trade points, that determine the amount of and skill of players you can acquire.Manager mode has you looking at all the statistics behind the game instead of the more action based actual ball game.Multiplayer options for PC version include modem, LAN and internet modes. Playstation supports two player split-screen.The game's commentary is supplied by Jim Hughson and Buck Martinez |
| Zero Kara no Mahjong: Mahjong Youchien Tamago-gumi | 1998-03-12 | Affect Co.,Ltd | Affect Co.,Ltd | Strategy | | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Purchase this PS one® Classic and play it on both your PS3™ and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) systems!
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| Zero Pilot: Ginyoku no Senshi | 1998-03-12 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | Marionette Co., Ltd., Soliton Soft | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Historical events, World War II | Flight / aviation | Direct control | | | Tetsuo Inoue | PS1 | Zero Pilot: Fighter of Silver Wing is a combat flight simulator taking place during World War II. The game is based on the PC game Pacific Strike but has completely different content. The most notable difference is that the game is played from a Japanese perspective and not the American. There are a total of 25 Japanese planes such as the Kyūshū J7W1 Shinden which can be flown from both a first person view (with or without cockpit) as well as different third person camera views. Between missions the player returns to the base where it is possible to interact with various NPCs. There are a total of 19 missions which involve both dogfights, reconnaissance and bombings. There is also a VS. Battle mode for one-on-one fights. |
| World Cup 98 | 1998-03-13 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Seattle, Electronic Arts Canada, Perfect Entertainment, Ltd. | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | Europe | | Direct control, Multiple units/characters control | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | The licensed game of the 1998 Football World Cup held in France from June 10 to July 12 and the first World Cup licensed game distributed and developed by Electronic Arts features a tweaked FIFA 98 engine, with all 10 stadiums accurately designed and all 32 teams (plus 8 teams that failed to qualify but still deemed too important to leave out) featuring real names and close "look-a-like" kits. Changes done to the 3D engine feature include on the fly in-game management with better player positioning AI (including the goalkeeper), and faster gameplay. An editor to change all player information is included, which affects simulated data: the team with higher ratings has a better chance of progressing through the next stage regardless if it is Brazil or China.It's possible to play with the groups as determined by the real draw, randomize or customize them to the players' likings, mixing both qualified and additional teams. Once the player wins a trophy, the first of the Classics matches is unlocked. These are eight final matches in the competition's history which are unlocked as the player beats them one by one. Friendlies, training matches and practice penalty shootouts close the modes available. |
| ReBoot | 1998-03-18 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This 3D action game is based on the computer animated cartoon ReBoot. It's an over-the-shoulder perspective shooter comprised of 19 complex levels filled with diverse enemies. The story in the game is conveyed through the linear video: an original episode of ReBoot created just for the game and positioned as episode 0 of the TV series (i.e. a prequel). |
| Final Fantasy V | 1998-03-19 | Square Co., Ltd. | Square Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time, Turn-based | Teen | Keizo Kokubo | PS1 | The Elemental Crystals are the life source of the planet. With them, gentle winds blow, the seas are active, fire burns bright, and the earth is full of life. All seems well in the world, until the wind suddenly stops, the sea begin to grow stagnant, the heat of fire becomes scarce, and the earth begins to wither. King Tycoon, sensing a premonition of evil, hurries off to check on the Wind Crystal, only to witness it destroy itself.Meanwhile, a young traveler named Bartz is camping in a field when a giant meteor strikes the planet. When he heads out to examine the meteor, he is shocked to find a young girl named Lenna, who is the princess of Tycoon, and an old man named Galuf, who is on a critical mission. Later, joined by Faris, a pirate captain, the foursome must travel the land in search of the destroyer of the Crystals, and save the planet at any cost.Final Fantasy V is a role-playing game that uses the Active Time Battle system first introduced in Final Fantasy IV. It also incorporates the Job/Ability system from Final Fantasy III, which keeps the core gameplay centered on four main characters and allows the player to change their classes, or 'jobs'. A new feature lets the player assign an ability from one job to a character who has another job.An updated version with additional content has been released on Game Boy Advance. |
| GUNbare! Game Tengoku: The Game Paradise 2 | 1998-03-19 | Jaleco Ltd. | Jaleco Ltd. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | The evil scientist Genius Yamada is trying to take over the world of video games. Yuki Ito, part-time bunny girl at the "You and Me" arcade, enlists the help of a variety of Jaleco game characters to travel through the game world and put a stop to his nefarious plans.The playable characters include:
Jeynus Starmine, pilot of the Fighter-EX from Exerion
Seria, pilot of the ship from Plus Alpha
Pig, from Okkotoshi Puzzle Tonjan!?
Z-DYNE MK II, the successor to the mech from Formation Z
Miki and Misato, two young girls piloting the radar ship Genesis 3 from Field Combat
Sakura, the younger sister of Momoko from Momoko 120%
Clairs, a young girl driving the car from City Connection
The game itself is a comical scrolling shooter reminiscent of Konami's Parodius series. The most unique aspect of the game is its two-player mode, in which one player uses a regular controller and plays the game as a regular shooter, and the other player uses a Guncon and plays the game as a light-gun shooter. |
| Image Fight & X Multiply | 1998-03-19 | Xing Entertainment | Irem Corp. | Action, Compilation | Side view, Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | Part of the Arcade Gears series, this compilation features two old Irem scrollers: ImageFight and X Multiply. |
| Konami Antiques: MSX Collection Vol. 3 | 1998-03-19 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc., Konami Industry Co. Ltd. | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This is the third of Konami's MSX Collections released on the Playstation. Volume 3 has the following games:
Comic Bakery
King's Valley
Konami Rally (Hyper Rally)
Konami's Soccer
Konami's Tennis
Parodius
Penguin Adventure
Pippols
Salamander
Time Pilot |
| Mitsumete Knight | 1998-03-19 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo Co., Ltd., Red Company Corporation | Role-playing (RPG), Simulation | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | PS1 | In Mitsumete Knight, you are a young man who is sent to the fictional medieval country of Dolphan, where you must train to become a Holy Knight and to defend the country from attacks by the neighboring state Valpha. But as you arrive at Dolphan, your interest is shifted towards the pretty local girls. Will you be valiant in your training, or will you spend your time trying to have a date?This is essentially a "dating-sim" game with elements of RPG. You have a schedule and have to decide what to do in order to charm the girl of your dreams. Various activities increase your skills, and it's important to remember which girl will be impressed by a particular skill. In addition, you also have hit points and gain levels, just like in a traditional RPG. Sometimes you'll be attacked by the knights from Valpha or other enemies, which will result in battles. The outcome of such battles largely depends on your previous training. |
| Newman Haas Racing | 1998-03-24 | Psygnosis Limited | Studio 33 (UK) Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Newman Haas Racing is a racing game developed in conjunction with the real-life Newman/Haas racing team. The game features 16 official drivers, cars and 11 tracks from the Indy Car series. The tracks include Houston (introduced in 1998), Laguna Seca Raceway, The Milwaukee Mile, Long Beach and more. The graphics engine is based upon Psygnosis' Formula One game. Commentary is provided by Indy car champion Danny Sullivan and Bob Varsha (ESPN).There are 4 difficulty levels and 3 main game modes: Single Race, Challenge (the AI is adjusted according to your results) and a full season of racing. In multiplayer, players can go head-to-head in a split-screen mode. |
| Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit | 1998-03-25 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | EA Seattle, Electronic Arts Canada | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Street racing | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | In the third major installment of Electronic Arts'
Arcade racing series, there are several modes of play available. You have the standard race, with one big difference - now there are traffic cops out to ticket you for your excessive speed. Alternatively, you can take your turn with the radar gun and attempt to pull over speeding computer or human racers. Returning to the flavour of the original Need for Speed, this adds a new Pursuit mode, where you must out run the cops through fast, open area tracks, while also out-lasting the rest of the pack. Another new mode is knockout, where you race through all the tracks, and whoever is last after each race is knocked out. The winner is, of course, the one that lasts the distance. Almost every course in the game has one or more shortcuts. The cars include Ferrari 550 Maranello, Ferrari 355 F1 Spider, Italdesign Scighera, Lamborghini Diablo SV, Lamborghini Countach, Jaguar XJR-15, Jaguar XK8, Aston Martin DB7, '98 Corvette C5, Mercedes SL600 and the Mercedes CLK GTR. |
| SaGa Frontier | 1998-03-25 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Square Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | Teen | | PS1 | The events of SaGa Frontier take places in a fictional universe called "The Regions", which incorporates different worlds with various degrees of technological development. The player can choose to follow one of the seven available scenarios, each dedicated to a different protagonist.The seven protagonists of the game are: a half-human, half-Mystic girl named Asellus, who is rejected by both races and will eventually have to decide where she belongs; the twin mages Blue and Rouge, who must descend into hell in order to find answers concerning their true identity; a part-time model and secret agent Emelia, who is wrongly accused of murdering her fiance; Lute, a bard who was kicked out of his house and who embarks on a quest to avenge his father's death; a teenager named Red, who becomes a superhero in order to bring down an evil syndicate; a Lummox (a race of fox-like creatures) named Riki, whose entire world is in peril; and finally, T260G, an ancient robot who awakens in modern times and needs the help of a human to survive.SaGa Frontier plays similarly to its immediate predecessors in the series; utilizing the so-called Free Scenario System, the game allows non-linear exploration and features many side-quests, atypically of Japanese RPGs. The battles, however, are handled similarly to most representatives of the genre: using physical attacks, special skills, or magic, the player-controlled party engages the enemies in a turn-based fashion. There are no random battles in the game; all the enemies are visibly walking on the field. |
| ...Iru! | 1998-03-26 | TAKARA Co., Ltd. | Soft Machine | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Survival horror | | | | | | | PS1 | ...Iru! is a first person survival horror game in the vein of Clock Tower and Echo Night in which you play as a young boy, trapped in a school with your schoolmates at night. As your friends are getting killed one by one, your goal is to escape this nightmare alive and to find out the truth behind those deaths.In ...Iru! you must hide from monsters in chase sequences to avoid getting killed. To progress in the game, you will need to talk to other people who are trapped in the school, as well as solve puzzles with the various quest items you can find scattered around the school.
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| Fire Woman: Matoi-gumi | 1998-03-26 | Tokuma Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd. | HuneX Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | The protagonist of this game is an exchange student who just got transferred to the Shirosagi high school. Upon his arrival he witnesses a boy bullying a school girl. Naturally, he comes to her rescue, but gets badly beaten by the boy and his friends. To his astonishment, three high school girls arrive and defeat the ruffians. The hero learns that those girls belong to an organization called "Matoi-gumi". Well-trained in martial arts, these girls protect the campus from hooligans and alike. The hero decides to join Matoi-gumi. Maybe he will save enough girls to make one of them grateful and become his girlfriend!Fire Woman: Matoi-gumi is an RPG, though not in the traditional sense. There are no supernatural occurrences in the game. Character growth is determined by training, not by fighting enough battles to level up. Learning martial arts, playing basketball, participating in chemistry class - everything has an effect on the hero's parameters. There are no random battles in the game; the fights are story-related and usually occur when the hero attempts to rescue a girl. The battles are turn-based, but have a timer for each turn; before the time runs out, the player has to input a combination of four moves for the hero (including punches, kicks, etc.). There is also a "dating sim" element in the game. "Important" girls can be seen on a special screen called "GPS" ("Gal Positioning System"). If they are in trouble, they will have sweat on their faces. It is up to the player to decide whether to rescue the girl or not. Sometimes it is possible to become friendly with the girl through other means, such as participating in a club she likes. Walking the girl home increases her affection. By the end of the game, the hero will end up with the girl who likes him most and whom he has spent the most time with. The game has a schedule, keeping track of events such as holidays, girls' birthdays, etc., though the actual game is not real-time - a day ends when the player decides to have the hero go home, or as a conclusion of a story-related event. |
| Kindaichi Shōnen no Jikenbo: Jigoku Yūen Satsujin Jiken | 1998-03-26 | Kodansha Ltd. | Digital Frontier | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | PS1 | Jigoku Yuuen Satsujin Jiken (地獄遊園殺人事件) is the second game from Kindaichi Case Files series for PlayStation console (overall third released game in the series), often referred to as Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo 2. The story protagonist is Hajime Kindaichi (金田一一), a high school student, and more importantly a grandson of a renowned private detective after whom he inherited a knack for solving crimes by using deduction and reasoning similar in style to Shinichi Kudou in Detective Conan series.Miyuki Nanase (七瀬美雪), Hajime's childhood friend got tickets for Shell Park, which is a resort with a sea theme split in four areas: Fantasy World, Aqua World, Adventure World, and Visitor World. After waking up Haime from his rather romantic dream, she storms out towards the park. During his pursuit of her and constant quarrel along the road, they spot a police car with detective Kenmochi heading somewhere. Not too far away, they come upon a crime scene where the victim was found hanging from a tree. It doesn't take but a few good looks for Kindaichi to point that this is not a suicide but a homicide. As they arrive at the Shell Park, after a little wondering they stumble upon a dead body near the jet coaster, and a small explosion takes out the "S" letter from the park's sign turning what's left of it to look like a Hell Park.With so many people and staff around, the culprit could be anybody, but Kindaichi isn't going home until he roots out the evil and find the murderer. The game plays in two different ways. Adventure part is done through a typical visual novel conversation where all the characters feature voice acting and every scene is animated. Characters on the scene are animated while talking or just standing idly, while characters who are talking but not visible on the scene get animated in a small window in front of the displayed dialogue text. Exploration mode uses 1st-person perspective where you can move freely in 3D world of Shell Park. Dialogues also use the very same 3D scene as a background images, while cut-scenes use fully anime-like.The game includes a couple of bonus materials enclosed within the manual, namely, a map of Shell Park which is double in width and height to a jewel case manual, and stickers featuring game title and main two characters (Hajime and Miyuki) which are designed to work as a PSX memory card stickers. |
| Naniwa Wangan Battle | 1998-03-26 | Medioza | MTO Co., Ltd. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | Contemporary, Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | Automobile, Street racing | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Naniwa Wangan Battle is a street racing game set in Osaka, Japan. The game features a variety of the usual poster cars of Japanese street racing of the mid 1990s, albeit without their real names or badges. The game contains a main “scenario” mode which features a light story between races, and your winnings can be spent on upgrades to your car. The game boasts the supervision of both Eiji “Tarzan” Yamada, a popular Japanese racing driver, as well as of Auto Select, a tuning and racing company from Osaka. As if that’s not enough star power, the game also presents real-life Kansai radio station FM802, along with the voice of Nakajima Hiroto, one of the station’s DJs. |
| Rise of the Phoenix | 1998-03-26 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Another in the long line of Koei strategy games, this one takes place in 206 B.C. as two rival warlords, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu fight for control of China. The gameplay consists of viewing overhead maps, showing cities and armies, letting the player view the battles which consists of a castle siege and an open-field battle.Among the many options, the player can choose to move or attack among others such as sending secret night raids into enemy camps, take control of towns and cities, set up ambushes and even dam up rivers to divert them into flooding out an enemy fortress. The goal of the game is to destroy the enemy army and take control of all the cities in China by building armies and raising taxes in occupied territories in order to build the army. The player can choose either Lui Bang or Xiang Yu, playing against the computer or go head-to-head against a friend. |
| Samurai Spirits: Kenkaku Yubinan Pack | 1998-03-26 | SNK Corporation | SNK Corporation | Action, Compilation | Side view | | | Fighting | | | | | | | PS1 | Samurai Spirits: Kenkaku Yubinan Pack is a compilation of games from the Samurai Shodown series.
It includes:
Samurai Spirits (Samurai Shodown)
Shin Samurai Spirits: Haohamaru jigokuhen (Samurai Shodown II)
It is the only release of the two games for the PlayStation. |
| Tokimeki Memorial Drama Series: Vol.2 - Irodori no Love Song | 1998-03-26 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Computer Entertainment Japan Co., Ltd. | Action, Adventure | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Romance | Japanese-style adventure, Mini-games, Visual novel | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Irodori no Love Song is the second game in the Tokimeki Memorial Drama Series which centers around another heroine from the Tokimeki Memorial franchise, namely Ayako Katagiri. The game takes place during the season of autumn in the same high-school during the culture festival. The protagonist is an amateur yet popular guitarist in the school who wrote an original song for festival competition. He forgot his encounter in the past with Ayako, but the more fate brings them back together, the more he will start to remember, and his feelings will turn into a love song.The game mostly plays as a visual novel with adventure elements such as selecting actions to perform (i.e. see, talk, etc.), but also includes several action mini-games such as guitar game, comic dialogue game, knitting game, and swimming game. While game supports both gamepad controller and mouse, some of the mini-games (namely guitar game and knitting game) do not support mouse controller. |
| Yūkyū Gensōkyoku: 2nd Album | 1998-03-26 | Media Works Inc. | Starlight Marry Corporation | Adventure | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | PS1 | The Third Division Vigilante Corps have earned the trust of the people of Enfield, and under the popular Commander Neumann, they have worked hard to earn this trust. However, Neumann is now gone, leaving the third division with low morale and little work, and eventually the main character from the previous game is the only member left. The third division is to be disbanded, but he appeals to the director, and is given one year to restore the third division to its former glory.Yūkyū Gensōkyoku: 2nd Album follows directly after the events of the first game, and is once more a traditional Japanese adventure game. You must gather your group to perform jobs for the people of Enfield, and interact with the various characters around town. |
| Zoku Hatsukoi Monogatari: Shūgaku Ryokō | 1998-03-26 | Tokuma Shoten Intermedia Inc. | Koga Game Factory | Adventure, Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Zoku Hatsukoi Monogatari: Shūgaku Ryokō is a mixture of adventure and "love simulation" - more specifically, first love. The player takes the role of a male student and can choose any time period between ground school to college. Every time period has four different girls that the hero can fall in love with. The player must choose one of those girls as the main love object. The setting is the same in every time period: the class goes on vacation to different places in Japan. Most of the game consists of traveling from place to place, trying to be at the right place the right time and make the right decision. The player must assemble a schedule for each location. It is possible to manage the player character's finances, as well as buy items that can be given to the girls. |
| Dead or Alive | 1998-03-27 | Tecmo, Inc. | Tecmo, Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Fighting | | | | | Teen | 2D scrolling | PS1 | The first in the Dead or Alive series, and features many of the same features that has made the DoA series so popular today; somewhat realistic combat, good character design, and scantily clad women whose breasts bounce a lot.The game doesn't mess too much with a background story- it's a 3D one on one fighter that takes place within an arena of limited space. Each character has their own unique way of fighting, their own abilities, and even their own hobbies and likes. (For example, Ryu Hayabusa- yes, he of Ninja Gaiden fame- likes sushi, mountain climbing, and fishing.)
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| Diablo | 1998-03-30 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Blizzard Entertainment Inc., Blizzard North | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG, Hack and slash | Fantasy | | Point and select | | Mature | 2D scrolling, Isometric | PS1 | Long ago a secret war raged between Heaven and Hell, each using humanity as its pawns. While the Prime Evils of Hell were engaged in war their lesser lieutenants conspired to overthrow them. They mutinied suddenly with the combined forces of Hell, overwhelming the three Primes. Stripped of their power, they were banished to the mortal realm. Human agents of Heaven, upon discovering this, found the three Primes and sealed them within gemstone prisons, each of them sent to a different corner of the earth and kept under guard to prevent them from escaping.As years turns to centuries, however, the power of Heaven's agents waned, until eventually not even the people of the town of Tristram knew that buried deep under their chapel was the soul of the Lord of Terror, Diablo. As the strength of his prison waned Diablo reached out into the world, corrupting the dreams of the land's good king, driving him to attack his neighbors. The nation of Khanduras fought wars with no intention of winning, desiring only slaughter and suffering. Now the lands lay scorched, home only to monsters and the dead. Rumors spread of a way to stop the demons, as well as rumors of great wealth, and both draw adventurers from far to the small town of Tristram.Players start by choosing their avatar's class: either Warrior, Rogue, or Sorcerer. Warriors have the highest maximum strength and can repair weapons and armor inside the dungeon, but this will lower the item's maximum durability. The Rogue has the highest maximum dexterity and can both see and disarm traps on treasure chests. The Sorcerer has the highest maximum magic attribute and can recharge the charges on a spellcasting staff at the cost of his own mana.Characters can equip armor, weapons, and accessories found in the chapel's shifting dungeons, but strong equipment will have minimum attribute requirements to be worn. Most equipment will have randomized stats, but some strong monsters will drop Unique weapons with set stats. Magic can be learned by finding magic tomes, and leveled up by finding multiples of the same spell tome, but advanced spell levels can not be learned if the character's magic stat is too low. Upon destroying enough monsters to level up the player is rewarded with additional attribute points to distribute to whichever attributes they wish. Occasionally the few people left in town will inform the player of a job they would like done, either an exceptionally strong monster that must be slain or a unique item found deep in the dungeon, and will reward the player in kind upon completion of the quest.Diablo can be played cooperatively with 1 to 3 other players over LAN or BattleNet with the PC versions, or with 1 player locally on the PlayStation. Players can team up to survive the depths of the dungeons, or turn on each other to steal one another's items from their corpse. The quest unique zones are removed from the online version of a dungeon, and instead quest monsters will be found wandering the level that would normally lead to their unique area. |
| Ian Livingstone's Deathtrap Dungeon | 1998-03-31 | Eidos Interactive, Inc. | Asylum Studios | Action | Behind view | | | | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Mature | | PS1 | Fang was once a proud and rich city, until Baron Sukumvit took over. Under his rule, the city is known as the City of the Lost Souls. Deep inside the mountains surrounding the city, Baron Sukumvit built a labyrinth, named Deathtrap Dungeon, and used it to imprison his enemies. Filled with vulgarities, traps and disgusting monsters, the dungeon is a very dangerous place. With his enemies gone, the Baron now has opened up the dungeon to sport and sends willing heroes down into it's depths, betting on the likelihood of their survival. If anyone could survive all levels of the dungeon, and slay the red dragon Melkor, they would receive 10.000 gold pieces and Baron Sukumvit would renounce his rule over Fang. Two brave heroes: Red Lotus and Bandog, agree to these terms and enter the Deathtrap Dungeon...Deathtrap Dungeon is a 3rd person action game. Controlling either Red Lotus or Bandog, the player controls the character from behind with a camera mode like in Tomb Raider. To deal with the enemies encountered, there are three different kinds of attacks: melee weapons, range weapons and magic. The melee weapons include basic fists to normal swords to a magic enhanced war hammer. In the range weapons department are goodies like bombs or a flame-thrower. In terms of spells are magicks such as fireballs or rather crazy spells like the exploding pig. But the real challenge are of course the riddles, traps and abysses that are everywhere throughout the dungeon.During the journey, players will encounter many locked doors, that require the finding of keys and devices. There are also potions that regenerate health or provide immunity against fire for a limited amount of time. There are also several treasures hidden in the dungeon, finding them will increase the player's score at the end of the level. The player can save this game during a level by finding the various save points.The game also features the two multiplayer-modes: Deathmatch and Last Man Standing. |
| VR Sports Powerboat Racing | 1998-03-31 | Interplay Productions, Inc. | Promethean Designs Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This game represents an arcade-style approach to powerboat racing. Races take place on enclosed circular waterways in easily recognizable locations around the world. There are several types of races, including the standard championship, time trial, practice, and multiplayer modes.The boats you can choose to drive vary slightly in type and ability. You start off with only monohull boats, but you can unlock catamaran boats by winning championships.The tracks are equipped with shortcuts and lots of animated background objects to enhance the racing action. |
| MLB 99 | 1998-04-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Sony Interactive Studios America | Sports | | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | A baseball sim updated for the 1999 season featuring Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully calling each game. The game features various modes including exhibition, season, play-offs, and home-run derby. Each MLB stadium is recreated faithfully, as are the players. A new feature for this year's edition of the game is Spring Training mode, which allows one to create a new player and put him in the Minors and see if he can make it to the Majors. |
| Versailles 1685 | 1998-04-01 | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | Europe | | | | | Editions Textuel | PS1 | In this historical game you are some sort of security guard at the court of Louis XIV. You have to prevent a destruction of such a lovely place as Versailles, where you search for bomb and the person, who want to activate it. Talking with characters, searching for clues and studying the Versailles, which is museum at present, you have to serve your King in the name of France.The game is made with Omni-3D technology, which allows you to turn yourself in 360 degrees. |
| Shura no Mon | 1998-04-02 | Kodansha Ltd. | Kodansha Ltd. | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Fighting | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Shura no Mon is a one-on-one 3D fighting game based on the Shura no Mon manga. It features an arcade mode with an ending screen, versus mode and survival mode.There are eight playable characters who have access to their signature attacks from the manga, some of which can disable limbs for that round. |
| Three Wonders | 1998-04-02 | Xing Entertainment | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action, Compilation | Diagonal-down, Side view | | | Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements, Shooter | | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Three Wonders contains three different games: Midnight Wanderers (side-scrolling action), Chariot (shoot-em-up) and Don't Pull (puzzle).Midnight Wanderers: Quest for the ChariotMidnight Wanderers (Roosters in the Japanese version) is a run-and-gun game. The player walks along side-scrolling stages while shooting enemies with a bow. The player can grab power-ups such as stronger shot, or a companion that follows the avatar and shoots. The gameplay is very similar to Ghosts 'N Goblins, made by the same developer. If the avatar gets hit he loses his clothes and will walk in his underwear in the same way.Chariot: Adventure Through The SkyChariot is a shoot-em-up similar to Gradius. The player shoot enemies on a vertically scrolling screen, collect power-ups and fight end bosses. The player collects power-ups such as three-way shot, stronger laser, extra points, bombs and shields. If the player picks up extra bombs, they attach to his or her ship like a tail. The end bosses are themed after the classic elements, like the wind, the Moon, the sun, etc.Don't PullDon't Pull is essentially a polished and updated version of Pengo. In this single screen game, the player plays as a bunny or chipmunk walking through a maze full of baddies. The player can push the blocks of the maze to crush the enemies.If a tile that is pushed is blocked by another tile, it is crushed and clears the way through the maze. There also are special blocks, for example a block with a bomb icon, that explodes and stuns any nearby enemies. Bonus points are earned for crushing multiple enemies with a single block push. |
| Twinbee RPG | 1998-04-02 | Konami Co., Ltd. | KCE Tokyo, Inc. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Twinbee RPG is a 3D RPG set in the Twinbee game world featuring the cast of characters from the series.You star the game as a regular kid that dreams of becoming a Twinbee pilot when suddenly he is magically transported to the fantasy land of Twinbee. There he is met by the Twinbee jet itself, who has lost track of his heroic pilot, Light, and now needs your help to find him. Your journey will take you all over the gameworld, meeting the characters from the game and fighting the minions of an evil pilot duo who seeks to prevent the reunion of the Twinbee fighters.The game is played from a 3rd-person perspective from which you control Twinbee as he explores the land talking with NPCs for quests and items. Combat is active turn-based, a-la Final Fantasy with you selecting your actions while a timer counting down to the next enemy turn plays in real time. The game also allows you to incorporate different characters as party members, and depending on their abilities, they allow you to perform combo moves in which they join forces for additional damage. |
| Judge Dredd | 1998-04-08 | Activision, Inc. | Gremlin Interactive Limited | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | Arcade, Rail shooter, Shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Trouble in Mega-City One: An unidentified perpetrator has taken hostages, including the mayor. Attempts to apprehend him have already led to the loss of 17 Judges. He states that only one man is allowed to come near: Judge Dredd. There's obviously some history between them. It's time for the toughest lawman of them all to move in and dispense justice via his Lawgiver gun.Gremlin's Judge Dredd is an 'on rails' lightgun shooter based on the original comics instead of the 1995 movie. The action moves through pre-rendered environments on a fixed path. 14 levels spread over 4 stages must be cleared of lawbreakers. Most enemies are polygonal 3D models overlaid over the video backdrop, but the background can also be shot at: gun turrets and some bosses like hovertanks and other heavy machinery are pre-rendered objects. Powerups are hidden in the scenery as well: there are different ammunition types for the Lawgiver, including rapid fire and heat-seekers. Also available are medikits, extra lives and rockets which can clear the screen of enemies.Not everything on the screen should be shot at, however: sometimes, innocent citizens will cross the scene. Hitting too many of them means a quick 'game over'.The storyline of the game is told between levels via live-action cutscenes. |
| Suchie-Pai Adventure: Doki Doki Nightmare | 1998-04-09 | Jaleco Ltd. | Jaleco Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy | | | | | Isometric | PS1 | Something strange has been happening in Kamiyōga recently. Young girls have been falling into inexplicable comas, one after another. Suchie-Pai, defender of justice, believes that someone or something sinister is causing all this, but needs help finding the true culprit and saving the people of Kamiyōga!Doki Doki Nightmare ("The Throbbing Nightmare") is a Japanese-style adventure game with dating elements. The game is a spinoff of the popular Suchie-Pai strip-mahjong series. The player is given a week to travel around the city of Kamiyōga, interacting with its (primarily young and female) inhabitants to discover who has caused the strange curse on the city. The player can travel to a large number of locations throughout the city, and depending on what the player does and where, different story branches are unlocked.In addition to the main game, the second disc features several minigames and a variety of bonus materials. After the game is cleared, it is also possible to ask other characters out on a date if their relationship has significantly progressed. Additionally, CG scenes and movies unlocked in the main game can also be reviewed here. |
| Point Blank | 1998-04-13 | Namco Hometek Inc. | Namco Limited, Tose Co., Ltd. | Action | | | | Shooter | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Point Blank is a light gun arcade game, in which players shoots targets in a wide variety of stages. The Playstation version uses the G-Con gun, for action similar to Time Crisis, also by Namco.The game has a distinct cartoon theme and is non-violent, making it suitable for all ages. Each stage has a different objective, explained at the start of each stage. This varies from simple target shooting (and avoid to shoot bomb), shooting cardboard villains (avoid shooting cardboard civilians), shooting own color targets (avoid shooting opposing players color), protecting the iconic Dr.Don and Dr. Dan, and many miscellaneous challenges such as the Galaxian stage where lightgun is used in place of spaceships to shoot aliens.The stages are presented in groups of 4 and the player or players can choose in which order to play them. You lose a life-heart when you shoot an incorrect target or bomb, or when you fail to complete a mission within the time limit.As well as converting the arcade game in its entirety, this conversion also offers a new Quest mode, a Party Play system and more. |
| Theme Hospital | 1998-04-14 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Bullfrog Productions, Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | Comedy, Healthcare | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation | | | Point and select | Real-time | Everyone | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | PS1 | Theme Hospital is a level-based hospital management simulation where players have to start on an empty building, and then assemble rooms with all kinds of material, from desks and file cabinets for the general diagnosis to the expensive ultra-scanners and X-rays to diagnose such bizarre diseases as Bloaty Head, Slack Songue or Alien DNA, and treat them with even more bizarre machines like an Head Inflator or a DNA fixer. There are several additional rooms, such as a staff room for your employees to rest, a toilet so that patients don't have to relieve themselves in the corridors, a research department to get the most advanced diagnostic and treatment technologies and a training room where consultants can teach a thing or two to rookies, making them capable doctors. The size and layout of each room can be set by the player, according to the available space. In addition to rooms, the player must provide radiators, seating for patients and drink machines.However, rooms don't run by themselves. Most diagnostic and clinics can work with regular doctors, but others like the operating theater and the research room require specialized staff while the ward, pharmacy and the fracture clinic require an attending nurse. At the same time, the hospital can't run without handymen cruising around the hospital to water up dry plants, clean up litter and vomit (after all, people go there because they are sick) and fix machines, while receptionists direct patients to the proper rooms.As levels advance, the player faces increasingly harder situations: VIP visits, emergencies, epidemics and earthquakes, which can either take a toll on reputation or on the bank account. On the other hand, as more and more equipment is required, additional plots of land are available for purchase in later maps. |
| Blasto | 1998-04-15 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Sony Interactive Studios America | Action | Behind view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | The evil alien ruler Bosc has conquered the planet Uranus with the ultimate goal of destroying the Earth. His army is kidnapping and enslaving the Space Babes to ensure future world dominance. Captain Blasto, the not particularly bright but very muscular superhero, must travel to Uranus and free the Space Babes, while defeating Bosc's minions.Blasto is a third-person shooter with platforming elements. The protagonist can use various firearms to dispose of the alien enemies. Many fights are scripted, as aliens teleport around the hero when certain events are triggered. Different weapons must be used in different situations to gain the upper hand. |
| Neon Genesis Evangelion: Kōtetsu no Girlfriend | 1998-04-15 | Gainax Co., Ltd. | Gainax Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | This is a Japanese-style adventure game based on the popular TV anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion. A girl named Mana Kirishima arrives at Tokyo-3 and studies in the same class with Shinji Ikari, the series' main hero. About the same time, a giant robot attacks the city. Is there a connection between the new student and the sudden assault?Unlike the two previous Neon Genesis Evangelion games, Kōtetsu no Girlfriend is not an interactive movie. The player controls Shinji by selecting locations to travel to, looking at people, and talking to them. The locations are graphically represented as anime-style still screens. |
| Bomberman Wars | 1998-04-16 | Hudson Soft Company, Ltd. | Metro Corporation | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Tactical RPG | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | Isometric | PS1 | Bomberman Wars is an isometric tactical RPG, as opposed to the traditional top-down action/maze games in the franchise.There's a story mode, where the main character, King Bomber, rules over the kingdom, but has to fight off Bagular and his soldiers, in order to conquer all land. Gameplay-wise, the player controls the King and his knights, moving the characters around in a grid, with limited moves each turn, as is usual in tactical RPGs.This game is one of the first in the series to shift its main focus from multi-player to single player gaming. However, a versus mode is also available in addition to the story mode. |
| Brave Prove | 1998-04-16 | Data West | Data West | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Arys is a young swordsman who is a member of the Wild Fangs, a peaceful mountain tribe searching for an ancient treasure called the Dark Crystal, which they believe has the power to bring peace to their troubled world. The tribe has recently found evidence that the Dark Crystal is hidden deep within a cave near their village, and the tribe's leader sends his only daughter, Sheena, the tribe's top swordsman, to retrieve it. Arys, a long-time friend of Sheena's, worries for her safety and sets off to help her.The two of them find the Crystal, but when a strange creature appears, Sheena saves Arys' life at the cost of her own soul, which is stolen and whisked away by a mysterious figure. A fairy, claiming to be the Crystal's guardian, tells Arys that the balance has been destroyed, and unless he can find and seal the Light Crystal to restore the balance, his world will be doomed. Arys must now set out into the world seeking the other guardians and the Light Crystal in order to save Sheena and his very world!Brave Prove is a top-down action game much like The Legend of Zelda, but with a stronger emphasis on the RPG elements. As Arys defeats enemies, he gains experience and will level up, which brings increased abilities all around. He can also find many useful items including bombs, arrows, healing herbs, and a variety of equipment upgrades. Additionally, as Arys befriends each guardian, their elemental powers can be used to boost his sword attacks and provide various special abilities. |
| Side Pocket 3: 3D Polygon Billiard Game | 1998-04-16 | Data East Corporation | Data East Corporation | Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Side Pocket 3 is a pool/billiard game with 3D graphics, full voice-acting and a playable music on a hi-fi starting from track 2.The game includes:
Story Mode - two different stories available with set of different characters to talk to and play against
Versus Mode - contains 11 games (8-ball, 9-ball, 3-ball, Rotation, Pocket Game, etc.) against computer or human players
Trick Mode - contains both game and editor for various trick shots
Training Mode - includes Pocket and Carom training modes where player's performance gets rated
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| Ancient Roman: Power of Dark Side | 1998-04-23 | Nihon System Inc. | Nihon System Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) | Fantasy | | Menu structures | | | | PS1 | Young protagonist Kai is an orphan who grew up as a slave in a mining town. When a mysterious gem is found in the mines an evil dark lord arrives to claim it, and threatens to kill all the workers. Kai and his friends band together to escape, and journey out into the world. On their travels they try to discover the secret of Kai's past, have to deal with a curse that turns humans into monsters, and finally confront the evil source behind all of it.Ancient Roman is a JRPG similar to Final Fantasy VII. It features pre-rendered backgrounds with 3D polygon characters, fully pre-rendered cut-scenes, and turn-based combat with a party of allies. There are eight possible party members, some of them only available temporarily. |
| Jun Classic C.C. & Rope Club | 1998-04-23 | T&E Soft, Inc. | T&E Soft, Inc. | Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | | Cinematic camera | PS1 | Jun Classic C.C. & Rope Club is a continuation of the T&E SOFT New 3D Golf Simulation series. It is played at the Jun Classic Country Club and the Rope Club in Tochigi Prefecture. Unlike most other games in this series, this one offers two golf courses each of which have three different routes of varying difficulty. The game itself is visually similar to other T&E SOFT golf games released around the same time as it runs on what is largely the same engine. Compared to the fixed viewpoint camera of the predecessors, this game features a cinematic camera, along with optional free roaming "golf cart" mode that can be activated from the menu. |
| Speed Power Gunbike | 1998-04-23 | Sony Music Entertainment (Japan), Inc. | Inti Creates Co., Ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | | | PS1 | A sci-fi action game, SPG puts you behind the wheels of a "Gunbike", a cybernetic motorcycle that can change into a robotic power-armor and an all-terrain buggy.Your objective in the game is to give chase to several evil robotic creatures across the city as any of the three selectable characters (each with their own attacks and strengths/weakness). This means you must clear a stage by reaching its finish line before your "Anergy"(sic) runs out, and then battling the corresponding boss creature/machine in an individual stage.As mentioned, your bike can change into several modes, each with its pros and cons (robot mode is slow but combat-oriented, bike mode is fast but weak, and buggy mode is slower but easier to maneuver). You'll need to use them all however, as each stage is filled with enemies and traps. Combat is handled mainly in robot mode and depending on the amount of enemies you hit simultaneously, a combo meter fills up that can be used to unleash super moves (useful for clearing enemies and mines). Features a single player "Operation" campaign, as well as a comprehensive Training mode. |
| Tantei Jingūji Saburō: Yume no Owari ni | 1998-04-23 | Data East Corporation | Data East Corporation | Adventure | | | Crime, Detective / mystery | Japanese-style adventure | Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | Direct control | | | Cinematic camera | PS1 | Tantei Jingūji Saburō: Yume no Owari ni (literally translated as Detective Jingūji Saburō: To the End of Dream) is the 6th entry in the Jake Hunter series.In this game, Jingūji is tormented by hideous dreams of his past in New York. One day, he helped Nagata Yuka, a high-school friend of his assistant Yōko Misono, to solve the stalker problem. After he thought that he had already solved this case successfully, Nagata vanished. At the same time, a series of women missing cases were happening. |
| The Neverhood | 1998-04-23 | Riverhill Soft Inc. | Neverhood, Inc., The | Adventure | 1st-person, Side view | | Comedy | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | You are Klaymen. Klaymen wakes up in a building in the strangely empty world of Neverhood. Initially, he does not know where he is or what he has to do, but as he explores the area, he finds mysterious disks. Each disk contains a fragment of a recording; gradually, the backstory is revealed as Klaymen finds more and more disks. It would spoil too much to reveal the exact plot, as finding it out is part of the game. The Neverhood is a point-and-click adventure game, notable for its claymation graphics. It uses a simple interface: you move and interact with the world by clicking on the screen. There is no inventory screen, though Klaymen can find a few items he can pick up. There are few inventory-based puzzles; most of the puzzles involve solving riddles and interacting with the environment. Generally, the game is seen from a 3rd person perspective, but when moving between locales, you see the world through Klaymen's eyes (but you have a limited freedom of movement). |
| Tekken 3 | 1998-04-30 | Namco Hometek Inc. | Namco Limited, Production I.G, Inc. | Action | Side view | | Martial arts | Fighting | | | | | Teen | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Tekken Force, a paramilitary organization protecting the Mishima karate fighters, is nearly obliterated by the might Ogre. Heihachi Mishima's only hope is his grandson Jin Kazama, who lives with his mother Jun, unaware of his legacy. When Ogre attacks his home and presumably kills his mother, Jin seeks out his grandfather and learns the martial arts of the family. On his nineteenth birthday, Heihachi announces the King of the Iron Fist Tournament 3, hoping to use Jin to remove Ogre out of his way.Tekken 3 is a versus fighting game similar to its predecessors in the series. Differences include prominently featured side-stepping, allowing characters to retreat into the background and back during fights, new combo throws, and reduced jumping capabilities aiming for more realistic combat. Fifteen new characters have been added to the roster. Also included are two minigames, Tekken Force (a beat-em-up stage that unlocks a new character) and Tekken Ball, a beach volleyball variant where characters are hurt by the ball. |
| Tactics Ogre | 1998-05-01 | Atlus Software Inc. | Quest Corporation | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | Teen | Isometric | PS1 | The land of Valeria is in a state of constant tension between the three nations that populate it. The Gargastan people, which constitute the majority, find themselves in a turbulent political situation. The Walstanian minority is being oppressed by the more powerful neighbors. The king of Bacrum, a nation that considered itself Valeria's elite, eventually gained the upper hand in the struggle, and managed to establish an era of peace and stability. All this ended when mysterious accidents began to plague the royal family. A new conflict arose, and eventually led to the ethnic cleansing of the Walstanians. Denim Powell, one of the survivors, embarks on a quest for revenge against those who slaughtered his people.Tactics Ogre is a 3D isometric tactical role-playing game. The player starts out with a band of troops, builds a small army and fights many battles with choices to make in between, that will determine which one of the eight possible endings will be reached in a non-linear storyline. The player has the option to recruit characters, control individual equipment of each character, with over six male character classes, six female character classes, three demi-human classes, and more. It is also possible to train at safe locations to prepare the army before the next battle or storyline advancement.
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| World League Soccer '98 | 1998-05-01 | Eidos Interactive Limited | Silicon Dreams Studio Ltd. | Sports | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | In World League Soccer '98 the player is able to move, kick, chip, volley and perform advanced passing techniques, including one-twos, chip returns and swerved long-balls. Players can also chest and head the ball with total control. Also, it is possible to alter pitch type, weather conditions, and stadium design.There are eight major European leagues plus the US and Japanese leagues, with 145 teams available to choose from, as well as international competitions which can be custom-designed. Live commentary is provided by Peter Brackley and Ray Wilkins, and motion capture by Les Ferdinand. |
| adidas Power Soccer 98 | 1998-05-01 | Psygnosis Limited | Shen Technologies SARL | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Lionel Vilner (Lionel "Lion" Vilner ), Nicolas LeBlanc (Nicolas "Nicks" Leblanc ), Michael Valensi (Michael "Mike" Valensi ) | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | adidas Power Soccer 98 is the fourth and final title in the Psygnosis series. Offering the classic mix of arcade and simulated gameplay from the previous games, this edition updates the game twelve different types of tournaments and cups, eleven international leagues, 120 national teams and about 30 different stadia to play in.Aside from the classic gameplay players have different moves such as flick-passes, short dribbles, and sliding tackles. In both (arcade modes and simulation), there is a speed button that makes players run at an extreme and somewhat unrealistic speed. It is not entirely an advantage as using it widens the gap between the ball and the foot, leaving players wide open for tackles. Unlike similar games, there also isn't a way to scroll through the available players - the game automatically selects the player nearest to the ball.The camera is dynamic and smoothly zooms in and out to give the best overview of the pitch. Multiplayer is available for up to four players through multitap. It was released in June of 1998 to coincide with the 1998 World Cup played in France at that time. |
| Einhänder | 1998-05-05 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Square Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | In 2192, a new city, Selene, is built on the moon. Over the years, Selene grows larger, more powerful, and more independent of the Earth - to the point that the moon and Earth battle in a war that winds down without a definite victory for either side. In 2242, war breaks out again - the Earth slowly begins to win... except for the efforts of an experimental Selene technology known as Einhänders: flying machines with a "hand" that allows them to change weaponry mid-battle.On December 12, 2245, Selene sends down 3 Einhänders in a last attempt to turn the tide of the war. You get to choose the craft to pilot, and it's up to you to battle your way through the Earth's monstrous defenses and win the battle.The game is a traditional side-scrolling shooter, with rendered 3D backgrounds and enemies. The atmosphere of the game is very "industrial", down to the German industrial music playing in the background (think Einsturzende Neubauten mixed with Lords of Acid). The weapon-switching and claiming is an integral part of the game, as weapons have limited shots. This forces a bit more strategy than the usual button-mashing shooters inspire. |
| Hot Shots Golf | 1998-05-05 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Camelot Software Planning | Sports | 3rd-person (Other), Behind view | | | | | | | | Everyone | Free-roaming camera | PS1 | Fun cartoonish golf game. Features attractive graphics and is easy to pick up and play for both novices and pros. Choose from a variety of modes including training, stroke play, match play, tournament and vs modes. Plus some miniature golf as well! Features a plethora of characters including some hidden ones. You earn experience points for your character after every round. Each character has different strength and weaknesses. Includes 4 courses and a free moving game camera. |
| Rama | 1998-05-07 | Softbank Corp. | Dynamix, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | Nobody has expected it - but one day, something entered the solar system from outside. The mysterious object appeared to be a gigantic cylinder with unknown properties. The International Space Agency (ISA) sent the special Newton Team onto the object, which they dubbed "Rama". The scientists soon discovered that Rama was, in fact, a huge biomechanical collector of alien species and their cities. One of the explorers, Valeriy Borzov, dies under mysterious circumstances. Another astronaut is sent to replace him, investigate the circumstances that led to his death, and perhaps uncover the mystery of Rama.Rama is a puzzle-solving adventure game based on Arthur C. Clarke's series of science fiction novels. Visually and gameplay-wise, it mostly follows the template of Myst, consisting of pre-rendered backgrounds and live action scenes, and focusing almost entirely on complex logic puzzles. The player character has a special device called "wristcomp", which includes communicative, automapping, and teleporting abilities. A personal android provides descriptions of objects and comments on the events of the game. |
| Forsaken | 1998-05-12 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Probe Entertainment Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | | PS1 | Earth has been rendered largely uninhabitable by an explosion caused by a bungled experiment. Few would dare to brave its unstable and searing environments - only those determined to grab a little of its remaining gold. You are one of those, taking your hover-bike into disintegrating caverns for a few hours of dangerous work which, successful or not, will be your last.Forsaken is a first-person shoot 'em up in which you have complete movement freedom in 3 dimensions, as you accelerate, swerve and strafe your craft, making for gameplay resembling Descent. Each level has a defined exit which must be reached within a tight time limit. The surrounding areas are collapsing around you, with spikes and turbine fans among your hazards. Be very aware of other craft out to take all you have, as they alter their approach based on your weaponry (from the 25 featured in the game) and past encounters. On the PC, multiplayer action can feature up to 12 human players. The Nintendo 64 version featured 4 player split-screen multiplayer, while the Playstation version has no multiplayer options. |
| Gran Turismo | 1998-05-13 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Polyphony Digital Inc. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Track racing | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | The first game in the Gran Turismo series of racing simulations.You can choose between the arcade version (featuring classic cars such as Corvettes and Aston Martins) or the simulation, which is the true heart of the game. The simulation starts you on an entire racing career beginning with a cheap used car and second-rate tracks. You will find yourself longing for the Dodge Viper as your sad $10,000 starting fund puts you behind the wheel of a used Honda Prelude or Mazda RX-7. As you win races, acquire money, and earn advanced licenses, you are able to buy better cars and race in more competitive matches right up to the GT World Cup.Features more than 140 cars. |
| Breath of Fire III | 1998-05-14 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | Teen | Isometric | PS1 | Capcom's third installment of its epic RPG. Breath of Fire III is the first installment of the Breath of Fire Series to appear on the Playstation (And later ported to the PSP). Set free by the the workers of Dauna Mine, Ryu of the Brood learns to both understand his power, and to understand the history of his extinct kind. By both utilizing Ryu's unique power and the abilities of those whom assist him, players will uncover the history of the Brood, learn more about the characters, and the very reason why the Brood were wiped out.Players control Ryu and his allies on their journey, each of Ryu's friends have abilities only they can use, and they will have to work together to make their way through the obstacles and enemies that they encounter; creativity is key to your success in this game!Ryu eventually is able to utilize his power of the Brood, allowing him to ascend into various dragon-like forms. This is done using a gene-splicing system that dictates what sort of form Ryu will take.Breath of Fire III also includes a Master System, which permits Ryu and his allies to learn from various people to augment their abilities differently as they gain experience; these trainers can also teach abilities to those whom train hard under them. |
| Cowboy Bebop | 1998-05-14 | Bandai Co., Ltd. | BEC Co., Ltd. | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation, Space flight | | | | | PS1 | So you wanna be a bounty hunter, eh? Let me tell ya somethin', kid...it ain't easy. But I'll teach ya. Name's Jet Black. You're aboard my ship, the Bebop. My partners are Spike Spiegel and Faye Valentine. We're bounty hunters.So this is what you'll be doin'. When there's a bounty to be had, we'll be flyin' out to catch it. For that purpose, we've got ourselves a couple of small fighting ships: my Hammerhead, Spike's Swordfish II, and our Redtail. We'll give you one of them to try out, but you'd better damn well take care of it. Get out there, catch a few bounties, and perhaps we can eat something for dinner other than bell peppers and beef, minus the beef...This game is based on the famous anime of the same name, and is a Japan only release. |
| Bio Freaks | 1998-05-21 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Saffire, Inc | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Fighting | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | 2D scrolling | PS1 | This game is a 3D one-on-one fighter of extraordinary violence. Take control of one of many bionically-enhanced fighters, and fight in a dangerous interactive 3D environment.Most of the characters rely on distance attacks, which centres the game on strategic fighting rather than a boxing match; interacting with the hazardous environment adds hardship to the gameplay: while avoiding an opponent's gunfire by jetting off with your jetpack, you may just slam right into a buzzsaw coming out of the wall. |
| Honoo no Ryōrinin: Cooking Fighter Hao | 1998-05-21 | Nippon Ichi Software, Inc. | Nippon Ichi Software, Inc. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | | PS1 | The master chef Hao goes in a quest to hunt down and avenge his master by hitting every inn and restaurant he finds and picking a duel with the resident master chefs. Instead of hitting each other senseless however, the chefs engage in cooking fights, in which the character who prepares the best dishes wins.The game is played in a top-down scrolling arena, in which you control your character and try to hunt down the animals that serve as the base of your recipes, once defeated you must perform special moves while cooking them, which decides the type of dish you get. Hitting each animal with the varied vegetables and seasonings found littered across the arena also expands the range of dishes you can create. At the same time the opposing player is actively trying to hunt down his own animals and can hit you to try to steal your dish (and vice-versa), the one that finishes first winning the match.The game features colorful anime-styled cutscenes between fights, and includes a single-player story mode and a 2-player Vs mode, in which you can freely select from all the chefs in the game. |
| Jonah Lomu Rugby | 1998-05-21 | Dazz Co Ltd | Rage Games Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Based on the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa and officially licenced by player of the tournament Jonah Lomu, this game plays as more of an arcade style of gameplay rather than a sports simulation. Players can compete in the full World Cup, a round-robin league, or a knock-out cup.The 32 included teams range from the All Blacks of New Zealand and Springboks of South Africa to minnows such as Namibia and Hong Kong, neither of which qualified for the final stages.
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| Tomoyasu Hotei: Stolen Song | 1998-05-21 | Sony Computer Entertainment Japan | Virtual Music Entertainment, Inc | Adventure, Simulation | 1st-person | Licensed | | Music / rhythm | Asia, Contemporary | | Direct control, Point and select | | | | PS1 | Tomoyasu Hotei: Stolen Song is a musical adventure featuring songs by Tomoyasu Hotei where the player strives to become a professional guitarist. The game uses entirely live-action scenes and actors to forward the story which uses 1st-person perspective and is presented in somewhat a comic-style during interaction and descriptive elements with actors facing the player when talking to you. During interactive scenes the player can jump from selectable objects on the screen which are highlighted so player can tell which object is currently being selected. The guitar playing scene shows a blurry background image with an ongoing song where the goal is to play the note at the proper moment to earn points and by earning them background image becomes more and more clear with the goal to make it crystal clear by the time song ends. During song play the bar will use red and green lights to show your current status, whether you're doing it good or bad. Right notes are played automatically, player just needs to press the same button on a controller at the right time in a song. In the settings area the player can choose difficulty level and type of guitar (rhythm or lead) and how guitar sounds should sound like. The game also supports two-player band mode where each play their own instrument (i.e. guitar and drums). From the main menu you can also check the guitar rack to show you all the guitars you have currently won in competitions. |
| Tomoyasu Hotei: Stolen Song (VPick Dōkon Genteiban) | 1998-05-21 | Sony Computer Entertainment Japan | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This limited edition release includes:
Tomoyasu Hotei: Stolen Song game
VPick controller for PlayStation
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| Kitchen Panic | 1998-05-28 | Panther Software Inc. | Panther Software Inc. | Action | Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Kitchen Panic is a whimsical 2D platformer starring a potato. An army of cans and other foodstuffs have taken over the kitchen, and Potato must stop them! Each sprawling level is designed for both exploration and speed, as in each stage there are ten kettles of special sauce hidden around, but the game also keeps track of your fastest time on each stage.Potato has a unique special ability to aid him: he can spin in mid-air like a certain hedgehog, and use the force to launch himself further and faster than he can run. A forward spin will launch him forward, and a backspin will launch him straight upward. This greatly aids in exploration of each stage, allowing for very long or high jumps. There are also a number of power-ups to be found, including Ice Potato and Rocket Potato.The game is made up of a number of zones, each with six stages. At the end of each zone, Potato must face off against a food-themed boss enemy, such as a stack of plates or a giant ice cream cone. |
| Sankyo Fever Vol. 3 | 1998-05-28 | Technology Edutainment Network Laboratory Co., Ltd | Japan Vistec | Gambling | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Sankyo Fever Vol. 3 is a single player simulation of five Pachinko machines from Sankyo. These are:CR Fever Powerful EXCR Fever Powerful FXFever Mega Queen EXCR Fever Daemon GPFever Daemon GX
Pachinko is sometimes referred to as the number one pastime in Japan, and it is played in gaming halls called parlor's. Gambling for money is illegal in Japan so players purchase steel balls with which they play the game. At the end of their session they exchange their remaining balls for tokens which, in turn, can be exchanged for goods / prizes.
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| Sōkaigi | 1998-05-28 | Square Co., Ltd. | Yuke's Co. Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | PS1 | Mt. Fuji has split in half bringing forth the Garan who want to take control of Earth. The Garan's power is contained in red, yellow, and blue crystals. You control one of the chosen ones who were destined to fight and destroy the Garan.Gameplay is similar to that of Tenchu, in a third-person view, as you run around the streets of villages in search of magic power-ups and the different coloured crystals before the Garan find them for their power.Fighting also resembles the system of Tenchu, as you engage enemies using your weapons to injure your opponents or to block their attacks. You also have magic as another weapon to use against them. Combos are easily achieved and different weapons work better, or not at all on some enemies, so magic must be used. |
| The King of Fighters '97 | 1998-05-28 | SNK Corporation | SNK Corporation | Action | Side view | Regional differences | | Fighting | | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Another year, another KOF. Additions this year come in the form of slightly improved graphics and sounds, new moves and a new game mode. Gameplay is much more plot-driven, as you have middle-bosses that can change depending on what team you select. In addition, there are several special endings which are only shown when certain "Edit Team" combinations are selected.As of The King of Fighters '97, you can play in either the Extra or Advanced game modes. Extra Mode is the typical AOF/KOF scheme, in which your power gauge fills up as you defend yourself or charge yourself up. The new Advanced Mode, on the other hand, only allows you to charge your gauge as you perform special moves and attacks, similar to the Street Fighter series. Extra allows one to sidestep attacks while Advanced allows the character to roll past and dodge attacks; Advanced also allow a character to perform a potent "Super Desperation Move" (or SDM) at any time provided the character has at least two full bars of charged energy stored. In contrast, SDMs can only be performed in Extra when a character has less than a quarter of their health left.New characters include the New Face Team, the Fatal Fury Outlaw Team (featuring the KOF debut of "Blue" Mary Ryan and Ryuji Yamazaki, and the return of Billy Kane), and Kyo's pupil Shingo Yabuki. In total, The King of Fighters '97 sports 29 separate characters (without counting the six Orochi-related boss characters, which are all accessible via a secret code). |
| Road Rash 3-D | 1998-05-31 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Motorcycle, Street racing | Direct control | | Teen | | PS1 | Road Rash 3-D is a 3D installment of the motorcycle racing game in which participants utilize violent tactics to win. The gameplay is quite similar to that of the previous games: the player-controlled racer must avoid oncoming cars and obstacles on the road, beating opponents with metal pipes, crowbars, and other assorted damage-inflicting tools. The player wins money upon the completion of the race, and eventually can afford to buy better bikes. The courses are formed from connecting points in an environmental grid, which means that the player can utilize different stretches of courses to advance. |
| Azure Dreams | 1998-06-01 | Konami of America, Inc. | KCE Tokyo, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | Regional differences | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | Everyone | | PS1 | The huge Monster Tower stands near the village Monsbaiya. It is populated by vicious monsters, and few dare enter it. But the monsters in the tower lay eggs, and whoever takes possession of such an egg, can tame a monster which will come out of it, and those monsters, called "familiars", will help their tamers in times of danger. Some brave adventurers dared to enter the tower and to take the eggs. One of them was called Guy. He was killed in the monster tower. Now his son Koh is fifteen, and he is allowed to try his luck in the tower.The player controls Koh and his party of "familiars" in this dungeon crawling/monster taming RPG. Each floor of the tower is randomly generated when entered, including the layout, items, and traps within it, although the enemy monsters that appear are based on the current floor number. Movement and combat in the game is turn-based; first Koh moves, then allied familiars, then enemy monsters, but outside of combat enemy turns happen instantly. Because Koh's level is reset to 1 every time he enters the tower he has to depend on equipment, a sword and a buckler, and familiars. A familiar's MP will slowly deplete as it follows Koh, however, and they must be periodically fed with appropriate food or they will become unresponsive. As in most Mysterious Dungeon type games Koh will lose all items, even carefully upgraded equipment, if he is defeated in the tower, so fleeing the tower is always a valid strategy.Once back in town the player can hatch any found monster eggs into permanent familiars and sell off loot from the tower. This money can then be reinvested in the town to add new buildings, decorate Koh's house, unlock minigames, and to show up Koh's rival Ghosh, a rich pretty-boy who never lifted a finger to help Monsbaiya. As Koh restores the town he also meets new female love interests, who over the course of several dungeon trips can be befriended and eventually become close confidants. Koh's familiars retain levels earned in the dungeon, and by carefully merging familiars they can be upgraded with skills they otherwise could never acquire. |
| Frenzy! | 1998-06-01 | SCi (Sales Curve Interactive) Ltd. | SCi (Sales Curve Interactive) Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | | Flight / aviation | | | | | PS1 | Frenzy is a 3D shoot 'em up in which the player controls a small biplane. Flying through the levels the player has to prevent an evil baron from taking control of the world with his doomsday device. The game features a bright and colourful wacky cartoon world. The levels feature various themes such as valley, snow, lava, water and techno. There are twenty level bosses that need to be defeated. |
| The Granstream Saga | 1998-06-01 | THQ Inc. | Shade, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Action RPG | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Many years ago, the Allied Spirit Army fought the malevolent Imperial Wizardry in a prolonged war. Neither side could gain the upper hand until the Imperial Wizardry designed a weapon with too much destructive power. Causing the planet's axis to shift, the deployment of the weapon resulted in the melting of polar ice, which led to a world-wide flood. Four wise men designed a mechanism that allowed the planet's four continents to float above the water. For generations, the secrets of maintaining the mechanism have been passed from the wise men to their descendants. But now, the last of those are gone, and the planet begins to sink into the vast ocean.Eon is a young man who lives on the continent of Shilf with his foster father. One day, he discovers the powers of a magical orb he found when he was a child. Seeing these powers, Eon's foster father realizes that he might be connected to the wise men of the past. Eon must find the only person who can fix the continent-raising mechanism, and prevent a terrible disaster.The Granstream Saga is an action game with strong RPG elements, and a spiritual successor to Gaia games. The player controls Eon as he explores overworld and dungeon locations, which are presented in overhead-viewed 3D. Battles are one-on-one; whenever an enemy is encountered, the view is zoomed on the combat participants who must fight each other until one of them emerges victorious. Eon can use swords, daggers, or axes against his enemies. He has a variety of attack moves at his disposal, including combos, shield-breaking abilities, etc.; he can also actively guard and cast magic spells. Leveling up, which increases Eon's attributes, occurs at set intervals throughout the game rather than from accumulating experience points. |
| Atelier Marie Plus: Salburg no Renkinjutsushi | 1998-06-04 | Gust Co., Ltd. | Gust Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | | | | | Fantasy | | | | | Isometric | PS1 | Atelier Marie Plus is an updated version of the original title which features a variety of extra bonus materials unlocked after the game is completed. Included are art and event galleries as well as a sound test and access to the minigames that were added for the Saturn release. |
| Crisis City | 1998-06-04 | TAKARA Co., Ltd. | Japan Vistec | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | Cinematic camera | PS1 | Crisis City is an action game with sci-fi elements. In the main Story mode, each of the seven characters has a different story, though the mission is the same for all of them. The player must go through various areas (divided into seven stages) while being aware of any obstacles and enemies in their path. Each character has their own voices, noticeable in the cut-scenes before and after a boss fight.Aside from the main Story mode, the game features a versus mode, where you get to fight against a second player inside a battle arena, as well as a time attack mode if the player wants to put in practice their stealth abilities so they can complete any of the levels in less time.It includes an unlockable mode called Extra, which is the same Story mode but removing the cut-scenes and featuring new, more challenging enemies. |
| Dynamite Soccer 98 | 1998-06-04 | A-Max | A-Max | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Dynamite Soccer 98 is a soccer/football game focusing on national teams and national team players of 1998. Aside from penalty kicks practice and training mode which includes free kicks, corner kicks, and other basics, there are four gameplay modes available. Exhibition mode is a quick play which lets 1 or 2 players start a quick match with selected teams. Tournament uses a typical tree structure and supports up to 16 teams, each of which can be set as player or CPU controller team. When two CPU teams play, only the result is displayed. A-Max Cup uses four groups of four teams after which it turns into a tree structure and elimination play, and All Star mode lets you assemble a team of top players from all available national teams. Basic setup such as selecting stadiums, changing strategies, replacing players, setting time duration for a full match, and other options are all available. The game supports 1 or 2 player matches, with up to 4 players using multi-tap. |
| Namco: Anthology 1 | 1998-06-04 | Namco Limited | Tose Co., Ltd. | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Namco Anthology 1 is a compilation of arcade and console games by Namco, which differs from the Museum releases in that it contains arranged versions of all the games included, with redone graphics, sounds and features.This edition includes:
Babel
Haō no Tairiku
Star Luster
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| T kara Hajimaru Monogatari | 1998-06-04 | Jaleco Ltd. | Jaleco Ltd. | Action, Adventure | Behind view | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | PS1 | The game follows a story of a young skater boy who finds himself trapped in a mysterious world where he must find his trapped mother and a way back home. |
| Vigilante 8 | 1998-06-04 | Activision, Inc. | Luxoflux Corp. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | Contemporary, North America | Automobile, Vehicular combat | Direct control | Real-time | Teen | | PS1 | The game takes place in the Western United States during a time of world-wide oil shortage in 1976. An organization known as OMAR (Oil Monopoly Alliance Regime) was making money off the shortage everywhere except in the United States. OMAR hires the best terrorist that $100 million could buy: Sid Burn. His job, aided by five hired Coyotes, is to destroy all gas refineries in the southwest of the U.S. so OMAR can bring the country to its knees. When gas prices went wild, six civilians who called themselves Vigilantes, led by the truck driver Convoy, began fighting against the Coyotes in different areas to keep OMAR from succeeding.Vigilante 8 is a vehicular combat game similar to Twisted Metal in concept. Players can choose from eight characters with different agendas, and select vehicles ranging from classic 1970's muscle cars to a school bus, each stacked high with various kinds of weapons. Unlockables include two hidden levels (three in the Nintendo 64 version) and five hidden characters and cars. Multiplayer is also included: the PlayStation version allows two players (four in the Nintendo 64 version) to go head-to-head. |
| Yakata: Nightmare Project | 1998-06-04 | ASK Co. Ltd. | Chime Corporation | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | | | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | PS1 | A young man named Yukiya goes on a yacht travel together with a few friends. Suddenly, a terrible storm comes out of nowhere: Yukiya is washed out on the shore. He regains consciousness, but not memories of recent events. Realizing that he is on an island, he begins to explore it and reaches a big mansion. To his surprise, his friends are already there; apparently, they have all been invited. Thinking that the worst is behind, Yukiya goes to sleep. But the next day, the young and beautiful owner of the mansion, Chiori Nakamura, is found dead in a locked room. One of Yukiya's companions reveals herself as the famous detective Edogawa Ranko (perhaps Conan's older sister; definitely a reference to the Japanese crime novel author Edogawa Ranpo). Under her guidance, the group decides to investigate the murder, but it turns out that the mansion is cut off the rest of the world. They are stuck on the island, and one of them might be a murderer...Yakata: Nightmare Project is an RPG with detective/mystery thematics rarely seen in games of its genre. Unlike most RPGs, it is set in an isolated environment; much of the gameplay is dedicated to exploration of the huge mansion and its surrounding, with conversation and event-triggering reminiscent of Japanese adventure games.The game is done in 3D, the exploration process featuring third-person perspective movement with automatically adjusted camera angles. It is also possible to physically move on the island map (also in 3D), accessing locations displayed on it. The actual RPG system is quite simple, with traditional random enemy encounters and turn-based mechanics. Battles take place on separate isometric screens. The combat distinguishes itself from other representatives of the genre by having offensive and defensive turns. During a defensive turn, the player can choose to defend, reducing the damage, or move to another place on the battle screen, hoping to avoid the attack.Anime-style full-motion movie are used to advance the story. The most important dialogues feature voice acting.
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| Hellnight | 1998-06-11 | Atlus Co., Ltd. | Dennou Eizo Seisakusho Ltd. | Action, Adventure | 1st-person | | | Survival horror | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | The future Tokyo is a megapolis built on top of a huge system of underground tunnels and sewers. A rumor is heard that in this underground world hide the followers of a mysterious cult, known as the Dark Messiah. At the same time a symbiotic life form escapes from scientists and makes it's way into the sewer system. There it causes the crash of a subway train and starts devouring the passengers on board. A lone hero, along with a schoolgirl Naomi Sugiura are the only survivors of the crash.... and must flee from the creature in order to survive.Hellnight is a survival horror game at heart, although it has no combat gameplay. Controlling the nameless hero, the player must travel through the underground and protect Naomi. There is only one monster in the whole game, the "creature" itself, which is invulnerable and cannot be killed. Instead players are constantly on the run from it, making sure it does not catch them. The game is divided into large maze-like levels, each one usually populated by the creature who keeps pursuing the player (although he does change form after each level). At certain points there will be companions who can attack the monster and temporarily stun him. There are also people to talk to in the underground world, items to pick up, and puzzles to solve. |
| X-Men vs. Street Fighter | 1998-06-11 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Fighting | | | | | Teen | 2D scrolling | PS1 | X-Men vs. Street Fighter is a fighting game, the first in which characters from the Marvel Comics universe (in this case, the X-Men) compete against Capcom's own creations, the heroes of the Street Fighter series.The X-Men characters are mostly the same as in X-Men: Children of the Atom and Marvel Super Heroes; three new characters are Rogue, Gambit and Sabretooth. The Street Fighter cast is based on that of Street Fighter Alpha 2; however, the appearance and combat styles of some of them have been altered, to match the abilities of the X-Men heroes.The gameplay system is similar to that of the aforementioned games, adding a tag-team gameplay feature. The player controls one character at a time, while the other awaits off-screen. The starting character can tag the waiting one in at any time by hitting specific buttons; the tag partner will jump in with an attack and taunt the enemy. Resting character gradually recuperate their health. The two partners can execute the so-called "variable attacks", which depend on the combination of buttons pressed.The tag team feature has been omitted from the PlayStation version due to memory limitations.
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| Jersey Devil | 1998-06-17 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Behaviour Interactive | Action | Behind view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | Jersey City is in trouble when evil Dr. Knarf and his pumpkin headed-assistant Dennis, rule. Dr. Knarf creates evil mutant vegetables that run amok within the city. And only the famous devil can now save the city .The game's theme is Halloween, and the objective is to catch Dr. Knarf. The player will need to open "K" Locks using color keys with letters "K" "N" "A" R" and "F" (which makes Knarf). Every area in Jersey City has two levels, each with its own boss (or bosses). These areas include the Art Museum, the City Park, the Graveyard, the Factory, the Seaport and Knarf's own forest. The player can also free the hostages that were captured by Knarf's army (including children). Nitro Crates can be picked up to enhance the devil's strength. For a 100% game completion the player needs to beat all areas, find and beat all secret levels, free all hostages, destroy all nitro crates in all levels, and collect the golden Knarf tokens from all levels. |
| Crisisbeat | 1998-06-18 | Bandai Co., Ltd. | Soft Machine | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Beat 'em up / brawler | | | | | | | PS1 | Crisis Beat is a 3D beat 'em up game. The story takes place aboard a ship called the "Princess of the Fearless", which gets sea-jacked by a group of Terrorists, led by Colonel Whigen. The player will have to fight through the different areas aboard the ship in an attempt to stop the Terrorists.The game's combat system heavily emphasizes combos, air juggles, and the use of background objects to attack, it also features a Lock-On Counter system. The player gets to choose a character from 2 pairs, so their story begins differently. Each character has their own voices, and their designs give them an anime look. |
| Heroine Dream 2 | 1998-06-18 | Map Japan Co., Ltd. | Map Japan Co., Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | 1st-person | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Purchase this PS one® Classic and play it on both your PS3™ and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) systems!
Heroine Dream 2 is the sequel to the heroine management sim, Heroine Dream! Raise Shizuka Gozen to become the newest heroine!Enjoy the same fun character development and wide variety of in-game events, now with better graphics and gameplay. Are you ready to build the next great legendary heroine?
Transferring to a PSP® system from your PS3™ system:
You must be signed into the PlayStation®Network account that originally purchased the game. You must have at least 80 MB free on your Memory Stick Duo™. Connect your PSP® system to your PS3™ system with a USB cable and switch your PSP® system to USB Mode. Highlight the game on the PS3™ XMB™, press the Δ button and select Copy.
PC Store Customers:
Log into your PlayStation®Network account that you originally used to purchased the game. Then, download the game from your "Download List" in the PlayStation®Store onto your PS3™ system.
This title has been converted from the original PlayStation® disc to the PSP® and the PS3™ systems. Consequently, there may be times where the title plays differently from the PlayStation® disc version, or where some features may not function properly. This version does not support PlayStation® peripherals (controller, memory card, multitap, etc.), therefore functionalities such as multiplayer, versus, and co-op modes are not available.
Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. This item has been sublicensed to you by Sony Computer Entertainment America. One-time license fee for downloads to up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are associated with the purchasing account.
©1998 Map Japan Co., Ltd.
"PS one", "PlayStation", "PS" Family logo, and "PSP" are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. |
| Saban's Iznogoud | 1998-06-18 | MC2-Microïds | MC2-Microïds | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | You are the Grand Vizier Iznogoud, whose one and only aim is to depose the Caliph of Baghdad and become Caliph in his place. To do this, you must face many challenges and enemies in your path.You control Iznogoud in a very colorful platform environment, moving, jumping, dodging and ducking obstacles all around you. You can pick up objects that increase your life points as well as weapons which you can throw at your many opponents. Each level has a level boss that you must defeat to move on to the next level. There are also passwords given at the end of each level. You are on a timer; so move quickly, collecting the coins and objects along the way. |
| Mortal Kombat 4 | 1998-06-24 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Midway Games, Inc. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Fighting | | | | | Mature | | PS1 | Mortal Kombat 4 is 1 vs 1 fighting game, similar to the other Mortal Kombat games, but this is first game in series with 3D characters models. The player can choose from 15 different fighters at the start (and several unlockables later on). Many fighters from earlier games in the series make a comeback (like Scorpion, Sub Zero, Liu Kang, Sonya Blade, Johnny Cage etc.) while other new fighters join in, like Shinook (who is the main evil character in this game), Fujin, Jarek, and Kai. Goro returns as a bossGameplay is very typical for a Mortal Kombat game, but has several new features - for example characters can use weapons in a fight (not only as a special move) or avoid attacks in the 3D environment. |
| Super Adventure Rockman | 1998-06-24 | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | Dr. Wiley is at it again! This time he's uncovered an ancient temple that houses a super computer he uses to recreate some of his old robots (from Mega Man 2 and Mega Man 3). Another added bonus of this computer is that it can affect anything electrical, which he of course uses to his advantage. Rockman's sister, Roll, is one of the first to get affected by it. Dr. Light manages to make Rockman and his friends (the robots from the first Mega Man) immune to the evil computer and they set off to stop Dr. Wiley once again on the island where he's hiding.The game plays out like an interactive anime tv mini-series where each disc in the game is an "episode" with opening and ending credits. The player basically follows the plot through numerous movie clips and every now and then is asked to make decisions, be it a reply to a character, the left or right path, or even some quick time events. Aside from this the player is also thrown into battles at certain key points of the game, where the game switches to a static first person view in which the player has to kill whatever enemy or boss has crossed Rockman's path.In true Mega Man/Rockman fashion, Rockman absorbs the powers of any boss he defeats along the way, to be used against another boss later on in the game or any difficult enemies he encounters. |
| Double Cast | 1998-06-25 | Sony Computer Entertainment Japan | Sugar & Rockets, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Thriller | | | | | | | Cinematic camera | PS1 | Double Cast is the first of four Yaru Dora (やるドラ) interactive anime dramas that play as an actual move with player's choice branching the story. The game uses full-motion video during gameplay and pauses and shows subtitle only when player's character is talking (text-only, no voice for main character) prompting the player to press the button to continue, similar to visual novel concept. Same as was the case with the other four Yaru Dora games released for PlayStation, this game too was later ported to PSP with some some graphical enhancement and newly included CG gallery.The story follows a high-school male protagonist who wakes up at the fountain next to a pretty girl who just helped him out of the garbage where you passed out drunk. The girl seems to have an amnesia, and only thing she remembers is her name, Mitsuki. Until she remembers who she is or where she lives, you offer her to stay at your place. As it turns out, a female lead role is needed for a movie project at your movie club, and Mitsuki auditions for it. Despite her jealous twitching eyebrow, the manager of the movie club caved in to all the guys that were mesmerized by Mitsuki's appearance. But as the time passed, something strange started to happen around Mitsuki. At first it seemed like an accident, but it was soon clear someone was out to get her and whoever that was, he was not happy with you being in her life either. Was there a stalker? Was there something in Mitsuki's past that is coming to haunt her? The game turns into a suspenseful thriller as she struggles to remember her past and unlock the secret behind it. |
| Pro Wrestling Sengokuden 2: Kakutō Emaki | 1998-06-25 | KSS | Dream Japan | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person | | | Managerial / business simulation | Asia | | | Real-time | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)★This game is supported with the PSP® and PS Vita screenshot function★PSP®: Screenshots can be taken by using the menu after holding the PS button (HOME button) in the game. The image will be saved in the photo collection from the XMB™ (XrossMediaBar).PS Vita: Screenshots can be taken by using "Screenshot" from the "Settings" after holding the PS button in the game. The image will be saved as an application photo. This software can be played with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).If you are downloading with PC or via PS3™, after downloading with the device please connect to PSP® with a USB cable and copy the content by inserting a storage media like Memory Stick™.Become the professional wrestler of your dream and start managing a professional wrestling organization!Whether it is training each body part such as the neck or the arms, or polishing various skills such as punching, throwing or the joint-locking technique, the practical training menu will allow you to freely train each wrestler!Last but not least, there will be a variety of costume parts available including hair styles, gloves, shoes and paints.While training newcomers, scout for other influential leading athletes from other groups in order to emerge as the best professional wrestling organization!Copyright:©SoftgaragePurchase or use of this item is subject to SEN Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Puchi Carat | 1998-06-25 | Taito Corporation | ITL Co., Ltd., Taito Corporation | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | In the world of Puchi Carat, thieves stole the twelve gems that made the people's dreams come true. They sold them to evil sorcerers who used them to suppress the people. Now, a long time after these events, the gems came into the possession of twelve mysterious characters. Each one of them tries to get a hold of the remaining jewels to fulfill their dreams - some of them seek peace while others want to satisfy their hunger for power.Puchi Carat takes its inspiration from the video game classic Breakout. The player has to clear rows of gems with a ball launched from a cursor that can only move horizontally on the bottom of the screen. In regular intervals, the stones will move one row towards the bottom. Once they reach a line just above the cursor, the game is over. New rows of jewels also appear if the player is unable to catch the ball and it bounces off the floor on the very bottom of the screen.The single player mode has four different variations. In trial mode, the player has to destroy a certain amount of rows to advance to the next level. Story mode pits the player against the computer in a split screen fashion. It is possible to send rows of stones to the other player in three different modes, depending on the attack pattern the player selected. The third mode is time attack: here the player competes for the fastest time destroying 50 rows of gems. The final mode is called rapid mode where the player competes for the highest number of rows they destroyed.It is also possible to play against a human opponent. In this mode, difficulty and handicaps can be selected by the players. The player who wins the most rounds is the winner of the multiplayer match. |
| Real Bout Garō Densetsu Special: Dominated Mind | 1998-06-25 | SNK Corporation | SNK Corporation, Yumekobo Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Fighting | | | | | | | PS1 | A PSX-only Fatal Fury released as a conversion of sorts to Real Bout Fatal Fury Special. The game uses the same engine and general mechanics of said arcade game, but takes place outside of the main storyline a la Street Fighter Alpha 3 and includes brand new and exclusive characters like a back from the dead Geese and a new end-game boss: White.The gameplay is virtually identical to Real Bout Fatal Fury Special, except that the action is much faster, the super-combo system is somewhat simplified and the foreground/background system has been ditched. New to the series is the addition of cel-animated cutscenes that play during key moments, and the game also offers a 2 player mode and a series of extra features like galleries, a Fatal Fury encyclopedia and new moves when you complete the game under certain circumstances. |
| Slayers Royal | 1998-06-25 | Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co. Ltd | Onion Egg | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Lina, Gourry, and Naga are barely together for a day before finding themselves yet again as the only thing standing in the way of world-wide cataclysm. It's up to them, as well as many returning friends, to save to world, or what will be left of it anyways.Gameplay in Slayers Royal takes place in a mixture of 2D town screens and 3D turn based battle arenas. In towns you can move between multiple areas as well as look at objects and people to examine or talk to them. Lina will often get into (occasionally voiced) conversations with her companions, and in most conversations choices can come up that determine if the party receives stat upgrades or money. In battle each character in the party can be controlled either manually, or left up to an automated AI. Most characters can use magic, but each spell has a wait time that prevents a character from casting more magic until enough turns have passed. Characters do not gain strength or money from battle, instead strength is determined by how rested and full the stomachs of the characters are before combat. |
| The Legend of Heroes I & II | 1998-06-25 | GMF | Nihon Falcom Corp. | Compilation, Role-playing (RPG) | | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | PS1 | The Legend of Heroes I & II is a bundle composed of two games of the Legend of Heroes series:
The Legend of Heroes
The Legend of Heroes IIThe bundle was only released in Japan. |
| Wakusei Kōgekitai: Little Cats | 1998-06-25 | Family Soft Co., Ltd. | Family Soft Co., Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | 1st-person, Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | | | PS1 | The galaxy is threatened by robotic enemies from a remote space. In order to stop them, giant combat robots were deployed to a space station under the command of Colonel Goofy Reagan. The combat robots are navigated by the best pilots, which happen to be cute teenage girls. Since the Colonel is very busy, he needs somebody to watch over the girls and train them. This somebody would be Major David Lowe, the protagonist of the game...Little Cats is somewhat similar to Sakura Taisen games, with adventure and dating elements reduced, and simulation elements added. David has to make schedules for the girls and decide how much and what exactly they should train. Running competitions, shooting range, robot navigation - everything can be trained, but at the expense of the girls' stamina, which means they will need to rest as well. During the simulation mode, it is also possible to wander around the space station and spend time with the girls.The strategy part consists of navigating the robots over a battle field in turn-based fashion. The robots have a wide range of attacks, and it is possible to change their weapons and use items in combat. Once the robots attack each other, an automatic attack sequence is shown. |
| Crime Killer | 1998-06-26 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | Pixelogic Limited | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | This is a driving game in the same style as Carmageddon. You are a futuristic cop, apprehending criminals with various vehicles. You can operate a bike, car, or 'flying wing' and all are armed. It can be played in first or third person mode, and it supports two-player split screen multiplayer. |
| Grand Theft Auto | 1998-06-30 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | DMA Design Limited | Action, Racing / Driving | Top-down | Regional differences | Crime | | Contemporary, North America | Automobile | Direct control | | Mature | 2D scrolling | PS1 | In Grand Theft Auto, the player takes the role of a small-time criminal trying to make it big with the mob. Stealing cars, doing jobs for the gangsters and behaving generally anti-social are the way to success.The action moves through six levels spread over three different cities, each based on a real US city: Liberty City (based on New York City), San Andreas (based on San Francisco) and Vice City (based on Miami). To finish a level, a certain score must be reached. Stealing cars and crashing into traffic, driving over pedestrians and killing cops all raise the score, but the
big points are made through jobs. Answering phones or entering special cars brings mission assignments, from simple "ditch-a-hot-car" jobs to supporting bank robberies or carrying out assassinations. Completing a mission will raise the score substantially and also increase the score multiplier, so that completing the next felony will gain even more points.Criminal behavior comes with a price of course: if policemen witness a crime, the player's wanted level rises. At the lowest level, a single police car might give chase, whereas at the highest level whole car squads hunt the player, the police set up roadblocks and shoot to kill. The only way to evade the cops is to find a respray shop and get a new paint job with new license plates. This costs money which is deducted from the score, however. But even dying or being arrested are not the end. The player has several lives, and ending up in jail simply results in being stripped of all weapons and armor and the score multiplier being lowered.The entire action is viewed from a top-down perspective, which zooms out while driving a car, for a better overview at high speeds. The cities are many screens large and can be freely explored. Crates are scattered over the cities, which might include weapons (from pistols to rocket launchers), armor or other bonus items: extra lives, police bribes (used to reduce the wanted level to zero) and get-out-of-jail-free cards (used to retain score multiplier and weapons when busted). Dozens of different vehicles are available for the taking, each with unique characteristics: a bus will handle very differently than a sports car. |
| Ark of Time | 1998-07-01 | Project Two Interactive BV | Trecision S.p.A. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | | | PS1 | In this third-person point-and-click adventure game you play the sports journalist Richard Kendall. In the summer of 1997, an expedition of four explorers have set out into the abysses of the Atlantic Ocean to find any traces of the mythical sunken city of Atlantis. They are the archeologist Professor Caldwell, the scientist Helen, the sponsor of the journey Mr. Blower and his nephew Simon.When they suddenly stop communicating Richard is the one whose task it is to find them. He would much rather stay in London and cover football matches but his editor insists and he complies. His search takes him to several locations around the world including the Caribbean, Stonehenge, Easter Island and Atlantis itself. The puzzles are mostly inventory based. |
| NFL Xtreme | 1998-07-01 | 989 Studios | 989 Studios | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Arcade | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | NFL Xtreme is a licensed NFL game with 30 official teams and stadiums. Loosely simulating American football, games are played on a five-on-five format and an arcade approach is taken, with complete disregard for the official rules. Quarterbacks can easily throw 90-yard passes, defenders have hard-hitting tackling moves, and attackers can use spin or turbo to evade opponents, or flip over them. Late hits and pass interference are no problem, and you can even taunt and trash talk. To promote aggressiveness, opponents, when properly injured, can be out for an entire season.The game modes includes exhibition matches, a regular season and play-offs. There are detailed statistics, and you can sign, release or even create new players to build your team. Highlights can be reviewed in the instant replay mode, and you can alter the weather type, difficulty level and player size in the options. |
| Pocket Fighter | 1998-07-01 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Fighting | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | What happens when you take several signature Capcom fighters, squish them down into chibi (small or SD) versions of themselves, and give them a whole collection of wacky moves and over-the-top costumes? You get Pocket Fighter! Take on one of several pint-sized Capcom characters in this wacky, colorful fighting game. |
| Premier Manager 98 | 1998-07-01 | Gremlin Interactive Limited | Dinamic Multimedia, S.A. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | PS1 | Premier Manager 98 is a team data update of Premier Manager 97. All 92 teams from the nationwide leagues and international teams were updated for the 1997-98 season, keeping all the features from the previous title (online English league database, 3D match engine) untouched.Although only the English league is available, it is still possible to play in pre-season friendlies or international competitions against most first division teams in Europe and South America or scout and sign their players.There are two game modes: Manager and Pro-Manager. Manager allows the player to start in any team. Pro-Manager, on the other hand, requires the player to build his career from the Conference, promoting the club from the lower divisions or getting promoted himself to better ranked teams. It's possible to tweak options such as the level of control ("trainer" leaves the player only in control of player tactics and squad selection, "accountant" is the exact opposite, giving the player control over transfers, contracts, staff, finance, board room options and ground expansions, but no limited control over the squad, "Manager" gives control in all but contract deals and "total" gives full executive control) or if players age and eventually retire, or play forever.Up to 20 players can play in Manager mode, 8 in Pro-Manager. |
| Spice World | 1998-07-01 | Psygnosis Limited | Team SOHO | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Music / rhythm | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Spice World is a music game about the British quintet the Spice Girls, released at the peak of their success and prior to the departure of Geri Halliwell for a solo career.Choose your favourite Spice Girl and use samples from their songs to create your own great song. The next stage is to practice your dance moves. The final stage is to put both together and all 5 Spice Girls rehearse for their live show. Control who dances which moves and the camera views.The game is interspersed with FMV interview footage of the girls. |
| Tomba! | 1998-07-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Whoopee Camp Co., Ltd. | Action | Diagonal-down, Side view | Regional differences | | Metroidvania, Platform, RPG elements | Africa, Fantasy | | Direct control | | Everyone | 2D scrolling, Isometric | PS1 | In this fast and frantic side-scrolling action game you play as the pink-haired, high-jumping jungle boy Tombi. In order to retrieve your lucky golden bracelet from the evil clutches of demonic pigs you'll need to fight hard, duck, climb, explore, and race through a variety of quests.Use your mace or your wood and stone boomerangs to do battle with dastardly pigs and creeping spiders. Keep a clear head though, as you'll need to solve a number of puzzles, which include rescuing trapped villagers, uncovering lost items hidden in deep forests, or saving a poor, stranded puppy. Secrets and adventure points allow access to optional events. |
| Turbo Prop Racing | 1998-07-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Team SOHO | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade | | Naval / watercraft, Track racing | | | Everyone | | PS1 | From the same team that developed Porsche Challenge for the PlayStation, this is a high-speed racer where the user controls a number of adrenaline-pumping speedboats.Choose from a selection of teams and powerboats, with lightning fast gameplay and true handling dynamics, so be careful how you accelerate and turn - these things aren't as stable as cars.The game has a number of different game modes, (including championships - battling against 20 other competitors), bonus games, and multiplayer modes. |
| Viper | 1998-07-01 | Ocean Software Ltd. | X-ample Architectures | Action | Behind view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Helicopter | | | | | PS1 | Aliens are trying to take over the world. It's your job to stop them - so you climb into your trusty chopper, the Viper, and fight your way through many alien-infested levels to the base of the enemy.Viper is a fast-paced non-stop shoot 'em up action game. You fly through the levels with your chopper on a pre-set route with only a few junctions where you may choose the path to go; the entire screen will (especially in the later levels) be filled with bullets and explosions. Lots of add-on weapons may be picked up to improve your firepower. |
| Xenocracy | 1998-07-01 | Grolier Interactive Inc. | Simis Limited | Action, Simulation, Strategy | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight, Vehicular combat | | | | | PS1 | Xenocracy is a cross between a space combat action sim and a political strategy game. In the far future, four planetary superpowers (the Earth Dominion, the Mercury League, the Venus Alliance and the Mars Combine) are vying for control of the solar system and on the brink of all-out "thermostellar war". As commander of the United Planet Nations peacekeeping fighter squadron, your role is to maintain the balance and prevent cold war and localized conflicts from escalating into open interplanetary hostilities. Further complicating the matter, you must deal with pirates and a looming alien threat.As each planetary superpower launches low-intensity strikes (as opposed to open warfare) against the colonies and outposts of the other three, you are presented with the choice, via a strategic solar system map showing flaring geopolitical hotspots, of which to aid. If you aid one superpower too much at the expense of the others, as one is first tempted to do, you upset the balance and cause the war you sought to prevent. Whichever you choose, afterward you are realistically presented with complaints and political propaganda from the other three superpowers, and receive news broadcasts concerning the interplanetary geopolitical wrangling.In addition to keeping the peace, you also manage research and development of newer and more powerful technologies, which will eventually prove crucial. Several fighter and weapon types are available, and the scenery varies from asteroid belts and dust clouds to planetary surfaces. You may choose from several wingmen, each with a personal description and personality type, whom you must do your best to keep alive. Missions include such tasks as defending mine complexes from attack (or attacking them) and protecting convoys (or destroying them).The game also allows Arcade Mode, in which you simply fly missions without regard to the strategic aspects of the game, and multiplayer games of up to 8 players over TCP/IP or serial connections.
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| Romance of the Three Kingdoms V with Power Up Kit | 1998-07-02 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Romance of the Three Kingdoms V with Power Up Kit is a compilation of Sangokushi V and Sangokushi V: Power Up Kit. |
| Twilight Syndrome Special | 1998-07-02 | Human Entertainment, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Twilight Syndrome Special is a compilation containing the first two Twilight Syndrome games:
Twilight Syndrome: Tansaku-hen
Twilight Syndrome: Kyūmei-hen |
| International Rally Championship | 1998-07-03 | Europress Software Ltd. | Europress Software Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Off-roading | Direct control | | | | PS1 | International Rally Championship is a follow up to Europess's previous rally simulation game 'Rally Championship'. International Rally Championship offers 16 new tracks set in various locations around the world from the deserts of Egypt to the rainforests of Brazil. There are various modes of play including arcade, time trial, simulation (a full rally season in which you drive on every track), championship (race on various tracks on various levels of difficulty) and custom mode in which you get to set up the race using various settings such as weather conditions and the number of cars which will actually take part in the race.
Another excellent feature of the game is a track editor in which you get to create your own tracks. You are able to customize your own tracks from being able to set how steep the hills will be to what the track's surface will be (tarmac, gravel, etc). |
| Poy Poy 2 | 1998-07-09 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo Co., Ltd. | Action | | | | Board game | | | | | | Isometric | PS1 | Poy Poy 2, the sequel to Poy Poy, is a multiplayer party/action-game in which four players battle it out by throwing rocks, bombs, logs, etc. at each other on varying battle arenas. The time limit for each round is 90 seconds and at the end players are awarded points based on their remaining health, how many times they were able to hit others with objects and how many "lucky hearts" they were able to collect from the arena. Players can also choose from a number of psycho-gloves, that give them various special-abilities when used. |
| Cool Boarders 3 | 1998-07-10 | 989 Studios | Idol Minds, LLC | Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Gameplay mechanics and control systems of Cool Boarders 3 are significantly different from the predecessors, but the basic game structure remain similar. This time choose from over 13 different riders and 22 boards, and then hit one of the 34 courses. Race through the course as fast as possible in the boarder-cross and slalom events, or concentrate on pulling off big tricks in the halfpipe, slope style, and big air events. For those who want test all of their skills, try the tournament mode and compete in all five events. When competition gets to be too much, try to perfect all of your moves in the practice mode.Cool Boarders 3 also supports 2 Player modes, and is the first in the series to support analogue control. |
| Ai to Yūjou no Neko Monogatari: Jingle Cats - Love Para Daisakusen no Maki | 1998-07-16 | Sony Music Entertainment (Japan), Inc. | Vantan International Co., Ltd. | Simulation | Side view | | | Life / social simulation | Contemporary | | Point and select | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Based on the Jingle Cats series of novelty albums, this life simulation game has players making the peace at Jingle Cat House. In each level, the player chooses a few cats to put in a room together and try to build their relationship with each other. Like in Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures, players don't control the cats or even have strong influence over them. Instead, cats have a mind of their own; players interact with different items in the room in the hopes they can coax cats into doing what they want. As cats wander the room, players are able to do many different things: pick cats up, move furniture and props around, bring out toys to play with them. If the players do a good job bringing cats close to each other, at the end of the stage the two cats will form a positive relationship with each other, but if players fail to bring the cats close enough with each other they have to try the stage over again. In between stages, players get an animated performance of one of the Jingle Cats songs. |
| Akagawa Jirō: Yasōkyoku | 1998-07-16 | Victor Interactive Software, Inc. | Open Sesame Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | PS1 | Akagawa Jirō: Yasōkyoku is a first-person perspective adventure game which adapts Akagawa Jiro's mystery novel Yasoukyoku – Hon ni Manekaereta Satsujin (Nocturne – Books that beckon murder). The game contains two separate detective scenarios. Player interaction is limited to small choices such as dialogue options. |
| Hanabi Fantast | 1998-07-16 | Magical Company Ltd. | Magical Company Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | Platform, RPG elements | Fantasy | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)★This game is supported with the PSP® and PS Vita screenshot function★PSP®: Screenshots can be taken by using the menu after holding the PS button (HOME button) in the game. The image will be saved in the photo collection from the XMB™ (XrossMediaBar).PS Vita: Screenshots can be taken by using "Screenshot" from the "Settings" after holding the PS button in the game. The image will be saved as an application photo. This software can be played with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).If you are downloading with PC or via PS3™, after downloading with the device please connect to PSP® with a USB cable and copy the content by inserting a storage media like Memory Stick™.This is the fascinating firework simulation game!Save the theme park "Fireworks Land" that is loved by everyone!Gather firework materials at each stage and create specified or original fireworks for each area.Launch your fireworks on the beautiful stage of the Fireworks Land that is brilliantly drawn in 3D!Copyright:©1998 MAGICAL COMPANY LTD.Purchase or use of this item is subject to SEN Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Shake Kids | 1998-07-16 | On DiMand Co., Ltd. | Digital Kids Co. Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | Direct control | | | Isometric | PS1 | The player chooses the main character as one of Shake Kids, either the boy Randy or the girl Nihni. The player navigates the Shake Kid around a strange world from a tilted 3D view. The main attack is throwing a boomerang jug at weird enemies. The player's vitality is measured in hearts, which extends when an incrementing number of hearts are collected. Throughout the game, the player will need to interact with characters and solve puzzles. |
| Blue Breaker Burst: Hohoemi o Anata to | 1998-07-23 | Human Entertainment, Inc. | HuneX Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Fighting | | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | The Dark Lord has been sealed away, but peace has not yet come to this world. A young woman named Chimena is traveling the world, seeking an ancient holy sword...Blue Breaker Burst is a follow-up to Blue Breaker. However, instead of an RPG, this sequel is a full 3D 1-on-1 fighting game. The main story focuses on a new character named Chimena, though much of the first title's cast also return. The player moves Chimena around the world map to different locations, where visual novel-style events may occur with other characters, furthering the story and often leading to a fight. Apart from the main "Chimena's Story", additional stories focusing on other characters are unlocked as the game progresses.There are also a number of other modes. Original Mode is an arcade-style mode that forgoes the story in favor of a string of opponents that must be defeated. Versus mode allows a free battle against the computer or another player, while Training mode lets the player practice moves and combos, and view a moves list for each character. |
| Kisetsu wo Dakishimete | 1998-07-23 | Sony Computer Entertainment Japan | Production I.G, Inc., Sugar & Rockets, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Kisetsu wo Dakishimete (季節を抱きしめて) is one of the four games from Yaru Dora (やるドラ) series which work as playable dramas. Game is virtually a fully animated visual novel which in turn makes it look like an anime where you can affect the story and outcome by different choices during gameplay. The game features voice-acting for all the characters except the protagonist whose words and thoughts are displayed as subtitles during this interactive anime. The game features 27 different endings which are split into 5 good endings, 4 normal endings, and 18 bad endings.The story takes place during the time of spring and opens with you walking down the road with your friend, Tomoko, who was harboring a feelings for you for some time. She might have gathered the courage to indirectly opens herself to you and confess, when the moment was abruptly interrupted by your notice of a young girl lying unconscious under the cherry tree. A girl you seem to have known from your high-school days. And it just so happens she lost her memories and doesn't remember anything, including how she got here. |
| OverBlood 2 | 1998-07-23 | Riverhill Soft Inc. | Riverhill Soft Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | In the year 2115AD, 70 years after the event known as "The Sudden Death Of The Earth", the world has become fully reliant on air-cooling machines.On a shuttle flight to East Edge city, Acarno Brani travels to the large city in the hopes of becoming a successful Junk Blade racer. Also on the same flight is Veltor Curtis who is being secretly watched by Chris Lanebecca, a female investigator. Soon after arriving at the airport, Veltor is attacked, Acarno tries to help, but his efforts are in vain. But then Veltor throws a small capsule to Acarno who then escapes from the airport. And then his adventure will truly begin.Like the first game, Overblood 2 has full 3-D levels, however there are now some pre-rendered locations in the game. You can play as three characters in the game - Acarno, Chris and a third character named Navarro Jean. |
| WWF War Zone | 1998-07-24 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Iguana West | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | WWF War Zone is the first WWF-based wrestling game to use fully 3D character and environment graphics. The wrestlers can execute traditional punch and kicks, as well as various grapple moves, which the player can perform by pressing a button assigned to initial grapple in a combination with different direction buttons. Commentary, wrestler introductions (with short voice clips), crowd reactions, and full-motion sequences (in the PlayStation version only) are included.The game features seven basic gameplay modes, allowing configurations of one to four players. These include training mode, one-on-one, tag team, cage match, weapons match, tornado tag team, and war (elimination free for all). Two additional modes, Royal Rumble and gauntlet, are exclusive to the Nintendo 64 version. The player can also create and customize his own wrestler, taking him through the WWF challenge. The new wrestler finds himself at the bottom of a pyramid, and has to challenge wrestlers situated immediately above him, gradually working his way through to the title. Sometimes previously defeated wrestlers will challenge the player to a "grudge match", which usually consists of special encounters, such as battles with weapons or cage matches. |
| Angelique Duet | 1998-07-30 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Ruby Party | Simulation | | | Romance | Life / social simulation | | | | | | | PS1 | Angelique Duet is a spin-off of the first Angelique. It offers players the ability to play as Rosalie, the rival of the first game.The gameplay and flow remains much the same to the first game if the player picks Angelique, but has altered romance events for Rosalie to distinguish it from the base game. It also includes features and events that were added in Angelique Special 2, such as the gift giving and written date invitations. On top of that there are now Friendship events between Angelique and Rosalie. There is also a change in character portraits and backgrounds as they received a graphical update.The DS port includes a communication mode taking advantage of the wireless connection capabilities the Nintendo DS. This allows players to message each other and trade items through an in-game messaging system and room visits. |
| Kartia: The Word of Fate | 1998-08-01 | Atlus Software Inc. | Atlus Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Cards / tiles, Managerial / business simulation | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | Everyone | Isometric | PS1 | A strategy role-playing game released during the height of the genre's popularity in 1998, when Final Fantasy Tactics and two Ogre Battle games were released. Kartia tells the story of the lives of two separate people during a chaotic chapter in a country's history.Several unique additions to the genre hope to detach Kartia from the rest. First is the Kartia system, where cards can be imbued into weapons, armors, or spells or can create completely original apparatus along with monsters that fight alongside you. Secondly is the ability to burn down or destroy most of the battle field and surroundings.
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| NCAA Football 99 | 1998-08-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | EA Tiburon | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | The 1999 installment of EA Sports college football game. NCAA 99 features the 1998 rosters of over a hundred division 1A teams with accurate stadiums, uniforms, and (in some cases) fight songs. There are also 80 "historical" teams that allow you to recreate great college football games of the past. The featured exhibition game is a match up between the 1997 national champion Michigan Wolverines and the champion pretender Nebraska Cornhuskers. |
| Super Match Soccer | 1998-08-01 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Cranberry Source | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Super Match Soccer is an action oriented soccer simulation which has one major difference to other soccer games of its time: the pass system. Instead of the usual separate buttons for passing and shooting there are three levels of shooting intensity which depend on how long the button is pressed. Also there is no semiautomatic passing, the player has to aim himself. Aside that the match control is genre standard: button combinations result in tricks like back-heels or lobs and with the sprint button a player can run fast for a limited time.By default the player controls the player which has the ball. But a optional mode enables the player to control just one soccer player. Playing modes are cups and leagues with 24 national teams which can be altered in the editor. |
| 3x3 Eyes: Tenrin Ō Genmu | 1998-08-06 | Nihon Create | Nihon Create | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Tenrin Ō Genmu is one of the games based on the manga and anime series 3x3 Eyes. It tells the story of Yakumo, a normal Japanese teenager who studies and works as a waiter, and Pai, a girl who belongs to the race of sanzhiyan, the immortal three-eyed people. After having discovered the secret of eternal youth and immortality many hundred years ago, the sanzhiyan could not remain human, and became cruel demons capable of possessing people and turning them into "wu" (Chinese for "nothing") - immortal, powerful, and obedient servants. Pai, who looks like a young girl, but is nevertheless three hundred years old, was terrified by what the sanzhiyan have become, and swore she will find a way to become human again. She meets Yakumo, whose late father was a scientist who helped Pai on her quest. Accidentally, Pai uses the powers of her third eye on Yakumo, and he becomes her Wu! Trying to regain their lost humanity, Yakumo and Pai are confronted by the evil Benares, the Wu of the sanzhiyan ruler Kaiyanwang. In pursuit of Benares and his henchmen, Yakumo and Pai travel to India, the Easter Island, and many other countries. Will they be able to stop Benares and become human again?The game is a puzzle-less adventure in Japanese fashion, which plays like an interactive anime. The game contains many animated cutscenes, and the locations of the game are still shots in anime style. Unlike most Japanese adventures, the player interacts with the game world not by choosing commands from a menu, but by moving a cursor on the screen. Once the cursor is placed on an object possible to interact with, it is highlighted with an additional command, such as "look", "talk", etc. |
| Alive | 1998-08-06 | General Entertainment Co., Ltd. | General Entertainment Co., Ltd. | Adventure | | | | Quick Time Events (QTEs) | Asia, Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Cinematic camera | PS1 | This futuristic FMV game features a world watched by an omnipresent surveillance system. In a series of interconnected live action video clips, you play a young woman framed for a murder. As you try to avoid capture, you have to get to bottom of the mystery. Who and why wants you dead? Along the way, you occasionally select appropriate behaviour or play a mini-game to advance the plot.
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| Anokodokonoko | 1998-08-06 | Success Corporation | Success Corporation | Simulation | 1st-person | | | Dating simulation | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)In "ANOKODOKONOKO" , a love simulation board game, meet and befriend with as many girls as you can and find your love within the time period! This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：297MBCopyright：©1998 SUCCESS/ ©HAMSTER Co.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Biohazard: Director's Cut - Dual SHOCK Ver. | 1998-08-06 | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Horror | Puzzle elements, Shooter, Survival horror | Contemporary, North America | | Direct control | | | Cinematic camera | PS1 | This is a special re-release of Resident Evil: Director's Cut with added Dual Shock analog stick support. The disc also includes work in progress videos of the sequel, Resident Evil 2 (also known as Resident Evil 1.5), which shows a very different version of the game than was actually released. |
| Noël: ～La Neige Special ～ | 1998-08-06 | Pioneer LDC, Inc. | Flight-Plan Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person | | | Dating simulation | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)A sequel to "NOel～La neige", this title takes place during the heroines' last two weeks in Kamakura, before they enter University after graduating from High School. Communicate with them with visual phone and pave your future.This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：515MBCopyright：©1998 GENEON UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT JAPAN, LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| The Drug Store: Matsumoto Kiyoshi de Okaimono! | 1998-08-06 | Human Entertainment, Inc. | Human Entertainment, Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person | | | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation | | | Point and select | | | Isometric | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)To download content to the Memory Stick PRO Duo™ of your PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, the free space required is twice the size of the content to be downloaded.This software is playable for PLAYSTATION®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).To play this software on your PLAYSTATION®3 system, you must have at least 30MB of free space on your PLAYSTATION®3 system hard disk.To play this software on your PSP®, you must install the latest system software version and have a Memory Stick Duo™ with the free space stated above.For more detailed information about downloading to your PSP® system, please see URL below.http://asia.playstation.comWhen downloading using PC:When downloading contents to PSP®, you must install the PLAYSTATION®Network Downloader application first. Please go to our official website for installing instructions and other information. ■Game descriptionThis game is a drugstore management simulation. Your goal is to order lots of medicine and cosmetics to make your store profitable. Increase the number of stores to clear each map. The player starts by making a logo for the shop, and then choosing a location, an interior design, the number of shelves, prices, hours, and hiring employes. You can experience all the aspects of working. Make a drugstore that beats all your rivals. You can do it!■PS3™ HDD and Memory Stick™ capacity requirement30MB■Copyright notices©2000 HAMSTER Co.©HUMAN 1998■AttentionThis software is converted from the software for PlayStation® so that it can be played on PS3™ and PSP®. Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. |
| Batman & Robin | 1998-08-07 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Probe Entertainment Ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Batman & Robin is based on the movie of the same name. Take control of Batman, Robin or Batgirl as you try to save Gotham City from the evil Mr Freeze and Poison Ivy. The game features a mixture of action and driving around a full 3D Gotham City. |
| Elemental Gearbolt | 1998-08-10 | Working Designs | AlfaSystem Co., Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | In a fantastic world divided by class and race, technology from a mysterious source has imbued a young prince with the key to unimaginable power. By means of a Neural Network Computer fueled by the grey matter of unfortunate 'volunteers', he plans to conquer the known world, replacing it with a new order of his design. The only fly in the ointment is disturbing reports of two powerful Elementals storming across the land on a direct course toward the palace.One or two players can assume the identities of these Elementals as they crusade for an unknown master toward a climactic battle. The story unfolds by means of fully-3D action levels interspersed with hand-drawn animation scenes. |
| Hana to Ryuu: Hanafuda・Mah-jong | 1998-08-13 | I'Max Corp. | I'Max Corp. | Strategy | 1st-person | Licensed | | Board game, Cards / tiles | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Hana to Ryuu～Hanafuda・Mah-jong～ is an old-school table game that combines hanafuda game (a type of Japanese playing cards) and mah-jong game into one. Player can play Koi-Koi, Hana Awase and Mah-jong in this single title and spend hours enjoying the two game modes, free versus mode and story mode (gambler mode), at ease. In story mode, player will be given a chance to feel what it’s like to become a real wandering gambler and earn money by joining hanafuda and mah-jong matches in the gamble town. Player will be challenged by as many as 80 opponents, each of them has unique playing style and way of thinking. In free versus mode, player can choose from 80 opponents and set up the game with detailed rules and even local rules. Providing two game modes and loads of opponents, this game guarantees endless fun for every fan of table game.This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：38MBCopyright：©1998 I'MAX / ©2002 HAMSTER Co.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Rapid Angel | 1998-08-13 | Techno Soleil Corporation | Techno Soleil Corporation | Action | | | | Fighting, Platform | | | | | | | PS1 | Three girls - Natsumi, Ayane and Haruna own a courier shop called Rapid Angel. When the girls take on the task of delivering some important blueprints it turns out that an evil organization is after these papers too.Rapid Angel is a mix of 2D platformer and beat-'em-up, so the players will explore the levels fighting enemies, collecting power-ups and avoiding traps. While basic moves are the same for all characters (running, double-jumping, using bombs etc.), each girl has her unique fighting style with Natsumi and Ayane relying on physical attacks and Haruna using mostly distance-type magic attacks. Particular fragments of levels and story sequences are different depending on the character chosen by the player. Two more characters are unlocked after beating the game.In 2-player mode the second player controls an angel-thing that follows the first player's character aiding him along the way.
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| Abalaburn | 1998-08-20 | TAKARA Co., Ltd. | Tamsoft Corporation | Action | Behind view, Side view | | | Beat 'em up / brawler, Fighting | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Abalaburn is a 3D fighting game from Tamsoft, makers of the Toshinden franchise. A group of warriors have gathered to seek the legend of Lemuria, who is said to grant any wish.The game features a standard arcade mode for one or two players, as well as a story mode where the bulk of the action takes place as a 3D action platformer with the same moves as the fighting part. Boss battles take place as regular VS fights. There are eight playable characters, each with their own story to play through. |
| Kawa no Nushi Tsuri: Hikyō o Motomete | 1998-08-20 | Victor Interactive Software, Inc. | Access co., ltd. | Role-playing (RPG), Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)To download content to the Memory Stick PRO Duo™ of your PSP® system, the free space required is twice the size of the content to be downloaded.This software is playable for PLAYSTATION®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).To download this software, you must also have at least 40MB of free space on your PLAYSTATION®3 system's hard disk.To play this software with your PSP®, the latest system software and a Memory Stick Duo™ with at least 40MB of free space are required.For more detail information about download to your PSP® system, please see below URL.http://asia.playstation.com■Game description“Kawa No Nushi Zuri” is a title from the “Honoboro Zuri RPG” series that was born in 1990. This title is the first in the series to be released on PlayStation®. Players can play with each of the 6 members of a family who want to fish the “Nushi” for their own purposes. Game system easy to learn even for beginners, a rich line-up of fishing poles and fishing methods as well as over 70 types of fishing guarantee a challenging fishing experience.※Support the vibration function of DUALSHOCK®3.■PS3™ HDD and Memory Stick™ capacity requirement40MB■Copyright notices©Marvelous Entertainment Inc.■AttentionThis software is converted from the software for PlayStation® so that it can be played on PS3™ and PSP®. Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. |
| Madden NFL 99 | 1998-08-25 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | EA Tiburon | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | As with all yearly updates to the football series, Madden NFL 99 features improved graphics and AI over its predecessors. Force feedback, 8-button controllers and online support are available. The team roster includes nearly 100 successful vintage NFL teams as well as the full up to date roster at the time. There is more commentary integrated than before.This version features a new Franchise mode, which allows you to control a team through a number of seasons, taking into account free agents, retirement, drafts, and salary caps. Each team can have different playbooks.Also added is a one-button mode, which simplifies controls for beginners. Tying in with this is the arcade mode, which removes some of the more complex rules and adds to the force of impacts. |
| Cardinal Syn | 1998-08-26 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Kronos Digital Entertainment | Action | Side view | | | Fighting | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Mature | 2D scrolling | PS1 | For decades, the clans of Bloodland were locked in a never-ending war; then the Wanderer arrived with the Book of Knowledge. He divided the book and gave each clan a piece, hoping the clans would come to rely on each other's newly acquired knowledge. The Wanderer left and the clans, hoping to reassemble the book, returned to their old ways. That is when Syn appeared. She turned the pieces of the book into weapons and organized a tournament of the clans' warriors. Whoever wins the tournament will control the Book of Knowledge and become the ruler of Bloodland.Cardinal Syn is a gory versus fighting game, set within a series of character-specific arenas that may include traps such as poisonous puddles or lava. Players can choose between 20 characters, each with unique combos and weapons (including ranged and magic attacks) and battle their way through the tournament. Additional modes include Practice, Survival, and Team Battle. |
| NFL GameDay 99 | 1998-08-26 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | 989 Studios | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | A port of a Playstation title that offers a more action-oriented aproach to american football. You can only play the 1998 season with your choice of NFL licensed teams (tough all with the same playbook) in either the standard game mode or a pseudo coaching mode were you call the plays and watch the computer develop the action.Additions for the pc version include expanded multiplayer support (over modem/internet/lan) and Direct3D accelerated graphics which show off the game's animations and real-time weather conditions. Also in the sound department you get in-game comment by Dick Enberg and Phil Simms. |
| Astronōka | 1998-08-27 | Enix Corporation | MuuMuu Co., Ltd., System Sacom | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Kinema Moon Graphics, Kazuma Shirasaki | | | Isometric | PS1 | Astronōka is a farming simulation game. Creatures from a remote star system cultivate vegetables in a futuristic environment. The player controls these creatures in various levels, completing puzzles in order to care for and gather the vegetables and win vegetable contests. The ultimate goal is to win the All-Universe Vegetable Competition. |
| Capcom Generation: Dai 1 Shū - Gekitsuiō no Jidai | 1998-08-27 | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action, Compilation | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | PS1 | The first of Capcom's classic collections for PlayStation and Saturn includes the 194X shooter series with the following games:
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| Dancing Blade: Katte ni Momotenshi! | 1998-08-27 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc., Kyoto Animation Co.,Ltd. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Momohime is a young girl who was found inside a giant peach as a child. She is traveling with her friends, hoping to learn more about where she came from. They have heard of another mysterious young girl named Nayotake who lives in the capital, and are heading there to see if there is any connection, but when they reach the capital they find it under attack by strange creatures! Just what is going on, and is there any connection between Momohime, Nayotake, and the mysterious creatures?Dancing Blade is an anime FMV game. The player simply watches each scene as it proceeds; the only interaction is occasionally selecting dialogue choices when prompted. Depending on the player's choices, they will reach one of four different endings. Once an ending is reached, the scenario leading to that ending can later be replayed without interruption. Any scene already viewed can also be freely revisited. |
| Jikū Tantei DD 2: Hangyaku no Apsalar | 1998-08-27 | ASCII Corporation | System Sacom | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Visual novel | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Setting | PS1 | Hangyaku no Apsalar is a sequel to Maboroshi no Lorelei, but the gameplay and graphics style are completely different. While the first Dracula Detective game uses 3D pre-rendered graphics and plays as an interactive movie, this sequel uses 2D graphics, anime art, and one progresses by reading through the dialogues (of which not all are voice-acted) in a similar manner to visual novels.The story takes place in the 23rd century where people can freely use time travel to go back to the past. But altering the past or smuggling long lost things back to the present can yield serious consequences, and for that purpose a special police task force has been created to enforce the law and protect the present timeline from criminals trying to alter or affect it in any way. The protagonist of the story is Raizou Narukami (鳴神 雷蔵), also known as Dracula Detective due to being a descendant of the legendary vampire Dracula from Transylvania. Those very genes give him certain special powers and help him in his task as a detective, no matter how difficult the cases that are waiting. |
| King of Bowling 2 | 1998-08-27 | Coconuts Japan Entertainment Co., Ltd. | Coconuts Japan Entertainment Co., Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)Try for the perfect frame in a fully 3D alley!Pit one of eight player-characters against bowling pro's who show no mercy.Bowl high-speed curves and get as many strikes as you can. Success is vital in the game's many tournaments. |
| The King of Fighters Kyo | 1998-08-27 | SNK Corporation | Japan Media Programming Inc., Yumekobo Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Fighting | | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | The King Fighters of Kyo is a spin-off from SNK's successful fighting games that focuses on the series main character: Kyo Kusanagi. The game takes place 11 months after the '96 tournament, and covers the months prior to the '97 tournament and the tournament itself from an RPG-like point of view. You control Kyo, and go around the world (starting in your home, Osaka and eventually going to places like Mexico and California) advancing a plot line related to the Orochi storyline and your eternal enemy, Iori Yagami, by interacting with other characters from the series, solving subquests and winning fights viewed from a first-person perspective. Fights are turn-based, with a menu-based system from which you select actions and moves to execute. The overall objective of the game is to explore and learn everything you can about the back stories and subplots revolving each character, and get a pair of teammates (anyone from the 31 available characters, not just the "hero" team) and enough experience to enter the '97 tournament. Also included is a battle mode, and a sound test mode. |
| Command & Conquer: Red Alert - Retaliation | 1998-08-28 | Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc. | Westwood Studios, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | Regional differences | War | Real-time strategy | Europe, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | PS1 | Command & Conquer: Red Alert - Retaliation combines the campaigns seen in the Command & Conquer: Red Alert PC add-ons Counterstrike and The Aftermath into one complete game for the PlayStation. It also continues the same storyline seen in the original Red Alert.New additions include specially produced cutscenes, an improved interface for the control pad users, and a special two player mode, where two PlayStations can be connected using the link cable and two TVs. Inserting one of the disks into one of the consoles results in playing a 2 player version of Red Alert, with 100 different missions to play.
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| TOCA Championship Racing | 1998-08-29 | 3DO Company, The | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | PS1 | The British Touring Car Championship represented the worldwide peak of saloon car racing in the mid 1990s, attracting factory support from Audi, Renault, Ford, Volvo and several other constructors. In this game you can choose from all official teams and drivers of the 1997 season, won by Renault's Alain Menu. All the circuits are also included. The cars have a realistic damage model, so they can loose specific parts like bumpers or mirrors. The weather effects are also very realistic. Car handling is designed to be tough but realistic. |
| Pro Pinball: Timeshock! | 1998-08-31 | Empire Interactive Entertainment | Cunning Developments | Action | | | | Pinball | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | The follow-up to The Web features a single but a very complex table. You have a 3D view of the table, with 4 different viewpoints. Your ultimate point-scoring goal is to travel through time by collecting crystals. The game takes in Roman, Prehistoric and Futuristic settings, as well as the present-day world.There is a lot of secret stuff to discover. Many videos are shown in the dot matrix display above the table. The developers also included a preview mode, that lets you zoom into special areas of the table. |
| Sentinel Returns | 1998-08-31 | Psygnosis Limited | Hookstone Ltd. | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | | | | | Real-time | Everyone | | PS1 | Enter a surreal world where you must battle the Sentinel and his sentries over 650 chequered, 3D landscapes. Energy and movement are completely redefined in this unique blend of arcade and strategy elements. You, only known as an intelligent presence, move about the landscape by teleporting between robot "hulls". Any object in your field of vision can be absorbed for energy, as long as you also see the square of the landscape that the object is standing on. By aiming at any square your can see, and spending energy, you can create a new robot hull and teleport your presence to it, or you can create neutral objects: trees to block yourself from the Sentinel's gaze, or boulders that can be stacked. You gain height in the landscape by creating a robot on top of a stack of boulders, until you can see the Sentinel's square at the highest point in the landscape and absorb him. The problem is that the Sentinel slowly rotates and ruthlessly absorbs anything in his field of vision that is more potent than a tree, including yourself. In later levels, his sentries will threaten you with absorption from several directions. |
| DBZ: Dead Ball Zone | 1998-09-01 | GT Interactive Software Corp. | Rage Games Ltd. | Action, Sports | | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | This high speed futuristic sports game pits two teams of armed psychotics against each other in a brutal (and lethal) fight to launch a ball into the opponents net over, around, or through the opponent. Players are armed with a variety of weapons (chainsaws, grenades, machine guns, etc...) and a full range of unarmed combat moves (including the good old-fashioned crotch kick) all of which can be used to defend the goal but remember, the best defense is a good offense.DBZ also has many of the features you would expect from a typical sports game including player development, league and season management, and stat tracking (scores, kills, etc...). |
| Future Cop: L.A.P.D. | 1998-09-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Redwood Shores Studio | Action | Diagonal-down | | | | North America, Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | Direct control | | Teen | | PS1 | Take control of a transforming mech in Los Angeles and clean up the crime that is running rampant throughout. Use powerful weapons to destroy anything in your way, remember...serve, protect and survive! |
| Tenchu: Stealth Assassins | 1998-09-01 | Activision, Inc. | Acquire Corp. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Stealth | Fantasy, Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) | | Direct control | | Mature | | PS1 | It is 16th century Japan and you are one of two ninja employed by Lord Gohda, an uniquely compassionate samurai lord. As either Rikimaru or Ayame, you must proceed through your assigned quests, at first dispatching the amoral and unsavory folk in your lord's domain. As the game progresses, you will come face to face with greater threats from tengu goblins and oni demons.A full 3D game in the Tomb Raider spirit, Tenchu focuses on stealth and attacking unseen over straight action. Not being spotted leads to higher scores and better equipment. To aid in this, you can not only creep about and hug walls, but also use your grappling hook. Scenery is diverse, from Japanese castles to mountain retreats, each with their own types of opponents and soundtrack. Game engine cutscenes push the story forward, which various slightly for each of the two ninja. |
| Mystic Mind: Yureru Omoi | 1998-09-03 | Mainichi Communications, Inc. | Family Soft Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Romance | Dating simulation, Visual novel | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Mystic Mind: Yureru Omoi is a love simulation visual novel adventure game taking place in a private high school. The player, who can be a male or a female student, will meet different characters based on the selected protagonist. The game uses the calendar days to progress time in the story and features multiple endings and paths based on player's actions and dialogue choices. |
| Heart of Darkness | 1998-09-08 | Interplay Productions, Inc., Tantrum Entertainment, Inc. | Amazing Studio | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Andy is a child who likes playing with his dog Whiskey, doesn't particularly enjoy going to school, and has a knack for inventing complicated gadgets. One day Andy and Whiskey are strolling through the park, when suddenly a solar eclipse darkens the sky, and after a moment Andy realizes that his dog has been taken away. But science can solve everything, and Andy heads to his treehouse, which is home to his outstanding inventions, including a spaceship! If you thought it was just a toy, you thought wrong, because Andy boards the ship and pilots it into the heart of the Darklands, a world controlled by the evil Master of Darkness. Andy takes out his gun (another splendid invention of his) and prepares to fight the evil sorcerer's minions. Nothing will stop the boy from rescuing his beloved dog!Heart of Darkness is a cinematic 2D platformer designed by Eric Chahi, the creator of one of the genre's progenitors, Another World. Though the game has many fast and furious action sequences, including shooting hordes of dark creatures, it is built like a series of tasks, each requiring different approaches, from arcade-style shooting or jumping to interacting with the environment and solving puzzles. Like its spiritual predecessor, the game is linear; completing a section usually takes Andy to a different location, where another task awaits him.Andy has several guns at his disposal, though in certain locations he will lose his weapons and will rely on the player's wit or quick reaction to survive. Andy will also gain magical energy, which can be used to grow or destroy trees. Similarly to Another World, many hazards are placed on the hero's path; despite the child-oriented premise, the game contains graphically explicit death scenes, which occur if the player is not careful or quick enough to save Andy from a gruesome demise.Heart of Darkness features orchestral music and pre-rendered animated cutscenes. It comes with a pair of 3D glasses, which allow the player to view certain scenes in the game in 3D. |
| Parasite Eve | 1998-09-09 | Square Electronic Arts L.L.C. | Square Co., Ltd., Square USA, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | Licensed | Detective / mystery | | | | | Real-time | Mature | | PS1 | An ordinary day in New York for rookie police officer Aya Brea. Christmas Eve is the present day, and you've decided to visit the opera theater. Now this is where the fireworks begin. Suddenly audience members are set on fire, toasted completely, and it appears that the lead vocal is the source of this burning terror. Yet you appear to be immune, and as a police officer you're always on duty, so you must confront the danger.There has to be some connection between the two of you, as that seems the only rational explanation. What if mitochondria are a species on its own, more advanced then humankind, and using them only to create environments and civilization for themselves? What if humankind are just hosts? What if mitochondria are the natural enemy of humankind? That would make Aya their natural enemy, so the battle for survival and uncovering the truth has already started.The game is played over six days, each day bringing its own quest. Environments range from Central Park and the American Museum of Natural History to a police office and hospital, all of them modeled like realistic places and most of them crawling with bloodthirsty mutant animals. Combat is different from traditional RPGs, as while you still take turns attacking and/or using parasite powers, you'll be able to run across the battlefield and dodge enemy fire or even strike from a better angle or behind. As Aya levels up she will gain access to parasite powers, such as healing or supercharging a bullet with energy. These powers will deplete a recharging energy bar, although the bar will recharge slower the longer combat drags on. Aya will find many guns of various types throughout the game, and every gun can be modified with extra stats, either with special items, or by breaking down another gun to move over its bonus stats or special effects. The same is true for armor Aya finds. |
| Spyro the Dragon | 1998-09-09 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Insomniac Games, Inc. | Action | Behind view | Regional differences | | Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | The evil Gnasty Gnorc has turned all the dragons in the Dragon Lands into crystal. He has also stolen the dragons' gems by locking them up in chests or turning them into soldiers for his army. But he forgot about one little dragon: Spyro. Now Spyro has to travel through the dragon kingdom and free all the dragons from their crystal prison, recover the dragons' gems and defeat Gnasty Gnorc. Spyro the Dragon is a 3D platform game similar to Super Mario 64. The game consists of six worlds: Artisans, Peace Keepers, Magic Crafters, Beast Makers, Dream Weavers and finally Gnasty's World. Each world consists of a home or hub area, three regular levels, one flight level and one boss level.The goal of the game is to beat Gnasty Gnorc by working your way through all six worlds. Along the way you have to find all 80 dragons, collect all 12 dragon eggs and collect as many gems as you can. Gems are found scattered throughout the levels, in treasure chests. Also, each defeated bad guy yields a gem and end bosses hold several gems.The inventory screen shows progress for each level, how many gems found and how many dragons, it also shows many there are in each level. The real challenge lies in completing every level 100%. To do this you really have to explore every nook and cranny, the last gems are usually located on hard to reach places. |
| Blue Breaker Burst: Egao no Asu ni | 1998-09-10 | Human Entertainment, Inc. | HuneX Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Fighting | | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Egao no Asu ni is the third and final title in the Blue Breaker series, and is a direct sequel to Hohoemi o Anata to. The game is once again a full-3D fighting game, and the story picks up directly after the previous title, with Chimena still searching for the holy sword. There are also once again several new side stories featuring other characters.There are several new playable characters in this release, as well as a brand new Team Battle mode, which allows each player to select three characters to use in order. There is also an optional prologue that recaps the story of the previous title. |
| Debut 21 | 1998-09-10 | NEC Interchannel, Ltd. | ImageWorks | Simulation | | | | Managerial / business simulation | Japan (Modern/Futuristic), Sci-fi / futuristic | | Menu structures | | | | PS1 | Debut 21 is a futuristic spinoff/spiritual successor to Tanjō: Debut; as with that game, the player is tasked with raising an idol as they become popular and managing their stats, but the twist here is that the game is set in the year 2020, and the idol you are tasked with managing is an android, named Ai Kanzaki. The player is tasked with guiding her through an entire in-game year, raising her stats and keeping her stress level within reasonable limits. In contrast to its 2D predecessor, this game uses real-time 3D graphics. |
| Diver's Dream | 1998-09-10 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Computer Entertainment Sapporo Co., Ltd | Action, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | Real-time | | | PS1 | Diver's Dream is a game inspired by Luc Besson's movie The Big Blue. The player meets an old man named Roberto Meyer, who's life long dream is to explore the wreck of the ship Gigantic Matilda. Together with him and his grand daughter Olivia, the player sets out to start exploring the vast sea bed and finally maybe even Gigantic Matilda...The player starts out wearing just a pair of swim trunks, and in order to reach the great depths of the sea the equipment needs to be up to date. The game is mission based and the player will have collect treasures and valuables from the sea bed and with the money earned, upgrade the scuba gear and advance to more difficult missions with greater rewards.The game is semi free roaming in nature, meaning that the player gets to explore a big area at the time. Options are to collect treasure, fight off aggressive underwater creatures or simply play around with the friendly dolphins. |
| DoDonPachi | 1998-09-10 | SPS | CAVE Co., Ltd. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | DoDonPachi is Cave's sequel to their 1995 arcade release DonPachi. Like its predecessor, DoDonPachi is a vertical-scrolling and military- and robot-themed manic shooter featuring a giant mecha bee for a final boss. The player's ship and the gameplay are virtually the same as in DonPachi, with one of three weapons selected at start then levelled-up by collecting dropped power-ups. |
| Doki Doki Poyatchio!! | 1998-09-10 | King Records Co., Ltd. | Studio Saizensen Ltd. | Adventure, Simulation | Top-down | | | Japanese-style adventure, Life / social simulation | Fantasy | | Direct control | Real-time | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Doki Doki Poyatchio is a relaxed life simulation game. Players take control of a boy living out a month on his summer vacation. His main job is delivering bread for his cousin Marin, but beyond that players are free to spend their time as they please. They can befriend a large number of characters or explore areas outside the town. Each of the game's NPCs follows their own schedule throughout the days, and events can occur based on how they feel about the player. |
| Mega Man Legends | 1998-09-10 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | Arcade, Metroidvania, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | In a world covered almost entirely in water, there exist small islands that hide huge treasures. And where there's treasure, you can find treasure hunters called Diggers, who live for the thrill of the hunt...Barrel Casket was once one of the greatest Diggers, but he has now retired. He now cares for his young granddaughter, Roll, whose parents disappeared while on a dig. He had also discovered a strange baby boy in some ruins one time, who he also took under his care alongside Roll. He named the baby boy Rock Voulnut, and Rock grew up to be an expert Digger, sometimes known by his nickname, MegaMan.While out exploring one day, Rock, Roll, and Barrel's airship, the Flutter, crash lands on an island named Kattelox. As they explore Kattelox in hopes of fixing their ship, they hear word of a huge treasure, the legendary Mother Lode, that is buried somewhere on the island. Rock, Roll, and Barrel decide to look for the treasure, but at the same time, they're going to get a little competition from a pirate family named the Bonnes...Mega Man Legends is the first of the Mega Man series to take place in fully explorable 3D, and is paced more like an RPG than the previous stage-to-stage action games. Rock can explore the town and follow the story to find entrances to the underground ruins, where in he will find traps, feral Reaverbots, and large boss robots. Destroying enemies will reward Rock with health, sub-weapon energy, and the power cores of the robots, which people in his world use as currency. By searching through the town and ruins Rock will find items of dubious use and value, and they can be brought back to Roll to be assembled into useful items and upgradable sub-weapons, although not for free. Rock can run while shooting, go into first person mode for aimed shots, and also lock onto an enemy and circle around them to avoid their attacks. |
| NFL Blitz | 1998-09-10 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Midway Games, Inc. | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | NFL Blitz gives the National Football League the same over-the-top treatment that Midway had used so effectively with NBA Jam. Features include exaggerated muscle-bound player models, "turbo" buttons, fast action, and some pretty wild rules changes (like 30 yards for a first down!). Blitz is nothing if not a unique football gaming experience.Player taunts ("This is MY HOUSE!"), unpenalized late hits, and amusing running commentary from the announcers ("That was totally uncalled for -- but awfully fun to watch!") all add to the game's violent charm.
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| Devil Dice | 1998-09-11 | THQ Inc. | Shift Inc. | Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Devil Dice is a multi-player puzzle game. Use devils to wipe out rows of dice, play one-to-one challenges or take on four friends in a frenetic battle for survival.There is a choice of four different game modes: race against the clock, attempt increasingly challenging puzzles, team up with a friend or battle to be the sole survivor. |
| G Darius | 1998-09-11 | THQ Inc. | Taito Corporation | Action | Side view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | G Darius chronicles the story of the Darius star, and the heroes who protect it from evil. G. Darius features similar gameplay concepts to other titles in the series, but now plays in 2D/3D (a la Einhander/Thunder Force V/R-Type Delta). |
| Bishi Bashi Special | 1998-09-17 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Computer Entertainment Sapporo Co., Ltd | Action, Compilation | | | | Arcade, Board game, Music / rhythm, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | PS1 | Bishi Bashi Special is a compilation (and conversion) of the Konami arcade titles Bishi Bashi Champ, Super Bishi Bashi Champ and Handle Champ.Gameplay is made up of tons of mini games, all of which use a simple 3-button interface that mimics the arcade originals. The mini games encompass a wide variety of button-mashing, timing and button combination games. The games themselves can be anything from making hamburgers, throwing a pie down a church aisle to balancing a car on a floating narrow gravel road and much more.The game can be played alone, vs a computer player or play up to eight people using a multi-tap and three controllers. |
| Captain Commando | 1998-09-17 | NEW Corporation | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Beat 'em up / brawler | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Metro City, 2026. A corrupt mutant group by the name of "Scumocide" plot to control the universe. The hero, Captain Commando assembles a team of three renegades; Ginzu the Ninja, Baby Head, and Mack the Knife; to help him foil Scumocide's plans. This task will not be easy as many of Earh's institutions are infested with Scumocides minions, but strength and persistence runs the team into the crusade.The player chooses one of these four characters, who must fight their way through an army of genetically engineered super-criminal, traveling through a series of locations such as the bank, museum, circus, aquarium, and several others, right through to a planet called "Callisto", where the evil behind "Scumocide" awaits. All four characters have their own special attacks. Captain Commando can use the power of his suit to shoot electricity through his palms. Baby Head rides around in a mech suit which does more damage. Mack can use short knives. Each location ends with the character defeating a boss before proceeding to the next one.
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| Genghis Khan II: Clan of the Gray Wolf | 1998-09-17 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Turn-based strategy | Asia, Historical events | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Genghis Khan II: Clan of the Gray Wolf is a 2D turn-based grand strategy game, based on the life of the historical Mongol leader Temujin, better known as Genghis Khan. The gameplay is similar to other grand strategy games from Koei, like Romance of the Three Kingdoms or Nobunaga's Ambition. The game has various scenarios from the Conquest of Mongolia (the unification of Mongol tribes) to World Conquest (with up to six playable factions). On the world/country map (divided into smaller provinces) the player develops his own provinces, gives orders to his subordinates, establishes alliances and recruits armies. The battles are presented in a separate mode, where the player directs troops using commands. |
| Mikagura Shoujo Tanteidan | 1998-09-17 | Human Entertainment, Inc. | Human Entertainment, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | Detective / mystery | Visual novel | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Mikagura Shoujo Tanteidan makes use of an inference trigger system in which players have to detect points that need attention or are contradictory during conversations and look for suspicious spots in crime scenes to find out the truth. Have fun playing detective with the Mikagura girl detectives today!This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：1577MBCopyright：©2009 HAMSTER Co. ©NUDE MAKERPlease note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Simulation RPG Tsukuru | 1998-09-17 | ASCII Corporation | Pegasus Japan Corp. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Top-down | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Simulation RPG Tsukuru is, much akin to its brethren in the RPG Maker line of games, a construction kit and editor to make RPGs. In this case, it's "simulation" RPGs or, as they're more commonly known, tactical/strategy RPGs in the vein of Fire Emblem and Shining Force.The construction kit gives the player a menu based interface where it's possible to change almost every detail of the game being made, down to the character sprites, background music and individual statistics for each character. |
| U.P.P. | 1998-09-17 | Panther Software Inc. | Panther Software Inc. | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Arcade, Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | The Soul Fight International Championship has begun. Eight fighters have gathered to put their skills to the test. Defeat the best fighters, and become the king of the Soul Fight world.U.P.P. is a puzzle game that plays like an upside-down version of Columns with a twist. Groups of various-colored gems appear from the bottom of the screen and rise toward the top. Match three in a row vertically, horizontally, or diagonally of the same color to clear them. Every clear and combo earns charge for your Soul Gauge, which when enough charge is gathered allows you to unleash special attacks that can either hinder your opponent or give yourself an advantage. Each character has three different attacks, which require different amounts of energy charge. |
| NHL 99 | 1998-09-21 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Sports | Diagonal-down, Top-down | Licensed | | Tom Papadatos | | | Direct control | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | After the award-winning NHL 98, EA worked to improve what was considered to be one of the most complete ice hockey games in the market. Along the usual and almost obligatory NHL roster updates, the International mode first featured in the previous version was expanded, allowing players to choose IIHF rules and rink size.Graphically, the arena is more detailed with more rinkside features, and ice reflections, player faces were improved and stand more seamlessly into the model, enhanced motion capture result in better animated hits (with the ability to break the glass with a well-placed body check making a return), shots and saves, and finally an higher polygon count complete the graphic enhancements to the game.As graphic changes aren't enough to make a game better, gameplay was also tweaked, with computer players being smarter, both in offense and defense. Shooting was tweaked (slap shots are easier to pull, players no longer skate in circles to do some backhand shots and must be facing the goal to shoot, particularly in one timers) and a new special move brings dekes, spin-o-ramas and the kind of moves Jágr, Fedorov and Selänne pull when one-on-one with the goalie. However, if the player gets too close to the crease, the referee might want to review the play in the new video goal judge, so the player must think twice before trying to pull a "Brett Hull". For newcomers to the sport, a new Beginner mode allows players to get used to the ice without having to concern with penalties or an overly strong opponent.The season mode was also improved, with the players now having streaks that affect either positively or negatively his abilities. Debuting the Nashville Predators, players can either choose to play with their initial roster, or do a fantasy expansion draft.Like in the previous year, Jim Hughson and Darryl Reaugh liven up matches with play by play and colour commentary. |
| Bomberman World | 1998-09-22 | Atlus Software Inc. | Hudson Soft Company, Ltd. | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | This is Bomberman's first appearance on the PlayStation in North America. This version maintains the style of play of the 2D Bomberman games, but has a pseudo-3D look to it. Bomberman World features the one player story mode as found in all Bomberman games, but it most importantly has a five player battle mode. The multiplayer game has twelve different maps, along with three different modes of play. |
| NASCAR 99 | 1998-09-22 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Stormfront Studios | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | PS1 | NASCAR 99, the arcade-style racing game from EA and Stormfront Studios. In addition to 2-player simultaneous racing the game featured 37 officially licensed cars and 17 tracks, as well as the voices of Bob Jenkins and Benny Parsons commentary.
Using the Andretti Racing engine, NASCAR 99 was EAs first entry into NASCAR racing for the Nintendo 64 and PlayStation. |
| The Unholy War | 1998-09-22 | Crystal Dynamics, Inc., Eidos, Inc. | Toys for Bob Inc. | Action, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Two powerful forces are about to clash and you must decide which side you are on. The Arcanes are the natives on the planet Xsarra. The Teknos crash land on Xsarra and decide to conquer the planet in this unholy war of flesh vs. metal.The Teknos are cybernetic conquerors who want the resources of Xsarra for themselves. The Arcanes have coexisted peacefully for thousands of years but now band together to destroy the machine invaders. Each side is compromised of seven different types of warriors for a total of 14 playable warriors. Each warrior has three separate types of moves or attacks that can be performed against their opponent. Each warrior also has a strategy skill that can be used when playing that mode of gameplay.There are two types of gameplay, Mayhem mode and Strategy Mode. Mayhem mode consists of choosing seven warriors and facing off against seven opposing warriors controlled by the computer or another player. Action is fast, furious, and different each time depending on one of the several "terrains" that can be chosen to fight the battles within. Random power-ups also appear to help which ever warrior can get to them first. All the warriors and environments are rendered in full 3D with the camera centering on the middle point above the two warriors. The warriors dance around each other, hurling their attacks and avoiding traps.Strategy Mode consists of a three-dimensional map where the player moves his warriors across it with the ultimate goal to destroy the opposing warriors or destroy their fortresses. When two warriors meet on the map, gameplay switches to Mayhem mode and the two warriors fight to the death with the winning one returning to the map to fight another day. To create new warriors, a special type of energy called "Aur" must be mined. Warriors in strategy mode can perform two types of actions. These include moving, attacking, or using their special power. There is a underlying story that is never fully developed but, is revealed as the player progresses through each of the 12 regions of the Strategy mode for both the Arcanes and Teknos.A great deal of strategy is required to win in Mayhem mode and Strategy mode. Primarily, it involves figuring out which warrior to use to destroy another. Each warrior has at least one fatal weakness when matched with the appropriate opposing warrior. |
| A Collection of Activision Classic Games for the Atari 2600 | 1998-09-23 | Activision, Inc. | LTI Gray Matter | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | A collection of 30 classic Activision and Imagic titles originally published for the Atari 2600:
Atlantis
Barnstorming
Boxing
Chopper Command
Cosmic Commuter
Crackpots
Dolphin
Dragster
Enduro
Fishing Derby
Freeway
Frostbite
Grand Prix
H.E.R.O.
Ice Hockey
Kaboom!
Keystone Kapers
Laser Blast
Megamania
Pitfall!
Plaque Attack
River Raid
River Raid II
Seaquest
Skiing
Sky Jinks
Spider Fighter
Stampede
Starmaster
Tennis |
| Advanced V.G. 2 | 1998-09-23 | Technical Group Laboratory, Inc. | Technical Group Laboratory, Inc. | Action | Side view | | Martial arts | Fighting | | | | | | | PS1 | V.G. is the annual fighting tournament to find the strongest woman, sponsored by the Jahana Group and with a prize of one billion yen. The fighters work as waitresses at restaurants in exchange for promoting the tournament. The site has been chosen, and the fighters have gathered. A young girl, Tamao Mitsurugi, has entered the tournament inspired by last year's champion Yuka Takeuchi.Advanced Variable Geo 2 is one of several titles in the long-running all-girl fighting game series. Using one of 12 characters, including nine returning from the previous title, the player can choose from a variety mode, including a standard arcade mode, a story mode, a 2-player versus mode, and a time attack mode. There is also a practice mode, a wide variety of game options, and play statistics tracking. |
| Blaze & Blade Busters | 1998-09-23 | T&E Soft, Inc. | T&E Soft, Inc. | DLC / Add-on, Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Blaze & Blade Busters is an expansion disc for Blaze & Blade: Eternal Quest. Players can import their saves from the first game in order to continue with several new gameplay scenarios. It also features enhancements to a few of the original game's core mechanics, including streamlined item exchange and leader swapping. It also features one new mode: a multiplayer battle royale for up to four players. |
| Capcom Generation: Dai 2 Shū - Makai to Kishi | 1998-09-23 | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action, Compilation | Side view | | | Arcade | | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | The Capcom Generation 2 compilation contains 3 games from the Ghost 'N Goblins series:
Ghost 'N Goblins
Ghouls 'N Ghosts
Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts |
| Doki Doki Pretty League: Nekketsu Otome Seishunki | 1998-09-23 | Xing Entertainment | | Simulation, Sports | | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | In this game you play a coach for an all-girl baseball team. The game plays like a managerial game where you have to keep track of the schedule, add practice time for the girls and play games to advance in the series. But to keep the team happy you must also make sure they have a good social life as well as a well thought out training regime. |
| Itadaki Street: Gorgeous King | 1998-09-23 | Enix Corporation | Armor Project, Tomcat System | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Gourgeous King is the third title in the Itadaki Street series, and is essentially an expanded remake of Itadaki Street 2. Most of the characters and maps from the previous release have returned, along with eight new maps and a dozen new characters. The main new feature is a story mode called Sugoroku Town, which is based on the board game minigame from the Super Famicom version of Dragon Quest III, and the Official and Tournament modes from the previous edition also return. |
| Namco: Anthology 2 | 1998-09-23 | Namco Limited | Tose Co., Ltd. | Compilation | | | | Falling block puzzle | | | | | | | PS1 | Namco Anthology 2 is a compilation of arcade and console games by Namco, which differs from the Museum releases in that it contains arranged versions of all the games included, with redone graphics, sounds and features.This edition includes:
King of Kings
Pac-Attack
Power Golf 2
Valkyrie no Bōken: Toki no Kagi Densetsu |
| Rally de Africa | 1998-09-23 | Prism Arts | Prism Arts | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | Africa | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Rally de Africa is an arcade rally racing game which plays similarly to Sega Rally Championship. The game features four game modes: Championship, where the player plays through a series of races; Spot Entry, where the player can play a singe race; 2 Player Battle, where two players can race against each other; and Memory Battle, where the player can race against the replay of another player which is stored on the memory card. In each race you begin in the twelfth position behind eleven computer opponents, the goal is to pass all the opponents to get into the first place position before you reach the end of the stage. The game features a total of five different stages set across the continent of Africa and a selection of unlicensed vehicles to race with. |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms II | 1998-09-23 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Strategy | Top-down | | | Turn-based strategy | China (Ancient / Imperial), Historical events | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | The sequel to Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The game concept is still the same, though they did improve a lot of features that one may consider 'disturbing' from RTK I (e.g. Generals dying easily due to disease, etc.). RTK can be said to be much more 'stable' where players no longer have to worry that much about time length in the game, as the game take a slower time rate to allow the players to build up their forces without much interference. The RTK II gameplay and interface is closely similar to Nobunaga's Ambition II. |
| Wing Over 2 | 1998-09-23 | Pack-In-Video Co., Ltd | Beluga Computer, Victor Interactive Software, Inc. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | | | | | PS1 | Wing Over 2 is a combat flight simulator game for the PlayStation. In the game you start without any flight training. You have to find a job first to earn enough money for flight lessons, once you have achieved that and taken your lessons and exams, you can start flying simple missions which will earn you credits. The more missions you complete the more credits you achieve with which planes and more missions will become available to you and the more dangerous missions as well. |
| Trap Gunner | 1998-09-24 | Atlus U.S.A., Inc. | Racdym | Action | Diagonal-down | | Spy / espionage | Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | In Trap Gunner two opponents battle in small arenas, and while each has a relatively weak ranged and melee attack, the favored means of damaging an opponent is through hidden traps. Each combatant has at his or her disposal a range of explosives, pits, throwing panels, and gas bombs. An enemy is significantly damaged by a single trap, but one may create a sequence of traps for a devastating amount of damage.With one of six different special agents, each a specialist in assassination and demolitions, a player may progress through a story mode consisting of several missions, a sub-boss, and a final boss. These characters are also available for custom battles against a human or the computer. |
| S.C.A.R.S. | 1998-09-25 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Vivid Image | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | PS1 | In the world of 3000 AD, the world is run by 9 different supercomputers, who are horribly bored, so they created this virtual reality simulation to race each other. The cars are based on the attributes of extinct Terran animals. Race nine different cars (some need to be unlocked) on nine different tracks. You can race, or you can shoot your opponents with the nine different weapons. Plenty of multiplayer options (including split screen on PC). |
| Thunder Force V: Perfect System | 1998-09-25 | SPAZ, Working Designs | Technosoft Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | The first installment in the Thunder Force series made for 32-bit consoles. As a pilot for the Thunder Force group, it's up to you to destroy an evil alien race bent on destroying the Earth and all of its inhabitants. As in its predecessors, the gameplay is fast and furious, with more powerful weapons. All weapons now have an extra powerful blast mode, triggered by holding down the fire button. Sprites have been forfeited in favour of 2D polygons made possible by the new platform. The musical score contains a lot of techno rearrangements of old Thunder Force themes. In spite of all the changes, Thunder Force V aims to please fans of old-schoolers by not abandoning concepts and details introduced in earlier games in the series. |
| Moto Racer 2 | 1998-09-26 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Delphine Software International | Racing / Driving, Sports | Behind view | | | | | Motorcycle, Off-roading, Track racing | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | Delphine's sequel to their popular Moto Racer, MR2 features more tracks, several different "championship" modes, an enhanced Direct3D graphics engine, and a track editor for creating your own superbike and motocross tracks. |
| Caesars Palace II | 1998-09-30 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | Runecraft Ltd. | Gambling | 1st-person | Licensed | | Cards / tiles | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Caesars Palace II is the follow-up of Caesars Palace where once again the player is given $1,000 to either make a fortune from it or bust and go home empty handed.Once again the stage is set at the historic Caesars Palace and has 19 different games to play in including Craps, Blackjack, Roulette, Video poker, Slot Machines among many others and gambling wins and losses including stats are kept to show the player how well or how poorly they are doing. Doing well on certain tables will also unlock higher and more expensive tables.It also supports four players and authentic odds verified by a expert statistician William Bertram, Ph.D and also features Caesars Palace Guide to Gaming to help the player along. |
| Rogue Trip: Vacation 2012 | 1998-09-30 | GT Interactive Software Corp. | SingleTrac Entertainment Technologies, Inc. | Action, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Self billed as the spiritual successor to "Car Combat", Rogue Trip puts the player in the role of a post-apocalyptic cab driver competing to take a tourist to "photo-op" locations. Drivers use one of 16 custom cars and a variety of weapons to battle for a single passenger who (when driven to specific points on the map) provides money for more weapons and repairs. Each level is filled with hazards to avoid (such as 747 airplanes landing around you), power ups, and hostile opponents trying to steal your fare. Supporting the vehicular mayhem is a pulse pounding soundtrack by The Mighty Mighty BossTones and Nashville Pussy. |
| Running Wild | 1998-09-30 | 989 Studios | Blue Shift, Inc. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | Fantasy | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This original take on racing sets you up as a bipedal animal, jumping over all sorts of obstacles in an attempt to speed past your wild competition. Each of the game's six tracks is set in a vastly different locale, presenting unique challenges for every animal on the roster. Choose from six beastly characters, each with a different skill set: The elephant is the strongest, the bull is the most agile, and the zebra is the fastest. Hidden boss characters can be unlocked in the game's Challenge mode, while Time Trial allows you to race against your own best time.There's a wide variety of speed-ups and power-ups out there, and you'll need them to get faster, bigger, or more powerful. Who needs combat cars when you can race jungle animals? |
| Tales of Destiny | 1998-09-30 | Namco Hometek Inc. | Wolf Team | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down, Side view | | | | Fantasy | | | | Teen | | PS1 | A great swordsman named Stahn Aileron takes a ride on a giant dragon ship. During the flight, the ship is attacked by pirates. Looking for a weapon to defend himself, Stahn discovers a sword. Very soon he finds out it is not just an ordinary sword, but the legendary talking sword Dymlos, who has been sleeping for many years and who can be awakened only if the world is in grave danger. But what exactly is the danger that awakened Dymlos now? With the help of a few friends, Stahn decides to explore the world and find out what is wrong.Tales of Destiny is a follow-up to Tales of Phantasia. Like its predecessor, it has the structure of traditional Japanese role-playing games, but substitutes turn-based combat for action-oriented one. Battles take place on separate side-scrolling screens and resemble those of a fighting game. The player controls the main hero, navigating him on the battle screen and performing various attacks and combos. Other party members are controlled by the game's AI, but it is possible to pause the battle at any time and assign new combat style to any one of them. |
| The Game of Life | 1998-09-30 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | Mass Media, Inc. | Strategy | | Licensed | | Board game | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | The classic board game comes to life (no pun intended) on the PC!Play the Classic or Enhanced version of the classic game. Spin the spinner, get a job, get married, buy a house, play the stock market, take revenge against other players and gain wealth.Play up to 6 players either over a network or the internet. |
| Dragon Seeds | 1998-10-01 | Jaleco USA, Inc. | Jaleco Ltd. | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Enter the world of Dragon Seeds! As a Dragonsage you will need to genetically engineer, and train (essentially "ranch") your dragons for armed combat. Plus, you can use memory card data from any game to create high powered dragons. Dragon Seeds features a simple, RPG-like battle interface, tons of weapons and shields, and a two-player mode. |
| Lucky Luke | 1998-10-01 | Infogrames Entertainment, Inc. | Infogrames Europe SA | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Licensed | | Arcade, Puzzle elements, Shooter | Western | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This game is based on the well known comics series about the good cowboy named Lucky Luke. Lucky Luke has to stop the Dalton gang from committing another crime. Walking around town, Luke will have to solve puzzles, shoot criminals and collect money. After finishing a level, an extra life can be bought with the money collected. Shooting often involves ricochetting shots to hit a target, and gameplay will sometimes shift from 2D sidescrolling to an over-the-shoulder camera. Levels offer a wide variety of challenges, including town exploring, bottle-shooting in a bar, freeing hostages on the roof of a train, and sneaking in Indian territory. |
| MediEvil | 1998-10-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | SCE Studio Cambridge | Action | Behind view | | Horror | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | Teen | Jason Riley | PS1 | In the year 1286, Sir Daniel Fortesque and his soldiers fought against the evil sorcerer Zarok, who raised an army of demons, intending to conquer the world. Sir Daniel was hailed as a hero after the battle, supposedly having been mortally wounded during it, taking Zarok with him. However, it looks like the sorcerer was not defeated in that battle. A hundred years later, he appears again, robbing people of their souls to build an army of undead. Unleashing waves of necromantic energy, Zarok inadvertently revives Sir Daniel as well. Now a skeletal corpse, the knight must correct the mistakes of the past and defeat Zarok once and for all.MediEvil is an action game in which the player controls Sir Daniel, exploring 3D environments and fighting many enemies that stand on his path towards the ultimate goal. The protagonist starts with his own detachable arm as the basic weapon; however, later he acquires swords and other melee weapons, as well as bows. Money can be collected and spent on items and equipment sold by gargoyle merchants. The hero must also find various rune stones that will allow him to access new areas.Each level contains a chalice that can be filled with souls of defeated enemies. Sir Daniel may take a chalice only after having vanquished a sufficient amount of foes. Getting the chalice enables access to the Hall of Heroes, where the protagonist can receive new weapons. Collecting all the chalices in the game unlocks a special ending. |
| NCAA GameBreaker 99 | 1998-10-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | 989 Studios | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | GameBreaker 99 is the NCAA counterpart to NFL GameDay 99. This second installment in 989's college football series features 162 division 1-A teams (including historical teams), 18 bowl games, accurately modeled stadiums, custom play design, and team management functions (including blue chip recruiting). Broadcaster Keith Jackson also makes his videogame debut in GB99 as the color commentator. |
| The Fifth Element | 1998-10-01 | Activision, Inc. | Kalisto Entertainment SA | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Based on Luc Besson's science-fiction movie The Fifth Element, the game lets you replay the story of the film as the main characters Korben and Leeloo. You're running and jumping Tomb Raider-style through a 3D environment, fighting the minions of evil that block your way. Korben uses the firepower of different weapons he picks up on the way, whereas Leeloo has to rely on strikes and kicks. After each level, you are rewarded with short scenes from the original movie. |
| V2000 | 1998-10-01 | Grolier Interactive UK Ltd. | Frontier Developments Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | | | PS1 | V2000 is a 3D space shooter based on the '80s game Virus. Aliens are using a virus to corrupt and possess many creatures from different worlds by opening up links between the worlds they are trying to conquer. From many of these links emerged the hives. The usual mission objectives in the game are to destroy the mutated creatures and the hives, rescue local inhabitants, while "beaming up" weapon upgrades along the way. Players are then awarded "trophies" for each world saved or if it is saved quickly. These trophies allow the player to receive new ships. |
| Wild 9 | 1998-10-01 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | Shiny Entertainment, Inc. | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Wex Major is a teenager from Earth whose parents were kidnapped by aliens. Traveling through space, Wex comes into contact with a powerful weapon system known as The Rig. Apparently the young boy is the only one who can harness the power of The Rig, and he is proclaimed The Great Champion, a legendary leader who can rid the oppressed people of the Andromeda Galaxy from the tyranny of the evil gigantic monster named Karn. Wex recruits other teenage mutants and becomes the leader of Wild 9, an organization that aims to overthrow Karn and liberate the galaxy.Wild 9 is a 2D platformer with 3D graphics, featuring gameplay similar in vein to the company's Earthworm Jim games. Unique to the game is the The Rig, a weapon the protagonist wields. The Rig functions like an electronic lasso, capable of moving objects as well as carry around and smash enemies, which is often needed to solve puzzles and progress through the game's ten levels. A few stages focus on avoiding obstacles and taking on boss enemies. |
| Kaze no Oka Kōen nite | 1998-10-03 | Technosoft Co., Ltd. | Technosoft Co., Ltd. | Adventure, Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Kaze no Oka Kōen nite is a visual novel dating simulation adventure game. It is a bit different from regular visual novel or other dating simulation games where you start the story and decide who to woo in the process, in this game you get to select the heroine at the very beginning of the story which then starts selected scenario. There are four heroines to select from: Koyomi Midzuki (a transfer student from Scotland), Miyuki Kawana (your cousin), Mizuho Natsuki (and old friend since junior high-school), and Yuu Shikimachi (a pianist). |
| NHL FaceOff '99 | 1998-10-03 | 989 Studios | Killer Game | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | This has all the features you would expect from a licensed hockey game. It gives you all of the authentic NHL teams and players including the expansion teams. You can trade and release players, create your own players, and sign free agents. The ice can be viewed from five camera angles, allowing you to watch the game play out in a variety of different ways. Up to eight human players can play via the multitap. |
| Armored Core: Project Phantasma | 1998-10-07 | ASCII Entertainment Software, Inc. | FromSoftware, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | Teen | | PS1 | Like the original, you pilot an Armored Core into battles ranging from the destruction of enemy structures to other mechs and tanks, all for the sake of money used to upgrade and repair your mech.This semi-sequel to the original includes 17 new missions as well as a 2 player split screen mode and, using the Playstation link cable, a 2 player mode on two seperate TV screens. |
| Silent Möbius: Case: Titanic | 1998-10-08 | Gainax Co., Ltd. | Gainax Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | In the year 1999, the Guild of Magicians was about to open a portal to the mysterious dimension of Nemesis, intending to rejuvenate Earth's polluted atmosphere. However, one of the magicians betrayed the Guild and used the portal for his own gain, releasing hostile creatures known as Lucifer Hawk onto Earth. Twenty-four years later, a special all-female unit known as Attacked Mystification Police was formed to combat the enemy.Case: Titanic is based on the manga and anime Silent Möbius. It presents an original episode that involves the sighting of a strange ship in the clouds above Tokyo. Closer inspection reveals that the ship appears to be identical to the famous RMS Titanic that sank in the Atlantic Ocean in 1912. The game's nameless male protagonist boards the ship along with Rally, Kiddy, Nami and other heroines from the manga in order to investigate this seemingly inexplicable phenomenon.The gameplay is done in Japanese-style, puzzle-less adventure format. The entire game is set on the Titanic. The player is generally free to visit various areas of the ship in any order, though access to certain locations is restricted and necessary events must be triggered in order to gain it. The commands Look, Talk and Move are used on most screens, and there is no inventory management. |
| Test Drive 5 | 1998-10-08 | Accolade, Inc. | Pitbull Syndicate Limited, The | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other), Behind view | Licensed | | | Oceania | Automobile, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | Kevin Preston, David Taylor, Les Burney, Tony Pringle, John Steele | | Everyone | | PS1 | In this installment of the Test Drive series, you get to burn rubber in 28 vehicles from both recent and classic eras, including the classic Ford Mustang, Aston Martin Vantage, and more. You will be doing some wild jumps and having some big contact in these.Race against other cars in 17 locations ranging from Russia to Hawaii. To further challenge you, they include shortcuts and alternate pathways, as well as police, variable weather effects and civilian cars. A heavy rock soundtrack spurs you on. |
| Duke Nukem: Time to Kill | 1998-10-12 | GT Interactive Software Corp. | n-Space, Inc. | Action | Behind view | | Comedy | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | | PS1 | The game begins not a long time after Duke Nukem 3D. Duke is relaxing in Bootylicious with a few beers and some babes when suddenly Pig Cops start trashing the place and turn his 1968 custom hog into a chopper bike. Duke trashes all the Pig Cops and then finds out that the aliens are trying to get to the past in order to take over the world before Duke was there to stop them. The game includes 28 levels in total, varying from L.A. in the present time, to the Ancient west, and the Colosseum. It also has a deathmatch mode that allows two players to wreak havoc against each other. |
| Super Robot Wars F | 1998-10-12 | Banpresto Co., Ltd. | Winky Soft Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | Turn-based | | Isometric | PS1 | The game takes place 4 months after the events of Super Robot Wars 3.A special, but shady, secret police force, the Titans, are created in response to terrorist acts and internal trouble between the Earth and its space colonies. Meanwhile in the shadow old and new enemies menaces Earth: they are the Poseidals (aliens from outer space), the Guests (another alien race) and the now rebuilt DC army.
Super Robot Wars F and Super Robot Wars F Final (also known as "Super Robot Taisen F Kanketsuhen") were originally thought as an unique title but due to production delays the game was split in two parts. F covers the first 34 stages of the game, F Final deals with stages from 35 to the end of the game. It's possible to import a savegame from F and continue the game from here or to start F Final from scratch with default settings and units.Gameplay mechanics are the same of Super Robot Wars 4. The title is a turn based strategic game. When attacked by an enemy, the player can react in three ways: counter, evade (halves enemy % of landing an attack on the player) or defend (if hit, the player receives only half of the damage). |
| Master of Monsters: Disciples of Gaia | 1998-10-13 | ASCII Entertainment Software, Inc. | SystemSoft | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | | Everyone | Isometric | PS1 | Masters of Monsters is an anime, turn bases strategy / combat game. You have the option of Story Mode, Single Map Mode, or VS Mode. You choose one of the Disciples of Gaia. The alignment of the Disciple (Law, Neutral, and Chaos) determines what type of creatures you can summon. The goal is to capture and control towers and to summon / build up / replace your monsters as you combat your opponent on a hex grid / turn based map. In Story mode you play as Iros and have the aid of one of the Disciples where you have to fight the other Disciples and your goal is to defeat Gaia, the once “protector” of the world turned evil. |
| Kagero: Deception II | 1998-10-14 | Tecmo, Inc. | Tecmo, Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | Horror | | | | | Real-time | Mature | | PS1 | The race of Timenoids was once human, but long time ago, they have traded their human souls for immortality. The humans perceive them as demons, and invade their country. Fearing that they might lose the war, the Timenoids brainwash a human girl named Millennia, effectively turning her into a tool to serve their purposes. They put her in charge of defending their castle by entrapping the human invaders. But Millennia has yet to choose whose side she will eventually be on...Kagero: Deception II is the sequel to Tecmo's Deception. It follows a similar, hard-to-classify gameplay style, which can be perhaps defined as a real-time strategy game with RPG elements. Instead of commanding troops and units, Millennia has to place traps and activate them to prevent the intruders from conquering the castle. Unlike the first game, Kagero: Deception II is played from a third-person perspective. A major addition to the gameplay is the introduction of "trap combos": traps can be positioned in such a way that they will trigger each other, leading to powerful combinations that would harm the invaders more. The game also allows to customize traps and use various materials to build new ones. As before, the main character and her traps grow in power in correspondence with the amount of enemies killed, lending the game a RPG flavor.The morality system also present in this sequel, as the player can decide for Millennia whom to kill and whom to spare. Eventually, the player will be able to choose to join either the Timenoids or the humans. |
| Capcom Generation: Dai 3 Shū - Koko ni Rekishi Hajimaru | 1998-10-15 | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | The third release in the Capcom Generation series, featuring four early but unrelated Capcom games:Vulgus
Son Son
HiGeMaru
Exed Exes |
| Sampaguita | 1998-10-15 | Sony Computer Entertainment Japan | Sugar & Rockets, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | Cinematic camera | PS1 | Sampaguita is the third game in the Yarudora series of animated visual novels. Just as the rest in the series, the game plays as a visual novel with lots of choices that branch the story, but is presented as a fully animated video. |
| Spectral Force 2 | 1998-10-15 | Idea Factory Co., Ltd. | Idea Factory Co., Ltd. | Strategy | | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | PS1 | The sequel to "Spectral Force" is set in a fantasy world called Neverland. The ruler of Demon Kingdom, Janes, was defeated by the hero Chiffon, leaving behind a son and a daughter, the children of his human wife. The two half-demons strive to regain the lost power. The sister Hiro re-builds the Demon Kingdom, while the brother Jadou finds a way to communicate with our world, and summons a Japanese schoolgirl who soon becomes a mighty warrior under his guidance. This sets the stage for further wars that once again begin to plague the Neverland...This is a strategy war game in which you can play as one of the many kingdoms, including those that do not have a direct influence on the main story. You fortify your castles, hire generals, defend your country and invade others throughout several years. You can choose a combat strategy for your troops. Their strength depends on the special abilities and morale of the generals, as well as on weather and terrain. You can also cast magic spells in combat. |
| Xenogears | 1998-10-20 | Square Electronic Arts L.L.C. | Square Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | Direct control, Menu structures, Multiple units/characters control | Turn-based | Teen | | PS1 | A war has been raging on the continent of Ignas between the Kislev Empire to the north and the kingdom of Aveh in the south. It has gone for so long that people have forgotten the cause. As a mysterious organization known as "Ethos" introduces an ancient technology in the form of huge mega-robots, the tides are turning. Gebler, a military organization with an unknown agenda, is pulling the strings and supports Aveh to regain its authority over Kislev. A failed attempt to steal one of Kislev's new Gears, a giant robot named "Weltall", leads to a fight between a group of Gebler and Kislev guards in the remote town of Lahan in the outskirts of Aveh. One of the villagers, Fei Fong Wong, impulsively takes possession of "Weltall" and steers it to fight. As Fei's best friend Timothy is killed during the battle, he releases a massive wave of energy and destroys the whole village together with one of his close friends, Alice.After this tragedy, Fei is blamed for the destruction of the village and the death of his friends. Pursued by military governments and mysterious forces, Fei sets out on an epic quest for answers and his own forgotten past.Xenogears is a Japanese-style RPG with a few distinguishing features. The characters have the ability to jump, which must be used on several occasions to access specific locations. There are two types of combat in the game: standard and gear. In standard combat, the characters fight with equipped weapons, learning and performing different combos that can be executed in one turn. But often the heroes will have to explore dungeons while piloting giant robots called "gears". Gear combat follows different rules: they are able to perform actions until they run out of fuel, therefore the player must concentrate on finishing the enemy quickly. It is possible to equip various accessories on the gears, including those that will let them partially restore fuel. Gears cannot level up, but can be upgraded in workshops. |
| Dezaemon Kids! | 1998-10-22 | Athena Co., Ltd. | Athena Co., Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view, Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | Flight / aviation | | | | | PS1 | Dezaemon Kids! is a title in the Dezaemon series that allows players to create their own shoot-'em-up games. The players can design levels and enemies by themselves or choose from a number of presets, as well as compose musical themes for the levels. The game has a simplified colorful interface which makes it targeted for younger audience. It also boasts fully-voiced tutorial, a large amount of sample data, a horizontal scroll option, and 2-player simultaneous play option. The second game disc contains 102 sample games created in Dezaemon Plus. |
| LSD: Dream Emulator | 1998-10-22 | Asmik Ace Entertainment, Inc. | OutSide Directors Company Co., Ltd. | Simulation | 1st-person | | Horror | | | | | Meditative / Zen | | | PS1 | Inspired by a "dream journal" written by Hiroko Nishikawa, LSD is basically a simulation-based game themed around dreams and nightmares. The gameplay is simple, walking around various dreamscapes and occasionally discovering surreal visuals. Coming into contact with any object or wall in the dream can result in warping to another part of a dream, which can go on for very long (up to 10 minutes), or can be cut short by falling off cliffs or through floors. After the dream ends, it is displayed on a graph showing whether it is considered Upper, Downer, Static or Dynamic.Gameplay takes place over various days, and after a long time passes, the counter resets, though the game can still be played. Textures can be completely randomized, and upon starting a new dream, you can not have the same one twice in a row, though dreams can be replayed using Flashback mode (unlocked after 20 days have passed), which is an option to revisit the same areas and allow you to choose different paths, though only for 3 to 5 minutes.There is no goal in the game, except to emulate dreams, ranging from colorful and happy, to dark and unsettling. Occasionally, dreams may be invaded by an apparition called the Grey Man, who can appear out of nowhere and remove your ability to remember a dream in Flashback mode. |
| Pop'n Pop | 1998-10-22 | Taito Corporation | Dreams Co., Ltd., ITL Co., Ltd. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Pop'n Pop is a puzzle game similar to Puzzle Bobble; the player's goal is to release colored bubbles from the bottom on the screen within a limited amount of time, trying to match three or more bubbles of the same color. The difference in this version is that bubbles cannot bounce on the walls; the player can only release them vertically. The game features characters from various Taito games, such as Bub and Bob from the Bubble Bobble series, Tiki from The New Zealand Story, the dwarves from Doko Doko Don, and others. |
| Rox | 1998-10-22 | Altron Corporation | Altron Corporation | Puzzle | | | | Falling block puzzle | | | | | | | PS1 | Rox is a falling block/matching game, but with a twist. Each of the blocks is a dice which has a number on it. Instead of only matching colors, in this game both the colors and numbers matter.In order to remove dice two end numbers must be the same, with that amount of other dice in between them. For instance if two dice are ones, there must be one die in between them. If both of the end dice are the same color, all of the dice in between will also be erased, however if they are two different colors than only the end dice will be erased. |
| Simple 1500 Series Vol. 2: The Shōgi | 1998-10-22 | Culture Publishers Company | Success Corp. | Strategy | | | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | A basic game of the board game Shōgi. There are 3 difficulty levels to choose from. Players can also undo their last two moves so they can experiment with a different strategy if they want. |
| Slayers Wonderful | 1998-10-22 | Banpresto Co., Ltd. | TamTam Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | | | | Isometric | PS1 | Teenage sorceress Lina Inverse and her bumbling swordsman companion Gourry Gabriev, forever questing for fame, fortune, and foreign food, are once again roaming the countryside looking for adventure. They happen upon a group of bandits, and decide to make an attack, but...Lina's magic doesn't work, Gourry's Sword of Light doesn't work, and the two of them get clobbered. For some reason, the forces of magic are waning, and it's up to Lina and her companions to find the cause and fix it. After all, what's a sorceress without her magic?Slayers Wonderful is one of several games based on the light novel series written by Hajime Kanzaka and illustrated by Rui Araizumi, better known in the west by its anime adaptions. The game is a Japanese-style RPG in the model of Final Fantasy, and follows Lina, Gourry, and the rest of the familiar cast through their adventure. A key feature of the battle system is the "Feeling System", where the characters' relations and actions will influence their performance in battle. Illustrated dialogue scenes drive the story. |
| Rival Schools | 1998-10-26 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | Regional differences | | Fighting | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | What do you get when you cross Street Fighter with a bunch of school kids? You get another classic Capcom beat 'em up. Featuring plenty of new faces, and heaps of new moves to work with, this is a full conversion of the arcade game, with the added bonus of a second disk. In this second disk, you get new modes including Lesson (teach yourself new moves), Group (select two to four characters for a group battle), League (choose two to six characters and then fight in a league battle), Tournament (tournament battle with up to eight characters), Cooperate (four-player simultaneous player), one-player game, and a specialized versus mode. |
| Bushido Blade 2 | 1998-10-27 | Square Electronic Arts L.L.C. | LightWeight Co., Ltd. | Action | 1st-person, Side view | | Martial arts | Fighting | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Two samurai families who date back over eight hundred years have been feuding ever since the Gempei War, where the Kagami family sided with the Minamoto and ensured themselves a victory over their rivals, the Sue. Over the centuries since, the two families evolved into ninja clans, but their hatred of each other never faded. Now, in the 20th century, the Shainto, descendants of the Sue, are in a position to bring vengeance on the Narukagami. Bushido Blade 2 takes place some time after the events in the original game, and is also a weapon fighting game without health bars, power displays, or over-the-top special maneuvers. The game features the Story Mode, Versus Mode and Slash mode present in the original game as well as a new tournament mode, where the two sides face each other with shinai and other bamboo weapons in a kendo like ring. Fighters have different styles (including some with two sword nito and iaijutsu styles) and there are many weapons to choose from (although the hammer has been replaced with the yari spear). The controls have changed somewhat, but stances are still in the game, as are one-hit kills if blows strike a sensitive part of the body.Initially players can choose from six warriors, three from each clan. As progress is made in the story mode, supporting characters will be encountered. If beaten, those characters will become available for play in the game's other modes. |
| Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster and the Beanstalk | 1998-10-27 | NewKidCo, Inc. | TerraGlyph Interactive Studios, L.P. | Action, Adventure | Side view | Licensed | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | Direct control, Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | After failing with a monkey-making scheme, Pucky Duck and Buster Bunny only have a single pouch of magic beans left. Just like in the fairytale, a huge beanstalk emerges from the beans and open up new worlds and - supposedly - greast treasures. The player takes control over Plucky while they explore eight different areas in a scavenger hunt based on nursery rhymes. Prizes include the goose that laid the golden eggs and a fabled, priceless harp. The comical quest takes our heroes through classic nursery rhyme locations based on Little Red Riding Hood, The Three Bears, Old Mother Hubbard and more.The game consists of two parts: First are the sequences on the beanstalk where Plucky tries to reach the next treasure location. Those are platforming sections in which the end of the screen needs to be reached without dying to one of the many obstacles, for example by rolling to the side when a weight appears and threatens to bury Plucky. An optional hard difficulty adds additional hazards and traps.When the clue locations are reached, the game becomes a point & click adventure. Based on a clue provided by Babs Bunny, Plucky needs to find the correct item to click on. Each location consists of a single screen and has a number of optional hot-spots which launch animations.
When the the item was found, Plucky receives part of a key; three parts of a key open up the chance to steal a valuable prize from the mysterious giant. |
| Big Air | 1998-10-28 | Accolade, Inc. | Pitbull Syndicate Limited, The | Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Another snowboarding title...Includes several snowboarding events- standard slalom-style, half pipes, races, and more. Also features several licensed riders, 24 courses, and lots of licensed music.
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| O.D.T.: Escape... or Die Trying | 1998-10-28 | Psygnosis Limited | Psygnosis Limited | Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | | | Action RPG, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | The airship Nautiflyus, piloted by the famous hero Captain Lamat, was on its way to deliver the wondrous Green Pearl to the city of Calli, in hope of curing its inhabitants with the Pearl's healing powers. However, when taking a shortcut through the so-called Forbidden Zone, the Nautiflyus crash-landed; both Captain Lamat and the Green Pearl were abducted by unknown creatures. The four crew members - the cartographer Julia, the strategist Ike, the engineer Maxx, and the archbishop Solaar - must deal with the new dangers, rescue the Captain, and retrieve the Pearl.O.D.T. is an action role-playing game with some platforming and puzzle-solving elements. The player can choose to control any of the four characters. Each of them has his/her own strengths and weaknesses: for example, Maxx has high defense, while the archbishop has access to powerful occult techniques. Defeating enemies rewards the player with experience points, which can be used to increase a particular parameter of a character, increasing his/her combat abilities. |
| Goiken Muyou II | 1998-10-29 | KSS | Mediamuse | Action | Side view | | | Fighting | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)★This game is supported with the PSP® and PS Vita screenshot function★PSP®: Screenshots can be taken by using the menu after holding the PS button (HOME button) in the game. The image will be saved in the photo collection from the XMB™ (XrossMediaBar).PS Vita: Screenshots can be taken by using "Screenshot" from the "Settings" after holding the PS button in the game. The image will be saved as an application photo. This software can be played with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).If you are downloading with PC or via PS3™, after downloading with the device please connect to PSP® with a USB cable and copy the content by inserting a storage media like Memory Stick™.Yankee, delinquent girls, gangsters, teachers, ninja and wrestler...These unique characters will interact with each other using their fists on the street of the night!Besides adding useful game modes such as the training mode and an accessible ranking,these is also a mode for you to fight with an AI character to practice the skills that you have learned. So work your way to become the strongest by overcome your weaknesses by practicing with the AI!Copyright:©SoftgaragePurchase or use of this item is subject to SEN Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Goryuzin Electro | 1998-10-29 | ASK Co. Ltd. | ASK Co. Ltd. | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)"GORYUZIN ELECTRO" is a board game acknowledged for its quality by the Good Toy Committee in Japan in 1997. Based on the legend of the dragon, you have to compete connecting special frames and see to what extend can you proceed into your opponent's territory. No matter how many times you play, it is a fun game for everyone.This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：134MBCopyright：©ASK Co., Ltd. 1998Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Hissatsu Pachinko Station Monster House Special | 1998-10-29 | Sun Corporation | | Gambling | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Hissatsu Pachinko Station Monster House Special is a single player pachinko simulation.Pachinko is played in gaming halls called parlors and it is sometimes referred to as the number one pastime in Japan. Gambling for money is illegal in Japan so players purchase steel balls with which they play the game. At the end of their session they exchange their remaining balls for tokens which, in turn, can be exchanged for goods / prizes.
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| Sarara's Little Shop | 1998-10-29 | Kodansha Ltd. | Kinotrope, Siesta, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | Fantasy | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Purchase this PS one® Classic and play it on both your PS3™ and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) systems!
Experience a timeless RPG masterpiece!
The game centers around a novice witch who decides to start an item shop to serve the local heroes, knights, thieves, and wizards. She manages the shop, while occasionally going on adventures of her own.
There are many colorful characters in the world of Danjyon Shoutengai who can become your “regular patrons” and help support your shop.
Are you ready to set up shop in this immersive RPG experience?
Download this PS one® Classic today!
Transferring to a PSP® system from your PS3™ system:
You must be signed into the PlayStation®Network account that originally purchased the game. You must have at least 92 MB free on your Memory Stick Duo™. Connect your PSP® system to your PS3™ system with a USB cable and switch your PSP® system to USB Mode. Highlight the game on the PS3™ XMB™, press the Δ button and select Copy.
PC Store Customers:
Log into your PlayStation®Network account that you originally used to purchased the game. Then, download the game from your "Download List" in the PlayStation®Store onto your PS3™ system.
This title has been converted from the original PlayStation® disc to the PSP® and the PS3™ systems. Consequently, there may be times where the title plays differently from the PlayStation® disc version, or where some features may not function properly. This version does not support PlayStation® peripherals (controller, memory card, multitap, etc.), therefore functionalities such as multiplayer, versus, and co-op modes are not available.
Please Note: This game is a direct import from Japan and is displayed in its original Japanese language.
Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. This item has been sublicensed to you by Sony Computer Entertainment America. One-time license fee for downloads to up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are associated with the purchasing account.
©1998 Tomoyuki Fujinami/Ryou Sasaki. ©1998 Kodansha/Kinotrope.
"PS one", "PlayStation", "PS" Family logo, and "PSP" are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. |
| beatmania Append 3rd Mix Mini | 1998-10-29 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, Inc. | Action | | | | Arcade, Music / rhythm | | | | | | | PS1 | This append disc for Beatmania contains 5 songs from Beatmania Append 3rd Mix and came as a bonus disc with the purchase of the audio soundtrack CD for said game.It was never released on its own, unlike the rest of the Beatmania Append discs. It still needs one of the key discs (like Beatmania Arcade 2nd Mix) to start up however. |
| Asteroids | 1998-10-31 | Activision, Inc. | Syrox Developments, Ltd. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Unlike Activision's earlier remake of an Atari arcade classic, Battlezone, this one stays close to its namesake. Take the original, Atari coin-op game Asteroids, add in the features of the Atari 2600 cartridge, then give it 3-D graphics and a bunch of power-ups, and you've got Activision's Asteroids remake.You are an employee of the Astro-Mining Corporation. Your mission is to simply go to an assigned area of space and clear the area of asteroids and the occassional debris. The game consists of five zones, each with a different background and some with special features. Each zone has 15 levels. In addition to the standard asteroids, there are also mined asteroids that explode; indestructible asteroids that are, well, indestructible; fireball comets; crystal asteroids that regenerate; alien egg asteroids containing deadly baby space worms; and ancient energy asteroids that shoot back! And there's plenty of enemies in addition to the asteroids, such as Standard and Super Saucers, Asteroids Tugs, Fuel Transports, Hexes, Nuke Drivers, and Vulturoids.There are three types of ships to choose from, each with different strengths and weaknesses. There are also three skill levels. If you beat the game at Expert or higher, you gain access to a fourth type of ship. All ships features the standard laser, shield, flip (instantly flips your ship 180 degrees), and hyperspace. There are also limited power-ups you can pick up such as GunSat, Mines, Homing Missiles, Plasma Drill, and Trigger Bombs.The game supports either one or two players. In two player mode, the object is to simply outscore your opponent in a random zone and level. You cannot directly kill your opponent by shooting him, but there are other ways....Lastly, if you shoot the classic-style asteroid in level 15 of the first zone, you'll find the option of "Classic Asteroids" now appearing on the main menu. |
| Brigandine: The Legend of Forsena | 1998-10-31 | Atlus Software Inc. | Hearty Robin | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | | | Everyone | Isometric | PS1 | Brigandine is a tactical role-playing game set in an active world where all of your army units and your enemy units fight and grow continuously.The story takes place on the continent of Forsena where a coup d'etat has taken place in the kingdom of Almekia. You have a choice of selecting one of five characters from surrounding kingdoms to conquer the kingdom of Almekia and return peace to Forsena once again. Gameplay is very much like other tactical games in that you first select the kingdom to attack, attack that country, organize your troops and repeat that process until victory. The gameplay is reminiscent of Ogre Battle in that when you invade a country you then select the towns or bases in which to attack to conquer that country. Your units will upgrade with experience from fighters to knights and barbarians to berserkers. Summon monsters like dragons and hydras to fight on your side which will grow with experience also. As with Final Fantasy Tactics, the Zodiac plays a role in determining every units effectiveness against another. Elements (Fire, Nature, Water, Thunder) and Alignments (Neutral, Light, Dark) also figure into damage.The progression of a battle involves sending three Rune Knights and their retinue of monsters to represent your side. Each Knight has a number of "rune points" calculated off of level, class, and particular attributes. Each monster requires a number of rune points to have in the party, ranging from a ghoul (15) to a Lucifer (125). Regardless of rune power a Knight can only have 6 units in his retinue.Each castle/fort/town produces a set number of 'Rune Energy', which is set against the 'upkeep' cost of all alive units. In this way larger nations sustain more powerful fighters, smaller nations must sacrifice fighters who they can not upkeep, and saving up rune energy can allow a nation to quickly bolster forces after a defeat.The majority of the game takes place in 2D sprites except for the battle scenes which take place in full 3D polygons. |
| Bust-A-Move 4 | 1998-10-31 | Natsume, Inc. | Taito Corporation | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | Real-time | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Bust-A-Move 4 continues the gameplay tradition of the previous game in the series, focusing on releasing colored bubbles and matching them to make them disappear. This installment adds new characters to choose from, as well as a Story mode, where the player wins Tarot cards after each completed stage. In Story mode the player sees the story unfold as he defeats each CPU-controlled character (which change depending on the character the player starts with). The Win Contest mode is a simple "how many games can I win in a row" against the computer. Finally, should the player complete the Challenge mode (where he must complete certain puzzles as fast as possible, and get judged on technique, speed etc.), the Edit mode will become available, which allows players put together their own puzzles, completing with each other. |
| Rally Cross 2 | 1998-10-31 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | 989 Studios, Idol Minds, LLC | Racing / Driving, Sports | | | | | | Off-roading | | | Everyone | | PS1 | The sequel to the chaotic off-road rally racing game, Rally Cross. The lead programmer, Mark Lyons, and the lead artist, Scott Atkins, from Rally Cross had left Sony and formed a new company, Idol Minds. Rally Cross 2 was one of the first two games developed by Idol Minds. It was an attempt to build on the original, while creating a game with a simpler learning curve. Rally Cross 2 retains the rough terrain of the original, with even more jumps and crashes. Multi-tap and 4 player split screen were not included in the sequel, but 2 player split screen remained. The ability to control attributes such as suspension, tires, and steering was added, as well as the ability to paint your car with a primary and detail color that can be picked from a large palette.Once again the courses can be raced forwards or backwards, and in suicide mode (cars racing in opposite directions at the same time). The multi-race season mode still exists. One of the biggest additions is the track editor. There are a dozen or so different pieces that can be rotated and dropped into a 2D grid to create completely new tracks. The cars are still flipped upright with the shoulder buttons, but it now requires only a single button press instead of the multiple rocking motions in the original. Handling has changed significantly since cars tend to fishtail around the corners instead of flip, but high speed crashes will still result in an upside down car. |
| Rugrats: Search for Reptar | 1998-10-31 | THQ Inc. | n-Space, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Rugrats: Search for Reptar is a game for children in which you must help Tommy find pieces for his Reptar puzzle. You get to explore and play mini games in many different environments including the Pickles home, Park, Supermarket, Toy Palace, Sewers, Circus and Space. The main game is single player but there is a multitap (4 player) mini golf-game. |
| Twisted Metal III | 1998-10-31 | 989 Studios | 989 Studios | Racing / Driving | | | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | Automobile, Vehicular combat | | | Teen | | PS1 | In an apocalyptic future, the mysterious and powerful Calypso offers one wish to the winner of the Twisted Metal competition.The Twisted Metal competition consists of vehicular combat between souped-up and weaponed-out machines such as a motorcycle, police car, ice cream truck, and even a man with wheels for arms. The battles take place in locations from around the world, including London and Tokyo. |
| Assault: Retribution | 1998-11-01 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Candle Light Studios Ltd. | Action | Side view, Top-down | | | Platform | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Assault: Retribution is a 3D run and gun platform game. Its story takes place in the year 2198. Arcadia, a world far away from Earth, is under attack by aliens. As members of the Arcadia Defense Force, the player takes part in the fight against the invaders.Featuring 3D graphics, the game's perspective varies from side scrolling to top down. There are 4 weapons available to each character, though the differences are mostly cosmetic (a weak gun with wide spread, a stronger but slightly slower gun, a homing weapon, and a powerful BFG). As the character picks up a Gun item, the character's next tier gun slot is filled. Each gun can be upgraded three times, which increases the number of shots fired per trigger pull, but also increases energy drain. Energy can be recovered by picking up the appropriate item, as can health. It is also possible to store health or energy for later use (though each character has only one item slot). Other pick ups includes an invulnerable energy sphere (can't be stored), lighting barrier and bonus lives. Besides the usual movement and shooting, the characters can also aim up, down at various angles and have a 'strafe/ side step' move.There are seven action packed levels. Multiplayer is possible in two-player co-op mode. |
| Darkstalkers 3 | 1998-11-01 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | Horror, Martial arts | Arcade, Fighting | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | This is the 3rd in the Darkstalkers series. It plays much the same as the first, but features better animation, more playable characters, and a deeper storyline.Jedah, the "Lord of Vampire", has summoned all of the Night Warriors to his realm to be assimilated into his being. Of course, this serves as a great excuse to have more one-on-one fights...Play as Jedah, B. B. Hood, Q-Bee, Lilith, Demitri, Morrigan, Anakaris, Victor, L. Raptor, Hsien-Ko, J. Talbain, Felicia, Rikuo, Sasquatch, Bishamon, Donovan, Pyron or Huitzil, and conquer the enemy. |
| HardBall 99 | 1998-11-01 | Accolade, Inc. | MindSpan | Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (US) (from Ad Blurbs)AS REAL AS IT GETS
The All-Time Best Simulation of BaseballALL NEW 3D GAMEPLAY featuring motion captured polygonal players and sizzling on-the-field action.FULLY LICENSED with Major League Baseball™, and MLBPA™ giving you all of the 1998 teams and players.CUSTOM LEAGUE & SCHEDULE GENERATOR sets the number of games played and division alignments.EXTENSIVE STAT TRACKING in over 100 categories for single game, full season, and entire careers.DEEPEST SIMULATION featuring minor league system, free-agents, active and disabled lists.ALL 30 MAJOR LEAGUE STADIUMS including Arizona and Tampa Bay. |
| Motorhead | 1998-11-01 | Fox Interactive, Inc. | Digital Illusions CE AB | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Motorhead is a racing game set in the near future. Despite it's semi-futuristic setting, the cars require realistic handling. There are 10 different cars and 8 different tracks. They are not all available from the start however; the player has to earn them by winning championships in the Transatlantic Speed League. |
| Music | 1998-11-01 | Codemasters | Jester Interactive Publishing | Simulation | Side view | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | | PS1 | Music lets the player create complete songs from a library of 850 pre-recorded riffs by pasting them onto a set of tracks. It is similar in some ways to audio editing software on a computer and is surprisingly deep, including controls for panning, volume, and all sorts of effects such as phase, reverb and vibrato.Also included in Music is a video effect editor, which can be tweaked to accompany your own masterpieces or bump along in time with any audio CD of your own. Again, a lot of variation can be found in the video editor with controls for text, particle effects, cameras, etc. |
| Small Soldiers | 1998-11-02 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | DreamWorks Interactive L.L.C. | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Shooter | | | | | Teen | Jeff Haynie, Chad Dezern | PS1 | Small Soldiers is a third-person action game released at the same time as the movie of the same name. Instead of dealing with the toy Commandos and Gorgonites from the movie, the game uses the characters in an imaginary environment as described on the back of the toy figures' packaging.It has fourteen levels of single-player action some featuring the Gorgonite Archer, others featuring the commando Chip Hazard. You assume the role of Archer, who has to defend his world against an invasion of the commandos. You can run, jump, climb ledges and fight using a blaster. Many levels involve freeing captured Gorgonites who then help you fight. Multiplayer includes two head-to-head two-player Chip vs. Archer mode where you either need to capture flags or get a set amount of frags. |
| Klonoa: Door to Phantomile | 1998-11-03 | Namco Hometek Inc. | Namco Limited | Action | | | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | The energy from dreams is collected in the Moon Kingdom where it is given substance. This rule was broken when Klonoa, a cat-like creature with wings on his ears, dreams that an airship crashes violently into a hill and a mysterious shadow hangs over the wreckage. When the dream comes true, Klonoa and his friend Huepow go to investigate. You take control of Klonoa as he travels through 12 levels of action.Klonoa will encounter a number of enemies who want to stop him. Fortunately, Klona can grab enemies and use them as weapons to destroy other bad guys, or throw them to the ground and propel himself upward. Besides grabbing enemies, Klonoa can also pump up larger enemies and make them explode. Help Klonoa discover the reason for the dream. |
| Crash Bandicoot: Warped | 1998-11-04 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Naughty Dog, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Regional differences | | Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | The third title in Sony's popular Crash Bandicoot series, Crash Bandicoot 3 is the first to feature Coco as a playable character, and uses the "tunnel" 3D popularized in the earlier Crash games. As in Crash Bandicoot 2 you have to collect 25 crystals that are scattered across time before your enemy Dr. Neo Cortex does. But this time the evil witch doctor Uka Uka is with Cortex to find the crystals and take over the world. With help from N. Tropy they build a Time Twister Machine to travel through time with. Crash and Coco must also use the Time Twister for gathering crystals, as usual with the help from the good witch doctor Aku Aku. But there are also 42 gems scattered across time, just like in Crash 2. You must find them as well in order to complete the game. When you have collected all of the 25 crystals, then you can take on Cortex and Uka Uka. |
| Colony Wars: Vengeance | 1998-11-05 | Psygnosis, Inc. | Psygnosis Limited | Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | Everyone | | PS1 | After the first Colony Wars game, the Earth Empire was defeated... and the remnants of this regime sealed inside of the Sol System, cut off from the rest of the galaxy by some unknown technology. Within Sol, the Earth Empire civilization has fallen apart. Various tribes and factions, warring with one another have left the once great home system of humanity a wreck of salvage and waste from used up resources. One leader however, a Commander Kron, seeks to unite the warring clans under a banner of vengeance... and together find some way to break out from this solar prison.The game is space combat, done from a cockpit view. Different combinations of weapons can be equipped on your space fighter prior to launch. Missions take place in space as well as inside planet atmospheres. Various buttons cycle weapons, activate tractor beams, communicate responses and navigate your ship. In typical space combat fashion, you are equipped with 360 degrees of movement as well as thrust and braking options. The game does not feature realistic inertia and objects will gradually "slow" in space. |
| Money Puzzle Exchanger | 1998-11-05 | Athena Co., Ltd. | FACE | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Money Puzzle Exchanger is a puzzle game similar to Magical Drop only with coins. It was originally created by FACE and released for the Neo Geo arcade cabinets.You can move the mini character at the bottom of the screen left or right, grab coins and drop them somewhere else. There are six types of coins: 1, 5, 10, 50, 100 and 500. The goal is to form connecting groups of coins. Coins are combined (vertically and/or horizontally) to form higher valued coins. For example, if you put five 1 coins together, they will disappear and form one 5 coin. Two 5's make one 10, five 10's make one 50 etc. Two 500 coins put together just disappear and give you 1000 points.The game is lost when coins reach the bottom of the playing area. You can make chain reactions to launch attacks to the other player in vs-mode, or just for bonus points in single player. |
| Neko na Kankei | 1998-11-05 | Victor Interactive Software, Inc. | Octagon Entertainment Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Romance | Dating simulation, Japanese-style adventure, Visual novel | Fantasy | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Neko na Kankei is a visual novel adventure game focusing on a player who is a regular high school student who one day stumbles upon a special stone that grants him the ability to turn into a cat at will. Using it for evil things or stopping to use it at all will invite bad luck into his life, so he decides to use for getting to know girls he would be too shy to approach as a regular boy. Which girl wouldn't find a little kitty cute and not want to pet it or hold it close to her breasts. It's a win-win situation for our hero, and he is resolved to put it to best use... for him. The game is split into 10 weeks time and plays as a regular dating simulation visual novel romance adventure. |
| NBA Live 99 | 1998-11-06 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | Play through the 98/99 NBA season or multiple seasons to build up your team over time. Or just jump straight to the playoffs. Trade, release or pick up free agents to add to your team. Have a bit of fun with the 3 point shootout mode. And a host of new player animations, including facial animations, and player moves. |
| Rosco McQueen: Firefighter Extreme | 1998-11-08 | Psygnosis Limited | Slippery Snake | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | The world's tallest building is burning down, and it's up to Rosco to save the day! It seems that the evil Sylvester T. Square and his robotic minions are responsible not only for the fire, but they've taken hostages as well.Guide Rosco through the towering inferno as you rescue the innocent, squelch the fire, knock off the robots, and stop old Square once and for all. There are 15 blazing levels of action to work through, each more terrifying than the last. You'll need to watch out for a host of hazards including backdrafts, dangerous smoke, and electrical fires. With a dozen unique hazards in all, the robots are only the beginning of your problems!Of course, you'll have your share of special weapons and power-ups to help give you a boost: Water canisters, a Super Hose, food items, and CO2 cartridges are just a few of the items you'll have on hand. Just like any fire fighter worth his salt, Rosco always has his axe on hand too, which comes in handy against menacing robots. Make sure to keep an eye on the temperature, too; if the heat gets too high, your game is over. |
| Brave Fencer Musashi | 1998-11-10 | Square Electronic Arts L.L.C. | Square Co., Ltd. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | 150 years ago, the legendary warrior known as the Brave Fencer Musashi saved the kingdom of Allucaneet from the evil Wizard of Darkness. Now, his spirit is reincarnated in a young, rather short-tempered boy. Fillet, the princess of Allucaneet, summons the reluctant hero to the palace and gives him the powerful sword Fusion, which he needs to defeat the evil Thirstquencher Empire. It soon turns out that the Empire is after another legendary sword, Lumina, so Musashi's first task is to get it before the bad guys do!..Brave Fencer Musashi is an action game with strong RPG elements. Controlling Musashi, the player explores the pre-rendered backgrounds from third person view (similarly to Final Fantasy VII), visiting towns, talking to NPCs, etc. There is a day/night cycle in the game, which is manifested in the schedules of NPCs and/or monsters, as well as Musashi's fatigue level, which increases if he doesn't sleep enough. Musashi uses the two swords, Fusion and Lumina, to fight his enemies. The two swords have different properties: while Fusion behaves more or less like a traditional melee weapon, Lumina needs to be imbued with various elemental items in order to unleash powerful attacks. |
| Guilty Gear | 1998-11-10 | Atlus Software Inc. | Team Neo Blood | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Fighting | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | In 22th century, the scientists, learning the ancient ways of magic, discovered a new technique that made it possible to create artificial beings by mixing the DNA of humans and animals. Those new creatures were called "gears". They had no will of their own and were destined to obey the humans forever. However, a gear named Justice was, for a mysterious reason, capable of disobeying the humans and making decisions of his own. He organized a rebellion of gears, that was later repressed by the knights of the Sacred Order, who put him in a prison. But recently, Justice broke free, and the Order organized a tournament to find out who is capable of hunting him down again. Among the main contestant is a man with unclear past, Sol Badguy, and his rival Ky Kiske, one of the most skilled knights of the order. The conditions of the tournament are, however, very strange. It is allowed to spill blood, and the first prize is also not very usual: any wish of the winner will be fulfilled...Guilty Gear is a 2D fighting game, in which you can play as one of 10 very different kind of characters. There is a selection of fighters from Holy Order knights, Armed Air Force soldiers, Mafia members and mad scientists. Each character has his/her own storyline that will be fully revealed during the final showdown. In battles, you can charge up for special attacks, as well as perform Deathblow moves, which would kill the opponent instantly. You can either choose to finish the Arcade mode, challenge your friends to a Versus battle, or either train your skills out in the Training mode. |
| X-Games: Pro Boarder | 1998-11-10 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Radical Entertainment Inc. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Tricks / stunts | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | X-Games: Pro Boarder is a snowboarding game with several game modes including downhill and half pipe. In downhill mode the player's mission is to get down as quickly as possible, also grinding on several objects like cars and airplanes that have been placed in the scenery.In half pipe mode the player must travel from the beginning to the end of the pipe doing stunts on the left and the right, finishing before the time reaches zero having as many points as possible.Multiplayer over Internet and Network is supported, as well as 3D acceleration cards. |
| Anna Kournikova's Smash Court Tennis | 1998-11-12 | Namco Limited | Now Production Co., Ltd. | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Anna Kournikova's Smash Court Tennis is the sequel to Smash Court Tennis and is an arcade-oriented tennis game starring Anna Kournikova.The game features two practice modes, tournaments (grand slam or street tennis) or exhibition matches. Winning in tournaments rewards world ranking points which unlock new characters to use, each with different attributes and skills, and extra items to use. This includes unrealistic ones like the wave racket which floods the opponent's side. Sometimes the player finds himself paired up against characters from other Namco games, e.g. Pac Man or Heihachi Mishima from the Tekken series.The four-player multiplayer modes doesn't only include regular matches, but also the bomb ball mode. Here players have to play with live bombs and try not be the nearest player when it goes off. |
| Another Mind | 1998-11-12 | Square Co., Ltd. | Square Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | | Asia, Fantasy | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Hitomi Hayama, a 16-year old girl was involved in a car accident. Upon waking in the hospital she realizes that someone else took residence in her head, another mind. In this game with full motion videos and real actors, player takes role of this other mind. What Hitomi faces, the player faces as well. The interaction with Hitomi is done by assembling words and sentences. |
| Capcom Generation: Dai 4 Shū - Kokō no Eiyū | 1998-11-12 | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action, Compilation | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | PS1 | Volume four of the Capcom Generation series, which includes three top-down shooter games ported from the arcade originals:
Commando (Senjō no Ōkami)
Gun.Smoke
Mercs (Senjō no Ōkami II)
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| Hakaioh: King of Crusher | 1998-11-12 | Fab Communications Co., Ltd. | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | You are a Japanese salary man, normal in every way... except that you've just been bitten by an evil space insect, turning you from a regular man into a rage-fueled monster. Destroy anything you can to fill your dopamine gauge, and reach the end of the stage to continue your transformation from a normal human into an enormous kaijuu monster, all the while avoiding the police and the military trying to stop you. |
| Michael Owen's World League Soccer '99 | 1998-11-13 | Eidos, Inc. | Silicon Dreams Studio Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Michael Owen was England's youngest ever goalscorer and biggest hero, until superseded on both counts by Wayne Rooney. He put his name to a game balanced between the action of an arcade game and the realism of a simulation.The game incorporates the leading international teams along with some 200 domestic teams from Europe, Japan, and USA. Each player's abilities are rated out of 10 in several key areas. Statistics including shots (in total and on target), fouls, and possession are recorded. Set pieces are controlled by moving a line to direct the ball. While trying to play a pass, the player can switch control to the footballer hoping to receive the ball.The player can choose from competition structures including leagues and Cup championships, a practice mode, and single friendly matches, with the World Cup perhaps as the ultimate prize. It is also possible for the player to design own competitions. |
| Dreams | 1998-11-15 | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | In this game you are Duncan - a man, who must save the worlds of Dream and Reality from dark force.While in the PC version called Dreams to Reality you have a whole dream world to explore, progressing in a storyline, solving puzzles and having conversations with NPCs, the Playstation version is a simple arcade-style game: you're placed in a small area of floating isles where you must defeat all the monsters and collect all the objects in order for an exit to pop up. This exit will then lead to a new small area of floating isles. In this game you can choose between a variety of playable characters, all of which have a different skill and style of movement. Also, the intro video is completely different to that of the PC version. |
| Eggs of Steel | 1998-11-17 | Atlus Software Inc. | Rhythm & Hues Studios | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | In Eggs of Steel, the player takes control of Charlie the Egg, a night watchman at the MOM Steel Factory. However while on break, the machines start up and it is up to Charlie to stop it by hitting the reset button hidden on the other end of the factory, but to do this Charlie must face hazardous obstacles and bad guys trying to stop him.Eggs of Steel is a flip-screen platformer, using prerendered 3D backgrounds, a technique similar to Resident Evil. The gameplay involves jumping onto ledges, climbing pipes and avoid flying obstacles such as girders. Also Charlie will encounter bad guys along the way that he can take out with his "Egg Roll" and use his trusty wrench to trap and take out the baddies.There are 43 levels and 12 different bosses along with power-ups such as donuts that will increase Charlie's health. The story is told through thirty minutes of full screen animation and music includes genres like jazz, salsa and even Polynesian. |
| Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus | 1998-11-17 | GT Interactive Software Corp. | Oddworld Inhabitants Inc. | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Platform | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Teen | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | In Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee Abe shut down RuptureFarms and saved his buddies from becoming snacks. But Rupture farms was just the beginning; the Glukkons are digging up bones at the ancient Mudokon burial grounds. They use the bones to make Soul Storm Brew. Abe must travel to the Soul Storm Brewery, stop those corporate villains and save the enslaved Mudokon workers.Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus is a 2D platform game very similar to its predecessor both visually and gameplay-wise. Like in the previous game, Abe has to outsmart his foes and avoid obstacles rather than confront them directly. The game is larger than its predecessor and is more oriented towards puzzle-solving, featuring more complex interaction with the Mudokons, who can now be angry, wired, depressed, sick, or blind. The first three problematic conditions can be removed with the appropriate "Gamespeak" command; sick Mudokons must be cured with a special item, while blind ones will follow Abe's voice and may fall to their deaths if Abe doesn't stop them in time.An additional ability Abe has is turning into a Mudokon deity called Shrykull, which possesses the power to instantly kill enemies. Transformation into Shrykull is possible only if Abe succeeds in sending several Mudokons through the bird portal at the same time. After having used Shrykull's power once, Abe transforms back into his normal Mudokon self. As opposed to the predecessor with its limited saving possibilities, a quick save feature has been added to Abe's Exoddus. The player can save at any time and resume playing from the same spot in case Abe dies. |
| Apocalypse | 1998-11-18 | Activision, Inc. | Neversoft Entertainment, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed, Regional differences | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | In Apocalypse, the player takes the role of Trey Kincaird, a nano-physicist with the look and voice of Bruce Willis. He has a simple but challenging goal: defeating the Four Horsemen to avoid the apocalypse and the end of the world. The game is a fast-paced, linear third-person shooter. The player spends all his time walking through the various levels and shooting at enemies until they die. The movement and shooting directions are controlled independently. There are four boss battles and a few platforming sections. |
| FIFA 99 | 1998-11-18 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control, Multiple units/characters control | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | This was the third FIFA title in a little over a year. It incorporates 42 national sides, as well as 250 club teams from 12 different leagues, to play a complete true-to-life season, the preset Super League, or a league or cup of your own design. Formations and tactics can be set, and players can be moved between teams. Gameplay can be viewed from multiple angles. Players have more animation than ever before, with new moves including sliding challenges and close-control trapping. Goalkeepers now have a level of human control. |
| Psybadek | 1998-11-18 | Psygnosis Limited | Psygnosis Limited | Action, Sports | Behind view | | | | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | In Psybadek, you maneuver a hoverboard through jungle, desert, underworld and ice levels as Xako or Mia to save your friends trapped by an evil overlord. While more action oriented than racing, the game encourages you to pull off tricks and speed, all the while collecting stars and solving the odd puzzle. |
| Tiger Woods 99 PGA Tour Golf | 1998-11-18 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | The next generation of EA's PGA Tour series. Essentially, the game uses the same mechanics as previous PGA Tour games with some technical improvements and modifications on the interface. Two swinging modes are available: the old twitch-and-click one and the new "Analog Pro Swing" which is a mouse-motion swing type, a la SimGolf. The swing bar has been revamped to include all relevant information and the overpower mark has been replaced with the "Tiger Zone", an arcade style gimmick that makes the game shout "Tiger Shot!!" and makes your character glow with electricity when hitting the ball.The game comes with 3 18-hole courses: Pebble Beach Golf Links, TPC at Summerlin and TPC at Sawgrass, but also for owners of previous PGA Tour games, the game has the option both to export this courses to and import the courses from PGA Tour 96 for Windows, PGA Tour Pro, PGA Tour Gold, PGA Tour Laptop and some of the course disks into Tiger's game complete with new renderings on the brand new engine that uses a combination of 2d pre-rendered backdrops, 3d foregrounds and digitally captured golfers.The golfers include Tiger himself as well as 7 other PGA champs and an option to create a custom player. Game modes available include practice, stroke, tournament, skins, shoot-out, match play, foursomes, fourball and driving range. Multiplayer gameplay is also supported with voice and text chat and up to 4 player gameplay. |
| ADVAN Racing | 1998-11-19 | Atlus Co., Ltd. | Atlus Co., Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | PS1 | ADVAN Racing is a Japanese racing game developed with the cooperation of ADVAN, a real extreme car competition in Japan. It features 16 cars taken from the real races, including both the roadsters and the rally cars. Atlus borrowed and improved some visual aspects from the cousin Gran Turismo, and many of the best racers are available right at the start of the game. The car views found in the game place are among the standard of the racing games, except for the in-car view, which features a generic dashboard with no steering wheel or dials. Game modes range from the simple exhibition racing to the official ADVAN GP. Multiplayer features one-on-one split-screen races. |
| Meitantei Conan | 1998-11-19 | Bandai Co., Ltd. | | Adventure | Diagonal-down | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Mini-games | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Meitantei Conan (名探偵コナン) also known as Detective Conan is an adventure game based on anime and manga with the same title. While this is not the first Meitantei Conan game to be released, it is the first of many such adventure games on consoles. The game contains two original new cases which can be played in any order and contains anime style opening movies for each of the cases. The game uses top-down perspective with artwork showing side view to achieve bird's perspective presentation. In both episodes, the player directly controls Conan which can move up, down, left, or right, and can talk to other characters or interact with current locations and on-screen objects. As the case story progresses, many puzzle oriented mini-games will also become available.Doukyuusei Satsujin Jiken (同級生殺人事件) case
Conan, together with Ran Mouri and her father Kogorou Mouri, whom Conan had made a great detective, come to visit a girl student who received a threatening letter. While they were investigating the case, an actual murder has occurred. A seemingly unrelated to the threatening letter schoolgirl has been killed. Conan isn't wasting a minute on letting Kogorou try and solve it and is already looking for clues, questioning suspects, and trying to make the deduction that will uncover the motive behind the murder and the real culprit responsible for it.Kotou no Takaramono Jiken (孤島の宝物事件) case
Boys detective club comprised of Conan Edogawa (whose real name is Shinichi Kudo), Ayumi Yoshida, Genta Kojima, and Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya, have come to visit Ayumi's uncle. As they were playing on a yacht at the pier, Ayumi's uncle was paid a visit by a suspicious looking woman that apparently riled him up so he left the kids to play alone for a while. Before long they find themselves riding a huge waves on a rough sea which caused Conan to fall overboard. When he woke up, he found himself on an isolated island with yacht debris covering the shore and his friends missing. This in turn will turn into a quest for a secret treasure, but the island will also test Conan's survival skills. |
| Meitantei Conan: 3 Nin no Meisuiri | 1998-11-19 | Bandai Co., Ltd. | KID Corp. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Japanese-style adventure | | | | | | | PS1 | Written by the same scenario writer who wrote for the animated TV series, this story of Detective Conan brings three sharp-witted characters from the franchise through three separate cases together. Scenario 1 focuses on Ai Haibara, an adult shrank to the size of an elementary school student by the same drug as Conan. Scenario 2 focuses on Heiji Hattori, the great detective from the west who is also aware of Conan's true identity. And scenario 3 focuses on Conan Edogawa, whose real name is Shin'ichi Kudou. All three separate cases have one thing in common, though... the men in black organization who was behind Conan's mysterious transformation. The gameplay is that of a typical visual novel with adventure elements such as searching the scenes for clues, questioning suspects and uncover mysteries during the investigation. |
| Street Fighter Collection 2 | 1998-11-19 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action, Compilation | Side view | | | Fighting | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Teen | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Street Fighter Collection 2 is the second title in the Collection series and it goes even further back to the classic days of Street Fighter II. Included is the one that started it all, Street Fighter II: The World Warrior, and the two improved editions, Champion Edition and Hyper Fighting, known as Dash and Dash Turbo in Japan respectively.Street Fighter II: The World Warrior features all the basic features that would be carried over to subsequent Street Fighter II editions. The original game features eight selectable characters, with Ryu and Ken being the only characters with identical moves. In the single-player tournament, the player faces the other seven main characters, before proceeding to the final four opponents, which are non-selectable boss characters. Matches can go up to ten rounds if there is no clear winner before making the player lose by default (in Champion Edition and onward, this is reduced to four rounds).The most significant change to Street Fighter II: Champion Edition is the ability to play as the four boss characters, as well as allowing two players to select the same fighter, with one character being distinguished from the other with an alternate color scheme. Characters using their alternate color scheme have their names printed in blue below their lifebar. The number of opponents in the single-player mode is increased to twelve due to the addition of clone matches. Some of the artwork is redrawn as well and the stages' backgrounds are recolored. Much of the gameplay is revised to balance the characters out.Finally, Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting is a minor update released in response to the proliferation of modified bootlegs of Champion Edition. Released on December 1992 (eight months after Champion Edition), Hyper Fighting increases the game speed and adds new special techniques for some of the fighters such as Dhalsim's Yoga Teleport and Chun-Li's Kikoken. All of the characters receive new color schemes, with the new scheme becoming the default and the original color scheme as the alternate for all characters except M. Bison, who still uses his original color scheme as the default and the new scheme as the alternate. |
| Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft | 1998-11-23 | Eidos Interactive, Inc. | Core Design Ltd. | Action | Behind view | Regional differences | | Platform, Puzzle elements | Asia, Oceania | | Direct control | | Teen | | PS1 | The intrepid archaeologist Lara Croft ventures to India, searching for a legendary stone that once belonged to the tribe of Infada. Shortly after recovering the precious stone, she encounters a Dr. Willard, the head of an organization known as RX Tech. Willard is interested in an ancient Polynesian city built by people of a now defunct civilization, which worshipped a mysterious meteorite that hit the Earth millions of years ago. Willard tells Lara that the Infada Stone is in fact one of the four artifacts the ancient Polynesians fashioned from the material contained in the meteorite's core. Willard suggests Lara should look for the other three, scattered and hidden in various regions of the planet. It looks like another dangerous adventure awaits the fearless "tomb raider"!Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft is an action game with platforming and puzzle-solving elements. The gameplay system is similar to the one implemented in the previous game. Lara's abilities include running, jumping, climbing, swimming, rolling, crouching, crawling, sprinting, and swinging on bars and vines. A few new types of hazards have been added in this installment, including cold water in which Lara can swim for a limited amount of time, dangerous underwater creatures (such as piranhas), and the treacherous quicksand, which will swallow the heroine if the player isn't careful and fast enough to prevent her from falling into it.As in the previous game, Lara uses pistols, shotguns, harpoon guns, uzis, and grenade launchers to defend herself. New weapons include the Desert Eagle, MP5 sub-machine-gun, and rocket launcher. A few levels are designed in such a way that sneaking becomes the preferable solution, rather than directly engaging the enemies in combat. Unlike the previous games, the player can choose to tackle the levels in any order following the introductory Indian scenario.The player can save the game at any time in both the PC and the PlayStation versions; however, in the latter the amount of times the player can save the game depends on the amount of special crystals collected by Lara during her journey. |
| Knockout Kings | 1998-11-25 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | High Score Entertainment, Press Start Inc | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Thirty eight of the sport's greatest boxers (including Muhammad Ali, Evander Holyfield, Sugar Ray Leonard, Oscar De La Hoya & Lennox Lewis) are together for the first time in one game for you to compete as and against.Compete for a collection of different belts (lightweight, heavyweight, etc.) through-out the world as the greatest names in the history of boxing, or create your own boxer and go all the way to the top.Jimmy Lenno, Jr. adds his voice for ring announcements, Sean Ogrady and Al Albert commentate the play, and Mills Lane is your fighting instructor. |
| 1 on 1 | 1998-11-26 | Jorudan Co., Ltd. | Jorudan Co., Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | SMC, Kudō‑chō (工藤 長), Takeshi Nagata (永田 毅) | PS1 | 1 on 1 is, like the name suggests, a 1 on 1 basketball game played on half court with one basket only. The game is played over two rounds or until one of the contenders reaches 11 points. The players take turns being on the offense and the defense. If the player on defense successfully steals the ball from the offense player, they switch positions.The game itself is in full 3D, but the controls are more similar to a 2D game with no "depth" to the movement.There is a selection of 8 different characters to pick from, each with their own special abilities and distinct looks.The gameplay modes include a versus mode (either versus a computer player or a human player) and a minigame section with various basketball related minigames. |
| DogDay | 1998-11-26 | ASCII Something Good Corporation | Eyst Pty Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | In this 1st-person, point and click adventure game, you play a dog (in a dog's universe) living under the brutal and corrupt regime of a dictator named Chegga. Chegga has full control of the media and has placed his friends in positions of power.Players must collect evidence of Chegga's wrong doing and sell it
to a shadowy group called C.A.T.S. (Coalition Against Totalitarian Society) which will presumably use the information to wrest control from Chegga. In selling this information, the goal is also to be gaining enough money to purchase a train ticket, leave this part of the world, and try to make a better life.The way the plot is laid out, it is unclear whether the player's character is out to rid the world of a tyrant or simply in it for the money. |
| Eurasia Express Satsujin Jiken | 1998-11-26 | Enix Corporation | System Sacom | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | | Asia | | Direct control, Point and select | | | | PS1 | Murder on the Eurasia Express is a murder mystery played entirely as interactive movie adventure game. The player finds himself traveling on the Eurasia Express train with many high school students, all girls from private school, and a few of their teachers. One of the teacher had a bit of an early drink and to sober up withdrew himself in his cabin. Some time later he was discovered dead, murdered no less. Not many people are qualified to deal with it, but you just happen to be a private investigator and it falls to you to solve the crime and uncover the murderer before the train arrives at its destination which is in two hours.With very little to start, you decide the good course of action is to interview everyone and check their whereabouts and alibis. Not everyone will speak truthfully, and some will keep their secrets until you force them open, while others will be open and help you as best they can. The game plays entirely as a live-action movie where player moves in segments following an animation from one location to another. But you're not entirely alone in your quest to unmask the killer. You are accompanied by Tsubasa Kataoka, one of the students, who also keeps info on all the suspects in her notebook, as well as other clues you uncover in your investigation.By questioning the suspects, new dialogues may reveal or you may acquire new items which can be checked more thoroughly in your inventory. While dialogues are all movies, flashbacks are told via still photos showing precise events that the person you are questioning is informing you about. At any time during gameplay you can check your pocket watch to see how much time you are left with (you start at 11am and the train is to reach the destination at 1pm). The game features several Japanese idols as some of the school girls. The game doesn't let you explore the entire train but only focuses on a single car comprised of 6 passenger cabins, car attendant's room and a lounge are. |
| Exodus Guilty | 1998-11-26 | Imadio, Imagineer Co., Ltd. | Abel Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | | Contemporary, Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | It is the same place. But it is different time. The events of the past will influence the present and change the future. A mysterious item that was hidden thousand years ago will play an important role in the events of today and tomorrow...1200 BC. Total obedience is what the God demands from the people. Humans have no free will, but they believe that their obedience will bring them reward. The protagonist in this time period is the "flame priest" Ales who serves the God. 200X AD - many good and evil powers are present in the world of our time, but the treasure hunter Kasumi Shindou is only interested in one thing - to find a treasure and become rich, and nothing and nobody will stop him. In the future, 13800 AD, the skies have became black, the oceans are red, and the earth is on the verge of a disaster - Sui, the last descendant of a royal dynasty, and her friends decide to undertake something to change the reality. Exodus Guilty is a Japanese style adventure game featuring the so-called "Multitime Zapping System", which allows you to play as Ales, Kasumi, and Sui in their respective time periods, switching between them when necessary. You have to gather various items and to coordinate your actions in the past so that the future will be changed. The gameplay relies largely on dialogues (at certain points you are able to choose one of several available answers). You can also navigate your characters from first-person perspective (pressing arrows that point to different directions). You also have a party - people who join the main protagonists and help them in their quests.The Dreamcast release, Exodus Guilty Neos, adds full voice acting but is otherwise identical in content. |
| First Kiss Story | 1998-11-26 | Human Entertainment, Inc. | HuneX Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | | | | | | Buy at Buy at | PS1 | Known as the last game originally released for PC-FX (with a PlayStation port being released seven months afterwards), First Kiss Story has the player assume the role of a high school boy (whom the player must name himself), whose parents left town one month before his graduation. So during this month, he will live by his parents' friends, the Orikura family, which consists of two sisters, Kana and Manami, and their mother, a young and attractive widow. Yes, you've guessed it - the hero (and by extension, the player) can conquer the hearts of all three, plus a dozen more lovely girls that populate the city of Akitsuki - and that is pretty much what the story is about.First Kiss Story is what is commonly called a "visual novel", with even less interaction than a typical Japanese adventure with its menu-based commands. All the player can do here is to access locations from the town map, and sometimes choose a dialogue option. The locations with a "girl event" in them are marked with a heart on the map. Depending on the decisions taken by the player, the hero will end up with one of the pretty girls. Despite suggestive themes and some mildly erotic images, there is no nudity in this game.The PlayStation port includes additional content, along with alternative CGs for certain scenes, and spans two CDs, as opposed to one for the PC-FX version. |
| LiberoGrande | 1998-11-26 | Namco Limited | Namco Limited | Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | LiberoGrande is a football (soccer) game. The user designs his/her own character and can alter his attributes and skills, and control this one player during the match. The user can adjust strategies for the team, but plays each game as their own character.The game features details stadia, with interactive crowd, and a selection of 32 national teams. It also supports two-player mode, via a unique split-screen mode not often seen in soccer games. |
| Serial Experiments Lain | 1998-11-26 | Pioneer LDC, Inc. | | Simulation | | Licensed | | | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | Serial Experiments Lain is an atypical game where the player needs to browse a computer network, called "the Wired", discovering audio and video clips from the original anime in order to gather enough data to unravel the mystery of the plot surrounding Lain. It is up to the player to put the pieces of the puzzle together and find out how the story ends. |
| Streak Hoverboard Racing | 1998-11-26 | GT Interactive Software Corp. | SingleTrac Entertainment Technologies, Inc. | Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | Everyone | | PS1 | Streak Adrenaline Uncut!Reject the tyranny of gravity and embrace the future of board sports. GEMBlading - extreme hoverboard racing reserved for the reckless and the lawless. Experience an explosively fast, stunt-packed race in the pursuit of pure adrenaline. 12 unique Streakers want you for the aerial underground! |
| Toys Dream | 1998-11-26 | KSS | Mediamuse | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Time management | | | | Real-time | | Isometric | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)★This game is supported with the PSP® and PS Vita screenshot function★PSP®: Screenshots can be taken by using the menu after holding the PS button (HOME button) in the game. The image will be saved in the photo collection from the XMB™ (XrossMediaBar).PS Vita: Screenshots can be taken by using "Screenshot" from the "Settings" after holding the PS button in the game. The image will be saved as an application photo. This software can be played with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).If you are downloading with PC or via PS3™, after downloading with the device please connect to PSP® with a USB cable and copy the content by inserting a storage media like Memory Stick™.This is the masterpiece for simulation games for creating items!Control 4 unique characters and complete requests to protect the small laboratory!The game contains a system for you to earn money by creating requested items from materials obtained in the game.There will be about 600 types of items in the game.Depending on the flow of the game, decide the main character among 4 characters to enjoy 4 types + αmultiple kinds of stories.Copyright:©SoftgaragePurchase or use of this item is subject to SEN Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Wizard's Harmony R | 1998-11-26 | Arc System Works Co., Ltd. | Arc System Works Co., Ltd. | Strategy | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Life / social simulation | Fantasy | | Menu structures | Turn-based | | Isometric | PS1 | This Wizard's Harmony spinoff features a new protagonist, Tians. As in the previous games, the player goes about their daily life at a magic school, managing their time and interacting with fellow students. |
| Missland 2 | 1998-11-28 | Altron Corporation | Altron Corporation | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Hidden object | | | | Real-time | | | PS1 | Missland 2 is a simple "spot the differences" game. Just like the first title, the player is given a view of two slightly different 3D environments, and can freely look around and zoom the camera. The player must find all eight differences in the stage, randomized each time it is played, before the time runs out and without making too many mistakes. In the party mode, up to four players can play simultaneously. |
| Backstreet Billiards | 1998-11-30 | ASCII Entertainment Software, Inc. | Agenda Co., Ltd. | Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Backstreet Billiards is one of the most unique and full fledged pool simulations for Playstation. This game offers a wide variety of pool and carom games: 8-Ball, 9-Ball, Rotation, Basic Pool, 141 Continuous, Bowlliards, Cutthroat, 5-9 and One Pocket. Carom games include: 3-Ball, 4-Ball, Free, One Cushion, and Three Cushion. Adding to that are timed, trick shot and practice modes. The most unique aspect of the game though is a story-mode. This mode consists of a adventure game where you play as a character on the search for his father's famous pool cue. The story mode allows you to visit different locations and challenge opponents who get tougher along the way. Hidden items and ability upgrades help you along the way in this RPG like mode. Four player's are supported with or without multitap. |
| No One Can Stop Mr. Domino | 1998-11-30 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Artdink Corporation | Action, Puzzle, Racing / Driving | Diagonal-down | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Most dominoes wait forever, just waiting to be toppled over. But no one can stop Mr. Domino - he has to run around everywhere, causing mayhem everywhere he goes. Help Mr. Domino use the domino effect to trigger tricks and traps on unsuspecting objects and people!No One Can Stop Mr. Domino is a puzzle game which sees you controlling the titular Mr. Domino (or one of his friends, if you prefer) as he zips around levels which can be best described as a racetrack. As the title suggests, you can't actually stop Mr. Domino - however, you can guide him around the track, speed him up and slow him down. He'll need to dodge obstacles as he aims to activate "tricks" which are placed around the board.By holding down X, Circle, Triangle or Square as he runs, players can lay a trail of dominoes behind Mr. Domino. When he reaches the dominoes you've placed, guide him into them to make them topple and start a chain reaction. Make dominoes fall onto the "trick switches" to activate them. If you're clever, you can set off a chain reaction of dominoes by placing the next set of dominoes from the Hint Tile (a red circle) to the next trick switch, and so on, until all the level's tricks are completed. As Mr. Domino runs, he loses stamina - lose all his stamina, and it's Game Over. You can prevent this by running over Stamina Tiles, which replenish all his stamina.Mr. Domino can cause chaos in a variety of places - topple cards and shoot billiards at the casino; heat popcorn and crash toy cars in the supermarket; or crush a grandfather with a gigantic bell and indirectly cause a father to get punched in the genitals in the family home. As the title says: No One Can Stop Mr. Domino. |
| NCAA March Madness 99 | 1998-12-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | Dexx Dorris (as DEXX) | PS1 | This basketball game lets the player choose from 107 Division 1 men's teams, 16 Division 1 women's teams (the top 16 from the 1998 season), and 20 of the all-time great men's teams from the past. The license from the NCAA allows for the team's names to be real, but no player's names are allowed, although the players on the teams mimic the real jersey number's and skills of their real life counterparts.The game features six game modes which are: Exhibition, Tournament, Practice, Women's Sweet Sixteen, Three-Point Shootout, and Dynasty. Exhibition let's the player pick any team to play against any other team in the game. Tournament mode lets the player fully customize a 64 team NCAA tournament. Practice mode let's the player practice their skills on the court. Women's Sweet Sixteen let's the player set up a tournament for the 16 women's teams in the game. Three-Point Shootout let's the player compete in a three-point shooting contest. Dynasty mode let's the player take a college team through multiple seasons and allows the player to recruit new talent to improve their team. |
| Roll Away | 1998-12-01 | Psygnosis Limited | Game Design Sweden AB | Action, Puzzle | Behind view | | | Platform | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | In Roll Away, the player controls a beach ball navigating a series of cubic-grid labyrinths suspended high above various locales. The objective of each level is to collect all of the keys scattered throughout to unlock the exit. The player can also collect coins and gems which increase their score.The direction of gravity relative to an object is always downward towards the surface which the object is rested on or the ball is jumping towards. When the ball reaches a point where the surface tilts upward or downward, such as the end of a pier or on a single block, the ball can move along this change in direction and relative gravity will shift accordingly, meaning that the beach ball is always on the surface facing up and objects do not fall from their positions on the other surfaces.There are also obstacles in many of the levels, such as spikes protruding from the floor, Captivators which move around a plane and capture the ball on contact, as well as ice blocks, which propel the ball forward uncontrollably, and blocks which collapse when the ball rolls over them to leave empty space where they stood. There is a fixed time limit which is constant across every level, which the player can reverse by collecting an hourglass. Red and yellow pills speed up the timer for a few seconds while slowing the balls movement, while blue and purple pills make the ball bounce uncontrollably and stop it from shifting gravity. The player can also fail a level by making the ball jump into empty space.In addition to coins and gems, each of the main levels contains a fruit, which changes depending on how many the player has collected. When the player collects five fruits, they are transported to a bonus level where ball must touch every block, their score only counting if they succeed. There also bonus levels in secret exits on some levels which function as normal levels but once again do not count a failed score.The single player portion of the game consists of Arcade mode, which involves racking up a high score and saving progress every 5 levels, and Time Trial mode, where the player must complete each level in a certain amount of time and save points come every 15 levels and there are no bonus levels. The player's score/time for a level is added to the total on completing the level, and taken away on failure. If the players score in Arcade mode falls below zero, or above zero in Time Trial, then they have to retry from their last save.The multiplayer modes consist of Copycat, where each player must copy exactly the other players movements and adding a new step each turn, and Time Trial, where the two players compete for faster completion times. |
| Uprising X | 1998-12-01 | 3DO Company, The | Cyclone Studios | Action, Strategy | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Tank | | | Teen | | PS1 | Uprising X is a PlayStation-exclusive entry in Cyclone Studios' series of tank simulators, combining the gameplay of real time strategy games with first-person combat. The player controls a tank named "Wraith" with both analog sticks, using the left one to aim and the right stick for movement. The minimal plot is developed through mission briefings and cutscenes, telling the struggle between a rebel faction against imperial forces for the dominance of planets.As one of the rebels, the player has to maneuver the tank on a battlefield, searching for suitable places to construct reinforcements buildings. After entering a piece of terrain marked with four glowing orbs, a large structure topped by a turret called "The Citadel" appears on a nearby spot. The player can enter it by pressing both L1 and R1 buttons, assuming the role of the turret operator. Besides handling the weapons, the player can access the build menu, from where unit factories can be erected on the surrounding terrain. Extra turrets can also be placed around the perimeter to protect the base. The structures can be recycled to be replaced with new ones.The tank is equipped with several weapons, from laser beams to guided missiles, that can be used against enemy troops. From the inside, friendly units can be summoned when available to fight alongside in battle. Infantry, tanks and aircraft can be called into action from the interface menu. A tactical map showing an overhead view of the terrain can be activated with the select button.There are three split-screen modes for two players: challenge, deathmatch and siege. The first two have the players fighting directly against each other, while the last one is more strategic, where the objective is to defend the base from incoming enemy assaults. |
| Bust A Groove | 1998-12-02 | 989 Studios | Metro Corporation | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Music / rhythm | | | | Real-time | Everyone | | PS1 | Match the moves shown on-screen in this Simon-like game to dance. Keep up with the continuing commands and your persona will be able to do combos and other fancy moves. Dance different styles as a disco throwback, a breakdancer, a robot, and others, either alone or with a partner. When dancing with a partner, coordination is important so you can gain a clear lead on him. When dancing together each character gets an opportunity for a dance solo. Don't waste it as it's a great time to rack up points. |
| Banshee's Last Cry | 1998-12-03 | Chunsoft Co., Ltd. | Chunsoft Co., Ltd. | Adventure | | | Detective / mystery, Horror | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | PS1 | Banshee's Last Cry, like Sound Novel Evolution 1: Otogirisō Sosei-hen is an enhanced remake of a SNES game. This version features improved graphics, as well as a flow chart that allows the player to keep track of and re-watch the scenarios previously played. Two new stories have been added, with new ways to unlock both these new scenarios and the parodies scenarios. More background information is available for the protagonists. |
| Space Invaders 2000 | 1998-12-03 | Taito Corporation | Taito Corporation | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Space Invaders 2000 is an updated version of the 1997 PlayStation version of Space Invaders. Like that, it is based on Space Invaders DX and includes four variants of the original arcade game plus a two player versus mode, but lacks the parody mode. This release includes one new game mode called Time Attack. It is played against the clock and the player has to clear five waves of invaders in as little time as possible. Each wave has a different formation and its own background graphics. Also included on the disc are demos for two other Taito games: G-Darius and Densha de Go! 2. |
| Animaniacs: Ten Pin Alley | 1998-12-04 | American Softworks Corporation | Saffire, Inc | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Animaniacs: Ten Pin Alley is a bowling game, a sequel of sorts to Ten Pin Alley. The gameplay is basically the same: the player can choose from a selection of characters (this time from the Animaniacs cartoon) with varying statistics, or build a new character from the ground up. This character is then positioned facing the bowling lane and its pins.After starting the ball launch the screen switches to a side view of the character holding the ball and three gauges appear: two tricolored ones for speed and accuracy and a smaller green one for putting a spin on the ball. Initially, the player can fill the spin gauge. After some seconds, a fast meter starts to move on the other gauges. The objective is to press a button when the meter reaches the yellow band on each gauge. If it misses this mark, the character fumbles and drops the ball. |
| Brian Lara Cricket | 1998-12-08 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Action, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view, Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | The classic game of cricket, updated for 1998 and endorsed by Brian Lara. A more detailed description can be found in the advertising blurbs. |
| Formula 1 98 | 1998-12-09 | Psygnosis Limited | Visual Sciences Ltd. | Racing / Driving | | Licensed | | Arcade | | | | | Everyone | Released | PS1 | All 22 drivers and 16 tracks from the 1998 Formula One season are included in this racing game. It has an Arcade mode & a realistic Grand Prix mode, with car setups and trickier handling. Split-screen and four-player link options are offered. There is a new in-car view and more overall camera views than before. A rear-view mirror is available as a separate view, triggered by holding a d-pad button. This version adds the ability to tour the track, with TV analyst and former driver Martin Brundle directing you. Brundle and TV legend Murray Walker commentate on the races.The race modes offered by the game are:
Arcade Race: This is the 'pick-up-and-play' version of the game. Here the player can compete against other cars and against the clock, winning time extensions for good lap times and passing checkpoints. Racing in this mode allows the player to set a race length, difficulty, and toggle braking assist, steering assist, and car damage.
Arcade Time Trial: Essentially the same as the Arcade Race but with no choice of car or circuit and no race configuration options.
Arcade Challenge: This is a single player game. The player's team and driver are automatically selected and the challenge is to finish in a specified position or higher. As the player progresses through the challenges the finishing position becomes harder, the opponents become more skillful, and the car becomes more like an F1 car.
Quick Race: A simple no frills version for one or two players. Here there is no choice of car and no car setup options. The Quick Race is a separate option on the main menu to all other race types.
The Grand Prix: This race mode allows the player to make many adjustments to their car, tuning the suspension, brakes and more. There are both Practice and Qualifying sessions with which to refine the car's setup. The player can choose from three levels of difficulty, a choice of weather conditions, player aids can be toggled on and off as well as other features such as mechanical failure, tyre wear, fuel depletion, and whether race flags are to be obeyed.Pit stops are needed to repair tyres and to refuel, in Practice and Qualifying the car setup can be adjusted - this option is not available in the main race.
Championship: this is a full season of Grand Prix races
The sixteen circuits that were used in the 1998 season are Albert Park in Melbourne, Australia; Jose Carlos Race Circuit in Sao Paulo, Brazil; Autodromo Alfredo Galves circuit in Beunos Aires, Argentina; the Enzo E Dino Ferrari circuit of Imola, San Marino; The Spanish Catalunya circuit of Barcelona; the Monaco Street Circuit, Montreal's Gilles Villeneuve circuit in Canada; France's Circuit de Nevers Magy-Cours; Britain's Silverstone; the A-1 Ring of Austria; Germany's Hockenheimring; the Mogyorod-Hungaroring of Hungrary; Belgium's Francorchamps circuit; Italy's Autodromo Nazionale Monza; the famous Nurgergring of Luxembourg; and finally the only non-European circuit the Suzuka International Racing Course of Japan.The teams represented were Benneton, Williams, McLaren, Jordan, Prost, RedBull International, Arrows, Stewart, Tyrell, Ferrari and Minardi. Each team had two drivers. |
| Jeopardy! | 1998-12-09 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | Artech Digital Entertainment, Ltd. | Puzzle | 1st-person | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Based on the well known game show of the same name. The basic idea behind the game is that you are given a choice of categories, each with an answer to a question behind the square. Your job is to figure out the question that corresponds to the given answer (for example, the answer is Star Wars. The question would be: George Lucas' Trilogy?, or something like that.)There are over 3500 answers to find questions to, in different game types including Tournament, Speed Match and Single Round. And in every case, Alex Trebek (the host) is there to tell you if you are right or wrong. |
| Tsumu | 1998-12-10 | Hect Co. Ltd. | Hect Co. Ltd. | Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Japan-only 3D sokoban-style game, where a hamster with a forklift must move around and lift boxes. Each box has a fragment of an animated image on one side, with the goal of each stage being to arrange the boxes in a marked location so that they form a complete animated image. Stages have step limits, so the puzzles must be solved under a certain number of steps, except in the "freeplay mode", where puzzles can still be completed after exceeding the step limit.The game also includes a stage editor to build custom puzzles. On the back of the box, as well as in-game when starting the editor, there is a note announcing that users can send in their created stages, and the 100 best creations will be featured in Tsumu 2 (which does not exist under that name, but might be the sequel Tsumu Light). |
| Wonder Trek | 1998-12-10 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | Zest Works | Action, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform | | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Wonder Trek is an action game with puzzle elements about two zoologists: professor Fable and Nick his reliable assistant. They are stranded on a mysterious island and have to find the giant phoenix egg. Most of the gameplay is based around platform sections and dodging enemies. Other actions include inspecting items.Nick is the main character and the professor just tags along, controlled by the AI and invincible. He sometimes needs to be pulled on ledges as he cannot jump highly and he is also required to solve certain puzzles. The game is endorsed by the World Wide Fund for Nature. The professor provides background informations about certain items and artifacts. Enemies cannot be killed directly, but they are stunned using a hammer. |
| Yūkyū Gensōkyoku ensemble | 1998-12-10 | Media Works Inc. | Starlight Marry Corporation | Adventure | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | PS1 | Yūkyū Gensōkyoku ensemble is a fan disc for Yūkyū Gensōkyoku, featuring new stories involving the characters, several minigames, and an art gallery. |
| ZigZagBall | 1998-12-10 | Upstar | Lay-Up KK | Action | Behind view | | | Platform | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)"ZIG ZAG BALL" is a simple ball action game based on Putting Golf, Billard and Pin ball.Enjoy this fantastic and comical game starred by unique characters and ball characters with your family!This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：147MBCopyright：© LAYUP / ©2011 HAMSTER Co.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Wheel of Fortune | 1998-12-15 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | Artech Digital Entertainment, Ltd. | Puzzle | | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz, Word construction | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | The long running game show hits the PC. All the areas of the show are here to play, including all of the prizes, 2000 puzzles and plenty of FMV of lovely hostess Vanna White. There is a new version of the game also available, where you are given a certain amount of free spin disks. If you choose the wrong letter, or land on 'lose a turn' or 'bankrupt', you lose one of the disks. Once you run out, the game is over. |
| Aquarium | 1998-12-17 | Electronic Arts Square, K.K. | Tose Co., Ltd. | Simulation | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | PS1 | Theme Aquarium is a simulation where the player has to build and manage a sea life centre. This includes buying tanks, getting fish from suppliers, and training dolphins for shows. Players start with an empty floor they can decorate to turn it into a maritime wonderland. Revenue is generated by attracting visitors. They have to be able to see an interesting selection of creatures and their wishes are visible for the player to react. The player can catch fish and sea life, or buy it from a selection of sellers. The main attraction is usually the dolphin show. The animals need to be cared for and the player also has to hire staff to clean the centre and provide general maintenance. The gameplay is similar to Bullfrog's earlier titles Theme Park and Theme Hospital. |
| Atelier Elie: Salburg no Renkinjutsushi 2 | 1998-12-17 | Gust Co., Ltd. | Gust Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | PS1 | Atelier Elie is a turn-based RPG with isometric graphics, and the second entry to the Atelier series by Gust. The player assumes the role of a new alchemist protagonist named Elfir Traum (nicknamed "Elie"), working on the same Salburg Academy of the first game. The main gameplay mechanic remains the same: the player has to research and synthesize items on the academy's facilities, while going on exploratory trips to gather more ingredients and materials.The academy has the traditional RPG shops for armor, weapons and items. Other characters can be found milling around the scenery, and some of them can be invited to join the party. The combat interface shows a small portion of the terrain with an overlaid grid, where the combatants take turns attacking and defending each other. Helpful items that act as health and attack spells can be created in the academy and added to the available arsenal. The characters level up automatically after each successful battle. When all the party members are defeated the game returns to Elie's laboratory at the academy. |
| EVE: The Lost One | 1998-12-23 | Imadio, Imagineer Co., Ltd. | C's Ware | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | EVE: The Lost One is a sequel to Eve burst error. The events of the game take place three years after those of the first game. The player is able to control two characters - the female detective Kyoko and the mysterious Snake, as they try to solve a complex mystery full of betrayals and political intrigues. In order to complete the game successfully, the player will have to to experience it from the perspectives of both heroes, helping each other to gather clues and to unlock events.The game uses a menu interface typical for Japanese adventures. The player interacts with the game world by selecting menu choices, which mainly include looking, talking, or going to a different location. The game is done in anime style with characters appearing on still pre-rendered backgrounds. |
| Ganbare Goemon: Kuru Nara Koi! Ayashi Geikka no Kuroi Kage | 1998-12-23 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Computer Entertainment Nagoya Co., Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | PS1 | Goemon returns to the Playstation in this 3D platformer that tries to shake things up in the Ganbare Goemon series of platform/adventure games. Once again you take the role of the heroic Goemon and his gang of buddies as he sets out to save feudal Japan from the machinations of the Ayashi clan who attempt to take out Goemon as their first step in order to control all of Edo. The game is played from a semi-isometric, fixed 3rd person perspective, within a fully polygonal engine. Levels are divided between platforming stages and neutral zones in which you can talk to NPCs, buy items. etc. etc. As in other Ganbare Goemon games you have to use each character's individual skills to complete specific objectives in order to advance the game's plot, and each character now also get their "impact" giant mecha, which they must use in specific sequences. Combat has been revamped to include a fighting game-like combo system and as par for the series, numerous mini-games are sprinkled in the game between stages and in special locations. |
| Kurushi Final: Mental Blocks | 1998-12-23 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | G-artists, Sugar & Rockets, Inc. | Action, Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Kurushi Final: Mental Blocks is a puzzle game where your wits are pitted against a 'higher power'. It is the sequel to Kurushi.Standing on an isolated platform, you must destroy blocks that are rolling towards you in order to survive. By destroying certain blocks, the size of the platform increases. If blocks fall off the edge of the platform, or you destroy the incorrect blocks, the platform becomes smaller.There are four game modes: 100 Attack, Survival, Create and Final. It has nine player characters (1 Initial, 8 Hidden) and includes a facility to create custom levels. |
| Lord Monarch: Shin Gaia Oukokuki | 1998-12-23 | Nihon Falcom Corp. | Nihon Falcom Corp. | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)To download content to the Memory Stick PRO Duo™ of your PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, the free space required is twice the size of the content to be downloaded.This software is playable for PLAYSTATION®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).To download this software, you must also have at least 140MB of free space on your PLAYSTATION®3 system's hard disk.To play this software with your PSP®, the latest system software and a Memory Stick Duo™ with at least 140MB of free space are required.For more detail information about download to your PSP® system, please see below URL.http://asia.playstation.comWhen downloading using PC:When downloading contents to PSP®, you must install the PLAYSTATION®Network Downloader application first. Please go to our official website for installing instructions and other information.■Game descriptionLord Monarch was first released as a PC game in 1991 and became a hit not only in Japan but all over the world with its real-time simulation gameplay, an innovative game system ahead of its time. While the goal of this game is simply leading your nation and expand your territory as far as possible, players can at the same time enjoy the intricate tactic gameplay and an immersive story that unfolds along with the introduction of different characters. There are 100 stages in total and together with different game modes and systems, it is hard to get tired of the endless fun offered by this title! ■PS3™ HDD and Memory Stick™ capacity requirement140MB■Copyright notices©1998 NIHON Falcom Co.©2000 HAMSTER Co.■AttentionThis software is converted from the software for PlayStation® so that it can be played on PS3™ and PSP®. Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. |
| Lucifer Ring | 1998-12-23 | Toshiba-EMI Ltd. | Soft Machine | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Beat 'em up / brawler, Fighting | Fantasy | | | | | | PS1 | In true fairy tale style, evil is about to lay its dark shadow over the world. The only way to stop this from happening is to collect 4 magic rings. Cue Nash, generic hero. Equipped with a sword and a limited amount of magic he sets out to slash, hack and slice his way to the 4 rings and in the end, a much nicer world to live in.The game plays much like Golden Axe but in full 3D, where Nash walks along a linear path and is constantly confronted by monsters who want nothing more than to end his life. Every now and then the player is given an opportunity to choose paths to get from point A to point B in several ways. At the end of every stage there is a boss waiting for Nash to make his day just a little less sunny and cheerful. In other words, they are usually evil and need plenty of killing.Nash has two standard attacks, one harder (but slower) and one weaker (but faster). Nash also has the ability to jump to cross broken bridges, cliffs and other natural hazards. A meter at the top of the screen fills up as Nash kills enemies and when it is full the player will be able to unleash a very powerful attack, which usually kills all the enemies on the screen. |
| Mizzurna Falls | 1998-12-23 | Human Entertainment, Inc. | Human Entertainment, Inc. | Action | Behind view | | Detective / mystery | | North America | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | This title is considered to be one of the first open world adventure games ever made. The game follows a teenager named Matthew on a quest to find his missing friend Emma in the fictional rural American town of Mizzurna Falls. |
| Momotarō Densetsu | 1998-12-23 | Hudson Soft Company, Ltd. | Make Software, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Momotarō Densetsu is an enhanced remake of the original Famicom game of the same name. The story is essentially the same, but the graphics have been completely redone, and several features from Momotarō Densetsu II have been added, including the ability to adventure with a party, rather than just as Momotarō alone. |
| Tales of Phantasia | 1998-12-23 | Namco Limited | Namco Limited, Production I.G, Inc. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | Side view, Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | PS1 | In Tales of Phantasia the player controls a young boy named Cless, who lives together with his parents in a quiet village. It was a day like all the others when Cless decided to go hunting with his best friend Chester. Chasing a wild boar, Cless discovered a strange talking tree in the forest who was pleading him for help. But as soon as it stopped speaking, the two friends heard the sound of an alarm. They returned to the village and found it burnt down, and all its inhabitants murdered. Before Cless' mother died in his arms, she told him this terrible massacre had something to do with the pendant she and her husband gave Cless for his birthday... what connection could there be? Cless decides to visit his uncle who lives in another town, but he doesn't realize his journey will take him to much more remote places than that.Tales of Phantasia is a Japanese-style role-playing game with an unusual combat system: the battles are action-based and are fought on separate side-scrolling screens. The player directly controls one character, while other party members are controlled by AI. It is possible to pause the game at any time and use magic, items, or choose an overall strategy for the allies. |
| beatmania Append 3rd Mix | 1998-12-23 | Konami Co., Ltd. | | DLC / Add-on | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This is the first of many append discs to be released in the long running Beatmania franchise for the Playstation. It features new songs, mostly taken directly from the arcade game, but also some exclusive for the Playstation release.This game requires the first disc from Beatmania Arcade 2nd Mix in order to be played. |
| Akuji: The Heartless | 1998-12-31 | Eidos Interactive, Inc. | Crystal Dynamics, Inc. | Action | Behind view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | Teen | Steve Papoutsis | PS1 | In Akuji: The Heartless the player takes the role of Akuji, a voodoo-priest. The title of the game is meant to be taken literally as Akuji's wedding day brought a problem with it: his brother kills him and rips out his heart. Now Akuji has to travel through the underworld to get back to the living and take his revenge.This game is a typical third-person action: the player jumps and fights through the stages. The player can increase his health bar by collecting voodoo dolls which are lying around in the levels. The camera is set in the over-the-shoulder perspective but can be adjusted manually. The levels in the game are mostly horror-themed. |
| 360: Three Sixty | 1999 | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Smart Dog | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Hovercraft, Vehicular combat | Direct control | | | | PS1 | 360: Three Sixty is an arcade and futuristic racing game set in a submerged world. Players can choose from multiple hovercrafts with different statistics based on acceleration, agility, armour and speed. Races take place in different environments with multiple laps per race. In addition to racing the vehicles can shoot each other and there is also a first-person reverse view to keep back chasers. Tracks contain pick-ups with new weapons and other types of items such as a shield. A regular cannon is always available as a weapon. Next to racing levels there are arena levels where opponents shoot each other and do not race. Game modes include Tournament, Time Trial and a two-player split-screen multiplayer mode. |
| A Mars Moose Adventure: Cosmic Quest 3 - Race Through France | 1999 | Lightspan, Inc. | Lightspan, Inc. | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Europe | Bike / Bicycling | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | A Mars Moose Adventure: Cosmic Quest 3 - Race Through France is among the more than 100 Lightspan Adventure educational games that were distributed to American elementary schools in the late 1990s and early 2000s.Mars Moose and his surfboard sidekick, Starboard, decide to help out Dui with her school report on France. To do so, they travel to the French countryside to collect some souvenirs for her report. Upon arrival, they decide to participate in the "International Bicycle Race," a reference to the real-life Tour de France. The player navigates Mars' bicycle around other bikers and hazards and along the way visits a farm, a circus, and some mountain trails. At each location, the player has to complete an alphabetizing minigame to acquire a souvenir. After all three souvenirs have been collected, Mars and Starboard can reach the race's finish line and travel back home.Part of Lightspan's reading and language arts curriculum, the game is geared toward children and aims to teach alphabetical sorting, memory skills and visual-discrimination skills. |
| A Mars Moose Adventure: WalkAbout 1 - The Natural History Museum | 1999 | Lightspan, Inc. | Lightspan, Inc. | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | A Mars Moose Adventure: WalkAbout 1 - The Natural History Museum is among the more than 100 Lightspan Adventure educational games that were distributed to American elementary schools in the late 1990s and early 2000s.Playing as a young boy, the player must help the museum's paleontologist complete a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton that's on display by finding the five missing bones that are scattered across three museum exhibits — the Southwest Room, the Rain Forest Room, and the Shipwreck Room. In each room, the player will need to complete various activities to find the bones, including matching animal sounds to the corresponding animal, taking pictures of animals with a camera, and playing three different variants of Concentration.Despite the game falling under Lightspan's Mars Moose Adventure series of games, Mars does not play a prominent on-screen role. His trademark blue antlers are featured as the active hotspot cursor icon, however.Part of Lightspan's reading and language arts curriculum, the game is geared toward children ages 5-7 and aims to teach letters, shapes, colors, and animal/wildlife vocabulary. |
| A Mars Moose Adventure: WalkAbout 2 - The Shakespeare Festival | 1999 | Lightspan, Inc. | Accent Media Productions, Inc., Lightspan, Inc. | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | A Mars Moose Adventure: WalkAbout 2 - The Shakespeare Festival is among the more than 100 Lightspan Adventure educational games that were distributed to American elementary schools in the late 1990s and early 2000s.Mars Moose and his friends are looking to perform a play at the local Shakespeare Festival, but don't have the $30 they need to rent the stage. They're given a chance to earn the money, however, by performing one of three tasks, each of which pays $10. In "Backdrop," the player needs to sort props into the proper chests. In "Orchestra Pit," the player needs to match sounds to the right musical instruments, and in "Bookshelf," the player needs to organize Shakespearean scripts.Part of Lightspan's reading and language arts curriculum, the game is geared toward children ages 5-7 and aims to teach musical instrument identification, how to sort and classify and information, and how to identify the beginning, middle, and end of a story. |
| AFL 99 | 1999 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Creative Assembly Ltd., The | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)The big game flies even higher.
Spectacular marks, huge kicks and bone-crushing collisions.GAME FEATURES
OFFICIAL AFL LICENSED PRODUCT
CHOOSE YOUR TEAM FROM THE FULL CLUB SQUAD LIST OF UP TO 42 PLAYERS
CONTROLLED CHARGE DOWNS
KICK LOOSE BALLS ON THE GROUND
MULTIPLE DIFFICULTY MODES INCLUDING PICK UP & PLAY CONTROLS
OVER 550 MOTION CAPTURED PLAYER MOVES
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| Aironauts | 1999 | Red Storm Entertainment, Inc. | Red Lemon Studios | Action | Behind view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | | | PS1 | Aironauts is a flying aerobatic stunt action game for up to two players, set in a dystopian future society where prisoners are pitted against one another in arena battles to the death.Players choose from 8 characters, each with distinct weapons and looks, and take to the skies in a battle to the death for the viewing public on "SKP-TV". Every level, called battle area, consists of a series of challenges, e.g. destroying certain items or a checkpoint race, ended with a one-to-one boss fight. After every area the player can trade collected and earned angel wings for power-ups which improve his abilities, e.g. speed or armor.The game features Deathmatch, Stunt and Battle Modes. |
| Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy | 1999 | Microïds | Virtual Studio | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Fantasy, Steampunk | | Point and select | | | Michel Bams (Microïds), Jean‑François Coremans (Casterman), Olivier Fontenay | PS1 | In 1932, Alexandre Valembois was a young explorer who, with his native friend Antonio Alverez, wanted to make a name for himself by exploring the mysterious Amerzone region. Befriended by the natives of the region, he witnessed a strange ritual involving a giant egg of the famed white birds. Wanting to prove that the white birds existed, Alexandre stole the mysterious egg and betrayed the natives' trust Returning to France, nobody believed Alexandre or his journals about the Amerzone. Sixty years have passed and the world has changed. World War 2 has come and gone, the Amerzone remains unexplored and closed off to outsiders by it's despotic leader, Antonio Alverez. Monsieur Alexandre Valembois is an old man at the end of his life, living alone in a lighthouse and wishing to fix his mistake. At this time, a young reporter comes to visit the old Alexandre Valembois regarding his adventures...Amerzone is a first person adventure game, similar to Myst, taking place between different rooms and areas. The player assumes the role of the reporter and must unravel the clues left by Monsieur Valembois, travelling over several picturesque locations and eventually reaching the fictional Amerzone region. The adventure game takes place over a series of areas. The player can click on arrow icons to change the orientation or to move to different areas. Objects of interest change the cursor to a magnifying glass icon. Objects that can be interacted with or picked up change the cursor to a hand icon. An icon of gears represents a mechanism which must be manipulated before it can be properly used. The player's inventory can be accessed at any time. |
| Astérix and Obélix Take on Caesar | 1999 | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Pathé Interactive, Tek 5 | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Asterix and Obelix Take on Caesar is based on the film by Claude Zidi, which was in its turn adapted from the work and characters of René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. Julius Caesar's dream is just a sword's reach away, but he needs more sesterces to pay the legions. As a result, all of Gaul is charged a tax... All? Well, not quite! A small village of invincible Gauls is still holding out against the invaders.Meet all your favorite heroes and characters from the film Asterix & Obelix take on Caesar. Run, jump and clout the Romans in the same scenes as the film. Get to the heart of the action and put your skills and reflexes to the test. Fight trap-door spiders in the circus arena, chase Roman soldiers under the orders of Caïus Bonus and set free the druid Getafix who has fallen into the hands of the terrible Detritus. |
| Astérix: The Gallic War | 1999 | Infogrames Europe SA | Sourcery Development Ltd. | Action, Strategy | Behind view, Side view | Licensed | | Platform | | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | The Gallic War is a light-hearted action-strategy hybrid game featuring the popular Asterix comic book characters. You play as Asterix, Obelix and the rest of the Celtic Gaul army as they war with the Romans, led by Caesar, who have seized all but one territory from the Gaul Empire. After gathering your army, you must capture lands adjacent to yours.When you attack a neighbouring land, you'll either: play a side-scrolling action sequence, your men will go into war with that land's forces, or you'll play one of four mini-games. These include 'Throw the Roman' and 'Bowling for Romans', while the side-scrolling action sequences have you collecting coins and other items. If you make it through the level alive, you gain control of the land and its resources.In some usually smaller territories, there are no mini-games or action sequences, only combat between your troops and the opposing forces. You only choose how many men you wish to send to war, and watch as the battle is fought. There are 9 differing levels such as a Roman camp, Gallo-Roman village, the Alps and even a Pirate's Ship to add variety. |
| Attack of the Saucerman! | 1999 | Psygnosis Limited | Fube Industries Ltd. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | The "NEDCO" have plans to make earthlings their staple food group. It is up to you to make sure that doesn’t happen.In this comedic science fiction 3D action game you play Ed, a blue-collar worker from the alien world of Grimloid. In his flying saucer, fly through 28 arcade-like levels and devastate your enemies with a variety of weapons, including one called the "Love Bomb".Besides the basic forward, back, left and right movements, strafe, jump and shoot the "Neds" for points. |
| Bass Rise | 1999 | Bandai America, Inc. | BEC Co., Ltd. | Sports | | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | A fishing game with both a single and multiplayer VS. mode. In the single player game, players choose to play as either a man or a woman, choose the color of their clothes, and then choose an area they want to fish in. There are two lakes to choose from at the start of the game, but more can be unlocked by completing challenges. An example of a challenge would be trying to catch a set number of fish in five casts. These challenges are given to the player by fellow anglers, who also offer advice and tips to the player. Also, completing challenges may also earn the player new lures to use.The VS. mode lets from 2 to 4 players take turns fishing against each other. Players can choose how many casts are allowed (from 1 to 5 casts), how many games the competition will last (from 1 to 5 rounds), and what event to compete in (length, most weight, or number of fish caught).Once the player is ready to start fishing, they choose from a various amount of Megabass brand lures such as the Pop-X or V-Flat lures, to add to their tackle box. After they decide what lures they want in their tackle box, the player heads out to the lake and chooses their lure, line strength (8,12,or 16 pounds), and where they want to cast their line. Once they get a fish to bite, they have to reel it in while being careful not to snap their line by letting their line tension meter fill all the way.The game keeps track of the players record weight and length catches of large mouth bass, small mouth bass, and blue gill. |
| Black Bass with Blue Marlin | 1999 | HOT-B USA, Inc. | | Sports | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (US) (from Ad Blurbs)REAL-TIME 3-D FISHING!
Black Bass and Blue Marlin together for the first time!
HOT-B delivers dynamic freshwater and saltwater tournament angling action in one game.
FEATURING FISHING LEGEND HANK PARKER
Two-player, split-screen, head-to-head mode
Four enormous, real-life tournament lakes feature 12 marinas, and each bass-packed lake contains thousands of fishes
Twelve exotic marlin fishing tournament locales
Realistic lures, reeling action, environmental factors and fishing spots
2 GAMES IN 1
2 PLAYER MODE |
| Capcom Generations | 1999 | Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Europe) Ltd. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action, Compilation | | | | Arcade | | | | | | | PS1 | This is a compilation of the 4 parts of Capcom Generation series of games, bundled up together in a 4-disc release for the European market. Included are:
Disc 1 - "Wings Of Destiny": 1942, 1943 and 1943 Kai.
Disc 2 - "Chronicles Of Arthur": Ghosts 'n Goblins, Ghouls 'n Ghosts and Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts.
Disc 3 - "The First Generation": Vulgus, Son Son, Pirate Ship Higemaru and Exed Exes.
Disc 4 - "Blazing Guns": Commando, Mercs and Gun.Smoke.
As for extras, there is a Collection on each disc with information about the games and some illustrations. Several of the games also feature a "remix" feature for the music if you want to play the games with a slightly more modern sound scape in the background than the rather simple melodies that were on the games originally. |
| Carmageddon | 1999 | SCi Games Ltd. | SCi Games Ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Vehicular combat | Direct control | | Mature | | PS1 | Carmageddon for Sony PlayStation - is a unique version of the first game from the Carmageddon series.Due to the serious PlayStation's hardware limitations nearly everything was done from scratch for this release. That is why all the levels are completely different from what was created for the original game. Also, the zombies were made as 3D models instead of sprites (by the way, there is no possibility to turn on pedestrians as an alternative to zombies, but their blood is still red).Core gameplay remains the same, but there are also mission levels with certain tasks to accomplish. All levels are divided into tiers and to progress further each level in a tier must be completed. There are some old cars and drivers as well as several new ones. It is impossible to steal opponents' cars as it was in the original title, instead of that nearly all of them can be bought for the credits in the shop.Carmageddon for Sony PlayStation was released only in Europe. |
| Centipede | 1999 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | Leaping Lizard Software, Inc. | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This is a remake or "modernization" of the classic arcade shooter Centipede, originally released in arcades by Atari in 1980. This remake keeps some of the original game's shooter-style gameplay while mixing in more console-style exploration. Gameplay progresses through five "worlds": Weedom, Frostonia, Infernium, Enigma, and Evile. Players blast away at the classic centipedes, spiders, fleas, and scorpions while fighting new enemies like the mosquito, cockroach, and killer mushroom. A "classic" mode is also included, which allows players to play the classic game in a new "3D" isometric perspective. |
| Championship Motocross Featuring Ricky Carmichael | 1999 | THQ Inc. | Funcom Dublin Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Motorcycle | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This motocross game offers 9 customizable dirt bikes in three categories: 125cc, 250cc and 250cc. The six main modes include championship, split-screen head-to-head, single races and time attack modes. There are 12 tracks available and these have been divided into motocross, supercross and endure tracks, both indoor and outdoor, with different surfaces. On top of that, each course can also be reversed. An additional touch is added by dynamic weather effects.Each bike, with different performances, can be fully tuned based on suspension, brakes, gears, tires... If racing for the finish line is not enough, you can also perform stunts with the trick system to wow the spectators. As the game’s title implies, you are able to race as or against motocross star Ricky Carmichael. |
| China: The Forbidden City | 1999 | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Canal+Multimédia, Cryo Interactive Entertainment, Réunion des Musées Nationaux | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | The events of this game take place in the historical China, in the Forbidden City - the Emperor's palaces located in Beijing. The year is 1775. A murder has been just committed. The Emperor Qianlong wants you to find the assassin. During your investigation, you'll meet typical Chinese characters of the epoch, and uncover a net of intrigues.This is one of Cryo's educational games, similar to Egypt. The world of ancient China is reconstructed with historical accuracy. |
| Disney's Activity Centre: Disney•Pixar A Bug's Life | 1999 | Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. | Disney Interactive, Inc., Engineering Animation Inc. | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Mini-games | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)Laugh and Play Through the Fun-Filled World of 'A Bug's Life'!
In this exciting Activity Centre from Disney you can take part in loads of fun activities, puzzles and games as well as learn fascinating facts about bugs — all from a bug's point of view! |
| Eagle One: Harrier Attack | 1999 | Infogrames, Inc. | Glass Ghost | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Flight / aviation, Naval / watercraft, Vehicular combat | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Eagle One: Harrier Attack is an action game that casts the player as a United States Marines pilot who flies a variety of missions against a terrorist group that has taken over the Hawaiian islands. An underground terrorist group has detonated an electromagnetic pulse device in the air over Hawaii, which has destroyed all lines of communication, rendering U. S. military forces based there useless. The U. S. president responds by deploying a Marine Corps task force led by Eagle One. Using a multipurpose attack plane, the Harrier Jumpjet, the player must regain control of the Hawaiian Islands. |
| F.A. Manager | 1999 | Eidos Interactive Limited | Krisalis Software Ltd. | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | Diagonal-down, Text-based / Spreadsheet | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | PS1 | FA Manager is the first game in a series of football (soccer) management games where the player takes on the role of the manager of a football team. This title is focused on the English leagues and contains the premier league as well as league division 1, 2 and 3. It is fully licensed for the teams and players for the 1998-1999 season.As a manager the player has to handle the management of finances, transfers, loans and incentives. Matches do not only cover the leagues, but also take into account European cups. Matches for the own team are shown through a sped up 3D view for the highlights and audio commentary. During a match it is possible to manage substitutions, change tactics, and watch the positions of the players and the scorers.The game can be played by two players taking turns and progress can be saved on a memory card. |
| Fighter Maker | 1999 | Agetec, Inc. | ASCII Entertainment Software, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Fighting | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Fighter Maker is a 3D fighting game that comes with three different modes. Normal mode lets the player fight in a series of exhibition matches against the computer and VS. mode lets two players fight against each other.Edit mode is the main draw of this game. It lets players create a fighter by editing one of the fighters already in the game. The player can edit a characters profile, set which button combo executes which move, and how much damage it does. Players can also change a character's martial arts style, and then change the way the frames of animation follow through. The player can edit over 800 different moves from 20 different fighting styles. Options let the player set the difficulty, the time of the fighting rounds, number of rounds, length of the life bar, and whether to turn Hyper Mode on or off.
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| Fisherman's Bait 2: Big Ol' Bass | 1999 | Konami of America, Inc. | KCE Nagoya | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | The sequel to Fisherman's Bait allows you to fish for over fifteen different types of fish, using twenty different fishing spots and many different lures. The game features five game modes: Beginner, Free Fishing, Tournament, Versus Play and World Monster mode. The beginner mode teaches the player the basics, while the Free Fishing mode can be used to hone their skills at their own leisure. In the tournament you have to qualify in three lakes to participate. Versus Play allows you to compete against a friend and Monster mode features out-of-proportion fish in fictional environments. |
| Freestyle Boardin' '99 | 1999 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Atelier Double Co. Ltd. | Sports | Behind view | | | Tricks / stunts | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Phat Air Extreme Snowboarding is a 3D snowboarding game. The game comes with four game modes: championship, time competition, freestyle and head-to-head.In championship mode you can choose between five boarders who all have different skills. During the championship you earn points, which can be used to improve the skills of your boarder in between races. There are 8 races in total, which cover all the disciplines. Disciplines include half pipes, downhill, straight jumps, freestyle jumps and slalom. In the freestyle mode you pick a course and try to score as much points as possible through finishing fast and/or making tricks.Time Competition is only about finishing first.You can play the game in two player vertical split-screen mode. |
| Global Domination | 1999 | Psygnosis Limited | Psygnosis Limited | Action, Strategy | | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | | | PS1 | Global Domination is an action-based strategical wargame that is based on the fictional game James Bond plays against Maximillian Largo in the 1983 film Never Say Never again. Elements of this game are combined with the classical board game Risk.In this game you play as an agent for a secret agency called ULTRA. You are hired by countries all over the world to protect them from their enemies.Each of the twenty missions begins with a full motion video briefing. After that you are presented with a spinning hologram globe representing the earth. The world is divided into different countries, similar to risk. It is your job to defend your country from incoming attacks and strike against enemies.With your keyboard you can switch between weapons and you can aim with your mouse for a target location for your rockets, aircraft and naval vessels. More and more weapons come available as you progress in the game. |
| Gungage | 1999 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc. | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | Gungage is a futuristic Third Person Shooter for the PlayStation. In the game, the world is threatened by strange creatures from an alternative world called Dark Moon, who want to take over the Earth.You start the game with only one character available to play with, but three more can be unlocked. Each character has its own characteristics when it comes to the size of their gun, their speed, and their size. Each character also has their own special psychic powers. The story evolves differently with the various characters, but the same levels are used. During the game, special powers have to be collected.Settings of the various levels in the game vary from deserts to laboratories. Enemies in the game vary from prehistoric looking beast to futuristic robots and tanks. Enemies can run around, pop out of the ground, fly in the air, and come out of the water. Levels are completed by confronting and defeating a giant level boss. The game can be played in easy, medium, and hard mode. |
| Gute Zeiten - Schlechte Zeiten: Volume 2 | 1999 | Software 2000 | Software 2000 | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This game is a licensed adventure based on the German soap opera Gute Zeiten - Schlechte Zeiten. The player has to solve eleven problems of the series' characters, e.g. Kai needs to pass the Biology test. He does that collecting items and using it with the correct character. There are also many conversations. In addition the player has to travel to certain locations of the series which are shown in full motion video - including the actors. The puzzles are designed for beginners.The second part of the CD-ROM is a database which includes a timeline, bios of the characters and actors and an outtake video. |
| Hello Kitty's Cube Frenzy | 1999 | NewKidCo, Inc. | Culture Publishers Company | Puzzle | Side view | Licensed | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Hello Kitty's Cube Frenzy is a puzzle game. Falling cubes become building blocks that help Hello Kitty climb to collect prizes and earn extra playing time. There are 11 levels of game play and a bonus round interwoven with all new stories about Hello Kitty and super cute illustrations never seen before. 3 ways to play: single player, with a friend in cooperation or head-to-head. |
| High Heat Baseball 2000 | 1999 | 3DO Company, The | Team .366 | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | High Heat Baseball 2000 is a baseball game which focuses on the simulation aspect. In comparison to its predecessor High Heat Baseball it now has an official license for the 1998 MLB season and uses a 3D graphic engine.Playing modes include exhibition matches, season (in varying lengths) , home run derby, play-off and a career mode over multiple seasons. In the season and league mode there is even a managerial option available in which the player doesn't play the games himself but constrains himself on tactics and team development.The player can customize a big part of the rule set. The player editor allows to change attributes and appearance. With automatic functions for situations like defensive alignment or throwing the player can delegate unwanted tasks to the computer. |
| Hugo 2 | 1999 | ITE Media ApS (Interactive Television Entertainment) | ITE Media ApS (Interactive Television Entertainment) | Action, Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other), Behind view, Side view, Top-down | Licensed | Comedy | Arcade, Mini-games, Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | Persistent | | 2D scrolling, Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | The Adventures of Hugo continues...After saving his family from the evil witch in the first game, Hugo and his family are flying back home in Hugo's biplane. Little did they know, that they are in danger once again. The evil witch Scylla has somehow managed to get the possession of a very old magic book, once which allows the user to control the weather. She manages to summon a very ominously looking cloud.Scylla sends the cloud after Hugo's biplane to re-capture Hugo's wife, Hugoline, laughing very evil-like while doing so. The cloud manages to catch up to biplane, unbeknown for Hugo
that it is Scylla's old tricks at first. Hugo soon notices the cloud, but is too late to do anything about it. The cloud manages to nab Hugoline within itself and leaves back to Scylla.Once Hugo notices that Hugoline is missing, he knows it was Scylla behind the cloud. But the kids are still on the backseat, which then Hugo gives them parachutes and tells them to jump off the plane. Right after the troll kids jump off the plane, Hugo fortunately manages to crash land at a snowy mountain. He then starts his quest to get the kids and his wife back.The gameplay is little bit of a mix pack of an arcade-style action-puzzle elements. On one level you are in 2D side-scrolling view, on the another platforming on constantly appearing
and disappearing ice pillars while also trying to avoid hazardous obstacles and death screens (even though those are humorously made) and solving small puzzles within the levels. |
| Interplay Sports Baseball 2000 | 1999 | Interplay Productions, Inc. | Interplay Productions, Inc. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | A baseball game featuring an Exhibition, Season, Playoff, Tournament, and a Home Run Derby mode. There is also a General Manager mode that lets the player create and trade players, and change team lineups. The game features the real MLB players and teams of that time.In the Playstation version, batting and pitching are both done from a behind the batter's viewpoint, while in the Windows version, the camera is more dynamic and is able to switch to both viewpoints. The Windows version is able to do this because of the Messiah technology being used, which allows for high-res Direct3D accelerated polygonal graphics.When batting the player can choose to either swing for contact or for power. The player can also choose a difficulty level for their batting. Rookie has the player timing their swing with the pitch, Pro adds the challenge of controlling the level of the swing, while selecting All-Star is basically the same as Pro, except the pitches come in at a faster rate of speed.When pitching, players can select different pitch types to throw depending on the ability of their pitcher. Players also can view a pitch chart that tracks every pitch thrown to each batter in the game. The game also features a play-by-play announcer and is able to keep track of the single season stats. This game is an update of VR Baseball 2000.
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| Juggernaut | 1999 | Jaleco USA, Inc. | Will Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Puzzle elements | | | | | Mature | | PS1 | Juggernaut is a 3-disc point-and-click adventure using pre-rendered CG movie clips and stills. Gameplay takes place inside the cursed soul of the main character's girlfriend, who must work to free her from demonic possession. The location of her psyche is license to create surreal environments and challenges.Starting on an island and moving on to a mansion, each location (the Forest of Vengeance, Illusion Island, etc) represents a part of the girl's mind. Gameplay is focused on solving puzzles. In the mansion area for instance, the player must switch between forms as needed. In spirit form, the main character is able to travel through keyholes, but for every physical act, a different form or shell is needed. The player must choose which form to use at which time - the body of an adult can perform certain tasks, while the body of a child can get to places others can't. It is possible to collect a number of items and use these on the environment, but the amount of items is always limited. Other puzzles are about memorizing sound and visual patterns. |
| K-1 Revenge | 1999 | Jaleco USA, Inc. | Daft Co., Ltd. | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Martial arts | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | K-1 Revenge brings together several practitioners of various martial arts such as kick boxing and karate and lets them fight each other to determine who the best fighter in the world is. The game contains 14 actual K-1 fighters and also 4 unlockable ones. In the game, each fighter's skills are rated by their speed, stamina, and power and each fighter also has two special arts; for example, an axe kick or a right hook.The game contains a one player mode, a versus mode, a tournament mode, a team battle mode, and a training mode.The one player mode has the player fight against several computer fighters, while the versus mode lets the player fight another player. The tournament mode lets the player set up a tournament between 8 fighters to determine the champion. The team battle mode lets the player choose three fighters to fight as a team against the computer's or another player's team. The training mode let's practice each fighter's moves.The game also lets the player setup the computers artificial intelligence level.Gameplay consists of two fighters inside a ring trying to knockout each other within three rounds by using various martial arts. If no one is knocked out by then, the fight is decided by a decision which is calculated by the score each fighter received. The score is derived from how well each fighter performed throughout the entire fight.Players have to pay attention to three different meters while fighting.
A life gauge for that measures physical strength; a stamina gauge that decreases as each fighter uses a move; and a knockdown gauge to show the amount of damage each fighter has received. |
| Kingsley's Adventure | 1999 | Psygnosis, Inc. | Psygnosis Camden Studio | Action | Behind view | Chee Kin Chan, Mark Smith, Bryan Verboon, Christer Sveen, Noel Flores‑Watson, Nina‑Simone Drabwell, Nathalie Jean‑Bart, Rogan MacDonald | | Platform, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Kingsley's Adventure is a 3D action-adventure game for the PlayStation in a similar vein as The Legend of Zelda. In the game, you play an orphaned fox called Kingsley who was adopted by the king and queen of the Fruit Kingdom. For the most part of his life he, lived in the Carrot Castle where he was being tutored by an wise badger into the ways of a warrior and true knight.When a former cook from the castle is fired after being accused of food poisoning, he takes a turn for the worse. He steals the queen's spellbook and enchants the king's soldiers so he can take over the castle and thus control of the Fruit Kingdom. Now it is up to the player as Kingsley to save the day. But before you can really save the day, the young Kingsley will have to prove his valor and honor as a knight.Kingsley can collect items, talk to the inhabitants of the Fruit Kingdom and fight enemies with various weapons such as a sword, axe, knife and crossbow. He will have to dodge cannonballs, crushing blocks and buzzing saws. Activate switches and open locks, jump over dangerous terrain and collect power-ups and items.Win the trust of villagers in the kingdom by helping them solving their troubles and clearing dungeons. Find a way into fortresses to defeat the dark knights in order to restore peace to the kingdom. |
| LMA Manager | 1999 | Codemasters | Codemasters | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | PS1 | Unlike other console football management games at the time which were ports of existing PC titles, LMA Manager was designed exclusively for the PlayStation. The game is notable for its intuitive control system, where the L1 and R1 shoulder buttons of the controller switch between different sections of the game (e.g. from the Transfers section to the Squad section), and L2 and R2 switch between sub-screens within a section (e.g. from the Select Team screen to Editing Tactics). As a full management sim, players can start an open-ended game, or face one of the ten challenges.The data is based on the 1999/2000 season player and team statistics. The kits and teams are authentic, with 8,000 players and 294 clubs in 32 countries. As a manager, you control the club finances, take care of coaching, stadium development and player management. During the matches, shown in 3D, managers can make tactical changes and substitutions at any time. There is also an after-match TV show with results, highlights and commentary. |
| MLB 2000 | 1999 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Sony Interactive Studios America | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This game is basically an update to MLB 99 with a few new features. The game contains depictions of the real teams, stadiums, stats, and players that reflect their real life counterparts. The modes returning from the previous game include quick play, season, playoffs, spring training, and home run derby. One of the new modes is general manager mode. In this mode, players can draft, create, trade, call up, waive, release, and sign players. Another new mode is the manager mode. In this mode, players can check out scouting reports during the game, warm up relievers in the bullpen, and try to get their team to the World Series and hopefully win it.Vin Scully makes a return from the last game to do the play by play commentary, and is aided by Dave Campbell who does the color commentary. |
| MTV Sports: Snowboarding | 1999 | THQ Inc. | Radical Entertainment Inc. | Racing / Driving, Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | Tricks / stunts | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | MTV Sports: Snowboarding is an extreme sports game where you have to perform tricks on your snowboard. You can opt to play with one of six different boarders, with each their own abilities. The game features five game modes: qualifying, challenge, create-a-park, head-to-head and training. The qualifying mode offers three levels where you have to score enough points to unlock the challenge mode, where you can challenge other boarders in trick events or races. The create-a-park mode allows you to create your own track to play on. head-to-head allows you to play a multiplayer match against a friend. The available tracks come in four general types: mountain X, big air contest, half-pipe and slopestyle. |
| Monkey Hero | 1999 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | Blam! | Action | Top-down | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | In this game you play a monkey, a brave little monkey, who has been trained by another monkey called Master Sage. When the game begins, three worlds are fighting against each other. The Dream World, the Nightmare World and the Waking World. The Nightmare King has stolen a book, the Magic Story Book, which is keeping the peace in the three worlds, and you have to get it back. Make your way through the Waking World while fighting the Nightmare King's minions to get the book back. Travel through libraries, forests and mines. Make friends which will help you on your quest. Use your weapons to crush crates; these crates often contain fruits which increasee your health. If you don't have a weapon to crush the crates with, then you have to throw them. You will acquire two weapons throughout the game: a bamboo stick to hit your enemies with and small rockets or spears to shoot down enemies far away from you. Solve many puzzles, defeat bosses and explore a large world. |
| Monkey Magic | 1999 | Sun Corporation | M-Pen Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Licensed | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Monkey Magic is a platform game based upon a cartoon of the same name. The cartoon (and thus, the game) is based upon Journey to the West - a 16th century Chinese novel in which Monkey (renamed Kongo for Monkey Magic) defends his fellow simians, engages in adventures, and challenges the gods in heaven.Kongo begins his journey with only his martial arts to defend himself, but soon he meets Master Subodeye, who teaches him the four elemental powers: Shrink, Grow, Fire, and Ice. Kongo learns to cast these spells on himself and on others for various effects. These magical powers form the basis for Monkey Magic's many puzzles.At the outset, Kongo is assisted by Batty. Batty explains the mechanics of the game should the player get stuck. After the first half of the game, Batty is revealed to be working for the evil Derth Voyd. But Kongo will put an end to his evil plans! |
| NASCAR 99: Legacy | 1999 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Stormfront Studios | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (US) (from Ad Blurbs)THE LEGACY IS IN OUR BLOOD
Features
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. joins the field of 37 NASCAR® Drivers
18 Licensed NASCAR tracks–now including Miami-Homestead Speedway
Authentic head-to-head NASCAR Racing
2 Player Split-Screen Racing–Race Father Vs. Son
Championship Season mode
Exclusive Two-Man Booth Featuring Bob Jenkins and Benny Parsons
24 Hi-Res Cars on the Track |
| NBA ShootOut 2000 | 1999 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | 989 Studios | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This game features all 29 NBA teams from the 1999-2000 NBA season. The game modes included are Exhibition, Season (28, 56, or 82 games), and Playoffs (either the 5-7-7-7 game series or single elimination format). There is also a Create Dunk mode which lets players create signature dunks by positioning the limbs of the basketball players in all sorts of different ways.Game options let the player choose whether to play a sim or arcade type of game, set the difficulty level (rookie, veteran, all-star, or hall of fame), set the quarter length, and whether to turn fatigue, touch shooting, auto replays, and close scores on or off. The game also contains player and league leader stat tracking. Rosters can also be managed with the player being able to edit, trade, sign, and draft basketball players.During the game, if players choose to use touch shooting, they will see a
meter every time they take a shot at the basket. Depending on what color the meter is when the shot is released will greatly effect the chances of the basket being made. Icon Passing and Icon Cutting make a return from the previous entry of the series. Icon Passing lets the player select which team member they want to get open for a pass while Icon Cutting lets the player select which team member they want to cut towards the basket.
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| NCAA Final Four 2000 | 1999 | 989 Studios | Killer Game | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | NCAA Final Four 2000 allows you to control one of 300 Division One basketball teams (the game uses real licensed teams), in either a single game, just the tournament, or though an entire season. One of the new features for this release is "touch shooting". When making a shot, a meter comes up. Leave the meter in the right spot, and you're more likely to make the shot. The game engine has also been improved and in-game commentary is provided by Quinn Buckner.Other enhancements include playbooks and AI focused on scrambles and team play typical of college games. The player models have been created using motion capture. |
| NCAA Final Four 99 | 1999 | 989 Studios | Killer Game | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This college basketball game features over 250 Division 1 teams and four different game modes. The game modes are Quick Start, Exhibition, New Season, and New Tournament (which lets the player set up a NCAA 64-team tournament). Options let the player choose the length of the game, the speed of the game, the difficulty level, and whether to have injuries, fatigue, and fouls turned on or off.During the game, the play-by-play commentary is done by Quinn Buckner. The game features icon passing and cutting, which let the player select which team member they want to get open for a pass or to cut towards the basket. Also optional to have on while playing is the optional shot meter. With it on, the player can see a meter indicating at what point they should release the shooting button in order to make an accurate shot. Another feature is the 6th man meter. This will rile up crowds for home teams and have them taunt the away teams.During the season mode, the game features team stats, polls, standings, and award stats, as well as an injury report. The game also keeps track of 32 different statistical categories for the team and its' players. |
| NCAA GameBreaker 2000 | 1999 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | 989 Studios, RedZone Interactive, Inc. | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | NCAA GameBreaker 2000 is the college football counterpart to 989 Studio's NFL GameDay 2000. It features over 150 division 1-A teams (including classics), accurately modeled stadiums, season and career modes, and the ability to export players to a GameDay 2000 draft.GameBreaker 2000 also includes voice commentary by broadcaster Keith Jackson and a playbook designed by then UCLA coach Bob Toledo. |
| No Fear Downhill Mountain Bike Racing | 1999 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Unique Development Studios AB | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | Bike / Bicycling | | | Everyone | | PS1 | No Fear Downhill Mountain Biking is the first dedicated video game of the sport downhill mountain biking.Compete in eleven locations all over the world against computer opponents or against a friend. Upgrade your bike in the shop between the races. |
| PGA European Tour Golf | 1999 | Infogrames Entertainment SA | Infogrames Entertainment SA | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (EU) (from Ad Blurbs)You played on every FAIRWAY, beat every CHAMPION. Now discover the European touch: PGA European Tour Golf...
Official game supported by the EUROPEAN TOUR
6 authentic courses, 5 fun games types including a NIGHT GOLF session
Live and authentic commentary from BBC's famous double act Peter Alliss and Alex Hay
Music by Mogwai and Fuxa |
| Pac-Man World 20th Anniversary | 1999 | Namco Hometek Inc. | Namco Hometek Inc. | Action | | | | Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Twenty years after Pac-Man's first adventure in Pac-Land, Pac-Man returns one day to his house only to find it deserted. Toc-Man and his ghosts have kidnapped Pac-Man's friends, Ms. Pac-Man, Pac Jr., Baby Pac, Professor Pac, Pooka, and Chomp-Chomp the dog! Pac-Man must venture to Toc-Man's lair on Ghost Island to rescue his friends!Hidden through this 3D adventure game, Pac-Man faces challenging puzzles and games that have appeared in Pac-Man's previous games. Many things in this game are a tribute to original games and even Inky, Blinky, Pinky, and Clyde are back for another chance to get Pac-Man.There are several kinds of gameplay modes available. The newest is Quest mode. Pac-Man can maneuver up/down and left/right on the screen, but the camera is fixed on the side and scrolls along as Pac-Man searches through all the stages of Ghost Island. The player must collect Pac-Dots, Fruit, Keys, etc to advance through the level all the while defeating ghosts (by bouncing on them) and solving puzzles. An adventure game, the story progresses as the levels do with switches to be found and chests to be opened. There is also a scoring system that encourages the player to collect as much as possible. The other two types of modes are Classic mode and Maze mode. Classic mode is a 100% faithful conversion of Pac-Man's original game. Maze Mode is the gameplay from Classic Pac-Man translated into a 3D environment. All the Pac-Pellets, Ghosts, Walls, and Pac-Man are displayed in 3D. |
| Play with the Teletubbies | 1999 | Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | Asylum Entertainment Ltd. | Action, Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Early Childhood | | PS1 | Play with the Teletubbies is the first video game based on the popular kids TV series Teletubbies. Players get to choose one of the four Teletubbies, Tinky Winky, Po, Laa-Laa or Dipsy, and have to explore Teletubbyland to find objects. There's the Magic Windmill, a magic drum, a hide and seek tree, and others. There are more mini-games if you head down to the Teletubbies' super dome, where you can play with the Tubby Custard machine, the control panel, the Tubby Toaster and others. |
| Pong: The Next Level | 1999 | Hasbro Interactive Ltd. | Supersonic Software Ltd. | Action | | Licensed | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | After years of game gulping cash left, right and center at the old arcade machine, Pong has returned in an all new 3D title on the PC. But it isn't just your simple Pong any more. Now you can play Jungle Pong, Football Pong, Ice Hockey Pong and 4 player Pong. All this plus 3D graphics. Not to mention animated Penguins (!?!?!). |
| Premier Manager Ninety Nine | 1999 | Gremlin Interactive Limited | Dinamic Multimedia, S.A. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | PS1 | Unlike the data update that is PM98, Ninety Nine (the actual title of the game) uses Dinamics' PC Fútbol 6 engine to go along the obligatory 1998-99 squad updates. Among the new features, it is now possible to make more than one player bid at the same time, more frequent and detailed staff messages, player history to track down previous seasons, a full 3D match engine and a 2D radar view (replacing the old text mode) and finally merchandising and catering, and individual adboard management. The detailed database is still there, and so are the Manager and Pro-Manager modes. Only the English leagues are playable still and Kevin Keegan, Fulham and then soon-to-be England manager, endorsed the title.The manager modes and options remain the same: Manager allows the player to start in any team, Pro-Manager requires building a career from the Conference, promoting the club from the lower divisions or getting promoted himself to better ranked teams. The difficulty level can be further tweaked by changing areas where the staff takes control, and you can determine if players age and retire with time.Again, up to 20 players can play in Manager mode and 8 in Pro-Manager. |
| Psychic Force 2012 | 1999 | Taito Corporation | Taito Corporation | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Fighting | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | | | | | PS1 | Psychic Force 2012, the sequel to Psychic Force, is a one-on-one fighting game with a twist. The matches take place inside a giant floating cube. You are able to fly, using your psychic abilities, around a 3D arena with six walls. Each of the ten available characters, Might, Regina, Wendy, Emilio, Setsuna, Patty, Gudeath, Genshin, Carlo, and Gates, are controlled with three buttons: guard, weak attack and strong attack. The effect varies with the distance. Next to the regular life meter, there is also a power meter. By using special moves, the meter is drained and your moves are limited. It is possible to recharge, and the capacity of the power meter expands when you lose a lot of health.Additionally, each fighter has its own unique moves, energy attacks and a weapon, which they use, mid-flight, to pummel their opponent. There are three main game modes: training, versus and a story mode using static anime-inspired images and in-engine cut scenes to tell the story. The story centers around two groups of psychics with differing ideals about co-existence with humans. In the middle of this are several neutral psychics with ties to members in either group.The later PlayStation port, renamed to Psychic Force 2, adds the 3 missing characters from the first game (Genma, Brad and Sonia), the psy-expand mode where the player can play a series of special battles to learn other character attacks, and an anime intro video replacing the original in-game intro. It also lowers the overall difficulty of the CPU fighters and makes some control adjustments (for instance the shield can now optionally be enabled with a single button). Of course, the graphics were notably degraded.
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| Puchi Carat (Limited Edition) | 1999 | Evolution Entertainment srl. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | The limited edition of Puchi Carat bundles a standard retail copy of the game with a special green and blue paddle controller. Based on the Namco paddle controller, it allows players to replicate the feel of the original arcade version's dial controller. |
| R-Type Delta | 1999 | Agetec, Inc. | Irem Software Engineering, Inc. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | The Bydo Empire has returned to Earth with a vengeance. This time, they will not accept defeat so easily. Earth however, is ready for them...Three R-Class ships: the R-9, the R-13, and the prototype R-X, are your weapons in this war. Choose your ship according to your liking, blast off, and strike the Bydo Empire!R-Type Delta is the first 2D/3D R-Type game (à la Einhänder and Thunder Force V). |
| Renegade Racers | 1999 | Interplay Productions Ltd. | Promethean Designs Ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | PS1 | A cart racer whose premise is to win a tournament sponsored by millionaire Buck Billionaire. The player selects from a series of renegades and goes at it.Gameplay modes available include two player vs. gameplay, the mission-based tournament which has over 40 races that take place in 6 tracks, and have different objectives such as jump over a certain number of obstacles, win in a certain time bracket, etc., as well as the time-honored battle races we have come to expect from Kart racers with all manner of power-ups and wacky weapons.Vehicles are all hovercrafts, so the control is the same no matter if the player races on ice, grass, etc., and graphics-wise the game uses Direct 3D accelerated polygonal graphics . |
| Resident Evil 3: Nemesis | 1999 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Regional differences | Horror | Puzzle elements, Shooter, Survival horror | Contemporary, North America | | Direct control | | Mature | Cinematic camera | PS1 | Resident Evil 3 takes place during the events of Resident Evil 2. The midwestern town of Raccoon City is in ruins, having been overrun with the undead creating T-virus thanks to the wacky hijinks of William Birkin and Umbrella Inc. The player must guide Jill "master of unlocking" Valentine (one of the two main protagonists of the original Resident Evil) out of the city alive. Along the way, Jill will interact with and receive help from (or be hindered by) three Umbrella mercenaries who are also stranded in Raccoon City. Standing in the way of your group's last escape are a horde of flesh-eating zombified citizens, homicidal mutants, and a relentless killing machine known only as Nemesis who is determined to hunt down and kill the survivors of the original Resident Evil, including Jill.A dramatic improvement over Tyrant/Mr. X/G from the previous games, Nemesis can run (faster than Jill, in fact), use firearms (a rocket launcher), dodge attacks, and even move through doors and from room to room in pursuit of Jill. On top of that he still possesses the nigh indestructibility we've come to know from Umbrella's ultimate bio-weapons. Like its two predecessors Resident Evil 3 is a third-person action-adventure game with polygonal characters on pre-rendered backgrounds with cinematic camera angles, a technique originally pioneered by Alone in the Dark. Although the game uses the same basic engine and gameplay as the previous games, the gameplay is improved by features such as auto-targeting, a 180 degree spin, and a new dodge move that allows Jill to avoid enemy attacks. Another addition is Jill's ability to create different kinds of ammunition by mixing together three different types of gunpowder found throughout the game. The game include a randomization feature, which changes the location of certain key items and ammo. Another noteworthy feature is that at certain points in the game, Jill is faced with two choices for a situation, each will affect later story, and even the game ending. The zombies have also been made more diverse.The number of polygons in the character models has also been increased, along with the possible screen resolution and color depth for the PC version (up to 1600 X 1200 at 32 bits, from a maximum of 640 X 480 at 16 bits for Resident Evil 2). Another addition in the PC version is the ability to skip cutscenes as well as the door loading animation.The PC and Dreamcast versions includes all eight of Jill's possible costumes, as well as the mercenary mini-game Operation Mad Jackal which allows you to play as one of the three Umbrella soldiers. On the Playstation version, these special features must be unlocked by beating the game with a high score. |
| Rugrats: Studio Tour | 1999 | THQ Inc. | n-Space, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Platform | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Rugrats: Studio Tour is an action game based on the Daytime Emmy-award winning animated television series Rugrats.The Rugrats have lost Dil Pickles. As Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, Lil and Angelica you have to search for him on Hollywood movie sets. There are four sets to explore with each multiple levels for the different characters, for a total of 16 levels.Each level is different, with various mini-games, such as racing and mini-golf. They can be played in any order and will grant you keys. When you've completed all regular levels (and thus acquired all keys) you enter the Find Dil stages. In each level you have to collect items such as cookies, coins, chocolate milk, keys, aliens, diapers, Reptar bars, rockets, gold nuggets and/or beach-balls.The game is presented in 3D and supports multiplayer with up to 4 players. |
| Rushdown | 1999 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Virtual Studio | Racing / Driving, Sports | | | | | Africa, Contemporary, Europe, Japan (Modern/Futuristic), North America, South America | Bike / Bicycling, Naval / watercraft | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Official Site (feeltherush.com) (from Ad Blurbs)Rushdown(TM) for the PlayStation is an exhilarating, high-speed, downhill racing game that challenges players in three extreme sports: mountain biking, kayaking and snowboarding.Set in real-time 3-D environments, Rushdown(TM) features white-knuckle action in authentic worldwide locales such as Africa, Europe, North and South America, Southeast Asia, and Japan.Rushdown(TM) offers three different modes of play: Arcade, Championship, and Multiplayer. Players race against the clock in the Arcade mode to hone their skills for the ultimate showdown. On each continent, players race against the local champion in all three sports - victory must be achieved to advance. Challenge a friend in the Multiplayer modes, in which you can compete in either the arcade or championship events. Make sure to select your gear wisely, as having the right equipment for each situation may make the difference between glory and defeat. |
| Sesame Street: Elmo's Letter Adventure | 1999 | NewKidCo, Inc. | Realtime Associates, Inc. | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Sesame Street: Elmo's Letter Adventure is an educational game for preschooler kids. Characters from Sesame Street help young children to learn the alphabet through a series of mini games. Players are given spoken instructions about every mini game by Sesame Street characters. The player controls Elmo in several mini games, ranging from scuba diving to vehicle driving, with the objective of collecting assigned letters in each level. Each time the player collects a letter, this letter will be uttered by a character, helping children to associate the written form of each letter to its spoken form. Players are encouraged to explore different settings, from outer space to underwater worlds. |
| Sesame Street: Elmo's Number Journey | 1999 | NewKidCo, Inc. | Realtime Associates, Inc. | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Mini-games | Fantasy | | | | Early Childhood | | PS1 | Sesame Street: Elmo's Number Journey is an educational game for preschoolers aged three to six. Players control Elmo as he takes part in activities that involve number recognition and basic math skills. The game's difficulty can be adjusted with three skill levels. Elmo can walk around Sesame Street in a 3D environment and talk to characters such as Big Bird, Count, Cookie Monster and Ernie to see what they are doing while there is a parade going on.For the Count you need to walk around in the castle garden's linear maze or the castle itself and pick out a specific number as provided by him, or a group such as bats with that number. The bottom of the screen shows how many numbers there are left to be found. At the courtyard addition is practised by picking up and throwing the requirement number of balls to solve exercises. For Ernie the mechanics are identical, but the environment is the carnival and there is a section involving bumper cars. For Cookie Monster the concept is identical as well, but using a jet ski and snowboarding. It can also be practised in Elmo's playroom.The characters are voiced by the same actors as in the TV series. |
| Shadow Madness | 1999 | Crave Entertainment, Inc. | Craveyard Studios | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | Turn-based | Teen | | PS1 | Something is going wrong in the land of Arkose: cities destroy themselves, monsters attack innocent citizens, diseases spread among the people. A giant blast has destroyed a whole town, only a young guy named Stinger narrowly escaped death. Stinger engages himself on a quest to avenge his hometown's destruction. On his journey he meets the beautiful elven girl Windleaf and the robot Harv-5, who help him to reach his ultimate goal.Although it all seems like a typical Japanese RPG, it is not. Shadow Madness was developed and produced in the USA, although, beyond any doubt, the Final Fantasy series has been the main source of inspiration here. The battles are random, like in many Japanese RPGs, and the battle system is almost the same like in Final Fantasy games: menu-based, with several sub-menu choices. The graphics are in 3D with polygonal characters in anime/manga style (what some people call "deformed"). |
| Shaolin | 1999 | THQ Inc. | Polygon Magic, Inc. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | Martial arts | | | | | | | | PS1 | Shaolin is a fighting game for the PlayStation. Duels take place in 3D fighting arenas. Between the fights, the player walks around in a typical J-RPG fashion in a full 3D world. The player can talk with various NPCs that populate the world. Some will challenge the player to a duel, which has to be won in order to progress in the game. Duels aren't always one versus one, but can include multiple enemies. The player starts the game with a young character which will age throughout the story to an old man or woman. Eating at restaurants restores health, but also has an effect on the look of the character. Sleeping at inns saves the game.There are six different fighting styles that can be mastered, with each their own sets of moves and animations. In multi-player, the player can opt to play with four friends and up to an additional four NPCs in versus mode or battle royal. |
| Silent Bomber | 1999 | Bandai America, Inc. | CyberConnect | Action | Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Silent Bomber is an old school style game which takes place in the future. You play as a character named Jutah Fate, a genetically engineered man created by the government. You're an expert at using bombs. You start out being able to set only a few bombs at a time, but eventually you can increase the number by collecting E-Chips. It's a fast paced game of blowing things up before they blow you up. |
| Soul of the Samurai | 1999 | Konami of America, Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Sapporo Co., Ltd | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Martial arts | | Fantasy | | | | Mature | | PS1 | Soul of the Samurai is an action-adventure game set in feudal Japan in which players control a samurai who must battle an evil shogun and his minions.Gameplay is similar to that of Silent Hill or the Resident Evil series, though restricted to close-combat weapons such as swords over pistols and firearms.Screenshots Promo Images Alternate Titles "新時代劇アクション 羅刹の剣" -- Japanese spelling
"Shin Jidaigeki Action: Rasetsu no Ken" -- Japanese title
"Ronin Blade" -- European title
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Dec 14, 1999
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| Striker Pro 2000 | 1999 | Infogrames Europe SA | Rage Games Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | European soccer game based around the UEFA license. Effectively a merger between Rage software's Striker franchise and playstation/dreamcast evolution with Infogrames' UEFA license. UEFA Striker offered a mix of arcade and simulation style gameplay and a certification mode, where the player was tested for skills in order to unlock game modes.The game featured many clubs from around the world in some form or another, but in it's primary game tournament mode was focused around European clubs.In addition to simple and quick selection of a 'friendly match' the game supported the following tournaments:Super Trophy - Featuring up to 32 teams drawn from a pool of over 40 of the most popular European teams. In round 1 the 32 teams start off in four leagues, each playing the other teams within the league twice. The top two teams from each league proceed to round two, similar to round one yet with two leagues of four teams. The top two teams play the final, a tie resolved with extra time and then penalties.National Team Qualifiers - a mode only unlocked when you reached 3/10 in certification tests. Belgium and Holland were not included in the list of 49 teams split into 9 groups in a pre-defined way. This was likely because the mode was designed to mirror the Euro 2000 competition, for which Infogrames did not own the license and so could not use the official name (the tournament was based in Holland/Belgium and they automatically qualified as a result). The player could choose to player any one of those 49 teams, one home and one away match against the other teams in the same group...the top team going to the finals. Group ties resolve by goal difference, scored then conceded. The best of out of all those teams which placed second in the groups also goes forward. The remaining eight second place enter a single knockout round, with four going through to the finals.National Team Finals - Must have certified 3/10 and succeeded in the National Team Qualifiers. The remaining 16 teams from the qualifiers (or a new selection), including Belgium and Holland are split into four groups of four, playing each group member once. The top two teams proceed to a knockout format - Quarters, Semis and Finals. Penalty shootouts settle ties.Territories Cup - Certified 5/10 unlocks this mode, basically league play around various world locations - completion of each cup unlocks the next territory.8/10 in certification mode unlocked a bonus competition. The game also supported generic league and knockout tournament play, as well a classic matches - four preconfigured scenarios replaying historical matches.English live commentary was from Ron Atkinson and Jonathan Pearce.
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| Syphon Filter | 1999 | 989 Studios | Eidetic, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | Spy / espionage | Shooter | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Gabriel Logan, one of the government's top covert agents, must neutralize the terrorists that threaten Washington D.C. and destroy a biological weapon that has been built to end the lives of millions of innocent people. Syphon Filter is an action game played from the 3rd person. Players take the role of Gabiel Logan as well as other CBDC agents.
To successfully complete the mission, players must utilize each of the character's skills accordingly. Logan is able to kneel, crouch, walk, roll, climb, jump and run to meet his objectives.The action unfolds over thirteen missions that are chock full of dangers, hazards and puzzles. |
| T'ai Fu: Wrath of the Tiger | 1999 | Activision, Inc. | DreamWorks Interactive L.L.C. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Martial arts | Beat 'em up / brawler | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | T'ai Fu looks to avenge the destruction of his village by the dragon clan. He travels through ancient China, seeking out masters in the various animal styles of Shaolin Kung Fu to teach him the skills he needs to defeat the dragon clan. In addition to the various animal styles that T'ai learns, the masters will teach him to focus his 'chi' or inner energy to produce some energy blasts that no enemy will be able to survive.T'ai Fu uses a blend of fighting with exploration. The player controls T'ai from a 3rd-person view and can simultaneously use all the different Shaolin Kung Fu moves that he knows. During battles, he can complete complex combo chains that will give him 'chi' and health. The game will call out which styles were used and how long the combo was. |
| T.R.A.G.: Tactical Rescue Assault Group - Mission of Mercy | 1999 | Sun Corporation of America | Sun Corporation | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | Cinematic camera | PS1 | The year is 2046 and the Togusa building has been occupied by terrorists. The building is owned by a major military supplier called Machine Gear and houses some important scientists. The T.R.A.G. (Tactical Rescue Assault Group) team is sent out to resolve the situation and free the hostages, but are all caught in a trap. With only two survivors, team members Alex and Michelle, it's up to them to take out the threat themselves.Gameplay resembles the early Resident Evil games, with its 3D characters over fixed pre-rendered backdrops and combination of puzzle solving and action elements. One big difference, however, is the ability to switch between any of the characters at any given time. This feature is used to solve certain puzzles and to find different routes through the Togusa building. Throughout the game you will acquire four different allies to aid you. You never find new weapons in the game, so you need to use the characters wisely and where needed, since they all have different abilities and arms. You can also split them up in teams of two, to make things more versatile. |
| TNN Motorsports Hardcore TR | 1999 | American Softworks Corporation | Eutechnyx Limited | Racing / Driving, Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | | | Off-roading | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Time to hop into a dirt-thumping dune buggy or tricked-out truck and race your way to victory in TNN MOTORSPORTS HARDCORE HEAT. The world of off-road driving action is yours for the taking as you compete in varied modes like Championship, Time Attack, and an invaluable Practice mode in cars you've modified down to their brakes, suspension, and even stylish decals. You begin the game with four challenging tracks and have the ability to open two more as the maneuvering continues. What kind of terrain will you be steering your shock-blasting machines across? Slippery snow, crunching dirt, splashing mud, hot sand, and even the relative safety of pavement will put your driving skills to the test. Your opponents utilize clever artificial intelligence so you'll have to be cunning as well as quick to win. A hard guitar rock soundtrack and quips and taunts from competing drivers round out the Nashville Network-licensed madness. TNN MOTORSPORTS HARDCORE HEAT is a downshifting, rump-bumping ride of rally racing gameplay glory |
| Taiwan Mahjong Shǒubù Qǔ | 1999 | J&R Co., Ltd. | J&R Co., Ltd. | Simulation | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | Contemporary | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Taiwan Mahjong Shǒubù Qǔ is a mahjong simulation which follows traditional Taiwanese rules. Unlike most other variants, which traditionally feature hands of 13 tiles, Taiwanese rules notably feature hands of 16 tiles and this rule is prominently featured in this game. The focus of this game is its tournament mode which pits the player against a large number of simulated opponents. The outcomes of all of the games are simulated, not just the player character, with AI players also being eliminated or rising in the ranks as appropriate. A single match mode is also available, and players can choose any three AI players to play against in this mode. Players are also given a detailed set of several dozen rule options to tweak gameplay to their liking. |
| The Dukes of Hazzard: Racing for Home | 1999 | SouthPeak Interactive LLC | Sinister Games, Inc. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | Arcade | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Boss Hogg is foreclosing the farm. Bo and Luke are the prime suspects of the robbery of the County Bank. Then there's these strangers in town looking for trouble... Can Bo and Luke get themselves out of this mess? Three levels of difficulty, over 40 stunts you can perform, and a whole lot of racing going on! Features voices of the original crew. DoH is a 3rd person arcade racer where you take the General Lee and drive all over the place, dodging Rosco P. Coltrane (the sheriff) and Dep. Enos Strate and advancing the plot. |
| The F.A. Premier League Stars | 1999 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts UK Ltd., Software Creations Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed, Regional differences | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Premier League Stars is football game from EA released just a few months before FIFA 2000. The two games are quite similar but Stars is a bit more pacey and more action than the more realistic FIFA. Whereas FIFA has several leagues the Stars game has focused on the English Premier League and it is full licensed with all the real clubs, kits, stadiums and players. The most unique feature in Stars is that it is using the Stars concept which means that you collect stars when winning matches, scoring goals and similar. The stars could be used to improve the players in different skills such as passing, shooting and tackling. |
| The Guardian of Darkness | 1999 | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | PS1 | Guardian of Darkness is an action game with puzzle-solving elements. Ekna is an exorcist monk from the "The Gate", an ultra-secret organization regularly sends him on the most perilous missions involving the paranormal. The first level starts with an investigation of an haunted museum. His assistant Edward Burnst will train him how to use his different spells. After each level, Ekna returns to his headquarters, the Tenebrans where he can get his orders from "The Gate" and get his specials weapons like grenades or energy power ups. |
| The Secret of Googol 1a: Reshaping Googol - The Submarine | 1999 | Lightspan, Inc. | Lightspan, Inc. | Educational | | | | Mini-games | | Naval / watercraft | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Front of Manual (US) (from Ad Blurbs)In this adventure of The Secret of Googol, your child will explore geometry, while helping Cali, Ben, and Alana save Googol from Wigsley's Shape Scrambler.LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Identify and complete a pattern of shapes
Remember and match geometric shapes
Complete a figure by flipping and turning geometric shapes
Explore different-sized circles |
| The Smurfs | 1999 | Infogrames North America | Helio Game | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Platform | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This game is targeted to young players. This is a 3d lateral view platformer where the player controls one of those little blue people through 20 levels in order to save his friends captured by the evil Gargamel.
Levels features forest, icy plains, volcano undergrounds, Gargamel's castle, the Smurf's village, and so on.
The adventure itself is split in two parts, one being a simple tutorial while the second parts represents the game itself. |
| This Is Football | 1999 | Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. | Team SOHO | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This is Football started Sony's soccer / football series, which aims for a realistic game with lots of control modes. Offsides and fouls are both optional. Controls include slide tackles, one-touch passing and sprint turns. The game is fully endorsed by FIFPro, and therefore features 5000 real players and their facial likenesses, 230 real clubs, and stadiums from all across Europe. Twenty different tournaments are included. |
| Thousand Arms | 1999 | Atlus U.S.A., Inc. | Red Company Corporation | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | | | | Turn-based | Teen | Isometric | PS1 | Meis Triumph is the last representative of generations of spirit blacksmiths. One day a group of robbers attacks his hometown, and he is forced to leave to Boyzby, the capital city of the country. There he meets a lovely girl named Sodina, who introduces him to her brother, who also happens to be a spirit blacksmith. Soon the heroes discover that the attack on Meis' hometown was part of a much larger plan, and find themselves fighting for their lives.Thousand Arms is an anime-style role-playing game with turn-based combat, featuring 2D character sprites on polygonal background. Only one character can directly attack enemies during battles; the rest of the party play a support role with spells and items. Being a blacksmith, Meis can forge weapons for all the characters in the party by himself. To do so, he must seek out hidden spirits scattered through the game world, and secure the help of a female companion, who can imbue weapons with various spells and skills.The latter requirement is fulfilled by dating the ladies that accompany Meis on his journey. The player can choose to date any of these young women by visiting statues of the Goddess of Love available in each town. During the date, the player must participate in a conversation with the girl, selecting responses. Depending on the player's choice, the girl's intimacy level will increase or decrease. Intimacy level can also be raised by offering gifts to a girl or participating in various mini-games.The game features anime-style movies and voice-overs for important dialogues. |
| Tiny Toon Adventures: Toonenstein - Dare to Scare! | 1999 | Vatical Entertainment LLC | TerraGlyph Interactive Studios, L.P. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements, Shooter | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Plucky, Hamton and Furball from the television cartoon Tiny Toon Adventures need to escape from the spooky haunted mansion of the evil Baroness Toonenstein (played by Elmyra) where she needs their brains to build a monster. The player moves Furball through numerous rooms looking for power cell actuators needed to activate the elevators on five floors while chased by different types of evil flying Bombats which explode if they touch him. When the Bombat Disabler Gun is found, the view changes to a stationary sniper mode and enemies can be shot with green goo. Furball can also open doors, activate levers, and take items such as codes to a treasure vault in the basement. There are different mini-games and puzzles to solve, in order to progress. Plucky and Hamton will sometimes be too frightened and run away, and must be located. |
| UEFA Champions League Season 1998/99 | 1999 | Eidos Interactive Limited | Silicon Dreams Studio Ltd. | Sports | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Soccer sim featuring the current team line-ups in this prestigious European club competition. There are 32 clubs included. Game options include full season, exhibition matches, scenario and a multi-player option. In scenario mode you can replay any of the finals in the competition's history from 1970 onwards. Another notable inclusion is the custom tournament mode that allows you to define your own tournament perimeters and fixtures. |
| Ultimate 8 Ball | 1999 | THQ Inc. | Mirage Technologies (Multimedia) Ltd. | Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Actua Pool is a pool simulation game. Game modes include a two player match, hustle mode, trick shots, tournaments and an interactive tutorial. Winning tournaments unlocks new NPCs to play against. Each NPC opponent has its own unique playing style and difficulty. You can play on a variety of different tables. |
| Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense | 1999 | Activision, Inc. | Luxoflux Corp. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade, Shooter | | Automobile, Vehicular combat | | | Teen | | PS1 | More drivin' & blastin' fun in this sequel to Vigilante 8. The Coyotes gang returns with a shocking new leader to seek revenge on OMAR, and the Vigilantes gang. New cars, weapons and landscapes add new excitement to the game. There are 18 charcters with storylines to walk through, which in turn affects the other characters in the game, and how well you do in the single player missions will determine what happens in the later levels.The Dreamcast and N64 versions both have 4 player modes, while the PSX sticks with 2 player gaming. |
| Virus: It Is Aware | 1999 | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements, Survival horror | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | | | | | PS1 | Virus: It Is Aware is a loose spin-off of the 1999 horror film Virus, and also the Dark Horse comic which the film is based on. Despite the fact that the game's opening and closing cinematics are set on a boat and space station like the film and comic series, the game itself is totally disconnected from both the source material and the game's own prologue and epilogue, instead being set in a high-tech hotel. In this survival horror game, the player controls the female police officer Joan, who, along with her partner Sutter, investigates numerous murders of the hotel's inhabitants, only to discover that an alien electronic virus uses mechanical items to create robots, who in turn are built into the human corpses, creating zombie-type cyborgs. The game features light puzzle elements along with weapon-based combat, utilizing weapons such as pistols, Uzis and tazers; while the ballistic weapons are replenished by ammunition pickups, the tazer utilizes a depletion-recharge system. |
| WipEout 3 | 1999 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Psygnosis Limited | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Hovercraft, Track racing | | | Everyone | | PS1 | WipEout 3 is a futuristic racing game where the player pilots a high speed hover craft around a series of themed circuits, competing against a number of aggressive opponents. Enhancements for this version include full frame rate hi-res graphics, split-screen multiplayer, improved opponent AI, additional game modes including challenge and eliminator and a more accessible difficulty curve. |
| Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style | 1999 | Activision, Inc. | Paradox Development | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Martial arts | Arcade, Fighting | | | | | Mature | | PS1 | Martial arts Master Xin is the guardian of the secrets of the Wu-Tang kung fu. The evil Mong Zhu grows jealous and decides to steal the Wu-Tang secrets, by torturing Master Xin. Members of the rap group Wu-Tang Clan receive information of Master Xin's plight and set out to rescue him.Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style is a 3D fighting game that takes place in different arenas around the world. Up to 4 players can fight at once, with a variety of punches, kicks and super moves. In Story Mode, players can only choose members of the Wu-Tang Clan, but in versus mode, more characters are available. In addition to the standard fighting, players must solve the challenges of the 36 chambers in order to unlock secrets and the final boss.The game has a parental lock feature which prevents the game showing mature content, the locked game will still play but it's an edited version of the game. The unlock code is on the back of the manual. |
| Contender | 1999-01-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Victor Interactive Software, Inc. | Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Contender is an arcade-style boxing game which features an Exhibition mode, a VS. mode, a Main Event mode, and a Tournament mode.The exhibition mode lets the player pick a boxer and fight a computer boxer. The VS. mode lets two players slug it out in the boxing ring against each other. The tournament mode lets the player compete in a tournament.The Main Event mode lets the player pick one of eight different boxers, each with their own set of skills (life, power, speed and endurance), and work their way through the ranks (Local, National and World) by defeating 40 different boxers in order to win the World Championship. If the player is good enough to actually win the World Championship, they then have to defend their belt against numerous challengers. Players can improve their skills by winning matches and training between matches by sparring with their trainer. Advancing through this mode also unlocks boxers for the exhibition mode. In the ring, each boxer can throw punches like jabs,
upper-cuts, hooks, and crosses, and is also able to duck and weave and block high and low while on defense.
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| Nectaris: Military Madness | 1999-01-01 | Jaleco USA, Inc. | Matrix Software | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | Teen | | PS1 | An updated version of Military Madness.The game modes featured include Main Campaign, Original Campaign, Mini-Campaigns, and Single Scenario.The main campaign involves the story of how in the 21st century mankind has colonized the moon. In 2089, an invading Xenon empire destroys several lunar outposts. The base Nectaris, the largest of the lunar outposts wasn't fully destroyed and a few units escaped alive and now are planning a counter attack on the Xenon empire. Now it's up to the player who is put into the role as the Union forces commander to defeat the enemy Xenon forces. The main campaign goes through a series of over 30 different battlefields. Gameplay involves moving various units on an overhead map of the battlefield. Units movement are done on hexagonal grids. Once the players units make their moves, it is then their opponents turn to move their units. Players can use their various units to attack the opposing forces. Battles sequences are turn based. The outcome of a battle can be affected by the terrain, any support fire present, an encirclement effect, plus the individual strengths and weaknesses of the unit types that are involved in the skirmish. Since both the player and the enemy forces have access to the same unit types, the game emphasizes knowing each units strengths and weaknesses, and the strategic placement of units. Also on the battlefield, players will have access to their factories which allows for additional units to be deployed and gives the player the ability to repair their weakened forces.This Main Campaign mode brings to the table an all new campaign, while the Original Campaign consists of the entire original campaign from the 1989 game.The game also features Mini-Campaigns, over 40 individual maps ranging in 4 different map sizes (1x1,1x2, 2x1, and 2x2) that were created by fans of the game.The Single Scenario mode is locked at first and can be accessed only when the player completes all the campaigns. This mode offers support for 2 players to do battle with each other.The game has the options of having the battle animations be in 3D, 2D, or turning them off all together, plus altering which buttons confirm and cancel orders given in the game.There is also a scenario editor where players can create their own scenarios.
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| Sid Meier's Civilization II | 1999-01-01 | Activision, Inc. | MPS Labs | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | 4X, Managerial / business simulation, Turn-based strategy | | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Turn-based | Everyone | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | PS1 | Starting out with just a single unit and knowledge of a small local area, your challenge is to guide your civilization into becoming the dominant force, either by conquering every other civilization or by sending a spaceship to Alpha Centauri.As you'd imagine, a lot of challenges come into such a task. You must locate cities so as to make use of food, construction and trade resources, which can be later improved by constructing irrigation, roads, mines, railroads, and farmland. Each city can construct one item at a time - civilian and military units, buildings or Wonders of the World (there are 28 of these across the different eras of the game, and each can be possessed by only one city). The buildings and wonders have different effects - most buildings and some wonders improve defenses, scientific research, trade or food output, but most wonders offer unique advantages that can be used to great strategic effect.There are over 100 scientific advancements in the game, and most require prerequisites before they can be researched. How quickly this happens depends on your scientific output, which must be traded off against financial and military concerns.Combat can occur in cities or in the open terrain - things like forests and mountains give the defense an advantage. Unlike in the original Civilization, fights aren't always won outright - most times the winning unit will be damaged, reducing its movement speed and attacking prowess until it's repaired, but the losing unit always disappears from game. If multiple units are in a square that come sunder attack, the strongest unit fights - unless it is a city or Fortress, all units will be lost if the fight is lost. Once a city has no defensive units left, it can be captured. Certain units have the ability to cover all squares as fast as if they were roads, only a few can see submarines, and air units require re-fueling in a friendly city.There are up to 6 other Civilizations in the game, and keeping good diplomatic relations with these is crucial. At times you may want to trade knowledge or pool military resources with a neighbor - at others they may want to destroy you. If you make deals and go back on them your reputation is affected. |
| Egypt 1156 B.C.: Tomb of the Pharaoh | 1999-01-05 | Canal+Multimédia, Cryo Interactive Entertainment, Réunion des Musées Nationaux | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Adventure, Educational | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | | | | | | | | PS1 | A number of games allow you to search the tombs of ancient Egypt, but few allow you to do so IN ancient Egypt. Taking place (appropriately enough) in 1156 B.C., you play Ramose, a young Egyptian man who hopes to prove himself a worthy investigator for the current rulers of Egypt. Your first assignment is not an easy one, as a Tomb of Sethi I, a pharaoh has been desecrated and looted and your own father has been accused of the crime. You have three days to prove his innocence and stay the sentence of execution.Gameplay takes place in a first person mode similar to fans of this kind of adventure game. Unlike some games that give you a static, unmoving image to look at, Egypt 1156 B.C. allows you to look around at any location in a smooth turn (similar to QuickTime VR, but with better results). This gives you a 'you are there' feel that many other games lack. All graphics are 3-D rendered and occassionally actions will give you a third person cutscene as a reward. Communication is through a simple branch tree and both talking and puzzle solving involves the manipulation of objects, both in and out of your inventory. In addition to being a mystery/adventure game, Egypt 1156 B.C. also comes with reference material about ancient Egypt, its people, and its culture. These are available whenever you discover something interesting in the middle of the game or can be accessed via the main menu. |
| WCW/NWO Thunder | 1999-01-12 | THQ Inc. | Inland Productions, Inc. | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | The follow up to WCW Nitro, which features real entrance videos used on WCW Thunder on TBS. Modes included: Battle Royal, Tournament, Tag Team and Single Player. This game also introduced the cage match, and weapons close to ringside. The game features over 50 WCW superstars and personalities, and action commentary by Tony Schivone and Mike Tenay. |
| Circadia | 1999-01-14 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | Alvion Co., Ltd | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | | Contemporary, Fantasy | | Point and select | Turn-based | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Released in 1999 as a new generation adventure game with various newly-added systems, and still enormously supported, "CIRCADIA® " is now available in PlayStation® Classics! A mysterious creature lurks in the underwater city. Is it a foe or a friend? The stances of the characters change according to your play. And the crisis of collapse drives closer and closer. Now the door of closed memories is opened!!The time of assimilation is...close.This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：688MBCopyright：©1999 Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Deep Freeze | 1999-01-14 | Sammy Corporation | Talon, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Spy / espionage | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | In the year 2001, the world has changed, and terrorism has changed along with it. The terrorist organization Hephaestus has become extremely powerful, and in response, the INTER-ANTS (International Anti-Terrorist Service) has come into existence. As Jack Wired, commander of an ANTS squad, you and your teammates will go into battle to resolve hostage situations and remove the terrorist threats.Deep Freeze is a 3D action-shooting game with pre-rendered backgrounds, similar to such games as Resident Evil and Parasite Eve only with a stronger action focus. Choose a partner from your squad for each mission, then make your way through each situation to eliminate the threat. You can give your partner orders, as well as change formation.The game features full voice acting completely in English, a rarity for a Japanese exclusive title. |
| Pro Backgammon | 1999-01-14 | Altron Corporation | Mere Mortals Ltd. | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)Each game offers a different challenge, and depends on both strategy and luck.
A tutorial mode that allows beginners to learn about the movement of the pieces and other rules.
With 7 levels of difficulty, caters for beginner to professional!
A variety of game modes, including "Tournament", "Free For All" and "2 Player". |
| Kaitohranma Miyabi | 1999-01-21 | Imadio, Imagineer Co., Ltd. | | Adventure, Simulation | 1st-person, Diagonal-down, Side view | | | Japanese-style adventure, Mini-games, RPG elements | Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Kaitouranma Miyabi (快刀乱麻 雅) takes place in Japan during Edo period and takes course of a single year where the player is a student in a martial arts school. The game is a mix of visual novel style gameplay during dialogues and third-person perspective during training and fighting. During first-person perspective, the gameplay follows a typical static 2D anime character sprites over detailed graphical background art with smaller window showing current expression and disposition of a character talking. While the protagonist has no voice-acting, other character feature full voice-acting during dialogues. Training sequence consists of various actions that will boost player's skills and is displayed in isometric view from bird's perspective, while dueling is done from side view where player's skills and training it taken into consideration when performing various fencing moves. There are also several mini-games that become available as the story progresses. |
| Kaitohranma Miyabi (Genteiban) | 1999-01-21 | Imagineer Co., Ltd. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This limited edition release comes in a box and includes:
Kaitohranma Miyabi game
wrapping cloth
artbook
fan
desktop calendar for 1 year (comes in jewel case which works as a stand)
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| Snowboard Kids Plus | 1999-01-21 | Atlus Co., Ltd. | Racdym | Racing / Driving, Sports | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Snowboard Kids Plus is the third game in the Snowboard Kids series and the only one not released on the Nintendo 64 but on the PlayStation. It is also the only game in the series not to have been released outside of Japan. The game is mainly a revised version of the original Snowboard Kids. The story takes place a few days after the events of the first game, where Linda won the competition.The gameplay is identical to the original game, but this version adds 4 new characters (Nicole Couch, Pamela Rasteri, Ruby Green and Kaede) and novelties such as new board designs, an optional auto-pilot that steers the player's character towards the lift-in after reaching the finish line, and a shop to dye the characters' hair and to buy new outfits. Plus introduces cut-scenes to the series, which can also be viewed through the Event Viewer option in the options menu. |
| True Love Story 2 | 1999-01-21 | ASCII Entertainment Software, Inc. | Bits Laboratory | Adventure, Simulation | 1st-person | | Romance | Japanese-style adventure, Visual novel | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | True Love Story 2 is a visual novel styled love simulation game where the protagonist meets many girls and at the end of each day can check the relationship progress which shows which of the girls like and which of the girls dislike him. The player moved to a new town and is living with his younger sister. The story progresses in a typical visual novel style where one reads onscreen text, talks to present characters and moves from location to location in a determined order. Free movement is not done directly on a map but is rather scheduled. During school and lunch breaks you can schedule places on school campus you wish to visit, and after school you can schedule the place around the town you wish to visit. Depending on place you visit, you may meet different girls, or if noone's there you will soon leave the place without engaging in any dialogue with anyone.The game uses full voice acting for heroines and character animation when they talk. Going one step further, while walking sometime the background moves as well as the character you walk with, and distant character also appear smaller and in distance where you can see more of their figure. The story is split in three school semesters and each comes on a single CD-ROM and can be played in any order at the beginning of a new game. Initial setup lets you name your character and adjust some of your character's stats. Heroine galleries can be accessed via main menu but the CG event scenes there are unlocked as you play the game story. |
| Click Medic | 1999-01-28 | Sony Music Entertainment (Japan), Inc. | Game Freak, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG), Simulation | 1st-person | | Healthcare | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | In Click Medic, the player takes the role of a doctor who can perform life-saving operations with a tool called the VB Machine. The machine is full of life-saving antibodies, but must be controlled by a human pilot. Thus, doctor and machine are shrunk down and sent inside the patient, Fantastic Voyage-style.In the first stage of gameplay, the doctor talks to their patient in order to learn symptoms, make a diagnosis, and ease any medical anxieties the patient may have. The second stage takes place inside the patient's body, in which the VB Machine is sent to find the source of their ailments and fight it in turn-based RPG combat. The player has many different antibodies at their disposal, and needs to choose the correct ones to combat the virus or other bodily threat.The player needs to keep an eye on the patient's vitals and the VB Machine's energy levels; if any of them fall too low, the mission will be failed. Additionally, while many different paths can be traveled in order to reach the virus, some paths may cause the patient's vitals to drop or may be incredibly painful to them, while other paths may not open up until others have been explored. It may sometimes be necessary to abort a mission, in order to stabilize the patient from the outside. |
| Langrisser IV & V: Final Edition | 1999-01-28 | Masaya | NCS Corporation | Compilation, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | This is a Playstation release of two Saturn games bundled together: Langrisser IV and Langrisser V: The End of Legend. Both games form a separate sub-story within this strategy RPG series. |
| Machi | 1999-01-28 | Chunsoft Co., Ltd. | Chunsoft Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | | | | | | Buy at Buy at | PS1 | "Machi" literally means "district", "city area". The game was called by their creators a sound novel. The idea of the game is to let the players experience five days in the lives of eight different characters. They all live somewhere in the city, each one preoccupied with his (or her) own problems. Their paths might cross without them realizing it. At any point in the game, you can switch between characters, but when you do so, the day or the time of the day of the other character corresponds to the one you are currently having. The eight protagonists are: Keima Amemiya, a policeman; Jintaro Umabe, an actor; Masami Ushio, a gang member; Yoshiko Hosoi, without a particular profession (the only female protagonist in the game); Masashi Shinoda, a student; Ryuji Takamine, a deserter; Fumiyasu Ichikawa, a writer; and Yohei Tobisawa, a high-school boy. You control the characters by making decisions for them: where to go next, how to answer to another character, etc. In many cases, there are wrong decisions which lead to a premature end (bad ending). The story is presented through text (without voices) and still shots of live actors and locations, with occasional short animated sequences. |
| Refrain Love 2 | 1999-01-28 | Riverhillsoft Inc. | Riverhillsoft Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Romance | Japanese-style adventure, Visual novel | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Refrain Love 2 is a sequel to Refrain Love: Anata ni Aitai and while there are some differences in gameplay, and this sequel features new protagonist, the premise is somewhat similar since it is also romantic visual novel adventure game focused on meeting and dating various girls. A typical visual novel style gameplay features 2D anime style characters over static backgrounds with dialogue window during conversations. The game features many different girls the player can try to woo and depending on the dialogue choices the story branches into many possible endings. |
| iS: internal section | 1999-01-28 | Square Soft, Inc. | Positron Co., Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | PS1 | iS: internal section is a "tube shooter" in the tradition of Tempest and S.T.U.N. Runner. The game uses flat shaded, untextured polygons to keep a high frame rate in the PlayStation's high resolution mode. Players have access to twelve different weapons, each named after a sign of the Chinese zodiac. The in-game soundtrack is techno, and much like SCEI's Vib-Ribbon, iS can dynamically change the environments based off of music from inserted CDs in certain modes. The game is very similar in terms of gameplay and style to Rez, and actually was released nearly 3 years earlier. |
| Guardian's Crusade | 1999-01-31 | Activision, Inc. | Tamsoft Corporation | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | Shin Sato | Turn-based | Everyone | | PS1 | A young boy named Knight is sent on a routine assignment by the mayor of his home town. His best friend, a fairy girl named Nehani, joins him. Together, they find a little pink monster whom they call Baby. Shortly afterwards, Knight has a vision: a mysterious voice tell him that they should go to a place called "God's Tower", where they can find Baby's mother. On their way, the three encounter people and groups with different agendas, and eventually begin to put the pieces of the puzzle together and discover the source of evil.Guardian's Crusade - or Knight & Baby, as it was originally called - is a Japanese-style role-playing game with turn-based combat. A notable feature of the game is a seamless 3D world, without the transitions from "world map" to individual locations or hostile areas to towns, as it is the case in most comparable games. The game has no random battles: all the enemies are visible during exploration, and can be avoided or bypassed silently. Lower-level enemies will flee when they see the protagonist's party. During his journey, Knight will find so-called Living Toys, mechanical creatures that can assist him in battles. There are many types of Living Toys - offensive, supportive, healing, and those that can be used outside of combat. Using a Living Toy drains Knight's special PP (psychic points) meter. |
| Silent Hill | 1999-01-31 | Konami of America, Inc. | Team Silent | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Behind view | Regional differences | Horror | Puzzle elements, Survival horror | Contemporary, North America | | | | Mature | Cinematic camera | PS1 | Harry Mason, an average man, is driving to the town of Silent Hill with his daughter. Upon approaching the town, a cop speeds by on a motorcycle. When Harry gets closer to town, he sees that same motorcycle sprawled in the middle of the road. Harry also spots a woman standing in the road, but due to the dense fog, he can't stop in time, so he swerves to avoid her, crashing into a railing, knocking him unconscious.When Harry wakes up, his daughter, Cheryl, is missing. Sensing that she would head to the town to seek help, Harry sets out on a journey, not knowing what to expect from this eerie town, enshrouded with fog.You play Harry Mason, a normal man, with no powers or training of any kind. You must search through the town of Silent Hill, looking for your daughter. You will come across many people, some friendly, some not. You must visit many different areas, such as the school, and the church.Will Harry find his daughter and safely get out, or is there more to this town than a simple fog layer? |
| Blast Radius | 1999-02-01 | Psygnosis Limited | Psygnosis Camden Studio | Action, Simulation | Behind view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Kayne, the sole survivor of the Wolf Squadron, is tasked with saving the Vorn which is being attacked from the nefarious Kotan-Kal. For offering to help the Vorn out, Kayne is given his choice of the Vorn's most advanced spacecraft and weapons.In this space combat game, Kayne has the choice of 1 of 9 different spacecrafts which differ in appearance, weaponry, and control. Kayne is tasked with completing 40 different missions while fighting 37 different types of enemy crafts, which include bounty hunters, crime spaceships and military ships. The game also offers a 2 player death match mode. |
| Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter | 1999-02-01 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | Licensed, Regional differences | Martial arts | Fighting | | | | | Teen | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Marvel Super Heroes Vs. Street Fighter is a 2D fighting game and the first to combine characters from Capcom's Street Fighter series with those of the Marvel comic universe. It is also the first in Capcom's games to introduce a tag team style of combat where the player can call for another character during a fight.Matches consists of two-on-two battles where the player can only control one character at a time. The other character can be called in regularly or while doing an attack. The off-screen one also regains some health while waiting. Both opposing characters need to be defeated to win the match, and when one dies the other is called in automatically. The tag team options introduces Variable Attack, Variable Counter and Variable Combination where the two characters team up to attack, counter of perform a special move.Most of the X-Men characters were already present in X-Men: Children of the Atom and Marvel Super Heroes: Cyclops, Storm, Juggernaut, Magneto and Wolverine, with the addition of Rogue, Gambit and Sabretooth. The Street Fighter characters are gathered from Street Fighter Alpha 2: Ryu, Ken, Cammy/Chun-Li, Charlie, Zangief, Dhalsim, M. Bison and Akuma. The final boss of the game is Apocalypse.The PlayStation version does not include the tag team feature and relies on the more traditional best-two-of-three round setup. |
| Irritating Stick | 1999-02-03 | Jaleco USA, Inc. | Saurus Co., Ltd. | Action | Top-down | Licensed | | Arcade | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | Ever played that thing at carnivals were you have to maneuver a metal rod through a maze without touching the sides? well, this is what this game is. Seriously! This game is based on a Japanese show in which you actually get shocks when you touch the sides of the maze. You control the rod and have to maneuver it through several 3-D mazes without touching the sides. Includes 1 or 2 players simultaneous play or 8 players tournament mode, 3 courses with 100 mazes in total plus a random maze generator and editor mode.
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| Angelique: Tenkū no Requiem | 1999-02-04 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | PS1 | The first RPG entry in Angelique universe, adventure/dating simulation games specifically created for female players and revolving around young girls on a quest to become queens of various planets. Player takes the role of Angelique Collet, the heroine of Angelique Special 2. Angelique Limoges, the protagonist of the first game, and now the queen of Angelique Collet's home planet, is threatened by a mysterious man named Leviath. Her Guardians are imprisoned and her life is in danger. Angelique Collet must liberate the Guardians and save her homeland.The game plays like a traditional Japanese RPG, with top-down view, turn-based battles, etc. However, the dating simulation element from other Angelique games is also present in this RPG. The heroine is able to have conversations with the male characters in her party. Depending on her answers and decisions, she will become involved with one of those characters. |
| Majokko Daisakusen: Little witching mischiefs | 1999-02-04 | Bandai Co., Ltd. | Toys for Bob Inc. | Action, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Licensed | | Arcade | | | | | | | PS1 | Majokko Daisakusen is a turn-based strategy game with action-style battles featuring characters from several famous magical girl anime series from the '60s, '70s, and '80s: Mahō Tsukai Sally, Himitsu no Akko-chan, Mahō Tsukai Chappy, Cutey Honey, Majokko Megu-chan, Hana no Ko Lunlun, and Mahō Shōjo Lalabel. It is in fact a reworked version of The Unholy War with all of the graphics, sound, and story completely replaced. The game itself, however, is essentially identical between the two releases. |
| Invasion | 1999-02-10 | Microïds | Microïds | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | | | PS1 | Invasion is a vehicle themed Science fiction third and first-person shooter where you take on the role of a resistance fighter. Earths defense forces are quickly defeated by an invading alien army called the Keseits. With the army and most resources gone it’s now up to the player to help the resistance against the alien invaders.In the game the player will pilot his ship and takes on missions to destroy enemies structures and ships. Destroyed enemies yield points for a level score. |
| Kyoro-chan no Purikura Daisakusen | 1999-02-11 | Tomy Corporation | KAN's Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Platform | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Kyoro-chan no Purikura Daisakusen is a platformer starring the mascot of Morinaga, Kyoro-chan, in search of photo booths. It is comprised of 15 levels across 3 distinct world themes. It plays somewhat like a stripped down Yoshi's Island. |
| Eliminator | 1999-02-17 | Psygnosis Limited | Magenta Software Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Essential a basic shoot-em-up game, Eliminator puts you in control of experimental hovering craft, running the gauntlet of various courses, dodging obstacles and blowing up opponents in an attempt to reach the end before an on-board bomb blows you up and out the game.As you progress through the game you gain the standard options of upgrades and the courses become trickier to navigate. |
| Chō Sentō Kyūgi Van Borg | 1999-02-18 | Hect Co. Ltd. | Avit, Inc. | Sports | | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | In the 21st century, the most popular sport worldwide is rapidly becoming a radical new game that combines elements of volleyball and combat. Van Borg is a 2-on-2 volleyball game with a futuristic science fiction theme. Pick a team, and work your way through the tournament, gaining experience for your players, buying items to increase their abilities, and using special moves to turn the match in your favor. There is also a "Free Style" mode where a quick match can be played either against the computer or with another player. |
| Mahou Tsukai ni Naru Houhou | 1999-02-18 | Technical Group Laboratory, Inc. | System Supply N‑Tech | Action, Role-playing (RPG), Simulation | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Action RPG | Fantasy, Medieval | | Direct control, Point and select | Meditative / Zen, Real-time | | | PS1 | Mahoutsukai ni Naru Houhou is a Simulation/Action Role-playing game taking place on an island. Players take the role of a wizard's apprentice who's aspiring to become a mage and players are given 3 girls to choose from (Lime, Berry or Nut). To become a mage, players must study how they can make scrolls and collect the ingredients necessary to make them. The game features a first person perspective while players are at home and switches to a top-down 2D view when they go outside (The Saturn and Playstation releases render areas in 3D). There are 102 days in a year in this game and 5 seasons during which different materials can be found on the island. The game has 70 kinds of scrolls and around 150 kinds of materials to collect. |
| MerbyBabyStory | 1999-02-18 | PONOS | PONOS | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Play in an action-filled world of blocks in “MerbyBabyStory” as baby Merby to dodge evil-hearted enemies and to solve puzzles. The game is easy to play with a story to follow, making it suitable for all types of gamers.This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：125MBCopyright：©PONOS / ©2012 HAMSTER Co.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account.Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Lord of Darkness | 1999-02-18 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events, Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Lord of Darkness is the fourth game in the Nobunaga series (but only the third one to have been localized in English). The story of Nobunaga takes place during the Japanese civil war of the 16th century. In a wartime strategy game, 15 different warlords are represented across several territories.One to eight human players can play, controlling different leaders and factions. Gameplay is done in one of two scenarios; the beginning of the civil war in 1555 or Nobunaga surrounded by his enemies in 1571. Management of population, supplies and military are the gameplay and successful manipulation of these numbers in the right combination to attack and defend against hostile intentions is what will bring your forces to victory. |
| Kunoichi Torimonochō | 1999-02-25 | GMF | Polestar Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | PS1 | Long ago, during the Edo period, those chosen to become ninja train in secrecy from youth, living in an isolated village to become a secret agent for the shogun. Here, a young girl is training to become such an agent; her name: Ran Sagajo. Along with her talking ninja squirrel companion Sasuke, she has begun a trip to Edo to continue her training.Kunoichi Torimonochō (Kunoichi Detective Story) is a Japanese-style adventure game. Take the role of Ran and travel around Edo, interact with a variety of colorful characters, play numerous minigames, and attempt to train Ran into a proper Kunoichi. There are multiple endings depending upon your choices and performance through the game. |
| Oasis Road | 1999-02-25 | Idea Factory Co., Ltd. | Idea Factory Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | Direct control | Turn-based | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)To download content to the Memory Stick PRO Duo™ of your PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, the free space required is twice the size of the content to be downloaded.This software is playable for PLAYSTATION®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).To play this software on your PLAYSTATION®3 system, you must have at least 205MB of free space on your PLAYSTATION®3 system hard disk.To play this software on your PSP®, you must install the latest system software version and have a Memory Stick Duo™ with the free space stated above.For more detailed information about downloading to your PSP® system, please see URL below.http://asia.playstation.comWhen downloading using PC:When downloading contents to PSP®, you must install the PLAYSTATION®Network Downloader application first. Please go to our official website for installing instructions and other information. ■Game descriptionThe history of OASIS ROAD begins with the loss of a paradise protected by the tree of life, and a god of destruction known as Vrtra's Flame.Some 3000 years of civilization is gradually changing the continent to a frozen wasteland.A large influx of people has migrated to the warmer south, where farmers settle down to grow crops.Less and less people can be found in cities as they lean closer to ruin. Industry becomes obsolete, while industrial skills are lost along with it. Contact between cities is scant, and those cities who are not self-sufficient are buried in the sand.In essence, mankind is working its way to the path of extinction.■PS3™ HDD and Memory Stick™ capacity requirement205MB■Copyright notices©1998 IDEA FACTORY■AttentionThis software is converted from the software for PlayStation® so that it can be played on PS3™ and PSP®. Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. |
| Puzzle Mania | 1999-02-25 | Human Entertainment, Inc. | Human Entertainment, Inc. | Puzzle | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Word construction | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)To download content to the Memory Stick PRO Duo™ of your PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, the free space required is twice the size of the content to be downloaded.This software is playable for PLAYSTATION®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).To play this software on your PLAYSTATION®3 system, you must have at least 8078KB of free space on your PLAYSTATION®3 system hard disk.To play this software on your PSP®, you must install the latest system software version and have a Memory Stick Duo™ with the free space stated above.For more detailed information about downloading to your PSP® system, please see URL below.http://asia.playstation.comWhen downloading using PC:When downloading contents to PSP®, you must install the PLAYSTATION®Network Downloader application first. Please go to our official website for installing instructions and other information. ■Game descriptionSimple enough for anyone to learn, yet difficult to master. The thrill of solving each puzzle. This collection of puzzle games has all the necessary elements of a great puzzle -- and it's available now!■PS3™ HDD and Memory Stick™ capacity requirement8078KB■Copyright notices©2000 HAMSTER Co.©HUMAN 1999■AttentionThis software is converted from the software for PlayStation® so that it can be played on PS3™ and PSP®. Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. |
| The Last Blade | 1999-02-25 | SNK Corporation | SNK Corporation | Action | Side view | | | Fighting | Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Choose one of several characters to play with, each with their own unique moves and special attacks. Each stage in the game has two battles, where the object of each is to drain your opponent's energy in order to complete the battle, and you will complete the stage if you do this twice. If there is a draw, then a third battle is played. There is a time limit, and when this expires, the player with more energy left wins.
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| Weltorv Estleia | 1999-02-25 | Hudson Soft Company, Ltd. | Hudson Soft Company, Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Weltorv Estleia is a non-linear role-playing game set in a medieval fantasy world with its own mythical history and lore. The background story involves a battle between seven legendary warriors, led by the young magician Ten, against an evil dragon. The player assumes the role of a nameless adventurer, male or female, who ventures to the city of Farbell. There, he or she is instructed to join the the Adventurers Guild, and eventually becomes involved in the grand struggle against dark forces threatening Estleia.In the beginning of the game the player has to create a customized character, modifying his or her age, hair color, clothes, height, and weight. Character class can not be assigned, but the player character can eventually specialize as either a monk, a magician, or a thief, by completing missions for the respective guilds. The protagonist has three main attributes - spirit, technique, and vitality, which can be manually increased whenever he or she levels up. Other attributes include various aspects of physical preparation and conditions, which act as requirements for equipping weapons and armor. Experience points in the game are awarded for defeating enemies as well as for completing quests.Despite its Japanese origins, Weltorv Estleia is a free-form RPG that is closer to Western templates. The game's world consists of interconnected areas and contains several towns, wilderness areas, and dungeons. The player is free to explore the game world and undertake any quests from the onset. The game's scenario system allows players to pursue as many quests as they wish at the same time. By interacting with the various non-player characters, the player gets key words or key phrases indicating details and giving clues about the currently selected active scenario. The scenarios will then trigger when the player, having followed the clues, reaches the scenario point. By fulfilling the requirements for each scenario, the player progresses through the game. There are over a hundred scenarios, ranging in length and difficulty, sometimes having different possible outcomes.Interaction with NPCs also allows the player to express emotions by having the player character smile, cry, or become angry. These emotional responses during conversations may influence the way NPCs react to the hero. The player can also have the main character draw his weapon at any time. Combat in the game is turn-based. Battles are fairly sporadic and occur either in a scripted manner, dictated by the scenario, or by approaching hostile creatures that may be encountered in the wilderness. The player navigates the main character on the battle screen in a tactical fashion, attacking enemies when they are within the range of the equipped weapon. Over the course of the game, several characters may join the hero's party, usually as a possible scenario outcome. These characters are controlled by the AI during combat.The game's outdoor areas (including towns), dungeons, as well as all the characters and enemies, are rendered in 3D. Only smaller indoor locations such as shops, guilds, bars, people's houses, etc., are presented as pre-rendered backgrounds. There are no character portraits and the game generally eschews anime-style aesthetics usually associated with RPGs of Japanese origin. |
| pop'n music | 1999-02-25 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Computer Entertainment Studios Yokohama | Action | | | | Arcade, Music / rhythm | | | | | | | PS1 | pop'n music is the first title in Konami's long-running rhythm game series, and the second Bemani series after the original beatmania. Very similar to its sister game beatmania, pop'n music ditches the turntable and keyboard in favor of nine large candy-colored buttons, but otherwise plays much the same. Notes scroll toward the bottom of the screen, and the player must tap the correct buttons in time with the music to play along. Play well, and the "groove meter" increases, but play poorly and it will drop. If the groove meter is high enough at the end of the song, the player can move on to the next song.This first release includes all of the music from the original arcade release, along with several new original tracks. There is also the standard arcade mode, along with a training mode and a beginner's mode that only uses 5 or 7 of the 9 buttons. |
| Street Sk8er | 1999-02-26 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Atelier Double Co. Ltd. | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Tricks / stunts | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Street Sk8er was one of the first skateboarding games to hit the PlayStation. It is much simpler than its genre brother Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, with a simpler way of performing tricks and more linear stage design. What it does bring to the table though is a tailor made licensed soundtrack with artists such as H2O, Less Than Jake and I Against I, and some hidden characters and stages to unlock as the player progresses through the game. There are different characters to choose from, boards and stages. |
| R-Types | 1999-02-28 | ASCII Entertainment Software, Inc. | Irem Software Engineering, Inc., Racdym | Action, Compilation | Side view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | R-Types is a compilation of R-Type and R-Type II ported pixel-for-pixel from the coin-op to the PlayStation.A couple of handy features have been added to lower the original difficulty level. First, your progress through the game is saved at the start of each level, so you don't have to start from scratch every time. Second, you now have unlimited continues.R-Types also contains a small library section which describes some of the story behind the R-Type universe, and lets you browse some of the in-game graphics. Other bonuses include an FMV intro movie and ending movies. |
| Army Men 3D | 1999-03-01 | 3DO Company, The | 3DO Company, The | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | The Army Men jump into PS action in a fully 3D environment, allowing you to use all the weapons found in the original, but from a 3rd person perspective. You can also blast away with a mate in a multiplayer mode or two. |
| Fisherman's Bait: A Bass Challenge | 1999-03-01 | Konami of America, Inc. | Konami Co., Ltd. | Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Fisherman's Bait: A Bass Challenge lets you fish in four different lakes, each with 15 spots to fish from and with seven different lures to choose from. You can also play against a friend in versus mode and also featured the dual shock, new at the time to the PlayStation, which let you actually feel like you were pulling in an actually fish. |
| Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko | 1999-03-01 | Eidos, Inc. | Crystal Dynamics, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Gex must rescue Agent Xtra from the grips of the fiend, Rez. Gex goes undercover through many levels to try to find Agent Xtra. Each level parodies a certain aspect of television culture. Gex enters each level through a television set. He must collect remote controls to advance to the next level. |
| Need for Speed: High Stakes | 1999-03-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | EA Seattle, Electronic Arts Canada | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | Just like its predecessors Need for Speed: High Stakes is an action racing game with a wide selection of exotic sports cars and many different types of tracks. The trademark Hot Pursuit mode game mode from the first game in the series is still present, where players race opponents on tracks filled with regular traffic and police cars that chase the racers. The classic pursuit mode is extended with two additional modes: Getaway and Time Trap. In Getaway the player needs to shake off the police in a set amount of time, or playing as the police trap a speeder before time runs out. In Time Trap an entire race needs to be completed before time runs out, or as the police all speeders need to be arrested. There are minor differences between the two platforms for this game mode, regarding spike strips, road blocks, and back-up. The latter for instance is unique to the PlayStation version. The Pursuit mode is available in multiplayer as well and players can take different sides or race together.It is the first game in the series to introduce a Career mode with a set of challenges. Beating these is rewarded with trophies for unlocks, and money to spend on new cars, repairs and upgrades. In the PlayStation version the Career mode is split up into two different sets of challenges: Tournament (required races) and Special Event (optional races). High Stakes in the title refers to races where players bet their cars. In the PC version these are a part of the Career mode when the player owns more than two cars. In the PlayStation version two players can insert their memory cards and race against each other. The winner immediately receives the opponent's car and it is deleted from the loser's memory card right away.In addition to the new game modes it is also the first game in the series to have a detailed physics models. Damage now affects both the appearance and the performance of the car for the first time. |
| Retro Force | 1999-03-01 | Psygnosis Limited | Psygnosis Limited | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | PS1 | 3D scrolling shoot-em-up. Take control of one of four characters and pilot their fighter craft through a number of enemy infested levels. |
| Air Race Championship | 1999-03-04 | Xing Entertainment | Metro Corporation | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | | Flight / aviation | | | | | PS1 | Air Race Championship is an arcade style racing game where you fly planes through imaginative tracks. The tracks lead you through cities, caves, rivers and even some underwater tunnels. You start with a choice of four tracks and three planes. There are more tracks and planes but you have to unlock them. You can play solo in grand prix mode or time attack, or race against a friend in split screen mode. It is a spiritual successor to Bravo Air Race.
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| Neko-Zamurai | 1999-03-04 | Human Entertainment, Inc. | Aim at Entertainment, Inc. | Action | Top-down | | Martial arts | RPG elements | Fantasy, Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)NEKOZAMURAI places players in an old Japanese town set in the Edo period to enjoy multi story plots consisting of over 150 scenarios and featuring over 100 characters. In the conversation screen that forms the main part of gameplay, real time mime motion is adopted with the use of face tracker to give detailed and rich facial expressions to characters.This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：1276MBCopyright：©2009 HAMSTER Co.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Pepsiman | 1999-03-04 | KID Corp. | KID Corp. | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Arcade | North America | | | Real-time | | | PS1 | This game is based on the Japanese Pepsi mascot who appeared in different commercials in Japan. In these he appeared where people were thirsty, quenched the people's thirst, then injured himself most of the time.The game more or less follows this series of events as you run along stages collecting Pepsi cans, while trying your best to avoid injury or public humiliation. The goal of every stage is to run along a set course, jumping or sliding out of harm's way and in the end reach a vending machine with... you guessed it! Pepsi of course! |
| Vampire: The Recurrence of The Vampire's Nightmare | 1999-03-04 | Artdink Corporation | Artdink Corporation | Action | Diagonal-down | | | RPG elements | Europe, Fantasy, Industrial Age | | | | | Isometric | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)To download content to the Memory Stick PRO Duo™ of your PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, the free space required is twice the size of the content to be downloaded.This software is playable for PLAYSTATION®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).To play this software on your PLAYSTATION®3 system, you must have at least 55MB of free space on your PLAYSTATION®3 system hard disk.To play this software on your PSP®, you must install the latest system software version and have a Memory Stick Duo™ with the free space stated above.For more detailed information about downloading to your PSP® system, please see URL below.http://asia.playstation.comWhen downloading using PC:When downloading contents to PSP®, you must install the PLAYSTATION®Network Downloader application first. Please go to our official website for installing instructions and other information. ■Game descriptionThe crazed vampire Duran has awakened after a long sleep. In order to protect the vampire clan and the entire world from Duran, the young vampire Christopher charges into 19th Century Europe! Converse and plot with citizens of various livelihoods during the afternoon segment. Transform into a wolf, a bat, or mist at night to drink the blood of the people and increase your minions. Survive the battle against Van Helsing's "Vampire Hunter" squad and Duran's Dampeils.The story will take you all around Europe, all the way to the city of mist, London!It's the ultimate gothic horror simulation!※The "PocketStation" is not compatible.■PS3™ HDD and Memory Stick™ capacity requirement55MB■Copyright notices©1999 ARTDINK. All Rights Reserved.■AttentionThis software is converted from the software for PlayStation® so that it can be played on PS3™ and PSP®. Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. |
| Yūkyū Gensōkyoku ensemble 2 | 1999-03-04 | Media Works Inc. | Starlight Marry Corporation | Adventure | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | PS1 | Yūkyū Gensōkyoku ensemble 2 is a fan disc for Yūkyū Gensōkyoku: 2nd Album, and like the previous one features a new side story, several minigames, and an art gallery. |
| Athena: Awakening from the Ordinary Life | 1999-03-11 | SNK Corporation | Japan Vistec, Yumekobo Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Music / rhythm, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | PS1 | A spin-off of SNK's successful King of Fighters series, "Awakening" casts you as Athena Asamiya (of Athena fame) as she discovers her latent psychic powers and uses them to aid her friends and unravel a conspiracy that threatens all of Japan, if not the world.The game plays as a 3D adventure game with polygonal characters over pre-rendered backgrounds, and the main gameplay mechanics involve conversing with npcs and gaining clues as well as using your powers to solve several puzzles which involves following some audiovisual clues and repeating them. Do it right and you can use your power effectively, do it wrong and you'll give Athena a psychic backlash and drain her health. "Action" sequences play the same but involve tighter time limits and a turn-based system in which you must avoid enemy attacks in order to successfully use your powers. |
| Final Fantasy: Collection | 1999-03-11 | Square Co., Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Japanese collection of the three Final Fantasy games:
Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy V
Final Fantasy VI
All games come with new pre-rendered intro sequences not featured in the original release. |
| Global Force: New Battle Nation | 1999-03-11 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | Marionette Co., Ltd., Soliton Soft | Strategy | Top-down | | War | Wargame | Contemporary | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)To download content to the Memory Stick PRO Duo™ of your PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, the free space required is twice the size of the content to be downloaded.This software is playable for PLAYSTATION®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).To play this software on your PLAYSTATION®3 system, you must have at least 200MB of free space on your PLAYSTATION®3 system hard disk.To play this software on your PSP®, you must install the latest system software version and have a Memory Stick Duo™ with the free space stated above.For more detailed information about downloading to your PSP® system, please see URL below.http://asia.playstation.comWhen downloading using PC:When downloading contents to PSP®, you must install the PLAYSTATION®Network Downloader application first. Please go to our official website for installing instructions and other information. ■Game descriptionReleased in 1999, this traditional war simulation gained the highest praise of its series:it's "GLOBAL FORCE～New Battle Nation", now available on the Downloadable Games!The lost power balance, the shocking state of the world, the arms race between the three world powers. The tactical battle system has been retained, and "Global Forces" has been reborn.Dramatic visual scenes have been added to the tactical battle system.Learn the game system in the tutorial mode,and then use all sorts of tactics on various battle maps.This is the ultimate war simulation, featuring 230 types of real-life weapons!※For playing with PSP®, single player game play only and it is not compatible with multiple user play.■PS3™ HDD and Memory Stick™ capacity requirement200MB■Copyright notices©1999 Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.Photo Copyright:Aviation Photo Libraly,Ships of The World,Panzer MagazineJapan Ground Self-Defense Force,Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force,Japan Air Self-Defense Force,Nobuo Sakaki,Team T.D.F.■AttentionThis software is converted from the software for PlayStation® so that it can be played on PS3™ and PSP®. Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. |
| Himiko-den: Renge | 1999-03-11 | Hakuhodo Inc. | Chime Corporation | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Masahiko Kutani and Himiko Himejima are two teenagers living in modern-day Japan. One day, Himiko discovers a strange amulet. An immense power is unleashed from it, engulfing Kutani and teleporting him into another world. The young man finds himself in the ancient kingdom of Yamatai, where Himiko's "alter ego" is a divine queen. The queen election is just being held in Yamatai; but the evil general of the Kune empire sends his forces to conquer Yamatai and disrupt the ritual. Kutani has no choice but to offer his services to the kingdom, hoping to find a way to return to our world...Himiko-den is a strategy game with RPG elements. Kutani and other heroes are navigated on the "world map" in a linear fashion; selecting a location icon usually leads to a large-scale strategic battle between armies. The player has to position the troops and navigate them on the battle field.Once a player-controlled and an enemy unit come into contact, a turn-based battle initiates. These battles are similar in style to those of "regular" RPGs, with small parties of characters exchanging attacks until one of them emerges victorious.Cut-scenes advance the story between the battles; some of them are animated movies, while others are composed of still anime-style pictures. The battles are done in real-time 3D. |
| Noël 3: Mission on the Line | 1999-03-11 | Pioneer LDC, Inc. | Flight-Plan Inc. | Adventure, Strategy | | | | Visual novel | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Setting | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Save the students snatched away by terrorists in adventure game "Noel3 MISSION ON THE LINE". In addition to mystery-solving elements, a thrilling storyline and wealth of animation deliver an enhanced gameplay.This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：1145MBCopyright：©1998-2000 GENEON UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT JAPAN, LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Septentrion: Out of the Blue | 1999-03-11 | Human Entertainment, Inc. | Human Entertainment, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Survival | Platform, Puzzle elements | | Naval / watercraft | Direct control | Real-time | | Cinematic camera | PS1 | Septentrion: Out of the Blue is a sequel to SOS released exclusively in Japan. Unlike the original game, the sequel takes place in a modern setting and doesn't have a time limit to finish the game, removing the sense of urgency.The year is 1999, a sudden collision causes the luxury liner King Windsor to start sinking and players alternate between the ship's navigator Gerhard Brown and the chief engineer Carter to rescue each other and the passengers. The game tries to portray a naval accident realistically by having the ship tilt and making players follow safety precautions to avoid slipping and sliding to their deaths. Players navigate through the whole liner with the map hinting where to find the passengers while trying to uncover the truth about the accident. The survivors follow players around and the game keeps track of all the people players saved, altering the ending depending on the amount of survivors. |
| Sōgaku Toshi Osaka | 1999-03-11 | King Record Co. Ltd. | TENKY Co. Ltd. | Adventure, Simulation | | | | Japanese-style adventure | Asia | | | | | | PS1 | Sôgaku Toshi Osaka takes place in an alternate Japan. The player takes on the role of editor in chief of a student newspaper who aims for total journalistic dominance in this simulation adventure game based on the Minoru Kawakami novel of the same name. |
| Legend of Legaia | 1999-03-17 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Prokion | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | Turn-based | Everyone | | PS1 | Legend of Legaia is a Japanese-style RPG. Your initial party consists of three characters: Vahn, Noa, and Gala - two males and one female. You engage yourself on a quest of freeing your planet from a mysterious mist which is floating above the planet and which can turn anything it touches into a dreadful monster. In order to clean the planet from the horrible mist, you have to find so-called Genesis Trees which are scattered around on the planet. The combat system is a bit similar to that of Xenogears, as it utilizes combo attacks. Your choices aren't just attack, defend or use special abilities: the attack option itself has many choices: high-attack, low-attack, kick etc. Apart from this system, the game is a typical Japanese-style RPG with 3D graphics, anime/manga aesthetics, world map exploration, etc. |
| Rollcage | 1999-03-17 | Psygnosis Limited | Attention to Detail Limited | Action, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Rollcage is a fast, furious 3D racing game from Psygnosis, combining elements from Death Rally with elements from Bullfrog's classic Hi Octane: Race five other drivers in an immersive 3D environment while shooting at your peers and avoiding their retaliation.You have a wide selection of tracks and cars, along with options for multiplayer gaming and a vast array of configuration options. Cars can drive up walls, flip over, and continue driving. This makes for a very quick and fluid gameplay unlike any other at the time of this game's release.
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| Rollcage (Limited Edition) | 1999-03-17 | Psygnosis Limited | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This limited edition contains:
Rollcage
Soundtrack disc |
| Densha de Go! 2 | 1999-03-18 | Taito Corporation | Taito GM R&D Sect. #2 | Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | Train | | | | | PS1 | The 1998 sequel of the popular Japanese train driving game by Taito has once again been ported to various home systems. For the first time on the PlayStation, it is possible to drive through the snow, and take a seat in the cockpit of a Shinkansen bullet train.The gameplay is more arcade than simulation. The focus is on stopping at the stations at the perfect moment and position, keeping up with the schedule, obeying signals and speed limits, and ensuring the safety and comfort of the passengers. Mistakes result in points being deducted from a counter. If it reaches 0, the game is over.The following routes are available:Hokuhoku Line from Naoetsu to Uragawara
Tōhoku Shinkansen from Morioka to Shin-Hanamaki
Akita Shinkansen from Akita to Ōmagari
Keihin-Tohoku Line from Shinagawa to Ueno
Osaka Loop Line from Osaka to Tennōji (not in the Arcade original)
Kagoshima Main Line from Hakata to Kokura (only in PlayStation and Windows versions) |
| Magical Tetris Challenge | 1999-03-18 | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action, Puzzle | Side view | Licensed | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Magical Tetris Challenge is a Tetris game that combines the classic puzzler with the Disney license, and offers two original competitive Tetris variants: Magical Tetris and Updown Tetris.Both follow the standard Tetris template: Tetris pieces fall onto the playing field from the top and must be arranged so they form horizontal lines which are then removed, with the player whose stack of pieces reaches the top first losing.In Magical Tetris, clearing two or more lines at the same time sends a magical attack to the opponent, which puts a non-standard magical piece into their queue. Magical pieces consists of more than four blocks and are thus harder to place, but can theoretically clear more lines at once. Magical attacks can be countered by clearing lines while the piece is in the queue. This sends the piece back to the opponent, changing it to a 2x2 square piece. Countered pieces can again be countered, growing in size with each counter to a maximum of 5x5. Overflow to an already full queue turns existing pieces into ones marked with an exclamation mark. These can't be countered and are massive in size and come in pyramid or diamond shapes. A clock counts the time during Magical Tetris - each minute of game time raises the game level, up to a maximum of 4, with higher levels resulting in more magical pieces added to the opponent's queue per cleared line.Updown Tetris is less complex. Attacks against the opponent are made by clearing two or more lines, which are then (minus one column) added to the bottom of the opponent's playing field, pushing their stack higher.Both modes include another gameplay element: the magical gauge is filled by clearing single lines or through attacks made by the opponent. Filling the meter clears the entire playing field above a certain threshold and simplifies the block structure below it. The meter is then cleared and the threshold rises, requiring more moves to fill it a second time. The threshold can only be lowered by clearing all blocks off the field.The two modes are available in story and two-player modes. In story mode, players select one of four Disney characters (Mickey, Donald, Goofy and Minnie) who each come with their own storylines. The game then consists of consecutive matches against the other characters and the bad guys (Pete, Big Bad Wolf and Weasel), with cutscenes between matches.Only the home versions have an endless mode, which offers standard Tetris and Magical Tetris. |
| Million Classic | 1999-03-18 | Bandai Co., Ltd. | | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | PS1 | Million Classic (ミリオンクラシック) is a simulation game which focuses on breeding and creating the ultimate racing horses. Player starts by creating your protagonist, the horse owner, which consists of entering the player's name and selecting the portrait for your character. Also, you get to select an outfit for your jockey (just the jacket) which can be customized in look, patter and color. The rest of the game focuses on you tending to your horse(s), making sure they are well taken care of in paddocks, and trained to become a good racing horses. You can also name your horses using similar interface to that for naming your character. You can buy and sell horses, breed them (selectively based on DNA strain), present them, and use them in races (the player does not control the race itself, you are more in a role of a manager or horse owner in this case).The game comes with both jewel-case size manual book and technical book. Technical book gives more details on DNA and inbreeding, as well as courses, styles and other technical info. Additionally it includes four stickers with game artwork. |
| Viva Soccer | 1999-03-19 | Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Europe) Ltd. | Crimson | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control, Multiple units/characters control | | Everyone | | PS1 | Viva Soccer is the first game to allow a player to take part and re-write history in all Football World Cups (including the qualifying stage) from 1958 until 1998. Deal with players retiring, new talent emerging and the geopolitical changes of the 90s as the Iron Curtain opens and several new national teams emerge.Instead of using commentators, Viva relies on PlayerChat, which means only the sounds of the stadium - players and crowd - will be audible. 1035 squads (some with individual shirts) and 16554 players with different attributes (and some with personalized textures and models) are included in the game. |
| Final Fantasy III | 1999-03-25 | Square Co., Ltd. | Square Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | Regional differences | | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic, Steampunk | | Direct control, Menu structures | Real-time, Turn-based | Teen | 2D scrolling | PS1 | A thousand years ago, the War of the Magi occurred. People remember it as one of the most horrible tragedies in history. Since the War of the Magi, magic has been all but forgotten, technology began to grow, and people returned to seemingly normal lives. The only true worry people have is the Empire, whose leaders are looking to revive the great force once known as "magic". The Empire had heard word of the remains of a mystical being, known as "Esper", being found in the mining town of Narshe. Quickly, three soldiers were dispatched to find this Esper and bring it to the Emperor. One of the soldiers, a young girl, triggers a power in the Esper that initiates a dangerous series of events. The only ones who can help her are a rag-tag band of rebels and heroes, who offer their very hearts and souls to save the world from the mad plans of the Empire.The sixth entry in the Final Fantasy series was dubbed Final Fantasy III in the West because three out of the five previous installments of the series had not been released there at the time. Similar to its predecessors, this is a role-playing game where the player controls a party of characters, traveling between various locales in the world, fighting randomly appearing regular enemies and bosses, and making the characters stronger by improving their skills and getting better equipment for them. The game maintains the ATB (active time battle) system of the two previous installments in the series, spicing traditional turn-based combat engine with a real-time element. In battle, every character can fight using weaponry and items, and each has a special combat skill as well. It is also possible for nearly every character to learn magic spells. By finding various Espers and equipping them on characters, the player can improve their parameters in different ways and choose the magic spells the characters should learn.Unlike most other Japanese RPGs, the game does not have a single main character. Rather, the player-controlled party can be considered the game's collective protagonist. The first part of the game develops linearly, with one of the characters playing a central role; however, during the second part, the player is associated with a different character initially, exploring the game world, recruiting characters, and completing sub-quests in a non-linear fashion.PlayStation re-release of the game includes new FMV cutscenes, bestiary, and artwork galleries. Game Boy Advance version and later Android, iOS, and PC releases remove FMVs but instead include two new bonus dungeons (the Dragons' Den and the Soul Shrine), new bosses, espers, weapons, and gear, as well as many other minor additions and changes. |
| Puzzle Mania 2 | 1999-03-25 | HAMSTER Corporation | Human Entertainment, Inc. | Puzzle | Text-based / Spreadsheet, Top-down | | | Word construction | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)To download content to the Memory Stick PRO Duo™ of your PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, the free space required is twice the size of the content to be downloaded.This software is playable for PLAYSTATION®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).To play this software on your PLAYSTATION®3 system, you must have at least 10MB of free space on your PLAYSTATION®3 system hard disk.To play this software on your PSP®, you must install the latest system software version and have a Memory Stick Duo™ with the free space stated above.For more detailed information about downloading to your PSP® system, please see URL below.http://asia.playstation.comWhen downloading using PC:When downloading contents to PSP®, you must install the PLAYSTATION®Network Downloader application first. Please go to our official website for installing instructions and other information. ■Game descriptionPresenting the second game in the "PUZZLE MANIA" series! Like the previous game, it's basically a collection of puzzle games with simple rules. But one significant change is, in addition to the 3 puzzle types in the former game (Skeleton, Number Place, and Number Crossword), Logic Puzzles have been added! Logic Puzzles allow you to use horizontal and vertical numbers in the spaces as hints to fill in the background and complete a hidden picture. Be a puzzle maniac and master all 320 puzzles!■PS3™ HDD and Memory Stick™ capacity requirement10MB■Copyright notices©2000 HAMSTER Co.©HUMAN 1999■AttentionThis software is converted from the software for PlayStation® so that it can be played on PS3™ and PSP®. Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. |
| Sound Novel Evolution 1: Otogirisō Sosei-hen | 1999-03-25 | Chunsoft Co., Ltd. | Chunsoft Co., Ltd. | Adventure | | | Horror | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | PS1 | Otogirisō Sosei-hen is a remake of the SNES sound novel Otogirisō. The game's scenario has been significantly revised to feature a switching system from Kohei's to Nami's point of view. It also includes new cut-scenes. |
| Tehodoki Mahjong: Nyūmon-hen | 1999-03-25 | Naxat Soft | Naxat Soft | Educational, Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | | | | PS1 | Tehodoki Mahjong: Nyūmon-hen (Introduction Mahjong Initiation) is a Mahjong introductory game.
It introduces the Chinese board game Mahjong to neophites of any age with simple tutorials and illustrations, starting from the basics and the different game modes. It features Mahjong champion Moriyama Shigekazu, under whose guidance and supervision the player is taught about the scoring rules, the terminology and the different game pieces through different lessons and quizzes. |
| The King of Fighters '98: The Slugfest | 1999-03-25 | SNK Corporation | SNK Corporation | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Fighting | | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | The King of Fighters '98 takes a break from the Orochi plot line and instead is presented as a "Dream Match" game where the KOF roster duke it out for the top spot (similar to Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, but without the storyline component). Most of the characters from the past four years return, thus providing the player with a very large roster containing 38 characters. Many of the characters have been altered in an attempt to make the game balanced regardless of the player's choice of fighter. Rugal Bernstein is provided as a non-secret character for the first time in KOF '98, and several regular characters have hidden "alternate" versions that may also be used in-game. KOF '98 uses the same gameplay system present in The King of Fighters '97, so players may still choose between Extra and Advanced modes. In addition to the Survival battle mode and the ability to choose between Single Play or Team Play, versions of the game on console systems that use CDs to contain their media (PSX, Neo-Geo CD) also include an Art Gallery one may look at. |
| To Heart | 1999-03-25 | Aquaplus | Leaf | Adventure | 1st-person | | Romance | Mini-games, Puzzle elements, Visual novel | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | To Heart is a romance simulation adventure game. This console and handheld version is a port of an adult visual novel for PC (Windows) with the same name, but with all the adult content removed.Additionally, this non-adult version contains three mini-games not available in PC version:
Circle Triangle Square X: a set of several Tetris variants and other block puzzle games
Heart by Heart: a single-screen platform game comprising stages which focus on two heroines battling each other and clearing the stage.
Ojousama wa Majo: a side-scrolling shooter where the witch heroine rides a broom and blasts objects. |
| SuperLite 1500 Series: Oekaki Puzzle | 1999-03-27 | Success Corp. | Success Corp. | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)"Oekaki Puzzle"(Nonogram) offers 500 puzzle games for short-time enjoyment. Detailed tutorial mode make beginners feel at ease, so enjoy yourself with this puzzle game!This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：10MBCopyright：©1999 SUCCESS / ©HAMSTER Co.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Triple Play 2000 | 1999-03-27 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This iteration of Electronic Arts' baseball lineage has real players and teams up to date at the time of production. You can play single matches, a full season, the playoffs, or an all-out action Home Run Derby. Team selection and transfers come under player control. Jim Hughson and Buck Martinez provide the commentary. This was the first version to support Internet play on the PC. |
| Bomberman Fantasy Race | 1999-03-31 | Atlus Software Inc. | Graphic Research Co., Ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | The man with the big bombs is blowing up a completely different type of game in this strange and whimsical racing game. It sure isn't like your typical racer -- Bomberman Fantasy Race has players riding on big loping kangaroos and giant blue rabbitty-dinos as they hop and dash to the finish line with long, bounding gaits. It's a wild race, made even wilder with all the bombs and action of Bomberman. Two can challenge each other to a blast around the track, or run for it on your own in the single-player mode. Buy new bombs and better ride-a-long animals to give the competition something to blow its top over!
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| Pro 18 World Tour Golf | 1999-03-31 | Psygnosis Limited | Intelligent Games Ltd | Sports | Behind view | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This golf game has TV-style presentation, with commentary by Peter Alliss and Bobby Clampett. Courses and players are photo-realistic, with course layouts accurate to within 3 centimetres. There are no fly-bys, although you can pan around the course to give some clues as to its layout. Four button presses are used to take a shot; draw and fade are set by how long the appropriate press is held down for.Several leading players are featured, including Colin Montgomerie and Vijay Singh as well as female and amateur players. There are three courses - Royal County Down, The Lost City and Couer D'Alene (plus Royal Birkdale on the North American edition). |
| Rampage 2: Universal Tour | 1999-03-31 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Avalanche Software LLC | Action | Side view | | | Arcade | | | | | Teen | 2D scrolling | PS1 | While technology may improve graphics and sound, some things never change. Rampage 2: Universal Tour is very much in tune with its history, barely deviating from the original city-stomping arcade game appearing in the 1980s. Like its predecessor, Rampage World Tour, Rampage 2 retains the original 2D worlds, but improves the graphics, completely re-rendering the characters. The premise remains the same: stomp out cities and wreck things in general. Some new features in Rampage 2 include four new characters (in addition to the original three), new attacks and combos, a power meter, and bonus rounds. Up to three people can play at once and there are plenty of new cities to destroy. |
| Blood Lines | 1999-04-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. | Radical Entertainment Inc. | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Fighting, Platform | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Set in the future, competitive sport is outlawed and becomes the pursuit of an underground network of the world's greatest athletes. Inspired by the nations of old, they form clans and engage each other in tribal combat to protect the honour of their blood-lines. There can be only one winner.Control one of the clans, and fight to the death in a last-man-standing battle against multiple opponents. The environments allow for roaming and hiding, allowing players to tactically attack and run away to evade attack. Weapons can be found, used and recharged across the arena.The gameplay functions in the same way as Super Smash Bros.: Melee, and allows multiplayer matches or fighting against CPU opponents. |
| Grand Theft Auto: Mission Pack #1 - London 1969 | 1999-04-01 | Rockstar Games, Inc. | Rockstar Canada | DLC / Add-on | | | | | | | | | Mature | | PS1 | Grand Theft Auto: Mission Pack #1 - London 1969 is an official expansion pack to Grand Theft Auto. Instead of the fictional interpretations of New York, Miami and Los Angeles of the original, this game opens up the city of London to the player. The game features thirty new vehicles, new graphics and thirty-two new missions; all in a distinctly British theme. The new city contains many familiar landmarks from London in the late 60s as well as other cultural reference and Cockney slang. This time the player can choose the avatar's appearance, otherwise gameplay has not been changed from the original game. The player still is involved in organized crime and must perform a variety of criminal activities. |
| KKND2: Krossfire | 1999-04-01 | Infogrames Europe SA | Melbourne House | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | Real-time strategy | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | PS1 | Finally, a formidable computer opponent to challenge the smartest cagey old vet. Battle an AI that probes your defenses, retreats, sets ambushes, and even attacks from multiple fronts. Add units that gain experience through combat, improving their damage potential and accuracy, and eventually the ability to heal themselves. Now you have a recipe to make any PC commander drool - welcome to the world of KRUSH, KILL 'n DESTROY! |
| Live Wire! | 1999-04-01 | SCi Games Ltd. | Code Monkeys Ltd., The | Action, Strategy | Behind view | | | Arcade | | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | A 3D puzzle game where you across a gridded landscape (Tron-cycle like) leaving a coloured trail behind you. Any square on the landcsape that you managed to colour on all sides gets claimed by you and earns you points. You're up against a varied number of opponents and the game covers about 50 levels, with the landscapes having different properties and shapes (e.g spherical world landscape). Add to this a bunch of pickups and bonus abilities, and you've got a retro- puzzle game that's a bit fun. |
| Monster Seed | 1999-04-01 | Sun Corporation of America | NK System Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Not much of a fighter? Like to work with exotic animals? Like helping people? Then start gathering your seeds today!Monster Seed obviously takes influence from the popular animal raising/fighting genre; specifically games like Pokémon and Monster Rancher. Of course, it does do a few things differently. One major difference is the fantasy setting. No ranches or medical settings here, no sir. Another key difference is in the overall presentation; Monster Seed's gameplay and interface are a lot more simple than most other breeding games.Similar to mother games in the genre, there's a brief tutorial of sorts, and then you're off to gather your own creatures, earning better seeds and other breeding components as you go. Just be careful with your critters, because if they die in battle, they're gone for good. Granted you can always breed more, but it can certainly set you back if your creature hatches at level five, but you lost a level twelve.Combat itself uses a somewhat typical turn-based system, with a grid used to determine character locations, spell ranges and so on. Much like a normal RPG, you get to take turns giving commands to your main character and your monsters. Different monsters are better suited for different roles, with some better off hanging out in the back, attacking from a distance and others in the front lines, absorbing the damage and dishing out the hurt.Monster Seed isn't the most innovative RPG/breeding game out there, but it is a decent game that will help any fan of the genre pass the time. |
| One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e | 1999-04-01 | KID Corp. | Tactics | Adventure | 1st-person | | Adult | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | PS1 | Kohei Orihara is a Japanese high school who has experienced much tragedy in his life. When he was a child, both his parents died. After he lost his little sister, Kohei became increasingly reclusive, and eventually creates an alternate reality for himself, called "Eternal World". This world resembles afterlife, though it is possible to return from it to the real world under certain circumstances. As Kohei forms relationships with the game's female characters, they begin to forget him after a while, which causes him to retreat deeper into the Eternal World. Only by creating a strong bond with one of these girls can Kohei return to real life.One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e is a visual novel. The player reads text descriptions and dialogues, which are superimposed on still 2D anime-style images that represent locations and events. The interaction is reduced to occasional moments when the player is prompted to make a choice for the protagonist, splitting the storyline into different branches, and eventually reaching one of the several different endings.The initial PC release has scened with explicit adult content. These were removed in the subsequent console version, which also added voice acting for the game's characters. |
| One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e (Shokai Genteiban) | 1999-04-01 | KID Corp. | Tactics | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | | | | | | Buy at Buy at | PS1 | The first print limited edition of One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e includes:
One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e
One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e soundtrack
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| Rock'n Riders | 1999-04-01 | Fab Communications Co., Ltd. | PIXY Corporation | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other), Behind view | | | Tricks / stunts | North America, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | It's the future... to be more precise, the year 20xx. The ideals and attitudes many a harried housewife of the 1950's had against rock'n'roll has come back, albeit more aggressive than ever. The authorities, in fact, have taken it upon themselves to ban rock'n'roll and all that it stands for. However, one band in particular apparently didn't get the memo - the Japanese group "R", who have come to America to perform in Los Angeles. Now "R" must outrun - and snowboard their way - past the authorities in order to avoid heading to the slammer.R: Rock'n Riders otherwise known as simply R is a snowboard simulation game in which four of the six members of the rock band "R" must board their way across the Western United States in order to make it to their gig in Los Angeles. To complete a stage successfully, the player must collect five indicators and make it to the end before time expires. To do this, the player must perform different types of tricks, grab (and attempt to hold on to) musical instruments, and avoid getting hit or falling down in order to score points. Scoring points also improves the quality of the in-game music, which begins each stage in an incomplete and virtually non-existent state.After each stage (except the fourth and final) is complete, the player can view a replay accompanied by music.In addition, players can access the "Music room" to see the characters playing their instrument, and after they complete the game with all four playable characters, they can access the "Extra Game", in which the band members must battle seven opponents - not just with their speed, but with their punching skills. |
| Rock'n Riders (Limited Edition) | 1999-04-01 | Fab Communications Co., Ltd. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This limited edition contains:
Rock'n Riders
Photo Album disc
Eight artists trading cards
Original mini character key chain gift lottery ticket |
| Élan | 1999-04-01 | Visco Corporation | Visco Corporation | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Life / social simulation, RPG elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Isometric | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)"elan" is a simulation game in which the player 's objective is to be chosen as a crew on a crew exploration vehicle heading to Planet Elan. By taking part in training and communication with other candidates, you will build a relationship of mutual trust with them. So whether you will pass the exam or named as a partner by other candidates depend on your performance. This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).Content file size：333MBCopyright：©1999 VISCO CORPORATION. / ©2011 HAMSTER Co.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| NBA in the Zone '99 | 1999-04-07 | Konami of America, Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Osaka Co., Ltd. | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Konami's second attempt of NBA basketball features all the options from the '98 title plus new motion captured moves, an icon passing system, on the fly play calling and up-to-date rosters and stats for the 98/99 NBA season.A new three point contest is included to go with the Exhibition, Season, Playoff and All-Star modes.All this and the voice of Chicago Bull public announcer Ray Clay. |
| Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers | 1999-04-08 | Atlus Co., Ltd. | Atlus Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | | | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Amami City is a Japanese megalopolis of the near future. In this huge city, each house has a computer, and all computers are linked to one big network. The flow of information is being controlled by the government, and software companies create huge virtual locations-networks. An eighteen-year-old member of a hacker group called Spookies and his companions gain access to one of these networks - a virtual city called Paradigm-X, created by Algon Soft. However, an accident occurs during the hacking, and a mysterious demon who calls herself Nemissa emerges. The Spookies must find the true reason behind Nemissa's arrival, and confront a shadowy organization known as Phantom Society, which employs demon summoners.Soul Hackers is similar in its themes, structure and gameplay to its predecessor, as well as to the main Shin Megami Tensei series. Set in a futuristic cyberpunk environment, the game contains many characteristic elements such as two weapon types (swords and guns) for the main hero, a female companion who can learn and cast magic spells, and a party of six active combatants, of which four are demons. Like in many other Megami Tensei games, the player can communicate with randomly encountered demons and recruit them into the party by selecting appropriate dialogue choices. These demons can also be fused with each other to create more powerful ones.The loyalty system from the previous game returns; however, this installment makes it easier to raise the loyalty level of a demon. By taking a demon into battles and repeatedly performing action it likes (indicated by its comments to the player's choices), the player can gradually make it fully controllable and obedient. Attack and magic power of the demons raises together with their loyalty levels.New in this installment is a limited ability to fuse demons outside of specific fusion places, by using the protagonist's demon-summoning computer (COMP). The player can also purchase and install software on this computer, which has a variety of functions, from combat-aiding and mapping utilities to the possibility to save the game anywhere in the dungeon. |
| Kotobuki Grand Prix | 1999-04-08 | Syscom Entertainment Inc. | Syscom Entertainment Inc. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Bike / Bicycling | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)Choose from one of eight characters, each with their own unique bike and riding style, in this crazy race where anything goes! Use wacky power-ups against the opposition over single races or in the story mode. Alternatively, take on a friend in a two-player head to head battle for the finish line. Kotubuki Grand Prix is a colourful and action-packed two-wheeled racer for players of all abilities!Multiple game modes to choose from including story mode and two-player split screen.
Three challenging difficulty settings.
Eight wacky characters and bikes to master, plus four hidden boss characters to discover and defeat!
Six distinctive courses to ride on, plus a bonus hidden track!
Equip your character with a variety of weapons and power ups, from Nitros to Bazookas. |
| Populous: The Beginning | 1999-04-08 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Bullfrog Productions, Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Real-time strategy | Fantasy | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | PS1 | Populous: The Beginning is the third part of the Populous series originally created by Peter Molyneux. This is the first part with 3D graphics. Gameplay also received a major overhaul; the player no longer simply has to lower and raise land to gain bigger houses which can defend themselves stronger. Now the player has to chop trees to build huts. Depending on how many men are in the house, the faster its population and the house itself grows. It's possible to train men as fighters, priests, etc. New spells can be added to the shaman's spell inventory through the act of prayer at shrines scattered all over the world. Most spells take the form of natural disasters such as tornadoes and volcanic eruptions.Each level is represented by a tiny planet that the player can scroll around freely. Aside from the single player campaign it's also possible to challenge other players online. |
| Zero Kara No Shogi: Shogi Youchien Ayumi-gumi | 1999-04-08 | | Affect Co.,Ltd | Strategy | | | | Board game | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Purchase this PS one® Classic and play it on both your PS3™ and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) systems!
Do you know how to play shogi?
If you've never had the chance to play, this game will teach you everything you need to know. From the basics to more advanced tricks, you can study them all to become the ultimate shogi master!
Test your wits in matches, review shogi terminology by checking the explanations, and read classic proverbs to help motivate you while you hone your skills.
Download this PS one® Classic today!
Transferring to a PSP® system from your PS3™ system:
You must be signed into the PlayStation®Network account that originally purchased the game. You must have at least 80 MB free on your Memory Stick Duo™. Connect your PSP® system to your PS3™ system with a USB cable and switch your PSP® system to USB Mode. Highlight the game on the PS3™ XMB™, press the Δ button and select Copy.
PC Store Customers:
Log into your PlayStation®Network account that you originally used to purchased the game. Then, download the game from your "Download List" in the PlayStation®Store onto your PS3™ system.
This title has been converted from the original PlayStation® disc to the PSP® and the PS3™ systems. Consequently, there may be times where the title plays differently from the PlayStation® disc version, or where some features may not function properly. This version does not support PlayStation® peripherals (controller, memory card, multitap, etc.), therefore functionalities such as multiplayer, versus, and co-op modes are not available.
Please Note: This game is a direct import from Japan and is displayed in its original Japanese language.
Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. This item has been sublicensed to you by Sony Computer Entertainment America. One-time license fee for downloads to up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are associated with the purchasing account.
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| Bust-A-Move 3 | 1999-04-09 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Taito Corporation | Puzzle | Side view | | | Arcade, Tile matching puzzle | | | | Real-time | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | One day, Dunk, the magic magician of Bubble World, releases a spell that transports eight characters from their home worlds to Bubble World. Now it is the player's turn to bring them back home!In Bust-A-Move 3, you must try to remove all the bubbles in each stage by connecting three or more of the same color.Five playing modes are available:
Arcade mode.
Challenge mode: in this mode the player's performance is evaluated and the game adapts to it.
Win Contest mode: challenge all eight characters.
Collection mode: a collection of levels created by Bust-A-Move players. Each round carries the designer's name.
Edit mode: players can create and play their own puzzles.
The Nintendo 64 version also includes two- and four-player modes. |
| Nurse Story | 1999-04-15 | Mainichi Communications, Inc. | | Adventure, Simulation | 1st-person | | Healthcare, Romance | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | PS1 | Nurse Story is a mix of love simulation and visual novel adventure. The protagonist of the story is hospitalized and needs to stay for three months in a hospital. What to do during all that time, worry about getting better? Nope, walk all over the hospital and try to woo the nurses and hospital staff. First part of the game centers on your trying to win the heart of the woman of your choice in a typical love simulation style. Second part then turns into a romantic visual novel story. |
| Super Robot Wars F Final | 1999-04-15 | Banpresto Co., Ltd. | Winky Soft Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | Turn-based | | Isometric | PS1 | Super Robot Wars F Final (or "Super Robot Taisen F Kanketsuhen") picks up where Super Robot Wars F left, starting at stage 35. F and F Final were originally thought as an unique game, but production delays made the producers decide to split the game in two parts.This game features the first appearance of Mazinkaiser (created by contaminating the Mazinger Z with Getter rays).
Gameplay mechanics are the same of Super Robot Wars 4 (and Super Robot Wars F, of course). It's a turn strategy game, when attacked the player can decide to counter, to dodge (halves the % of being hit) and to defend (it halves the damage eventually received).
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| 3Xtreme | 1999-04-21 | 989 Studios | 989 Studios | Racing / Driving, Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | Tricks / stunts | | Bike / Bicycling | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This extreme racing game comes with four different game modes. The modes are Season, Exhibition, Time Trial, and Freestyle. The main mode is the Season mode, which lets the player race through three circuits of a number of races each. The first circuit has six races, the second eight races, and the third has ten races. In these races the player is competing against five other racers in order to get in the top three positions for season standing points. The higher the position in the race, the more points the player will have to spend on better equipment. Also during the races the player can go through gates and perform various tricks (over 270 are doable in the game), which will also net the player some extra points to spend on better equipment. While racing, player are allowed to hit their opponents in order to get an advantage in the race.The game features 13 different racers to use. Each racer has their own strength,stamina,freestyle,quickness, and agility ratings. Each racer also only specializes in one type of equipment to race with. The type of equipment they can specialize in is either skateboarding, in-line skates, or biking. The equipment itself is licensed from real life, such as including the Redline Double X and FS 840. There are 70 different types of equipment in total. Each piece of equipment is rated on its top speed, freestyle ability, handling, and acceleration.The game features 27 different courses to race on.
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| Cyber Org | 1999-04-22 | Square Co., Ltd. | FuzzBox | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Beat 'em up / brawler | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Cyber Org is a futuristic beat 'em up with some exploration and puzzle elements. Players take control of one of three playable characters: human TJ and aliens Fosis and Gigante, as they make their way through fully 3D levels and fight alien enemies involving either hand-to-hand combat or firearms.The story tells how in the 23rd century, Ambassador Poe of the planet Remules has disappeared and Chief Space Investigator Pyu Moravie leads a team into space to find him. Approaching the area where Poe disappeared, Pyu's team begin their investigation but it soon leads into something beyond imagination. |
| Actua Ice Hockey 2 | 1999-04-23 | Gremlin Interactive Limited | Gremlin Interactive Limited | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Actua Ice Hockey 2 is the follow-up of the official game of the Nagano 1998 Winter Olympics ice hockey tournament, Actua Ice Hockey. Focused on a fictional North American league, with GHL (Gremlin Hockey League) club teams, the game enhances the graphics and gameplay of the previous version. While the game is unlicensed, all teams were inspired by their real NHL counterparts, from team logos to player names (using the classic trick of changing one letter from the name to other phonetically close). Features include three speeds of play, a three-on-three arcade mode with smaller ring, network play and advanced body collision physics. Like NHL Championship (released around the same time), the game adds a coloured track to the puck named "GremTrax". Slower shots and passes are coloured green, and faster red (opposite to the blue/red combination used by Fox). Tactics were not forgotten, and the player is able to select the lines, select how and how fast teams build up the attack and are expected to shoot on goal and how to defend. If the player does not feel like controlling everything, tactical decisions can be left to the computer. It's also possible to trade players to balance or keep rosters up to date. |
| Sports Car GT | 1999-04-23 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Image Space Inc. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Track racing | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | Sports Car GT racing at it's best. Compete against world class drivers on a myriad of realistic courses from all over the world. Over 50 real cars to choose from including the Porsche 911, Callaway C7 and C12, BMW M3, Saleen Mustang, Panoz GTR1, McLaren F1 GTR, Mosler Raptor, Vector M12, Lister Storm, and the Mercedes CLK GTR. Blow past the competition and test the true limits of your driving skills. |
| Fantastic Night Dreams: Cotton | 1999-04-28 | Success Corp. | Success Corp. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Fantastic Night Dreams: Cotton is a 2D side-scrolling shooter in which the player takes the role of the young witch Cotton, who sets out on her magical broom on a quest to get her favorite candy. Fortunately for us her obsession gets her in the way of several world-threatening terrors that she must destroy in standard shooter fare.The game features an experience-earning system in which the more enemies the player kills the more he can upgrade his weapon by collecting power crystals. Players can also charge their weapon for special attacks and enlist the aid of Silk, Cotton's magical fairy friend who can form up in different "option" configurations. |
| Farland Saga: Toki no Michishirube | 1999-04-28 | Technical Group Laboratory, Inc. | Technical Group Laboratory, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | | | | | Fantasy | | | | | Isometric | PS1 | Eight years have passed since the great war between humans and magical people. Brian, one of the war's great heroes, died peacefully, leaving behind the girl Kalin, of whom he had been taking care all the years following the war. Kalin leaves her country and goes on a ship to look for a job as a mercenary. On her way she meets Al, a boy who wanders around aimlessly, suffering from amnesia. Together, they reach a town where they receive jobs in the local guild. One of their assignments involves busting a pirate ship, and that is where their great adventure begins...Toki no Michishirube is a direct sequel to the first Farland Saga game. It is an anime-style strategy RPG which consists mainly of large strategic battles, taking place on isometric battle fields. The player moves the characters over the battle field, attacking physically or casting spells. After a battle, characters gain experience points, which the player can freely distribute among the party members. |
| Mahjong Yarōze! | 1999-04-28 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc. | Strategy | 1st-person | Licensed | | Cards / tiles | | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Mahjong Yarōze! is a mahjong game based on the work of manga artist Masayuki Katayama, including No Mark Bakuhaitō, Risō Janshi Dotopper, and of course Gambler Jiko Chūshinha. The main draw is a tournament mode, but there is also a free match mode with several levels of difficulty, so even beginners can learn to play. A total of 12 characters from various series appear, complete with voice acting. |
| Grand Theft Auto: Director's Cut | 1999-05-01 | Rockstar Games, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | PS1 | Includes full version of Grand Theft Auto as well as its London 1969 mission pack. |
| Puma Street Soccer | 1999-05-01 | Sun Corporation | Pixelstorm | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Puma Street Soccer is a 4-on-4 football game, based on Puma's own version of indoor football. The field is small, surrounded by a hip-height that board players can use to bounce the ball. The rules are simple: the game starts like in basketball, with the ball being dropped between the two forwards in midfield. The rest of the game is very freeform, with fouls being awarded for awkward challenges (penalties are given if the attacking player is on the break) and throw-ins (scored with the feet) if the ball goes above the boards. The player can select the tactics - with the three field players (the goalkeeper can't leave the goal area), it's possible to play more offensively (with two in front and one in the back) or defensively (two in the back and one in front). While the real tournament was traditionally played on public parks and car lots, the game version includes these and more exotic settings, such as an airport, a ship's deck, or in the middle of a city crossroad. The grand finals are always played inside an indoor arena.After a team manages a number of shots, they are entitled to three "supershots", which are much more powerful and swerve a lot more than regular shots. The three shots, if well used, can turn a game upside down in a matter of seconds, or mean the team will have to do a lot to make up for them if spoiled. While building up the Supershot gauge, the player has to rely on well-placed shots, headers, volleys, bicycle kicks, or moving the ball in attack very quickly to score. By winning competitions, players can unlock Puma-sponsored stars, such as JJ Okocha, Lothar Matthaus, Angelo Peruzzi, or Gianluca Pagliuca, and compete with them in their national teams. |
| Street Fighter Alpha 3 | 1999-05-01 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Fighting | | | | | Teen | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Street Fighter Alpha 3, the third game in the Alpha series, has a total of 31 fighters, the most in the series so far. New characters include old favorites E. Honda, Blanka, Vega, Cammy, T. Hawk, Dee Jay, Juni, and Juli. Some of the newest fighters on the block include a former Final Fight character (Cody, who has been in jail since the last Final Fight game, or so his clothing suggests), Karin Kanzuki, and Rainbow Mika.The major difference between this Alpha and the last two are the new play modes World Tour, Arcade, VS, Training and Entry. World Tour - Simply choose your fighter and travel around the world, fighting the hometown heroes that you run into. The more fights you win, the stronger your fighter becomes. You can also learn new moves, and there are three levels of Super moves to choose from before you start each round (called Isms).Arcade - A simple conversion of the arcade version. Beat each fighter with your chosen warrior, in three rounds per match (much the same as past versions of Street Fighter)Versus - Two human players battle it out. Training - A good way to learn all the super moves that are available, against a dummy.Entry - If you save your character during the World Tour mode, you can upload him here to use in the other modes in the game (especially handy for Training).Finally, if you complete certain areas of the game three new fighters become available, including another old favorite in Guile, Evil Ryu, and Shin Akuma. |
| Dragon Money | 1999-05-04 | Micro Cabin Corp. | E.O. Imagination Inc. | Strategy | | | | Board game | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)★This game is supported with the PSP® and PS Vita screenshot function★PSP®: Screenshots can be taken by using the menu after holding the PS button (HOME button) in the game. The image will be saved in the photo collection from the XMB™ (XrossMediaBar).PS Vita: Screenshots can be taken by using "Screenshot" from the "Settings" after holding the PS button in the game. The image will be saved as an application photo. This software can be played with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).If you are downloading with PC or via PS3™, after downloading with the device please connect to PSP® with a USB cable and copy the content by inserting a storage media like Memory Stick™.Adventure, battle, dragon extermination!?Select a player character among unique characters and set out to attack on a map!Proceed by throwing the dice and make friends with more than 50 characters to clear the events. Last but not least, raise your character by stopping your rivalry!Even if you have defeated the great enemy dragon... it is the total assets that will decide the final winner!In other words, this is the ultimate fighting type of party board game!Copyright:©1999 MICROCABIN CORP. ©1999 E.O.Imagination Inc.Purchase or use of this item is subject to SEN Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring | 1999-05-04 | Square Electronic Arts L.L.C. | Dream Factory Co., Ltd. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Fighting | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring is an arcade-style fighting game from the makers of Tobal. In this version, Cloud, Tifa, Yuffie, Vincent, Zack, Red XIII & Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII join the many characters from the arcade version released in Japan. Comprised of the main arcade mode, mini-game mode, and an all new RPG mode known as "Brand New Quest". The mini-game mode contains four games: - Battle Beach, a triathlon of button mashing. - Battle Square, tackle-Othello on a disco floor - Infinity Battle, an endurance test with unlimited lives. - And a foot racing game using the fighting game controls. The main game mode is an arcade-style fighting game. Charismatic fighters from around the world compete in a tournament for a mysterious sword as the prize. In addition to your archetypes of kick boxers, wrestlers, and mixed martial artists there are also animal type fighters, homing missiles, characters with swords, and many other attacks that shake things up. The fighting system is based on attack height (much like Bushido Blade) - with the triangle, square, and x buttons corresponding to high, mid, and low attacks respectively. There are also different buttons for low and high guard - both working against mid-level attacks but specific to high and low attacks. The circle button is used for 'special' attacks, which drain the 'special' bar. There is a button to jump, as well as a button that changes between 'locking' on the target to move or free running. The standard balance in fighting games is speed vs. damage. Whether it be ranged or melee attacks, the 'damage per second' should be the same - as every character has an equal health bar. Ehrgeiz is a very balanced game, despite the complexity presented by how fundamentally different most characters are. The vast differences between certain characters require the player to devise separate strategies for different opponents. The animal type opponents, for example, can only be hit with roughly half the attacks of the normal opponents - head kicks, many long range attacks, and most throws will hit empty air, especially since animal characters can 'duck' even lower to the ground. Fighting a gun wielding character will result in a battle where you must chase and pin down. Fighting Cloud or Sephiroth will require both constant pressure and vigilance against being thrown to ensure that they are not able to unsheathe their sword and finish the fight in a few blows. The game features unlock-able costumes and characters, as well as 'ending videos'. The "Brand New Quest" feature is a dungeon delver that uses the fighting game engine along with randomly generated dungeon layouts to create a 25 level dungeon with set bosses. It borrows the magic and equipment system from the Final Fantasy games, you will collect materia and magic stones, as well as a full range of visibly different weapons and armour. This game puts strong emphasis on food (like the early Ultima series). Not only will you have to eat, but you will have to be conscious of what you are eating - your diet affects how your stats change at level up. Eat meat for strength, minerals for dexterity, carbs for speed, lipids for defence, and vitamins for magical ability. Standing still allows your depleting 'stomach' meter to fill your health. If your hunger meter reaches 'zero', however, it will start draining your health. There are two playable characters, and the game can be played with both characters or with only one. |
| Pocket Dungeon | 1999-05-04 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | Liquid | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Pocket Dungeon is a dungeon crawling role-playing game which is played entirely on PocketStation, Sony’s PDA crossed with a memory card. The PlayStation disc is used entirely for transferring data to the PocketStation, and the rest of the game takes place entirely on the tiny LCD of the PocketStation. The game has you exploring dungeons, levelling up, talking to NPCs and fighting monsters in classic RPG style. It also features a multiplayer mode, in which two players can battle using the monsters they've defeated in their dungeon adventures. |
| R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 | 1999-05-04 | Namco Limited | Namco Limited | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Developed exclusively for the Sony Playstation, this fourth title in the Ridge Racer series features new visuals, powered by goraud-shaded polygons, giving each car and track a more refined appearance, while keeping the same arcade gameplay popularized by the first game of the series.While it includes the usual time attack and a new split-screen versus mode, the focus of the game is the Real Racing Roots '99, Ridge City's three heat, seven race championship, with the grand finale in a speedway during New Year's Eve.The player starts by choosing one of the four teams available (from easiest to harder): Micro Mouse Mappy, directed by the lovely Sophie Chevalier who hopes to win the first title in many years for the French team to honour her ill grandfather, Pac Racing Team, a recently created Japanese team directed by Shinji Yazaki who expects to create an immediate splash in the Ridge City racing scene, from Italy the RRR champions Racing Team Solvalou, with the demanding Enki Gilbert at the helm, and the American team Dig Racing Team, who has fallen into financial difficulties, with team director Robert Chrisman struggling to provide the driver with a car capable of out-handling opponents.After picking a team, the player can choose one of the four car makers available: Lizard and Assoluto keep the old RR tradition of cars drifting wildly on corners, but Age Solo and Terrazi offer a new experience with their "Grip" cars that require more breaking and careful trajectories, but are easier to control during turns.The player earns (and so, unlocks for free play) cars by completing races; however, final placement defines how good the car will be. By scraping through the first two heats (the Final GP accepts nothing but a victory), sponsors will be unwilling to invest in the team and instead of a new car, the mechanics will only upgrade the current vehicle. But winning all races allows the driver to reach the Shooting Hoops speedway with the fastest car. By combining all qualifying placements, 320 cars are waiting to be unlocked.R4 Ridge Racer Type 4 also includes an extra disk, featuring the original Ridge Racer in higher resolution. For a time, the game was also sold as a bundle along Namco's innovative Jogcon controller. |
| Point Blank 2 | 1999-05-17 | Namco Hometek Inc. | Tose Co., Ltd. | Action | | | | Shooter | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Dan and Don return for another round of shooting action. This time there are heaps of new mini games, as well as a few that improve on what was available in the first title in the series. The PlayStation version supports the GunCon (or G-Con), but the player can also use normal controllers. |
| Dosukoi Densetsu | 1999-05-20 | KSS | Natsume Co., Ltd. | Simulation, Sports | | | | Managerial / business simulation | Contemporary | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)★This game is supported with the PSP® and PS Vita screenshot function★PSP®: Screenshots can be taken by using the menu after holding the PS button (HOME button) in the game. The image will be saved in the photo collection from the XMB™ (XrossMediaBar).PS Vita: Screenshots can be taken by using "Screenshot" from the "Settings" after holding the PS button in the game. The image will be saved as an application photo. This software can be played with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).If you are downloading with PC or via PS3™, after downloading with the device please connect to PSP® with a USB cable and copy the content by inserting a storage media like Memory Stick™.Become a master of the sumo wrestler stable and manage the stable!Scout new promising disciples and raise them to become strong wrestlers by managing their training, meals and rests. As the parameter increases, you will be able to use more powerful techniques. Purchase items from the merchants when you have enough funds in order to train the wrestlers with more efficiency!While training the wrestlers maintain your business and aim for the Yokozuna rank!Copyright:©SoftgaragePurchase or use of this item is subject to SEN Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Marionette Company | 1999-05-20 | Micro Cabin Corp. | Micro Cabin Corp. | Adventure, Simulation | | | | Visual novel | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Setting | PS1 | One day, you stumble upon a broken Marionette, an android girl. Crying for help from inside a box in a shady alley. You take upon yourself to repair her, but she seems far from being human yet. Even her smile seems emotionless. The goal of this Visual Novel is to repair the Marionette girl by interacting with her and changing her body parts, to ultimately fix not only her body, but her heart. |
| Alexi Lalas International Soccer | 1999-05-21 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | Z-Axis, Ltd. | Sports | Side view | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | In Alexi Lalas International Soccer there are 50 official teams to choose in two modes to play. Tournament (with official settings) and exhibition match. Teams and players are developed with attention to statistic detail and featuring a unique face for each player, rendered from their likeness.Most soccer games since the introduction of CD-ROM try to capture the feeling of a TV broadcast with spoken commentary. This game goes into the opposite direction and simulates what the athletes hear on the field, e.g. players shouting at each other or defensemen complaining about the quality of the pitch. |
| Shanghai True Valor | 1999-05-25 | Sunsoft | Sunsoft | Puzzle | Top-down | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | China (Ancient / Imperial) | | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | The Activision version of mahjong solitaire is back for the PlayStation via Sunsoft USA. The "True Valor" title comes from the following story: "Many years ago, there was a land called the Dragon Kingdom. This land was ravaged by endless wars, and its people were left starving from hunger......This story is the tale of the brave warrior who single-handedly united the Dragon Kingdom through skill, perseverance, and 'True Valor'". Touted as the first 3D Shanghai game for the console, original or arcade versions of the game featuring classic, rolling and battle shanghai modes can be played against the computer or second player. This PlayStation version of the game is also mouse compatible. |
| Bloody Roar II | 1999-05-26 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Hudson Soft Company, Ltd., Raizing Co., Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Fighting, Shooter | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Bloody Roar II is a 3D fighting game of the Tekken, or more accurately, Fighting Vipers school of gameplay. The hook of the Bloody Roar series is that your combatants can transform into animalistic versions of themselves -- human-animal hybrids with a thirst for violence. During each round you can fight as a person or transform into a beast when your meter fills up. As an animal you'll have more moves at your disposal with which to destroy your opponent. |
| 70's Robot Anime: Geppy-X | 1999-05-27 | Aroma Co., Ltd. | eye on, Seven Computerized Creations | Action | Side view | | Comedy | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation, Mecha / giant robot | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Geppy X is an affectionate parody of the Super Robot shows of old in the form of a Japanese 2D shooter for the Playstation spread across four discs. It revolves around the battle of the titular Getter Robo -style mecha, piloted by The Hero Kei, The Lancer Jin, and The Big Guy Riki, and their Super Robot allies against the invading forces of the Space Devil Empire and their legions of Space Beasts. The entire game is set up like an actual anime, complete with an opening theme before each level, anime-style cutscenes and stock footage, and fake commercials between mission halves. During gameplay, the Geppy X can transform into one of the robot's three forms, air-based X-1, sea-based X-2, and ground-based X-3, each with a chargeable primary and secondary weapon and ultimate attack. |
| Asuka 120% Final: BURNING Fest. | 1999-05-27 | Family Soft Co., Ltd. | | Action | Side view | | | Fighting | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Asuka 120% Final is the third installment on the Asuka 120% all-girls fighting game to be released on PlayStation. Eleven girls from Ryōran Private Girl's Academy make up the roster and face each other in a tournament.The game features the same game play as its predecessors, a one-on-one fighting game with a special gauge at the bottom of the screen filling up to 120%, allowing special moves when filled. In addition to the Arcade mode, it features a Training mode and a Super Rush Attack Mode. |
| Chō Jikū Yōsai Macross: Ai Oboete Imasu ka | 1999-05-27 | Bandai Visual Co., Ltd. | Scarab | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Shooter | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation, Mecha / giant robot | | | | Developed by | PS1 | The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love is a fast-paced sci-fi side-scrolling 2D shooter which very closely follows the storyline of the anime movie of the same title, allowing you to play through every battle sequence from the movie. You play the game as the main protagonist Hikaru Ichijyo and your craft can transform into Fighter, Gerwalk and Battroid modes any time during battle. Unlike the movie however, the game begins off the coast of South Ataria Island, with Skull Squadron preparing to battle the invading Zentradi fleet and there is newly animated cut-scene segments created just for the beginning of the game as well. Seconds after Skull Squadron takes off, the aircraft carrier Prometheus is sliced in half by a Zentradi attack fired from Earth's orbit. After you finish the first stage, all surviving Skull Squadron units fly toward the Macross, which executes a space fold, escaping. The actual beginning of the film starts at the second stage of the game. |
| Sudoku | 1999-05-27 | Success Corp. | Nikoli Co., Ltd. | Puzzle | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | A videogame version of the number based puzzle Sudoku. The game offers 60 different Sudoku puzzles each for three varying difficulty levels (easy, medium, and hard) making for a total of 180 Sudoku puzzles to solve. The game has a timer running while solving a puzzle so the player can see how long they have spent on a puzzle. |
| beatmania Append Gottamix | 1999-05-27 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, Inc. | Action | | | | Arcade, Music / rhythm | | | | | | | PS1 | This is one of the many append discs released for the long running Beatmania franchise. This disc contains 19 console unique songs not featured in any of the arcade games, but also 3 songs from Beatmania Append 4th Mix.This game requires the first disc from Beatmania Arcade 2nd Mix (or any of the later "key disc" releases in the series) in order to be played. |
| Persona 2: Tsumi - Innocent Sin | 1999-05-31 | Atlus Co., Ltd. | Atlus Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | PS1 | A few years after the events described in Persona, a curse has befallen Sumaru City, a town in modern-day Japan. The curse is placed by a mysterious person who calls himself the Joker. Rumors say that he can fulfill people's wishes, but also does something horrible to those who for some reason fail to express a wish. A group of high school students decides to investigate the matter. However, when they confront the Joker, he tells them that they have hurt him in the past, and that he is out for revenge now. The young people realize that the Joker's appearance is just the beginning of a sinister chain of events, and will have to look for answers within their own souls.Persona 2: Innocent Sin is similar in structure and basic gameplay to its predecessor. Much of the game consists of navigating a party of up to five active combatants through locations in the large city, exploring complex dungeons, and fighting randomly appearing demons in round-based style. Unlike the first game, dungeons are viewed from an angled overhead perspective with rotatable camera. Rather than having the option of using either a melee weapon or a gun, each character is equipped with his or her own specific weapon.Like in the previous game, communication with demons plays a significant role. The demon conversation system has been refined: it is now possible to choose more specific and accurate dialogue lines, and the effects of the player's responses are less random. Tarot cards of a specific Persona type are collected from the demons following a successful conversation. They can be later used in a special location called Velvet Room to acquire new Personae, which can be equipped on playable characters, enhancing their parameters and teaching them different spells and abilities. In the beginning each Persona is only capable of a basic ability; new ones are gradually learned by repeatedly using the powers of said Persona in combat. Powerful fusion attacks can be performed by combining two or more spells in the same round.The game introduces a "rumor system", which allows the player to acquire and spread rumors through rumormongers inhabiting the city. Due to the curse placed on the city, rumors become reality once they are spread. This predicament can be used to the player's advantage, for example by spreading a rumor about powerful black market weapons. |
| Disney•Pixar Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue! | 1999-06-01 | Activision, Inc. | Traveller's Tales (UK) Ltd. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other), Behind view | Licensed | | Platform | Contemporary | | Direct control | Real-time | Everyone | Cinematic camera | PS1 | Woody has been stolen from the bedroom, ready to be sold to the highest bidder by an evil toy collector. It's up to good friend Buzz Lightyear to fight his way through from the bedroom to the outside world in order to save Woody from the toy market and bring him home.All of the characters from the 3D animated movie appear through-out this 3D platform game to help Buzz get to where he is needed. Along with the use of his cannon, Buzz can jump to hard to reach places, also useful in collecting the hidden coins that open bonus levels. |
| Evil Zone | 1999-06-01 | Titus Software Corporation | Yuke's Co. Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Martial arts | Arcade, Fighting | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Evil Zone is a 3D / 360 degree movement anime style fighting game. It has Story Mode, One Player Battle Mode, VS Mode, Survival Mode, and Practice Mode. You have 8 characters to choose from (and you can unlock more). Each character in the Story Mode is treated like a different TV Show complete with voice intro of the beginning of the episode and previews of the next episode / fight. The "TV Show" varies from non-serious comedy to very serious depending on the character. |
| Lunar: Silver Star Story - Complete | 1999-06-01 | Working Designs | Game Arts Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) | | | | Turn-based | Teen | | PS1 | Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete is an enhanced remake of Lunar: The Silver Star.The remake features 32-bit graphics (as opposed to the 16-bit of the original); many of the locations and characters have been re-designed. The anime-style cutscenes from the original have turned into full-motion animated movies. Some scenes were added and/or prolonged.While the main storyline remains the same in the remade version, changes were made to some of the quests, dialogue, and motivations of some of the characters. A few characters that play a role in the plot development were added. Some of these changes affect the gameplay as well: for example, a certain character accompanies the party during a major quest in the remake, while in the original that character remained at home.Gameplay system also underwent significant changes. The most notable difference is the elimination of random battles; in the remake, enemies are visibly walking on the screen and can be avoided. Also, enemies no longer appear on the world map. The magic system of the game was altered to resemble the one from the original's sequel. New items have been introduced, and the properties of some others changed. The protagonist Alex's side-kick Nall has now an active role in the battles: he would revive fallen characters, restoring them to 1 HP. |
| Monaco Grand Prix Racing Simulation 2 | 1999-06-01 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | Oceania | Automobile, Track racing | | | Everyone | | PS1 | The sequel to F1 Racing Simulation recreates the 1997 season, featuring 17 authentic tracks, 11 teams and cars with their 22 drivers. The Monaco license is used, although the teams themselves are not licensed. A total of 22 camera views are provided.Telemetry is stored and analysed in a similar way to Grand Prix 2, and physics are modeled to be realistic. There are eight different modes to race, the new ones being a career mode in which you start with a poor team and must drive well enough to earn competitive rides, and scenarios recreating key races for particular drivers. Returning from the first game are Time Attack, a full championship, and a 50s retro mode. There is also a track editor to create your own tracks. |
| Chippoke Ralph no Daibōken: The Adventure of Little Ralph | 1999-06-03 | NEW Corporation | NEW Corporation | Action | Side view | | | Fighting, Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | PS1 | The Adventure of Little Ralph is a 2D platformer. In this game the player controls Ralph, who has been turned back into a child by the evil demons who have invaded his homeland. In order to stop them and return to his former self, he must get through each area filled with enemies, traps, and many hidden routes. Ralph is armed with swords and various magic powers and also has the assistance of a small furry companion. The game's levels are interconnected, unlike the "stages" of most other platform games. |
| JailBreaker | 1999-06-03 | NEC Interchannel, Ltd. | Highwaystar Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | Jailbreaker is set in a grim totalitarian futuristic society, and stars a rather physically well-endowed red-headed female thief named Shlla (sic, according to the game's manual and cover art), who is sought by the authorities and is the only "dangerous criminal" who hasn't been caught yet. One night she attempts a robbery and fails; shortly thereafter, she is captured by the guards and put in prison. Once there, communication with inmates convinces her that something worse than just prison awaits them all... and she is the only one who can find a way to escape.Jailbreaker is primarily an adventure game. The gameplay mostly consists of exploring the prison and its surroundings, picking up clues, talking to characters to gain information, etc. There are no real puzzles in the game; most of the time it is just necessary to initiate certain conversations to trigger events or pick up specific items for later usage. There are also some action-based segments in the game, including a few combat sequences, situations which require quick movement, and timed events.The game is done in real-time 3D, and is played from first-person perspective; it is possible to rotate the camera up and down, as well as side-step. |
| Pachi-Slot Aruze Ōkoku | 1999-06-03 | Aruze Corp. | Aruze Corp. | Gambling | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Pachi-Slot Aruze Ōkoku is the first in a series of slot machine simulators from Japan. This game features three machines manufactured by the Aruze Corporation, Jirokichi, EDOnoNezumi, and AREX.
Gameplay for each is identical, the triangle sets the number of lines to play and the down button spins the reels. The reels spin for forty seconds, while the reels are spinning the player can choose to wait until the time expires or stop individual reels with the square, cross and circle buttons. |
| Racing Lagoon | 1999-06-10 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | Square Co., Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Racing Lagoon is a racing RPG. Your earn experience for your various car parts and racing points by challenging other cars on streets modeled after the actual roadmaps of Yokohama, Japan. After winning a race, you'll get a certain amount of "Reward Points" which you can then use to take a part from your opponent's car, anything from the engine to the paint scheme. The game is broken up into 10 nights of racing, with main character Sho Akasaki trying to become the king of the underground racing scene. |
| Super Robot Wars Complete Box | 1999-06-10 | Banpresto Co., Ltd. | Winky Soft Co., Ltd. | Compilation, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | | Licensed | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | Turn-based | | Isometric | PS1 | Disc 1 contains Super Robot Wars Complete Box which contains complete remakes of three classic Famicom (NES) / Super Famicom (SNES) releases:
Dai-2-ji Super Robot Wars
Dai-3-ji Super Robot Wars
Super Robot Wars EX
The graphics, sound, music and gameplay have been completely remade & updated in the same style as Super Robot Wars F and Super Robot Wars F Final in these improved updated versions, with gameplay being a bit harder in many cases as a result. Of the three, Dai-2-ji Super Robot Wars is the most different from the original version, while Super Robot Wars EX looks the closest to the original.Disc 2 contains History Of Super Robot Wars, an encyclopedia which contains a collection of cutscenes and voice data from the first games, as well as a two player versus mode. |
| The Next Tetris | 1999-06-16 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | Blue Planet Software, Inc. | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | It's Tetris, only... new. The Tetris series returns to its roots, eschewing the Disney characters, 3D pieces, hats, and letters that have been tacked on previous entries.Contains the standard Tetris game, as well as some variants. Some of the new features are puzzle pieces made of individual parts- after a piece lands, some parts may be able to break off and continue down; "wiggly" pieces that not only provide trippy eye-candy, but may allow you to squeeze a big piece through a tight spot; challenge modes where you must clear a cluttered playfield with limited time/pieces.Allows for solo or competitive simultaneous play. Also links to a global board via the Internet to compare scores and times. |
| '99 Kōshien | 1999-06-17 | Magical Company Ltd. | Magical Company Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)★This game is supported with the PSP® and PS Vita screenshot function★PSP®: Screenshots can be taken by using the menu after holding the PS button (HOME button) in the game. The image will be saved in the photo collection from the XMB™ (XrossMediaBar).PS Vita: Screenshots can be taken by using "Screenshot" from the "Settings" after holding the PS button in the game. The image will be saved as an application photo. This software can be played with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).If you are downloading with PC or via PS3™, after downloading with the device please connect to PSP® with a USB cable and copy the content by inserting a storage media like Memory Stick™.Feel the weight of the ball and the weight of the bat!This is the definitive version for the high school baseball simulation game for players to aim for the Koshien by training the team members within a 3 years period!Get to know the strength and weakness of individual members in order to train the team more effectively.The game will include rich features such as the player mode, director mode and the full play mode, so choose the playing style that is suitable for you.Show off all of your capabilities and win the Koshien contest!Copyright:©1999 MAGICAL COMPANY LTD.Purchase or use of this item is subject to SEN Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Ore no Shikabane wo Koete Yuke | 1999-06-17 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | AlfaSystem Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | | | | Isometric | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)To download content to the Memory Stick PRO Duo™ of your PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, the free space required is twice the size of the content to be downloaded.This software is playable for PLAYSTATION®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).To play this software on your PLAYSTATION®3 system, you must have at least 420MB of free space on your PLAYSTATION®3 system hard disk.To play this software on your PSP®, you must install the latest system software version and have a Memory Stick Duo™ with the free space stated above.For more detailed information about downloading to your PSP® system, please see URL below.http://asia.playstation.comWhen downloading using PC:When downloading contents to PSP®, you must install the PLAYSTATION®Network Downloader application first. Please go to our official website for installing instructions and other information. ■Game descriptionShouji Masuda's generations-spanning RPG "Over My Remain", originally released in 1999, is now available at Downloadable Games!Make your own history! It's the Heian period, dominated by demons and monsters. There is a family afflicted by two pesky curses. Name your character, and start the game; he will die several hours later. You must protect the name of your family as the generations continue.You must decide what you will leave your children, what legends you will entrust to them.■PS3™ HDD and Memory Stick Duo™ capacity requirement420MB■Copyright notices©1999 Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. All rights reserved.■AttentionThis software is converted from the software for PlayStation® so that it can be played on PS3™ and PSP®. Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. |
| Ape Escape | 1999-06-23 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | Action | Behind view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Specter, a popular attraction at the amusement park, has been transformed from a mild-mannered monkey into a scheming simian through the powers of the intelligence boosting Peak Point Helmet. Now he and his monkey army have taken over the Professor's time machine in order to to travel back in time and replace human civilization with a simian society. There's just one catch: Spike was caught in the time machine as well, and has been pulled back into the past with them. With the help of the Professor's numerous gadgets Spike will travel through prehistoric lands and capture Specter's army to prevent his evil scheme.Because of the game's requirement of a Dual Shock controller, all of Spike's items are controlled through the right stick. Examples include a stun stick that can be slashed in any direction or spun in a circle, an RC Car that can drive alongside Spike as he runs, and a helicopter blade that can be spun rapidly to lift Spike or slow his descent. The goal in every level is to capture enough of Specter's monkeys to diminish their effect on history. Each monkey has different stats and personalities. Some will barely pay attention to you and will prefer to goof off or sleep, while others will attack you with machine guns, rocket launchers, and UFOs. Weapons will only stun a monkey, and they must be captured using the Time Net.Finding every monkey in a level will unlock a time attack mode for the level, and collecting Specter Coins hidden in levels will unlock bonus games like boxing and skiing that use the dual stick controls. |
| Radikal Bikers | 1999-06-23 | Infogrames Europe SA | Gaelco, S.A. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade | | Motorcycle, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | PS1 | Radikal Bikers is a game set in a Mediterranean environment in which players show off their motorbike skills while delivering pizzas.The game places two players in direct, head-to-head competition to deliver pizzas as fast as possible. |
| Fire Pro Wrestling G | 1999-06-24 | Human Entertainment, Inc. | S-NEO Co., Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Fire Pro Wrestling G is a 2D wrestling game that features over one hundred wrestlers worldwide, such as Bill Goldberg from WCW and The Rock from WWF. Players can also create their own wrestlers, which can execute almost 1,000 moves. |
| Metal Gear Solid | 1999-06-24 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | Spy / espionage | Shooter, Stealth | North America | | | | | | PS1 | This special version of Metal Gear Solid adds first-person view, a level of difficulty for newcomers, bettered artificial intelligence for some enemies (including bosses) on higher difficulty settings, and, on the third disc Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions. |
| Paca Paca Passion | 1999-06-24 | Produce Co., Ltd. | Produce Co., Ltd. | Action | | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | | PS1 | Paca Paca Passion is the first title in the rhythm game series from Produce, and is a conversion of the 1998 coin-op title of the same name. Choose from one of four members of band: keyboard and brass-playing bunny girl Purika, guitar-shredder-with-blue-hair Coke, sun-loving pianist Miruka, or afroed drum machine Geroppa, and battle against one of your bandmates to see who can jam better. Each person plays a different instrument on each track, and different instruments correspond to different difficulties on each song.Each player has a column divided into 32 sections. Each section can either be gray (indicating no note), or one of four colors (each assigned to a button). A marker scrolls down the column in time with the music, and you must press the buttons for the markers to play each note. Play better than your opponent and you'll win the song and continue to the next one, where you once more pick a band member and instrument.The game includes Original and Arcade modes, as well as 2-player Battle and Cooperative play. |
| Shiritsu Justice Gakuen: Nekketsu Seishun Nikki 2 | 1999-06-24 | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Fighting | | | | | | | PS1 | In the first sequel to Rival Schools, once again the halls of Taiyo High School are rocked by an evil plot to eliminate the gangs and opposing schools that threaten the city, and every kid able to fight and throw fireballs joins the fray to defend their faction/school.The game is a 3D one-on-one arcade fighter, in which you select your character and try to defeat all opponents in each round using nothing but your fighting abilities and special moves. These moves form the core of Justice Gakuen, as the game features extremely over-the-top powers and super-moves that can be triggered when your power bar reaches the appropriate level.The game features loads of variations on the fighting modes, with team, team vs, tournament, arcade, training, as well as a story mode which plays like a traditional Japanese adventure game, in which you see snapshots of the characters and settings while the storyline is displayed via text. You have to make decisions every now and then that branch the story in different directions for each character, and decide what kind of mini-game you must play next, as the game places you in small competitions based on sports and other school-related activities in the form of reflex-oriented mini-games. The reward for beating said modes come in the form of additional costumes, hidden features and extra characters. |
| Twins Story: Kimi ni Tsutaetakute... | 1999-06-24 | Panther Software Inc. | Panther Software Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Romance | Dating simulation, Japanese-style adventure, RPG elements, Visual novel | Contemporary | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Twins Story is a romantic visual novel dating simulation adventure game. The protagonist is a high-school student and lives with his twin sister, Narumi Tateno, while his parents are working abroad. His goal beside studying? Well, to meet many many girls and try to make one of his choosing fall in love with him. While the typical visual novel gameplay consisting of dialogues and story branching choices are there, the game also puts emphasis on character's stats building which may help you get the girl of your choice, or be rejected due to lack thereof. The game features 10 different heroines, namely Saki, Rina, Izumi, Sayaka, Mami, Hanano, Yukino, Mizuho, Adelade, and Momoji, each with different hobbies and interests that you will have to try and match in order to make them take interest in you. The story progresses through calendar days where you can schedule things to do to increase your stats, visit various locations and talk to girls you meet during event scenes.Bonus elements such as unlockable character gallery or fully unlocked BGM tracks can be accessed via main menu. |
| UFO: A Day in the Life | 1999-06-24 | ASCII Corporation | Love-de-Lic | Adventure | Top-down | | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | In UFO: A Day in the Life, the player takes control of a little alien, who is sent by his superior (a creature known as "Mother") to retrieve over fifty aliens who were stranded in a regular apartment building on the Earth after a UFO crash. There is, however, one big problem: these aliens are invisible! The little hero must use a device named "Cosmic" in order to locate them; but even then, it is necessary to take a full picture of the alien so that the rescue team will know where to search.So, how is it possible to take pictures of invisible beings?.. By carefully observing the environments and the behavior of humans and other animals. For example, if an animal appears to be afraid of something, there might be a chance an alien is nearby. Or, if something has changed in the scenery, perhaps an alien was at work there.UFO is essentially a puzzle game with adventure elements (navigating a character). The hero must travel to different rooms in the apartment building at different times, trying to snap the perfect picture of the invisible alien. The player is given a time limit and a picture limit (ten pictures per visit). Afterwards, the hero has to return to Mother, who will eat the negatives (really), produce pictures, and then decide whether they are suitable or not. Each successfully taken photo opens a new area and/or a new time of the day in the apartment block.UFO is Love-de-lic's second game (after Moon: Remix RPG Adventure). It shares a few stylistic traits and gameplay elements with its predecessor, such as the eccentric character design, the "gibberish" language with sub-titles, and the day/night cycle with character schedules as an important gameplay element. |
| Warzone 2100 | 1999-06-25 | Eidos, Inc. | Pumpkin Studios | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | Real-time strategy | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | PS1 | Earth's defense satellites accidentally launch nuclear warheads due to computer malfunction. Our planet is destroyed, except for a few factions that rebuild their strength and attempt to dominate the brave new world. As you make your way across the wasteland, hunting down artifacts and destroying hostile forces, you find out that the satellite's unexpected nuclear launch may not have been entirely accidental after all...You are in charge of searching the land for technological artifacts held by the other fellows. These artifacts are then researched to create new weapons, chasses, and propulsion types, all of which are interchangable, meaning there are over 2000 units for you to blow stuff up with. You can build tanks, hovercraft, Vertical Take Off/Landing (VTOL) vehicles, as well as cyborg units. There are machine guns, missile launchers, flame throwers, mortars, etc. Since all your technology comes from artifacts you swipe from your enemies, you are almost always fighting with weapons a step below what the other guy has, meaning you have to rely on your strategic prowess instead of sheer military superiority. The battlefield is fully 3D, the camera is rotatable and zoomable, and all units are 3D as well, except for humans, which are sprites, but they aren't too plentiful, so it's a minor point.
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| Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time | 1999-06-29 | Infogrames North America | Behaviour Interactive | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | On his way to the beach, Bugs Bunny accidentally finds and activates a time machine. Bugs Bunny is immediately propelled through five different areas in time and must find his way back to the present.
It won't be an easy task, because blocking his way back to the present are some of the wildest troublemakers (Stupid Villians) he has ever known like Elmer Fudd, Witch Haxel, Yosemite Sam, Rocky and Marvin.Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time is a 3D platformer. Stages do not succeed each other linearly, but can be accessed in different order by collecting clocks and golden carrots. Bugs Bunny must dispose of regular enemies and bosses along his way. There are also a few racing and chase segments. |
| Disney's Tarzan | 1999-06-29 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Eurocom Developments Ltd | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Platform | | | Direct control | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | We could call it a platform game if it wasn't 3D, but it still looks like a platform game. Much alike to "Lion King" only seeable made of polygons. This little arcade game puts you in a role of Tarzan, a soon-to-be king of the jungle, leads you to a bunch of quest levels where you can collect coins, map pieces, 'TARZAN' letters and other stuff, as well as call your monkey friend from time to time that'll give you a brief explanation of things flyin' around. After each completed level, there will be a brief animations that they've probably taken from Disney's cartoon. |
| Driver | 1999-06-30 | GT Interactive Software Corp. | Reflections Interactive Limited | Racing / Driving, Simulation | Behind view | | Crime | | | Automobile, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Teen | | PS1 | As Tanner, the player will go undercover to be the wheelman for a crime syndicate in order to break open a big case. On the way, they will have to eliminate competition, drive getaway cars, scare some people silly, evade plenty of police, dodge bad guys, smash through a few windows, save their love interest, and much more through four cities (Miami, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York). The game gives a lot of freedom to navigate the streets of the various cities, allowing to cut through alleyways or across sidewalks and parks while smashing benches and driving over traffic cones, and provides a wide variety of vehicles to ride through the different missions, as well as the ability to perform various maneuvers such as donuts, 180 spins, or reverse spins.Also includes several game modes such as Practice, Carnage (cause as much damage as possible), Dirt Track (time trials), Pursuit (the player chases after someone), Survival (four super cops chase after the player), Lose the Cop (the player must avoid a cop tailing on them), and Drive About (just drive about the city and admire the scenery). There is also a full Director mode, allowing to place cameras to catch the best moments in the custom replay file.
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| Aquanaut no Kyūjitsu 2 | 1999-07-01 | Artdink Corporation | Artdink Corporation | Adventure | 1st-person | | | | | | | Meditative / Zen | | | PS1 | Aquanaut no Kyūjitsu 2 (Aquanaut's Holiday 2) is the sequel to Aquanaut's Holiday.Like in its predecessor, the player takes control of a submersible in order to explore the sea depths and discover a variety of animal species. Contrary to the first game's only area, the sequel has many different areas following different themes to explore. As the player gets closer to landforms or creatures, the silhouette becomes clearer and less blue or green, until it can be seen clearly. Instead of a reef where the encountered creatures are being shown, the game simply has a list of all the creatures. When a new animal is scanned with the submersible's sensor, a blue dot appears next to the scanned creature's name. Some of the animals can be interacted with. These initially have a pink dot appear next to their names instead of a blue one. When the possible interaction has been made, the dot turns blue.The animals found in the game represent a great variety of undersea wildlife from all around the world. There is also many special locations, like ruins, to be found on the seafloor. These also figure on a list, named with poetic names rather than described. Some of these locations are found by surfacing the submersible. |
| Arkanoid R 2000 | 1999-07-01 | Taito Corporation | ITL Co., Ltd., Taito Corporation | Strategy | Side view | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Arkanoid R 2000 is an updated version of Arkanoid Returns featuring 150 new levels, including boss levels.
With the original 50 levels, the total count is of 200. |
| Kuroi Hitomi no Noah: Cielgris Fantasm | 1999-07-01 | Gust Co., Ltd. | Gust Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Noah was quietly plying with her friend Disteen, but as they were exploring a cave they accidentally release a demon who had been sleeping for a thousand years. As Disteen tells Noah to escape, he gets turned to stone. The goddess Nil then appears before Noah and tells her that her friend can be saved. And thus, Noah embarks on a quest to undo the demon's curse, but she has to defeat him within three years. As the game progresses, time also passes, and different events occur at different times.Kuroi Hitomi no Noah: Cielgris Fantasm plays mostly like traditional Japanese-style RPGs such as Breath of Fire: the protagonist travels on the map and interacts with various people, and in her travels, also encounters monsters that she must fight. The encounters are typical turn-based battles in which the player assigns actions to be performed by the party members. However, Noah has the ability to befriend monsters and can recruit them when they have been weakened. They can then be summoned in battle to fight alongside the party members. At the end of battle, the participating members and monsters gain experience points to increase their level.To gain money, rather than earn it from defeated foes, Noah has to fulfill requests that can be taken at the town tavern. These requests have her perform various tasks such as dish-washing, escort missions, deliveries and monster extermination. |
| Milano no Arbeit Collection | 1999-07-01 | Victor Interactive Software, Inc. | Westone Co., Ltd. | Action, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Managerial / business simulation, Puzzle elements | | | | Real-time | | | PS1 | Milano is a girl who's just moved away from home. With a new home and no money or furniture she quickly puts two and two together. She needs to work to make money in order to decorate her new house to her liking!The game is more or less broken up into a few different components. One of them being the part time jobs Milano has to take, which play out like mini games. They can be anything, from button mashing games where she has to clean dishes, to side scrolling action game when she needs to milk flying cows or arcade style puzzle gaming when she's working at a bakery making cakes.The other two main parts of the game are the stat building, which is done at Milano's house by doing things like eating food, cleaning, getting a shower and so on. And the final is the reward for all the hard work... the decorating of the house! With the money earned Milano can go through a furniture catalogue and pick out things she likes and can afford. Then the player gets to place the items in the home for her.In the beginning of the game there are only a few jobs available, but more are unlocked as Milano works her way through the game. |
| NFL Xtreme 2 | 1999-07-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | 989 Studios | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Arcade | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This football game is a followup to NFL Xtreme. The game contains both an NFL and NFLPA license and features over 125 taunts made by 23 real NFL players and over 150 different player celebrations. Game modes include an Exhibition, Season, Playoff and Tournament mode. Other features include trades, free-agent acquisitions, a draft, the ability to create a player, three difficulty levels, adjustable weather, adjustable quarter lengths, and three different game speeds.The game is similar to NFL Blitz. It features arcade-style five-on-five football that emphasizes speed of play and hard hits and tackles. Streamlined play calling and the fact that there are no penalties helps to encourage this fast paced type of gameplay.The game also has two passing interfaces, an icon-based passing method and a one-button method where the computer makes the pass for the player. Some offensive moves players can perform include power shoulder charges, double spins, super jukes, stiff arms, and clothesline tackles.
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| Slayers Royal 2 | 1999-07-01 | Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co. Ltd | Onion Egg | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | That didn't take long. Only a few months after the events of Slayers Royal and already Lina, Gourry, and an even larger cast of characters will have to save the world yet again. If they don't all kill each other first, of course.Slayers Royal 2 plays similarly to the first game, but with several tweaks. You can no longer look at any object on a town screen, but there is now an event button that will automatically talk to anyone on the screen you're able to talk to. The passage of days from the first game has been expanded to include five times of day, and some events only happen at specific times. In combat the automatic turn system from the first game has been replaced with a more traditional one turn at a time. Terrain now has variable height, and can be raised or lowered with specific spells. Finally a spell's wait time is now reflected in the time it takes a character to cast a spell, making it possible to avoid a spell or attack a caster to prevent the spell from finishing. |
| SuperLite 1500 Series: The Curling | 1999-07-01 | Success Corp. | Success Corp. | Sports | Top-down | | | | | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)"The Curling" allows you to enjoy curling, a typical winter sport. In a team of four, you have to slide a stone towards a circle called "House". Enjoy this in-depth and intellectural sports!This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：43MBCopyright：©1999 SUCCESS / ©HAMSTER Co.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Acid | 1999-07-08 | Taki Corporation | Taki Corporation | Action, Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)To download content to the Memory Stick PRO Duo™ of your PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, the free space required is twice the size of the content to be downloaded.This software is playable for PLAYSTATION®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).To download this software, you must also have at least 290MB of free space on your PLAYSTATION®3 system's hard disk.To play this software with your PSP®, the latest system software and a Memory Stick Duo™ with at least 290MB of free space are required.For more detail information about download to your PSP® system, please see below URL.http://asia.playstation.comWhen downloading using PC:When downloading contents to PSP®, you must install the PLAYSTATION®Network Downloader application first. Please go to our official website for installing instructions and other information.■Game descriptionFrantic explosion, compelling soundtracks, gorgeous movies and unstoppable gameplay, all are blended for your utmost enjoyable gaming experience in “Acid”. Deep insight is needed to master the game, but the easy-to-pick-up control will make things a lot easier even for beginners. Staged in a cool cyber space, this game is a knock-out for heavy players. And on top of all the flashy explosion effects and spontaneous sound effects, eye candy visual is also one of the selling points of this must-play title.Supported Accessories: Wireless Controller (supports vibration feature※）※For vibration feature, the DUALSHOCK®3 Wireless Controller is required.※For playing with PSP®, single player game play only. Not compatible with multiple user play.■PS3™ HDD and Memory Stick™ capacity requirement290MB■Copyright notices©1999-2000 TAKI CORPORATION■AttentionThis software is converted from the software for PlayStation® so that it can be played on PS3™ and PSP®. Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. |
| Echo Night | 1999-07-14 | Agetec, Inc. | FromSoftware, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements, Survival horror | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Echo Night is a first person horror adventure game. You play the role of Richard Osmond, who receives a letter from his father that went missing. You are brought to his remote burnt down house by a police who is investigating the case. Upon searching the house, Richard finds a painting that sucks him into the past to uncover the story surrounding your father's disappearance.In Echo Night you roam around a ship called the Orpheus, searching for items and releasing the souls of ghosts roaming the ship by helping them fill their final wishes so that they can find peace. Helping ghosts give you items that allow you to progress in the game, also in general adventure game fashion, there are puzzles you must complete to receive new items.There are evil ghosts haunted by their memories that will attack you, preventing you from progressing in the game. You can temporarily banish the ghosts by putting on the lights in each room. |
| Finger Flashing | 1999-07-15 | Affect Co.,Ltd | Affect Co.,Ltd | Action | Behind view | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | | PS1 | Finger Flashing is a puzzler which can best be described as a rock-paper-scissors action puzzle game. You pick one of the two characters available then head out to defeat monsters, using either your wand if you play as Poi or a rocket launcher if you play as Cyikke.The game mechanics are similar that of a falling block puzzle, but here you walk along a straight stage and meet monsters instead of them coming to you. Your character always walks forward, but you can set the speed he'll walk in by pressing the L1/R1 buttons. The enemies in the game are mainly made up of walking, mutated hands and in order to dispose of them you need to shoot them with the right kind of finger gesture to make them disappear.The game features several game modes, such as Story, Score Attack (with a timer), Time Trial and Battle, where you can play against a friend. |
| Mighty Hits Special | 1999-07-15 | Altron Corporation | Altron Corporation | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Shooter | Western | | | | | | PS1 | Mighty Hits Special is a shooting gallery game compatible with the Konami Justifier, and the gameplay and stages are very similar to Point Blank in theme and presentation. The game has a cartoony wild west theme throughout the cut scenes and menu screens. It is a follow-up to Mighty Hits although it is in large part exactly the same game.One or two players compete in a series of mini games, which last about 20 or 30 seconds each. The rules of the mini games are displayed before each round. In general players have complete objectives and puzzles by shooting at targets. After each round a results screen shows if the objectives were completed or failed. Failing a round and the player loses a life feather, lose all feathers and the game is over.There are 3 courses to select from, represented by a blue, green and yellow tin can. There is Easy (6 mini-games), Medium (9 mini-games) and Hard (15 mini-games) and completing hard mode unlocks a black tin can for Very Hard with 18 mini-games. The game is playing in sets of 3 stages, the player has to shoot 3 cards to select the stages. The cards are quickly flipping randomly through mini-games. After 3 stages the player draws a bonus card and moves onto the next 3 stages. A bonus card might contain "2 stage select" where 2 of the stage cards will flip more slowly allowing the player to purposefully select a stage.There are many mini games, including shooting away parts to complete a doll, a Three Shell type game, shoot ice to free a penguin, shoot colored bells to recreate a melody, throwing balls into cups, shoot the object in the room that has changed, and in general shooting at various targets like fish, trains, bees, lights, eggs, floating lanterns, toppling pictures frames and other targets. |
| Startling Odyssey 1: Blue Evolution | 1999-07-15 | RayForce Inc. | RayForce Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | PS1 | Startling Odyssey 1: Blue Evolution is a remake of Startling Odyssey. The story is the same as in the original version, starring Leon Solford, a young warrior and the last in the line of great heroes, who must defeat an ancient evil and save the world. The game's graphics have been completely redone in high resolution 2D, with enhanced anime-style sequences. Battle system has also been redone, featuring isometric perspective and a system that allows the heroes to learn and level up affinities to various elements. |
| The Book of Watermarks | 1999-07-15 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | Watermarks | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | The Book of Watermarks is an adventure game in the style of Myst, loosely based on Shakespeare's play The Tempest.As in Shakespeare's play, the sorcerer Prospero is betrayed and and cast out of Milan, taking with him thirteen tomes of magic. Finally landing on an uninhabited island, he uses his magic to build a palace, temple and library and styles himself king of the island. One day, his tomes of magic vanish, except for one, the book of watermarks, which is a catalog of all the books in the world. Without his books, Prospero's magic is also lost, and his creations on the island are threatened.Years later, the player arrives on the island in the role of Ferdinand, brought there by a tempest on the sea. Prospero tasks him with finding the lost books, with the help of the book of watermarks, to avoid disaster. The game plays out in a similar fashion to Myst, with the player moving around Prospero's palace in prerendered CGI sequences, solving puzzles to unlock the way to the twelve lost books. The book of watermarks contains hints on how to find these other books.The only character shown in the game is Prospero, played by actor Jack Donner in FMV sequences in-between gameplay. The game is fully voice acted in English with Japanese subtitles. |
| Castrol Honda Superbike World Champions | 1999-07-20 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | Motorcycle | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This licensed motorcycle game lets you take control of the Honda RVF-RC45. You can try to go through the whole World Championship or just take one race at the time.Each of the ten tracks can be played in three parts, practice, qualification and the real race. The tracks range from closed-circuit Grand Prix style race tracks to street race in Britain and Japan among others.To make it suitable for both arcade and simulation fans much of the realism can be tuned up or down. It's not only about the races, but you will also get to tweak your bike.For those who want to play against others, you can compete against five other players over a network or one player splitscreen. |
| Bardysh: Kromeford no Juunintachi | 1999-07-22 | Imadio | Infinity Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG, Roguelike | | | Direct control | | | Isometric | PS1 | Bardysh is a roguelike RPG released by Imadio. Adventurers seeking a thrill came to Igis Island in search for the world's oldest heritage, a crystal that is said to make all wishes come true. Everybody is anxious to explore the labyrinth which nobody had reached the end of and the game offers 5 dungeons for the player to explore. Apart from exploring the dungeons, the island offers an arena to test one's strength. The main character can be chosen from 3 different types of species with male and female options. Each species can use different kinds of weapons. |
| Doko Demo Issyo | 1999-07-22 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | Bomber eXpress Co., Ltd. | Simulation | 1st-person | | Comedy | | Contemporary | | Menu structures | | | | PS1 | Doko Demo Issyo is a hybrid of virtual pet and chat toy. It features several characters collectively referred to as “Pokepi” (Pocket People), including a white cat named Toro Inoue, a rabbit named Jun Mihara, and a dog named Pierre Yamamoto. Toro went on to be a PlayStation mascot in Japan. The game revolves around the use of the PocketStation accessory to take your Pokepi around with you, where you can chat and interact with them. |
| Gekisō Tomarunner | 1999-07-22 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | Desert Productions Inc. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Gekisō Tomarunner is an on-foot racing game with various crazy/fantasy/fable/mythological characters where the aim is to navigate the various split path tracks to victory. The game puts heavy emphasis on using the terrain to gain the upper hand over the opponent, and on top of that there are several bonus items to pick up which either can aid the player or be used as weapons against the opponents. The characters all run at a set speed, but using the left and right arm as well as well timed jumps on poles, springboards and hurdles will give the player a speed boost. If enough momentum is gained, the character leans forward and starts dashing at a much faster speed. Some areas will even allow the player to be airborne for a certain amount of time if the right path is chosen and if enough speed is gained. Hitting obstacles, getting punched by opponents or having any of the "weapon" items used against the player will slow their speed down significantly, sometimes even resulting in the character falling over in a stunned state.There are several modes in the game to choose from, including a single player tournament and a two players versus mode. |
| Germs: Nerawareta Machi | 1999-07-22 | KAJ Corporation | KAJ Corporation | Action | 1st-person | | | Sandbox / open world | | Automobile | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Germs: Nerawareta Machi is a first person open-world exploration action-adventure game.The game takes place in a town built around a coal mine. The player is an unnamed news reporter who comes back to the town after 20 years of leaving for work at a branch newspaper office after the city's decline. After some mysterious lights are seen falling on the nearby mountain and townsmen start acting mysteriously, the player starts to investigate the situation.The game progresses six times faster than real time and the city changes around the player regardless. The player must find out what is changing the townsmen. Although the game is exploration based, the player must defend themselves against the invading forces, and can freely enter gun stores and places like hotels or restaurants to restore lost health and stamina.The town the game takes place in is entirely handcrafted, featuring restaurants, warehouses, hotels, hospitals and other public services. The player can use their car or public trains to cover distances. Although the game is set in an open world, it features multiple pre-written NPCs that are integral to the storyline. |
| Golden Logres | 1999-07-22 | Success Corp. | LittleWing Co. Ltd. | Action, Simulation | Top-down | | | Arcade, Pinball | Fantasy | | | | | | PS1 | Golden Logres is another pinball simulator by LittleWing. A sequel to both Tristan and Crystal Caliburn, the game features three tables based on the Arthurian legends: Camelot, Land's End and Fisher King. After completing all the missions on one table, the game moves to the next one. A practice mode is available to test the last two tables and prepare to the full game.In Camelot, the first table, the objective is to complete all quests, each assigned to a different knight of the round table. The screen shows two medieval banners with the table sitting at the middle. The banners list the active quests, the score, the number of balls left and the status of the game. To start one of the adventures, the player must shoot ramps, sink the ball in holes or drop targets a number of times and then hit the Taliessin holder near the Merlin ramp. Taliessin was a court jester, musician and poet, and he assigns the quests to the knights. When an event occurs, like the end of a quest, a small window appears over the table with a picture and text explaining the situation. After all the quests are complete, the game moves to the next table after hitting the drop targets for the sloth, envy and lust sins, and sinking the ball in the quest hole.In the second table called Land's End, Lancelot, Tristan and Gawain, the three knights considered the bravest of them all, must prove their courage by undertaking the most dangerous quests. A multiball starts after completing each adventure. Tristan has to kill the dragon, by shooting its ramp and turning on all the lights that spell its name, then sink the ball in the medicine and "myst" hole. Lancelot must lift the curse that fell upon Dolorous Gard, his castle, by shooting the castle ramp and turning on "CASTLE", and receive a gift from the Lady of the Lake after dropping the ball in the magic shield hole. Gawain has to defeat the Green Knight by hitting the "ERRANTRY" ramp to turn on the letter lights, and collect a proof of bravery from Lady Bercilak by getting the ball inside the sash hole. When all the quests are complete, the game switches back to Camelot automatically.In the final Fisher King table, the ultimate goal is to collect the holy grail from the castle. The three guardians of the grail (Perceval, Bors, and Galahad) must acquire the holy relic and bring it back to Camelot. They receive the aid of other three fellow knights: Balin, Gareth and Palomides. Balin must get the Longinus spear that pierced Jesus on the cross, by turning on its name hitting the "LONGINUS" spot targets, and enter the castle at the top of the table. Gareth has to defeat the three evil knights, by sinking the ball in the challenge hole and dropping the red, blue and black targets, and finally send the ball to the castle to start a multiball. Palomides must kill Arthur's sin, that became a monster after his death, by shooting the beast lane turning on the "BEAST" lights, and sinking the ball in the castle. The grail knights retrieve the sacred cup by hitting the holy targets and the Perceval hole, both activated after colliding with bumpers named after each knight, turning on the "HOLY GRAIL" letters at the center. A multiball starts after entering the castle and receiving the grail. After all modes are finished, the game returns to Camelot. |
| SuperLite 1500 Series: Anokodokonoko Endless Season | 1999-07-22 | Success Corp. | Success Corp. | Adventure, Simulation | 1st-person | | | Board game, Dating simulation | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)In simulation game "ANOKODOKONOKO ENDLESS SEASON", you have to befriend and become lovers with a girl within the given time. In single-play story mode, you have to meet, befriend and become lover with a girl, then overcome various challenges to obtain happiness within six months. Even after a successful confession you have to overcome all kinds of ordeal and find your own happy ending. This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：298MBCopyright：©SUCCESS / ©HAMSTER Co.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| The Pinball | 1999-07-22 | Culture Publishers Company | Nekogumi | Action | Top-down | | | Pinball | | | | | | | PS1 | The Pinball is a budget pinball game featuring two different themed tables, one with a war theme and the other with an aviation theme.Both the tables each fit in one screen, with the score table to the right.You can set the amount of balls and the ball speed in the options menu. |
| Croc 2 | 1999-07-28 | Fox Interactive, Inc. | Argonaut Software Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Croc is on a quest to find his parents. However, Baron Dante has kidnapped the Gobbos kings. Croc then turns his attention to rescue all of the Gobbos kings.You travel across 48 levels in this free roaming 3D game. You have to beat all the levels in a village (except the secret level) to move on to the next one. In each village, (except the 4th village) are 5 regular levels, 2 bosses, and 1 secret level. Regular levels are levels where you just beat them and get certain items in them.Bosses are levels where you go through one section then fight a monster at the end. Secret levels are levels where you collect the jigsaw piece. Once you collect the jigsaw piece in all 4 secret levels and defeat Baron Dante, Swap Meet Pete will take you to the lost levels. |
| Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu | 1999-07-28 | Crave Entertainment, Inc. | Genki Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | Hiroshi Maruyama | Turn-based | Teen | | PS1 | Levant is a young boy from a village Syrus. Long time ago the country was cursed by a powerful spirit. Since then the forests around Syrus are populated by monsters. Levant's father was a Cocoon Master - a hunter who could capture those monsters, purge their corrupted souls through holy powers and make them serve the people. But Levant's father disappeared long ago in the woods, and now it's Levant's turn to be the new Cocoon Master. On the day of his initiation, which is also the day he marries his lovely girlfriend Mahbu, he receives his first dangerous mission.Jade Cocoon is, at its core, a Pokémon-like monster-breeding RPG. You must fight monsters and capture them once they become weak enough. Then you have to experiment and to cross different kinds of monsters with each other, to obtain more powerful species which you can later use in battles. The battles themselves are typical turn-based ones, with several menu choices, such as "Attack", "Defend","Catch" or "Item". The monsters are all visible. |
| Guitar Freaks | 1999-07-29 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Computer Entertainment Japan Co., Ltd. | Action | | | | Arcade, Music / rhythm | | | | | | | PS1 | Guitar Freaks is a rhythm action game ported from the 1998 arcade game of the same title. Long before Guitar Hero was ever conceived, Konami made the first inroads to a plastic guitar future with this spinoff of its popular Beatmania rhythm game series. Notes scroll up towards the top of the screen in three columns, and the player must hold the correct notes and strum the plastic guitar to play along with the music. The better the timing, the more points are earned, but miss enough notes and the song is failed.The game includes all the songs from the original arcade game, as well as a number of additional new songs that can be unlocked. One or two players can play simultaneously, and there is of course support for a plastic guitar controller (sold separately). The game can also share data with the arcade release Guitar Freaks Link Ver. |
| NCAA Football 2000 | 1999-07-29 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | EA Tiburon | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | NCAA Football 2000 is a continuation of EA Sports' NCAA Football series, about college American football games. This version has polygon-rendered graphics, which were absent from previous NCAA Football offerings on the PlayStation.All 23 bowl games and the Heisman Trophy are featured in Dynasty Mode. It contains 114 Division I-A schools and 26 from Division I-AA along with the option to create a custom team, along with logos and fight songs. There are also 23 bowls (for more than the previous game) and the ability to edit new plays. The game offers the Nokia Sugar Bowl as a unique stadium. |
| Rakugaki Showtime | 1999-07-29 | Enix Corporation | Treasure Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Fighting | | | | | | | PS1 | Somewhere out there, there lies an imaginary game world called Rakugaki. Many characters inhabit this strange land, like the hero team of Yukiwo, Sasami, Pitan, and Tsubohachi, and an army of enemies led by the infamous Daddy who wants to see them dead. They are all controlled by Rakugaki's creator, the mysterious God Hand, and follow their predetermined fates. Today, the final battle is beginning - but Rakugaki's characters don't want to go just yet! Can they escape the grasp of God Hand and take back their lives?Rakugaki Showtime is a fighting game in which the player, a character rendered as a pencil drawing, fights through a series of 3D arenas in order to defeat God Hand and restore happiness to Rakugaki. Enemies are attacked by the throwing of missiles, rocks, grenades, land mines, black holes, or smiley balls. In addition, players have a series of moves that they can also use to attack, and a series of Super Smiley Attacks, which are activated by grabbing Smiley Balls that have been completely charged up with attacks. Each of the characters have various strengths and weaknesses that can either help - or hinder - the player.The player begins the game with four characters to choose from, but can unlock other characters each time they defeat God Hand. There are a maximum of 16 characters for players to unlock. In addition, a training mode is available, allowing players to practice their moves. Up to four players can also compete in a Versus battle for bragging rights. |
| Sanyō Pachinko Paradise | 1999-07-29 | Irem Software Engineering, Inc. | Irem Software Engineering, Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Sanyō Pachinko Paradise is the first title in Irem's long-running pachinko simulation series. It features reproductions of two pachinko machines made by Sanyo bussan: CR Umi Monogatari S5 and CR Boukenjima. There are two standard modes available: Tsūjō (Normal) mode allows the player to modify a wide range of settings for each machine, while Jissen (Battle) mode challenges the player to win as many balls as possible on the default settings with a limited starting pool and time limit. There is also a View mode where the various animations that play on the in-game display can be freely viewed.In addition, there is also a Pachi-Pro (Story) mode called Doki Doki Pachinko Monogatari: Mezase!! Pachinko Senshuken where the player takes the role of a college student who wants to become a professional pachinko player. He must practice his skills under the guidance his coaches, three beautiful young women, training to take part in a pachinko tournament and take on the so-called Don of the pachinko world, Mr. T. This mode combines the pachinko play with a basic time-management simulation game that includes mini-games and a pachinko quiz. |
| NFL Blitz 2000 | 1999-07-31 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Midway Games, Inc. | Action, Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Arcade | | | | | | | PS1 | New edition of Midway's "NFL Jam" action/sports game where the emphasis is on bone-crushing action rather than sport simulation.Additions this year come in the form of a season mode, a simpler passing system based on preset buttons (gone is the "aiming" mechanism) as well as a limited yet functional play-book editor.Also included are new audible calls and voice-overs, smoother animations and new stadiums to play in.Supports multiplayer gameplay of up to 4 players in one single machine! (two on keyboard, two on gamepads). |
| Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver | 1999-08-01 | Eidos Interactive, Inc. | Crystal Dynamics, Inc. | Action | Behind view | Regional differences | Horror | Metroidvania, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | Teen | | PS1 | One thousand five hundred years after the events of Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, the vampire Kain's decision at the end of that game has finally defeated the human kingdoms and brought the world of Nosgoth under his control. Ruling from a castle built on the Pillars of Nosgoth, Kain has established an empire of six vampire clans, each ruled by a lieutenant, the sons of Kain. Raziel was one such lieutenant but lost his position through the insolence of receiving a new evolutionary "dark gift", the growth of feathery wings before his master had acquired it. Fearing that Raziel might one day surpass him, Kain tears off Raziel's wings in a fit of rage and banishes him into the Abyss. There, Raziel is lost in time, dead and his body consumed. The Elder God recovers Raziel's soul and rebuilds the broken body, not as a living vampire, but as a strange new creature of the underworld. Swearing revenge on Kain, Raziel now phases seamlessly between Nosgoth and its underworld, using his new powers to become a terrible reaver of souls...Soul Reaver is a third-person perspective action game with puzzle-solving and some platforming elements. The game follows Raziel on his quest to purge the land of vampires and take revenge on Kain and his brothers, leaders of the six clans. The player views the environment from behind Raziel's shoulder, moving him in any direction, climbing, attacking, jumping, and using specific abilities. Raziel can grip onto the edge of ledges and his torn wings allow him to glide gently downwards. He can also shift through the material world into the spectral realm at will but must find specific locations in order to shift back. The two realms mirror one another, with distortions which give access to new areas and platforms. Existing in the material world drains Raziel's life energy at a constant rate. Throughout the game, energy is recovered by consuming the souls of defeated enemies. If Raziel is able to defeat one of his brothers, he will additionally gain a new ability ("dark gift") upon drinking his soul. Examples include: the ability to swim, file telekinetic projectiles, or the ability to phase through locked gates. Raziel can arm himself with a variety of weapons including spears, daggers, swords, axes, as well as attacking enemies barehanded. Eventually, he will also come across Kain's personal sword (named the Soul Reaver) and will use it to create a powerful energy blade weapon.The world is left open to Raziel, he can return to areas previously completed and explore the world of Nosgoth at will. Access to certain areas however sometimes requires the use of gained specific abilities. Many of the puzzles the player will need to solve in this quest are block puzzles, requiring the placement of certain large structures (usually square blocks), either to activate switches or to build access to out-of-reach areas. |
| NFL GameDay 2000 | 1999-08-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | 989 Studios | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | In addition to all the features you expect from this series, this version of GameDay includes one-handed grabs, diving into the end zone, and running out of bounds and slamming into the coach. With a multitap controller, seven players can play at the same time. Also new in this edition of the series is the addition of a play editor and general manager mode. With the play editor you can select patterns for your receivers and running backs as if you were the offensive coordinator. In general manager mode, you can play through multiple seasons with one team, cut players, sign free agents, make trades, and even draft players. Also new this year is the ability to play through an entire game as a player other than the quarterback. |
| Shadow Man | 1999-08-01 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Acclaim Studios Teesside | Action | Behind view | Licensed, Regional differences | Horror | | | | Direct control | | Mature | | PS1 | You're the Shadow Man, a person who can switch between the world of the dead and of the living. In Shadow Man your mission is to prevent five serial killers from bringing the total Armageddon. In the world of the living, you're mortal and have conventional weapons. When you die, you are transported to the world of the dead and you become Shadow Man once again. Which means you're not really mortal. In the world of the dead you can't use normal weapons, your gun shoots ghosts which kill the zombies and the other ugly creatures which live there. You also have different voodoo powers and weapons. And you're carrying a large inventory around. |
| Sled Storm | 1999-08-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Racing / Driving, Sports | Behind view | | | | | Snowmobile | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | Sled Storm is a racing game involving racing a snowmobile around fourteen tracks. Race on mountain tracks or in the snowcross, the game's version of a motocross. There are six characters each with different attributes, such as better speed on their snowmobiles or higher success rate at tricks. It is possible to perform many different tricks and use them together in combos. The tracks have many shortcuts and branching paths, allowing players to take alternative routes. Cash can be earned from victories and spent on upgrading the sled. |
| Cardcaptor Sakura | 1999-08-05 | Arika Co., Ltd. | Ancient Co. Ltd., Arika Co., Ltd. | Adventure | Side view | Licensed | | | | | | | | Isometric | PS1 | The game is based on the manga Cardcaptor Sakura by the manga artist group CLAMP, and is a Japan only release. Sakura Kinomoto is (or maybe was) an ordinary 10-year old girl. She went to school, joined a cheerleading club, and loved sports. She lived with her brother and father in a nice house in the Tokyo suburb of Tomoeda, and was pretty led a normal life.Then one day, while home alone, she found a mysterious book in her father's study, called "CLOW". What she didn't realize was that book would change her life...she opened it and released a powerful deck of magic cards; alive with souls and unspeakable powers. The cards scattered across Tokyo, and the Guardian Beast of the Seal, Kerberos, has put her in charge of gathering the cards back up.The birth of a Cardcaptor, Sakura Kinomoto! Now Sakura must locate all of the cards, aided by Kerberos, her best friend Tomoyo Daidouji, and a mysterious boy from Hong Kong named Shaoran Li. Together, the four must find all the cards before chaos is unleashed on the world!Cardcaptor Sakura is a very simple adventure game. Typically, the player navigates Sakura on a very brief and linear path, until a mini-game and/or an anime-style cutscene takes place. The mini-games are quite simple as well, usually involving timed sequences and patterns. |
| Choro Q Wonderful! | 1999-08-05 | TAKARA Co., Ltd. | E-game Inc | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Mini-games, Sandbox / open world | | Automobile, Off-roading, Street racing, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | PS1 | Choro Q Wonderful! is the 4th game in the series and the last one to be released on PlayStation. Much like the previous games in the series, it involves racing and exploring in cute "super-deformed" cars, but it also adds some new things such as mini-games and an RPG element. The player also has to buy petrol and parts and this involves bartering with the sellers. The various cars have their own personalities, and there is a story involving them threaded through the game. |
| Cybernetic Empire | 1999-08-05 | Telenet Japan Co., Ltd. | Wolf Team | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Spy / espionage | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | A mysterious ancient artifact called "The Cube" has been unearthed in northern Russia. However, this strange object has fallen into the hands of a terrorist group called "Black Mask", who wish to use its powers for their own gain. The elite counterterrorist force UNSK (United Nations Security Keeper) has been sent in to recover The Cube before things get worse.Cybernetic Empire is a 3rd-person sci-fi action game. Controlling UNSK operatives Max Brougham and Nina Lebedeva, the player must infiltrate Black Mask's secret high-tech compound deep in northern Russia to recover The Cube and neutralize any threats. Each character begins with a standard-issue pistol but can also find other weapons like machine guns, sniper rifles, and rocket launchers.The game's most unique element is the Wire Tractor system, which allows the player to swing around at high speeds via a magnetic wire that can attach to most any surface, a-la Bionic Commando. It is also possible to climb directly on walls for a limited time, as well as recover items and information from downed enemy combatants. |
| Echo Night#2: Nemuri no Shihaisha | 1999-08-05 | FromSoftware, Inc. | FromSoftware, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements, Survival horror | | | | | | | PS1 | Echo Night#2 is a sequel to the first Echo Night game.You are Richard Osmond, whose girlfriend, Christina, went missing. She was last seen in a library where she had worked in. As you find an old tome from the library, you are sent to the Clancy Residence in different space and time to uncover the truth behind Christina's disappearance.Echo Night#2 plays exactly the same as its predecessor; you search the grounds for items by setting ghosts free, solve puzzles and fight ghosts as you get deeper in the mystery. |
| Maria 2: Jutaikokuchi no Nazo | 1999-08-05 | Axela | Break | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | | | | | | | | PS1 | The protagonist of the story is Maria Kunitomo (国友 真里亜), a rookie journalist working for Sakura TV station. One day she follows an interview with a renowned biologist, Dr. Amon, which captures her interest. Later that evening the news report that Dr. Amon has been killed in his laboratory, and his assistant, Jun Kageyama (景山 純), whom Maria have met during the interview, is the prime suspect. While on a search for the truth behind Amon's murder, she stumbles on a conspiracy of a huge proportions.It has been two years since the events in Maria: Kimitachi ga Umareta Wake, and while the setting is the same as well as some recurring characters, the stories are anything but connected. The gameplay is similar to its predecessor, using text-only during dialogue with characters while emphasizing key scenes with voice-acting and pre-rendered CG videos. Aside from direct dialogues in a visual novel style, Maria can use her computer and check emails to gather information. The game features three different endings available during first playthrough, after which the save game can be used to start new game which will open additional scenario routes and unlock two more attainable endings. |
| Meremanoid | 1999-08-05 | Xing Entertainment | Shout!Designworks Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | | | | Fantasy | | Direct control, Menu structures | | | | PS1 | Meremanoid is a turn-based RPG in which orphaned merperson Arden journeys across the underwater world of Meremanoia. The player swims through environments in full 3D, pressing X to move forward, L1 and R1 to turn, and the directional buttons to move up and down on the Y axis. |
| Panekit | 1999-08-05 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | Susami | Action, Educational, Simulation | Behind view | | | City building / construction simulation, Mini-games, Puzzle elements, Sandbox / open world, Tricks / stunts | | Automobile, Flight / aviation, Helicopter, Hovercraft, Mecha / giant robot, Motorcycle, Off-roading, Space flight, Tank, Train, Truck, Vehicle simulator | Direct control, Menu structures | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | PS1 | Panekit is a sandbox open world exploration, collection and (optional) construction game. Make your own models and vehicles by combining 8 kinds of panel shaped parts and then drive them around an open world. Each vehicle has different capabilities that can be used to discover new land.It's possible to build machines capable of walking, driving, flying and even transforming between forms. New parts and equipment can be found by driving around the open world and there are mini games - also discoverable in the open world - including: one on one tank shooting battle, sports car race, dragster race, rally race and even an aircraft competition. Two player mini games and demos of various vehicles are both accessible from the main menu. |
| Rockman Complete Works: Rockman | 1999-08-05 | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action, Compilation | Side view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | Relive all the classic adventures of the Blue Bomber with Capcom's new Rockman Complete Works series! All 6 NES/Famicom games have been reworked and brought to the PlayStation, with all the classic enemies, bosses, weapons, and of course, the evil Dr. Wily!In Rockman, Dr. Wily has reprogrammed six of Dr. Light's helper robots and wants to take over the world. Only Rock, Dr. Light's best assistant, wasn't reprogrammed, and decides to battle Dr. Wily and stop his evil plan. So Dr. Light gives him an upgrade to turn him into a fighter robot. Thus, Rockman was born! Now you must help Rockman get through Dr. Wily's army of robots and stop his plans before it's too late!The Rockman Complete Works series was only released in Japan. |
| Tantei Jinguji Saburo: Early Collection | 1999-08-05 | Data East Corporation | | Adventure, Compilation | 1st-person, Top-down | | Detective / mystery | | Asia | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Early Collection is a PlayStation compilation release that includes four early games from Tantei Jinguji series from Family Computer (a.k.a. Nintendo Entertainment System) era. In addition to four full games, the game features new opening video and with plenty of other extras accessible via main menu.Games included in this release:
Tantei Jingūji Saburō: Shinjuku Chūō Kōen Satsujin Jiken (1987)
Tantei Jingūji Saburō: Yokohama-kō Renzoku Satsujin Jiken (1988)
Tantei Jingūji Saburō: Kiken na Futari (1988 (pt.1) / 1989 (pt.2))
Tantei Jingūji Saburō: Toki no Sugiyuku Mama ni (1990)
There is also a file report containing info on characters from all four games that gets filled as player plays through the games and meets new characters.Extras included in this release:
Topics from Junguuji world: list of character and other info made as a matching mini-game
Art gallery: features three separate galleries, the past one with art from four NES titles, present one with PSX title art, and other featuring unused art
Sound gallery: featuring classic gallery with original NES tracks, modern gallery with PSX title tracks, and remix gallery with remixed tracks
Videos: opening videos from two Jinguuji PSX titles, Mikan no Report and Yume no Owari ni
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| Star Ocean: The Second Story | 1999-08-06 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | tri-Ace Inc. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down, Side view | | | | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Claude Kenni is a young man who recently joined the Earth Federation, following the steps of his father. A strange energy has been spotted somewhere on a distant planet, and Claude and his father go there to investigate the matter. However, Claude gets sucked into a portal and ends up on a mysterious planet, in the middle of jungle. There, he sees a young girl threatened by a ferocious beast. That young girl is Rena Lanford, an inhabitant of the planet and the second protagonist of the game. The dangerous encounter makes the paths of the two heroes cross, and they continue their journey together.Like its predecessor, Star Ocean: The Second Story is a Japanese-style role-playing game with action-based battles. Combat takes place in an arena that allows player-controlled characters to chase down or run away from enemies, as well as unleash special moves that damage any enemies in a large area of effect. Characters can learn various skills during the game, and become an expert alchemist, blacksmith, scientist, etc. They can also produce their own items (like for example making armor from iron ore if the character has the appropriate skill). Another stand-out feature of the game, carried over from the previous installment, are the so-called "Private Actions". The protagonist can talk to other party members and raise or lower their sympathies, influencing their performance in battle and ultimately branching the plot and affecting the ending. The games has eighty slightly different endings that depend on the player's choices during character conversations throughout the game. |
| WWF Attitude | 1999-08-06 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Acclaim Studios Salt Lake City | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | WWF Attitude is a follow-up to WWF War Zone. The gameplay is similar to that of its predecessor, including a variety of game modes and specialty matches, such as Royal Rumble, Survivor Series, Tornado matches, and others. The Create-A-Wrestler mode has been slightly enhanced, adding commentary and crowd chants responding to the superstars' nicknames. The Challenge Mode of the previous game is replaced by the Career Mode, allowing the player-controlled wrestler to participate in house shows, winning matches to work his way up to the prestigious Raw show, pay-per-view events, and eventually compete for the title. A few new match types and fall superstar entrances have also been added. New game modes include Create-A-Stable and a Pay-Per-View mode, which allows the player to set up an own wrestling event. The game includes an option to customize arenas, editing the color of lights, ropes, turnbuckles, logos etc. |
| Chocobo Racing | 1999-08-10 | Square Electronic Arts L.L.C. | Square Co., Ltd. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade | Fantasy | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | PS1 | The Chocobo has appeared in every Final Fantasy game since Final Fantasy IV as a large yellow bird that you can ride to other destinations or use during fights. With Chocobo Racing, you can race a Chocobo along with a range of different characters both from the Final Fantasy world including Cloud and Cid from Final Fantasy VII and created just for the game through many different fantasy worlds at high speed, using a selection of weapons to aid you. The game supports 1 and 2 player racing. |
| Simple 1500 Series: Vol.14 - The Block Breaker | 1999-08-12 | D3Publisher Inc. | Tamsoft Corporation | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)An overwhelming 100 types of block breaker is now here!Raise permeability with "Squash" and "Board Swaying" function. Have fun playing 2P co-play mode with a friend!The 50 boards in "Arrange Mode" all come with clear theme!!Clear them all and challenge the harder "Extra Mode"!! This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：12MBCopyright：©1999 TAMSOFT©1999 D3 PUBLISHERPlease note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Toshinden 4 | 1999-08-12 | TAKARA Co., Ltd. | Tamsoft Corporation | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Martial arts | Fighting | | | | | | | PS1 | The fourth game in the main Toshinden series.Toshinden 4 attempts to return to the series roots after Toshinden 3's radical departure. As a result Toshinden 4 was "old school" for its time.While Toshinden 4 models it's game play more off Toshinden 1 and Toshinden 2 than 3, it makes what is perhaps the biggest change in the series; it does away with nearly all of the 40+ characters that the series has built up and replaces them with 13 almost completely new characters; only 3 of Toshinden 4's cast have appeared in previous games.But even they are notably different as Toshinden 4 takes place sometime after Toshinden 3 story wise, hence they have aged. The new cast has some pretty big links to the old cast however and many of their stories and bio's reference the old cast even though most aren't named directly (for instance Lancelot was sent to a certain French noble man to be toughened up, while Fen met a certain spear wielding warrior that his own fighting style is conveniently similar to).Graphically, Toshinden 4 sacrifices detail for fluid animation and speed, to the point where the original Toshinden arguably looks better overall.The combo system is once again redone; now the player can make a combo out of any combination of light and hard attacks (high, low and jumping) with the limits that they can only enter each attack once (i.e only one high light slash, one low hard kick etc) and once a hard attack has been inputted, no further light attacks can be entered into the combo. Special attacks have also become more special, generally being considerably more dramatic and requiring more complex button combinations that the past games.Toshinden 4 also tweaks the series overdrive attacks; now each character has at least two and the bar is split into three segments; one block is used per overdrive attack, though all three can be saved up to activate the new Kishin Kourin attack which bestows a considerable ability increase at the cost of health.A simple parrying system has been added to Toshinden 4; the player can attempt to repel any weapon based attack or they can use a special counter attack that can counter almost anything, but uses up an overdrive block.Toshinden 4 introduces multiple arena types to the series; for the first time there are arenas with no edges as well as the standard square and round arenas one can be knocked off for a ring out. Toshinden 4 also introduces a third type of arena to the series; collapsing arenas. As the match goes on holes randomly form in the arena (though warning is given as to where they are about to form). As if to compensate for this new arena type, it is no longer possible to fall off an edge of the ring unless you are hit off or accidently perform a move that takes you over the edge.As well as the standard fighting aspect, Toshinden 4 also has seven time unlocked themed "mini games", that include breakout, air hockey and a dancing game.There is also a comprehensive database mode to unlock that includes detailed information about every character, sound bites, a jute box and character design sketches including some rejected costumes.As well as all these extras, Toshinden 4 has pretty much every fighting game mode out there. |
| Madden NFL 2000 | 1999-08-17 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | EA Tiburon | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Multiple units/characters control | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | John Madden brings the best football back to PC, bigger than ever! All 31 NFL teams (including the new Cleveland Browns), all-star and classic teams, player-specific animations, and much more. Graphics are better than ever. Improved running and rush interface gives you the ultimate control over strategy and execution. Even a franchise mode to keep you busy for a while. |
| Re-Volt | 1999-08-18 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Probe Entertainment Ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | For years, the Toy-Volt company has been producing toys and games for children all over the world. Within months of introducing their first products, Toy-Volt shot to the top! No one could put their finger on exactly what it was that made the toys so popular. Sure, they employed the best designers and marketers in the world, but there was something else about Toy-Volt toys, something almost.... magic. Now, their newest R/C cars really start to live! Re-Volt is a racing game where you take control over one of more than 28 R/C cars and drive on one of the 13 tracks. The tracks are varied, and include a toy shop, a supermarket, a luxury liner and more. It is possible to play a "reversed" (backwards) or "mirror" (reversed left and right) variety of each track. There are also 4 levels of realism to choose from. There are a couple of single- and multiplayer game modes to choose from. There's a Single Race, where you complete a single track while competing with several computer-controlled opponents; a Championship, where you try to complete a series of races in hopes of finishing on the top; and Multiplayer, where you play with live opponents. There's also a Time Trial, where you're alone on the track, and simply try to get as best a time as possible; a Practice mode, where you're free to drive around a track to learn its structure and shortcuts; and the Stunt Arena, where you drive around a special arena and try to collect stars situated in hard-to-reach places. In Single Race, Championship and Multiplayer there are power-ups scattered throughout the track; picking them up gives you a one-use random power, such as missiles to launch at pesky opponents, a star to temporarily freeze competitors in place or a lightning bolt, which makes your car shock opponents nearby to make them stop. |
| Taikou Risshiden III | 1999-08-19 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) | | Direct control | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Taikou Risshiden III is the third entry in Taikō Risshiden series.The game is the most restricted game in the series as it only contains 2 playable characters: Toyotomi Hideyoshi (aka. Kinoshita Tōkichirō) and another fictional character. The gameplay is constrained by preset stories and thus lacks freedom. The total number of in-game characters is also cut down dramatically. All of them lead to unfavorable reviews. |
| Um Jammer Lammy | 1999-08-19 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | NanaOn-Sha Co., Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Music / rhythm | | | Direct control | | Everyone | Cinematic camera | PS1 | Introducing Lammy, a totally rockin' guitarist. In day-to-day life, she's quite timid, shy, and wimpy - but put a guitar in her hands, and she'll blow you away! Help Lammy get to her latest gig on time, and face obstacles such as flaming buildings, out-of-control airplanes, and even getting trapped in Hell.In this sequel to PaRappa The Rapper you play as Lammy, a guitarist for MilkCan - the coolest, hippest band ever! While PaRappa focused on lyrics, with each button controlling a different word; Lammy is a guitar player, so naturally, each button controls a different note on the guitar. Lammy will encounter seven different teachers on her travels to the big gig, so either follow their lessons accurately, or do even better - improvise and blow them all away with your axe. The teacher will then step away for you to go it solo for an even better performance.Lammy improves over PaRappa in a multitude of ways. Rather than just being a single player experience, you can now play the game with a friend. Any stages that you unlock can be played either co-operatively or competitively. If you don't have a friend to play co-operatively with, you can also get the computer to take on the role of your partner. After finishing the initial game, PaRappa also makes a return, allowing you to play through the game again with raps instead of Lammy's guitar. |
| Dance Dance Revolution: 2nd Mix | 1999-08-25 | Konami Corporation | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc. | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This is the second rendition of the popular dance simulation. You follow the arrows as you step on the appropriate direction along with the beat. With a wide range of difficulty settings, the game is a challenge for veterans while being easy enough to enjoy for beginners. 2nd mix comes back with some new songs and some new remixes of old favorites. Challenge your friends head on or work together. For an added challenge try doing Double which puts you on both dance pads (provided you have two). |
| Pangaea | 1999-08-26 | Success Corp. | Success Corp. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | PS1 | Pangaea is a multiplayer randomly-generated dungeon RPG designed to play like a board game. Nearly all actions in the game are decided by dice rolls, including the monsters fought, the effect of attacks and item use, contents of treasures, and even the layout of the dungeon itself -- entering an unmapped square will start a roll that decides the type of space that goes there.The player controls a party of up to four adventurers as they explore the different dungeons. The goal is simply to explore until all possible routes are exhausted, while collecting experience and treasure from enemies, and ideally not dying. The player can leave the dungeon through the entrance at any time, but completing a dungeon will award a bonus based on the size of the dungeon. Between dungeons, the player returns to an unnamed town, where items can be bought or sold, wounded characters can be healed, the team can be rearranged, and the game saved or loaded.There are four different classes available: Fighters, who excel at physical combat; Priest / Priestesses, who can heal other characters; Thieves, who have a chance to disarm trap tiles; and Sorcerer / Sorceresses, who have access to magic attacks. Characters of any class can be either male or female, and the player can freely mix and match classes in their party. Each character has their own items, experience, and gold, and cannot share or trade with each other. The game has no story. |
| SuperLite 1500 Series: Angolmois99 | 1999-08-26 | Success Corp. | Success Corp. | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game, Cards / tiles | | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)"Angolmois99" is an addictive simple card game based on the prophecy of Nostradamus and includes real-life parody. Users become the earth's representative and compete against the Angolmois Four in card games that will decide the destiny of the planet. Luck, insight, intuition and split-second strategic judgement will determine who is the winner. Get ready for the game!This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：9916KBCopyright：©1999 SUCCESS / ©HAMSTER Co.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Demolition Racer | 1999-08-31 | Infogrames, Inc. | Pitbull Syndicate Limited, The | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view, Top-down | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Demolition Racer is a racing game with a twist. Rather than a game that just requires you to try and win the race, this game gives you points to destroy the other racers' cars. The game has many styles of game play so you don't have to play the same style each game.There are 5 game styles in the Single Race section of the game. This section does not count towards unlocking cars or tracks. It is for practice and just plain fun. The main style is Demolition.In Demolition, you race against other cars around the track and get points for hitting them, spinning them in circles and knocking them into the wall. You also get a big bonus for landing on top of a car which will immediately destroy the car. When you finish the race, your final position is
found by multiplying the points you got from hitting the other cars with the points that you got for the position you finished in. So if you finish first, but never hit anyone, you won't win the race.The next style is The Chase. This style is your normal race game. You can still take damage and so can the other cars, but you are only trying to win the race. You don't get any points for hitting the other cars.Chicken is another style. It is the same as The Chase except that you drive in the opposite direction as everyone else. This can slow you down when you run into the cars coming around from the other direction.The next 2 game styles aren't done on race tracks. They are done in an arena. This is a circle area which may have hills in it where you just try to destroy cars. The first of these is Last Man Standing. In this style, you try to destroy every car without being destroyed yourself. You can still win if you
aren't the last car by making a lot of points by hitting other cars. The scoring is calculated the same as the Demolition style.The final Single Race style is Suicide. In this style, you try to destroy yourself before any others are destroyed. You don't get any points for hitting other cars in this style.Besides the Single Race, there is also League Racing. In League racing, you are trying to beat a set of tracks. There are 4 leagues on tracks and one league in the arena. In order to beat a track (or arena), you must place in a certain position. The first league starts out easy; you can finish in 5th place and still beat the track and go on to the next one. However, as you go up in difficulty of leagues, you will eventually have to place 1st on every track in the league to beat it. A league will usually have 5-10 tracks to beat.After you beat a league, you will unlock cars, tracks and other leagues. There are 11 tracks, 3 arenas and 8 cars that you can get. The cars can be customized with colors and logos. You can also have portraits of the racers on top of the cars. |
| Jet Moto 3 | 1999-08-31 | 989 Studios | Pacific Coast Power & Light | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | Naval / watercraft | | | Everyone | | PS1 | The third entry in the Jet Moto series once again places you in the driving seat of a futuristic hoverbike, racing at breakneck speed in a truly extreme sport. While a Jet Moto hoverbike might look like a jet ski, it is capable of far more: it travels across land as well as water and can use a magnetic grapple to make extremely tight turns. During a race, drivers must skillfully time jumps, dodge obstacles, and contend with some feisty opponents who won't hesitate to bump you into a tree or maybe even knock you off a cliff.Jet Moto 3 offers ten different riders and 19 tracks across the wide open ocean, over mountainous terrain, and through cityscapes. As with the earlier games, two people can still race in a split-screen mode. |
| NHL FaceOff 2000 | 1999-08-31 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | 989 Studios | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | Red Wings Coach Scotty Bowman helped improve NHL FaceOff 2000. More than 150 motion captured animations. Mike Emrick and Darren Pang do commentary. The new puck halo also improves gameplay. |
| Bass Landing | 1999-09-01 | Agetec, Inc. | ASCII Corporation | Sports | Behind view | | | | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | Bass Landing is a fishing game that has a tutorial mode, a free fishing mode, and a B.A.S (Bass Angler's Society) Pro-Tournament mode. In the tutorial mode, players go to fishing classes and learn and practice the basics of fishing starting with casting all the way down to bass ecology. At the end of all the classes the player is given an exam testing them on all they have previously learned. Free fishing mode let's the player fish at their leisure, letting them choose from 5 different lakes and setting its' conditions to their liking, and let's them attempt to catch any of the 14 species of fish that inhabit those lakes. The B.A.S Pro-Tournament mode has the player competing in 7 different tournaments by catching a set number of the most heaviest bass in a set amount of time.Before heading out to fish the player can choose their type of rod, reel, lure, and line. When fishing the player chooses the way to cast their line, use a power meter to determine how far out the line is cast, and then hope to lure a fish on to their hook.Options in the game let the player decide things such as the time scale, rod action, and indicator type. Their is also a record option that keeps track of all the data about the various fish that have been caught in the free fishing and tournament modes. The player can also save replays of the catches that they deem to be noteworthy.
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| Hot Wheels: Turbo Racing | 1999-09-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Stormfront Studios | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | In Hot Wheels: Turbo Racing you can race over 40 classic Hot Wheels cars, some looking sporty and some not. Race through 11 tracks filled with loops and danger chargers.Cars and tracks are unlocked as you play, either by winning races or performing stunt flips, side rolls and combos. Two player races can either be pure head-to-head, or also feature the computer cars. The soundtrack is rock-based, including tracks by Metallica and Primus. |
| Omega Boost | 1999-09-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Polyphony Digital Inc. | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | Everyone | | PS1 | For centuries the intelligence known as AlphaCore has been growing inside of human computer networks, slyly and invisibly pushing humanity to build more of it and allow it to control more of the network. On the eve of AlphaCore's complete assimilation of all technology, humanity becomes aware of it, and rather than bow down to it as king, as it expected, they attempt to purge it from the network. In response AlphaCore defends itself, locking all of humanity out of their technology and assuming total control of their weapons. Not long after this AlphaCore learns of a desperate plot: to build a time machine and travel back in time to remove AlphaCore's influence from humanity. AlphaCore steals this technology and hatches its own plan: traveling back in time to 1945 and inserting itself into the first computer ever built, ensuring that humanity would forever be subtle pawns in its machinations. It now falls upon the shoulders of Lester J. Henning, pilot of the experimental robot weapon Omega Boost, to travel back in time, stop AlphaCore's plan, and restore free choice to humanity.The Omega Boost flies through levels on a predetermined path, although it can brake and boost in a direction to avoid hazards. The Omega Boost can fire a Vulcan rifle at enemies without targeting, or can lock on to and attack many targets at once with a homing laser. By scoring well in levels, the Omega Boost will gain the ability to lock onto more targets at once, and eventually unlock the Viper Boost, a powerful area attack that must cool down after being used. Levels completed in campaign mode can be replayed at your leisure in Zone mode, and bonus levels can be unlocked as well by achieving certain milestones. |
| Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | 1999-09-01 | LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC | Big Ape Productions, Inc. | Action | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Teen | | PS1 | There is a disturbance in the force, and the Jedi are there to find its source. There is a whole Armada of Battleships and troops besieging a planet and two Jedi knights come to protect the planet.This Star Wars title from Lucas Arts is completely based on the movie Phantom Menace. It is basically an action game in which you play a number of characters from the movie, solve a number of puzzles, beat down enemies with your light saber or laser guns and follow the footsteps of the movie. But remember, you will follow a different trail to the same ultimate ending. |
| Tiny Tank | 1999-09-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | AndNow LLC, Appaloosa Interactive Corporation | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | | Tank | | | Teen | | PS1 | Tiny Tank mixes quirky humour, science fiction and action-packed tank battles. The player controls the wisecracking yellow mini-tank of the title. It's up to Tiny Tank to stop the dastardly Mutank and his robot army from decimating what's left of mankind. Through 25 intense, varying levels, Tiny Tank rolls, shoots, and quips his way towards victory. Collect nanometal and boost Tiny's powers, collect P-brains to increase smarts, and configure your weapons as you see fit. Tiny can also send out his remote-controlled 'Teeny Weeny Tanks' to scout, gather resources, or provide protection.Twelve mission-based levels are accessible and a menacing boss awaits at the end of each, so be prepared! The game also features a 2-Player Versus mode. |
| Bishi Bashi Special 2 | 1999-09-02 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Computer Entertainment Sapporo Co., Ltd | Action, Compilation | | | | Arcade, Board game, Music / rhythm, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | PS1 | Bishi Bashi Special 2 brings more of the mini-games that are a staple of the series. This is a collection of the arcade games Hyper Bishi Bashi Champ and Gachaga Champ bundled into one game, which only saw a Japanese release.The mini-games themselves are very straightforward and usually involve using only the Triangle, X, and O buttons. This is a direct holdover from the original layout of the arcade machines, which only featured a three button layout. In the console release there is sometimes the option to use the analog stick or the D-pad as well to increase the button-mashing even further. Examples of these types of games (timing vs. mashing): in one game the player has to fend off mobsters by pressing the button placed in the direction they're coming from and in another the player simply has to mash buttons as fast as possible to run towards a soccer goal while trying to time jumping over the opposing team's players.The games can either be played alone, against a computer player, or with a friend. |
| Mega Man 2 | 1999-09-02 | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | After defeating Dr. Light's six robots that were reprogrammed by the villainous Dr. Wily in Mega Man, it seemed like the world was safe. But it was not to be. Dr. Wily has escaped from prison and is madder than ever, this time creating eight new Robot Masters of his own to take over the world and crush Mega Man! Is the world doomed?Mega Man 2 is the sequel to the NES game Mega Man. In this game, Metal Man, Air Man, Bubble Man, Quick Man, Crash Man, Flash Man, Heat Man and Wood Man are Dr. Wily's eight prize creations that have been sent to take over the world. As Mega Man defeats these bosses, he can steal their powers and use them for himself. Each Robot Master is weak against another's weapon, and through experimentation, Mega Man can gain the upper hand by using the weapon they're vulnerable against.Other additions to the game include the 'E-Tank' - an item that can be used at any time to completely refill Mega Man's energy, and a Password System, which allows players to continue their game by recording which Robot Masters have been defeated and how many E-Tanks they have. Mega Man 2 also removes the scoring system from the original game. |
| My Garden | 1999-09-02 | Technosoft Co., Ltd. | Technosoft Co., Ltd. | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Life / social simulation | | | Direct control | Meditative / Zen | | Isometric | PS1 | My Garden is, just like it says on the tin, a game about gardening.You are a young girl who is sent off to your grandmother's home to help her out with her gardening, as her age is making it more difficult for her to tend to it herself. Much of the gameplay is very reminiscent of Harvest Moon; time passes in days & hours, and players have a life gauge which limits the amount of work they can do in the course of one game day, but it can be slightly replenished by eating sweets or resting on benches. The player character can also interact with other people in the neighborhood, who occasionally come to visit the garden. Indoor sequences are presented in an isometric viewpoint, while outdoor gardening sequences are shown from a top-down angle. |
| Neo ATLAS II | 1999-09-02 | Artdink Corporation | FlipFlop Productions | Adventure, Simulation | Diagonal-down | | Comedy, Detective / mystery | Managerial / business simulation, Sandbox / open world | Africa, Asia, Europe, Fantasy, Historical events, North America, Oceania, South America | Naval / watercraft | Direct control, Menu structures | Real-time | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | A second, expanded PlayStation iteration of Artdink's Atlas series. You are once again in charge of a trading company headquartered in Lisbon, and tasked by the king with exploring the rest of the world and bringing home the spoils.In addition to the exploration, trading and map creation of the prior game, it adds an "episode" system which is effectively a quest log, as well as changes and updates to the story and quests. Additionally, it improves on the trading system, adding the "trading post" function, which allows the player to choose which product to make in some cities, which allows for more streamlined trading.Just like the prior games, the shape of the world is determined by the player's belief or disbelief in the reports brought in by their admirals, and ultimately influences what is found on the map, and the routes that are available.
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| Monster Rancher 2 | 1999-09-04 | Tecmo, Inc. | Tecmo, Ltd. | Action, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Fighting, Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Monster Rancher 2 is at heart an arena fighting game with a lot of ancillary game play thrown in. As a trainer of a fighting monster you have to train, reward, punish, cajole and bribe your minion to build up its statistics. You then take your monster into the arena where it battles with other monsters for cash prizes, prestige, and better stats.
Like the original Monster Rancher, this game allows players to create a monster using an innovative technique: you can stick in any CD you own (PlayStation, audio, PC, or other) and the data that is read off the CD is used to generate the characteristics of the monster. |
| Final Fantasy VIII | 1999-09-09 | Square Electronic Arts L.L.C. | Square Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Regional differences | | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control, Menu structures | Turn-based | Teen | Cinematic camera | PS1 | Squall Leonhart is a young man in training to become of member of SeeD - a mercenary organization and the goal of all young students in Balamb Garden. Squall is not a particularly friendly guy and has troubles with his fellow students and teachers. On the eve of his graduation hostilities break out between the city-states of Galbadia and Dollet. As their final test, Squall and three other students are sent on a mission to assist in the fight against Galbadia. In the process they discover that there are other characters pulling strings from behind the stage, and eventually uncover a mystery that involves two decades of secrets hidden both from the world and from themselves.Final Fantasy VIII is set in a "retro" environment reminiscent in some ways of the 1960's, with a few sci-fi and plenty of supernatural elements mixed in. The basic system resembles those of its predecessors: the player navigates a party of characters over a world map, accessing various locations and fighting randomly appearing enemies in turn-based combat of the series' trademark ATB (active time battle) variety. However, character development system has been re-designed.Player-controlled characters in the game have no defined character classes. They can be customized by equipping magic spells, which can be "drawn" from enemies in battles. When used in combat, spells act like expendable items; there are no MP (magic points) in the game. When equipped, they act like armor, raising or lowering character parameters, including resistances to various kinds of magic (elemental, status-changing, etc.). Monster summons (called Guardian Forces in the game) play a very important role in the customization process. They can be "junctioned" to to the characters, acquire ability points (AP) earned from battles along with experience, learn and "teach" characters new abilities, and can also be summoned in battles. Each character can also execute unique powerful attacks or support actions when his or her hit points are low. Many of these attacks require the player to press specific buttons at the right moment to increase their power. New weapons are constructed by collecting materials and bringing them to a blacksmith. The player does not acquire money from random enemies, but instead receives paychecks over time based on the player character's SeeD rank. This rank increases when the characters defeat enemies in battles without summoning Guardian Forces; when the player takes SeeD tests within the game; or, occasionally, when the player chooses a correspondent action or decision for the protagonist during some of the missions. Payments are regular and are calculated by the amount of steps the characters make.Visually, the game resembles its predecessor, featuring 3D graphics for battles and world map exploration, and pre-rendered backgrounds for individual locations. The game's 3D character models are realistically proportioned (as opposed to the "super-deformed" character graphics of the previous game), and the influence of anime art is less noticeable.Like the previous installment, Final Fantasy VIII features several mini-games, the most prominent of which is the card game Triple Triad. Cards can be won in matches or acquired through side quests or by transforming enemy monsters. Many characters in the game can be challenged to a game of Triple Triad, so it is always possible to take a break from saving the world to play cards with the locals. |
| Formula Nippon | 1999-09-09 | Eon Digital Entertainment | TYO Entertainment Inc. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | PS1 | This is a race game based on a real open wheel Japanese series called "Formula Nippon" (originally based from F3000). You can make a career progress from Go Kart to Formula 3 and finally Formula Nippon. Four Game Modes are available: Scenario, Arcade, Time Attack and 2 Players. For Go Kart, you have 4 tracks available (2 tracks + Reverse) In Formula 3, you can choose 6 real teams and 14 in Formula Nippon. This two series can run on 5 existing Track (Suzuka, Fuji, Mine, Sugo and Motegi). Race can be played on dry or wet track. |
| Nobunaga no Yabou: Reppuuden | 1999-09-09 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | War | Turn-based strategy | Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) | | Menu structures | Turn-based | | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | PS1 | Nobunaga no Yabō: Reppūden is the eighth title in the Nobunaga's Ambition series. This edition is a strategy-class game that simulates soldiers' experiences during the chaotic Warring States period. Internal affairs is a section of the castle where you can view the progress of various facilities developed beneath. The soldiers participate in combat where the size of the battlefield fluctuates based on how many troops are involved. There is a concept known as "Daimyo prestige," which signifies the Sengoku daimyo's authority and power. From Ezo in the north to Satsuma in the south, the player assumes the role of a Sengoku daimyo with the goal of conquering all 40 castles in Japan.The console versions are not completely identical as some content has been cut. |
| Ore no Ryōri | 1999-09-09 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | Agenda Co., Ltd. | Simulation, Strategy | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | You play the part of a young boy who is hailed as the most accomplished chef in the Coo-Kingdom, and not undeservedly: year after year, you have been the top winner in the kingdom's annual Iron Chef-like cooking contest.One day, as you are relaxing at the beach, a jealous rival appears: Kaeru, a frog who has consistently been the runner-up in every one of those contests. He and his Gero-Gero Gang (a motley mix of bad guys, including a robot and a flower) want to challenge you to a final cooking competition, to be held at 8 different restaurants in the capital city. As a competitive type yourself, you accept and begin your journey across the city's restaurants, where you will train with your fellow chef friends in order to defeat Kaeru and his gang!Once customers start coming into the restaurant, their orders will begin to accrue on the side of the screen. After selecting the order you want to fill, a wide variety of cooking-oriented mini games must be quickly completed before you can prepare the food in question.Each individual event and activity is scored from 1 to 10, with a number of indicators letting you know when you've poured just enough beer into the glass or your noodles have the preferred firmness. Likewise, points will be deducted if you cut your fingers when chopping or burn your french fries. Tougher cuisines will require more steps, will offer fewer chances for chaining, and will require speed, precision, and careful resource management in order for you to advance. In addition to cooking tasks, a number of other, more detrimental, events can occur. |
| Star Ixiom | 1999-09-09 | Namco Limited | Kuusoukagaku Corp. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | | | PS1 | Star Ixiom is a remake of the classic 1985 game Star Luster. You play the role of a pilot for The United Galaxy Space Force, fighting alien invaders with the help of the strategic mobile battle unit "Team Gaia". Five alien races have launched a collective attack to curb mankind's expansion. You and "Team Gaia" rush to defend the colonies...Star Ixiom takes elements of other previous Namco space epics, Starblade and Galaxian 3, but places them in a free-form universe, strategically mapped. Gameplay mixes the first person space combat, strategic planning and some aspects of the role playing genre.
There are three game modes, TRAINING, COMMAND, and CONQUEST. Training mode is, well, training. In Command mode you go out on separate missions where you systematically fight through one alien race at a time. In Conquest mode you are given a large randomly created map of a solar system that shows the location of your enemies and friendly objects such as planets and laboratories that you must defend. |
| beatmania Append 4th Mix: The Beat Goes On | 1999-09-09 | Konami Co., Ltd. | | DLC / Add-on | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This is one of the many append discs released for the long running Beatmania franchise. It is more or less a direct conversion of the arcade game, with some new songs exclusive to the Playstation version.This game requires the first disc from Beatmania Arcade 2nd Mix in order to be played. |
| Digitalglider Airman | 1999-09-14 | ASK Co. Ltd. | Ornith | Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | Contemporary | Flight / aviation | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Challenge and see how far can the airplane designed by you fly in simulation game "DIGITAL GLIDER AIRMAN". The simulation flight of your plane is based on your design and aerodynamics. Test your knowledge of aviation theory and skills as a pilot!This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：186MBCopyright：©ASK Co., Ltd. 1999Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Mega Man 3 | 1999-09-14 | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Mega Man 3 is a traditional side-scrolling platformer: you jump from brick to brick while avoiding pits and shooting robots. It's quite similar, in all respects, to other Mega Man games; however, this is the first time that you get a sidekick. It's also the first time you're allowed to slide instead of merely walking. Rush is your dog who helps out by offering other modes of transportation when you need it. He starts out with the 'Rush Coil' ability to launch you to the top of the screen like a springboard; later he acquires the 'Rush Jet' ability to turn into a guided, floating platform to carry you wherever you need to go; and he also gets the 'Rush Marine' ability which is a submarine that works just like the jet except underwater and with the added ability to hop around out of the water (you can actually jump while on the jet but the jet continues to hover beneath you whereas you stay inside the submarine). All of these abilities function just like boss weapons.When you defeat the boss at the end of a level you gain his power - or at least a similar power. You may pause the game at any time and switch to any single power you have. It supplants your regular Arm Cannon with a limited - but superior - ability. The weapon ammo is displayed next to your energy meter. There are eight of these, corresponding to the eight main levels, even though there are twenty-one levels in the entire game. Enemies will often supply you with both energy and ammo refills. You can also collect Energy Tanks which can only be used once but will entirely restore your health. You start the game with three lives. Other features include Surprise Boxes lying around for you to find. There are infinite continues and a password feature to resume play at the beginning of any level. |
| Purumui Purumui | 1999-09-14 | Culture Publishers Company | F2 Company | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | Kiyohiko Takehisa (竹久 清彦 （F2）) | Real-time | | | PS1 | One day in the peaceful village of Puru in the world of Fillip Side, Mui and Popuri were playing in the forest. They happened upon a strange shrine, and suddenly from the sky came a young girl. Her name is Madoka, but other than that, she doesn't remember anything about who she is or where she's from. Not knowing what else to do, she decides to stay with Mui and his family, helping out with errands around the village...Purumui Purumui is a self-described "morphing RPG", an action RPG which includes elements of A Boy and His Blob and cooking games like Cooking Mama. Madoka can find or purchase different ingredients, then use them to prepare different dishes, which when fed to Mui result in different transformations including bridges and ladders, as well as different types of weapons for use in the dungeons. |
| Tsumu Light | 1999-09-14 | Hect Co. Ltd. | Hect Co. Ltd. | Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Tsumu Light is a 3D Sokoban-style game, where a hamster with a forklift must move around and lift boxes. Each box has a fragment of an animated image on one side, with the goal of each stage being to arrange the boxes in a marked location so that they form a complete animated image. Stages have step limits, so the puzzles must be solved under a certain number of steps.Tsumu Light is the sequel to Tsumu, with new stages and otherwise only minor changes. The game contains stages made by players of Tsumu with its built-in stage editor, from a contest that was advertised in that game. Tsumu Light itself does not feature an editor anymore though. The freeplay mode of the previous game was also removed. One notable addition is an undo button, which allows undoing a single step.It is part of Hect's Authentic DE1300 series (本格派DE1300シリーズ), which features budget titles for 1300 yen. The game is also stated to be easier than Tsumu, so that more people can enjoy it. |
| pop'n music 2 | 1999-09-14 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Computer Entertainment Studios Yokohama | Action | | | | Arcade, Music / rhythm | | | | | | | PS1 | pop'n music 2 is one of the many titles in Konami's long-running rhythm game franchise. Notes scroll toward the bottom of the screen along nine tracks, and the player must tap the correct buttons in time with the music to play along. Play well, and the "groove meter" increases, but play poorly and it will drop. If the groove meter is high enough at the end of the song, the player can move on to the next song.This release includes all of the tracks from the first game, along with the new tracks from the arcade release for a total of over 40 songs to play. Several new high-difficulty modes for advanced players have been added, and there is also support for a miniaturized 5-button version of the game called Dokodemo pop'n music that can be played on the PocketStation or Dreamcast VMU. It also functions as a Key Disc for latter Append Disc releases in the series, much like Konami's other Bemani franchises. |
| Chessmaster II | 1999-09-20 | Mindscape, Inc. | Starsphere Interactive, Inc. | Strategy | | | | Chess | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Chessmaster II continues the tradition of the Chessmaster series on the PlayStation. The game supports a real-time 3D board, more than a dozen chess sets, a variety of AI-controlled characters to play against, in addition to English language advice and a host of teaching features. There is also a complete chess tutorial. |
| NHL 2000 | 1999-09-20 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Sports | Behind view, Diagonal-down, Side view, Top-down | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | The millennium installment in the NHL series brought as usual updated rosters, featuring for the first time the Atlanta Thrashers, plus enhanced graphics and sound.The two main features of the game are the new Dynasty mode, allowing a player to lead a team to success for 10 straight seasons, while keeping an eye on the new talent on the yearly drafts and trading with other teams, and the face import feature, which gives the chance to assign each custom player their own face based on a photo. To do so, a photo must be placed in a folder, imported and then hotspots (head shape, eyes, nose and mouth) must be set, to define how the texture will be mapped into the face model. Gameplay became a lot faster and tougher, and two new moves were included: "Big Hit", to flatten the oppositions' golden boy, and "Special Movement", to go around those tough defenders with ease. Other new features include individual player and goalie boost (to give an handicap for a team), jersey selection, including classic throwback jerseys.One of the most important changes done to the game was how the game timer worked: before, the period length on the clock matched the time set by the player, but starting with NHL 2000, every period has 20 minutes which are compressed into the time set by the player. This makes penalties a lot shorter (a minor elapses in just 30 seconds in a five minute period setting) thus reducing the powerplay percentage, which experienced players could keep in the high 90's in previous games, but also fixes the handicap of goaltenders in played games (a goaltender that suffered a single goal would have his GAA a lot higher than a goalie that suffered more goals in a simulated game).The rest of the game remains as usual: 28 teams can play in a season (with the ability to choose between a short, medium or long season length), setting the then new NHL overtime loss point, playoffs (with best of 1, 3, 5 or 7 matches), international tournament and shootout. The beginner mode continues to be featured, and allowing players to feel the ice for the first time without having to deal with complicated controls, penalties or tough opponents. Bill Clement replaced Daryl "Razor" Reaugh in colour commentary, and Jim Hughson remains in play by play. Alternative rock band Garbage provided the lead track (Push it!, from their Version 2.0 album). |
| Marl Ōkoku no Ningyō Hime +1 | 1999-09-22 | Nippon Ichi Software, Inc. | Nippon Ichi Software, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | | | | Music / rhythm | | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | PS1 | This is a budget-priced re-release of Marl Ōkoku no Ningyō Hime (Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure) that includes an extra bonus disc containing the following:
A demo of Little Princess: Marl Ōkoku no Ningyō Hime 2
A music and illustration gallery |
| SuperLite 1500 Series: Cards II | 1999-09-22 | Success Corp. | Success Corp. | Gambling, Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)"Cards II" includes 6 types of standard card games that can be played whenever you want: "Black Jack", "Poker", "Daifugo", "Pyramid", "Concentration" and "Speed". Have fun with these card games!This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：24MBCopyright：©1999 SUCCESS / ©HAMSTER Co.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| WCW Mayhem | 1999-09-22 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Kodiak Interactive Software Studios, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | In WCW Mayhem you can wrestle as more than 50 of your favorite WCW wrestlers in all 12 of the company's pay-per-view sets and their three major television programs, "Nitro", "Thunder" and "Saturday Night". Fights can occur in the ring, or you can take the match out to the backstage area.The game also includes a create a wrestler mode to bring your own grapplers to the ring and a feature to unlock pay-per view events with the use of special codes (this feature was dropped after only three months). Running commentary by WCW's main announcer Tony Schiavone and (PlayStation version only) Bobby "The Brain" Heenan lend an air of authenticity to the presentation of the game. |
| Dino Crisis | 1999-09-23 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Survival horror | | | | | Mature | Cinematic camera | PS1 | Three years ago a brilliant scientist disappeared while researching a new form of energy. The government that funded his research wrote the whole affair off as a loss, which made it all the more upsetting when reports of Dr. Kirk's good health and nearly finished research came in. A special forces team is sent to the doctor's private island laboratory to extract him and his research, but they are totally unprepared for some of the side effects of his developments. Side effects that come from 100 million years in the past.Dino Crisis is a survival horror game that is very similar in both control and gameplay to its sister series, Resident Evil. As in that series, protagonist Regina will have limited supplies and ammo with which to fight deadly enemies while searching rooms for keys (some figurative, some literal) to open locked areas. Unlike Resident Evil games, Regina will find very few actual supplies laying around, and will instead find "plugs" that are used to open caches of emergency supplies located around the complex. There are only enough plugs to open some of these caches, however, so care must be taken to decide what items are really needed. In another change from Resident Evil, the game is rendered in 3D, allowing the camera to rotate or pan, although camera angles are still out of the control of the player. Even the dumbest dinosaur is smarter than the undead, and enemies can chase and disarm Regina, and even occasionally follow her through doors. Regina can use the force fields in the complex to block her enemies. |
| G-Police: Weapons of Justice | 1999-09-24 | Psygnosis Limited | Psygnosis Limited | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Further adventures in the G-Police world - more flying around in a futuristic helicopter-style vehicle, shooting things. Features some new environments (an outer space section) and different craft for some missions. G-Police 2 also features missions with battle, search and destroy objectives. It also has a cinematic full-motion video intro, created using motion capture. The game allows you to control 5 different vehicles, including the "Raptor" walking attack vehicle, and has additional secret missions. |
| NASCAR 2000 | 1999-09-27 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Stormfront Studios | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This NASCAR stock car racing simulation is a sequel of sorts to NASCAR Revolution. The game features 18 real world tracks plus several fantasy road courses, and 30 active NASCAR drivers plus some "legend" drivers.Game modes include quick races, full weekend events, a full or abridged championship series, a Race Against the King mode where you race against Richard Petty in a series of events, and multiplayer support for up to 4 players. Updated physics and AI help the game aim for more realism. |
| Rat Attack! | 1999-09-28 | Mindscape, Inc. | Pure Entertainment Games Plc | Action | Top-down | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Play as one of the Scratch Cats, an elite superhero team, who are out to save the world from Washington and Jefferson, two evil mutant space rats who wish to enslave the world in rats.Explore each puzzle level and wipe out the rat threat. First you need to catch the rat, using the Eraticator. Then you must find the Destructor pad in each level in order for the rat to be taken out. Each level has a quota of rats you must remove, and if you fail to do so within the time limit (which, in this case, is when the rats destroy everything in the level), you lose. |
| Suikoden II | 1999-09-29 | Konami of America, Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | Teen | | PS1 | A young boy from the town Kyaro, adopted and raised by a martial artist together with his sister Nanami, now serves in a Highland army, in a youth squad, together with his best friend Jowy. Their camp is attacked during the night. The two friends escape and jump down from a high cliff into a river. Soon the two become involved in a political struggle, as several nations seek an alliance against a powerful country led by an insane, bloodthirsty prince. What will destiny bring to the young heroes? What will they achieve in their lives? Will they fight together or will their paths be separate from now on?Like its predecessor, Suikoden II is a Japanese-style role-playing game with a story that focuses on war, friendship and betrayal. As in the previous game, the goal it to build an army and participate in a war, defending the lives of the innocents. Once again it is possible to recruit 108 characters (Stars of Destiny), as well as build and customize a castle that serves as headquarters for the army. The main bulk of the gameplay, however, is traditional RPG exploration and character growth. Together with turn-based party combat, which allows up to six active player-controlled combatants, there are also a few strategic battles, which are quite different from those of the first Suikoden: the player has to move squads on a grid field, trying to surround the enemies and eventually defeat them.Characters can equip runes that allow them to cast a limited amount of magic spells; unlike the first game, it is possible to equip up to three runes on a single character. Items are shared by the party rather than being restricted by individual inventories. There is a variety of mini-games, some of which are available only if the player recruits specific characters. |
| Tony Hawk's Pro Skater | 1999-09-29 | Activision, Inc. | Neversoft Entertainment, Inc. | Sports | Behind view | | | Tricks / stunts | | | Direct control | | Teen | | PS1 | Tony Hawk's Pro Skater is a skateboarding simulation in which you control a famous skate star around 3D environments. Each game area contains a plethora of objects like ramps, rails, and half-pipes which can be used to perform tricks. Each trick you perform earns you more points for your score.The game is divided into two types of levels. In the first, you skate around locations like a mall, a city street, or a warehouse. In each of these areas, there are 5 goals to complete. Some goals involve obtaining a high score, others smashing objects and some collecting objects. For every goal you complete, you earn a videotape. By collecting enough videotapes, you unlock levels and skateboards for you to use. There are 6 levels like this. The second type of level is competition. You get to make 3 timed runs through a skate park and attempt to get the highest score possible. If you do well enough, you will beat the scores of the computer-controlled skaters and win a medal. There are 3 levels like this.There are nine real-life pro skaters you can choose to play as, including Tony Hawk himself. Each skater has their own signature moves that earn you big points if pulled off successfully. |
| A Collection of Classic Games from the Intellivision | 1999-09-30 | Activision, Inc. | LTI Gray Matter | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | A compilation of 30 games originally published for the Intellivision:
Armor Battle
Astrosmash
Auto Racing
Basketball Boxing
Checkers
NFL Football Frog Bog
Hover Force
Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack
Major League Baseball
NASL Soccer
NHL Hockey
Night Stalker
PGA Golf
Pinball
Sea Battle
Shark! Shark!
Sharp Shot
Snafu
Space Armada
Space Battle
Space Hawk Spiker! Super Pro Volleyball
Stadium Mud Buggies
Star Strike
Sub Hunt
Tennis
USCF Chess
U.S. Ski Team Skiing
A flashy menu system demonstrates each game. |
| Derby Stallion 99 | 1999-09-30 | ASCII Corporation | ParityBit | Sports | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | PS1 | Derby Stallion 99 is one of a series of games from Japan that spans multiple platforms.
It combines horse breeding and racing with business management as the player seeks to build the best possible stable of horses over a one year cycle.This game features Pocketstation compatibility.
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| Memories Off | 1999-09-30 | KID Corp. | KID Corp. | Adventure | | | | Visual novel | | | | | | Buy at Buy at | PS1 | Tomoya Mikami is a seventeen-year-old Japanese high school student attending the Sumisora Academy. The second year of his studies begins, and he boards the train that goes to the campus. On the way, however, Tomoya encounters Yue, a childhood friend who might have developed romantic feelings towards him. The matters become further complicated when Tomoya meets an attractive new transfer student, forcing him to sort out his preferences and abandon his usual cynical approach to love.Memories Off is a visual novel. Most of the game consists of text superimposed on still anime-style visuals. The interaction is restricted to occasional choices the player must make when prompted by the story development. Depending on these decisions the plot may advance into any of the six distinct branches, leading to different endings. |
| NHL Championship 2000 | 1999-09-30 | Fox Interactive, Inc. | Radical Entertainment Inc. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | NHL Championship 2000 is a hockey game licensed by the NHL, NHLPA and the FOX Sports channel, which allowed the developers to use not only the likeness of their broadcasting graphics and the Fox Trax technology, but also the voice support of game broadcasters John Davidson and Kenny Albert.One of the key aspects of the game are the passing indicators, which always show which players are open for a pass, allowing a quick, smooth passing play. Advanced puck physics allow for realistic offensive play.Using 1999/2000 rosters, NHL Championship 2000 includes all NHL teams (including the expansion team Atlanta Trashers and All-Star teams) and 18 international teams. The season length can be defined, ranging from the bare minimum (27 games) to a full 82 games season. Player creation and trade is also possible, as well as multiplayer games. |
| Rising Zan: The Samurai Gunman | 1999-09-30 | Agetec, Inc. | UEP Systems Inc. | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | | | | Mature | | PS1 | In the pioneering days of America, Young Johnny was a sheriff, a boy who had grown up in the West with dreams of being a cowboy and bringing law and order to his town. Until one day, he met something and someone who he couldn't beat. A group of ninja assassins, the Jackal Organization, were harassing the town and Johnny brave as he was, got shot down. Johnny though, he didn't die... he refused to die... and sought the help of his father's friend Suzuki, who was a master of the legendary Zipang arts...Johnny went away then... to learn the skills that would help him win and train hard to beat his opponents. It was long. It was hard... but Johnny's back now to save the town and defeat the ninja clan... no wait, he's Johnny No More... now he calls himself Zan... The Super-Ultra-Sexy-Hero Zan!Rising Zan is a 3rd person action game with plenty of oddball humor and interesting situations. Zan, the main character wields the weapons of both of his trades... the Sword of a Samurai master, and the six-shooter pistol of an American cowboy. He'll need a variety of techniques to defeat the Jackal Clan and avenge his own lost battle. Zan proceeds through enemies and challenges in each level to eventually reach the boss who he then battles in some form of specialized combat or pattern. Once the boss is defeated, Zan gets the chance to unleash as much punishment on his foe in 30 seconds as he can; higher damage values will change the finishing move he uses to slay his foe. |
| South Park | 1999-09-30 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Iguana Entertainment Incorporated | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | Comedy | Shooter | North America, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | | PS1 | A comet is heading toward South Park, causing many of the enemies from early seasons of the shows (including cows, aliens, and clones) to rise up and attack. The player takes control of Kyle, Cartman, Kenny and Stan to fight through the town in a first-person perspective. Features new dialogue from the original voice actors on the show.Single player takes the form of a "Story" mode divided into five episodes and fifteen linear levels. The player will face weak minions (which change based on the episode), plus occasional sub-bosses which will try to escape into town. The final level is devoted to a unique boss fight. Players use quirky weapons ranging from infinite yellow snowballs to cow launchers and toxic Terrance and Phillip dolls. Every weapon has a secondary fire, and players switch between the four main characters when they switch weapons - each of the four kids shares a single life bar because of this. The kids will comment on game actions as they occur, with heavier profanity censored with bleeps. The kids will get angrier (and fouler) as their health depletes, until they finally give up on saving the town and go home.A multiplayer mode lets players take characters and weapons they unlock in Story mode into small deathmatch arenas. The PlayStation version supports 2 players, the N64 does 4, and the PC version allows players to go online to search for opponents through GameSpy. Players can set standard victory options like knockouts or time limits. Voice samples for multiplayer are also included, so the characters will make comments and taunts when hit.Graphics are rendered in 3D, in a style approximating that of the show. Draw distance is limited by a heavy fog, with varying severity based on the platform. None of the environments are interactive, and only enemies respond to weapon hits. The N64 version supports the Expansion Pak. |
| NBA Basketball 2000 | 1999-10-01 | Fox Interactive, Inc. | Radical Entertainment Inc. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | NBA Basketball 2000 is an officially licensed NBA basketball game for the PlayStation and Windows. It features 340 actual NBA players with authentic faces, and 33 NBA all-star and rookie teams. Each player has a complete set of statistics and record history in the game.Game modes include: season modes, all-star games, and exhibition. On the PC network play allows for up to 10 players simultaneously. On the PlayStation, using Multi Tap adapters you can play with up to eight players in a single game.The game also comes with a selection of coaching options, including player substitutions, trades, injuries, rosters, and a create-a-player feature.In game commentating is performed by Greg Papa and Doc Rivers. |
| Test Drive: Off-Road 3 | 1999-10-01 | Infogrames North America | Infogrames North America | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Off-roading, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Test Drive Off-Road 3 is a off-road racing game that features 27 fully-licensed sport utility vehicles to race in (from manufacturers like Jeep, Nissan and Ford), with different attributes such as top speed, handling, acceleration and suspension.The vehicles are customizable: you can change color, engine, tires, suspension and some special upgrades (which are purchased with credits earned after championship races).There are 11 off-road tracks in different environments (forests, mountains, etc.), which can be raced in two game modes: Arcade (single-race) and World Tour (championship).There is no multiplayer mode in the PC version, while the PlayStation version supports 2 players.The music is played by signed artists such as Blink 182 and Incubus. |
| Trick'N Snowboarder | 1999-10-01 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | CAVE Co., Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Trick'N Snowboarder is a snowboarding game for the PlayStation. The game offers scenario, versus, edit and free modes. In the scenario mode you play in range of competitions on half-pipes, snowboard parks, Alpine courses and jump ramps. During the scenario mode you have to perform stunts and tricks for your personal snowboarding video.In versus mode you can compete with your friend in split-screen in a downhill race. The edit mode lets you customize your boarder's clothing and appearance. The game features unlockable characters from Resident Evil 2. |
| You Don't Know Jack | 1999-10-01 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Jellyvision Games, Inc., Starsphere Interactive, Inc. | Strategy | | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | You Don't Know Jack is a humorous trivia game for up to three players. The players take part in a quiz game, which partly parodies television shows such as Jeopardy. The players do need to answer serious questions, and knowledge of various topics (ranging from classical literature to modern pop culture) is required; however, the show's host is distinguished by his sense of sarcasm, sometimes offering humorous wordings for questions, and sardonically addressing the participants. |
| Final Fantasy Anthology | 1999-10-05 | Square Electronic Arts L.L.C. | Square Co., Ltd. | Compilation, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | Teen | Keizo Kokubo | PS1 | Final Fantasy Anthology is a two-disc collection containing two games:
Final Fantasy V
Final Fantasy VI
Each game has new CG introduction and ending movies. Final Fantasy VI also includes an unlockable mode which allows the player to access an art gallery and a monster encyclopedia, as well as view battle history and watch the game's CG movies.The European version has another game selection. |
| Quake II | 1999-10-05 | Activision, Inc. | id Software, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | | PS1 | A sequel in name only, this follow up to id’s 1996 Quake, is a first-person shooter revolving around the Earth-Strogg war. The Strogg alien race threatens the Earth, but Earth has launched a counter-offensive, Operation Alien Overlord. Overlord takes the battle to the Strogg homeworld with the ultimate objective of securing their capital city and killing their ruler.As a FPS, Quake II contains a variety of weapons including the fall back Blaster, the Railgun, and the secret BFG10K. Health, armor, and ammunition pick-ups can be found during levels, as can the classic Quake’s Quad Damage power-up. Game play involves mowing down alien opponents as the player progresses through levels, completing in-game objectives. Quake II also comes with multiplayer support for Deathmatches.
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| R/C Stunt Copter | 1999-10-05 | Titus France SA | Big Grub, Shiny Entertainment, Inc. | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other), Behind view | | | Tricks / stunts | | Helicopter, Vehicle simulator, Vehicular combat | Direct control | Real-time | Everyone | Cinematic camera | PS1 | R/C Stunt Copter is described by developer Shiny as more of a "software toy" than a video game. It's a Radio Controlled model flight simulation that fully utilizes the PlayStation analog controller. The player view is selectable as either stationary (as with a real R/C helicopter), walking or flying behind the helicopter.
You can do training, stunts, complete mission objectives, multiplayer head-to-head, or free flight, using one of five different models of tiny helicopters in 3rd person view.
The game starts a new player with an obligatory training section to teach you how the helicopter flies, in which you use a helicopter with a frame attached to prevent crashes and with limited maneuverability - no looping/rolls. Using this beginner model you are graded and may qualify for flying other more capable models than the trainer.
Only after completing the training, you can fly stunts or do missions. Stunts include for example shooting at targets, flying through hoops, doing rolls and loops, and flying inverted.
In the two-player competition mode you can shoot at your opponent's helicopter, and cause it to crash.
All your flights are graded and also commented upon by an instructor, who will either over-enthusiastically applaud your success or sarcastically ridicule you for the often spectacular failures. |
| Xena: Warrior Princess | 1999-10-05 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Universal Digital Arts, Inc. | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Xena: Warrior Princess is an action game based on the TV series of the same name. As Xena, the Warrior Princess, the player has to stop the evil sorceress Kalabrax, who seeks world domination which she could gain by sacrificing Xena's friend, the mortal queen Gabrielle.Xena must make her way through many large levels, hacking, kicking, slashing, and cutting everything that gets in her way. Items can be found and upgraded as she proceeds through the levels. Apart from a variety of moves, the game also features little gimmicks such as a "Karma Meter", which gives Xena benefits if she saves hostages or defeats enemies without killing them. |
| Pet Pet Pet | 1999-10-07 | Magical Company Ltd. | Magical Company Ltd. | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Life / social simulation, Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)★This game is supported with the PSP® and PS Vita screenshot function★PSP®: Screenshots can be taken by using the menu after holding the PS button (HOME button) in the game. The image will be saved in the photo collection from the XMB™ (XrossMediaBar).PS Vita: Screenshots can be taken by using "Screenshot" from the "Settings" after holding the PS button in the game. The image will be saved as an application photo. This software can be played with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).If you are downloading with PC or via PS3™, after downloading with the device please connect to PSP® with a USB cable and copy the content by inserting a storage media like Memory Stick™.Give happiness to the town with adorable pets!The game combines cute graphics drawn in 3D with full-fledged business simulation!Players will become pet shop managers to restock pets and goods in order to respond to the needs of customers in the city.Management is in a severe situation! If the deficit continues the store will be closed! Let's continue to work hard and being gently healed as you visit the pets sold to the customers!Copyright:©1999 MAGICAL COMPANY LTD.Purchase or use of this item is subject to SEN Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms VI with Power Up Kit | 1999-10-07 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Romance of the Three Kingdoms VI with Power Up Kit is the compilation of Romance of the Three Kingdoms VI: Awakening of the Dragon and Sangokushi VI: Power Up Kit. |
| Simple 1500 Series: Vol.15 - The Pachinko | 1999-10-07 | D3Publisher Inc. | Craftman | Gambling | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)With 3 types of original pachinko machines, this game delivers a real sense of playing inside a pachinko parlour.The 3 pachinko machines available are "CR Love Love Project 2", a LCD machine offering diversified reach actions, "CR Star Robot" with heated double and triple reach actions, and "Surfing Island", a colourful machine in the motif of aloha T-shirts. This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：21MBCopyright：©1999 CRAFTMAN©1999 D3 PUBLISHERPlease note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| The Silver Case | 1999-10-07 | ASCII Corporation | Grasshopper Manufacture Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | | | | | | Buy at Buy at | PS1 | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)DEMO now available!Update on 30th Sep enabled the SAVE function + more! |
| Yūyami Dōri Tankentai | 1999-10-07 | Spike Co., Ltd. | EXIT Inc., Team Yura | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery, Horror | | Contemporary | | | | | | PS1 | Yuuyami Doori Tankentai is an adventure game in the vein of the Twilight Syndrome franchise. The game takes place in Hirumi City, a fictitious Japanese suburb containing commercial areas, hospitals, construction sites, and parks, in the late 1990s. Despite the fact that it is never mentioned, it is hinted that the city sprang from Japan's economic boom in the 1980s and has since fallen into ruin. The narrative follows three junior high school students as they investigate local urban legends, most of which have a paranormal component. A kid named Nao and his dog Meros, as well as two girls named Kurumi and Sango, are among the students. |
| Zill O'll | 1999-10-07 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | It is the year 1200 in the timeline of the Vyashion continent. The evil Emperor Balor, ruler of the Dyneskal Empire, has been defeated, and an era of relatively peaceful co-existence between the continent's various races began. However, a new threat arises when the sleeping Dragon King awakens beneath his secluded island. Supervising the life of humans, the Dragon King prefers to keep them in a state of perpetual war, so that no faction would gain the upper hand, believing that is the only way to uphold balance. An adventurer who possesses the unique gift of the Infinite Soul, granting him or her the greatest power of choice, rises to the challenge of shaping the fate of humanity.Zill O'll is a Japanese role-playing game with several distinguishing characteristics. The basic mechanics follow the convention of the genre, with simple turn-based combat (against enemies visibly walking on-screen during exploration) and semi-automatic leveling. Player-controlled character can also learn various skills and raise elemental affinities which play a role in combat. Defeating enemies quickly bestows benefits on the party. The game's unusual features lie in its scenario system. The player creates the main character by choosing his or her gender, answering a few moral questions, and choosing the initial location. Depending on these combinations the initial quest will be different, though after a while all the prologues merge into a single main plot. Despite being largely linear, this plot can be affected to a degree by decisions made by the player. Locations can be visited by selecting a destination on the world map. Each trip takes a certain amount of time, which must be taken into consideration in conjunction with the events of the main plot.The player is also free to complete quests in any order. Plot-dictated events (e.g. outbreak of a war) will normally occur regardless of the player's input. Important characters may stay alive or die depending on the player's choices and level of involvement in their personal quests. In addition, towns offer guild quests coming in five varieties - delivery, escort, discovery, slay, and rescue. These quests may open new areas and grant the party experience as well as special Soul points, which are used to steer a character in a direction corresponding to a certain class.The lead character also has unique attributes such as bravery, kindness, etc. These attributes may be affected by the player's choices and also influence the hero's relationships with other characters. These relationships are measured according to the emotion of the character in question, ranging from hatred to adoration, and eventually determine the character's fate during the story's conclusion. |
| Zipangujima: Unmei wa Saikoro ga Kimeru!? | 1999-10-07 | Human Entertainment, Inc. | Act Studio | Strategy | Top-down | | | | Historical events, Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval), Medieval | | | | | Isometric | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)To download content to the Memory Stick PRO Duo™ of your PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, the free space required is twice the size of the content to be downloaded.This software is playable for PLAYSTATION®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).To play this software on your PLAYSTATION®3 system, you must have at least 35MB of free space on your PLAYSTATION®3 system hard disk.To play this software on your PSP®, you must install the latest system software version and have a Memory Stick Duo™ with the free space stated above.For more detailed information about downloading to your PSP® system, please see URL below.http://asia.playstation.comWhen downloading using PC:When downloading contents to PSP®, you must install the PLAYSTATION®Network Downloader application first. Please go to our official website for installing instructions and other information. ■Game descriptionThe main object of this history-based simulation board game is to control as many battle positions as possible. Procurement of all necessary resources is ultimately determined by a roll of the dice. Use the resources allotted to you to build roads and castles, or to strengthen your military. Instead of a good war strategy, your management of resources is what actually determines whether you win or lose.※For playing with PSP®, single player game play only. Not compatible with multiple user play.※Not compatible with Multitap.■PS3™ HDD and Memory Stick™ capacity requirement35MB■Copyright notices©1999-2000 ACT JAPAN©2000 HAMSTER Co.■AttentionThis software is converted from the software for PlayStation® so that it can be played on PS3™ and PSP®. Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. |
| Zoku Mikagura Shoujo Tanteidan: Kanketsuhen | 1999-10-07 | Human Entertainment, Inc. | Human Entertainment, Inc., Nude Maker Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Zoku Mikagura Shoujo Tanteidan～Kanketsu Hen～ is an adventure game that lets players enter into the mystic Taisho and early Showa periods and find out the truth behind each case. The number of scenarios has been increased largely and the “inference trigger” feature is kept intact to deliver the most enjoyable detective game experience.This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：1300MBCopyright：©2009 HAMSTER Co. / ©NUDE MAKERPlease note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions | 1999-10-13 | Konami of America, Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, Inc. | DLC / Add-on | | | | | | | | | Mature | | PS1 | Semi sequel to Metal Gear Solid for the Playstation, this "add-on" disk includes 300 missions, ranging from missions that are more advanced levels of the training missions in MGS, to solving mysteries. |
| The X-Files Game | 1999-10-13 | Fox Interactive, Inc. | Hyperbole Studios | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | As an extension of one of the most long-running television series of all time, The X-Files, play through the eyes of Special Agent Craig Willmore, a new FBI field investigator brought in to locate missing agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully whose last location was the Everett, Washington, area. In this "movie quality" video production, characters are played by the actors and actresses from the show, including Gillian Anderson (Scully) and David Duchovny (Mulder).As the game begins, you are given a briefing of your mission. Gather up all state-of-the-art spy tools (night vision goggles, a digital camera, PDA, lock picks, evidence kit, a standard issue revolver, handcuffs and badge) and then head out to follow their trail. As you explore the various locations, take photographs, pick up pieces of evidence and talk with people. Use your Newton PDA to access the navigational map, to make notes and send/receive e-mail. Trace telephone numbers, run background checks and license plate ids and even post an All Points Bulletin on missing persons using the computer network at your home or office. By using photo viewer software, download field photographs to the computer where they can be enlarged and studied more closely for clues.Features include emotion icons for interjecting different tones during conversations (mean, humorous or technical) which effect the answer given. An in-game hint system, Artificial Intelligence, can be set on or off. In addition, there are multiple endings as a direct result of actions you take.
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| Brightis | 1999-10-14 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | Quintet Co., Ltd., Shade, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | Direct control | Real-time | | Free-roaming camera | PS1 | Brightis is a 3D action-RPG where the player travel the land and head into dungeons as the sword-wielding Al Ted, searching for the four stones needed to reseal an evil gate that's unleashed demons into the world. The player has to solve puzzles, fight enemies, jump across platforms, and navigate dungeons and traps much like other examples in this genre. This game's unique gimmick is that you are the embodiment of light, and can cast light down dark hallways in order to see enemies and traps. Light is represented through the pulsing blue orb just below your HP, functioning as an MP meter that slowly refills automatically. |
| Robbit Mon Dieu | 1999-10-14 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | Sugar & Rockets, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Platform | | | | | | Yoshihiro Sawada (澤田 良弘), Kiyoshi Saitō (齋藤 潔) | PS1 | Robbit Mon Dieu, sometimes unofficially called "Jumping Flash! 3", is the third game in the Jumping Flash series. It is a 3D platform game where you control Robbit, a jumping robot rabbit.Instead of finding all the hidden Muumuus like in the previous games, each level now requires you to complete a certain task, explained at the start of the level. You have to bring a guy to his house, jump through hoops, catch frogs, run obstacle courses etc. Each of the levels take significantly less time to complete when compared to the previous Jumping Flash games. |
| Yūkyū Gensōkyoku Hozonban: Perpetual Collection | 1999-10-14 | Media Works Inc. | Starlight Marry Corporation | Adventure, Compilation | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | PS1 | Perpetual Collection is a compilation of the Yūkyū Gensōkyoku series, and includes:
Yūkyū Gensōkyoku
Yūkyū Gensōkyoku: 2nd Album
Yūkyū Gensōkyoku ensemble
Yūkyū Gensōkyoku ensemble 2
Also included is a preview disc for Yūkyū Gensōkyoku 3: Perpetual Blue, which was not included with the Saturn version of this collection. The packaging, however, is not as extravagant as the Saturn release and does not include the extra bonus items. |
| CTR: Crash Team Racing | 1999-10-20 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Naughty Dog, Inc. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | Fantasy | Automobile, Track racing | Direct control | Real-time | Everyone | | PS1 | Crash Team Racing (CTR) is a kart racing game a la Mario Kart, featuring popular characters from the Crash Bandicoot series of games - Crash, Coco, Neo Cortex, N. Gin, Penta Penguin, Polar, Pura, Papu Papu, Komodo Joe, Pinstripe, Tiny, Dingodile, Ripper Roo, Fake Crash and N. Tropy.The player can race a full storyboard game as any one of the characters, fighting to beat the ultimate (and cheating) racer from another planet, Nitrous Oxide, who wants to turn the Earth into a car park. Each of the main races are against 7 other AI competitors, with 5 "boss" races against a single boss character.To help you along your way are a whole bunch of weapons, ranging from missiles and rolling bombs to booby-trapped TNT crates and the leader-seeking orb.There are also a few arcade modes, sub-games and battle games against up to 4 other players. |
| Magical Drop F | 1999-10-21 | Data East Corporation | Sakata SAS Co., Ltd. | Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down, Side view | | | Arcade, Tile matching puzzle | | | | Real-time | | | PS1 | This is the first title in Magical Drop series developed exclusively for the home console. Basic gameplay is similar to other entries in the series: you need to clear the screen of falling drops of different color. This is done by grabbing a drop of any color and shooting it back on the board trying to connect 3 or more drops of the same color to make them disappear. Aside from Battle mode and Endless mode Magical Drop F features an RPG mode entirely new to the series: the player controls Justice, a girl who's on the mission to find 7 Magical Drops scattered across the land. Justice travels around a village talking to other characters, challenging them for battles and obtaining items and power-ups. In battle mode the player can use rechargable special attacks which usually have some benefits for the player or make mischief for the opponent. |
| Planet Laika | 1999-10-21 | Enix Corporation | Quintet Co., Ltd., Zeque | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | Thriller | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Cinematic camera | PS1 | Planet Laika is a role-playing game where the player controls the titular character, Laika, who is part of an expedition to Mars, in order to discover the truth about rumors that have been going around, concerning the end of the world and the existence of a certain supernatural creature.Laika has multiple-personality disorder, and when talking to other characters, the player will see an aura around them in one of three colors, each of which is associated with a personality type: yellow, for those who wish to attain physical beauty; red for people who are strong and violent; and finally blue, who are psychotic but very crafty individuals.Laika can absorb these auras, and therefore take on different personalities. This happens by filling up a gauge each time the player absorbs one of the auras, and allowing transformation into one of the three types by visiting a mirror.
The game then uses these transformations to solve puzzles throughout, such as having Laika become “red” in order to lift heavy objects.The battle system is somewhat akin to Pong, in that the player has to deflect enemy projectiles in order inflict damage himself, by using something called a Mind Core.
Battles only occur when Laika is transformed into one of the alter egos.Like many RPGs of its day, Planet Laika uses 3D polygonal characters with 2D pre-rendered backgrounds, along with CG cutscenes. |
| Poketan | 1999-10-21 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Sugar & Rockets, Inc. | HI Corporation, Sugar & Rockets, Inc. | Educational | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Poketan is a game focused on helping Japanese speakers improve their English vocabulary. This game was designed almost exclusively for the Pocketstation. Poketan can download hundreds of words onto a Pocketstation-style memory card for reviewing on the go. With the Specter the scholastic ghost, who hails from England, as you mentor you will progress through sixteen levels worth of vocabulary. Each level packs one hundred words, giving this game a total of sixteen hundred vocabulary words.The game has two modes, card mode, and test mode. In card mode one can chose to receive flash cards going from either Japanese to English, of English to Japanese. You will first see either a Kanji or English word then after you've made you guess as to its counterpart in the opposing language, you can find out exactly what that word is with the touch of a button. Particularly difficult to pronounce, or easily confused words (i.e. ear, air), have an option that will allow one to hear a sound clip giving the appropriate pronunciation.Test Mode will test the knowledge of what one has learned from card mode. You will be faced with Kanji and have to input the correct corresponding English word. A wrong letter will be corrected. As one wins one will be rewarded by "Transformations" of Specter. As one progress through the provided vocabulary, Specter transforms into various shape, car, dog, rain, etc., and will use the words learned in a variety of sentences.While playing on a Playstation you will essentially play on a giant simulated Pocketstation. If playing on a Pocketstation you can upload the results of our tests to the Playstation, from where Specters Transformations can be watched.
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| FIFA 2000: Major League Soccer | 1999-10-26 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control, Multiple units/characters control | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | The millennium installment of EAs popular soccer franchise brings a new match engine, over 450 club teams and 40 national from all over the world and also allowing to make dream matches between some of the Worlds' finest teams ever, such as Man. Utd. 1968 and early 90s AC Milan. A team and player editor allows complete edition of the teams. Game modes include Friendly, Cup, League (all customizable) and Season.Gameplay is faster than it's predecessor, and also featuring a new shielding mode, to protect the ball when alone in front and set pieces from corners, which allow the player to kick the ball accurately to a player in the area. |
| Grand Theft Auto 2 | 1999-10-26 | Rockstar Games, Inc. | DMA Design Limited | Action, Racing / Driving | Top-down | Regional differences | Crime | Shooter | | | Direct control | | Teen | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Lie, cheat, and steal your way through three districts of a huge city in the follow-up to Grand Theft Auto. Earn the respect of 7 different gangs as you demolish the town in your attempt to make lots of cash.The game takes place at an undisclosed time in the near future. Unlike the first game which featured three different cities, Grand Theft Auto 2 only features a single town, but it's divided in three districts which are unlocked one at a time: downtown, residential and industrial. Like in the original the player goes around answering phones to initiate various missions. The game uses an overhead camera in a 3D landscape and allows the player to freely explore the city and steal any vehicle the player sets his or her eyes on. To unlock new districts the player must reach a certain score which is done by committing crimes and finishing missions.Because the game now features multiple criminal gangs, the player must choose allegiances. Performing missions for one gang, will decrease the player's reputation for another. When the player commits crimes he also becomes wanted by the local police, but as more crimes are committed without shaking the police, they will give way for first SWAT Teams, then Special Agents and finally the army.New features include the ability to save at the church, when donating enough money, and various side missions, such as becoming a taxi driver to ear money. There are also many new cars with weapons attached such as a firetruck with a flamethrower and a car with machine guns.On the PC version the player can change the time of day from noon to dusk to allow for more moody lighting. On the PlayStation the game can only be played at noon, and on the Dreamcast only at dusk. |
| Cool Boarders 4 | 1999-10-27 | 989 Studios | Idol Minds, LLC | Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | The fourth title in the popular PlayStation snowboarding franchise. This time, choose from 16 pro-riders and 34 boards (or create your own rider and board). Pick one of the 30 courses and race through the course as fast as possible in the downhill event, or concentrate on pulling off big tricks in the halfpipe, slope style, and big air events. For those who want test all of their skills, there is a tournament mode where the boarder competes in all five events. The game also features multiplayer modes, and supports analogue control. |
| CyberTiger | 1999-10-27 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Action, Sports | | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | A step back from the Tiger Woods PGA's simulation style, Cyber Tiger Woods has more of an arcade feel to it, with cartoony-style animations, fast gameplay and elements added to make the game of golf more lively than the real-life counterpart.Although realistic elements are there, including full motion capture of Tiger Woods himself, recreations of five PGA tour courses, and the full range of moves (putting, chipping, driving, etc.), arcade elements —such as 2-player battle mode, zany characters including Little Tiger, and game modes that have you aiming to knock down the opposing character from his platform above a pool of lava turn— are central to gameplay.Game modes include a full practise range, skins tournaments and stroke play. Plus there are hidden characters to unlock, equipment upgrades and power-ups, as well as trick shots you just won't see on the PGA tour. |
| TOCA 2: Touring Car Challenge | 1999-10-27 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | PS1 | The BTCC (British Touring Car Championship) was Britain's biggest domestic racing championship in the late 1990s, and this game recreates it. Cars from 8 constructors tough it out over 8 circuits of first-person high-contact racing. You can race the full championship or take on single races or time trial challenges. At this time the series required all cars to make at least one pit stop during the race. This seriously affects your driving and pitting strategy.Besides the TOCA races, each of the venues also features special racing events where all drivers race identical cars. These range from the Ford Fiesta to exotics like the AC Blower and the Lister Storm, and higher, in a format similar to American IROC races. 8 bonus track layouts are also included. |
| Arc the Lad III | 1999-10-28 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | G-Craft | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | The events of this game take place several years after Elk and Arc faced their ultimate enemy in Arc the Lad II. You control Alec, a teenager whose entire village was destroyed by an unknown evil - an event that was later called "The Great Disaster". He was saved by a mysterious Hunter. Since then, growing peacefully in a village he was brought to, which was like a new home for the survivors of the Great Disaster, Alec dreams about meeting the Hunter again, and becoming a Hunter himself. Together with his best friend Lutz he tries his luck in nearby towns, receiving small Hunter jobs, until the fate crosses the ways of the two young people with a mysterious organization called the Academy. And there their adventure really begins...The gameplay of this third installment of Arc the Lad series is very similar to that of the predecessor. You fight enemies in turn-based battles, and can move freely on the battlefield, positioning your party members the way you like. You can upgrade your weapons by forging them with special materials, and have a variety of techniques and magic spells at your disposal. |
| Baroque | 1999-10-28 | Sting, Inc. | Sting, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | Horror | | Post-apocalyptic | | | | | | PS1 | The Armageddon came. A huge Heat Wave ruined the planet, humans have mutated into strange creatures who worship strange gods, trying to exterminate each other in bloody wars, and Ikei demons populate the surface of the planet. In the middle of the wasteland stands the Nerve Tower. Nobody knows what it is: the symbol of evil or the final hope for salvation, because nobody ever dared to enter it. But the hero of the game is determined to explore the tower, and perhaps to cleanse the world of evil once and for all.Baroque is horror-themed action game with elements of survival gameplay. The whole game is set in the tower: you slowly work your way to the top, fighting demons as you progress. You have HP as well as stamina gauge. If your stamina is depleted, you walk slower and can't react well in a battle. |
| Baroque: Yuganda Mousou (Genteiban) | 1999-10-28 | Sting, Inc. | Sting, Inc. | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Limited Edition of Baroque: Yuganda Mousou contains:
Baroque: Yuganda Mousou game
Keyholder figure: "Shin Tenshimushi"
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| Clock Tower II: The Struggle Within | 1999-10-28 | Agetec, Inc. | Human Entertainment, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements, Survival horror | | | | | Mature | Isometric | PS1 | Clock Tower II: The Struggle Within (originally Clock Tower: Ghost Head) is a point and click horror adventure which tries to combine action elements into the proceedings. As a teenager with a split personality, you must solve the mystery surrounding your family and yourself while being stalked by zombies, a psycho with a machete and a little girl with a butcher knife. |
| Dark Tales: From the Lost Soul | 1999-10-28 | Sammy Corporation | | Adventure | 1st-person | | Horror | Quick Time Events (QTEs), Shooter | | | Direct control | Real-time | | Cinematic camera | PS1 | Dark Tales: From the Lost Soul is a Japanese exclusive horror Choose-Your-Own-Adventure game featuring 3 stories unrelated to each other. The game starts at a bar with strange guests and a creepy senior host who stars telling the stories to the guests.The stories are as follows:
Cat & Mouse: A detective on the trail of a Christmas Eve serial killer is led to an abandoned amusement park, there he must go through all the traps and avoid the killer's sudden attacks to apprehend him.
Ghost Writer: Players take the role of a writer who has a deadline of 5 days to finish a new book. The writer receives a mysterious CD through the mail and after installing it, he starts getting nightmares and if he survives through them and wakes up, he finds a part of the story being written for him.
The Honeymoon: A newlywed couple is being chased by a mysterious driver in a police car. Will they manage to survive and avoid the driver?
The game features full motion videos with most games not featuring any people on screen. Gameplay involves making choices on what to use or where to go to at set periods of time, quick-time events where players dodge attacks from their stalkers and traps as well as shooting segments where players try to shoot their enemies with a limited amount of ammo.Each story has multiple endings and successive playthroughs or game overs will allow players to skip the videos they've already seen.The Honeymoon story has the most endings and after unlocking each ending features flashbacks which give hints to players how to unlock the endings they haven't seen yet. |
| Grandia | 1999-10-28 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Game Arts Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | Fantasy, Steampunk | | | Turn-based | Everyone | | PS1 | The ancient Angelou civilization has ceased to exist centuries ago, and technology in the world develops rapidly. General Baal, the head of the militaristic Garlyle Forces, organizes an excavation of ancient ruins, apparently for philanthropic reasons. Meanwhile, Justin, a young boy from the nearby town of Parm, decides to investigate the ruins in search of the Spirit Stone, an artefact that once belonged to his missing father. A mysterious holographic image tells him that he should travel to faraway lands to discover the stone's true power, and he embarks on the most dangerous adventure of his life without hesitation. Grandia is a Japanese-style role-playing game. The characters are represented by 2D sprites which are moved around over 3D backgrounds in towns and dungeons. The game makes use of anime-style cutscenes to advance the story. Combat is initiated by coming into contact with enemies on the screen, rather than through random battles. Battles occur in pseudo-real-time, using an 'IP Gauge' to determine when a character takes action. Striking at the right time or with the right ability can even delay or cancel an enemy's turn.The characters in the game gradually advance in level as they gain experience points for killing monsters. Characters also gain experience based on the weapon (e.g. sword, mace, whip, etc.) or magic (e.g. fire, water, etc.) that they use, powering up their spells and learning new ones from continuous usage. There are a large number of spells, weapons, and other items to use throughout the game. |
| Mega Man 4 | 1999-10-28 | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | In Mega Man 4, Dr. Wily is declared as having been killed by the explosion of Gamma. A year passes and Rock, Roll, and Dr. Light are living in peace. But soon, the peace is broken by a new threat.A supposed colleague of Dr. Light's, the mysterious Dr. Cossack, has sent out eight of his own Robot Masters to find Mega Man, whom Cossack blames for the kidnapping of his daughter. Mega Man, hoping to clear his name, sets out to find Dr. Cossack, this time armed with a powerful new weapon: the Mega Buster. Mega Man must now battle with Cossack's fiendish Robot Masters and find Cossack's daughter before it's too late.Gameplay-wise, this installment is similar to the previous game in the series. Like before, Mega Man has to complete eight stages, defeating their robotic bosses and acquiring their weapons as a reward. He retains his abilities to jump, shoot, climb, and slide. His dog can be transformed to access different area types. A new addition is the Mega Buster weapon, which can be charged to produce powerful shots. |
| Mujintō Monogatari 4 | 1999-10-28 | KSS | Mediamuse | Action, Simulation | Top-down | | Survival | Action RPG | | | | Real-time | | | PS1 | Mujintō Monogatari 4 is a "survival life simulation" game and is essentially a retelling of the first game. A plane crashes into the sea, but a child survives and wakes up on a seemingly deserted island. The child finds another survivor and a cabin with a few basic supplies. After watching the lengthy intro, the player is given both heroes to manage. Water, food, light sources and materials have to be gathered and new tools can be crafted, provided the characters have all the necessary materials and knowledge.Compared to the original game, Mujintō Monogatari 4 changes the gameplay to make it more of an Action RPG, with players having to control the characters using a mouse and double-clicking on an item or enemy to gather or attack it. Players can find other survivors and have control of 3 unique pairs of characters which can explore various areas of the island. Each character's statistics can change depending on the activities that players make them do. |
| Prismaticallization | 1999-10-28 | Arc System Works Co., Ltd. | Arc System Works Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Romance | Japanese-style adventure, Visual novel | Fantasy | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Prismaticallization is a romantic visual novel adventure game keeping the player trapped in the same that constantly repeats itself. While the goal is to get close to various girls and get together with the girl you like, unless you find a way to break the time loop, after the day resets you will have to do the wooing all over again, which may be play if you decide to go for a different girl. The game is a typical visual novel game which uses static 2D anime style characters over background which is comprised in small portion of an artwork showing the location while majority is the window frame itself with dialogue window pasted over the character you are talking to. |
| SuperLite 1500 Series: Hanafuda II | 1999-10-28 | Success Corp. | Success Corp. | Gambling, Strategy | 1st-person | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)"HANAFUDA II" includes standard Japanese table card games of "Koikoi", "Hanaawase/Hachihachi", "Oichokabu" etc. Enjoy playing these addictive Japanese card games HANAFUDA!This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：23MBCopyright：©1999 SUCCESS / ©HAMSTER Co.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Warpath: Jurassic Park | 1999-10-28 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Black Ops Entertainment, LLC | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Fighting | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Using the many dinosaurs from the two Jurassic Park movies, you choose your type and fight it out one-on-one with other dinos to become the supreme dino in the park.Each arena represents a place in the two Jurassic Park movies, and there is a museum to visit, with info on all of the dinosaurs that are in the game.As usual, the more you complete, the more that becomes available, with new dino's to play with, new arenas and some new play modes. |
| Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six | 1999-10-31 | Red Storm Entertainment, Inc. | Rebellion Developments Ltd. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed, Regional differences | | Shooter, Tactical shooter | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | You have been recruited by John Clark to be a member of Rainbow, the most elite counter-terror team in the world, with members from various countries of the world. You start out rescuing hostages from the terrorists, but as you go on, you discover there are bigger things at stake - such as the entire world.Rainbow Six is a first-person shooter with an emphasis on realistic weapons and tactics. You must use existing intelligence like floor plan layouts to plan your assault. You can use up to four teams, with a variety of equipment from simple body armor to biosuits, breaching kit and more. There are many different weapons available, from pistols to machine guns to shotguns to grenades. You can switch between different teams as needed, or leave them under AI control. It is possible to coordinate different teams with go codes, engage a variety of terrorists or perform stealth missions. The game also features multiplayer with a variety of maps and mission types to choose from. |
| Ballistic | 1999-11-01 | Infogrames North America | Mitchell Corporation | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Arcade, Tile matching puzzle | | | | Real-time | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Ballistic is a puzzle game in which the player must place 3 patterned balls next to each other in order to clear them. It is somewhat similar to Puyo Puyo in this respect. However Ballistic places the player in the center of the screen shooting the balls outward. In Panic! mode, a constant string of balls appear and the player must keep destroying similar balls to keep the string short and prevent it from snaking around and reaching the middle of the screen. In Checkmate mode, a limited amount of balls are given to the player which they must use to destroy all the balls on the screen. Strategy is used here since the amount of balls destroyed must be maximized.Ballistic also features a versus mode in which players can challenge one another. Similar to other puzzle games versus modes, one player's success results in additional balls on the other player's screen which they then must clear. |
| Dune 2000 | 1999-11-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Westwood Studios, Inc. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | Licensed | War | Real-time strategy | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Teen | Free-roaming camera | PS1 | The PlayStation version of Dune 2000 had largely the same content in terms of storyline and gameplay. However, unlike the original, it was powered by a 3D engine. It also had incorporated cheats, as well as support for the link cable (required for local multiplayer) and the PlayStation mouse. |
| Knockout Kings 2000 | 1999-11-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Play as some of the greatest names in boxing history through a full career, or create your own boxer and fight your way to the heavyweight championship.Famous names include Muhammad Ali, "Sugar" Ray Leonard, Lennox Lewis, Oscar De La Hoya and Evander Holyfield, plus many more from a range of weight divisions. |
| Ready 2 Rumble Boxing | 1999-11-01 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Ready 2 Rumble Boxing is a cartoon style boxing beat 'em up with plenty of strange looking characters to choose from and beat the hell out of them. You can train your character up to the best of his/her ability and then fight the best in the world for the championship belt. |
| Supercross Circuit | 1999-11-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | 989 Studios, Idol Minds, LLC | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Motorcycle, Track racing | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | Supercross Circuit is a motorcycle racing game with both supercross and motocross tracks. In addition to the handful of fictional "local" tracks there are 9 tracks that are modeled after actual national event courses. Included in the game are 15 professional riders, and licensed gear and bikes to choose for your rider. When you start a race you are given the opportunity to set up the suspension, exhaust, and brakes. Racing modes, include Free Ride, Time Trial, and Season. The majority of the tracks must be opened in Season mode before they can be ridden in Free Ride. Application of the brake, helps the bike make tight turns, and the use of the goose button, along with weight shift, can help maximize or minimize air on any given jump. There are 7 AI riders on the track in single player mode, and 2 AI players in 2 player split screen racing. There are a dozen tricks that can be performed in the air with various combinations of the shoulder buttons, and points are listed for using a variety of the tricks, although it doesn't affect the winner of the race.In season mode, you need to buy new tires, and add parts to your bike for increased performance. You also upgrade from a 125cc, to a 250cc, and finally a 400cc bike.
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| Worms: Armageddon | 1999-11-01 | MicroProse Software, Inc. | Team17 Software Limited | Strategy | Side view | | Comedy, War | Artillery | | | Direct control, Multiple units/characters control | Turn-based | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Worms: Armageddon is a standalone expansion to Worms 2, introducing extensive improvements and additions over the original game, among which are:
16 new weapons and 6 new utilities, with some existing ones changed or rebalanced (3 were removed entirely)
new singleplayer campaigns and challenges
new gameplay schemes, some of which have to be unlocked through campaign missions (certain weapons are only available in some of these schemes)
new menu interface, sounds, voice banks, and music
new predefined maps
expanded map editor, included voice bank editor (the latter is a separate application)
teams can now have custom representative flags, victory anthems, and gravestones
each team is assigned a special weapon of choice - Holy Hand Grenade, Flamethrower, Mad Cows, or Old Lady
AI-controlled teams now have one of five difficulty settings
jumping controls updated so worms can jump backwards and do backflips
instead of selecting a worm at the start of each turn, this option is now regarded as a utility and usually has a limited number of uses
new multiplayer options, including a more elaborate WormNET lobbyLike the previous Worms installments, the game is an artillery variant. The player give an artillery piece a shot angle and shot power, and try to hit the opponent, taking into account wind effects. The player and the opponent exchange these shots in a turn-based fashion. The game puts the player in command of a team of up to eight worms, which can move around the landscape (one at a time), using many types of weapons to try to dispatch the enemy, from bazookas to mini-guns to exploding sheep. In some situations, the worms can also jump, swing by rope, and descend with a parachute.As of 2002, updates have been handled by an authorized community member named Deadcode, who was joined in 2006 by CyberShadow. The two have removed many bugs and glitches, improved game stability and compatibility for Windows operating systems that have been released along the way, added new features (more resolutions, expanded options and settings, auto-recorded match replays, full PNG support for map importing...) and integrated WormKit, an extension framework for the game which allows for easier modding. These updates have been available from Team17's servers and are included by default in subsequent digital releases. |
| Chrono Trigger | 1999-11-02 | Square Co., Ltd. | Square Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic, Steampunk | | | Turn-based | | Koji Sugimoto, Ken Narita | PS1 | A young man named Crono is about to enjoy a carefree day: he plans to go to the Millennial Fair, where his friend Lucca intends to demonstrate her newest scientific invention: a teleporter. Upon his arrival, Crono meets a young girl named Marle, who volunteers to be the first to test Lucca's new device. However, Marle's pendant affects the teleporter's mechanism in a mysterious way, and as a result, she is teleported four hundred years into the past. Crono and Lucca quickly recreate the time portal and follow Marle. They find out that her unexpected appearance has created some confusion, and proceed to fix the error, which in turn leads to unforeseen consequences, eventually compelling the heroes to travel to different time periods and change the history of the world.Chrono Trigger is a Japanese-style role-playing game in which the player takes control of a party consisting of up to seven characters, developing the combat skills of its members and managing their equipment. There are no random encounters in the game: all the enemies are either visibly walking on the field maps and can be avoided by the player, or are waiting to ambush the party. No enemy encounters occur when the player navigates characters over the world map.The game utilizes the ATB (active time battle) combat system from Final Fantasy games as one of the combat style selections offered to the player in the beginning. The other selectable battle mechanic pauses combat whenever the player accesses the menu, effectively removing the real-time element and rendering the battles fully turn-based.As the characters grow in power, their parameters increase, and they learn new "techs" - special powerful attacks and maneuvers which cost them magic points to use in battle. Techs may target a specific formation of enemies (e.g. a line) and can be used tactically depending on the enemies' positioning in combat. Characters may execute techs individually or perform double or triple techs, where each character contributes a tech which is combined with one or two others to unleash a powerful attack.Once player-controlled characters acquire the ability to travel freely between time periods, the game's plot develops in a non-linear fashion. From that point on the player may opt to face the game's final adversary in combat and complete the story, or perform other plot-related quests. Depending on the moment of the story when the player decides to proceed to the final battle, the game may be concluded with thirteen different endings. The New Game+ option allows the player to start the game anew after having previously completed it, carrying over levels, techs, and equipment of the characters. The PlayStation version features an anime-style introduction movie and cutscenes, a "movie theater" mode which allows the player to re-watch these movies and listen to the game's songs, as well as an unlockable bestiary, dungeon maps, and art gallery. The Nintendo DS version retains these changes and adds two new dungeons and a new possible ending that foreshadows the events of Chrono Cross. |
| Submarine Commander | 1999-11-02 | Victor Interactive Software, Inc. | Sol | Strategy | | | War | Wargame | Sci-fi / futuristic | Naval / watercraft | | | | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (EU) (from Ad Blurbs)Introducing a whole new gaming experience....
JVC's submarine commander puts you in control of a nuclear powered submarine and teaches you the stealth and tactics needed for anti submarine warfare. Using hi-tech weapons, sonar, radar and periscope you must defeat adversaries, control sea communication lines and dominate the maritime battlespace. Having passed these tests you can play in the games mission mode featuring over twenty tense command sorties. |
| Army Men: Air Attack | 1999-11-03 | 3DO Company, The | 3DO Company, The | Action | | | | Shooter | | Flight / aviation | | | Teen | | PS1 | This installment in the long-running Army Men series is the first to feature third-person aerial combat in full 3D. Choosing a chopper among the Huey, Chinook, Super Stallion, or Apache, the player will have to rescue or provide air support to fellow Army Men, while shooting down anything that moves (including enemy helicopters and troops, as well as hordes of insects) across 16 different missions.The game also features a multiplayer mode where players can either battle each other or join forces in co-op. |
| Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! | 1999-11-03 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Insomniac Games, Inc. | Action | Behind view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | Like the original Spyro the Dragon, this is a platform-adventure game. Whilst using a portal to travel to the coast, he is enlisted to help a professor defeat Ripto the dinosaur. The game is split into 3 worlds - on each of these Spyro must collect all the gems and then kill a boss. Level layouts are less linear and more expansive than many platform games, with lots of sub-quests - exploration is required.This time around, the fantasy 3D worlds are larger and more complex. Though most of the gameplay elements from the original game have remained, more puzzle elements and bonus levels have been added to this chapter. Spyro has a new ground-pounding move. |
| Tail Concerto | 1999-11-06 | Atlus U.S.A., Inc. | CyberConnect | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Platform | Steampunk | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Tail Concerto is an anime anthropomorphic / furry 3d platform adventure. You play as the character Waffle Ryebread, a police office as you track down and try to arrest the black cat gang.You travel in a mech and can travel between the different lands in an airship. You interact with the townsfolk gathering clues and frequently battling the black cat gang (capturing the kittens).The game also features anime cut scenes, and voice dialog during important events. This game has a similar feel to the games Mega Man Legends and The Misadventures of Tron Bonne. |
| Killer Loop | 1999-11-10 | Crave Entertainment, Inc. | VCC Entertainment GmbH & Co. KG | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | If you need an adrenaline rush, Killer Loop might be just your thing: Step into your magnetic glider and race through lots of roller-coaster like tracks full of curves and loops, psyched up by pumping techno beats.There are of course power-ups scattered on the track that may be picked up, including weapon systems to get rid of your enemies.Similar to Wipeout, this is a game for speed freaks. |
| Medal of Honor | 1999-11-10 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | DreamWorks Interactive L.L.C. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | Spy / espionage, War | Shooter | Europe, Historical events, World War II | | Direct control | | Teen | | PS1 | Medal of Honor is the first in the long-running series of World War II shooters, originally created by Steven Spielberg. The play assumes the role of Lt. Patterson who has to complete different tasks in the OSS. The missions vary from securing a small French village from any Nazi forces, to taking out a Heavy armored German rail gun. The player has access to a wide selection of antique weapons such as P38 pistols, M1 Garand carabines, MP40's and more. The goals also include undercover missions. Split-screen multiplayer is supported for two players. |
| Test Drive 6 | 1999-11-10 | Infogrames, Inc. | Pitbull Syndicate Limited, The | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | PS1 | The 6th game in the Test Drive line of games that started in 1987.40 sports and muscle cars and 20 tracks in places like: London, Paris, Egypt, Hong Kong, Maui, Rome, Ireland, Tahoe, England, and the Caribbean.
Environment specific sounds.
Breakable Objects, In-road Obstacles, and Shortcuts.
"All-Units" AI has the police working together taking you down in force.
Economic racing system.
Purchase, upgrade, and stockpile cars in your custom garage.
High-Impact collisions.
Unpredictable cross traffic.
Split-screen head-to-head racing (PlayStation and Dreamcast only). |
| Fever: Sankyo Koushiki Pachinko Simulation | 1999-11-11 | International Card System | International Card System | Simulation | 1st-person | | | Board game | | | | | | | PS1 | Fever is a pachinko simulator. Pachinko is a Japanese cross between a pinball case and a slot machine. This game supplies the player with a number of different pachinko machines, with rotating slot numbers. These can be either in a classic form of rotating wheels or an interactive digital screen. As the balls pop around the pachinko machine they'll land in different areas and effect your earnings. The player can always choose the speed at which balls are being launched onto the field which will change how they land.This simulator also has a collection hall where the player can use his pachinko earnings to buy gambling machines and related memorabilia. These can be viewed along with information about their history. |
| Hikari no Shima: Seven Lithographs in Shining Island | 1999-11-11 | Affect Co.,Ltd | Affect Co.,Ltd | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | Jiro Hanzawa | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)★This game is supported with the PSP® and PS Vita screenshot function★PSP®: Screenshots can be taken by using the menu after holding the PS button (HOME button) in the game. The image will be saved in the photo collection from the XMB™ (XrossMediaBar).PS Vita: Screenshots can be taken by using "Screenshot" from the "Settings" after holding the PS button in the game. The image will be saved as an application photo. This software can be played with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).If you are downloading with PC or via PS3™, after downloading with the device please connect to PSP® with a USB cable and copy the content by inserting a storage media like Memory Stick™.Reveal various hidden mysteries on the map and find out the "glowing flower"!This is an adventure game with 3 main characters for different purposes!Each of the 3 main characters will have their own abilities, so utilize it to reveal the mysteries!Copyright:©1999 AFFECTPurchase or use of this item is subject to SEN Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Supercross 2000 | 1999-11-11 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | MBL Research, Inc. | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | Motorcycle | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This is a Supercross motorcycle simulation game, officially licensed by the AMA. It features racing through 16 real stadium tracks, with professional commentary, and a freestyle tricks mode with special tracks. The bikes have realistic physics and AI. 2 players can race split-screen and replay mode lets you fly anywhere.
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| Tenchu: Shinobi-Hyakusen | 1999-11-11 | Sony Music Entertainment (Japan), Inc. | Acquire Corp. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Stealth | Fantasy | | | | | | PS1 | Tenchu: Shinobi Hyakusen is a mission pack for the original Tenchu. Over a hundred new missions created with the mission editor in the Japanese release Shinobi Gaisen are collected within. They represent a wide variety of objectives, including looking for specific items, eliminating specific (or all) targets, or protecting a character, and were collected via a contest held in Japan by developer Acquire. The game itself plays identically to the original title, and is a stand-alone package that does not require the original game to play. |
| Addiction Pinball | 1999-11-12 | Infogrames Europe SA | Team17 Software Limited | Simulation | 1st-person | | | Pinball | | | | | | | PS1 | Addiction Pinball consists of two tables based on other computer games by the same developer:
World Rally (based on the anime racing game World Rally Fever: Born on the Road
Worms (after the popular series of invertebrate combat games)
Each table has most of the features found on modern pinball games including multiball, a "video" display, bumping, up-table flippers, and challenge modes. The tables do however lack some configuration options expected by pinball fans (most notably: balls per game, playfield angle and replay score). |
| 40 Winks | 1999-11-14 | GT Interactive Software Corp. | Eurocom Developments Ltd | Action | Behind view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | 40 Winks is a 3D action-platform game in which you play as Ruff or Tumble, two children who must battle ghosts, goblins and other monsters in their dream-world. They must try to capture 40 winks scattered around the world in order to stop an evil old man named Nitekap. Nitekap wants to turn the winks into hood-winks, the things responsible for nightmares. You also have to find the 12 dream keys to unlock the boss level. A unique aspect of the game allows the players to temporarily morph into different costumes with special abilities. The costumes include a Prehistoric Man, Jester, Super Hero, and Ninja. |
| Thrasher Presents Skate and Destroy | 1999-11-15 | Rockstar Games, Inc., Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | Z-Axis, Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Tricks / stunts | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Endorsed by skating bible Thrasher magazine, this game attempts to capture the spirit, style, and skill of the renegade freestyle street-skating culture. Choose from several skaters, pick an outfit, and then select from one of 12 skateboarding locations, including the Brooklyn Bridge banks or L.A.'s Santa Monica Courthouse. These and other concrete temples are all based on real-life locations.There are more than 100 tricks to master, which is necessary if you want to unlock secret levels or outrun the donut-eating cops. In addition, each environment is interactive. For example, you will see leaves fall from a tree if you happen to hit it. Of course, you can also interact with objects to show off your skating skills.Features a hip hop soundtrack, also. |
| Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation | 1999-11-15 | Eidos Interactive, Inc. | Core Design Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | Africa, Contemporary, Fantasy | | Direct control | | Teen | | PS1 | According to Egyptian legend, Horus outwitted the evil god Set and imprisoned him in a secret tomb...Five thousand years later, Lara Croft discovers the lost tomb and unwittingly unleashes the Set, fulfilling the ancient prophecy of his return to plunge mankind into darkness! In a race against time, Lara must use all of her wit and skill to re-imprison Set and save the world from Armageddon. Pursued at every turn by her arch-rival, the unscrupulous archaeologist Werner Von Croy, Lara embarks on a journey of discovery across Egypt, where she must overcome the most ingenious puzzles and infernal traps ever devised, and face terrifying evil from beyond the grave...Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation plays very similar to the previous games in the series, but some new things have been added to the game. The biggest addition is that now rather large parts of the game consist of several interconnected levels sometimes explored in any order, with puzzles in one level often requiring that some actions are done in other levels. The new additions to Lara's arsenal are a revolver and a bow with several sets of arrows including exploding and poisonous ones. The players will also find a laser sight that can be attached to any of the two weapons described above allowing manual targeting and zooming. Inventory now holds a binocular with a built-in flashlight and a handy crowbar (found later in the game). Lara has also learned a few new moves: she can climb into the niches with low ceilings if the crouch button is pressed, she can now move around the corners while hanging and she can also pull levers and open trap-doors while jumping. Graphics have been upgraded too - there are new light effects and water is now dripping from Lara's clothes when she gets on the surface. |
| 007: Tomorrow Never Dies | 1999-11-16 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Black Ops Entertainment, LLC | Action | Behind view | Licensed | Spy / espionage | Shooter | | | Direct control | | Teen | | PS1 | In 007: Tomorrow Never Dies, which is based on the movie of the same name, the player takes the role of the famous James Bond who fights against Elliot Carver. Carver tries to increase his TV ratings by creating a war between the British and the Chinese. To achieve his goal he sunk a British ship with his stealth ship and made it look like the Chinese Air Force was the offender. Now it is Bond's responsibility to set things right...Most of the ten levels are like traditional third-person-shooters where the player walks around the levels while killing numerous foes. While there is an option for a free aim most enemies can be dispatched with the auto-lock function. This means if the player gets close enough to an enemy while using an appropriate gun the game automatically shoots at him when the player faces the general direction. Bond also has gadgets to his disposal which are used to fulfill the mission goals. There are two missions which differ from this formula: in the driving sequence the player chases and shoots at enemy cars while avoiding obstacles; during the skiing part he is mainly concerned with dispatching other skiers which want to bring him out of balance. |
| NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC | 1999-11-16 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Midway Games, Inc. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC is a descendant of the original NBA Jam, and is created by some of the key team members. The game follows in the footsteps of NFL Blitz, featuring the option to save personal records and a cheat code system operated by pressing a sequence of buttons. It also features unlock-able characters, including NBA team mascots, and the "On-Fire" option that defines Midway's sports games. Players are able to perform special moves such as the alley-oop, the spin move, and the double dunk. The game also features a Create-a-Player mode that allows custom players to have tweaked abilities by winning matches.NBA Showtime debuted as an arcade game featuring rosters from the 1998-99 NBA season as well as secret characters based on the Universal Monsters. The later home console ports of the game use updated rosters for the 1999-2000 season and lacks the Universal Monsters characters. An arcade update was released in 2000 with refreshed rosters as NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC - Gold Edition. |
| Arcade Party Pak | 1999-11-17 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Digital Eclipse Software, Inc. | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | A retro-collection of six classic Midway and Atari Games classics, along with FMV interviews with many of the game creators:
720º
Smash T.V.
Klax
Rampage
Super Sprint
Toobin'
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| NBA Live 2000 | 1999-11-17 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | Basketball. Michael Jordan. Facial Animations and speech. Jordan. All the players from the 1999 - 2000 NBA season, including rookies. Plus All-Stars teams from past and present. Oh, and Jordan's back. Like its predecessors in the long-running series, NBA Live 2000 strives for realistic basketball simulation rather than arcade-like gameplay. New moves have been added in this installments, and opponent AI has been tweaked to make victory more dependent on executing the right moves at the right times. As in the previous NBA Live games, it is possible to edit and create basketball players, as well as create and build an own team. This time, it is also possible to use any picture to serve as a player photo.New to this installment (beside Jordan) is a one-on-one street basketball mode, and a mode that allows management of a team for several seasons, including trading players. |
| Need for Speed: V-Rally 2 | 1999-11-17 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Eden Studios | Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | Need for Speed returns to dirt racing again in this sequel to Need for Speed: V-Rally. The most significant differences are the track editor, improved graphics, and new game modes. There are 84 tracks and the game supports multiplayer with up to four players. This second installment comes with four game modes: an arcade mode for casual rally fans, a championship mode for people who want to compete against other rally cars for a title, a trophy mode, and a time trial mode.It features 16 different cars in three categories: World Rally Cars (Peugeot 206, Hyundai Coupe, Mitsubishi Lancer, Toyota Corolla, Subaru Impreza, Ford Focus, SEAT Córdoba, Škoda Octavia), 2L kit-cars (Peugeot 306, Citroën Xsara, SEAT Ibiza, Renault Megane, Vauxhall Astra) and 1.6L kit-cars (Citroën Saxo, Peugeot 106, Nissan Micra). A number of bonus cars can be unlocked as well by completing certain modes, such as winning the European or the World Championship.In the arcade mode you race against three opponents on the race track; whoever reaches the finish line first after a series of laps wins the stage. However, the main goal in a stage is to reach the next checkpoint before the countdown timer stops. Several stages form a level, for which you receive a total of three credits. Every time you fail to reach a checkpoint before the time runs out the race stops and you can use a credit to restart that particular stage. If there are no credits left, the entire level must be restarted. The trophy mode is a bit different. While winning a stage is still done by beating three opponents directly on the race track, to claim the trophy you have to register the best overall result, calculated by summing up all the stages' times.The championship mode is designed after the FIA World Rally Championship, where drivers compete for points. The European championship is divided into eight rounds, while the World and the Expert championships each have twelve. Every round has two (European, World) or three stages (Expert). This is the only mode where the car gets damaged if handled badly, but it can be repaired at the service park between stages in the following areas: engine, gear box, brakes, steering and suspensions. You only have 30 minutes, so if your car is seriously messed up you will not be able to restore it to a 100% condition for the next stage. At the end of the round the total time for all stages is compared between racers and the first six positions in the standings get a number of points based on their performance (for example the fastest gets 10 points, 2nd place gets 6 points, and so on). Whoever has the most points after all the rounds becomes the new champion.In the track editor the track is represented by a single line or ribbon. You can edit the curves and change the inclines or declines of each track piece. The only restriction is that trackpieces cannot overlap, so for example you cannot make an 8-shaped track. When playing the track, scenery is added procedurally depending on the curves and inclines and which country is selected. The 84 default tracks make use of the same engine. |
| Twisted Metal 4 | 1999-11-17 | 989 Studios | 989 Studios | Racing / Driving | 1st-person | | | Arcade | Post-apocalyptic | Automobile, Vehicular combat | | | Teen | | PS1 | The fourth game in the Twisted Metal series! The Twisted Metal tournament's boss since the beginning, Calypso, has been overthrown by the maniacal clown Sweet Tooth and his circus buddies with there wish for winning the tournament. Now Sweet Tooth has the chance to hold his own tournament, with more powerful vehicles, tons of battleground, and a whole new selection of drivers and old legends like thumper, axel, auger and even minion and much more. The prize is the same - Sweet Tooth will grant any wish the winner asks for! But this time, Calypso's participating in the tournament... |
| Barbie: Race & Ride | 1999-11-18 | Mattel Interactive | Runecraft Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Barbie makes her first appearance on the PlayStation with 'Barbie: Race and Ride'.Help Barbie take care of a stable of horses; groom the horses or feed them a variety of foods including apples, carrots, strawberries, and sugar cubes. After the steed is taken care of, go on a casual ride around Secret Valley. Explore the beaches, meadows, mountains, and forests to discover new animal friends, mini-games, and puzzles. Find the pieces of the missing postcard and discover the secret of Secret Valley. For those with a more competitive streak, there are races and jumping contests. |
| Engacho! | 1999-11-18 | Nihon Application Co., Ltd. | Nihon Application Co., Ltd. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Direct control | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen, Isometric | PS1 | Engacho is based on a popular Japanese children game. You play a little boy named Sunzuki, who wants to prove to his angry father that he is not a coward and can stand up against the terrible monsters of the Oops Five group.The gameplay is turn-based, and your goal is to outsmart the monsters and get to the exit of the stage without colliding with them, and make it there within the set limit of steps. Each monster has his own movement style, so you have to learn how they all move to stand a chance. One will move opposite of your movements, one will imitate you exactly etc.There are different modes in the game, such as training, in which you face just one monster of your choice and get used to his patterns; puzzle mode, which takes you through a series of rooms with different shapes and monsters; and battle mode, in which you are thrown into large rooms where all Oops Five members roam freely.Unlike its little brother Engacho! on the Wonderswan, this game is viewed from an isometric perspective while the other version is top-down. |
| Sanyō Pachinko Paradise 2: Umi Monogatari Special | 1999-11-18 | Irem Software Engineering, Inc. | Irem Software Engineering, Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Pachinko Paradise 2 is the second title in Irem's long-running pachinko simulation series. It features reproductions of four pachinko machines made by Sanyo Bussan: CR Umi Monogatari 3R, CR Umi Monogatari 3, CR Umi Monogatari 6, and CR Umi Monogatari. There are two modes available: Tsūjō (Normal) mode allows the player to modify a wide range of settings for each machine, while Jissen (Battle) mode challenges the player to win as many balls as possible on the default settings with a limited starting pool and time limit. There is also a View mode where the various animations that play on the in-game display can be freely viewed. Unlike the previous title, there is no story mode. |
| Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds | 1999-11-19 | GT Interactive Software Europe Ltd. | Pixelogic Limited | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic, Steampunk | Vehicular combat | | | | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)INVASION
Martians Heat Rays Vs Human Artillery
Systematic Destruction Vs Ingenuity & Cunning
Based on the award winning, internationally best selling album by Jeff Wayne and the classic science fiction story by H.G.Wells, The War of The Worlds is a superb combination of explosive action and challenging strategy.
- 14 pre-set missions over 10 fantastic landscapes.
- Take control of a number of different vehicles including: Anti Aircraft Trucks, Armoured lorries, Mortar Bikes, Iron Clad Ships, Observation Balloons, Airships, Mine Fields, Mobile Repair Trucks and Turrets. The player can switch between control of ALL of these when needed.
- Collect materials throughout the environments to build different vehicles. |
| Mission: Impossible | 1999-11-23 | Infogrames Europe SA | Infogrames Europe SA | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Spy / espionage | Puzzle elements, Shooter, Stealth | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Tie-in of the popular movie Mission: Impossible, this is a third-person action stealth game with 24 levels. Playing the secret agent Ethan Hunt, the player has to fight international terrorists. Assisted by his IMF team, he sneaks into enemy bases, blows up ammunition depots, retrieves stolen information and takes out the terrorists.The plot is loosely based on the movie; Ethan Hunt is framed and has to prove his innocence which he is only able to do with the help of his good friends from the IMF team. |
| Charumera | 1999-11-25 | Victor Interactive Software, Inc. | Bits Laboratory | Simulation | Side view | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | PS1 | Charumera is a single-player Japanese video game released for the PlayStation in 1999.The game can be thought of as a management simulator of sorts, despite the fact that it actually stands on a genre of its own – at least considering the western market, where nothing of the sort comes to mind.You essentially take on the role of Uncle Charumera, the noodle mascot of Myojo Foods, as he goes through a city selling his goods (ramen), getting new ingredients and trying to please his customers as much as possible.Before getting into the game’s mechanics in a more detailed fashion, here’s a bit of interesting trivia: the word “charumera” is actually derived from the Portuguese “charamela”, a type of flute that was brought to Japan around 400 years ago. This flute has traditionally been used by yatai (ramen mobile food stalls, just like the one used in the game). So, there is an interesting double pun in the game’s title: it is both referring to the flute used by yatai/Uncle Charumera, and also to the mascot’s name itself.Right after starting the game, there is an option to name your stall, even though you can leave it at default value. Afterwards, you’re presented with what could be considered the “cooking” screen, where you can mash up all kinds of different ingredients to create distinct flavours of ramen. You start with only a select few ingredients, even though new ones can be acquired throughout the game.After you have your first couple of dishes lined up, it’s time to start selling. You control Uncle Charumera as he walks through town (from 3pm to 12am) accompanied by his stall, and the namesake flute is used to call upon potential clients. When you blow the flute, people – either a large crowd or a just a couple - gathers. The icons above their heads represent their thoughts concerning your dishes (whether they like or dislike it). It should be noted that their opinions can change over time, so it’s generally not a good idea to stick to one recipe just because it was successful in the past – some customers eventually get sick of the same recipe over and over again.Some customers have more refined tastes, and can be harder to please. However, if you do manage to persuade these clients, some of them can eventually become sponsors for your ramen brand.People can rate your dishes, and rating varies according to the area you’re in (e.g., a hit ramen recipe in one area can be disliked in another). 10 stars is the maximum evaluation you can get.
Probably the most complex aspect of the game is figuring out which ingredient combinations work best together – in fact, the key to this game is experimenting – in order for you to get the best rating possible.
There are lots of noodles, sauces, soups and seasonings that can be mixed up in dozens of different ways. Plus, the game does not have a time limit, so trial and error really has no punishment.There are a couple of other main characters besides Uncle Charumera:
Kamikaze Jin, a taxi driver, which serves as your main “taster”, providing feedback and allowing you to check if you’re on the right track with a certain dish;
Kumona, a temple priest which requires vegetarian ramen;
Madame Iyan, the owner of a rival Chinese restaurant;
Koishiya, owner of a Japanese soba shop.
You obviously earn money whenever you sell something – and even though the goal of the game should be making profit, it really does not seem necessary in order to proceed. There is no concept of finances/investment/accounting in the game, most likely to keep it simple and enjoyable, focusing solely on the creativity of recipe-making.On a more technical side, the game controls easily, with basic side-scrolling while walking around with Uncle Charumera, and simple d-pad transitions when selecting ingredients.
There is some background music throughout, and a few sound effects (flute, people’s bellies getting full, or people getting sick).
Visually, the game uses simple 2D graphics, with a couple of scenario variants (different parts of the city, daylight and night time).
There is also some degree of replayability, if only when considering the hundreds of ingredient combinations you can use to make your recipes. |
| Growlanser | 1999-11-25 | Atlus Co., Ltd. | Career Soft | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time, Turn-based | | | PS1 | Growlanser is a fantasy SRPG (strategy role-playing game), and the first in the Growlanser series of games.The main character is Carmaine, an orphan raised by the palace royal magician, Sandra. Prophesied as an infant to become either "the darkness to destroy the world" or "the light which saves it", Sandra carefully watches over him and never allows him to leave Rolandia's capital city, Rosaria, or have any contact with the outside world. However, throughout his childhood Carmaine experiences strange and vivid dreams of people and places he knows nothing about. When at last he becomes old enough, Sandra tells him it is time to go out and explore beyond the city gates. Accompanied by Tippi, his tiny fairy-like companion, he leaves the city to discover his destiny.The game has a complex storyline with branching paths. During his travels Carmaine will discover different lands and peoples. Among them are the Growsians, humans who can wield ancient magic, and the Featherians, a winged race of people. As the story progresses, Carmaine discovers that there are conspiratorial enemies seeking to cause trouble for the land and people.Carmaine's personality, stats and skills are determined by answering questions at the beginning of the game. Eventually other characters can join Carmine's party, some whose recruitment requires fulfilling certain conditions. Romance elements are possible with some party members.Combat between enemies and the large party of controllable characters is a mixture of real-time and turn-based styles. Strategic battles occupy the entire location; depending upon where the battle occurs, non-party members nearby (such as townspeople, soldiers etc.) may help the party by joining in. |
| High School of Blitz | 1999-11-25 | Media Works Inc. | Japan Media Programming Inc. | Adventure, Puzzle | 1st-person | | Comedy, Romance | Cards / tiles, Trading / collectible card, Visual novel | Contemporary, Fantasy | | | | | Setting | PS1 | High School of Blitz is set in a contemporary high school setting with a twist— it's populated by a large variety of mythical creatures & entities. You, the player, are the teacher of this school, and you are tasked with challenging other high schools to good old-fashioned card games. The story segments are told in the visual novel format.There are over 170 unique cards to be found in the game, with artwork contributed from more than 40 illustrators. |
| Klaymen Gun Hockey | 1999-11-25 | Riverhill Soft Inc. | KIDSMIND, Inc | Action, Sports | 1st-person | Licensed | | Arcade | | | | | | | PS1 | An air hockey game based on the characters and settings of The Neverhood. Klaymen has suddenly decided that he needs to defeat all of the Neverhood's inhabitants in head-to-head gun hockey matches, a unique sport which plays basically as air hockey but with a mounted gun on each end that is used to shoot and push the puck in each direction. The game is played from a first-person perspective from the end your side of the table. You can play against other characters in single player mode or go against another player in Vs mode, and the game also includes arcade elements like power-ups, popping obstacles and special shoots. |
| Little Princess: Marl Ōkoku no Ningyō Hime 2 | 1999-11-25 | Nippon Ichi Software, Inc. | Nippon Ichi Software, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Little Princess: Marl Ōkoku no Ningyō Hime 2, also known as Little Princess: The Puppet Princess of Marl Kingdom 2, is a sequel to Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure. Unlike its predecessor, Little Princess uses a more traditional RPG battle system, but it still contains many of the same themes of love and music.Little Princess takes place years after the events of Rhapsody, where the protagonists of the previous game have settled down as the rulers of Marl Kingdom and now have a daughter, Kururu. Kururu gets entangled in a dispute between two families of witches, and must track down the pieces of a shattered gem.The battles follow a standard RPG battle system of enemies on the opposite side of the screen from the players and commands selected from a text menu. However, two of the characters have companion "puppets" that cast magic for them. The puppets level up along with the characters, and when a spell is cast, money is taken instead of magic points.The game was released twice; the first included a bonus disc of illustrations and a sound test, the second was a budget release. |
| Medarot R | 1999-11-25 | Imagineer Co., Ltd. | Natsume Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | Real-time | | | PS1 | Medarot R is an RPG starring the characters of the Medabots franchise.The battles take place on a separate field and they are turn-based. Each Medabot has separate health bars for the legs, arms and the head. Defeating a medabot is done by destroying the head part and each body part can have its own attack that players can use until the part has been destroyed. Up to 3 Medabots can take part in combat and some attacks have a limited ammo.While sharing the characters from the Anime series, the story is loosely based on it and the story of the second Game Boy game. The game starts with Ikki waking up on his birthday to find a Medabot in his room - a present from his parents. Without a medal though, the Medabot is useless. After witnessing a customer at the store trying to sell his Medabot to the storekeeper, Ikki is engaged in a battle with the customer and receives a medal from the Phantom Renegade so he could confront the pesky salesman.Players will gain experience to level up their medals, as well as win new parts for their Medabots after winning battles. Players can also spend money on parts if they want to.A unique feature of the game is the Weather Forecast which is given by a Medabot and which offers hints on what would happen during the day. |
| Mega Man 5 | 1999-11-25 | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Dr. Cossack, humbled by his defeat and his allowing of Dr. Wily to influence his ways, decides to help Dr. Light by providing him and Rockman with tools and weapons to help foil Dr. Wily for good. All seems calm and peaceful, until...A sudden rampage breaks out, and the cause is found to be a group of robots, led by a mysterious figure. As Dr. Light begins to investigate this rampage and attempts to find a way to stop it, he is kidnapped by the leader of the robots. Rockman hurries to save Dr. Light, but is too late...the only thing he can find at the scene is a yellow scarf...one that almost seems to belong to...Blues!?Could Rockman's supposed brother, the strange but good-hearted Blues, be the one who kidnapped Dr. Light? Is Blues the one responsible for the rampages? With these questions racing through his mind, Rockman sets off to find Blues and get the answers he wants.Like the other early Rockman / Mega Man games, the Playstation version was only released in Japan, as part of the Complete Works series. |
| Shinsei Toilet no Hanako-san | 1999-11-25 | Success Corp. | | Adventure | | | Horror | Japanese-style adventure | Contemporary | | Menu structures | | | | PS1 | Based on a well-known urban legend, Hanako-san tells the story of the ghost of a young schoolgirl who is killed when playing hide-and-seek during a World War II air raid. Since then, it's said that her spirit can be found haunting school toilets. This game stars a schoolgirl named Satomi who becomes drawn into the Hanako-san legend when her sister disappears following a sighting of the ghost. Together with her two friends Kanae and Etsuko, she investigates the legend while searching for her sister; the three of them will end up making stranger discoveries than they could have imagined. This Japanese adventure game is controlled via multiple choice menus alongside prerendered CG still images depicting the game's events. A few scenes feature voice acting. |
| Tokimeki Memorial 2 | 1999-11-25 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person | | Romance | Dating simulation | | | | | | | PS1 | The second game in the Tokimeki Memorial series is not directly related to its predecessor story-wise. The story takes place in a different high school (Hibikino High), and the protagonist's suggested main love interest is Hikari Hinomoto, whom he meets again after the two were separated since they were eight years old.Like its predecessor, Tokimeki Memorial 2 is a simulation of dating. The player character possesses statistics, which includes general attributes such as health and charisma, as well as school subject-specific parameters (literature, arts, science, etc.). Beside those personal statistics, there are also indicators concerning the relationship the protagonist is having with one of the girls. The focus of the gameplay is to arrange the hero's statistics in such a way that the result will attract the girl. Statistics can be raised by dedicating time and effort to corresponding activities (such as attending literature class and reading in order to raise the literature parameter). The player character can also participate in various school club activities, which might affect his attraction level to different girls. |
| Missile Command | 1999-11-26 | Atari Interactive, Inc. | Meyer Glass Interactive Ltd. | Action | | | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Defend cities around the world from an airborne alien attack. This is a remake of the '70s arcade game, and features 3d graphics, counter-strike capabilities, new enemies & power-ups, and multiplayer functionality. Play is available in a Classic mode, which has only minorly retouched gameplay. Ultimate mode has new graphics, locations, and other caveats. |
| South Park: Chef's Luv Shack | 1999-11-29 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Acclaim Studios Austin | Action | | Licensed | | Arcade, Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | Mature | | PS1 | Chef hosts South Park: Chef's Luv Shack, which mixes South Park trivia with over 20 mini games in the mold of Mario Party. Most of the mini games are parodies of classic arcade games. The player chooses a South Park character (Kyle, Kenny, Stan, or Cartman) and answers the questions based on episodes from the cartoon series. If the player gets it right, they then spin a wheel, and get either cash, lose it all, or play a mini game (either by themselves, against the AI, or against other players if playing in multiplayer mode). The person who has the highest score (or the most correct answers) after a chosen amount of rounds wins.
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| Fighting Force 2 | 1999-11-30 | Eidos Interactive, Inc. | Core Design Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Martial arts, Spy / espionage | Beat 'em up / brawler, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | Teen | | PS1 | Fighting Force 2 is a beat-em-up game set in the not-to-distant future. Human cloning has become a real possibility, but has been banned by an international treaty. The Knackmiche Corporation has been suspected of researching cloning, and you, Hawk Manson, are sent in on a covert mission to investigate. The game features large levels and both hand-to-hand and weapons combat. |
| Konami Arcade Classics | 1999-11-30 | Konami of America, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Ten of Konami's classic arcade games, originally released from 1981-1985, make their their Playstation debut in this compilation:Pooyan - As your fellow pigs lower and raise you in an elevator for the perfect shot, you must defend them against the wolves. Shoot their balloons with arrows or make a bunch of them lose their grip by hitting them with meat. Time too many shots poorly and the wolves will inch their way up the tree towards you and the other pigs. The higher they get, the higher of an area you're restricted to for aiming.Circus Charlie - Six games of timing, reflex and patience in one, each more difficult than the last. Jump a lion through hoops and over flaming urns. Hurdle over monkeys on a tight rope. Bounce from trampoline to trampoline. Roll and leap from ball to ball. Avoid being knocked off your horse by jumping over or bouncing off of springboards. And at the most challenging level, fly from trapeze to trapeze.Shao-Lin's Road - Leap from level to level, kicking henchmen and their tougher bosses. Collect powerups like the roatating energy ball and the spiked ball.Roc 'N Rope - Cavemen and lizards impede your climb to reach the elusive Phoenix. Your only tools are a rope and flashlight. Throw your rope, climb up, and avoid your enemies or blind them with your flashlight.Yie Ar Kung-Fu - One of the granddaddies of one-on-one fighters. Start with the giant Buchu, working your way up through the ranks against armed opponents using only your punches and kicks. Each angle combined with either punch or kick provides a different attack.Scramble - Fly your rocket through enemy territory, avoiding enemy missiles or taking them down with your blasters or bombs. If you run out of fuel, you're history, so remember to shoot the fuel tanks to refuel.Road Fighter - A high-speed top-down racer. Pass other racers to increase your score. Crashing results in fuel penalties. Run into the multi-colored fuel cars or run the risk of running out of gas.Super Cobra - The speedy sequel to Scramble. Pilot your helicopter through similar territory, once again taking out rockets and fuel tanks. But now, you'll have to contend with turrets and other new enemies.Gyruss - Wave-based shmup in which you move your ship around the screen in a 360 degree loop. Avoid the swooping enemies and their shots. Grabbing the double shot increases your chances of survival.Time Pilot Pilot your craft in every direction through borderless levels spread across time. Biplanes, blimps, and more will try to take you out before you can eliminate them. Catch parachuters for bonus points.Each game, originally mated with a vertical monitor in the arcade, has been shrunk to fit the horizontal display common to most homes. Accomodating for the smaller playfield size, scores, lives and power meters for most games have been moved to the previously empty space on the righthand side.Added features include the following:Saving - Retain all of your high scores.Difficulty and Life Counts - Adjust them to your liking.DualShock Compatibility - Use the analog stick and/or add vibration feedback to games.Histories - Simple history pages featuring release dates, screenshots and trivia.Pre-game Instructions and Tips - Don't know how to play? As the game loads, you are presented with a simple instruction set, similar to what would have been on the original machine. Hit left or right at that screen for more detailed gameplay tips. |
| Vandal-Hearts II | 1999-11-30 | Konami of America, Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | | | | Tactical RPG | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | Mature | Isometric | PS1 | Vandal Hearts II is a turn based strategic RPG which is comparable to the more famous Fire Emblem series.Most of the gameplay consists of moving your party on 3D grid based maps in a way that will give you a strategic advantage over your enemies. The main difference between Vandal Hearts II and its predecessor is the change of the battle system. Unlike in Vandal Hearts you and your enemies issue the commands at the same time and then move simultaneously. That results in completely new strategies and gives the game a unique touch.The story takes place in the already collapsed church state of Nirvadia, that was once formed by the religious leader St Nirvath, but eventually ceased to exist, because of several conflicts between unbelievers and local rulers. Caused by a chain of coincidences, the young boy Joshua, from a small and unimportant village in the east, eventually finds himself within a complex political scheme set in motion by power-hungry aristocrats and religious fanatics. |
| Discworld Noir | 1999-12-01 | GT Interactive Software Europe Ltd. | Perfect Entertainment, Ltd. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Point and select | | | | PS1 | Ankh-Morpork is a city surrounded by darkness, where the cold river Ankh flows, where it always rains, and where dwarves and trolls co-exist with secret societies, religious fanatics, stupid police captains, and bar pianists. It is also where a bitterly sarcastic sharp-eyed private investigator named Lewton tries to earn a living solving bizarre cases. A mysterious woman named Carlotta hires him to find her lost lover. Wandering through the dark city and gathering evidence, Lewton has to solve the case, confront a sinister conspiracy, and once again become torn between love and despair.Discworld Noir differs from other Discworld adventure games not only thanks to its more serious tone and much darker "film noir" atmosphere, but also because of its gameplay. Instead of inventory-based puzzles there are clues, which Lewton writes down in his notebook and which should be then used whenever there is a connection between the clue and the situation in question. Most of the gameplay is thus dedicated to detective work in conversations; but the usage of the right clues at the right place is still comparable to inventory-based puzzle-solving of other adventures. Graphically, Discword Noir features three-dimensional character models and pre-rendered backgrounds. |
| Disney's Animated Storybook: Mulan | 1999-12-01 | NewKidCo, Inc. | Disney Interactive Victoria | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Mini-games | Fantasy | | Point and select | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Mushu is given the task to deliver the magical scrolls which contain the legend of Mulan to the emperor of ancient China. Mushu is warned not to drop the scrolls because the magic will fall out of them if he does. Mushu drops the scrolls anyway when Cri-Kee comes from behind and startles him. Now Mushu must regain the lost scrolls and place the magic back in them.The game is basically an interactive storybook where the player helps the story move forward by completing certain tasks. Some of these tasks include retrieving items requested by Grandma Fa, dressing up Mulan and Mushu with a variety of hats, tops, bottoms, shoes, and accessories, playing a mix and match puzzle to obtain armor, and figuring out the correct order gongs should be hit in order to awake Mulan's ancestors. A sample of some of the other activities include playing Mahjong and throwing snowballs at enemy soldiers. The game also lets the player have a sing along karaoke-style to three songs from the movie. There is also an activity that let's players place cut-outs of characters and locations experienced during the game onto a sheet of paper which can then be colored in using a paint set. |
| Glover | 1999-12-01 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | Interactive Studios Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | A wizard is mixing up a batch of magic potions, when an explosion sends the gloves off his hands flying into the air. One lands safetly outside the castle, but the other lands in an evil potion mixture. It's this evil glove that decides to take over the castle. Meanwhile, 7 crystals, which used to sit on top of the castle and gave the surrounding lands its life force, also fly off in all directions. Thankfully, though, the good Glove changes the crystals into rubber balls, so that they would land safely. You must control the good glove (name Glover) and find the 7 crystals, putting them back into the castle to restore the life back into the land. But be careful, the bad glove is out to stop you and take the kingdom, and the wizards power, for his own. |
| International Track & Field 2000 | 1999-12-01 | Konami of America, Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo Co., Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Track and Field sports over 12 different events that will test your gaming mojo. From Weightlifting to gymnastics to the 100M dash, Track and Field is the successor to the Track and Field games from the 8 bit Nintendo. |
| NCAA March Madness 2000 | 1999-12-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Black Ops Entertainment, LLC | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | March Madness 2000 is the third title in EA Sports' college basketball franchise. This time, there are over 200 teams to choose from, including 16 top women's programs. The teams have unique playbooks, play styles and fight songs. Game options include exhibition games and tournaments. The Dynasty mode allows one to lead a team over several seasons, with recruiting and "red-shirting" of players included. "Rivalry Mode" allows the automatic selection of a team's arch-nemesis as the opponent. There are new motion captured moves (including several flashy dunks), and the new "Dynamic Ball Control" feature allows for more precise control of moves like crossovers and spins. The game features commentary by Dick Vitale. |
| Q*bert | 1999-12-01 | Atari Interactive, Inc. | Artech Studios Ltd. | Action | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen, Isometric | PS1 | The hip character from the 1980's returns in a new, 3D puzzle adventure. This time, you must help Q*bert save his friends, while solving all of the detailed 3D level that are part of 4 unique worlds, while avoiding the bad guys at the same time. And that's no easy task. Powerups litter the levels, while warp points can get you out of all those sticky situations. |
| Shadow Tower | 1999-12-01 | Agetec, Inc. | FromSoftware, Inc. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | Horror | | Fantasy | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Shadow Tower is a first-person dungeon crawler from the team that created the King's Field series. Though the two games share a similar style, theme, and look, Shadow Tower is the start of a new series unrelated to King's Field.The player controls mercenary Ruus Hardy, who, upon visiting the town of Zeptar, finds it razed to the ground. The towns inhabitants have been killed, and their souls claimed by evil spirits lurking below a nearby tower. Ruus heads alone into the underground dungeon to slay the monsters and set the souls free. This journey will take the player through six "worlds" based on nature, including Earth, Fire, Illusion, and Death, and pit them against monsters and bosses alike.Players control Ruus from a first-person perspective, swinging swords and casting spells accordingly. Players can strafe with the left and right shoulder buttons. Weapons and armor are found around the dungeon and equipped from the status screen. Rings can be found that are imbued with a predetermined set of magic spells. The player can have one ring on each hand, and one spell active for each ring. Players can buy and sell items at shops. Equipment can wear out with repeated use, and must be repaired by a blacksmith or replaced all together.There are no experience levels in Shadow Tower. Instead, the player builds stats by repeating related actions. Players can find fixed warp and save stones within the world to travel and preserve their progress. There are no maps, either in-game or included with the documentation, so the player must make their own with the help of an in-game compass. The game supports multiplayer only through a limited 2-player battle mode. |
| Silhouette Mirage | 1999-12-01 | SPAZ, Working Designs | Treasure Co., Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Regional differences | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Following genetic experiments conducted by a group of scientists at the turn of the millennium, a biological explosion contaminated the genetic structure of life on Earth. Two attributes emerged from the ruins, known as Silhouette and Mirage; like Yin and Yang, they cannot exist without each other, but are fundamentally opposed in their nature and ideology. Only a Messenger, one who contains both attributes in a balance, is able to get to the Edo facility and reverse back the genetic disaster, destroying both Silhouette and Mirage. This messenger is a young girl named Shyna Nera Shyna.Silhouette Mirage is a side-scrolling action game. The basic gameplay is somewhat similar to that of Gunstar Heroes. The game's standout feature is the concept of the two attributes. Depending on the enemy's attributes and the type of attack used by Shyna, damage can be increased, and spirit (equivalent to magic power) can be absorbed from enemies. Shyna can dash, jump, crouch, slide, and grab enemies, executing combo attacks. It is also possible to master moves, acquire money, and purchase special creatures called "parasites", which teach Shyna various types of attacks. |
| BoomBots | 1999-12-02 | SouthPeak Interactive LLC | Neverhood, Inc., The, DreamWorks Interactive L.L.C. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Comedy | Fighting | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Some time ago - it could have been 1983 or 15 billion years - alien cats invaded Earth, nabbed all of its house cats, and took off. Dr. Pick created fifteen BoomBots, each with distinctive abilities and personalities, and sent them to destroy Mandu, the space alien cat king, and rescue Earth's house cats. BoomBots is a 3D one-on-one fighter that relies on distance fighting (gunshots and the like) and use of the 3D interactive environment for strategic purposes. The game has a cartoony style and humorous overtones. The FMV intros are done with clay animation. |
| Dai-2-ji Super Robot Taisen | 1999-12-02 | Banpresto Co., Ltd. | Winky Soft Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | | Licensed | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | Turn-based | | Isometric | PS1 | Dai-2-ji Super Robot Taisen is the PlayStation remake of the Famicom game that was included in the Super Robot Wars Complete Box compilation. The game's graphics, sound and gameplay have been completely rehauled to fit the style of Super Robot Wars F and Super Robot Wars F Final. |
| Daikōkai Jidai IV: Porto Estado | 1999-12-02 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG), Simulation | 3rd-person (Other), Diagonal-down | | Romance | Managerial / business simulation | Europe, Historical events | Naval / watercraft | Menu structures, Point and select | Real-time | | 2D scrolling, Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Daikōkai Jidai IV: Porto Estado is the fourth game in the Uncharted Waters / Daikōkai Jidai series about sailing and trading, themed around the Age of Discovery, mixing simulation with role-playing elements. This entry deepens the elements of the European colonial expansion and colonial trade at that time such as signing contracts, exclusive trading ports, establishing trade routes, exploring and discovering treasure products etc. and they all reflect the special historical background of that era. Players choose from four different characters from four countries to begin their adventures, interacting with various characters giving the game a more RPG-like feel. Porto Estado simplifies the adventure and discovery aspect, with only a few major cities having monuments, and auto-navigation greatly increases the pace of the game. On the other hand ships, seamen and battles are more complicated and refined. To travel all over the world with confidence, players need to hire NPC sailors and put them into different post on the ship in order to make fully use of their abilities. A vessel physician can reduce disease consumption, a gunner can increase the hit ratio, and a captain can do hand-to-hand combat with captain of enemy fleet to avoid dangerous sea battles. |
| Daikōkai Jidai IV: Porto Estado (Shokai Genteiban) | 1999-12-02 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Besides a game copy of Daikōkai Jidai IV: Porto Estado, this Shokai Genteiban (Limited First Edition) also contains following items as well:
An extra CD-ROM that contains demo video of the PlayStation 2 game Kessen. The disc is not a Video Compact Disc (VCD); it is made to be played on a PlayStation console.
A raffle ticket which should be sent back to Koei by players before December 31, 1999. Among them, 200 randomly chosen winners were presented a T-shirt features Kessen. |
| Ide Yōsuke no Mahjong Kyōshitsu | 1999-12-02 | Athena Co., Ltd. | Athena Co., Ltd. | Educational, Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game, Cards / tiles | | | | | | | PS1 | Ide Yōsuke no Mahjong Kyōshitsu is a Mahjong learning and practice game featuring Mahjong professional Ide Yōsuke. The game has a number of lessons shown with a manga style drawn Ide Yōsuke explaining the rules of the Chinese classic board game of Mahjong, and allows the player to try what they have learn on Mahjong boards. |
| Dancing Stage: featuring True Kiss Destination | 1999-12-09 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Arcade, Music / rhythm | | | | | | | PS1 | Dancing Stage: featuring True Kiss Destination is the first Dance Dance Revolution spin-off game released only in Japan from Konami with songs of the Japanese music group called True Kiss Destination and Konami original songs as well.The gameplay consists in the same arrow stepping at right timing along the music as the original DDR games, the PlayStation version features game modes such as arcade (the original conversion of the arcade game), event mode (exclusive console version), free dance mode (to play as the workout/diet mode) and training/edit mode (to practice tricky steps and edit your custom steps and store them in a memory card). |
| Le Concert ff | 1999-12-09 | Warashi Inc. | SAME Creative Inc. | Action | | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | | PS1 | Le Concert ff (fortissimo) is a rhythm game in which the player takes the role of a young male classic orchestra conductor. Fortissimo is a term in music dynamics meaning "to be played very loudly." It was released alongside Le Concert pp.There are five open stages, plus a secret one which will appear only if good results were achieved. After beating the stage 5, a short ending will play. To see the "real" ending (plus credits), the stage 6 must be finished. Before and after each stage there will be dialogues between the protagonist and other characters.Every level consists basically on directing the orchestra by making the right movements and hitting the buttons in proper time. "Pieces" of the music appear from the right of the screen, the better you get the higher your ranking will be.There are two different game styles: gamers mode and musicians mode. In the latter one, "musical dynamics" will be displayed instead of regular buttons (those from the playstation controller).Once a stage is finished, the music will be unlocked and can be listened in the "listening room". One of the music included in Fortissimo is "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" (composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart). |
| Le Concert: pp Pianissimo | 1999-12-09 | Warashi Inc. | SAME Creative Inc. | Action | | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | | PS1 | Le Concert pp (pianissimo) is a rhythm game in which the player takes the role of a young female classic orchestra conductor. "Pianissimo" refers to the volume of a soft sound or soft note. It was released alongside Le Concert ff.There are five open stages, plus a secret one which will appear only if good results were achieved. After beating the stage five, a very short ending will play. To see the "real" ending (plus credits), the stage six must be finished. Before and after each stage there will be dialogues between the protagonist and other characters.Every level consists basically on directing the orchestra by making the right movements and hitting the buttons in proper time. "Pieces" of the music appear from the right of the screen, the better you get the higher your ranking will be.There are two different game styles: gamers mode and musicians mode. In the latter one, "musical dynamics" will be displayed instead of regular buttons (those from the PlayStation controller).Once a stage is finished, the music will be unlocked and can be listened in the "listening room". One of the music included in Pianissimo is "Radetzky March" (composed by Johann Strauss Sr.). |
| Mega Man 6 | 1999-12-09 | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | In Mega Man 6, the whole world is alive and buzzing with word of the 1st Annual Robot Design Contest. Hundreds of robot designers from all corners of the globe enter their most powerful robots into the contest in hopes of taking home the ultimate prize. The sponsor of the contest, the mysterious Mr. X, suddenly declares that he has decided on winners...and takes 8 of the Robot Masters for his own purpose...taking over the world!! Mega Man confronts him and demands an explanation, and what Mr. X replies with shocks him. Mr. X declares to Mega Man that he had been using Dr. Wily as a puppet the entire time, and now he would take over the world, and nothing could stand in his way! Mega Man finally decides to stop Mr. X once and for all, and sets off to defeat his 8 new Robot Masters and then the madman himself! |
| Vib-Ribbon | 1999-12-09 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | NanaOn-Sha Co., Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Board game, Music / rhythm | | | | | | | PS1 | Your rabbity character, Vibri, is composed of some fairly basic geometric shapes. Vibri skips around along the eponymous vib ribbon and you have to control Vibri until the end, dodging obstacles to rack up as many points as you can.The game is a music/party game. Japanese band Laugh and Peace provides this game with some of it's soundtrack. The soundtrack is used to generate the game levels. By analyzing the music being played, the game creates the level you are playing in real-time and forces you to navigate that level. Then once you have mastered the songs that come with Vib Ribbon, you can then put in your own music CD's to see what wild challenges you can create.
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| Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition | 1999-12-11 | SNK Corporation of America | Japan Vistec, SNK Corporation | Action | Side view | | | Fighting | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition re-tells the story of Terry and Andy Bogard's fight to avenge their father's death at the hands of Geese Howard with the use of a fully polygonal engine. The game is a 3D one-on-one fighting game that uses the standard Fatal Fury control scheme under a brand new 3D arena. Choose from a selection of classic Fatal Fury characters that includes 2 all-new characters, plus 2 secret guest stars.Game modes include arcade, vs, and story mode, which adds pre-rendered CGI cutscenes between certain fights. |
| Formula One 99 | 1999-12-15 | Psygnosis Limited | Studio 33 (UK) Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other), Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | PS1 | An UK developed racing game based on 1999's Formula One Season. Every team and pilot is registered, as well as all 16 courses including the new (at the time) Sepang track at Malaysia.Gameplay tends to go towards arcade action rather than simulations, as there are not many customization options and maneuvers such as drafting are useless thanks to the physics engine.
Supports quick race and season gameplay in both simulation and arcade modes, as well as multiplayer support for up to 8 players.Graphics are entirely 3d with weather effects included and the game features commentary by BBC commentator Murray Walker.
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| Gate Keepers | 1999-12-16 | Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co. Ltd | Gonzo Inc. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | War | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Menu structures, Point and select | Turn-based | | 2D scrolling, Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Unlike many anime and manga-based games, Gate Keepers is a turn-based strategy role-playing game which spanned manga and anime TV series not long after its release. The game uses visual novel elements with static background and 2D anime-style characters during dialogues and switches to isometric bird's eye perspective during turn-based combat. The battlefield camera can be rotated by 90 degrees full circle, and while action camera occasionally kicks in there is no ability to zoom in/out of adjust camera angle which can result in some units being more difficult to see in urban warfare with tall buildings. The player characters can attack using their weapons or tap into powerful energy locked in dimensional gates to use special attacks.The story takes place on Earth, a couple of decades after the end of World War II. Aliens are sending their agents to wreak havoc and turn people into soulless robotic creatures. In order to fight the alien menace that human population is oblivious to, and prevent the world from being taken over by the aliens who are commonly referred to as Invaders, the government set up and funded secret military organization designated A.E.G.I.S (Alien Extermination Global Intercept System). While the organizations spans across the globe, the game focuses on far east branch of the organization which is located beneath Tategami High School in Japan, which is where Shun, the protagonist, and others in his team were recruited from. Shun is one of a few who has the ability to tap onto energy from dimensional gates, the ability he inherited from his father. |
| Gunpey | 1999-12-16 | Bandai Co., Ltd. | Koto Laboratory | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | Western | | Point and select | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Gunpey is a puzzle game set in the wild west. Your goal is to connect pieces of fuses to get one long fuse going across the board, making it explode and disappear. There are several game modes in Gunpey, such as the classical puzzle game modes "Endless mode", where you can either play until you mess up or timed, either for 2 or 5 minutes. "Stage mode", where you have to clear a certain amount of tiles before advancing to the next stage. "Puzzle mode", where you have a set amount of fuse pieces and you need to make them all go away in one explosion. And finally "Vs. mode", where you can face off against a friend. |
| Puyo Puyo~n | 1999-12-16 | Compile | Compile | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Puyo Puyo~n (also called Puyo Puyo 4, based on a Japanese playword), is the fourth installment of the Puyo Puyo puzzle game series. It features a three-stage beginner mode and a single player story mode, where the main character (Arle) and (in console versions) the allies she meets along the way encounter different characters in a circus setting, and engage them in a Puyo Puyo puzzle battle.Story Mode features different rules per level (ex. Point Puyo can drop instead of Nuisance Puyo, a certain number of colors can be used, etc.) and special attacks that can be engaged with multiple chains.Other modes include classic Puyo Puyo and a battle mode for up to four players. |
| Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror | 1999-12-17 | Crave Entertainment, Inc. | Revolution Software Ltd. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Contemporary, Europe, South America | | Point and select | | Teen | | PS1 | Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror is the sequel to Circle of Blood and the second game in the Broken Sword series. The player alternately controls George Stobbart, the protagonist of the first game, and Nicole Collard, the French journalist he met in the first game and who has since become his girlfriend. The game starts with George witnessing the kidnapping of Nicole. This event eventually leads to an investigation into a conspiracy revolving around a forthcoming solar eclipse and the evil Aztec god Tezcatlipoca. The locations visited throughout the game include Paris, Marseilles, London, Quaramonte, the jungle, a Caribbean environment, and a zombie island. Certain locations from the previous game make a return.The game is entirely in 2D and gameplay is in typical point-and-click fashion. The player moves the character around using the mouse, examines the environment, talks to other people, and collect items stored in an inventory. These items need to be used or combined with other items to solve puzzles. |
| Chocobo's Dungeon 2 | 1999-12-17 | Square Electronic Arts L.L.C. | Square Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | Direct control | Turn-based | Everyone | | PS1 | Following the adventures of the first Chocobo Dungeon game, Chocobo and Mog continue to search for treasure. One day, Mog discovers a new Mysterious Dungeon and takes the treasure from inside. This releases a seal which causes the Bahamut to appear just as the dungeon plunges into the ocean. Chocobo is rescued by a young white mage, Shiroma, who is the only human living in the monster village. Chocobo must help Mog, find Bahamut and fix whatever has been unsealed from the Mysterious Dungeon.Chocobo's Dungeon 2 is an action RPG in the style of other games in the Mysterious Dungeon series. Chocobo must descend into dungeon areas alone or with a partner (controlled by artificial intelligence or the second player), gathering treasure, while finding the passageway to the next floor and satisfying hunger. The game is viewed from the top down as all objects on the screen move at the same time. Chocobo can equip a single weapon and armor item, while the hunger level is satisfied by eating different forms of nuts. Spells can be collected, while successive casting increases the proficiency in that spell. Unlike other Mysterious Dungeon games, Chocobo keeps his level and stats between trips to the dungeon. Boss monsters wait at the completion of most objectives. Different sub-quests are available from the residents of Monster Town. |
| Gran Turismo 2 | 1999-12-17 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Polyphony Digital Inc. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Automobile, Street racing, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | Takeshi Yokouchi | PS1 | Gran Turismo 2 is the second game in the Gran Turismo series of racing games exclusively for the PlayStation. The racing game features 20 tracks and over 400 vehicles, an arcade mode and a simulation mode, and also supports two-player split screen racing. It's the first GT game to feature rally racing (even though it's like a time trial). |
| LEGO Racers | 1999-12-17 | LEGO Media International, Inc. | High Voltage Software, Inc. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | Arcade | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | For the first time, build your favourite Lego carts on your PC using all of the blocks that are available in real life, thanks to the detailed Creation modes. You can then race your beast against other lego built characters in 12 special themed tracks, based on the Themed Lego kits (including Pirates & Egypt and much more). Race your friend in split screen mode, or go straight on for the ultimate Lego racing trophy. |
| MTV: Music Generator | 1999-12-17 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Jester Interactive Publishing | Simulation | | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | | PS1 | In this game you basically have fun making music. There are modes like music jam and music generator where you can record what you do and even make videos. Never get bored, because there are so many templates for your music. |
| Chocobo Collection | 1999-12-22 | Square Co., Ltd. | ParityBit, Square Co., Ltd. | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This game celebrates the 10th Anniversary of the Chocobo character from the Final Fantasy series and includes the games:
Chocobo Stallion
Chocobo Racing
Dice de Chocobo
Chocobo Stallion and Chocobo Racing were released previously for the PlayStation and were included in this compilation without any changes made to them.Dice de Chocobo was first released in this compilation as an original game. It was later planned for release on the WonderSwan, but after that was cancelled it was remade and released for Gameboy Advance in 2002 under the name Chocobo Land: A Game of Dice. The game is a board game slightly similar to Monopoly. |
| Chocobo Stallion | 1999-12-22 | Square Co., Ltd. | ParityBit | Racing / Driving, Simulation, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time, Turn-based | | | PS1 | Chocobo Stallion is a game in Square's long running Chocobo series. The game is a spin-off of sorts of the minigame found in Final Fantasy VII where the aim is to breed chocobos and compete with them in various races. This game, as opposed to the minigame, is much more complex and in depth with various statistics screens, racing schedules and more. The player starts out with one chocobo on a ranch, but as the game progresses more will be added to the stable.The game features a story including characters from the Chocobo's Dungeon games, and uses similar chibi style graphics. |
| Dai-3-ji Super Robot Taisen | 1999-12-22 | Banpresto Co., Ltd. | Winky Soft Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | | Licensed | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | Turn-based | | Isometric | PS1 | Dai-3-ji Super Robot Taisen is the PlayStation enhanced remake of the Super Famicom game that was part of the Super Robot Wars Complete Box compilation. Its graphics, sound and gameplay have been completely rehauled to fit the style of Super Robot Wars F and Super Robot Wars F Final. |
| Glocal Hexcite | 1999-12-22 | Locus Company Ltd. | Gu, Inc., Soliton Soft | Puzzle, Strategy | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Glocal Hexcite is one of several conversions of the popular computer and board game. Players take turns placing shapes on a grid of triangles that make up seven hexagons. Any shapes placed on the board must touch the pieces already in play on at least one complete side; any outside hexagon completed will earn bonus points. If a player has any pieces left over at the end of the match that cannot be placed, they lose points for them. Matches are best two out of three.The PlayStation version of Glocal Hexcite features a story mode with a cast of cute characters, as well as a two-player versus mode and an "Official Game" mode where the rules are slightly different from the normal game. |
| XI : Jumbo | 1999-12-22 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | Shift Inc. | Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen, Isometric | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)To download content to the Memory Stick PRO Duo™ of your PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, the free space required is twice the size of the content to be downloaded.This software is playable for PLAYSTATION®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).To download this software, you must also have at least 115MB of free space on your PLAYSTATION®3 system's hard disk.To play this software with your PSP®, the latest system software and a Memory Stick Duo™ with at least 115MB of free space are required.For more detail information about download to your PSP® system, please see below URL.http://asia.playstation.comWhen downloading using PC:When downloading contents to PSP®, you must install the PLAYSTATION®Network Downloader application first. Please go to our official website for installing instructions and other information. ■Game descriptionUltimately exhilarating! XI is back and bigger than ever! This time, the Aquis are a bit different. Now they can jump, lift, and create reserved chains! New types of actions are possible with simple controls! Three completely redesigned, full-featured modes are included! There's even your own private Aqui room where fights, events, and dancing await. With all the new features and modes, this game can only be described as JUMBO! Gigantic jumbo dice appear to make your life miserable!• New types of actions are possible with simple controls!Jump and lift with a single press of a button. Get those bothersome dice out of the way in no time!• Three completely new, full-featured modes!The Battle Mode has been completely redesigned. A two-field battle where opponents rain dice down upon each other is now used. Use your brain and vicious nature to defeat your opponent by snatching dice or hurling dice at them!• Your own private Aqui room!Fights, events, and dancing awaits. What sort of events could possible be in store?※For playing with PSP®, single player game play only. Not compatible with multiple user play.■PS3™ HDD and Memory Stick™ capacity requirement115MB■Supported AccessoriesThis software supported the vibration feature for DUALSHOCK®3 Wireless Controller. For vibration feature, The PS3™ system firmware 2.00 or later is required.■Copyright notices©1999 Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.All rights reserved.■AttentionThis software is converted from the software for PlayStation® so that it can be played on PS3™ and PSP®. Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. |
| Yeh Yeh Tennis | 1999-12-22 | Sunsoft | Sunsoft | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Following the pattern and gameplay style of its predecessor, WaiWai Tennis 2 features even more tennis courts to choose from with a strong player character customization which lets the player set not only the character portrait and outfit appearance, but also the dominant hand, footwork skills, and the terrain type he or she excels at.Gameplay modes include:
Practice - where player can hone his skills by learning different ways to hit the ball and knocking down targets placed on the court
Versus - which provides quick 1-on-1 or 2-on-2 match on one of a 33 different tennis courts
Circuit - where player can create his character that will undergo a series of competitions and tournaments
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| Barbie: Super Sports | 1999-12-30 | Mattel Media | Runecraft Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | In Barbie: Super Sports, the blonde icon takes on the sports of Snowboarding and Rollerblading.Both events have a practice area where Barbie gives advice on how to race and get better scores, which will earn tickets that can be traded in for better equipment. And you'll need better equipment if you want to beat Barbie and her friends. After beating the computer-controlled opponents, challenge your friends to a race with the Two-Player mode, or see who can complete a course the fastest in the Time-Trial mode. |
| A2 Racer III: Europa Tour | 2000 | Davilex Games B.V. | Davilex Games B.V. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | PS1 | Part 3 in the Dutch A2 Racer series takes the player to London, Berlin and Vienna. The gameplay remains the same with illegal street races on well known highways and cities. During the races players have to collect power-ups, like money, fuel and time extensions. He has to avoid getting caught by the cops and reach the finish line before his opponents do. |
| Action Man: Operation Extreme | 2000 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | Interactive Studios Ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving | Diagonal-down | Licensed | Spy / espionage | Shooter | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Action Man, hero of the TV animated series, is out to stop Dr. X's latest plan for world conquest. He'll travel through 26 action missions from burning deserts to the frozen North Pole fighting robot warriors, mutant plants and deadly insects among other enemies. The game has two distinct types of levels - Action levels where the hero is on foot from a third-person view and Vehicle levels where various high speed cars, planes and boats are drivable from an isometric view. The missions include rescuing a kidnapped scientist, preventing a satellite launch by criminals, and retrieving a top secret formula among others. |
| Actua Tennis | 2000 | Gremlin Interactive Limited | Gremlin Interactive Limited | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Actua Tennis features the Actua Sports concept of a fully 3D environment with multiple camera views for both the action and the replays, and motion captured player actions. You can design your player and then put him to the test in a series of tournaments around the world. Drop, lob and smash shots are all on offer, as are singles and doubles matches for up to 4 human players. The former Australian tennis player Pat Cash provides the commentary. |
| All Star Tennis 2000 | 2000 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Aqua Pacific Ltd. | Sports | Behind view, Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | All Star Tennis 2000 is a 3D Tennis simulation game. The game features Exhibition, Season and Tournament play. There are 10 different tournaments in which you can compete on eight different courts from all over the world. Seven actual tennis players have been digitalized and included with the game. Each of them has their own strengths and weaknesses. You can play the game in singles, doubles and mixed doubles. You can also choose the amount of sets in a game. |
| Amazing Learning Games with Rayman | 2000 | Ubi Soft Entertainment, Inc. | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Action, Educational | | | | Platform | | | | | Early Childhood | | PS1 | Join Rayman in his quest to recover the Book of Knowledge which has been stolen by the evil Mr. Dark. The gameplay of the original Rayman game is still present but kids from ages 6-10 must also read, count and spell as Rayman battles his way through the landscapes. As you guide Rayman around the platforms, you jump to different platform levels and can grab ledges or spin his ears to fly if you miss a landing. He must throw his fists at enemies and grab rings for bonus. The Magician will guide you as to what you must do in each level such as follow a path that has a correctly spelled word and go left or right depending if it's spelled right or wrong. In other cases you may choose a word that rhymes, calculate a mathematical sum or step on a number.
Math activities include counting, adding, subtracting, comparisons, and place values, while Reading Exercises cover spelling, phonics, word recognition, and word classification. The three knowledge adventures consists of: 12 activities, 180 game levels in 6 worlds, with 50 different characters. |
| Anastasia | 2000 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Code Monkeys Ltd., The | Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Europe | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - Playstation (EU) (from Ad Blurbs)A princess of the Russian royal family, Anastasia's life is changed forever when the traitor, Rasputin, takes her father's throne. Her memory lost, Anastasia must flee the palace with Alexander, a young soldier.As well as a great half-hour cartoon video, Anastasia features an easy-to-use virtual colouring book and a challenging puzzle game.Can the princess escape? |
| Army Men: Air Attack 2 | 2000 | 3DO Company, The | 3DO Company, The | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Helicopter | | | Teen | | PS1 | Army Men: Air Attack 2 and its predecessor are shooting games similar to the ones in EA's Strike series. The player controls a green toy helicopter through a suburban setting. The aircraft is equipped with weapons and a winch. At the start of each mission, the player can choose the helicopter model and its co-pilot, whose characteristics modify the behavior of the airship (for example, a specialist in guns will increase the accuracy of shots). The mission objectives vary: there are rescue missions, where the winch is used to collect a character or object, demolition missions, where something has to be destroyed, and escort missions, where something must be protected from enemy attacks.The PlayStation version contains two additional missions. |
| Army Men: World War - Land Sea Air | 2000 | 3DO Company, The | 3DO Company, The | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | | Helicopter, Tank | | | Teen | | PS1 | The war continues between the green and tan armies, with air, sea and land vehicles increasing the range of attacks. New additions to the gameplay include the ability to control not only Army Men, but land vehicles, ships and aircraft as well (for example helicopters, bombers, battleships and tanks). The Army Men themselves have a larger arsenal to choose from, including the howitzer and mortars, plus the usual machine guns, flamethrowers and grenades.As a PlayStation exclusive, a two-player Capture the Flag mode has been included. The single-player campaigns all include multiple objectives, such as capturing an enemy base while destroying others or defending an area from intruders. |
| Arthur! Ready to Race | 2000 | Learning Company, Inc., The | Runecraft Ltd. | Educational, Puzzle, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Arthur! Ready to Race is a racing game based on the Arthur Read aardvark character created by the American children's books writer Marc Tolon Brown. Arthur and his friends need to make the best race cart they can to participate in a big race. The gameplay is very easy and aimed at young children. They can race alone (against the computer) or with friends, and they can be able to solve problems that show up in the game. To create the cart Arthur needs to solve puzzles at the Sugar Bowl and the Pet Shop, and collect Bionic Bunny cards that can be traded in for racing accessories. There are cameo appearances by Arthur's younger sisters (D.W. and Kate Read) and his mother (Mrs. Jane Read) can also be seen. |
| Autobahn Raser II | 2000 | Davilex Games B.V. | Davilex Games B.V. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | PS1 | The second installment in the German spin-off of Davilex' Racer series. Again the player gets to race on the German Autobahn.The player can expect to be pursued by the police while he races illegal street races on the highway and the following cities: Dortmund, Frankfurt, Munich, Vienna, Hamburg and Berlin.The player can choose between 13 different vehicles to race with. |
| Ball Breakers | 2000 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | Lost Toys Ltd | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | The universe is made up of human and synthetic lifeforms. Synthetic lifeforms are considered second class citizens by their human counterparts. The story takes place on the prison planet Alpha Prime, a world completely designed for the holding of criminals. You are a synthetic lifeform sentenced for an eternity for a crime you didn't commit and in order to earn your freedom, you must compete against other prisoners in competitions in 10 different incarceration facilities. To compete in these competitions however, you must undergo a procedure that removes your legs and replaces it with a rolling sphere. There are seven different events to compete in which are Pursuit, Last Man Rolling, Race, King of the Hill, Run the Gauntlet, Tag, and Powerball that pit you not only against your fellow inmates and guards, but against the levels themselves. Run the gauntlet charges you with making it to a goal point within a time limit, all the while avoiding other warriors and obstacles such as flame throwers, spikes, and gun turrets. Pursuit is identical, but it adds the challenge of the arena crumbling away. Powerball has you collecting balls throughout the arena and throwing them at a goalpost before time runs out. Tag has you collecting a set number of tokens that have been scattered throughout the arena within a set time limit. |
| Big Ol' Bass 2 | 2000 | Konami of America, Inc. | KCE Nagoya | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Big Ol' Bass 2 is the third part in the Fisherman's Bait series. The game is known as Fisherman's Bait 3 in Europe and Exciting Bass 3 in Japan. Again there are more than fifteen different types of fish, twenty holes and many different lures. Even more exotic fictional fish make their way in the World Monster Fishing mode. The new Surival mode allows you to partake in a knock-out system. Two player splitscreen is supported against a friend or AI. |
| Breakout | 2000 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | Supersonic Software Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | Paddle / Pong | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | In this updated version of Breakout, players take the role of "Bouncer", whose main objective is to rescue both his friends and Daisy and defeat the evil Batnix. Gameplay is similar to the original game from 1977, but with 3D graphics and multiplayer support. Play through exotic locations like a dark prison cell, a menacing dragon-owned castle, an animal infested farm, and outer space. The game also contains numerous challenging modes, secrets and bonuses. |
| Builder's Block | 2000 | Jaleco USA, Inc. | Taito Corporation | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Arcade, City building / construction simulation | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen, Isometric | PS1 | This action puzzle game features 3 different game modes. The game modes are Puzzle mode, Battle mode, and Arcade mode.The objective of Puzzle mode is to increase the population of 12 different locales by creating buildings. Each locale is made up of six stages which have three levels each. These buildings can range in sizes from 3x3 up to 7x7. These buildings are created by shooting colored blocks at the same colored blocks that are already laid out in the playfield. The player only has a limited number of shots before the blocks on the playfield gets pushed down off the playfield. If the structure gets fully pushed off the playfield, the game ends. Battle mode has 2 players competing against each other to see who can build and destroy the most buildings and earn the most points for doing so. To destroy a building that has been made, the player has to shoot a block onto the corner of it. Also, each building destroyed is worth a certain number of coins. The player must have 100 coins to win the battle. Both Puzzle and Battle mode allow the player to angle the camera upwards and downwards when viewing the playing field. Arcade mode lets the player select one of eight available characters and has them battle against another player or the computer. Players try to form and destroy buildings as fast as possible, with some of those destroyed building blocks ending up going over to the opponent's side of the playfield. The goal is to get the opponents blocks pushed off the playfield.The arcade mode is the only mode that contains the coin-op conversion, while the other two modes are Playstation exclusives. |
| California Watersports | 2000 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | TheyerGFX Pty Ltd | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Tricks / stunts | | Naval / watercraft | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)California Watersports lets you 'Ride-the-barrel' through the most realistic waves yet seen on PlayStation. Grab a surfboard, bodyboard, windsurfer or jet watercraft and carve up some of the most awesome surfing beaches along the California Coast.Learn to jump and cut through the water in this surfing simulator, which provides stunning realism and waves that range from the perfect six-foot peeler to massive thirty-foot monsters eager to consume riders.Play with the seagulls and dolphins as you master the skills required for each sport including barrel riding the surfboard, jibing the windsurfer, jumping the jet watercraft and spinning the bodyboard.You can compete against the computer, or up to four players can compete in contests including 'Beach Competition', 'Big Air Contests', and 'ExtremeTrick', as well as the ultimate challenge: the Rider Championship! |
| Catan: Die Erste Insel | 2000 | Ravensburger Interactive Media GmbH | Similis Software GmbH | Strategy | Top-down | Licensed | | Board game | | | | | | Isometric | PS1 | Catan: Die Erste Insel is an adaptation of the popular board game The Settlers of Catan. It features a 3D environment that simulates playing the board game against several AI opponents. After a simple introduction to the gameplay, a campaign of 12 missions is waiting for the player. Several of these missions were developed by the board game designer . Some free game variants of the board game and the expansion Die Seefahrer (The Seafarers of Catan) are also included. Multiplayer is available on the same computer or over a LAN or internet for up to 6 players.ScreenshotsThere are no PlayStation user screenshots for this game.There are 21 other screenshots from other versions of this game or official promotional screenshots.Promo Images Alternate Titles "De Kolonisten van Catan" -- Belgian/Dutch title
"Catan: Pierwsza Wyspa" -- Polish title
Part of the Following Groups Board game translations
Game feature: Hexagonal map
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In 2000, Catan: Die Erste Insel (Windows) won the Gold-Award from the German VUD (Verband der Unterhaltungssoftware Deutschland - Entertainment Software Association Germany) for selling more then 100,000 (but less then 200,000) units in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
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2000 - Gold Award (Windows version)
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| Chaos Break: Episode from "Chaos Heat" | 2000 | Eon Digital Entertainment | Taito Corporation | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Horror | Shooter | | | | | | | PS1 | Chaos Break is essentially a third-person shooting game, with echoes of survival horror such as Resident Evil. Set in an abandoned biochemical laboratory on an isolated island, the two player characters, Mitsuki and Rick, are part of an investigatory and cleansing force sent to find out the cause of an 'anomalous thermal reaction'. This game is a spin-off, set in the same universe as the arcade game Chaos Heat.Progress through the game is made by defeating enemies, which in this case are alien lifeforms and the laboratory's own automated defence system. An element of survival horror is introduced through the use of computer terminals, where the player can save and read files explaining the backstory of the game. |
| Check Mate | 2000 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Success Corp. | Strategy | Top-down | | | Chess | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)Dozens of different options and visual guides make Checkmate the perfect way to improve your game.Choose from a range of difficulty settings as you attempt to beat the computer, or checkmate a friend in the two-player mode. |
| Chris Kamara's Street Soccer | 2000 | Midas Interactive Entertainment BV | Pixelstorm | Sports | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Chris Kamara's Street Soccer is a five-a-side soccer game.It boasts twenty teams, a choice of pitch, and five game modes:
Exhibition: A single match where the player(s) select the sides
League: played with four, eight or sixteen teams
Cup Tournament: a four, eight or sixteen team knockout game
Time Attack: where the player wins if they score x goals within a time limit
Arcade: where there are power moves available
Penalty Shootout: here the game is decided by who scores the most penalties in a four shot shootout, if the game is tied then this will go to a sudden death mode.
Depending on the mode the player can alter the difficulty, the length of each half, and the strictness of the referee. There are twenty-five teams, five of which are locked at the start of the game. The teams are not licensed teams so the player selects a country's flag and gets a generic team, for example selecting Canada's flag brings up a Montreal team.
The game starts with a dropped ball and from then on plays as any soccer game. The game auto-selects the player nearest the ball as the active player and their movement is controlled by the left joystick, kicking is controlled by CROSS - holding down CROSS triggers a power bar which adds pace to the shot. When a goal is scored the game restarts from a goal kick, goal kicks and throw-outs are the only time the player controls the keeper as all saving, or otherwise, is automatic.
The game does have a commentary, it is not the flowing naturalistic commentary that is found in some games rather it is a set of standard phrases such as 'Hard Tackle!", "What a Scorcher!", "Good Shot!" and "Go On, Shoot!", that are triggered by in-game actions. As well as the standard phrases the game also has a couple of unexpected ones like "What The Heck!" and "Punch Him!". |
| Colony Wars III: Red Sun | 2000 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Psygnosis Limited | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Red Sun is the third in Psygnosis' Star Wars inspired "Colony Wars" saga. This time around you follow the personal quest of Valdmar a miner who gets caught up in the wars between the League and the Navy after meeting the enigmatic "General" in a series of mysterious dreams. |
| Countdown Vampires | 2000 | Bandai America, Inc. | K2 LLC | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements, Survival horror | | | | | Mature | | PS1 | Keith J. Snyder is a policeman hired to provide security for a new horror-themed casino called the Desert Moon. Suddenly a fire breaks out and a mysterious black liquid starts to pour out of the water sprinklers, turning people into vampires. Now Keith must find his way out of the casino and also try saving as many people as he can while trying to figure out what caused the transforming black liquid from happening.The game involves shooting the vampires with an anesthetic dart gun and then sprinkling them with white water to turn them back to the normal humans they once were. The player can also choose to kill them instead of saving them by shooting the vampires with lethal weapons. There are also other types of enemies, such as vampire bats, that must be killed also. The usual survival horror conventions appear here such as item boxes,droves of enemies, keys to locate, and puzzles which require searching for items to solve them.There are minigames set in a casino, like roulette and slot machines. The money won in these games can be used to buy food and drinks, the in-game recovery items. |
| Danger Girl | 2000 | THQ Inc. | n-Space, Inc. | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Quick Time Events (QTEs) | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | 3rd Person Action game based on the hit comic book from J.Scott Campbell.In Danger Girl, you play as one of three sexy, adventurous, feminine agents with a wide array of weapons and spy gear. Choose between Abbey Chase, the blond team leader; Sydney, a sharpshooter from Australia; and a character who is new to the series. You'll travel all over the world in 14 levels and explore vast outdoor and indoor areas in six different environments. The game features a wide variety of play mechanics and numerous prerendered interstitial scenes that advance a story line that takes place between the first and second story arcs of the comic book. |
| Deception III: Dark Delusion | 2000 | Tecmo, Inc. | Tecmo, Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | Horror | Real-time strategy | Fantasy | | | Real-time | Mature | | PS1 | In Dark Delusion, you play as Reina, a girl who was kidnapped with her family and taken away via ship to a far off kingdom and may be used for some unpleasant purposes. After escape, she must try to survive while helping the people that helped her. Her persecutors have interest in a mysterious gem brooch she owns, which gives her the power of controlling traps (pendulums, bombs, claws, arrows, and other lethal traps). This is the third game in the Deception series. You control the character in a 3D environment in which you place traps to kill your persecutors (who have weapons). It's a real-time game with elements of strategy and role-playing, which allows you to use a system of timing and skill of activating traps through the rooms of a medieval castle as the opponents try to kill you. As you activate the traps, you can link them to activate each other, in way to increase the number of combos.Depending on how you kill your opponents, and how many of them, determines how much "Ark" (money) you get to develop better traps. They can be created by using ancient black magic: emblems (fire, ice, thunder, poison, etc.), orbs (that improve the power of the trap) and rings (automatic, charge, damage, zero, etc.). There are many other traps set over the environment, working automatically out of control of the player (spears, spikes, fans, etc.). They also can be used to increase the damage inflicted at the invaders. The game features over 2000 different traps, four modes of play (story, mission, training, license), trap element system (linking traps), and multiple endings that change according the choices you take through the story mode. |
| Die Hard Trilogy 2: Viva Las Vegas | 2000 | Fox Interactive, Inc. | n-Space, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | Shooter | | | | | Mature | | PS1 | As in the first game, Die Hard Trilogy 2 is broken up into three types of gameplay: shootin', drivin', and runnin' around. The game can be played either in Movie mode, which manages to tell what little story there is while alternating between gameplay types, or Arcade mode, which lets you pound through all of the shooting or driving levels at once (complete with extra bonus levels). |
| Disney's Dinosaur | 2000 | Ubi Soft Entertainment, Inc. | Big Grub, Sandbox Studios, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Disney's Dinosaur is a role-playing game based on the movie of the same name. Three characters are controlled: Flia the pteradon, Aladar the Iguanadon and Zini the lemur, each of whom has different abilities. Flia can fly, Aladar can wade through water and crush rocks and Zini can fit through small spaces and pick things up. The game is seen from a top-down perspective, with the player switching characters on the fly. As in the movie, they must work together to reach the sacred nesting grounds for water and food after the rest of world dries up.Throughout the game, the characters' abilities are upgraded via an Intelligent Points System in an RPG-like addition. The game includes FMV clips from the movie and a dinosaur encyclopedia with information about real dinosaurs.This PlayStation version of the game features different levels and more colourful and less realistic graphics than the PlayStation 2 and Dreamcast versions. |
| Dragon Tales: Dragon Seek | 2000 | NewKidCo, Inc. | Zed Two Game Design Studio | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - Playstation (US) (from Ad Blurbs)Hide and Seek, The Dragon Tales Way!
Hide and seek is even more fun when played in Dragon Land. Help Max and Emmy search for Cassie, Ord, Zak and Wheezie... all over Dragon Land... be sure to search trees, caves, knucker holes and other secret places. You can also search for dragonberries and join a sing-along with your favorite friends from the TV Show, As you play, save your adventures on your memory card and share your very own storybook with friends.4 engaging environments
Play as Emmy or her brother Max
Collect dragon berries for sing-along mode
Create your own storybook
Dragons hide in different places each time so you can play again and again
4 different skill levels |
| Dà Fùwēng Zhī Xiào Xiào Jiānghú | 2000 | GameZone System Limited | J&R Co., Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Board game | China (Ancient / Imperial) | | Menu structures | Turn-based | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Dà Fùwēng Zhī Xiào Xiào Jiānghú is a digital board game similar to Softstar's popular Richman series. Set in historical China, players pick one of various different characters who set out to become tycoons monopolizing business in their town. Like a lot of simple economic board games, property management is the goal: as players move around the board game by rolling dice, they automatically buy any vacant squares they land on and pay rent to the owners of any occupied squares they land on. Some squares also have special events which affect the player's fortune. |
| Family Feud | 2000 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | Artech Digital Entertainment, Ltd. | Strategy | | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | A game based on the television game show, Family Feud. This version of Family Feud is hosted by the comedian Louie Anderson, who appears in the game courtesy of full motion video clips. The player chooses a family of five to play against another family. Players can create and customize their family and their opponent's family. During the game, players are asked to find the most common answers to various questions asked by the host, so the family can earn points. The family with the most points at the end of the game wins the prize money.The game contains over 1,500 surveys and also features options that effect things such as spelling accuracy, the fast money time limit, the amount of time allowed to type in survey answers, and the difficulty of the computer opponents. |
| FoxKids.com Micro Maniacs Racing | 2000 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Action, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Micro Maniacs Racing is a racing game in the Micro Machines series. This time however, you don't get to race cars, boats or any other type of vehicle, but micro men. Most courses are on foot, but others allow you to take small vehicles such as jet skis and skate boards.The game offers a variety of micro men to play with, ranging from mutants, cyborgs, mad professors, experiments gone wrong, and other strange characters. They all have their own special weapon to give them an edge in the races. There are 32 races which are organised by a mad doctor who hopes to find the ultimate soldier among these micro maniacs.The Playstation version is completely in 3D. In good Micro Machines tradition, the races are all held in and around the house, including the garage, living room, bathroom, study and deck. |
| Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge | 2000 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | Blitz Games Ltd | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | The sequel to the Original classic (and the so-so 1997 release) changes the way you look at frogs! The stage is set for a totally new adventure where Frogger and his female friend Lillie Frog will need to leap over, dive under, hop through and climb above endless new obstacles and challenges to save the Frog Babies from Frogger's new arch enemy, the dastardly Swampy the Crocodile. |
| Gauntlet: Legends | 2000 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Atari Games Corporation | Action | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | Teen | Isometric | PS1 | As many as four (Expansion Pak required) can band together in an epic quest through seven magical worlds -- three of which are brand-new to the home version -- to defeat the vile Skorne. The nonlinear action begins in a hub, which leads to the worlds, each with two to five levels. You can complete a level in one world, then move to another world, returning later to finish a new level in the first world. Developer Atari Games has delivered four new characters in addition to the four in the arcade version. Each character will have unique special attacks. Controller Pak support will allow players to team their evolving characters. Enemies, bosses, power-ups, music and sound effects are all getting radical makeovers. Atari is busily remapping carryover levels and cooking up devious new puzzles and hiding places for items, so don't even think of cribbing from the coin-op version.
Graphical updates include real-time lighting, which is nowhere to be found in the arcade version. The N64 Expansion Pak pushes plenty of polygon-based enemies onto the screen. The essential action -- team up with others, find keys, magic, runes and other items, and beat the stuffing out of anyone in your way -- remains unchanged from the arcade hit. Atari has delivered a far meatier storyline, though, spiffed up by cinema cut-scenes at the successful conclusion of a world. |
| Goldie | 2000 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Code Monkeys Ltd., The | Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - Playstation (EU) (from Ad Blurbs)Join Goldie the deer and friends in a search for her missing mother. A strange bear may hold the key to the mystery.As well as a great half-hour cartoon video, Goldie features an easy-to-use virtual colouring book and a challenging puzzle game.Watch and see if Goldie will find her mother at last. |
| Grand Theft Auto: London - Special Edition | 2000 | Rockstar Games, Inc. | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | Action, Racing / Driving | Top-down | | Crime | Shooter | | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | The Special Edition of GTA London is a standalone version of Grand Theft Auto: Mission Pack #1 - London 1969 and as a result does not need a copy of the original Grand Theft Auto. It also comes with a GTA London poster. |
| Grudge Warriors | 2000 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | Tempest Software Ltd | Action, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | In the future, gang warfare is settled between gangs by using advanced armored vehicles. A mysterious figure called the Crimelord has set up a tournament on a secluded island dubbed "The Death Ring" to get all the gangs to fight each other to earn his favor. It's up to the player to take their gang to the top by infiltrating all the opposing gang's bases of operation and take out their network of power generators which will effectively cripple those opposing factions.Gameplay is centered around vehicular combat. Bases are defended by enemy vehicles, gun turrets, and mortars which harass the player while they are searching for the power generators to destroy. Players choose a vehicle (which represents a gang) with each coming with their own distinctive weapons such as shield draining bombs, energy megabolts, corrosive sulfur gas bombs and, mini-thermonuclear warheads. Each of the 23 missions contain power-ups such as invulnerability, invisibility, double damage, nitro boosts, and guided missile lock jammers. Powerups are earned after collecting a number of tokens scattered throughout each mission.There is also a 2 player split screen combat mode where two players can fight against each other. |
| Gute Zeiten - Schlechte Zeiten: Volume 3 | 2000 | | Software 2000 | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | PS1 | This game is a licensed adventure based on the German soap opera Gute Zeiten - Schlechte Zeiten. The player has to solve ten problems of the series' characters, e.g. the love story between Marie Balzer und Kai Scholl. He does that collecting items and using it with the correct character. There are also many conversations. In addition the player has to travel to certain locations of the series which are shown in full motion video - including the actors. The puzzles are designed for beginners.The second part of the CD-ROM is a database which includes a timeline and bios of the characters. The GZSZ horoscope gives information about the star signs of the actors and how they correspond to the buyers'. |
| Hugo: The Quest for the Sunstones | 2000 | ITE Media ApS (Interactive Television Entertainment) | ITE Media ApS (Interactive Television Entertainment) | Action | Behind view, Side view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | PS1 | Hugo: The Quest for the Sunstones is a 3D platform game similar to Crash Bandicoot both in graphics style and gameplay.Scylla and Don Croco have placed a giant boulder in the crater of a volcano - this puts the Kikurians and their village in danger. To thwart this evil plan, Hugo has to collect three magic Sunstones and place them in the right way. With the sun shining through them, the boulder can be destroyed and the Kikurians and their village can be saved.Gameplay includes defeating enemies by hitting them like Indiana Jones with your whip. These include various jungle animals, plants and mummies. Along the way diamonds can be collected. |
| Incredible Crisis | 2000 | Titus Software Corporation | Polygon Magic, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Music / rhythm, Puzzle elements, Shooter | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Grandmother Hatsu has a birthday. She wants it to be a special day, and is eagerly waiting for her presents. However, father Taneo, mother Etsuko, son Tsuyoshi and daughter Ririka have all forgotten about that. They have to buy last-minute presents for the grandmother, and make it home in time for the party. Sounds simple? Not quite: each member of this completely ordinary, working-class family is delayed by inexplicable obstacles, which involve, among others, bank robbers, UFOs, miniaturization, and a giant teddy bear who is out to demolish Tokyo.Incredible Crisis is entirely composed out of 24 predominantly action-oriented mini-games. Most of them are unique, though a few are repeated throughout the course of the game. Among these mini-games are synchronized dancing, various driving sequences, simple obstacle-dodging, shooting, and others. A few mini-games deviate from the action style, e.g. a quiz or a puzzle that involves calculating an item's weight.The mini-games must be first completed in a specific order, tied by an overarching story told by CG animated cutscenes. Afterwards, they can be accessed directly from the main menu. |
| International Cricket Captain 2000 | 2000 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Back of Box - Windows (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)"ONLY GUYS WHO REALLY LOVE CRICKET COULD HAVE PRODUCED A GAME LIKE THIS.
As a Captain myself, I can say that the decision-making in the game is almost as tough as when you're out there on the pitch. If I'd been asked to write down all the things I would like to see in a cricket game, I'd have to say I couldn't have managed any better"
Nasser HussainTHE GAME
Captain England or any country from the Test playing nations.
Captain any side in the new, two division county championship. Play in all domestic tournaments including the National League and the Super Cup.
Historical scenarios featuring great players from the past.
Replay the '99 World Cup.
Pick your team, choose your bowlers, make declarations.
Prepare the pitch, sign new players and decide the match tactics.
Bowl around or over the wicket. Decide length and line. Set-the-field. The decisions are yours.THE FEATURES
Huge statistical database of almost every player in First Class cricket, courtesy of the 2000 Wisden Cricket Almanack.
On-Line league where you can match your skills against other players
Multiple ways to watch all the action including ball-by-ball or over-by-over.
Extensive photo gallery of Country Championship and international players, plus photographs of most county and international grounds.
Commentary by the BBC's Jonanthan Agnew.
The only PC cricket game to be published in association with Wisden and endorsed by Nasser Hussain.
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| Iron Soldier 3 | 2000 | Telegames, Inc. | Eclipse Software Design | Action, Simulation | 1st-person | | | | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | Teen | | PS1 | Iron Soldier 3 once again puts you in the driver's seat of a 42 foot tall killer robot. It is the not too distant future, and powerful corporations are beginning to use military force to overtake national governments. You are a pilot for the United Republic, and you must stop the onslaught of the powerful Penta Corporation.At your disposal you will have a large array of weapons which you can attach to your Iron Soldier unit. There are machine guns, missiles, grenades, a flame thrower, and more. In addition to the standard Iron Soldier, you can pilot a smaller, faster chicken-walker type robot and a new slower, more heavily armed walker.There are new game modes added since the Iron Soldier 2. There is still a single player mode, with 25 missions to complete. Now there is also an arcade mode, where your objective is to level every building in the area in the fastest time possible. Finally, for the first time there is a two player mode.Iron Soldier 3 is the first in the series to appear on a platform other than the Atari Jaguar. |
| Jeopardy! 2nd Edition | 2000 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | Artech Digital Entertainment, Ltd. | Puzzle | | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | The next edition of this version of Jeopardy!. The Game modes include a Normal game, a Solo game, a Tournament of Champions, and a Contestant Exam.In the normal game, 3 contestants compete against each other in a game show, trying to supply the question for answers in several different categories. Each correct answer the player gives earns them money, while giving an incorrect answer will cost them money. The player with the most money at the end of the game is deemed the winner. The solo game is the same as the normal game, except that it's just the player competing against no other contestants.The Tournament of Champions is for players who've won five games or accumulated more than $75,000. In this mode, the answers and questions are more difficult.The Contestant Exam gives the player a sample of the exams a contestant who wants to be on the real show has to take.The game keeps track of the player's career statistics. Tracked stats include the number of games won and lost, the total winnings, the best and worst score, the player's best jeopardy, double jeopardy, & final jeopardy amount, the number of tournament wins, and the number of right & wrong answers.The game also offers some behind the scenes videos for the player to view.Options include setting the amount time to buzz-in, the amount of time to respond, setting the spelling accuracy to be either more strict or loose, and setting the computer opponent's IQ to either easy, medium, or hard. |
| Jetracer | 2000 | Midas Interactive Entertainment BV | TheyerGFX Pty Ltd | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Jetracer is a one or two player game, four with multitap, in which players compete in performing tricks on jet skis.There are three modes of play all of which are basically the same.
Freeride - where the player(s) can practice in any location on any machineExtreme Trick - where players compete in a match at any location on any machine
Rider Championship - where players compete in a series of matches at different locations, this mode has a choice of skill settings.The players can choose between eight riders, four machines, and four locations. There is no 'create your own rider' function nor can the machines be customised. Matches are played against other riders, if there is only one human player then the game provides three other riders to play against otherwise it's a player v player game. The players take it in turns to catch a wave and perform tricks such as cutbacks, big 720°, barrel riding etc. These are scored on the degree of difficulty and the process is repeated as many times as possible during the match time with just the best three scores being totalled to find the winner. Match time can vary between ten and forty minutes
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| Kart Challenge | 2000 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Track racing | | | | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)Kart Challenge puts you in the hot seat
of karts capable of over 120 mph!
Racing around chicanes, through sand
and gravel, and over the finish line, you
will experience an intense kart racing
experience against seven computer
opponents across four international
racing circuits.With precision controls that allow for
graded acceleration, braking and gear
changes, and fierce competition
throughout, Kart Challenge provides an
exhilarating racing experience. |
| Lion and the King | 2000 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Code Monkeys Ltd., The | Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Africa, Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Lion and the King features a Dingo Pictures animated film titled Der König der Tiere: das grosse Abenteuer. The game also features six different sliding picture puzzles with 4 difficulty options (9, 12, 25, or 36 squares). There is also a coloring book mode where players can color in six different pictures.The game is pretty much the same thing as Lion and the King 2 except the pictures in the puzzles and coloring book are different. |
| Lord of the Jungle | 2000 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Code Monkeys Ltd., The | Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Africa | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - Playstation (EU) (from Ad Blurbs)Lord was a tiny baby when he was taken into the the care of the apes.Now, after 18 years in the jungle, Lord finally comes face-to-face with other people...As well as a great half-hour cartoon video, Lord of the Jungle features an easy-to-use virtual colouring book and a challenging puzzle game, letting you join Lord in his adventures. |
| MLB 2001 | 2000 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | 989 Studios | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This baseball game is an update to MLB 2000. The game contains depictions of the real teams, stadiums, stats, and players that reflect their real life counterparts. This game features Exhibition, All-Star Game, Season, Playoffs, Spring Training, and Home Run Derby modes. There is also a Franchise mode that let's the player build a team from scratch and try to turn it into a World Series caliber team. Another feature the game has is Manager mode which lets the player check out scouting reports during the game, warm up relievers in the bullpen, and try to get their team to the World Series and hopefully win it.A unique feature of this game is the Total Control Fielding and Total Control Batting systems. The batting system effects how much control the player has on how the ball is hit, which direction it gets hit to, and the power of the batter's swing.The fielding system lets the player have more control over the fielders. There is also an Advanced Batting Cursor option where guessing the pitcher's pitch correctly let's the player lock on to the pitch for more power while guessing incorrectly will make the batting cursor shrink and make the ball harder to hitThe Artificial Intelligence used in the game was developed with consultation from Tony Gwynn, Trevor Hoffman and Davey Johnson. Vin Scully and Dave Campbell are on hand to supply commentary during the game. |
| MTV Sports: Pure Ride | 2000 | THQ Inc. | Radical Entertainment Inc. | Racing / Driving, Sports | | Licensed | | Tricks / stunts | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | MTV Sports: Pure Ride is an snowboarding game that features both tricks, stunts and downhill racing. You can choose from a variety of fictional characters and boards to play with which each have their own statistics. The game comes with six game modes: free ride, tour challenge, specialist, stunt, two-player mode and a slope editor. Free Ride lets you be free to do whatever you want without any constraints. Tour challenge allows you to play up to 12 unique events to unlock new levels. Specialist mode focuses on one discipline (half-pipe, big air or slopestyle) each level. In stunt mode there are 18 stages in which you need to perform a variety of tricks to advance. You can challenge a friend in two-player mode and create your own slopes in the editor. |
| Magical Drop III | 2000 | Swing! Entertainment Media AG | Data East Corporation | Action, Puzzle | Side view | Licensed | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | This is the third installment in the puzzle frenzy series Magical Drop. In the game you control a clown who throws marbles up on the screen into the cluster of multi-colored marbles, rocks and crystals. The goal is to get three or more of the same color to remove marbles, but you can also grab more than one at the time to create long chain combos and gain better "special" blocks at the top of the screen.You can play the game in single player modes or versus a friend in versus mode. In versus mode you get to pick your character, much like in a fighting game, each with their own counter attacks and abilities.For the PSX version, the first Magical Drop was included on a separate disc. |
| Metal Gear Solid / Metal Gear Solid: Special Missions | 2000 | Konami of Europe GmbH | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This compilation contains:
Metal Gear Solid (Platinum edition)
Metal Gear Solid: Special Missions |
| Mike Tyson Boxing | 2000 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Based around the boxer Prince Naseem Hamed, Prince Naseem Boxing features three different game types:Showcase takes place in 16 international locations, where the player faces each of the boxers in a world tournament league, winning a match against one unlocks another opponent to face.Versus mode allows you to play head-to-head against human or computer opponents.World Game features 90 boxers and is career-based, the long-term objective being to manage a chosen boxer through a successful career.A practice option is also included set in Naz's personal training gym where you must learn various boxing skills, including defence, movement, punches and dodging and blocking.
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| Moorhuhn 2 | 2000 | Ravensburger Interactive Media GmbH | Phenomedia AG | Action, Sports | 1st-person | | | Hunting, Rail shooter, Shooter | | | Point and select | | | | PS1 | Moorhuhn 2 is the sequel to the famous shooting game. Similarly to its predecessor, the player goes on a hunt for the eponymous birds. The player can shoot the passing birds with his mouse, reloading the rifle with the right mouse button. Each round lasts 90 seconds, and the goal is to gain as many points as possible. Apart from scoring points by shooting the passing Moorhuhns, the player can also shoot other objects in the environment, such as spiders, rocks or passing planes--some of these give points when shot, others give the player a score penalty. |
| Moses: Prince of Egypt | 2000 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Code Monkeys Ltd., The | Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Egypt (Ancient) | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - Playstation (EU) (from Ad Blurbs)Found by the river, and adopted into the royal family of Egypt, Moses must start on a quest to save his true people, the Israelites, from misery at the hands of their cruel Pharaoh.As well as a great half-hour cartoon video, Moses: Prince of Egypt features an easy-to-use virtual colouring book and a challenging puzzle game.Can the Prince of Egypt fulfil his destiny? |
| NBA ShootOut 2001 | 2000 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Killer Game | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | NBA Shootout 2001 is an officially licensed basketball game that features all the current NBA teams at the time including top players such as Shaquille O'Neal, Alonzo Mourning and many others. It has the standard set of modes that included exhibition, playoff and season mode. Players also had a choice of either playing a more fast paced game with Arcade or a more realistic experience with Simulation.It features over 400 different plays to choose from including team specific plays and also has awards such as Defensive Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year and MVP that is handed out in season mode. Players can also play against each other in a versus mode. |
| NHL Blades of Steel 2000 | 2000 | Konami of America, Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc. | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | This hockey game is a followup to NHL Blades of Steel '99. It features real NHL teams and players.The game modes featured include an Exhibition mode, Season, and Playoffs. Options include setting the difficulty level ( either Rookie, Pro, or All-Star) of the computer opponent and another option specifically for the difficulty of the opposing goalie, length of each period (5,10, or 20 minutes), length of the overtime period (either 5 minutes or sudden death), turning on or off penalties, off-sides, icing, two line passes, fighting, fatigue, and injuries. Referees can be set to either be lenient, normal, or strict when officiating the game. Also line changes and control of the goalie can be set to either be automatic or manual. Finally their is an option to either have the game be a 4-on-4 or a 5-on-5 contest during the overtime period. Some moves during the game that players can perform is that they can pass, steal, take wrist shots, slap shots, and throw body checks. Also, the game offers several different camera viewpoints (TV, Chase, Move, Top, On Ice, Normal 1, 2, and 3, Active 1 and 2, plus Scoreboard 1 and 2) when viewing the action. In the season mode, players can set the number of games to be played to either be 7, 41 or 82 games. Playoffs can be set to either be a one game affair, or expanded to either be a best-of-three, five or seven game series. During the season, team and free-agent players also can be traded. Also, this mode features full statistical tracking.Randy Hahn is on hand to deliver the play-by-play commentary. |
| NHL FaceOff 2001 | 2000 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | SolWorks | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | This year's edition allows you to compete against legendary players including Gordie Howe, Bobby Hull, Phil Esposito, and Marcel Dionne. New Jersey Devils announcers Mike Emrick & Darren Pang call the games.There is an exhibition mode for up to eight players with the Multitap, a season mode for multiple players, playoff mode, tournament mode, a practice option, and shoot-out mode, that helps to sharpen your breakaway and deke moves.Also new this year are the updated rosters of all NHL teams including expansion teams Columbus BlueJackets and Minnesota Wild. |
| Nice Cats | 2000 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Code Monkeys Ltd., The | Puzzle | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Nice Cats is a budget priced game for children. It has four activities on it's main menu, one of which just adjusts the sound levels. The other three activities are:A Cartoon: When selected this plays a cartoon about the happy cats and the nice lady they live withColouring: Here there are six pictures taken from the cartoon that the player can colour on screen.A sliding block puzzle: Six pictures from the cartoon can be made into sliding block puzzles with varying degrees of complexity
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| OH NO! | 2000 | Asmik Ace Entertainment, Inc. | Tycoon Corporation | Action | Behind view | | Comedy | | | | Direct control, Multiple units/characters control | | | | PS1 | OH NO! is an on-rails platforming / runner game where you control a group of concurrently moving brothers who have to traverse around obstacles and maintain an HP meter by collecting hamburgers and avoiding fish burgers. Most stages end with a short rhythm game which add to your score. The game features various extra modes, including cooperative multiplayer, battle multiplayer, and standalone rhythm segments. The soundtrack includes a variety of original songs from different genres, many of which include entirely English vocals. The game also includes several fully animated cutscenes which were produced by Studio DEEN. |
| Persona 2: Eternal Punishment | 2000 | Atlus U.S.A., Inc. | Atlus Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | Turn-based | Teen | Isometric | PS1 | Maya Amano is a young journalist who lives and works in the modern-day Japanese city Sumaru. A series of mysterious murders have been troubling the city lately. Maya has to make a report and goes to a high school where the murders have taken place, together with the fortune-teller Ulala and the detective Katsuya. When they arrive at the school, they find the principal murdered. A man with a bag on his head appears, calling himself "The Joker". He says Maya and her friends will never defeat him unless they call upon their Personae - their other selves who can appear as mythical figures and help them in battles. The investigation continues, but now the young people have to face real demons, and perhaps also the demons that live within their own hearts.Eternal Punishment is a direct sequel to Persona 2: Innocent Sin. It can be considered its "mirror image", since its story deals with many of the same characters, but is told from a different perspective. The gameplay system is nearly identical to that of the previous chapter. The player navigates a party of up to five active combatants on a city map, accessing maze-like dungeons and fighting randomly appearing demons in round-based combat. Like in the predecessor, successful verbal communication with a demon grants the party Tarot cards, which can then be used in a Velvet Room to summon Personae and equip them on characters. The demon conversation system has been slightly simplified, with characters having less behavior modes when attempting to talk to a demon. The Personae-fusion interface has been streamlined, automatically lining up available characters. The rumor-spreading system from the previous game is featured as well, playing a somewhat more prominent role. A new spell registration service allows the player to teach Personae certain spells they were not equipped with. There are also more Personae to choose from in this installment.At a certain moment during the course of the plot the player is able to choose one of the two available characters to join the party, which branches the storyline for a short while. If the player completes the game two times with these two different paths, a secret dungeon becomes available for exploration. |
| Pipe Dreams 3D | 2000 | Empire Interactive Entertainment | Sick Puppies Studio | Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Point and select | Real-time | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | The planet Pipe was a peaceful place until one evil Pipe decided she was not happy. She didn't like the other Pipes and their ways so she took off in her flying saucer and covered the planet and all its inhabitants in foul smelling, toxic Green Flooze.
One brave Pipe stepped forward to challenge this evil, vowing not to stop until he had cleared the planet of the foul Flooze and defeated the Evil Pipe Queen.You must use different shaped pieces of pipe to form a longer pipe which controls the flow of the Flooze around the screen, which you will eventually lead to a plug hole.The game features 18 continents, each with 3 levels. Each continent has its own characters and hazards. There are power-ups to be collected in the form of jewels and coins. |
| Pool Academy | 2000 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Ltd. | Sunsoft | Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (EU) (from Ad Blurbs)Put on your bow tie and black waistcoat and prepare for an evening of Pool !4 game modes including a trickshot section
8 players to compete against
Help from the pro to improve your techniques and skills
Join the Academy... and discover all the secrets of Pool |
| RC de GO! | 2000 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Taito Corporation | Action, Racing / Driving | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Track racing | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | RC de GO! is a take on the Densha de Go! series, however this time the focus is on remote controlled rally cars. The player can choose from three unique RC cars, each with their own strengths and weaknesses and over 80 different customizable options to choose from including new chassis that can be used to either make a car faster or turn better, among many other unique attributes.Players can race on fourteen different courses and have four different race modes to choose from: Practice lets the player learn the basics elements and controls of the car. Quick Race allows the player to choose from any cars and tracks available for an exhibition race. Time Attack has the player complete a course in a set amount of time and Championship puts the player on twelve different off-road and road courses in an attempt to win the championship. If a player is able to win this mode, they will have the chance to test their skills on three special unlockable tracks. Additionally, players unlock many of the parts, upgrades, tracks and cars from the championship mode. |
| RPG Maker | 2000 | Agetec, Inc. | Kuusoukagaku Corp. | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | RPG Maker is a game that lets you create role-playing games (RPGs). You control everything from creating the maps/levels, character, abilities, spells, plot, events, monsters, etc. Once you create your game, you can save it to a memory card(s). Anyone who has RPG Maker can play your game. Also included is a sample game to show the variety of things you can do in your game. |
| Racing | 2000 | A1 Games | Tamsoft Corporation | Action, Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Racing as the title suggests is a simple racing game. It features both a short and a long distance race course, a mirrored version of the long course, plus different skill levels. Before a race begins, players select a car (out of 6 total), and then set whether they want automatic or manual transmission, and whether they want a drift or grip setting. Races have the player racing against 3 opponent racers. Players try to attain the fastest lap times and the fastest total race time while trying to defeat their opponents. The players fastest times can then be saved.The game also contains a brief tutorial that explains the controls and some techniques of racing. |
| Rayman Junior: Level 2 | 2000 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Ltd. | Aqua Pacific Ltd. | Action, Educational | Side view | | | Platform | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)RAYMAN junior: Level 2
The RAYMAN Revision Action Game, adapted from the legendary RAYMAN platform game, uses an original educational approach based on game playing. To get on in this action game, you have to answer questions drawn from the school curriculum. This DISC has been developed with teachers and tested by pupils.BECOME UNBEATABLE IN MATHS AND READING! In line with the current curriculum600 questions
60 game stages to go through
12 maths and reading activities |
| Rayman Junior: Level 3 | 2000 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Ltd. | Aqua Pacific Ltd. | Action, Educational | Side view | | | Platform | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)RAYMAN junior: Level 3
The RAYMAN Revision Action Game, adapted from the legendary RAYMAN platform game, uses an original educational approach based on game playing. To get on in this action game, you have to answer questions drawn from the school curriculum. This DISC has been developed with teachers and tested by pupils.BECOME UNBEATABLE IN MATHS AND READING! In line with the current curriculum600 questions
60 game stages to go through
12 maths and reading activities |
| Reel Fishing II | 2000 | Natsume, Inc. | Team Craze | Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Reel Fishing II is a fishing game which uses full motion video as backgrounds. Within the different fishing grounds, the player can't move freely but is restricted to certain hot spots. Then the waiting game starts until a fish bites and the camera goes underwater to show the fish and fishing line from the side. The player needs to balance giving lure, baiting and setting the hook to be able to get the fish out of the water. The player can choose between different fishing tools.The main playing mode involves unlocking new areas by fulfilling requirements for the available fishing grounds within a time limit. Between the fishing sequences, time and seasons advance which has an impact to the areas. Besides this, there is also a free playing mode. |
| Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots Arena | 2000 | Mattel Interactive | Paradox Development | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Licensed | | Fighting | | Mecha / giant robot | | | Teen | | PS1 | With the revival of the old toyline comes a fighting game bearing the same name. Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots features the ability to change the left and right arms, legs and torso of your robot in order to advance your fighter to the championship leagues. Win prize money by defeating other robots and buy new parts as well as unlock new parts and secret characters. |
| Ronaldo V-Football | 2000 | Infogrames Europe SA | Power and Magic Development | Simulation, Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Arcade | | | | | | | PS1 | In this football game endorsed by the Brazilian superstar Ronaldo Nazário de Lima, 64 International teams (some featuring real names, others not) are available to play in game modes: Exhibition, Arcade Cup (a 16 team knockout where the player has three chances to beat all teams, with no option to save between games), Resistance (a five division challenge where players must beat 8 other teams to climb to the next rank, Tournaments (continental championships, available in both tournament and league models, if the player wins faces national teams in a FIFA Confederations Cup styled competition) and the V-Football Cup, the World Cup of this game. As a bonus of winning competitions, all-star teams are unlocked. 15 stadiums (some based on real locations) are available to play in, with setting for day and night, as well as clear, rainy or foggy.Gameplay is simple and works mostly around the four face buttons: Triangle sprints, Cross makes a low pass and a regular tackle on defense, Square lobs and crosses the ball (depending on the position) and makes a strong tackle on defense and circle shoots on goal and makes a sliding tackle on the player. The first row of shoulder buttons allow complex passes, such as the through-pass (R1) and the one-two (L1 + pass). There are three pad configurations to choose from.The player also acts as the manager, with options to change the formation, and to call several sets in-play, such as offside traps and the number of players in a free-kick wall. |
| Ski Air Mix | 2000 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | KID Corp. | Racing / Driving, Sports | Behind view | | | | | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)Master the wildest international ski slopes with the help of 4 player characters and 11 different pairs of skis.Alpen or Versus Modes allow you to challenge the computer or a friend as you race towards the bottom of the 5 slopes.Perform wild stunts and speed to the finish line in this exciting race against your competition, and the clock! |
| Snowboarding | 2000 | A1 Games | Atelier Double Co. Ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Tricks / stunts | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | A snowboarding game with a Race and a Trick mode.The Race mode lets the player race on 27 different courses. This mode lets the player race solo or against one or two other opponents. In the solo race, the player has to keep hitting checkpoints in a limited amount of time.Trick mode has the player try to do as many tricks as possible within a given time limit. Performing tricks gains the player more time to complete a coursePlayers can choose from 3 different snowboarders, each with their own abilities, such as one being fast and another being good at turns.Options include 3 difficulty levels, turning a course guide on or off, whether to turn vibration on or off, and whether to turn on or off a handicap. |
| Space Station Silicon Valley | 2000 | Take-Two Interactive Software Europe Ltd. | DMA Design Limited | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | Long ago, scientists created a living space station, full of animals. After its launch into space, the station vanished, never to be seen again.Until now.The station has reappeared out of no-where, many years after its first launch, and is on a collision course with Earth. Two unlikely heroes (pilot and all-round ugly looking guy Dan and robot Evo) are now thrust with the mission to stop the station, and find out where it has been all this time.Sadly, not everything goes to plan, with their ship crashing into the station. Evo, the unlucky robot that he is, is thrown out of the ship and smashed into pieces. His only hope for survival is to attach his microchip into another host robot. Thankfully, underneath the wrecked ship is the remains of another robot, and with a quick fix Evo is now a robotic dog.As you enter the valley, you must contend with a host of other robots much like the dog, of all shapes and animal sizes. You can move Evo's chip from one animal to another to gain attributes and abilities, improving your chance of success to get past the killer penguins and rocket launching tigers.Aims of the game include the basic destruction of enemy robots, to sheep herding, controlling Evo the rat through a mini maze, and plenty more through 35 levels of insane 3rd person action.When the game was ported to PlayStation some of the bugs from the Nintendo 64 version were fixed. |
| Spec Ops: Stealth Patrol | 2000 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | Runecraft Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Stealth Patrol is the first console adaptation of the long-running PC military Spec Ops series. Players command two rangers on a variety of missions. Instead of working with a squad like the PC versions, only two rangers can be controlled. This can be done by two human players working together. When there is only one player, the computer AI takes over the second ranger, but the player can switch between them at any time. Also different in this console adaptation is the change of gameplay perspective from first-person to third-person.Before starting a mission, players select the ranger best suited to complete objectives, based on five classes: machine gunner, grenadier, rifleman, close quarters specialist, or sniper. Each class has different abilities, and access to specific weapons or items. Each type also has a certain encumbrance, but the equipment can be further customized based on the available options. Some of the included weapons are shotguns, grenades, tripwire mines, machine guns and sniper rifles, but also more general items such as nightvision goggles.The missions are set in a forest in Siberia, snowy mountains in Bosnia, the desert in Iraq, mountains in North Korea, and the jungle in Vietnam. The radar is an important element during gameplay. When a ranger is shot at, the enemy position briefly lights up on the radar as a red dot. Killed enemies often leave behind medkits and additional item pick-ups such as ammunition. |
| Street Scooters | 2000 | Eon Digital Entertainment | TYO Entertainment Inc. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Motorcycle | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (EU) (from Ad Blurbs)It's time to grab your Hawaiian shirt, slap on your headphones and mount your scooter as you embark on the fastest, craziest, most frenetic racer on two wheels!
As well as racing against the wackiest bunch of misfits ever to be gathered on one screen, you also need to use your skill and judgement to avoid the hopping-mad cat, the flying chunks of Tuna and a small thing called road safety! |
| Street Sk8er 2 | 2000 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Atelier Double Co. Ltd. | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Tricks / stunts | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | This is a skateboarding game very similar in gameplay to Tony Hawk's Pro Skater. You pick a skater and go through different skate parks, selecting either pro or amateur settings. You can also create your own skate park. Multiplayer competition is also provded, including 4 player serial play. Street Sk8er 2's sound track contains music from many well known bands such as Deftones, Ministry, and Static X. |
| Strider 2 | 2000 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | In a future ruled by tyranny and evil, a lone Strider named Hiryu must use his sharply honed skills to fight for justice and peace, and defeat the Grandmaster, an evil dictator who has taken over the world.Strider 2 is a fast-paced, arcade-style action game. Unlike its predecessor, it features 2D animations placed on 3D backgrounds. There is a range of new moves including a double jump, backward somersault and dash, which allows him to perform longer jumps. He also has the ability to boost his weapon, the Cypher sword, enabling it to release homing plasma waves. There is also a Savage Slash attack, with random slashes.There are numerous bonuses that can be collected in the levels. These either boost Strider's vitality, increase the power of his sword or increase the player's game score. Another addition to the game is a Boss Gauge which lets the player know how much energy the mid- or end of level boss has left before it dies. |
| Superbike Racing | 2000 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person | | | | | Motorcycle | | | | | PS1 | Superbike Racing is a motorcycle racing game with three circuits: Albacete, Catalunya and Jerez. There are four game modes:
Training: race in a free mode without other bikes on the track
Practice: first part of the weekend of the race with other drivers controlled by the CPU.
Qualifying: second part of the race weekend with opponents. The time on the circuit established in this session defines the position on the starting grid.
Race: third and final part of the weekend race |
| Supercross | 2000 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Page 44 Studios, LLC | Racing / Driving, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | Motorcycle | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Supercross is the 2001 iteration of Supercross 2000. For this iteration the developer has opted for a more arcade style handling for the dirt bikes. Game modes include single race, time trial, freestyle practice, freestyle competition and series championship. The championship mode contains nine distinct championships to race for a total of 55 events to race. Unlike the previous game, supercross offers both indoor and outdoor circuits for a total of 22 tracks. Included are 30 official racers licensed from the AMA and the option to create your own rider. Most of the game modes can be played with a friend in multiplayer. |
| Taiwan Mahjong: Fāng Chéng Zhī Zhàn Fēngyún Zàiqǐ | 2000 | Legend Technology Co., Ltd. | | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game, Cards / tiles | Contemporary | | Menu structures | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Taiwan Mahjong: Fāng Chéng Zhī Zhàn Fēngyún Zàiqǐ is a mahjong simulator which follows traditional Taiwanese rules. Unlike most other variants, which traditionally feature hands of 13 tiles, Taiwanese rules notably use hands of 16 tiles and this rule is prominently featured in this game. Although there isn't a story mode, there are a variety of AI opponents to choose from who each feature unique personalities and play styles. Aside from some standard cosmetic configuration options, players are also given a detailed set of several dozen rule options to tweak gameplay to their liking. |
| Team Buddies | 2000 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Psygnosis Camden Studio | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Fighting, Puzzle elements, Shooter | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | PS1 | Bright primary colours and a strong cartoon style characterise this squad based third person shooter. Crates falling from the sky form the resource over which buddies fight, they are collected and returned to a stacking pad where they can be opened to reveal weapons, vehicles and other team members. The objectives vary, but central to them is collect the crates, build and arm a team of buddies and hunt down your enemies.Whilst the perspective is isometric, the world is fully modeled with physics especially visible in the vehicle control, from bikes to hover tanks, biplanes to jumpjets. Weapons special effects are also very varied, with homing missiles chasing their targets, bicycle pumps stunning and inflating, and chainguns with a recoil that sends a jumping buddy flying across the screen.Gameplay includes deathmatch games, domination and capture the flag variants and a hidden footie game (with exploding ball!). Many of the features are only unlocked after completing several levels. The multiplayer options runs up to four players in each of the different game variants, keeping to a steady 25fps with a split screen, under most conditions.AI control covers over twenty agents on a game level, all with different behaviors. Team member AI is controlled through a simple context dependent order button - select order whilst facing an enemy base and your buddies attack it, or whilst facing your base and they'll defend it. Occasional ambiguities over what the target of the order is can be resolved in 'binocular' mode, where the perspective is moved away from the player's buddy and a reticule snaps to the subject of the order.
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| Terracon | 2000 | Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. | PictureHouse Software Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Terracon is a thirdperson action game for the PlayStation. When a terraforming machine malfunctions you (Xed) are the only surviving member of you race. He has to fight its robot minions in order to survive and collect the Genergy required to rebuild his homeworld. With a variety of guns Xed runs around several worlds, which are divided into 32 huge 3D levels. |
| The Dalmatians | 2000 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Code Monkeys Ltd., The | Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - Playstation (EU) (from Ad Blurbs)Follow a cuddly Dalmatian puppy and his wild-dog friends in the search for his missing sister.As well as a great half-hour cartoon video, Dalmatians features an easy-to-use virtual colouring book and a challenging puzzle game.Dalmatians is a story that all children will treasure. |
| The F.A. Premier League Football Manager 2001 | 2000 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts UK Ltd. | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | Text-based / Spreadsheet | Licensed, Regional differences | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | PS1 | The F.A. Premier League Football Manager 2001 is the sequel to The F.A. Premier League Football Manager 2000. Like its predecessor you take control of a football team of your choice and try to send them to (or keep them at) the top. Aside from all the clubs, players, stadiums and logos from the British F.A. Premier league the game also features 6 other national leagues such as that of the Netherlands and Germany. But not all the names from these countries are official. But a database editor is provided so that you can manually fix these unlicensed clubs.In the game you are mostly presented with statistical screens with data. Communication with club personnel such as scouts and youth trainers is done through ingame emails. There are always several pre-written replies to choose from. Tasks you have to perform is select the line-up for your teams, buy and sell players, raise money, scout for new players and improve your stadium and training facilities.Both the entire match or just the highlights match can be viewed in 3D with live commentary, |
| The Land Before Time: Return to the Great Valley | 2000 | Sound Source Interactive, Inc. | Realtime Associates, Inc. | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Platform, Puzzle elements | Prehistoric | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | The Land Before Time: Return to the Great Valley is a 3D platform game based on the animated film series of The Land Before Time. While playing hide and seek Littlefoot and Cera find a stolen sharptooth egg. Latter Ducky and Spike join them and decide they should return the egg. When delivering the egg to a nest the are chased away by a large sharptooth and get separated. Now they each have to find their way back home.In the game the player take control of Littlefoot, Cera, Ducky and Spike. Petrie the flying dinosaur gives instructions while playing as one of the four playable characters that each have their own set of levels. Gameplay includes platforming, collecting leaves and solving simple puzzles. The game can be played on three levels of difficulty. |
| The Secret of Googol 1b: Reshaping Googol - The Tower | 2000 | Lightspan, Inc. | Lightspan, Inc. | Educational | | | | Mini-games | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Front of Manual - PlayStation (US) (from Ad Blurbs)In this adventure of the Secret of Googol®: Reshaping Googol 1b— "The Tower," your child will explore geometry while finding three hidden keys to escape from Wigsley's Shape Scrambler and save Googol.LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Flip and turn shapes to match a given shape
Classify and sort geometric shapes
Explore symmetrical patterns
Match symmetrical halves of objects
Create designs by using various lines of symmetry
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| The Secret of Googol 2a: Reshaping Googol - The Castle | 2000 | Lightspan, Inc. | Lightspan, Inc. | Educational | | | | Mini-games | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Front of Manual - PlayStation (US) (from Ad Blurbs)In this adventure of The Secret of Googol®, your child will explore the attributes of geometric shapes, while helping Cali, Ben, and Alana save Googol.LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Draw and match geometric shapes
Match geometric shapes to their descriptions
Order shapes by size
Explore the combination of simple geometric shapes to create complex ones
Explore the relationships between two- and three-dimensional shapes
Develop spatial sense
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| The Sword of Camelot | 2000 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Code Monkeys Ltd., The | Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Europe, Fantasy, Medieval | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - Playstation (EU) (from Ad Blurbs)Arthur is King of Camelot and son of Merlin and the witch, Avelon. Protector of England from the barbarian hordes, Arthur, and Queen Guinevere face a terrible challenge when the evil Mordred attacks, bringing chaos to the kingdom.As well as a great half-hour video, Camelot features an easy-to-use virtual colouring book and a challenging puzzle game.Can Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table save the kingdom? |
| This Is Football 2 | 2000 | Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. | Team SOHO | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | The sequel to This is Football attempts to be a realistic football (soccer) simulation. Fully licenced by FIFPro (Fédération Internationale des Associations de Footballeurs Professionnels), it uses every player's real name. Dozens of the most famous football stadiums from around the world (Mexico, England, Italy, etc.) are represented, while nearly every major football league, cup or competition is included. |
| Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf | 2000 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Stormfront Studios | Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | James Larsen | | Everyone | | PS1 | EA Sports Packet (from Ad Blurbs)A HOLE-IN-ONE GOLF GAME
PLAY BY FEEL
Fade, draw, or spin your shot for the best line of attack with the only real-time analog swing in a console golf game.
REAL PGA TOUR COURSES
Top PGA TOUR tournament stops like Tournament Players Club at Sawgrass, TPC at Summerlin, TPC at the Canyons and more
REAL PGA TOUR PROS
Tiger Woods, Justin Leonard, Mark O'Meara, Brad Faxon, Lee Janzen and other top PGA TOUR Pros are waiting for you to join them on the PGA TOUR!
ALL KINDS OF COMPETITION
This game is loaded with competitive game modes, including Tournament, THE SKIN GAME, Tiger Challenge, PGA TOUR Season and more
AN "IN THE GAME" EXPERIENCE
Feel the pressure of saving par and the joy of making the leaderboard, and hear the cheers of the gallery as you make your way to the 18th green
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| Tomb Raider: Chronicles | 2000 | Eidos Interactive, Inc. | Core Design Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | Direct control | | Teen | | PS1 | A few days after the events described in Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation, Lara Croft is presumed dead. Her close friends begin to recollect her previous adventures, which occurred during different periods of her life. These include searching for the Philosopher's Stone in Rome; preventing the Spear of Destiny from falling into the hands of a ruthless gang leader; facing monsters on the Black Isle of Ireland as a child; and, finally, infiltrating a high-tech complex in pursuit of the Iris artefact.Like its predecessors, Tomb Raider: Chronicles is an action game with puzzle-solving and platforming elements. The gameplay is very similar to that of the previous games, with the addition of a few new skills. Lara can now walk on tightropes, swing on horizontal bars, and somersault forwards from a ledge while crouching. A grappling hook has been added to her inventory. The game also includes a level editor, allowing the player to create new stages for Lara to explore. |
| Tonka Space Station | 2000 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | Data Design Interactive Ltd, ImageBuilder Software, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | In Tonka Space Station the player controls Tonka Joe and has to take over space station construction and operations. The game provides nine Tonka space vehicles that can be used in nine different missions. Examples of missions include blasting mutant weeds in the biosphere, mining lunar Tonkonium, and racing down wormholes. By completing missions modules of the space station can be upgraded. The game is marketed towards children aged five and up. |
| Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals | 2000 | BAM! Entertainment, Inc. | TAKARA Co., Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Fighting, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | Teen | | PS1 | Transformers, robots in animal styled disguises, battle for supremacy (and peace, depending on which side your on) in the universe.Megatron and Optimus Primal lead their teams of elite robots against each other, but its up to you to decide who is the winner. Choose from eight characters and battle against the computer AI or a friend in one-on-one battles, featuring transformations from animal, to robot, to vehicle and special moves. |
| Tunguska: Legend of Faith | 2000 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | Exortus Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Fighting, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | PS1 | Tunguska is a 3D action game in which you play Jack Riley, an inter-dimensional traveler. The main objective is to decode the secret of the Castle of the Order of Tunguska, where he finds himself after he's accidentally caught by the 'powers of darkness'. The game involves tactical real-time fighting, in which you advance by a skill/level based system, as well as a limited amount of puzzle-solving. When you decode the secret of the Castle, the powers of darkness will be defeated and Jack is free to continue his journey. |
| UEFA Champions League Season 2000/2001 | 2000 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | Silicon Dreams Studio Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | UEFA Champions League Season 2000/2001 is a soccer game with an official UEFA license for the 2000/2001 season. It includes all the 32 official teams of that season, plus all champions since the sixties and some custom for more than eighty teams total. Game modes include Training, Quick Match, And a variety of cups and championships with the available teams. Interesting options in the game is to have teams play of earlier incarnations of themselves or arrange a cup between all UEFA Champions League winners. |
| Vanark | 2000 | Jaleco USA, Inc. | Bit Town Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Rail shooter, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | Teen | | PS1 | Evil alien forces threaten Mars with their deadly "Zero Field". Its now up to you to join the forces of the Vanark troopers and save the day before its too late.Vanark is a 3D action game which plays mostly as a rail-shooter. You fly aboard your state-of-the-art Vanark fighter in a fixed path on several missions controlling your guns and missiles and trying to defeat all the waves of enemy ships and creatures that try to come at you. Every now and then you also get to play free-flight stages in deep space where you have full control of your ship, turning the game into a more traditional 3rd-person space sim.Additionally, between each stage you get to roam freely aboard your carrier ship using 3D characters over pre-rendered backgrounds. In these sequences you'll get to chat with fellow pilots and move the plot along, which includes triggering cut-scenes as well solving mini-games such as disarming a saboteur's bomb and other similar activities. |
| Vegas Games 2000 | 2000 | 3DO Company, The | 3DO Company, The | Gambling | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | PS1 | Midnight in Vegas features 7 classic games : Black Jack, Craps, Poker, Video Poker, Roulette, Baccarat and Slot Machine. Depending on the game, view is top down (Craps) or first person (Roulette). Muti-Tap can be used to play to games against 4 players. The PlayStation case also includes a CDA with 8 audio tracks. |
| WWF Smackdown! | 2000 | THQ Inc. | Yuke's Co. Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | WWF Smackdown is a professional wrestling game where the player can choose from up to 36 wrestlers to wrestle in single matches, tag-team, backstage areas, hardcore matches, etc.Aside from the default WWF wrestlers, the player may also choose to create a new wrestlers with their own unique abilities and personalities. |
| Wacky Races | 2000 | Infogrames Europe SA | Appaloosa Interactive Corporation | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | For those who can remember the cartoon series, this will be a blast from the past. Choose from all your favourite characters including Peter Perfect, Penelope Pitstop and, of course, Dick Dastardly and Muttley, and wind your way through cartoon like environments in the familiar vehicles of each character. Simply get to the end of the race first to open up new tracks, and use weapons to pick off the rest of the cast, and aid your progress. |
| Walt Disney World Quest: Magical Racing Tour | 2000 | Eidos, Inc. | Crystal Dynamics, Inc. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | Arcade | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | Greg Shaw | PS1 | A cart racing game featuring Disney Characters Starring Jiminy Cricket, Chip, and Dale, and a few characters created specifically for the game. The catch is that all of the tracks are actually based on rides at all of the four Walt Disney World Parks (Haunted Mansion, Splash Mountain, Space Mountain, Rock'n'Rollercoaster, Typhoon Lagoon, etc...). |
| Wild Rapids | 2000 | Fujisankei Communications International, Inc. | Fujimic, Inc. | Racing / Driving, Sports | Behind view | | | | | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (EU) (from Ad Blurbs)Wild Rapids
Experience the extreme thrill of white water rafting in this, the first EVER Kayak experience for the PlayStation.Use skill, judgement and become utterly fearless as you negotiate the volcanic landscapes of Japan, the alligator infested waters of the US and deadly icebergs in Northern Europe.Risk your life to become the ultimate Wild Rapids champ either on your own or against the skills of your friends, but remember – once in the water, nothing can stop the raw terror of nature. |
| World Championship Snooker | 2000 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Blade Interactive Studios Ltd. | Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | World Championship Snooker is a snooker simulation game. The game allows you to train in master classes, play a single match, and partake in official tournaments, and the world championship. You can play against many professional snooker players. Each of the players such as Mark Williams and Stephen Hendry plays with his own style and qualities. To aid the player it is possible to active certain helping lines to aid you in aiming you cue. |
| beatmania | 2000 | Konami of Europe GmbH | Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, Inc. | Action | | | | Arcade, Music / rhythm | | | | | | | PS1 | This is the European edit of Konami's successful series Beatmania, a part of their BeMani franchise (DDR, DrumMania, Guitar Freaks and more). You get to play well known club tracks on a special controller that looks similar to the original arcade one, with 5 piano keys and a "turntable". Pieces of the song fall down the screen and you have to hit the right key or spin the turntable to nail the melody or drum piece falling. The better you get the higher your rating is, and you unlock more songs as you go.In this version some of the songs featured are: "Sing It Back" by Moloko, "Jacques Your Body" by Les Rythmes Digitales, "Dreaming" by Ruffdriverz and many more. |
| K-1 Grand Prix | 2000-01-01 | Jaleco USA, Inc. | Daft Co., Ltd. | Sports | | Licensed | Martial arts | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | K-1 Grand Prix is a kickboxing game featuring 32 real K-1 fighters.The game features a 1 player K-1 Kings mode, where the player picks a fighter and faces off against a series of computer controlled fighters, and another mode which is the 2 player K-1 Hercules mode. There is also the K-1 Grand Prix mode which has 16 fighters competing in a tournament to be the K-1 champion.The K-1 Challenge lets the player create a fighter. Players get to choose their fighters build type, skin color, color of their trunks, nationality, and a gym to train at which best reflects the fighting style they want. Players get to choose a trainer and 2 sub trainers to help condition them to become a fighting machine. To condition, the player selects a variety of exercises like jumping rope or using a medicine ball for their fighter to train in. Training builds up the fighters statistics and also earns them training points which can then be spent on moves such as uppercuts and hooks. Eventually after training for a while, the player will be challenged by a rival and they can choose to accept the challenge or decline if they feel they aren't ready yet and need more training. This mode takes the player's fighter through 8 years of his career trying to become a K-1 champion.Training mode lets the player practice their moves with a sparring partner.
Finally, the Ring Side mode lets the player observe a match between 2 computer controlled fighters.Gameplay consists of two opponents in a boxing ring throwing punches and kicks at each other, trying to knock each other to the canvas.Options include setting the number of rounds, the number of downs, how fast the rounds are, whether to have English or Japanese voice types, the difficulty level of the opponent fighters, and whether to turn vibration on or off.
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| Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes | 2000-01-01 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Fighting | | | | | Teen | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes is a 2D fighting game that combines characters from Capcom's videogames with characters from the Marvel comic universe, similar to Marvel Super Heroes Vs. Street Fighter. The game takes place in a Marvel universe where Professor Charles Xavier asks the heroes to help him before he merges with the consciousness of Magneto to form the being known as Onslaught, the final boss.The game follows the standard fighting gameplay, but different from X-Men vs. Street Fighter you now have to make up a squad of three characters instead of two. The other characters can be summoned for assist attacks and there is also a duo team attack to control two characters for a brief time, along with the ability to perform super moves where the characters team up.Options include a straight arcade battle, 4-player tag modes (Dreamcast version only), a survival mode (much like Street Fighter Alpha 3), and a training mode. The PlayStation version does not have the 4-player tag mode and also reduces the second character to an assist role, but in addition, introduces a "crossover" mode where tag-team play with identical teams is possible.For Marvel, the cast of playable characters includes Spider-Man, Captain America, Venom, Hulk, Gambit, War Machine, Wolverine, Gold War Machine (secret character), Hyper Venom (secret character), Orange Hulk (secret character), and Onslaught (secret character). The Capcom side offers Chun-Li, Ryu, Zangief, Morrigan Aensland, Captain Commando, Megaman (Rockman in Asia), Strider Hiryu, Jin Saotome, Roll (secret character), Lilith-Mode Morrigan (secret character), and Shadow Lady (secret character). There is also a large number of special partners that can be summoned. |
| Space Debris | 2000-01-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. | Rage Games Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | | | PS1 | This third-person perspective space shooter casts the player as UED pilot James Bryant, the brash young adventurer who is humanity's last hope. Gameplay takes place across 10 levels with 6 different attack ships to pilot. The majority of the levels are linear with a few alternate paths. There are, however, numerous free-roaming levels which give the navigation controls over to the player. Five different power-ups enhance weapon capabilities while medals are awarded based on level performace. |
| South Park Rally | 2000-01-05 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Tantalus Interactive Pty. Ltd. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | Arcade | | Automobile, Track racing | | | Mature | | PS1 | Choose your character from the cast of the popular 'mature' cartoon South Park, and tear through the streets in this racing game. Your character's vehicle may be a little cart, trike, or box, for example. Weapons include rockets, Salty Balls, Cheesy Poofs, the beloved Cow and even an Anal probe. All of the voices are also included, making it feel more like the real cartoon than a rally game. You can also play an all-on-all 4 player mode. |
| Summon Night | 2000-01-06 | Banpresto Co., Ltd. | Flight-Plan Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | PS1 | A turn-based strategy RPG, Summon Night casts you as one of four high school students (2 male and 2 female) who are magically whisked away to a fantasy land for purposes unknown. Once there they will find out that they can control the powerful summon gems which upon different combinations with items can summon a magical creature to your aid for specific spells or to join you in battle as an ally.The game plays as an isometric RPG in which you explore towns freely, chatting with NPCs to advance the plot, recruit allies and purchase items. When in combat you are transported to an isometric tile-based map in which you issue orders to your characters and attempt to defeat your enemies. Terrain and elevation provide significant advantages, so correctly positioning your forces is a must.The game features bright 2D graphics and anime-styled character designs. Depending on who you choose as your protagonist, different paths will be open to you as each has their distinct personality and guardian creature, that provides unique abilities. Also dialogue choices determine which ending you may get and whether you can recruit certain party members or not.The Nintendo DS release cuts the voice acting and opening movie, but adds a quicksave feature and a dialogue back-log. It also adds the Party Point system originally introduced in Summon Night 3, a handful of items and abilities from Summon Night 2, and a new "Summon Communication" system that lets you upgrade certain Summon's abilities. |
| Super Robot Taisen EX | 2000-01-06 | Banpresto Co., Ltd. | Winky Soft Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Top-down | Licensed | | | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Super Robot Taisen EX is a spin-off entry in the Super Robot Taisen series. It stars characters original to the series that were introduced in previous games, instead of the anime TV heroes that the main line games focus on. The game is set after the third Super Robot War and sees protagonist Masaki return to his homeland of La Gias, located on the inner surface of the hollow Earth. He finds the land engulfed in a civil war, and quickly decides to join the fight to restore peace. He soon learns that people from La Gias have opened gates to the surface, summoning robot pilots to join the war against their will, thus introducing both allies and enemies from the past wars into this new conflict. Among those summoned is Ryune, who, upon learning of the situation, decides to seek other summoned friends and help them before trying to return home. Unlike the straight science fiction scenario of the earlier games, EX goes for more of a fantasy flavor, with a medieval setting and a world of faeries, spirits, demons and magically-powered robots crossing with the hi-tech robots from the surface.The game consists of three separate campaigns plus a short training scenario: one for Masaki (easy difficulty), one for Ryune (medium difficulty) and one for a mysterious third character who was believed killed in the previous game (hard difficulty). Masaki's and Ryune's campaigns can be selected from the beginning, while the third one only unlocks upon completion of the earlier ones. All in all, the game includes more than 60 scenarios. While there are some branches in the mission tree, they are not as extensive as in the previous game. It is possible to import the results of one campaign into the beginning of another, leading to slightly different events.Gameplay is only slightly changed from the direct predecessor. Players control their units via context-sensitive menu commands on a top-down view of the area, with battles being fought via animated scenes. Changes include the ability to set counterattack strategy per enemy turn instead of globally, the introduction of ranged attacks that can be fired in the same turn after moving, dead zones for ranged attacks, and area attacks. Besides leveling up pilots and upgrading robots, individual weapons can now also be upgraded. The power statistic of pilots is gone, and special robot attacks now require high enough stats in both willpower and piloting skill. Control and UI improvements include the display of to hit chance before an attack, quick switching between units, the display of active spirit powers on pilots, several shortcuts, and diagonal cursor movement.Besides the usual assortment of Gundam, Mazinger and Getter Robo mechs, the game includes robots and characters from the series Goshogun and Dunbine, as well as a host of originals native to the La Gias scenario. |
| The Adventures of Robin Lloyd | 2000-01-06 | Gust Co., Ltd. | Gust Co., Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)To download content to the Memory Stick PRO Duo™ of your PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, the free space required is twice the size of the content to be downloaded.This software is playable for PLAYSTATION®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).To download this software, you must also have at least 90MB of free space on your PLAYSTATION®3 system's hard disk.To play this software with your PSP®, the latest system software and a Memory Stick Duo™ with at least 90MB of free space are required.For more detail information about download to your PSP® system, please see below URL.http://asia.playstation.comWhen downloading using PC:When downloading contents to PSP®, you must install the PLAYSTATION®Network Downloader application first. Please go to our official website for installing instructions and other information. ■Game descriptionIt starts with a strange incident in London. As the game's main character private detective Robin Lloyd, you must solve countless mysterious! A key element of this game is its investigation system that lets you study objects that rouse your suspicion by looking at them from below or behind and even turning them upside down at times, almost as if you had picked them up in your own hands. The truth behind the incident becomes clearer and clearer each time you investigate. But perhaps the biggest mystery is how Robin's adventure will end!Supported Accessories: Wireless Controller (supports vibration feature※）※For vibration feature, the DUALSHOCK®3 Wireless Controller is required.■PS3™ HDD and Memory Stick™ capacity requirement90MB■Copyright notices©GUST CO.,LTD.1999■AttentionThis software is converted from the software for PlayStation® so that it can be played on PS3™ and PSP®. Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. |
| Mortal Kombat: Special Forces | 2000-01-12 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Midway Games, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Beat 'em up / brawler, Puzzle elements | | | | | Mature | | PS1 | Take on the role of Mortal Kombat® character Jax, as you descend into the realm of Mortal Kombat in search of arch- villain, Kano. As you make your way through the game, you will delve deeper into one of the most interesting and enigmatic stories in the Mortal Kombat universe. Battle your way through complex 3D levels. Destroy your enemies using never-before-seen special moves and combos, all leading to an unforeseen climactic ending. |
| Pocket Jiman | 2000-01-13 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | Sugar & Rockets, Inc. | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Pocket Jiman is a game maker tool for the PlayStation's PocketStation PDA accessory. Players take control of a game editing suite which allows creating text, images, dungeons, monsters and more from the comfort of your PlayStation. Games are then downloaded to a PocketStation and played or shared with others, though provision to play on the TV via a built-in PocketStation emulator is also provided. It also features an IrDA chat program and the ability to transmit your games to others' PocketStation devices, as well as an extensive collection of more than 50 pre-built games. |
| Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return | 2000-01-18 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Whoopee Camp Co., Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Diagonal-down, Side view | Regional differences | | Metroidvania, Platform, RPG elements | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | The evil pigs from Tomba! are back, and only Tomba can stop them. The pigs have kidnapped Tomba's friend Tabby, and imprisoned her. To find her, Tomba will have to brave puzzles and quests that are similar to the first game's combination of platform side-scrolling and adventure quests. |
| Beat Planet Music | 2000-01-20 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | Opus Corp. | Action | | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | | PS1 | Beat Planet Music is, as the title would suggest, a rhythm action game. Each song represents a connection linking two cities; notes scroll down different lanes, and the the player must move their cursor from lane to lane and hit each note in order to play the music. As the player clears different songs, new samples are unlocked in the other mode: the song editor.The meat of the game is the Song Editor mode, where the samples that make up the in-game music can be used to put together new tracks. Songs can be saved to the memory card, and played in the game's trial mode. You can even take samples from your own CDs and use them in your songs. |
| Rescue Shot | 2000-01-20 | Namco Limited | Now Production Co., Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | PS1 | Rescue Shot is a shooter developed and published by Namco. On one side, it differences from the famous Point Blank series. The game, in fact, looks more like Time Crisis, which doesn't rely on accuracy less very much, thus letting you enjoying the fast-pace of the game dynamic. On the other side, the variety in Rescue Shot is similar to the Point Blank series.The game takes place on a lot of different scenarios, full of traps to avoid and dangers to overcome: from a manufacturing industry to a tube, from a Japanese market district to a country village.
The main character in the game is Bow, a dog who wanders through a fairytale-esque land where all sorts of minions try to hamper his progress. The aim of the adventure is to help Bow regain his memory after he fell off a cliff. He needs to collect all 5 dream fragments to be able to make a wish, so he can remember where he came from.Each of the 10 scenarios (grouped in 4 stages) has got its unique inhabitants (robots, birds, porcupines, bats, ...) and boss (a tiger, a wolf, a machine...). Tons of items in the background, from mushrooms to spiders and flowers (and even windows), can be shot to reveal power-ups of all sorts. Occasionally you have to shoot Bow in the derriere to get him to jump over obstacles, or a timely shot to the head will cause him to duck flying objects. |
| Umihara Kawase: Shun - Second Edition | 2000-01-20 | Xing Entertainment | Jackpot, Japan Clary Business | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | PS1 | This game is a plaformer with a twist: you play a girl in an aquatic world, and the only way to fight against your enemies are your brain and a grappling hook, which you have to master if you plan on finishing this game. Because there are no power-ups. Your enemies are all sea creatures, but some of them have grown legs and now they can attack and chase you on land.One of the exceptional things about this game is its replay value, absent in most platformers: you can finish the game and then play against your best time, try to find hidden paths or exits, or even record your best replays on the memory card.This edition is a re-release of the original Umihara Kawase: Shun, also for the Sony PlayStation, released back in 1997. In terms of new content, new levels have been added, as well as several bugfixes, but it is essentially the same game as the first edition. |
| Cardcaptor Sakura: Clow Card Magic | 2000-01-27 | Arika Co., Ltd. | Affect Co.,Ltd, Arika Co., Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | PS1 | Based on the popular anime/manga series from acclaimed manga artist group CLAMP. As Sakura Kinomoto or Shaoran Li, you must help gather up the scattered Clow Cards by capturing smaller "color" cards in a puzzle game. Gather enough and a Clow Card will be found! Features 10 rounds and 2 playable characters, plus tons of other secret features!This game is a Japan only release. |
| Densha de Go! Nagoya Railroad | 2000-01-27 | Taito Corporation | Taito Corporation | Simulation | | | | | | Train | | | | | PS1 | You play as a train engineer which serve the Meitetsu Nagoya line in Japan. There are many kinds of trains that you can drive, from express trains to monorails. Some trains are locked until you finish a mission, for example you can only drive monorails until you've finished the commuter and express train missions. All of the game parts, except the menu and station names, are in Japanese. |
| Gensō no Altemis: Actress School Mystery Adventure | 2000-01-27 | Shoeisha Co., Ltd. | Astrovision | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | | | | | | | | PS1 | Genou no Altemis is a detective adventure game that puts you in a role of Kyouichi Kusakabe, a 3rd-year college student who inherited a detective agency after the sudden death of his father. Being novice in the field won't stop him from trying to solve the mystery of what seems like an apparent suicide. The owner of a prestigious school for young actresses jumped of the roof. Could this really be a suicide or is there a culprit trying to mask it? After the prologue, you can branch the story based on your selection among five different heroines that will help you in your investigation, which take the story into entirely different directions and change other characters' dispositions toward you, even the culprit may end up to be a different person. Heroines that affect the story course are Makoto, Sarasa, Kozue, Moe, and Ryouko. The gameplay is a mix of visual novel dialogue interface and detective reasoning while questioning characters and looking for clues. |
| Koneko Mo Issyo | 2000-01-27 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | | DLC / Add-on | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Koneko Mo Issyo is an add-on disc for 1999’s Doko Demo Issyo. The game is a hybrid of virtual pet and chat toy. This add-on stars a white cat named Toro Inoue, though unlike in Doko Demo Issyo, in Koneko Mo Issyo Toro is a kitten. The game revolves around the use of the PocketStation accessory to take Toro around with you, where you can chat and interact with them. |
| NBA in the Zone 2000 | 2000-01-27 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Computer Entertainment Osaka Co., Ltd. | Sports | | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | The third in the In the Zone titles features all the usual options you come to expect from an NBA simulation title, including Season, Exhibition, Playoff, All-Star, Slam Dunk and three point shoot-out contests.Fully licensed, the game features all the latest players, stats and teams from the NBA 99/2000 season, plus the icon-passing and on the fly play calling for a complete basketball game. Commentary again features the voice of Ray Clay. |
| SuperLite 1500 Series: Oekaki Puzzle 2 | 2000-01-27 | Success Corp. | Success Corp. | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)"Oekaki Puzzle 2" (Nonogram) is a popular illustration logic puzzle in magazines. Try your hands on all the 200 addictive puzzles when you have a little time.This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：34MBCopyright：©2000 SUCCESS / ©HAMSTER Co.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2000 | 2000-01-30 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | With 8 courses and a full course architect, you will have plenty of golfing to do. Improved ball physics, improved graphics, even a full simulation mode where aiming and swinging is done for you. If you prefer to do your own "swing", two different swing types are there for you to choose from. All the standard variants like regular, skins, and more. Multiplayer includes LAN play, single-computer turn-based games and the online tournaments (which are no longer active). |
| Army Men: Sarge's Heroes | 2000-01-31 | 3DO Company, The | 3DO Company, The | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | | | Direct control | | Teen | | PS1 | One morning Sarge is resting in his cot when the Tan launch a surprise attack on the Green base. Sarge and the Colonel are forced to retreat just as the base is overrun. But in the chaos, Sarge's entire team of elite soldiers, Bravo Company, has been captured by the Tan. Worse yet, the Tan have made an amazing discovery: blue portals that lead to the real world! They use these portals to take amazing weapons of war from the real world into the plastic world including magnifying glasses, deadly robot action figures, and fire crackers. It's up to you, as Sarge, to rescue your team and put an end to the blue portals and Tan's evil schemes.Control Sarge in this Army Men third-person shooter. You will wage war across Tan-infested territories, both in the real and plastic world. Make Sarge proud as you battle the Tan army across 14 levels, utilizing 13 unique weapons like sky rockets and spray cans. Fight against not only infantrymen, tanks, and helicopters, but also killer toy robots and insects. This third game in the Army Men series adds several new features, including 3DO's unique Plastosheen lighting effects, which give the army men a real-life plastic shine. Also included is a multiplayer mode. Choose your character and even your color and duke it out with your friends. You can choose from many different weapons and battle each other in areas from the game or exclusive multiplayer levels. Even incorporated is the portal system, by which you can enter blue portals and come out anywhere in the level. |
| ECW Hardcore Revolution | 2000-01-31 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Acclaim Studios Salt Lake City | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Mature | | PS1 | ECW Hardcore Revolution is a wrestling title developed by Acclaim based on the wrestling promotion Extreme Championship Wrestling. Players can use up to 33 ECW wrestlers including Rob Van Dam, Tazz, Sandman, and many others.The game itself runs on a modified WWF Attitude engine and includes several game modes including Tag Matches, Death Match, Barbed Wire Ring Match, and others. Up to 4 players can play simultaneously. |
| Railroad Tycoon II | 2000-01-31 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | PopTop Software Inc. | Simulation, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Train | | Real-time | Everyone | Free-roaming camera, Isometric | PS1 | Establish yourself as a mogul to be reckoned with as you work your way up the ranks of the railway industry in this strategy game. Expand your domain across continents and a changing global marketplace.Build the Transcontinental Railway or the Orient Express. Run Steam train through the jungles of Africa, or electric trains through the Swiss Alps. Run your competitors out of town on a rail.An 18 scenario campaign lets you re-create history's greatest railroading feats and failures.Your wealth can be built up with a sophisticated stock market with margin buying, short selling, and hostile takeovers. |
| Tokimeki Memorial 2: EVS Append Disc 1 | 2000-02-01 | Aspect Corporation | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc. | DLC / Add-on, Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | The Tokimeki Memorial 2 EVS Append Disc was published on three additional discs for Tokimeki Memorial 2 to allow the game's EVS (Emotional Voice System) to be available for the different girls. The EVS is a system that allows the girls to actually pronounce the protagonist's name. Only two of the girls, Hikari Hinamoto and Kasumi Asou, have EVS in the base game, and the append discs contain the voices for all the others, except Maeka Kudanshita who never uses the protagonist's name. The discs were included in the Tokimeki Memorial 2 magazine Hibikino Watcher, each disc includes the data for three additional girls, shown on the cover of the corresponding issue:
Disc 1 contains the following girls:
Kotoko Minazuki
Miyuki Kotobuki
Kaedeko Sakura
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| Addie no Okurimono: To Moze from Addie | 2000-02-03 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | addie software | Adventure, Puzzle | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | PS1 | To Moze from Addie is an adventure puzzle game. A player controls a female character that have to solve different kinds of puzzles to advance through the adventure. |
| Block Kuzushi 2 | 2000-02-03 | Tamsoft Corporation | Tamsoft Corporation | Action | | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | PS1 | Block Kuzushi 2 is one of the seemingly infinite number of Breakout clones. As always, the player controls a paddle at the bottom and has to bounce balls to break and clear the screen of bricks. More unusual is the inclusion of a head-to-head multiplayer mode, where the playing field is split in the middle and each player has to clear their respective bricks to win the match.Note, that this game should not be confused with Simple 1500 Series Vol. 45: The Block Kuzushi 2. While a similar titled Breakout-styled game, the block layouts in each level are completely different. |
| Crazy Climber 2000 | 2000-02-03 | Nihon Bussan Co., Ltd. | Nihon Bussan Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade | | | | | | | PS1 | In 1980, Nichibutsu released Crazy Climber, in which players control a man attempting to scale a series of buildings using only his hands and feet, while avoiding a series of falling objects, mostly thrown by the building's tenants. Crazy Climber 2000 takes the game play of the original and gives it a sweeping graphical makeover. The object is again to scale buildings while avoiding the falling objects thrown at you by its tenants, as well as windows that close on your fingers. The buildings themselves are laid out differently In the first stages, for example, the buildings start out as square skyscrapers. Later levels, however, require you to scale round ones. As well as this, new threats are introduced, such as:
Circling vultures that throw eggs at you.
Gorillas reaching out to grab you on both sides of the building.
Window cleaners that go from left to right, making you fall if you get in their way
Boulders thrown from elevators
CC2000 also allows you to move from one face of the building to another. Also included is the original game, in all its early 80s glory. |
| Hissatsu Pachinko Station Now 3 | 2000-02-03 | Sun Corporation | | Gambling | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Hissatsu Pachinko Station Now 3 is the third in a series of pachinko games from Japan. Pachinko is sometimes referred to as the number one pastime in Japan, and it is played in gaming halls called parlors. Gambling for money is illegal in Japan so players purchase steel balls with which they play the game. At the end of their session they exchange their remaining balls for tokens which, in turn, can be exchanged for goods / prizes. |
| Jet de GO! | 2000-02-03 | Taito Corporation | Racdym | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Flight / aviation | | | | | PS1 | Jet de GO! is a spin-off from the famous Densha de GO! series by Taito. Instead of trains, this title focus exclusively on flying planes. Players can take off and land with a J-31 business jet, a mid-range Boeing 767 or a long haul Boeing 747. The game modes include Flight mode, Cruise mode and Lesson mode. |
| NASCAR Rumble | 2000-02-03 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Redwood Shores Studio | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | NASCAR Rumble is an arcade style racing game. 18 unique on and off- road race courses are set in 6 areas. Indestructible cars and trucks compete to win using power-ups and lots of rough contact. A variety of special cars such as: the chicken truck, bulldozer, golf cart, jet engine car, hot rod, are unlocked as the game progresses. Every car has three versions, adding more power and style. Numerous power ups include: The Twister, Rain Cloud, Nitro, Big Hammer, Invincible, Freeze Steering, Oil, and Bad Gas.The difficulty of the game ranges from "Kid Mode" to very difficult. Powerups can be disabled, few, normal, or many. Team racing is available in both single and two player split screen.
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| Road Rash: Jailbreak | 2000-02-04 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Motorcycle, Street racing | | | Teen | Daniel D. Wood | PS1 | Spaz, the greatest rasher ever, is in prision and you need to get him out!. Once again Road Rash the game that mixes fast paced motorbike racing with hardcore fighting is back (and once again in full 3-D!) |
| Colin McRae Rally | 2000-02-09 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | PS1 | From the makers of Touring Car Championship comes Colin McRae Rally, a rally title hoping to knock V-Rally over.Codemasters has included an collection of fifty two tracks set over five countries including Greece, United Kingdom, Sweden and Australia.Colin McRae Rally also offers a selection of eight Rally vehicles with 4WD and 2WD vehicles. The game also offers a number of game modes including Championship, Rally, Time Trial, Rally School (learn the ropes from Colin McRae himself) and a two player mode.Screenshots Promo Images Alternate Titles "科林麦克雷拉力" -- Simplified Chinese spelling
"Colin McRae the Rally" -- Japanese title
"コリン・マクレー ザ・ラリー" -- Japanese spelling
Part of the Following Groups Automobile: Audi Quattro
Automobile: Ford RS200
Automobile: Lancia Delta
Automobile: Mitsubishi Lancer
Automobile: Renault Mégane
Automobile: Subaru Impreza
Automobile: Toyota Corolla
Automobile: Volkswagen Golf
Colin McRae Rally / DiRT Rally series
Console Generation Exclusive: PlayStation
Licensed title: Athletes
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In 1999, Colin McRae Rally (PlayStation) won the Gold-Award from the German VUD (Verband der Unterhaltungssoftware Deutschland - Entertainment Software Association Germany) for selling more then 100,000 (but less then 200,000) units in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
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Issue 12/1999 - #91 in the "100 Most Important PC Games of the Nineties" ranking
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1999 - Gold Award
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| Brunswick Circuit Pro Bowling 2 | 2000-02-10 | THQ Inc. | Adrenalin Interactive, Inc. | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Brunswick Circuit Pro Bowling 2 is the second in the Brunswick Circuit series of bowling games. The game uses many aspects of the original game, improves them and adds new features.The sound effects and music have been improved to give the player the feeling of being in a real bowling atmosphere. New characters have been added that include female bowlers, plus there are new tournaments, new modes of play and an easier throw system. Bowling balls can be selected based on weight, size and style. The multiplayer game has also been expanded.Modes of play include: Amateur and Pro Career Mode, Cosmic Bowl, Skills Challenge, and Skins. |
| pop'n music 3 Append Disc | 2000-02-10 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Computer Entertainment Studios Yokohama | Action, DLC / Add-on | | | | Arcade, Music / rhythm | | | | | | | PS1 | pop'n music 3 is one of the many titles in Konami's long-running rhythm game franchise, and the first of two "Append Discs" that require either pop'n music 2 or another Key Disc in the series in order to play. This particular release includes new music from the arcade version, and also includes many of the secret unlockable songs and modes from the previous releases available from the outset, in addition to new high-difficulty options such as Hi-Speed and Turbo settings in Survival mode. |
| SaGa Frontier 2 | 2000-02-15 | Square Electronic Arts L.L.C. | Square Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | Teen | Isometric | PS1 | The sequel to Saga Frontier, but also to the less known Romancing SaGa games, Saga Frontier 2 allows you to play the stories of two main characters - a young prince Gustave XIII, who has been exiled from his homeland because he was unable to use the mysterious power of Anima and to become a worthy successor to the throne, and William Knights, a treasure hunter, who strives to find ancient artifacts containing great powers. Their stories are connected to each other, and each story occupies almost a lifetime: the characters grow up and die, new characters are born, etc. Saga Frontier 2 breaks with the non-linear approach of its predecessor by introducing a new event based scenario system, telling the stories in a more straightforward way, and limiting available characters and the places to visit. As typical for the series, stat upgrades and new abilities are gained directly in battle, and not by gaining experience points and levels like in most other RPGs. Magic spells are divided into six elements which may also be combined, and rely on items being equipped and the environment to draw the right Anima from. Hybrid techniques that combine weapon commands with spell elements also exist. Similar to Konami's Suikoden series, there are three types of combat: turn-based party combat, one-on-one (duel), and strategic army battles. |
| Dancing Stage Euromix | 2000-02-16 | Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc. | Simulation | | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | | PS1 | The European version of Dance Dance Revolution. This edition of the game features many well known artists and quite a few different song stylings as well. The gameplay is the same as in all the DDR/Dancing Stage games which means that one must tap different directions to the music with dancing mat or controller.Songlist:
So Good - Boyzone
Word Up - Cameo
More Than This '99 - Emmie
Video Killed The Radio Star - The Buggles
Make A Jam - Konami Original
Let Them Move - N. M. R
Silent Hill - Konami Original
Put Your Faith In Me . Uzi-lay
Keep On Movin' - Konami Original
Make It Better - Mitsu-O
Brilliant 2U - Naoki
La Senorita - Konami Original
End of the Century - Konami Original
Dynamite Rave - Konami Original
Afronova - Konami Original
Dead End - Konami Original
Paranoia - 180
Paranoia Rebirth - Konami Original
Trip Machine - De-Sire
Luv To Me - Konami Original
Magic Alex Presents Resonance - Magic Alex
(Mucho Mambo)Sway - Shaft
Rushing - Loni Clark
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
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| Kakuge Yarō: Fighting Game Creator | 2000-02-17 | Increment P Corp. | D.A.S.T, Outback Pty. Ltd. | Action | Side view | | Martial arts | Fighting | | | | | | | PS1 | Kakuge Yarō is a fighting game construction set similar to Fighter Maker. Choose from one of seven characters, then change their attributes, moves, colors, face, and overall style as you see fit. Then, take your custom-made fighter and fight against the CPU or another player.A variety of play background are available, and for those less design-minded, you can also use pre-made characters. |
| Polaris SnoCross | 2000-02-18 | Vatical Entertainment LLC | Vicarious Visions, Inc. | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Tricks / stunts | | Snowmobile | | | Everyone | | PS1 | As the title implies, Polaris SnoCross is a game based on the sport of snowmobile racing. It has 3 available modes (Single Event, Instant Action, and Tournament) and supports up to 4 players.
In Single Event, the player can select any of the 5 sleds available for racing. The player can also select the rider suit and the race’s difficulty. Tricks and stunts can also be performed while in-game. The current mode supports up to 4 human players.Instant Action instantly lets you in on the game by randomly selecting the sled, track, time of day and weather conditions.In Tournament, the player can select to play in a new one or continue from a previously saved game. There are 7 events in the Tournament mode and each one consists of a 3 day race (3 races basically). Only one is available at first but each time the player successfully complete an event another of higher difficulty is unlocked. |
| Dangan | 2000-02-24 | KSS | Mediamuse | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Shooter | Contemporary | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)★This game is supported with the PSP® and PS Vita screenshot function★PSP®: Screenshots can be taken by using the menu after holding the PS button (HOME button) in the game. The image will be saved in the photo collection from the XMB™ (XrossMediaBar).PS Vita: Screenshots can be taken by using "Screenshot" from the "Settings" after holding the PS button in the game. The image will be saved as an application photo. This software can be played with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).If you are downloading with PC or via PS3™, after downloading with the device please connect to PSP® with a USB cable and copy the content by inserting a storage media like Memory Stick™.This is the 3D action shooter that seeks "realism"!The goal for Jack and Kate, who are player characters, is to beat the political secret society Eden in order to rescue the kidnapped Claire.Fight with five types of firearms including machine guns and laser guns, sometimes even use physical combat.The key to victory is how you can effectively use a limited means of attack and how to utilize the opportunities on the battlefield!Copyright:©SoftgaragePurchase or use of this item is subject to SEN Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Fear Effect | 2000-02-24 | Eidos Interactive, Inc. | Kronos Digital Entertainment | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements, Shooter, Survival horror | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | Cinematic camera | PS1 | It starts as a simple assignment for the three mercenaries - the beautiful, mysterious Hana, the former army officer Glas, and the ruthless killer Deke. Somewhere in the futuristic Hong-Kong, full of huge corporations, flying cars and helicopters, home for the famous Triad mafia, they have to find the young Wee Ming Lam, the daughter of a powerful gangster. But Hana and her partners don't suspect that the search for Wee Ming will lead them not only to very dangerous areas of Hong-Kong, but to outskirt villages infected by zombies, a dubious restaurant-brothel, and the Chinese hell, where they'll have to confront Yim Lau Wong himself - the Chinese equivalent of the Western Satan.The gameplay of Fear Effect is similar to survival horror titles such as Resident Evil, but it also features many pure action elements and arcade-like sequences, where precise timing matters. The player controls Hana, Glas, or (in a few instances) Deke during different chapters of the story. Player characters can crouch, sneak on enemies, and roll forward or to the sides. There are many human as well as monster enemies to eliminate or avoid. Characters can run and shoot at the same time, as well as use two weapons at once to combat multiple enemies. A considerable portion of the gameplay is dedicated to puzzle-solving.Instead of the traditional health bar characters have a "fear meter", which turns red and eventually kills the character whenever he or she is damaged or found in a particularly stressful situation. The functional difference between the fear meter and a regular health bar is the possibility to restore it to a normal green color by reducing the character's stress, e.g. solving a puzzle or killing an enemy in a stealthy way. The game's 3D character models are unshaded, aiming to resemble cel-shading technique and anime art. The backgrounds are pre-rendered and often consist of streaming or looping full-motion video. The story unfolds through numerous pre-rendered movies. |
| Guitar Freaks Append 2nd Mix | 2000-02-24 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Computer Entertainment Japan Co., Ltd. | DLC / Add-on | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This is a port of the arcade rhythm Guitar Freaks 2nd Mix, which is part of Konami's popular Bemani franchise. It includes all the new songs and modes from the arcade versions of 2nd Mix, along with a handful of tracks from the first game. This release is a so-called "append disc", and requires the original Guitar Freaks to play. It is also possible to share data with the arcade version of Guitar Freaks 3rd Mix with a memory card. |
| Crusaders of Might and Magic | 2000-03-01 | 3DO Company, The | 3DO Company, The | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Teen | | PS1 | Playstation.com description (from Ad Blurbs)New World Computing melds the popular realm of 3D adventure games with its venerated Might and Magic franchise to create a hybrid of role playing and pure action. As Drake, recently a member of the High Guard, you set out to destroy the Legion of the Fallen. Much like Tomb Raider, the game is viewed in a third-person perspective (i.e., behind your character's back). Adversaries include legions of foul, undead warriors, sentient hive-dwelling insects, and a nasty group of surly dwarves. Luckily, Drake is adept at both combat and magic, wielding an assortment of melee and ranged weapons, as well as several invaluable spells. Divided into five distinct realms, exploration is encouraged by the non-linear plot. Your character can advance in terms of experience and abilities, but this is more of a single-player adventure than a game of heavy role playing.
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| Extreme 500 | 2000-03-01 | THQ Inc. | ASCARON Entertainment GmbH | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | Oceania | Motorcycle, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | PS1 | Extreme 500 is a motorcycle racing simulation done with the assistance from the 1997, 250cc World Championship winning team (as advertised).The game consists of all 3 GP classes (125, 250 and 500), racing on the World GP tracks of 1996, and it's possible to race against the clock, the computer or up to 15 other players in the multiplayer network version.Extreme 500 incorporates several elements of motorbikes you can tweak as you please, so you have to try and fine-tune your bike to be able to get the best time. |
| Family Game Pack | 2000-03-01 | 3DO Company, The | 3DO Company, The | Gambling, Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game, Cards / tiles, Chess | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Family Game Pack features 25 classic games for you to play. It includes casino games such as 5 video poker variations ,slot machines, and Blackjack. Also included are board games which are Backgammon, Checkers, Chess, Dominoes, and Reversi. There are also card games including the games of Hearts, Spades, Crazy Eights, Go Fish, and Old Maid. Solitaire games of Klondike, Auld Lang Syne, Calculation, Scorpion, & Flower Garden also make an appearance.When you win games against the computer or win at the casino games you receive points corresponding to the difficulty of that game. If you lose at some games your total points may recede. To win the entire game, you must obtain 300,000 points. |
| Mobil 1 Rally Championship | 2000-03-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Magnetic Fields (Software Design) Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | This is the third rally simulation from Magnetic Fields and Europress (now renamed Actualize). This is a very realistic and highly detailed simulation which accurately recreates the Mobil 1 British Rally Championship. 36 tracks are available, all of which have been created by mapping the real life locations to create a highly accurate racing experience. There are also 22 rally cars to race in which have also been created from their real life counterparts. Although the name of the game is Mobil 1 British Rally Championship, it simply says "Rally Championship" on the front of the box and the game manual. Ignoring this little problem this game is an excellent addition to Europress' rally series and possibly the most realistic racing game ever. |
| Sammy Sosa Softball Slam | 2000-03-01 | 3DO Company, The | Team .366 | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | For people who think Sammy Sosa's High Heat Baseball is too hard... This is a title from 3DO that uses the same engine, but in a much more down-to-earth manner playing softball. Edit/customize the team players. Choose different playing fields (from backyard to a stadium.) Practice, play a single game or a tournament against seven other teams. If you're good, maybe you'll get to play Sammy's Slammers for the championship... |
| Superbike 2000 | 2000-03-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Milestone s.r.l. | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Motorcycle, Track racing | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | Superbike 2000 is the second episode of the EA Sports Superbike series with greatly improved graphics including motion captured animation and a completely new bike handling system. The first appearance of a PlayStation version, it is more arcade oriented than the first game. |
| Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere | 2000-03-02 | Namco Hometek Inc. | Namco Limited | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | Regional differences | | Shooter | | Flight / aviation, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | PS1 | In Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere the player takes the place of an ace fighter pilot who works for an organization called "UPEO" and has to accomplish various missions, e.g. taking out a special aircraft carrier or taking out enemy satellite systems in orbit around earth. The player can earn ratings from A to D: the higher the rating, the higher the chance that the player can acquire new kinds of planes. The game has many environments which range from normal aerial missions to stratospheric missions and even outer space missions. A special catch is that the player often has to make decisions during missions which influence the overall storyline. There is also an autopilot feature which can be used to land or reach a destination. |
| beatmania Append 5th Mix: Time to get Down | 2000-03-02 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, Inc. | Action | | | | Arcade, Music / rhythm | | | | | | | PS1 | This is one of the many append discs released for the long running Beatmania franchise. It is a direct conversion of the arcade game, with no new songs added for the Playstation version, unlike many of the other append discs.This game requires the first disc from Beatmania Arcade 2nd Mix in order to be played. |
| Championship Bass | 2000-03-07 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | EA Seattle, Pai, Inc | Sports | Behind view | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Championship Bass is a bass fishing simulator. The game's artificial intelligence creates a realistic simulated bass behavior: false strikes, swerves, return attacks, and short-strike lunges. Even if the player does land a strike, the fish will go for obstacles in order to break the line. The game offers multiple difficulty levels, plenty of tricks in your lure box, multiple game modes, multiple lakes, and more. The player may sit in a boat and go for the fish, or simulate a whole fishing trip. |
| Hydro Thunder | 2000-03-07 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Naval / watercraft, Track racing | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Port of Midway's arcade boat-racer. The premise is non-existent, you simply rev up the engines and go on 13 water courses set in Antarctica, the far east, the Greek isles, etc. on different types of futuristic boats. Races use the usual arcade checkpoint system and scattered across the courses you'll find an assortment of power-ups and upgrades like nitro boosters. Graphics are entirely 3D with reflective water effects and realistic bouncing and bucking in the boats. Multiplayer competitions are supported for 2 players on the PlayStation version. |
| Hot Shots Golf 2 | 2000-03-08 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Clap Hanz Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Hot Shots Golf 2 is the sequel to PlayStation game Hot Shots Golf. While the sequel is in many respects similar to the original, it brings some improvements to the series. Like the original there are several characters to choose from, and many more to be unlocked throughout the game. Each character has his or her own strengths and weaknesses, making character selection more than just choosing a skin. The character models themselves are of a more realistic style this time around, as opposed to the big-head anime style of the original Hot Shots Golf.There are several different modes of play, from standards like stroke, match, and tournament, to the 'vs. mode', through which new characters can be unlocked. Gameplay itself is a version of the standard 'tap-tap-tap' variety used by the majority of golf games. |
| Galerians | 2000-03-09 | Crave Entertainment, Inc. | Polygon Magic, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements, Survival horror | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | | PS1 | A young man named Rion wakes up in a hospital. He does not know who he is; he can hear a girl's voice in his mind, imploring him to save her. While trying to escape from the hospital, Rion is detained by guards, and discovers that he possesses devastating psychic powers. Trying to understand what has been done to him, Rion gradually uncovers the mystery behind the "G Project", a human experiment that involves unlocking the hidden potential of the human mind.Galerians is a survival horror game in which the player navigates a 3D character model over pre-rendered backgrounds, using character-related controls similar to those implemented in Alone in the Dark. Items must be collected to unlock new areas and advance the story. Unlike in most other games of the type, the protagonist is unable to use weapons. Rion fully relies on his psychic powers to combat enemies. These powers must be replenished by regularly taking drugs. In addition, Rion has a special meter that throws him into uncontrollable rage when full. |
| Sanyō Pachinko Paradise 3: Wan Wan Daikōshin | 2000-03-09 | Irem Software Engineering, Inc. | Irem Software Engineering, Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Pachinko Paradise 3 is the third title in Irem's long-running pachinko simulation series. It features reproductions of three pachinko machines made by Sanyo Bussan: CR Wan Wan Paradise SK, CR Wan Wan Paradise SE, and CR Wan Wan Paradise S5. There are two modes available: Tsūjō (Normal) mode allows the player to modify a wide range of settings for each machine, while Jissen (Battle) mode challenges the player to win as many balls as possible on the default settings with a limited starting pool and time limit. There is also a View mode where the various animations that play on the in-game display can be freely viewed. There is no story mode. |
| Triple Play 2001 | 2000-03-14 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Treyarch Invention, LLC | Sports | | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Triple Play is back, and this time we've brought the legends! Go against the legends like Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, and more as you compete in Home Run Tournaments and other events. Improved player models and textures made them more life-like than ever. Create your own player by importing your own face texture. Play on the internet through the site's playmatching service. |
| Armored Core: Master of Arena | 2000-03-16 | Agetec, Inc. | FromSoftware, Inc. | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | | Mecha / giant robot | | | Teen | | PS1 | The third and final AC on Playstation has you continuing your custom mech building job, where companies contact you to complete objectives with a big pay load attached. 20 missions range from the usual destruction of structures and bases to battles against other mechs. Parts can be bought using the credits recieved from missions, allowing you to build up your mech. Players that have played the previous two Armored Core titles (Armored Core and AC: Project Phantasma) can load their previous mechs and build them up further thanks to 30 new parts available (as well as hidden parts scattered throughtout the levels).Again, you can take on a friend in 2 player split screen and link cable mode (you can use two Playstations and TV's). |
| NHL Rock the Rink | 2000-03-16 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Fighting | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Madness on ice! EA tries to reproduce the success of NFL Blitz with this crossover 3 on 3 Hockey / wrestling title. Includes all of the teams and key players from the NHL as well as created teams and over the top checking, fighting and power-up skating. Includes many unlockables and cheats, special game modes (first to 10, old time hockey) and 10 totally new arenas. |
| Natsuiro Kenjutsu Komachi | 2000-03-16 | NEC Interchannel, Ltd. | NEC Interchannel, Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Dating simulation, Japanese-style adventure, Visual novel | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Natsuiro Kenjutsu Komachi is a mix of visual novel and simulation adventure game where the player takes on a role of a captain of the high school athletic team. The game cycles through weeks, letting the player decide training activities to perform which in turn will increase his skills and character stats. As in other dating simulation games, player's stats may affect his conversation with girls he meets and how well they fit or get along together. Beside skill boosting activities, bulk of the gameplay is done using 1st-person visual novel style with static 2D anime characters over background with dialogue windows during conversations and dialogue options. |
| Tokimeki Memorial 2: EVS Append Disc 2 | 2000-03-16 | Aspect Corporation | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc. | DLC / Add-on, Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | The Tokimeki Memorial 2 EVS Append Disc was published on three additional discs for Tokimeki Memorial 2 to allow the game's EVS (Emotional Voice System) to be available for the different girls. The EVS is a system that allows the girls to actually pronounce the protagonist's name. Only two of the girls, Hikari Hinamoto and Kasumi Asou, have EVS in the base game, and the append discs contain the voices for all the others, except Maeka Kudanshita who never uses the protagonist's name. The discs were included in the Tokimeki Memorial 2 magazine Hibikino Watcher, each disc includes the data for three additional girls, shown on the cover of the corresponding issue:
Disc 2 contains the following girls:
Akane Ichimonji
Homura Akai
Kaori Yae
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| Roadsters | 2000-03-20 | Titus Software Corporation | Titus Interactive, S.A. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Roadsters is a car racing game that features both licensed cars from manufacturers like Mitsubishi, Alfa Romeo, Lotus, etc., and unlicensed cars from imaginary manufacturers that are based and bear great resemblance to their equivalent, real car models. The game has 8 racers and 34 cars from which you can choose from and 4 modes in total:
Roadster Trophy – The player starts by selecting one of the available racers and is given a sum of money that must be used to acquire a car. There are 3 divisions in which the player can compete on with the 3rd being of the easiest difficulty and requiring less money to participate; the 1st being the most difficult one and needing a higher amount of money in order to participate. More money can be earned by winning the races and that in turn allows to buy new cars or upgrade the ones that are already in possession.Multi-Player – Multi-player mode supports up to 2 human players that can compete in any of the available circuits with 4 more CPU controlled racers. The mode allows for either vertical or horizontal split screen. Quick Race – In Quick Race the player can select the racer, car, circuit and weather conditions, and race against 7 more CPU controlled players.Time Trial – Like Quick Race mode, the player can also select here the racer, car, circuit and weather conditions but without the competition of the other modes, the player races against time for as many laps as the player wants.
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| Front Mission 3 | 2000-03-21 | Square Electronic Arts L.L.C. | Square Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Mecha / giant robot | | Turn-based | Teen | | PS1 | Yokosuka, Japan, 2112 AD. The young student Kazuki Takemura works as a test pilot with Kirishima Industries, a production company of military battle wanzers (walking panzers), mechanized walking robots with movement similar to that of a human being. Kazuki has just finished testing the combat capabilities of the new Zeinslev prototype in the lab. Finishing his day's tasks he is asked by his best friend Ryogo to help with a company delivery to the Japanese Defense Force (JDF) military based. This simple choice determines where Kazuki is when strange things begin happening in Japan. A large explosion, a wanzer theft, his sister Alysia being hunted, rumors of a powerful weapon, and accusations of involvement by agents of both the OCU and the USN all make the situation more complicated. Kazuki is swept up in a plot of conflicting loyalties and attacked by various factions. He will need to recruit additional characters and wanzers in order to be victorious in battle and investigate leads to uncover what is going on.Front Mission 3, like other games in the Front Mission Series is a turn-based strategy game featuring real-time environments, CG movies, mechanized robots and strategic battles. The game contains two independent storylines with different situations, environments and unique characters made up of different set of allies and enemies. The majority of the game takes place on the battlefield where Kazuki and his allies are controlled in an overhead view 3D environment. The game is tactical and nature, so the player chooses his unit and assigns where it will be moved and what action it will perfom. Typical actions include attacking with a shoulder weapon (missiles or gernades), attacking with a weapon held in the hand (ranged and melee), using items, guarding against future attack and simply ending the turn. As chaarcters fire weapons back and forth at each other, they will inflict damage to different parts of the wanzer. Areas that can be damaged and destroyed/disabled include arms, legs, and body. Complete damage to the body will 'destroy' the wanzer in battle, whereas disabling other parts will merely render it less effective. Each weapon has a damage type which includes (I) "Impact", (F) "Flame" and (P) "Piercing". In practice these types function as weapon "elements" which can be reduced with the proper armor coating, however it usually renders it vulnerable to another damage type. Typically Anti-I defense is very weak against Class-P attack and defending against that is weak from Class-F and defending against that is weak from Class-I. Each weapon carried by the wanzers is also classified as either Ranged, Melee, Shield or Missile . Each pilot can have a proficiency in these skills, making the usage of some weapons by them more effective than others. Pilots also learn special skills during battle, these are activated by experience points, and amount of weapon usage. Special abilities are very dependent on the types of actions being performed and items equipped, so for example the ability "Double Shot" requires a weapon equipped in each hand of the same weapon class.Between combat missions, Kazuki is able to save his game as well as explore the "network". The network is a virtual internet, allowing connections to the (completely fictional) websites of organizations involved in the Front Mission 3 plot. While exploration on the network is not required, it's exploration will uncover clues to some of the game's backstory as well as open up the opportunity to develop email contacts, obtain additional funds and unlock new wanzer gear.Between certain missions, Kazuki will enter a town. These are represented by a simple graphical menu of different locations. Areas that can be visited typically include Pubs, Wanzer Equipment Shops, Wanzer Parts Shops and specific locations. Wanzers are mix-and-matchable so that feet from one model can be attached to another and different weapons carried. Different wanzer parts each have unique values for HP, accuracy, movement and armor. However each part and weapon has a "weight" value, which is determined by each individual Wanzer model's engine (as well as additional parts). A wanzer is always unable to carry more than it's maximum weight. Towns are also where Kazuki will often meet new characters and have conversations to uncover the plot. |
| Sammy Sosa High Heat Baseball 2001 | 2000-03-21 | 3DO Company, The | Team .366 | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Sammy Sosa High Heat Baseball 2001 is the third installment of the High Heat series from 3DO. The game features several modes of play which includes exibition, season, home run derby, playoffs, and custom league. The game also supports internet play over Heat.net, MSN gaming zone, and Mplayer. The game covers both the managerial and player aspects of America's favorite pastime. As manager, you're given the ability to not only manage your major league squad, but also the minor leagues. You can also place players on the disabled list, inactive list, make player cuts and trades.Season's can have customized schedules and playoff series. The game features a 'career' option to guide your team through multiple seasons. On the field, gameplay can be customized from controlling every pitch and swing, to simply making manageriel calls from the dugout. With licences from Major League Baseball and MLB Players Assoc., all the teams, players and stadiums are included.. |
| Sim Theme Park | 2000-03-22 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Bullfrog Productions, Ltd. | Simulation | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Point and select | Real-time | Everyone | Free-roaming camera | PS1 | Sim Theme Park is the sequel to Theme Park and the second game in the series. It is a theme park management game where players build their own theme park with roller coasters, rides and food stalls. Each building can be customized for its appearance, prices and also the length of the ride. Roller coasters play an important role as the main attraction for visitors. Players can design a custom ride and then test it from a first-person view.In this version the park can be built in four different worlds: Lost Kingdom (prehistoric theme), Halloween World (spooky theme), Wonderland (fantasy theme) and Space Zone (futuristic theme). The game boasts 3D graphics and players can walk around in their park as if they were one of the guests, and go on the rides. Golden Tickets can be won by doing great things to the park and these can be used to buy new rides and parks. |
| Alundra 2: A New Legend Begins | 2000-03-23 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Contrail Production, Matrix Software | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Story-wise, this title isn't really a sequel to Alundra. The hero of this game is the red-haired Flint, whose parents were killed by pirates. Flint engages himself on a journey to avenge his parents, but soon discovers that there is a bigger conspiracy - the evil Mephisto wants to turn all people into robots by putting magic keys into them. In contrast to the predecessor, this game's storyline and characters are humorous.Alundra 2 is in 3D and uses polygonal graphics, unlike the first game of the series. The gameplay of Alundra 2, like the original Alundra, is very similar to the Legend Of Zelda series with emphasis being on puzzle solving and dungeon exploring. In said dungeons, reached from an overhead world map, the player finds new items and special attacks, which are required to solve the puzzles. But not all require thinking; some consist of platforming challenges. The western release features two difficulty levels. |
| Kisha de GO! | 2000-03-23 | Taito Corporation | Taito Corporation | Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | Train | | | | | PS1 | Kisha de GO! is part of the Densha de GO! series by Taito.This game let's you drive steam locomotives through the Japanese countryside - the coverage included portions of the Keihin-Tōhoku Line, Shin'etsu Main Line and Ban'etsu-Sai Line.Controls are somewhat more difficult than usual for the Densha de GO! series. This is to reflect the simulation of steam engines. |
| Nemu Lu Mayu | 2000-03-23 | Asmik Ace Entertainment, Inc. | Dual Corporation | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy | | Direct control, Menu structures | | | | PS1 | Nemu Lu Mayu is a first-person dungeon crawler role-playing game similar to the King's Field series. You are known as The Accursed One, and have been sucked into a demonic tome hidden in Tuscany, Italy. You must free the four other trapped souls of knights within the tome.The player can pick the order of the four knights to rescue. The game features voice clips, pre-rendered characters, 3D environments, and surreal visuals/presentation. The battle system is not turn-based. Enemies are visible when walking around the lengthy dungeons. You and the enemies can move forward and backward to hit, and cast spells by pressing buttons in a specific rhythm with a stroke on-screen. |
| Seireiki Rayblade | 2000-03-23 | Winky Soft Co., Ltd. | Winky Soft Co., Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Tactical RPG, Turn-based strategy | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | Turn-based | | Isometric | PS1 | It is the start of a new semester. Tōya, an ordinary high school student, spends his time in school as always: sleeping during the class. After his detention, he went to the schoolyard with his friend Kōichirō. Suddenly, two robots come from the sky and battle it out, with one robot going down. Tōya gets slightly wounded, but manages to operate the fallen robot and defeats the enemy, albeit temporarily. He wakes up, two days later, in bed, completely confused whether or not the events were nothing but a dream. The scar he got from the previous battle is still on his face, leaving him wandering for any sort of reason. Suddenly, he feels weak, and after an encounter with a mysterious man, he is forced to sign a contract. The man tells Tōya the reason why strange thing happen to him: his consciousness no longer exists on Earth, and it now belongs to a different world. Tōya is then taken to a "gate", where our world and theirs meet. He is now left with the task of finding out what is going on, and eventually, find a way back to Earth.Seireiki Rayblade (pronounced as "rye-blade") is a turn-based tactical RPG in a very similar vein to Super Robot Wars/Taisen and Fire Emblem. The player controls pilots of robots throughout the entire campaign, battling against various types of enemies on an isometric field. All main characters possess powers that can give them a necessary edge in the battle. When enemy units are defeated, characters earn "prāna", their willpower. When prāna increases to a certain level, characters can perform more powerful attacks on the enemy.This game is actually a spiritual successor to the Masou Kishin: The Lord of Elemental, previously developed by Banpresto and Winky Soft. Banpresto went to develop the Super Robot Wars/Taisen franchise, while Winky Soft decided to make a game reminiscent of the original Masou Kishin. As such, the game shares many similarities with each other, including the combat, the gameplay, its mechanics, the science-fantasy setting, and even the design of the protagonist. However, the main story, while similar, plays out differently. Also, all combat in the game is performed on the playing field itself, i.e. it does not cut to a separate combat screen. The biggest addition to the genre is the character progression system in a "visual novel" style. After missions, players can talk to various characters and, depending on the choices, increase their loyalty levels. Such changes can have an impact on the performance of their teammates in battle. |
| Cricket 2000 | 2000-03-24 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Krisalis Software Ltd. | Action, Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Cricket 2000 is a cricket game featuring 3D graphics, with all 11 men on the field rendered fully in 3D. Available playing modes are the World Cup and a super six competition.The game features motion-captured player moves, original player stats and 14 different national teams including Bangladesh and Scotland. The batsman can play any shot in the book. The game features play-by-play commentary from cricket legends Richie Benaud and David Gower, and there are also night matches.
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| Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed | 2000-03-24 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Eden Studios | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Street racing, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | From uk.playstation.com (from Ad Blurbs)You've pushed yourself to the edge - now drive over it!Need for Speed Porsche 2000 lets you experience the adrenaline rush of high-speed driving with 74 different Porsche models dating from 1948 to 2000. Roar down the roadways in classic models such as the 1948 356 No.1, or push the state-of-the-art 2000 996 Porsche Turbo to its absolute limit. The choice is yours.Grid-based tracks feature 20 open road segments, and with the capacity for 4 people to play, this game lets you take part in a thrills 'n' spills journey through Porsche's fast-paced 50-year history. Fasten your seat belt!
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| UEFA Champions League Season 1999/2000 | 2000-03-24 | Eidos Interactive Limited | Silicon Dreams Studio Ltd. | Sports | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | UEFA Champions League Season 1999/2000 is a soccer sim featuring the 1999/2000 season team line-ups in this prestigious European club competition. There are 32 clubs included. Game options include full season, exhibition matches, scenario and a multi-player option. In scenario mode you can replay any of the finals in the competition's history from 1970 onwards. Another notable inclusion is the custom tournament mode that allows you to define your own tournament perimeters and fixtures. |
| F1 2000 | 2000-03-27 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Visual Sciences Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | Direct control | | Everyone | Released | PS1 | F1 2000 was the last Visual Sciences' F1 racing game to appear on the PlayStation. With an official FIA Formula One license, it includes the full 2000 World Championship season, including the new US Indianapolis Grand Prix and the Jaguar Racing Team.The game modes features a full championship, quick races, racing weekends, custom grid and time trial modes. In the multiplayer section, you can either go head to head in 2-player split screen sessions, or play a hot-seat time trial mode for up to 22 players.All cars can be fine-tuned in the pits, and there is clear pit-to-car radio commentary. Full telemetry data is shown for detailed set-up changes. Your best performances can be saved in the replay mode, including race highlights. In this version, the computer opponents now have more realistic racing behaviour, as they make mistakes and have car failures. |
| Jackie Chan Stuntmaster | 2000-03-28 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Radical Entertainment Inc. | Action | Diagonal-down | Licensed | Comedy, Martial arts | Beat 'em up / brawler | Contemporary | | Direct control | | Teen | | PS1 | Jackie's grandfather has been kidnapped. To rescue his grandfather, Jackie must find and deliver a package to the kidnappers.The player takes control of Jackie Chan as he fights his way through fifteen levels within five different areas filled with thugs and goons. Luckily, Jackie is a Kung Fu master and has no problem with punches and kicks. He can also perform signature moves like running up walls, cartwheel kicks and even Drunken Master Kung Fu style. All of the moves are authenticated, thanks to the motion-captured sessions with Jackie Chan himself.In addition to punches and kicks, potent objects such as chairs and brooms can also be used as weapons, just like in Jackie Chan movies. Should Jackie start to run low on health he can grab some milk, rice and even Chinese take-out food scattered throughout the levels for some health recovery. |
| BattleTanx: Global Assault | 2000-03-30 | 3DO Company, The | 3DO Company, The | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Shooter | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | Tank | | | Teen | | PS1 | The year is 2049. A nuclear holocaust has caused 99.9% of the women in the entire world to die out, leaving mankind desperate to search for women for reproduction. Instinct has taken over, and the only rule is mob rule. There is no form of government, form of justice, and the only way to survive is lookout for yourself. Mobs and warlords have emerged trying to claim the world's last surviving women.In the midst of the chaos, Griffin and Madison escape back to San Francisco with their new baby boy Brandon, where they hope to rebuild a better society. However, the evil QueenLord, Cassandra, captures him. Cassandra leads Griffin and Madison all across America and Europe in a frantic search for Brandon, who may have psychic abilities that can save the world.Global Assault is the sequel to the original BattleTanx. It features many new weapons, new vehicles, and new powers that were not available in the original. Global Assault now also features a destructible environment, allowing you to seize control of the environment and create ultimate destruction. Global Assault allows two players to play together in co-operative mode, or four players to go head-to-head as one of the dozens of tank gangs in all new maps and many more game modes. |
| EVE Zero: Ark of the Matter | 2000-03-30 | Game Village | C's Ware | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Japanese-style adventure, Visual novel | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Eve Zero is a prequel to Eve Burst Error. Once again, the player controls the two main heroes of the series: the witty and womanizing private investigator Kojiroh Amagi, and the beautiful red-haired secret agent Marina. The events of the game take place shortly before those of Eve Burst Error. Kojiroh is working at Katsuragi Detective Office together with his girlfriend Yayoi. Dr. Nishina, the head of a genetic research facility, hires Kojiroh to investigate the disappearance of his son Shin. At the same time, Marina receives an assignment from her boss Kohno, which involves watching over a representative of an American company. As in all EVE games, the two stories appear unrelated in the beginning and are gradually linked together later in the game.The player needs to switch between the two protagonists frequently in order to advance in the game. The interface consists of a menu that makes it possible to interact with the game world. Beside the traditional "Look", "Talk", and "Go" commands, there are many others, specific to the situation. Being a Japanese-style adventure game, Eve Zero does not feature any puzzles. |
| Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure | 2000-03-30 | Atlus U.S.A., Inc. | Nippon Ichi Software, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | | | | | | | | Turn-based | Everyone | Isometric | PS1 | In this game the player controls Cornet, a young orphaned girl who can animate lifeless puppets by playing on her trumpet. One day, Cornet meets prince Ferdinand and falls in love with him. She joins a contest, the winner of which will have the privilege to marry the prince. But in the middle of the contest, an evil sorceress bursts in and kidnaps the prince. Now Cornet and her friends must defeat the sorceress and rescue the prince.Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure is a Japanese-style role-playing game with humorous elements. Cornet's party includes animated puppets and can also contain enemies who may be willing to join it after battles. All the combatants level up automatically after having accumulated a sufficient amount of experience points. Enemy encounters are random, and battles take place on a tactical screen, requiring the player to move characters in a turn-based fashion and attack enemies in range of the characters' weapons. Characters also learn magic and can equip up to four different accessories instead of the traditional weapons and armor. The world map consists of dots the player can travel to automatically, and only a small portion of it is accessible in the beginning. Story progression is linear. Musical performances are sometimes used as story-advancing cutscenes. |
| Premier Manager 2000 | 2000-03-31 | Infogrames UK Ltd. | Infogrames Studios Limited | Sports | | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | PS1 | Continuing the Premier Manager series Premier Manager 2000 brings football management back with more features.
Allowing four players to go up against each other with their favorite team and with the use of the multi-tap.
Take part in the transfer market involving teams and players from England, Italy, Germany, France and Spain. Take your team into domestic and European competitions to become the best team in Europe.
As well as team management you control all aspects of your stadium including ticket pricing, expansions, scouts and finances with the bank.
With 3D match play you can see your changes and formations in action accompanied by commentary from Barry Davies. |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms VI: Awakening of the Dragon | 2000-03-31 | KOEI Corporation | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Strategy | Top-down | | | | China (Ancient / Imperial), Historical events | | | Turn-based | Everyone | Isometric | PS1 | The Romance of the Three Kingdoms series returns for its sixth installment. As the leader of your own nation in war torn ancient China, it is up to you to unify the whole land. To do this, you'll need to build, manage and control your cities while interacting with and directing the actions of hundreds of different characters. Through military and domestic management, you can unify China and be the Emperor! |
| Urban Chaos | 2000-03-31 | Eidos, Inc. | Mucky Foot Productions Limited | Action | Behind view | | | Fighting, Shooter | | | | | Mature | | PS1 | As the 2nd millennium ends, the cities are over-ran with Apocalyptic violence. Is this down to urban frustrations, or a sinister cult controlling everybody? You are either cop D'Arcy Stern or former soldier Roper McIntyre, and have to find the answers, but more importantly put a stop to the carnage. This involves a succession of action-packed non-linear missions. The environment incorporates shadows, rain, fog and a day/night cycle. Police cars, motorcycles and ambulances must be controlled during some missions. There are many ways to 'settle' the enemies - car chases, hand-to-hand combats and action movie-style shoot outs for example. |
| Star Wars: Episode I - Jedi Power Battles | 2000-04-04 | LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC | LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Choose your jedi (including Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Mace Windu, Plo Koon, and Adi Gallia) and fight the forces of the Trade Federation through the planet Naboo, facing plenty of droids and Darth Maul himself. |
| Army Men: World War | 2000-04-06 | 3DO Company, The | 3DO Company, The | Action | Behind view | | War | Shooter | | Tank | | | Teen | | PS1 | 16 missions await you and your green army as you wage war against the tan army through true world war environments including beaches, jungles, countrysides and war-torn cities.
Each army man has a range of weapons to use, including pistols, flame throwers and the bazooka. You can also use heavy artillery such as tanks, jeeps and boats when normal attacks fail to breach the enemy line. |
| Kizuna Toiu Na no Pendant with Toybox Stories | 2000-04-06 | NEC Interchannel, Ltd. | Cocktail Soft | Adventure, Compilation | 1st-person | | Romance | Japanese-style adventure, Visual novel | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Kizuna Toiu Na no Pendant with Toybox Stories is an updated port of With You: Mitsumete Itai game containing base game and non-adult version of With You: Toybox fan disk released for PC.After clearing the main game story, bonus features including music player, CG gallery and Toybox stories become available. |
| Maboroshi Tsukiyo | 2000-04-06 | Kaga Tech | SIMS Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Romance | Visual novel | Fantasy | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Maboroshi Tsukiyo is a visual novel adventure game that originated on Dreamcast and was ported to PlayStation platform half a year later. The game features fullscreen presentation with dialogue and description text displayed over dimmed background rather than utilizing dialogue windows. The story progresses one day at the time and takes place between June and September. The protagonists whose name can be entered by the player or left the default one, is a high-school student who one day meets Ayame, a ghost girl, who starts living with him. Ayame cannot do much in her ghost form, but she can possess someone else's body. Suddenly, our protagonist's peaceful life turns to mystery and adventure filled one. Based on player's actions as well as events in the past intertwined with present story, the game will branch in a certain direction and lead to one of several different endings. |
| TRL: The Rail Loaders | 2000-04-06 | Victory | Soft Action | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | PS1 | TRL: The Rail Loaders is a 2D shoot-em-up that plays for the most part on-rails - in this case, quite literally. One or two players control two trains (in single-player mode, the other train is taken over by the AI). The trains can only move on rails; switches are used to change between rail tracks in order to avoid traps or collect power-ups. Boss battles, on the other hand, are handled similarly to standard scrolling shoot-em-ups, as the trains grow wings and fly around to shoot at the boss enemies from all sides. |
| Player Manager 2000 | 2000-04-07 | 3DO Europe, Ltd. | Anco Software Ltd. | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | PS1 | A football management game from the creators of the Kick Off series. Player Manager 2000 lets the player coach any team from England, Scotland, Italy, and Germany, and there is totally more than 30,000 players. Tactical options are diverse and the game features both pre- and post-match analysis.What makes the game relatively unique is players are able to put themselves in the team. There are three ways to play the matches. The first is the commentary mode, which works almost the same way as the Championship Manager games. The second is the scanner mode, where the player can watch the matches from a 2D, top-down view. The third is to play these matches in full 3D, similar to the FIFA games. |
| Tiny Bullets | 2000-04-13 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | Contrail Production, Kuusoukagaku Corp. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | PS1 | One day, a boy named Horin was out on an errand for his grandmother. He was heading to the next village to purchase medicine, which by foot was half a day from his village. He was told not to take the path through Mt. Curse. But everyone in the village looks down on Horin, and he figures if he can make it through Mt. Curse, then maybe he'll start to get a little respect. But he was a little worried; after all, legend says that there are terrible monsters living there. What to do, what to do?So of course, while he's pondering whether or not to make the journey, an earthquake splits the ground beneath his feet, with the only path leading towards Mr. Curse. There's only one thing he can do now...Tiny Bullets is an action-adventure game that plays remarkably similar to Tomb Raider. Horin has a variety of actions he can perform, including jumping, climbing, swinging on poles, pushing blocks, shooting things with his slingshot, and even picking up and throwing small objects. Making his way through different areas, he must fight with monsters, as well as avoid and escape traps. He can also find and store a variety of items, including keys and healing items to keep his health up. There is even an option to get hints on the current stage if you get stuck. |
| Samurai Shodown: Warriors Rage | 2000-04-18 | SNK of America | Japan Vistec, SNK Corporation | Action | Side view | | | Fighting | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Warriors Rage is the seventh Samurai Shodown game. The events of the game take place twenty years after those described in the Hyper Neo Geo 64 arcade predecessors.The game includes new swordsmen like Rinka Yoshino (a daughter of samurai family), Seishiro Kuki (the new protagonist), Ran Po, Garyo the Whirlwind, Jin-Emon Hanafusa and more. Gameplay features a new life gauge system, split in three sections; when the two sections are drained from the opponent, the character performs taunting moves. |
| Speed Punks | 2000-04-18 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Funcom Dublin Ltd. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Speed Punks is a fast go-cart game in a cartoony setting featuring six different characters and twelve different tracks. The game can be played in four different single-player modes or in multi-player mode with up to four people.The tracks are bright and colorful and feature sunny sea shores, futuristic cities, bright green meadows and lots of waterfalls. Throughout the tracks there are weapon power-ups, boost tokens and speed-up strips. The boost tokens fill up an energy bar which can be used for extra speed. The weapon power-ups can be used to defeat the rivals on the track, including homing missiles, remote bombs and stealth mode.Some tracks have shortcuts which allow players to cut ahead, but they are hard with tight corners or narrow passages. On some tracks in tournament mode, an alternate faster route in the track will open up only on the last lap.Playable characters include the jack-of-all-stats Monty, Tabatha, Buster and Wedgie, purple haired Monica, Brains, and the spikey haired Tempest. Three additional characters can be unlocked by first winning all races in tournament mode and then winning the character challenge. For each mode, Easy, Medium and Hard, there is one unlockable character: Cosworth the dog, Tetsuo a futuristic looking guy, and Beemer the robot. |
| Dancing Stage: featuring Dreams Come True | 2000-04-20 | Konami Co., Ltd., Konami Corporation | KCE Tokyo, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Music / rhythm, Timed input | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Side story of the Dance Dance Revolution series featuring Japanese pop group Dreams Come True. As before, the player has to press the direction of the arrows as they come up the screen in true Dance Dance Revolution style. |
| Ghoul Panic | 2000-04-20 | Namco Limited | Raizing Co., Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | | Horror | Shooter | | | | | | | PS1 | Ghoul Panic is a comedy adventure game, set in a haunted mansion. Using a PlayStation light-gun, take on the might of vampires, monsters, mummies, skeletons and spooks to open the locked doors and uncover hidden bonuses.A conversion of the arcade game, with 3 difficulties and hidden game modes. There are also PlayStation exclusive game modes, including Survival, Adventure and Remix. |
| Millennium Soldier: Expendable | 2000-04-23 | Infogrames, Inc. | Rage Games Ltd. | Action | Diagonal-down | Regional differences | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | 2D scrolling | PS1 | In 2463 a race of vicious aliens has invaded human planets, wiping out the population of Novocastria first. Only the Millennium Soldier can lead the human fightback. In this sci-fi action game, reflex shooting dominates over planning or tactical play. Expect non-stop action from fighting and relentlessly killing off tons of bad guys across more than 20 levels of 3rd person 3D action, taking place inside and outside. Powering up your weaponry is crucial - there are 18 different ones to collect, from pulse cannons to particle accelerators and rockets to missiles. Two player cooperative and deathmatch modes are provided. |
| Art Camion Sugorokuden | 2000-04-27 | | Affect Co.,Ltd | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | Truck | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Drive your own Dekotora (Customized Truck) in this epic board game!
Deliver your packages by racing around the map!
Acquire points as you evade your enemies and tune up your Dekotora using massive amounts of customizable items.
Go crazy with this Dekotora board game!
Download this PS one® Classic today.
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| Lattice | 2000-04-27 | nousite, inc. | nousite, inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Tadashi Takagawa | PS1 | Lattice is a high-speed abstract rail-shooter. The player constantly moves forward at a rapid pace along straight square pathways connected by junctions. Enemies and obstacles swarm from all sides, attacking or obstructing the player, which must either shoot and destroy them or avoid them by either moving to other sides of the path or jumping over them. The player can change their path through the stage at various junctions, as well as turn around and head the opposite direction if necessary.The goal of each stage is to locate and capture three "key capsules" within the time limit and without running out of life. As the stages progress, they become increasingly complex, introducing more branching paths and ways to traverse the paths such as the ability to jump to adjacent pathways. There are also a variety of special weapons that can be found.At the end of each stage, the player is graded on several criteria and given a score. Progress is saved using passwords. There are three difficulty levels, and seven stages in total. |
| Paca Paca Passion 2 | 2000-04-27 | Produce Co., Ltd. | Produce Co., Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Music / rhythm | | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)★This game is supported with the PSP® and PS Vita screenshot function★PSP®: Screenshots can be taken by using the menu after holding the PS button (HOME button) in the game. The image will be saved in the photo collection from the XMB™ (XrossMediaBar).PS Vita: Screenshots can be taken by using "Screenshot" from the "Settings" after holding the PS button in the game. The image will be saved as an application photo. This software can be played with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).If you are downloading with PC or via PS3™, after downloading with the device please connect to PSP® with a USB cable and copy the content by inserting a storage media like Memory Stick™."PACAPACA PASSION™ 2" is a rhythm and action game that competes by using music!Besides 4 additional new characters there will be more excitements!In addition to all 9 songs including the arcade version hidden songs, new songs & new stages are included!Various game modes such as tournament mode and new functions are available too!Copyright:©1998-2018 D4Enterprise Co.,Ltd.Purchase or use of this item is subject to SEN Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Rally de Europe | 2000-04-27 | Prism Arts | Prism Arts | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | Europe | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Rally de Europe is an arcade rally racing game and sequel to Prism Arts' previous game Rally de Africa. The game features four game modes: Championship, where the player plays through a series of races; Spot Entry, where the player can play a singe race; 2 Player Battle, where two players can race against each other; and Memory Battle, where the player can race against the replay of another player which is stored on the memory card. In each race you begin in the tenth position behind nine computer opponents, the goal is to pass all the opponents to get into the first place position before you reach the end of the stage. The game features a total of five different stages set across the continent of Europe and a selection of unlicensed vehicles to race with. |
| Simple 1500 Series: Vol.28 - The Dungeon RPG | 2000-04-27 | D3Publisher Inc. | Mint Co., Ltd., plophet Co.,Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)To the underground maze of darkness! Adventurers, it's now time for take off!Make well use of more than 50 types of weapons, protective gears and various types of items, fight against monsters of distinctive characters while your protagonist gets leveled-up.In this RPG game, clear various traps that stand in your way and aim for the "Legendary gem" at the deepest part of the dungeon.The self-generating maps can be played again as many times as you want.This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：90MBCopyright：©2000 Mint/PLOPHET©2000 D3 PUBLISHERPlease note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| UEFA Euro 2000 | 2000-04-28 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Software Creations Ltd. | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | Europe | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | This is a specially released FIFA football game that coincided with the Euro 2000 European Cup.
You can take charge of a team and playall the qualifying phases for the cup or play for the cup itself.
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| JoJo's Bizarre Adventure | 2000-04-29 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Fighting | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Teen | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Based on the Japanese manga/anime of the same name, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is a 2D fighter from Capcom. Take on the role of one of 18 characters and battle your friends in Arcade Mode, or take on the role of Jotaro "JoJo" Kujo and his friends in Super Story Mode as they battle their way to the evil vampire, Dio Brando, in order to save the world!A Dreamcast version also exists, but without the Super Story Mode and a couple of missing characters. Both games were ports of Capcom's arcade fighter, JoJo's Venture and its update, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. |
| Vanguard Bandits | 2000-04-29 | Working Designs | Human Entertainment, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Top-down | | | | | Mecha / giant robot | | Real-time | Teen | Isometric | PS1 | Vanguard Bandits is a tactical RPG that takes place on the continent of Eptina, which has been at war with itself for years until the kingdom of Pharastia discovers ancient mechanical giants created by a lost civilization. With the new found mecha's called ATAC (All Terrain Armored Combatant) Pharastia once again brings peace to Eptina until civil wars and coup d' etat's took place and thus began the Second Eptina Wars. Take control of Bastion as he wages war against the Junaris Empire to regain control of the continent. Gameplay consists of controlling a group of ATAC on missions on a 2D sprite map where players take turns moving and attacking. Once a fight between two ATAC's starts the game is switched to a 3D side view and the battle between the two continues. Use the terrain to your advantage like attacking from above or behind your enemy. Follow the story of Bastion and his friends on 56 missions to regain peace on the continent. Your actions before battles and as the results of battles will decide your outcome - with 5 different endings along three separate story lines. |
| The Misadventures of Tron Bonne | 2000-04-30 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Puzzle elements, Shooter | Post-apocalyptic | Mecha / giant robot | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Things are looking up for the Bonne family. Having just finished getting their airship, the Gesellschaft, operational, Teisel Bonne sets out with younger brother Bon Bonne to explore an unexplored ruin. Unfortunately for Teisel the loan he took out to pay for the Gesellschaft just came due, and the two Bonne brothers are taken prisoner. Now it's up to Tron to save her siblings and pay off their debt the only way she knows how: Grand Larceny.Most of the levels in The Misadventures of Tron Bonne are played similarly to Mega Man Legends, but with minor tweaks to controls. Tron's walking tank, the Gustaff, can't equip the wide range of alternate weapons like Mega Man, but it can pick up and hurl large objects like trees and cars. It can also launch beacon bombs which direct the Servbots following Tron to either attack or steal anything in the vicinity. Additional levels include a crate stacking puzzle minigame where Tron needs to steal selected crates of valuables in a limited number of moves, and a first person dungeon exploration section where Tron must depend on the Servbots alone to clear out traps and enemies. Despite the Servbots all looking alike, each one has unique stats and abilities. By taking them on missions, training them aboard the Gesellschaft, or using special items their stats can be raised, unlocking hidden talents. |
| Wild Arms 2 | 2000-04-30 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Media.Vision Entertainment Inc., Production I.G, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | Turn-based | Everyone | | PS1 | A soldier named Ashley Winchester witnesses a demon-summoning experiment, which turns his comrades into horrifying monsters. Having been forced to kill them, Ashley discovers that he had been tainted by a demonic essence as well. Looking for answers, he encounters a man who offers him to join ARMs, a team of fighters trying to overthrow a terrorist organization known as Odessa, whose goal is to conquer the world. Once there, Ashley meets Brad, a war veteran who has turned to criminal ways, and Lilka, a young girl training to become a Crest Sorceress. Aided by their new friends, the three heroes are determined to defeat Odessa and save the world.Wild Arms 2 is not a direct sequel to the first Wild Arms, although it is set in the same fictional world Filgaia, which combines elements of Old West, steampunk, and fantasy. The turn-based combat system against randomly appearing enemies resembles that of the predecessor, featuring techniques unique to each character, as well as the Guardian system, which allows the characters to summon powerful creatures to assist them in battles. Three combatants can be used actively in battles; the player can also switch any of them with a reserve character, up to six altogether.The puzzle-solving element is further emphasized in this sequel. Each character possesses three unique field abilities (called "Tools") in the game, which are used for accessing certain areas, discover secrets, and solve puzzles. These abilities range from jumping to hurling knives, pulling switches from afar, kicking large objects, and others. The game utilizes 3D graphics with limited camera rotation for both exploration and combat sequences. |
| Gekido | 2000-05-01 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | Na.p.s. Team s.n.c. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Beat 'em up / brawler | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Gekido: Urban Fighters is one of the few 3D beat-em-up games of the 5th generation of consoles. The year is 2011 and a hackers' antivirus has evolved into an independent entity. Playing as one of the four characters: Travis the policeman, Michelle the military, Ushi the master or Tetsuo the school guy, you the player has to go after the hackers and find the virus.The levels are filled with weapons and objects to vary the players attacks. Regular moves includes acrobatics, jumps, kicks and punches with combos that will unlock as the player progress through the stages. The player can also activate a short rage boost for additional damage. Next to the regular missions, there is an arena mode and co-operative multitap play with up to 4 players. Marvel comic book artist Joe Mad contributed, and the artists Fatboy Slim and Apartment 26 were contracted for the music. |
| Cheating Mah-Jongg | 2000-05-02 | Idea Factory Co., Ltd. | Idea Factory Co., Ltd. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)To download content to the Memory Stick PRO Duo™ of your PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, the free space required is twice the size of the content to be downloaded.This software is playable for PLAYSTATION®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).To play this software on your PLAYSTATION®3 system, you must have at least 100MB of free space on your PLAYSTATION®3 system hard disk.To play this software on your PSP®, you must install the latest system software version and have a Memory Stick Duo™ with the free space stated above.For more detailed information about downloading to your PSP® system, please see URL below.http://asia.playstation.comWhen downloading using PC:When downloading contents to PSP®, you must install the PLAYSTATION®Network Downloader application first. Please go to our official website for installing instructions and other information. ■Game descriptionIn the late 1980s, a man who has lost his job has resolved to live in a certain world of gambling. Somewhat confident in his skill, he enters into the world of mahjong. There he learns of the existence of something called "Cheating mahjong." In this world of mahjong, which is controlled by fate, such that it is commonly said luck is seven while skill is three, there are players who boast of their invincibility. In the various mahjong halls where the invincibility takes up the challenge, a variety of mahjong players wait for him. In the first mahjong hall "Jongjong Hall" he is able to make a partner of an opponent that he defeats and he forms a team with that partner and is able to use new cheating techniques! Go on to use the skills of tile distribution and self-draw tiles and in a rough and ever-changing life, defeat strong enemies who similarly make use of trickery, aiming to become the peerless "Invincible Mahjong Player"!■PS3™ HDD and Memory Stick Duo™ capacity requirement100MB■Copyright notices©2000 IDEA FACTORY■AttentionThis software is converted from the software for PlayStation® so that it can be played on PS3™ and PSP®. Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. |
| Saraba Uchū Senkan Yamato: Ai no Senshitachi | 2000-05-02 | Bandai Co., Ltd. | BEC Co., Ltd., NK System Co., Ltd. | Action, Strategy | | Licensed | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | | | PS1 | Ai no Senshitachi is a game based on the Japanese anime series Uchū Senkan Yamato (known as "Star Blazers" in the US). More precisely, this particular game is based on the second series and movie (1978).The time is 2201. It is one year after the Yamato successfully came back from the planet Iscandar. One day, earth receives a strange S.O.S. from deep space : the voice of a woman called Teresa, prisoner of the Comet Empire, warns Earth that the White Comet is on its way to the Solar System to enslave its inhabitants. But the Earth's Government doesn't want to believe her story. Fearing the upcoming danger, the crew of the Yamato reunites and decides to disobey their orders, eventually stealing their old ship (which was fated to become a museum) to rescue Teresa and stop the White Comet.The game itself is a real-time tactical game. It mostly plays on a board with hexagons where you must move your ship and fight against the enemy. You must manage the crew of the Yamato to gain advantage during battles and uses special options as the "Warp Jump" or the legendary "Wave Motion Canon". When two ships come on the same hexagon, a "space battle" begins where you control directly your ship in space.The game follows very closely the original story and features many animated cutscenes which are actually re-made scenes from the original anime - with 3D rendered space ships and new character design by Keisuke Masunaga. There are even two different endings following the story as told in the series or in the movie. |
| Shi-Kin-Joh | 2000-05-02 | Sun Corporation | Scap Trust | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Shi-Kin-Joh ("Forbidden City") is a puzzle game similar to Sokoban in which the player must reach a goal by pushing oversized mahjong tiles which block the path. When two matching tiles are pushed next to each other, they disappear. Other types of tiles will lock any movable tiles that come in contact with them.The Megadrive version includes five different sound & graphics sets, dozens of puzzles to solve, and a "special puzzle" mode where the rules of the game are changed dramatically. There is also a puzzle construction mode where custom puzzles can be created. Game progress is saved using passwords. |
| Armorines: Project S.W.A.R.M. | 2000-05-03 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Acclaim Studios Limited | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | You have two Armorines to play as, each with their own selection of weapons. In a not distant future time, you strenuously fight against bugs of all sizes, as you attempt to impede the enemies from eliminating human civilization as we know it, and have to succeed within 120 hours. This game uses the Turok 2 engine, and has similar themes and elements to the movie Starship Troopers. |
| Test Drive: Le Mans | 2000-05-04 | Infogrames Europe SA | Eutechnyx Limited | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Managerial / business simulation | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Take on the LeMans endurance racing challenge!Join one of the 25 factory teams and choose from over 50 vehicles to drive (designed with assistance of actual teams) on the eight different LeMans circuits. The actual wear and tear of the vehicle is simulated with tyre wear, oil and fuel consumptions. The full race will see you race through the day, night and back to day driving. |
| MediEvil II | 2000-05-09 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | SCE Studio Cambridge | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Horror | Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | After Sir Daniel Fortesque vanquished the evil sorcerer Zarok in the year 1386, he was finally admitted into the Hall of Heroes, resting in peace. However, five hundred years later Dan unexpectedly awakens in a Victorian museum in Kensington. A ghost named Winston tells him that the sorcerer Lord Palethorn has found Zarok's spell book, reanimating the dead as a result. The pages of the book have been scattered all over London, and it is the task of the valiant knight and his new companions to prevent the mad lord from collecting them and conquering the city.MediEvil II is an action game similar in concept and basic gameplay to its predecessor. The sequel is somewhat more linear than the first installment, having no world map and hence no possibility to choose the next level. As before, Dan relies on melee and ranged weapons to get rid of the enemies; however, the 19th century setting has replaced bows from the previous game with firearms such as pistols, shotguns, and portable gatling guns. A new feature allows the player to equip two weapons on the protagonist and switch between them quickly during combat. Dan also gains the ability to split his own head off, sending it to explore areas he cannot access with his whole body. While in this mode, Dan can solve puzzles and find hidden treasures, but becomes more vulnerable to enemy attacks. The sequel also adds a rotatable camera during exploration. |
| Mr. Driller | 2000-05-10 | Namco Hometek Inc. | Namco Limited | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Mr. Driller's world has been covered with mysterious blocks. Armed with only a mighty drill, you'll have to dig your way down to safety before his air supply runs out!Mr. Driller is a real-time puzzle game that relies solely on quick-thinking and a bit of planning. The gameplay is a combination of Tetris and Boulder Dash: You have to drill down through multi-colored blocks to reach the bottom while avoiding the consequences of reckless drilling; blocks left without a foundation will drop down after a while, potentially crushing Mr. Driller. As the hero's air supply is depleted with time, the player must regularly grab oxygen pick-ups. Some of the blocks are "X-Blocks", which take a few tries to drill through and take away a large chunk of the player's air if destroyed. If four or more X-Blocks come in contact with each other, they vanish and leave behind a small blue creature "Chisokojin", which grants 765 points when picked up. There are two scenarios in the game, the "2500ft" and "5000ft challenge" (called "500m" and "1000m" in the Japanese version), which are five and ten levels long respectively. |
| Élan Plus | 2000-05-11 | Visco Corporation | Visco Corporation | Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Life / social simulation | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Isometric | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)"elan plus" is a renewed version of "elan", a simulation game in which the player 's objective is to be chosen as a crew on a crew exploration vehicle heading to Planet Elan. New features include scenarios and a Gallery Mode which allows you to view event graphics after clearing stages. But it all depends on you whether you can make it to Planet Elan.This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：340MBCopyright：©1999 VISCO CORPORATION. / ©2011 HAMSTER Co.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Vagrant Story | 2000-05-16 | Square Electronic Arts L.L.C. | Square Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Direct control, Menu structures | Real-time | Teen | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Valendia is a land that had undergone civil war, the end of which had birthed the parliament and several organizations to control the balance of power. Ashley Riot is a Riskbreaker, an elite agent for the Valendia Knights of Peace (VKP) who is investigating some strange occurrences. A cult of religious fanatics known as Müllenkamp and their leader Sydney Losstarot have seized the manor of Duke Bardorba of Valendia Kingdom. The events at the manor have sent Ashley on a quest to get to the bottom of events, and travel into the catacombs that lead to the destroyed, yet magical city of Leá Monde. However Ashley is not the only person interested in the city, and other factions of the government, including parliament assigned Knights of the Crimson Blade and other VKP agents are pursuing their own agenda. Vagrant Story is a role-playing game with several distinguishing characteristics. The entire game (including the numerous cutscenes that advance the plot) is rendered in 3D. The game focuses on exploration of large, complex dungeon-like areas and combat; there are no "friendly" areas, NPC interaction, or monetary system. Dungeons contain many optional rooms and environmental puzzles that mostly involve pushing, destroying, and re-arranging different types of crates to access higher areas. Ashley can also jump and grab ledges of higher platforms during exploration.The game runs in real time, with visible enemies and no separate battle screens. When entering combat and attacking an enemy, the game is paused, allowing the player to choose targets and access the menu for other actions. A wireframe sphere displays the range of the currently selected weapon and detailed statistics on different body parts of the enemies within range.Ashley does not receive experience points from defeating regular enemies; he randomly gains bonuses to his attributes after defeating bosses, but in general the focus of the customization in the game is on weapons. Ashley can equip a wide variety of weapons and armor made out of different materials. Each weapon possesses, besides detailed damage statistics, parameters in one of the three categories (edged, blunt, and piercing), as well as affinity to any of the six enemy types encountered in the game. Damage in battle is calculated according to the weapon's and the enemy's particular strengths and weaknesses in any of these categories. Weapons used constantly against the same type of enemy improve in power against them. Each weapon can also be disassembled in workshops scattered throughout the game, and new weapons can be forged by combining blades with grips. Gems can be attached to some grips, usually increasing the weapon's affinity with an enemy category.Ashley can also make use of Magic, Chain Abilities and Break Arts. Magic is broken into four groups, namely defense, combat, healing and status. Chain Abilities allow Ashley to "chain together" consecutive hits against enemies. The player can assign various offensive and defensive effects to buttons that need to be pressed at the right time to execute a chain. These effects include inflicting status ailments on the enemy, reflecting damage, etc. Using chains, however, raises Ashley's Risk Meter, making his attacks less precise and himself more vulnerable. Break Arts are special skills learnt after repetitive use of a weapon type. Sacrificing some of the player's health, Break Arts can perform a high damage attack on an enemy. |
| Brigandine: Grand Edition | 2000-05-18 | E3 Staff | Hearty Robin | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | | | Isometric | PS1 | Brigandine: Grand Edition is the updated version of the PSX game Brigandine: The Legend of Forsena. The graphic has gone through many changes such as 2D animation cutscenes replacing some CG movies, redrawn art, and the 3D battle scenes changed to 2D animations. The music tracks have also been redone or revamped.The game has new playable characters and items. One of the kingdom, Esgares Empire, is now playable from the start and has its own cutscenes and storyline. Some of the gameplay aspects (turn limits, attacks, etc.) have been balanced. The story has been completed by adding some events and a new ending, and some of the events now have full animation and voice acting. Brigandine: Grand Edition offers multiplayer, which was not available in the original game. |
| Cosmowarrior Zero | 2000-05-18 | Taito Corporation | Taito Corporation | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Fighting | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | Cosmowarrior Zero is a 3D combat game based on characters from Leiji Matsumoto's universe - or "Leijiverse".After the Great War against the machines' Galactic Government, Earth is a ruined planet. Warius Zero once was the commander of the terran fleet, but he lose his wife and children during the war and is now a broken man. Earth's government decide to give Warius a new mission : find the space pirates led by young Captain Harlock and stop them before the Galactic Government decides to break the already weak peace treaty. At first, Warius accepts the mission as he is searching a new meaning to his life. But he will soon discover that things are in fact much, much more complicated...The game features action scenes where you explore levels and fight enemies, and boss battles in 3D arena. Multiplayer involves only the latter. As you progress in the "story mode", you unlock new characters both well-known heroes of the Leijiverse - such as Lady Emeraldas, Great Samurai Tochiro, Battle Analyser (the robot from "Starblazers") and of course Captain Harlock - and newcomers such as Grenadier the mercenary, the bounty hunter La Sylviana, and the evil Hellmatear. You also unlock a special gallery containing production sketches, artworks and original drawings from Matsumoto himself. |
| Kurt Warner's Arena Football Unleashed | 2000-05-18 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Midway Games, Inc. | Sports | | Licensed | | | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Kurt Warner's Arena League Unleashed is a modified version of NFL Blitz set in the Arena Football League. Arena ball is a version of American football played indoors on a 50 yard field with nets behind each endzone and boards on the sidelines.KWALU is a six on six game (real arena ball is eight on eight) with no penalties so post tackle stomping and dog piles are encouraged. All 16 teams from the 1999 season are represented including Kurt's former team, the Iowa Barnstormers. |
| Marionette Company 2 | 2000-05-18 | Micro Cabin Corp. | Micro Cabin Corp. | Adventure, Simulation | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | | | | | | Buy at Buy at | PS1 | Marionette Company 2 is a direct sequel to Marionette Company and you play as a same high-school student from the original. One day, while reminiscing on the events from the past, you stumble upon a pair of abandoned marionettes, Marine and Maria. You take Marine under your care while your classmate Alessa takes the other one. While Alessa don't think of marionettes as anything more than a bunch of circuits pieced together, you experience tells you that's not true and you decide to prove her wrong by once again raising your marionette to a near-human form.This visual novel comes with a typical interface for such adventure games, and also includes unlockable CG album, but aside from regular story dialogues your main focus in the game would be to construct and upgrade your marionette to act as close as humanly possible. You can teach her communication or you can focus on construction of her physique and functional processing. While you can change her appearance with different outfit or skin and hair color, that will not change her personality or the ability to reason or understand or act differently. For that you will need to acquire and install better CPU, mother board, cooler, generator and other such parts. |
| Runabout 2 | 2000-05-19 | HOT-B USA, Inc. | Graphic Research Co., Ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | In the sequel to Felony 11-79, you are hired by a secret organization which asks you to do certain tasks in a variety of environments, ranging from a downtown city to a desert. Like the original, you can drive around like a maniac and smash into everything you see. You receive e-mail from various contacts, who give out advice on how to do the mission. There are a total of 31 vehicles ranging from a pickup truck to a motorcycle, and many of objects to unlock. |
| Syphon Filter 2 | 2000-05-23 | 989 Studios | Eidetic, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Spy / espionage | Shooter | | | | | Mature | | PS1 | The sequel to the previous year's Syphon Filter, Syphon Filter 2 adds new features such as a two player mode, new locations, new weapons, and more.The game compares to Goldeneye on the N64.
It's a shooter, but you must also use strategy. You have a health meter, so it's not a "one shot and you're dead" type of game. You must complete missions, or battle it out in a deathmatch with your friends, or enemies.The plot is about you having to prevent the sale of the Syphon Filter virus to a terrorist nation. |
| Grind Session | 2000-05-24 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Shaba Games LLC | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | A pretender to the Tony Hawk's crown.Get ready to ride the rails and ollie over fences in Grind Session. You can choose from six professional skaters: Willy Santos, Daewon Song, Cara-Beth Burnside, Ed Templeton, Pigpen, and John Cardiel. If you can't find a skater that fits your style, you can create you own skater. After getting the boarder you want, go out and earn some respect in the games eight stages, which include some parks in the Van's Triple Crown of Skateboarding. Each level has a number of objectives that earn you respect points after they are completed. With respect, new levels open up including several competitions, which are broken down into street, vert, and best trick events. If your friends want to challenge you, take them on in a number of different 2 Player modes. |
| Nightmare Creatures II | 2000-05-24 | Konami Corporation | Kalisto Entertainment SA | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Horror | Puzzle elements | | | | | Mature | | PS1 | Adam Crowley, from the original Nightmare Creatures, is back to unleashing creatures in London. As Wallace, you must fight the monsters, rescue your lover Rachel, and travel across nine levels in search of Crowley and the final battle. |
| Aquarian Age: Tokyo Wars | 2000-05-25 | Entertainment Software Publishing Inc. | Broccoli | Action, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | | | | Action RPG, Japanese-style RPG (JRPG), Tactical RPG | Contemporary | | | | | | PS1 | Aquarian Age: Tokyo Wars is a video game adaptation of the trading card game Aquarian Wars, and is largely faithful to that game's rules. The story mode features various fully voiced characters, and is told in the visual novel format; battles in the game are 3-versus-3 affairs, and gameplay by up to 5 players is supported through the Multitap peripheral.The game is particularly notable for featuring an appearance by Di Gi Charat, one of the mascots of developer Broccoli's retail chain store, Gamers. |
| Screen | 2000-05-25 | KID Corp. | KID Corp. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | | | | | | Buy at Buy at | PS1 | You and your younger sister, Maiko, lost your parents in a traffic accident. The two of you have since lived with your relatives at the country side. Five years later, you graduated a high-school and returned alone to Tokyo to attend college. Your two-year younger sister came to Tokyo two years after you, hoping to attend the same college as you do.The basic gameplay consists of reading descriptions, monologues and dialogues over the static background with ability to make occasional choices during the story. Game also features CG and music galleries with character theme songs which can be unlocked as you progress the game. |
| Street Fighter EX2 Plus | 2000-05-25 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Arika Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Fighting | | | | | Teen | 2D scrolling | PS1 | The second in the 3D Street Fighter games drops two characters from the first (Kairi and Sakura) and adds plenty of new fighters (Volcano Rosso, Nanase, Sharon, and Area)One of the new modes of play available is the Director mode. It's here where you can record your fighter doing his/her moves, edit the film after recording (changing the camera angels, snipping footage that you didn't like, etc.) and then save the film onto the memory card to share with your friends. If, however, your not sure what to do, you can let the CPU choose which camera angles, etc. to use. Simple really. |
| Super Robot Taisen α | 2000-05-25 | Banpresto Co., Ltd. | Banpresoft Co., Ltd. | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | Turn-based | | Isometric | PS1 | In the year New AD 179, an enormous alien spacecraft crash-lands on Earth, making humanity acutely aware that they are not alone in the universe. The ship is repaired and its technology reverse-engineered, becoming the flagship SDF Macross in preparation of an attack on Earth. Just eight years later, their worst fears come to reality, with the Neo Zeon Army launching an all-out attack on Earth.Super Robot Taisen α is one of the many titles in Banpresto's mecha-crossover tactical RPG series, and the first release in the Alpha sub-series, which was the first major reboot of the franchise after F Final ended the original storyline. It features mechs and characters from more than a dozen well-known mech anime franchises, and includes a number of design and balance tweaks that would become standard for the series. Of particular note is the battle sequences, which for the first time are now fully-animated.The Dreamcast release features fully-3D models rather than the sprite-based graphics of the original, and also includes a number of balance tweaks to make the game more difficult, along with a new secret boss. |
| Aconcagua | 2000-06-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | WACWAC! | Adventure, Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery, Survival, War | Japanese-style adventure, Puzzle elements | South America | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | | Cinematic camera | PS1 | The game takes place in the fictional country of Meruza, which has been governed by a military dictatorship, leaving its people dispossesed of their rights and freedom.
The only hope for the people of Meruza is Pachamama, the daughter of the first President of Meruza. She is the leader of the Democatic Movement, and it's thanks to her efforts that the Movement has spread nationwide.The day of the independence of Meruza is close. Unfortunately, during a flight Pachamama was in, a terrorist detonates a bomb, causing the plane to crash near Aconcagua's peak. Only five people survive the crash, including Pachamama.The player controls Katoh, a Japanese reporter that is one of the survivors. Your objective is to lead the other survivors safely down the mountain, while also trying to survive against the terrorists that are trying to take Pachamama's life.The game plays like a point 'n' click adventure, and it also allows you to control other survivors, each with their own set of skills. The game also features multiple endings. |
| Dance Dance Revolution: 3rd Mix | 2000-06-01 | Konami Corporation | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | The 3rd edition of the popular arcade dance rhythm game. Different arrows scroll up to the top of the screen along with the music and you must step on the appropriate directions with the right timing. A wide range of difficulty settings and songs makes it good for beginners and veterans. With a dancepad connected, you need quick eyes and feet to master this game. This edition adds a few new things for the home user like Diet Mode, which measures the amount of calories used during the game, Edit Mode to create your own dance steps, a Pocket Station mode, and also a linkup feature with Konami's arcade game Dance Mania. |
| Tyco R/C: Assault with a Battery | 2000-06-01 | Mattel Interactive | Lucky Chicken Games, Inc. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | Arcade | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | PS1 | A racing combat game in the style of Mario Kart based on the Mattel owned Tyco R/C Toy Line. Tyco RC features eight real RC cars from the Tyco toy lineup, which includes Nitro Dozer, a racer with treads, which transforms into a bulldozer; Hot Rocker, a bug-shaped car that bashes through any obstacle; Tantrum, which spotlights a spinning axle that damages cars in front of it; Recoil, a 4X4 SUV that spins into a tornado to damage opponents; Fast Traxx, a dual motor vehicle with treads; the Rebound 4X4, a flipping mini-car packing lots of torque; and Speed Wrench, a wide pick-up truck that transforms into a vehicle twice its width. The game features 6 highly interactive single player tracks each with two distinctive player activated interactive items. There is also a multi-play mode that allows for battle games and several other mini-game style two player match ups. |
| Tokimeki Memorial 2: EVS Append Disc 3 | 2000-06-03 | Enterbrain, Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc. | DLC / Add-on, Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | The Tokimeki Memorial 2 EVS Append Disc was published on three additional discs for Tokimeki Memorial 2 to allow the game's EVS (Emotional Voice System) to be available for the different girls. The EVS is a system that allows the girls to actually pronounce the protagonist's name. Only two of the girls, Hikari Hinamoto and Kasumi Asou, have EVS in the base game, and the append discs contain the voices for all the others, except Maeka Kudanshita who never uses the protagonist's name. The discs were included in the Tokimeki Memorial 2 magazine Hibikino Watcher, each disc includes the data for three additional girls, shown on the cover of the corresponding issue:
Disc 3 contains the following girls:
Maho Shirayuki
Mei Ijūin
Sumire Nozaki
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| ISS Pro Evolution | 2000-06-06 | Konami of America, Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc. | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Direct control | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Before the Pro Evolution Soccer series, "Seabass" Takatsuka produced International Superstar Soccer Pro Evolution for the Playstation. The game includes a Master League, a club league of 16 teams including Man U, Arsenal, etc. The game has what you would except of soccer simulation, including an International League, & Cup, & not forgetting the European, African, The America's, & Asian cups.
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| Legend of Mana | 2000-06-07 | Square Electronic Arts L.L.C. | Square Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | | | Teen | 2D scrolling, Isometric | PS1 | A twinkling consciousness became a star that sparkled in the night and banished the darkness. The Mana Goddess acquired consciousness by gazing into the light of that sun. She made Fa'Diel, a great land, but so far an empty one.In Legend of Mana the player controls a hero or heroine traveling over the land of Fa'Diel. The game features a land creation system, allowing the player to create new locations and story elements by placing mysterious artifacts. Those ancient artifacts are repositories of the land's long-forgotten memories and the many events that once took place there. As the game advances, the player will receive more artifacts and find out more about the land. It is also possible raise pet monsters and create powerful golems, forge mighty weapons or refine musical instruments. The game is non-linear in terms of gameplay, allowing the player to visit areas in any order and play through 67 related scenarios. There is, however, no continuous world to explore, and each scenario is confined to a particular area. Like in the previous games in the series, combat is action-based, but in this installment it takes place on separate side-scrolling screens. AI-controlled characters can fight alongside the protagonist in some of the scenarios. |
| Rampage Through Time | 2000-06-09 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Avalanche Software LLC | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Fighting | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Rampage was a simple arcade game. There were three monsters and one goal: Smash stuff. Rampage Through Time, the fourth installment, is played in a similar fashion to the previous games with a few new features. As the title implies, Rampage Through Time adds a time-travel element. Your oversized mutants travel to time periods such as the Old West and Medieval times, as well as other, more general historical periods, like "war zone," "alien," and "gangster." |
| The Legend of Dragoon | 2000-06-14 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | Turn-based | Teen | | PS1 | Dart, a brave and loyal warrior swordsman, has sworn to avenge the death of his parents by destroying the mysterious black monster. For unknown reasons, the Sandora Empire burns down his village and imprisons his childhood friend, Shana. Straight away Dart sets out on a journey to rescue her, but Shana's kidnapping is merely the tip of the iceberg of a much grander, more sinister plot about ancient spiritual powers and the destruction of the human race.The Legend of Dragoon is a Japanese-style RPG, visually reminiscent of Final Fantasy VII (pre-rendered backgrounds, 3D characters and battle scenes, CG animations to advance the story). Battle mechanics follow the traditional turn-based prototype, with a few additions such as critical attacks dependent on precise timing, and "dragoon" transformations, which allow access to powerful techniques. Game progression is largely linear, with the "world map" replaced by locations represented as connected dots. |
| Rung Rung: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Another World | 2000-06-15 | Affect Co.,Ltd | Affect Co.,Ltd | Action | Diagonal-down | | | RPG elements | Fantasy | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)★This game is supported with the PSP® and PS Vita screenshot function★PSP®: Screenshots can be taken by using the menu after holding the PS button (HOME button) in the game. The image will be saved in the photo collection from the XMB™ (XrossMediaBar).PS Vita: Screenshots can be taken by using "Screenshot" from the "Settings" after holding the PS button in the game. The image will be saved as an application photo. This software can be played with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).If you are downloading with PC or via PS3™, after downloading with the device please connect to PSP® with a USB cable and copy the content by inserting a storage media like Memory Stick™.This is a heartwarming cute adventure RPG game with the world inspired by "The Wizard of Oz" loved by children from around the world.Dorothy, a young girl who got lost in the magical world, will solve various incidents by using magical items.So restore peace in the world of "Oz" with trustworthy friends!Copyright:©2000 AFFECTPurchase or use of this item is subject to SEN Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Covert Ops: Nuclear Dawn | 2000-06-20 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Sugar & Rockets, Inc., TYO Entertainment Inc. | Action | Behind view | | | Puzzle elements, Shooter, Stealth | | | | | Mature | | PS1 | The French ambassador Pierre Simon and his family are travelling from Saint Petersburg to Paris aboard the Blue Harvest, a military NATO-developed train, when it is hijacked by terrorists known as the Knights of the Apocalypse. Negotiations yield no result and the only hope is lieutenant Jack Morton, part of the original escort, who manages to sneak back on the train. His job is to take back control of the armoured train, stop the terrorists from deploying a nuclear weapon and rescue the hostages.Covert Ops: Nuclear Dawn is played as a third-person shooter, but also introduces stealth elements, puzzle-solving and driving sequences with the train. The different compartments of the train form the levels. Next to regular movement, Jack can dash and use a search function that allows him to peek around corners and into rooms. Morton is in touch with the headquarters and also collects information about the organization on his way. The game uses an intelligent targeting system where the cross-hair changes colour based on the viewing angle. Shooting from a difficult position will do little damage, while open shots have a larger chance of hitting enemies. |
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: 2nd Edition | 2000-06-20 | Buena Vista Interactive | Hothouse Creations Ltd. | Puzzle | | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Second Edition is the second game based on the hit TV gameshow. You have to answer fifteen questions, slowly going up to the one million mark. If you have trouble, there are three lifeline you can use to help you: Phone a friend, 50/50 and ask the audience. |
| N.GEN Racing | 2000-06-21 | Infogrames, Inc. | Curly Monsters Ltd | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Flight / aviation | | | Everyone | | PS1 | N.GEN Racing is a racing game for the Playstation. Instead of a car, like in most racing games, you control a Fighter Jet Plane.The game features two game modes: arcade and N.GEN. In the arcade mode you play a serious of championships. Winning a championship grants you access to a higher one. In N.GEN mode you start with a poor plane and have to earn money to upgrade it so you can participate in more challenging and more rewarding races. You can choose between arcade or professional controls.The planes can shoot various weapons, such as missiles, rockets and guns at the opponents. There are 38 jets to fly in on 14 different tracks.In Two player mode you can play Powerball. Here each player has to try and pick up the ball and score points by flying through drones. |
| Boku no Natsuyasumi | 2000-06-22 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | Atelier Double Co. Ltd., Millennium Kitchen Co., Ltd. | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Life / social simulation, Sandbox / open world | Contemporary, Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | Direct control | Real-time | | Cinematic camera, Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | The year is 1975, and a nine-year-old city boy named Boku has been sent to his aunt and uncle's house in the countryside for a vacation. He is there for the entire month of August, and it is up to the player what he does each day. Possible activities include fishing, catching bugs, flying a kite, meeting new people, and more. Trying out different activities will open up new events as the days go by.The later released PSP version has updated graphics and features several new characters. |
| Ooedo Huusui Ingaritu: Hanabi 2 | 2000-06-22 | Magical Company Ltd. | Magical Company Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Board game | Fantasy, Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)★This game is supported with the PSP® and PS Vita screenshot function★PSP®: Screenshots can be taken by using the menu after holding the PS button (HOME button) in the game. The image will be saved in the photo collection from the XMB™ (XrossMediaBar).PS Vita: Screenshots can be taken by using "Screenshot" from the "Settings" after holding the PS button in the game. The image will be saved as an application photo. This software can be played with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).If you are downloading with PC or via PS3™, after downloading with the device please connect to PSP® with a USB cable and copy the content by inserting a storage media like Memory Stick™.Seven days left until the destruction of Oedo.This is a board game to defeat the evil spirits of the main gate in each square, storing energy while moving through the town of Edo.When attacking the ghost at the main gate, it will become a chain state where scores from the surrounding squares doubles! So use it well to earn scores.Choose one among the four unique Onmyoji masters to save the town of Edo!Copyright:©2000 MAGICAL COMPANY LTD.Purchase or use of this item is subject to SEN Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Bishi Bashi Special 3: Step Champ | 2000-06-29 | Konami Corporation | Konami Computer Entertainment Sapporo Co., Ltd | Action | | | | Arcade, Board game, Music / rhythm, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | PS1 | Bishi Bashi 3: Step Champ is a conversion of the arcade with the same name. This time around dancing and feet coordination is key to success as this outing is specially made to be played with Konami's Dance Dance Revolution dance mat.As usual with the Bishi Bashi games, it's full to the brim with random and rather off-beat mini-games that often times pokes fun at Konami's own franchises (such as Track & Field and Beatmania). Most of the mini-games are either of the button mashing variety (such as the mini-game in which the player has to throw a tantrum faster than his siblings to get a toy by stomping his feet on the ground repeatedly), but there are also games where the player has to time which button to press (one such game is very similar to Dance Dance Revolution).Up to three players can face off against one another to determine who is the ultimate Step Champ. |
| Brave Fencer Musashiden: Square Millennium Collection | 2000-06-29 | Square Co., Ltd. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This Japan only re-release of Brave Fencer Musashi was part of the Square Millennium Collection, a collection of Square games packaged in a bigger box with several collectible items.This release contained:
The game Brave Fencer Musashi.
A pouch designed to hold a Game Boy Colour or Wonderswan.
A set of five post cards.
A Minku wristband with a set of attachable Minkus.ScreenshotsThere are no PlayStation user screenshots for this game.Promo ImagesThere are no promo images for this gameAlternate Titles "ブレイブフェンサー武蔵伝 スクウエアミレニアムコレクション" -- Japanese spelling
Part of the Following Groups Gameplay feature: Day / Night cycle
Square Millennium Collection
Square's Musashi series
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| Chiisana Oukoku Eltoria | 2000-06-29 | KSS | Mediamuse | Strategy | | | | RPG elements | Fantasy | | | | | Isometric | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)★This game is supported with the PSP® and PS Vita screenshot function★PSP®: Screenshots can be taken by using the menu after holding the PS button (HOME button) in the game. The image will be saved in the photo collection from the XMB™ (XrossMediaBar).PS Vita: Screenshots can be taken by using "Screenshot" from the "Settings" after holding the PS button in the game. The image will be saved as an application photo. This software can be played with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).If you are downloading with PC or via PS3™, after downloading with the device please connect to PSP® with a USB cable and copy the content by inserting a storage media like Memory Stick™.This is a new urban development SLG with a fantasy worldview!Players will become the prince of a small country named Eltoria, and clear various events while expanding the kingdom.Maintain the environment by improving the land and increase income by developing technologies. The cute fairy tale illustrations will add further excitements to the game as you search for a bride for the next king.So become a fine king by clearing various tasks within a limited period of 2 years!Copyright:©SoftgaragePurchase or use of this item is subject to SEN Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Final Fantasy Tactics (Square Millennium Collection) | 2000-06-29 | Square Co., Ltd. | Square Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | PS1 | Square Millennium Collection is a re-release of Final Fantasy Tactics for PS1. The game is packaged in a bigger box. The bundle, which was only released in Japan, also contains a playing-card deck featuring images from FFT, and a clock.The game itself is exactly the same as the original release. |
| Koudelka | 2000-06-29 | Infogrames, Inc. | Sacnoth | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery, Horror | Survival horror | | | | Turn-based | Mature | Cinematic camera | PS1 | The year is 1898. A young gypsy woman named Koudelka, who possesses unique spiritual abilities, is off to Wales, to investigate the mystery of the Nameton monastery. This monastery was once a regular place of worship, but later was bought by a mysterious man whose death circumstances are yet unclear. Rumors say that supernatural powers have appeared in the monastery since then. But when she begins to explore the monastery, Koudelka discovers she was not the only one who was interested in its past... Koudelka is a role-playing game with elements of survival horror. Players take the role of Koudelka as she explores the monastery, gathering clues and solving puzzles. This aspect of the gameplay is therefore similar to a survival horror game; however, the combat is strategic and turn-based. During battles, players can position and move the party members freely on the battle field. The amount of actions that can performed during a turn depends on the dexterity of the character. There are also various support and attack spells to cast.The game features a refined weapon management, in which the damage that is inflicted with a particular kind of weapon (bare hands, guns, maces, etc.) increases the more that the weapon is used. Eventually weapons will break, but new ones can be found from defeated enemies. When one of the characters levels up, players can freely distribute experience points to increase and customize any of their statistics and parameters. |
| Pocket Digimon World | 2000-06-29 | Bandai Co., Ltd. | | Simulation | Side view, Text-based / Spreadsheet | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation, RPG elements | | | Menu structures | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | A Museum was opened in the Digimon World. It preserved some ancient history and artifacts of the Digital World within. But one night, some evil Digimon decided to brake in and steal all the items, scattering them all around File Island.Jijimon, the owner of the museum and eldest in the File City, decides to enlist some help from a Digimon Tamer (the player) to retrieve all the lost exhibits. These exhibits consist of art, music, information of Digimons, history of Digital World and video clips, which can be reviewed in the console game after collecting them. The actual main game primarily happens in a PlayStation accessory device known as PocketStation!You can only get 3 different Digimons from the PS1 game to download to PocketStation. These are Agumon, Biyomon and Veemon. You can only use one at a time on the PocketStation game, though.In the PocketStation, you can raise your Digimon and battle it either with in-game Digimon or a friend's PocketStation wirelessly over IR connection. You can also connect it to other Bandai Digimon games and products. |
| SaGa Frontier (Square Millennium Collection) | 2000-06-29 | Square Co., Ltd. | Square Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | PS1 | This Japan only re-release of SaGa Frontier was part of the Square Millennium Collection, a collection of Square games packaged in a bigger box with several collectible items.This release contained:
The game SaGa Frontier.
A complete tea set.
A T-shirt featuring artwork from the game.ScreenshotsThere are no PlayStation user screenshots for this game.Promo ImagesThere are no promo images for this gameAlternate Titles "サガ フロンティア スクウエアミレニアムコレクション" -- Japanese spelling
Part of the Following Groups Saga Frontier series
SaGa universe
Square Millennium Collection
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| SaGa Frontier 2 (Square Millennium Collection) | 2000-06-29 | Square Co., Ltd. | Square Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | PS1 | This Japan-only re-release of SaGa Frontier 2 was part of the Square Millennium Collection, a collection of Square games packaged in a bigger box with several collectible items.This release contained:
The game SaGa Frontier 2.
A complete tea set.
A T-shirt featuring artwork from the game. |
| Slap Happy Rhythm Busters | 2000-06-29 | ASK Co. Ltd. | Polygon Magic, Inc. | Action | Side view | | | Fighting | | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Slap Happy Rhythm Busters is a 1-on-1 fighting game featuring a trendy Shibuya style and cel-shaded graphics reminiscent of Jet Set Radio. Despite the 3D graphics, it is strictly a 2D fighter. Certain specially moves, dubbed "Beat" moves, introduce a slight rhythm element: the player must hit certain buttons in time with the music to land attacks, and better timing will lead to more damage dealt.Included are a single-player Arcade mode, a Versus mode, a training mode, and a special practice mode for the Beat attacks. There are 11 characters initially available, plus a further 10 unlockable through the Arcade mode. |
| SuperLite 1500 Series: Oekaki Puzzle 3 | 2000-06-29 | Success Corp. | Success Corp. | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)"Oekaki Puzzle 3" is the type of familiar puzzle game in magazines. All 200 puzzles are challenging, simple but in-depth. Have fun playing these addictive puzzle games!This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：40MBCopyright：©2000 SUCCESS / ©HAMSTER Co.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| SuperLite 1500 Series: Quiz Master Blue | 2000-06-29 | Success Corp. | Success Corp., Tears Ichikawa Software Co., Ltd. | Educational, Strategy | 1st-person | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Challenge more than 16000 questions of quiz game in the main areas of "Literature/Liberal Arts" and "Socio-tech". You can choose from VS, Time Attack or Knock Out modes. In Knock Out mode, the quiz master awaits you with lots of difficult questions. Take the challenge!This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：20MBCopyright：©SUCCESS / ©Tears Ichikawa Soft / ©HAMSTER Co.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| SuperLite 1500 Series: Quiz Master Red | 2000-06-29 | Success Corp. | Success Corp., Tears Ichikawa Software Co., Ltd. | Educational, Strategy | 1st-person | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Challenge more than 16000 questions of quiz game in the main areas of "sports" and "science" in "QUIZ MASTER RED". You can choose from VS, Time Attack or Knock Out modes. In Knock Out mode, the quiz master awaits you with lots of difficult questions. Take the challenge!This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：20MBCopyright：©SUCCESS / ©Tears Ichikawa Soft / ©HAMSTER Co.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| SuperLite 1500 Series: Quiz Master Yellow | 2000-06-29 | Success Corp. | Success Corp., Tears Ichikawa Software Co., Ltd. | Educational, Strategy | 1st-person | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Challenge more than 16000 questions of quiz game in the main areas of "life" and "culture" in "QUIZ MASTER YELLOW". You can choose from VS, Time Attack or Knock Out modes. In Knock Out mode, the quiz master awaits you with lots of difficult questions. Take the challenge!This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：20MBCopyright：©SUCCESS / ©Tears Ichikawa Soft / ©HAMSTER Co.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Action Bass | 2000-07-01 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | Vingt-et-un Systems Corporation | Action, Sports | | | | Arcade | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Action Bass is an arcade-type fishing game that emphasizes the action of trying to catch a big fish, and the struggle of reeling it in without it getting away. The game features two game modes, which are Challenge and Free mode.In the challenge mode, players compete in a tournament where they are given three minutes to catch a fish large enough to meet the weight requirement, and this fish must also weigh enough to place within the top three of all the competitor fisherman's catches in order for the player to move on the next fishing area. The skilled fisherman who can complete the challenge mode, will be able to unlock new fishing lures and fishing areas.In the free mode, players are free to choose from four different fishing areas to practice in, with no competition or time limit to worry about. The fishing areas include fishing by the boathouse, fishing in a jungle setting, fishing by a waterfall which makes the water cloudy, and fishing while the sun is setting.When the player starts fishing, they must first choose a lure. Some of the lures include the minnow, popper, and pencil bait which each have their own characteristics.Once the line is cast, a lure action meter appears and the player has to fill it in order to attract the fish. Once the fish gets attracted and gets caught on the line, a line tension meter appears. The player has to be careful while reeling in the fish, to not let this meter fill, or else the line will snap and the fish will be lost. The player also gets to keep their 5 biggest catches alive in their aquarium. |
| Digimon World | 2000-07-01 | Bandai America, Inc. | Flying Tiger Development | Action, Strategy | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | You're a young boy who loved playing with the Digimon virtual pet with his friends after school. One day after he came home, his virtual pet started to glow and then all of a sudden he gets sucked in. You land in a place called the Digital World and you meet the leader Jijimon and your Digimon partner (either Agumon or Gabumon). Then, Jijimon explains to you the crisis that a terrible force has disrupted the island and you have to stop it.You have to raise your Digimon by feeding it, training it, fighting, putting it to sleep, taking care of illness and exhaustion and going to the toilet.You have to restore the island by fighting digimon and letting them join the city. Your main objective is to make it to Infinity Mountain and the real enemy, Machinedramon! Since you can only go to the Ultimate level you have to have strategy to win the fight. Do you have the strength and skill to defeat this almost foe? |
| Mushi Tarō | 2000-07-06 | Victor Interactive Software, Inc. | Victor Interactive Software, Inc. | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Mushi Tarō is best described as a “bug-catcher simulator” – the player basically takes control of a young boy who’s goal is to catch as many different bug species as possible (there are 165 different species total, to be exact).After the initial screen, we are presented with a 2D world map, depicting the surroundings in a third person perspective. From here on out, the player controls the young boy by moving him up, down, left or right, trying to find bug icons across the map.Once the character reaches one of these icons a certain mini-game ensues, which involves catching the bugs in several distinct fashions: using one of the boy’s hands to clap them against a tree, using both hands to trap them in, having another insect used as bait, using a net to catch flying insects passing by, among several others. Whenever you catch one, it is immediately put into storage, so you never lose insects once they are caught. Every time one of the mini-games is completed, the player will return to the world map and be able to check out information about the species he’s just caught. Also, a balloon will appear next to the icon representing the stage that was just completed, so the player can distinguish between finished and new stages.All the mini-games have a certain time limit, and if the depicted number of insects is not caught within that time frame, one of the available 3 attempts will be lost. When all 3 are gone, it’s game over.These mini-games comprise the majority of the game per se, and it is by finishing them off one by one that new ones are revealed (by having new bug icons appear on the world map), until all different species are collected. Even though there are 165 different species to collect, during each different trial the player will catch several insects of the same species, thus providing the game with more content by extending gameplay time.Speaking of gameplay, while some of the mini-games are quite feasible, others require a certain degree of luck, since in those you have a very limited field of vision (you can’t see the bugs before you execute the commands to catch them), essentially making your moves blind ones.The graphics are standard 2D PSX-era graphics, and while there is no music in the game, the sound effects play the role of a fully-fledged soundtrack – from cicada noise to water running down a stream, all sound effects manage to convey the feeling of being surrounded by nature. |
| Suzuki Bakuhatsu | 2000-07-06 | Enix Corporation | Sol | Action | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | PS1 | Suzuki is having a very bad day. Everything she touches turns out to be a bomb! Cell phones, cassette tapes... even an orange! Fortunately, she's also an expert at bomb disposal, so it's her job to make sure they're safely disarmed before they explode.Suzuki Bakuhatsu is a bomb disposal game where the player must disassemble and disarm increasingly complicated and bizarre explosives. Given a set of tools -- initially only a screwdriver and nipper; later also a wrench (spanner), allen wrench (hex key), and adhesive tape -- the player must disarm each bomb within a specific time limit. The player can rotate and look all around the object, looking for places to use different tools, but must always be mindful of the timer. If it runs out, the bomb explodes and it's game over. Additionally, there's no pausing once the timer starts, so think quickly!The game has three difficulty levels and more than a dozen different bombs to disarm. The story is told between each stage using live-action photographs. |
| X-Men: Mutant Academy | 2000-07-06 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Paradox Development | Action | | Licensed | | Fighting | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | X-Men: Mutant Academy is a fighting game featuring three-dimensional stages, but largely adhering to the rules of 2D fighters. The protagonists are a combination of the classic Marvel comics characters and the X-Men movie. Nearly every X-Men character is available, each with their normal moves (much like Street Fighter in terms of the buttons pressed on the control pad), and plenty of super moves to spice things up.The CD also contains various bonus materials, ranging from movie clips of a fighter after the player has completed the game with him/her, new costumes (each fighter starts with costumes from the comics; the new ones, when unlocked, are much like the ones in the movie), and a movie story unlocked when the player completes the game with all of the fighters.Also included is a movie trailer for X-Men, and comic art by Marvel designers Joe Maduera, Adam and Andy Kubert, and more. |
| Simple 1500 Series: Vol.31 - The Sound Novel | 2000-07-13 | D3Publisher Inc. | OOParts | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Can you endure approaching terror?In this horror suspense story, the player will become the protagonist and resolve the mysteries of the incidents that took place in the western house. Among the 12 characters, various human relationships and unexpected story will be unveiled.With a scenario and multi-ending you can repeat playing as many times as you want.This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：17MBCopyright：©2000 オー･パーツ©2000 D3 PUBLISHERPlease note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| WipEout 3: Special Edition | 2000-07-15 | Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. | Psygnosis Limited | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Hovercraft, Track racing | | | | | PS1 | This special edition of WipEout 3 has all the tracks from the regular edition, three from the original WipEout, and five from WipEout XL. Some improvements have been made to the original tracks from WipEout 3. The small fonts in the regular edition's menu have been enlarged, and the default name screen also includes numbers now.
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| Threads of Fate | 2000-07-18 | Square Electronic Arts L.L.C. | Square Co., Ltd. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Threads of Fate combines the gameplay of a 3D action game with an RPG character system. The game provides two different main characters and two different storylines.The young warrior Rue embarks on a journey to revive his lost beloved guardian, Claire. Mint, who lost her right to the throne of East Heaven Kingdom, is seeking world domination and vengeance against her younger sister. Both of them live in the same world at the same time and both of them are looking for the same powerful relic to help them achieve their goals.On their journey both characters have to explore areas filled with puzzles and enemies. To solve certain mysteries or clear certain obstacles, they have to make use of special abilities. By using collected coins, Rue has the ability to shape-shift into the forms of defeated monsters, whereas Mint can learn and use a variety of powerful magical spells. |
| Gekitotsu Toma L'Arc: Tomarunner vs L'Arc-en-Ciel | 2000-07-19 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | Desert Productions Inc. | Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Gekitotsu Toma L'Arc: Tomarunner vs L'Arc-en-Ciel is the sequel to Gekisō Tomarunner, but this time the focus is on the Japanese rock band L'Arc-en-Ciel. The game came to be for two main reasons; The lead singer of the band (Hyde) really loved the original game and the game served as good promotion for the band who were really popular at the time and had a new album in the works. The original game, as well as the band were both under Sony's roof at the time.The gameplay is very similar to the game's predecessor, keeping the on-foot racing with heavy emphasis on using the terrain to gain the upper hand over the opponent. The characters all run at a set speed, but using the left and right arm as well as well timed jumps on poles, springboards and hurdles will give the player a speed boost. If enough momentum is gained, the character leans forward and starts dashing at a much faster speed. Some areas will even allow the player to be airborne for a certain amount of time if the right path is chosen and if enough speed is gained. Hitting obstacles, getting punched by opponents or having any of the "weapon" items used against the player will slow their speed down significantly, sometimes even resulting in the character falling over in a stunned state.There are several modes in the game to choose from, including a single player tournament, two players versus each other and a series of tutorial levels where the player can practice the basics of the game (if a player fails enough times in any of the tournament levels, she/he is sent to the appropriate tutorial as a "punishment" as well).The game is mostly cosmetically different from the original, and instead of the original characters the four band members have taken their place initially. Several of the original characters can be unlocked later through various means, such as beating them in races, completing certain objectives etc. |
| The Tetris | 2000-07-19 | Success Corp. | | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | The Tetris is an officially licensed Tetris game that is part of the SuperLite 1500 budget series. This version consists of a single player mode and a multiplayer mode for two players. The singleplayer mode works like any other version of Tetris with the aim being to direct blocks down a well with the goal of creating and removing lines down the bottom of the well. The player then scores points and for every few lines removed the game's level increasing which leads to blocks falling at a higher pace. Before playing it's possible to choose a starting level. The multiplayer mode is for two human players only with no AI opponent being available. It works just like the singleplayer game but with one difference. When a player removes multiple lines at once, garbage blocks are sent over to the opponent whose stack then will rise. The player that survives the longest will win the match. |
| Kinniku Banzuke: Road to Sasuke | 2000-07-24 | Konami Co., Ltd. | Konami Co., Ltd. | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | Cinematic camera | PS1 | Sasuke (also known as Ninja Warrior outside of Japan) is an annual sports TV show where 100 competitors compete each year in 4 obstacle courses. The courses require both agility and strength and are increasing in difficulty. Courses do not dramatically change every year and are basically the same, although there are some alterations in parts of them every now and then.The game lets you do the training on each of the courses with some of the pre-defined characters, or you can create your own character and enter the full competition. Sasuke is a sport where failure is not an option. No matter how far you've come, if you either make a mistake and fall into the water that is at the bottom of each of the first three courses, or run out of time, you lose and get disqualified. As courses are gradually increasing difficulty, in real life after the first course only a handful out of a 100 competitors remain to try the second course and so on. Sometimes none of the competitors even reaches the last course, and even rarely finishes it all.Gameplay-wise, it's a button mashing game where you press specific button or repeat a button sequence in order to make your character run with occasional pause when you need to jump or perform a more unique action specific to the course. The first course is less muscle and more agility, meaning you'll have to run and jump a lot to make it in time to the end. Some of the obstacles consist of jumping over bodies of water, holding onto the rolling tree log without falling down, rope climbing, or balance walking. Second stage is more muscle focused and will require you to hold onto something or to lift heavy objects. Third stage tests your limits by having very few places to stand and rest, and you have to pass most of it by holding onto something or your body weight with just young fingertips. The final stage is direct rope climbing where you have to climb 15 meters high in 30 seconds flat. The game also features real-life commentators, Tsutomu Taruki (垂木 勉) and Ichirou Furutachi (伊知朗 古館). |
| NCAA Football 2001 | 2000-07-25 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Sennari Interactive, LLC | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | NCAA Football 2001 is a continuation of EA Sports' NCAA Football series. Just like the previous title NCAA Football 2000 it is exclusive to the PlayStation platform.NCAA Football 2001 simulates college football down-to-earth, now adding an official BCS rating system. Also new to this version are a create-a-player and create-a-team mode, the all-time top 25 college football teams ever, and a situation mode, putting you in any combination of football situations. It also has a more comprehensive Dynasty mode, improved player control, more receiver patterns and improved defensive AI. There is support for up to eight players and exclusive to this game is the FedEx Orange Bowl. |
| Baroque Syndrome | 2000-07-27 | Sting, Inc. | Sting, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery, Horror | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | PS1 | A prequel to the post-apocalyptic RPG Baroque, Baroque Syndrome chronicles the events that precede the supernatural apocalypse of the original game, in which all of earth has been devastated by a massive heat wave.You take the role of Kitsune Kanazawa, a Japanese student that becomes entangled in the investigation of a series of supernatural murders, which will slowly introduce key characters who will play a part in the upcoming apocalypse.The game is played as an interactive novel, with 2D still pictures of settings and characters being the main graphic elements, and all actions being described via scrolling texts. At several intervals you will have to make a choice that branches the plot in different directions, but that's all the interaction you get to make. |
| Embrace in the Sand | 2000-07-27 | Idea Factory Co., Ltd. | Idea Factory Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)To download content to the Memory Stick PRO Duo™ of your PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, the free space required is twice the size of the content to be downloaded.This software is playable for PLAYSTATION®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).To play this software on your PLAYSTATION®3 system, you must have at least 185MB of free space on your PLAYSTATION®3 system hard disk.To play this software on your PSP®, you must install the latest system software version and have a Memory Stick Duo™ with the free space stated above.For more detailed information about downloading to your PSP® system, please see URL below.http://asia.playstation.comWhen downloading using PC:When downloading contents to PSP®, you must install the PLAYSTATION®Network Downloader application first. Please go to our official website for installing instructions and other information. ■Game descriptionIt is said that there is an unknown land somewhere in Neverland. The land goes by the name Eden. It is an arid land, for it is where the Gods of Sand and Wind live harmoniously as husband and wife. Very few people call it home, for those who lay eyes upon it soon tire of its wastelands that stretch to the very end of the world.The sands and winds yet dance about in Eden, as if they had forgotten the passage of time...■PS3™ HDD and Memory Stick™ capacity requirement185MB■Copyright notices©2000 2001 IDEA FACTORY■AttentionThis software is converted from the software for PlayStation® so that it can be played on PS3™ and PSP®. Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. |
| Spin Jam | 2000-07-27 | Empire Interactive Entertainment | Empire Interactive Entertainment | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | The "Spin Jam" universe is in peril from the evil Moolamb. To foil his plans you must become the "Spin Jam" champion and defeat him in head to head combat. The characters you can choose to be are Gilly, Poppy, Wigsey, Aqualad, Babybot, Lemon Drop, Nips, & Booger. The game revolves around firing colored bubbles from a launcher, located at the bottom of the play field, towards the center spindle. The player must then rotate the spindle in order to get three of the same colored bubbles adjacent. This leads to explosions that shoot bubbles towards the petals, which are surrounding the outside of the spindle. Fill a petal with the same colored bubbles and it will pop. When all petals have popped the level is complete. The games modes include a tutorial, arcade mode, battle mode, and story mode. |
| Twilight Syndrome: Saikai | 2000-07-27 | Spike Co., Ltd. | Vaill Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Horror | | | | | | | | PS1 | The story of Twilight Syndrome: Saikai focuses on four Japanese teenagers: Yuri, her sister Masa, and their friends Atsushi and Aya. It all begins when the youngsters hear rumors about spirits contained in the school building. At night, Yuri and her friends go into the school and play a spirit-summoning game. Suddenly, real ghosts appear and scare the teenagers away. The next day, Yuri is almost ready to believe it was all a dream... but naturally it wasn't. The dark secrets of the lost souls are going to be revealed only to those which possess a special sense - the Twilight Syndrome..The third entry in the Twilight Syndrome series is also a horror adventure, sharing most gameplay elements with its predecessors. The gameplay here is very minimalistic: the player can navigate the 3D models of the heroes (several characters can be controlled at once, as a group) through the limited areas (also rendered in 3D), searching for clues and escaping from danger. There is no other interaction, no usable items, and no combat. Dialogue and action choices will pop out during many situations. Some of these choices do not influence the narrative, while others might change the following dialogue, and also lead the young heroes to premature death.An additional gameplay mode (beside the story mode) is free-roaming exploration for Yuri, who can explore the school and its surroundings at night and gather more stories from the ghosts she encounters. |
| Winning Lure | 2000-07-27 | Hori Electric Co., Ltd. | Hori Electric Co., Ltd. | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other), Behind view | | | | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Enjoy the fun of Lure Fishing in “WINNING LURE”. Join bass fishing tournaments in the Tournament Mode, which are available in amateur, professional and master level for you to fish for victory. Fish the way you like in “Free Fishing Mode” in which no time limit is on you!This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：9365KBCopyright：©2000 HORI co., LTD / ©2012 HAMSTER Co.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account.Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| beatmania Best Hits | 2000-07-27 | Konami Corporation | Konami Computer Entertainment Japan Co., Ltd. | Action | | | | Arcade, Music / rhythm | | | | | | | PS1 | One of the many releases in Konami's long-running rhythm game series, beatmania Best Hits collects the most popular tracks from previous releases. It includes songs from 2nd Mix through 5th Mix as well as Gottamix for a grand total of 30 tracks. Additionally, this release can also be used to play the numerous beatmania "append discs" that Konami released. |
| beatmania featuring Dreams Come True | 2000-07-27 | Konami Corporation | Konami Computer Entertainment Japan Co., Ltd. | Action | | | | Arcade, Music / rhythm | | | | | | | PS1 | One of the many releases in Konami's long-running rhythm game series, beatmania featuring Dreams Come True includes 13 songs and remixes by the popular J-Pop band Dreams Come True. It is a port of the earlier arcade version who has 18 songs, where two remixes and three songs by Konami's own artists have been removed from the home release due to copyright license. Additionally, this release can also be used to play the numerous beatmania "append discs" that Konami released. Despite being the second game of featuring the J-Pop duo after Dancing Stage featuring DREAMS COME TRUE, there were not more games imitating this strategy brand. |
| pop'n music: Animation Melody | 2000-07-27 | Konami Corporation | Konami Computer Entertainment Studios Yokohama | Action | | Licensed | | Arcade, Music / rhythm | | | | | | | PS1 | Animation Melody is one of the many titles in Konami's long-running pop'n music rhythm game franchise. Notes scroll toward the bottom of the screen along nine tracks, and the player must tap the correct buttons in time with the music to play along. Play well, and the "groove meter" increases, but play poorly and it will drop. If the groove meter is high enough at the end of the song, the player can move on to the next song.This release is a straight port of the arcade version Animelo, and includes a selection of popular anime theme songs from shows such as Dragon Ball Z, Cutey Honey, Kinnikuman, and Galaxy Express 999. The game itself is built off of pop'n music 4, and features the same selection of game modes. |
| Caesars Palace 2000 | 2000-07-30 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. | Runecraft Ltd. | Gambling | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | Turn-based | Everyone | | PS1 | Play authentic Caesars Palace casino games without going to Las Vegas! The game includes Blackjack, Craps, Roulette, Slots, Baccarat, Video Poker and more, all with realistic rules. Watch the authentic Caesars Palace game tutorials to learn how to play.Odds are scientifically calculated to be accurate, and there are multi-player options. |
| Sno-Cross Championship Racing | 2000-08-01 | Crave Entertainment, Inc. | Unique Development Studios AB | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Tricks / stunts | | Off-roading, Snowmobile, Track racing | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | Strap on your goggles and helmet, choose your favorite Yamaha sled, and hit the courses. Gain experience day and night, sun rain or snow, racing on the icy flats of Vladivostok, the slopes of Aspen, and the tunnels of Nagano. But, the real challenge starts when you enter the race circuit. Start with the 500cc sleds, win races, upgrade your snowmobile, and unlock higher end sleds and new courses.. And, if you're looking for even more challenges, race head-to-head with your friends, go vertical on hill-climbing tracks, or create your own courses with the included track editor.The PC conversion has a higher polygon count, higher resolution on the textures, and more accurate physics. |
| Sydney 2000 | 2000-08-01 | Eidos, Inc. | Attention to Detail Limited | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | Oceania | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | The official video game of the Games of the XXVII Olympiad held in 2000 in Sydney. It includes 32 nations, going for gold in 12 events divided by 6 sports: Athletics (100m dash, 110m hurdles, hammer and javelin throw, triple jump and high jump), Aquatics (200m freestyle and 10m platform diving), Kayak K1 Slalom, Super Heavyweight Weight Lifting, Skeet Shooting and Three-man track cycling pursuit. All events feature 3D graphics with cameras that mimic the ones used in TV broadcasts.Gameplay is the usual found in games of the genre - button mashing the two power buttons is required in most events to build up strength/speed, with an additional third button setting the actions, such as jumping or throwing angle. Other events feature alternate control methods, such as Slalom (where it's possible to press certain buttons to dodge the rower between the gates if the Kayak is going to hit one or place the paddle to force into a certain direction), Diving (following a "click-along" sequence of keys) and Skeet (the direction keys controlling the aim, one button to start and other to shoot).Along an arcade and 8-player action, the Olympic mode gives the player the option to build their athlete from the national open trials to the Olympics. By completing training drills in the Cyber Gym, the athlete increases his athletic abilities: Citius, Altius, Fortius, as told by the Olympic Motto. Before joining the competition, the player must beat national, continental and international opponents. |
| Monster Rancher Battle Card Episode II | 2000-08-02 | Tecmo, Inc. | Tecmo, Ltd. | Strategy | 1st-person | | | Cards / tiles, Trading / collectible card | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Monster Rancher Battle Card Episode II is the sequel to Monster Rancher Battle Card GB. But it takes advantage of the PlayStation's superiority in graphics and processing power and adds more complex storyline quests, and expands the card game itself. No knowledge of other Monster Rancher games is needed, however, characters from prior games do play pivotal roles in the storyline. For the first time, players can see into the personal lives of the characters in the Monster Rancher world, and interact with them while attempting to win matches of the collectible card game, to collect enough cards to complete quests. Along the way, the player is able to visit various locales and meet up with old friends and new acquaintances.The card game itself features a tutorial mode, on screen help, and the option to turn animations on or off. It is easy enough at low levels for almost anyone to learn the basics, but offers options and higher levels of complexity to reward more patient, and older players.Cards are acquired through defeating opponents, and via an in-game shrine where you can use music CDs, PlayStation games, or PC CD-ROMs to make cards. The CD shrining feature is unique to the Monster Rancher games.The game also features a 2P mode designed for players who have played the game on their own and acquired their own cards (and tried and tested their skills) to play card games against each other. It is adequate, but unrelated to the in-game storyline. |
| Jeremy McGrath Supercross 2000 | 2000-08-03 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Acclaim Studios Salt Lake City | Racing / Driving, Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | | | Motorcycle, Off-roading | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This edition of the licensed Supercross racing game features
8 indoor and 8 outdoor tracks. You can choose to do a single race on an individual track, or do a championship series on the indoor tracks, the outdoor tracks, or both. Additionally, there is a Time Trial mode, plus the Freestyle mode, where you can ride around in a skate-park like area performing tricks for points.The game features at least 8 real riders (depending on platform), plus the ability to combine outfit, bike and riding number to create a Custom Rider. 125cc and 250cc classes of motorcycle are featured. Races and Freestyle mode can be played with two players, via a split screen. A Track Editor is also featured, allowing you to create your own custom designed tracks. |
| Logic Mahjong Soryu 3 or 4 players | 2000-08-03 | Nippon Ichi Software, Inc. | Nippon Ichi Software, Inc. | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)To download content to the Memory Stick PRO Duo™ of your PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, the free space required is twice the size of the content to be downloaded.This software is playable for PLAYSTATION®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).To play this software on your PLAYSTATION®3 system, you must have at least 30MB of free space on your PLAYSTATION®3 system hard disk.To play this software on your PSP®, you must install the latest system software version and have a Memory Stick Duo™ with the free space stated above.For more detailed information about downloading to your PSP® system, please see URL below.http://asia.playstation.comWhen downloading using PC:When downloading contents to PSP®, you must install the PLAYSTATION®Network Downloader application first. Please go to our official website for installing instructions and other information. ■Game descriptionHere's a traditional mahjong game with no cheaters. In addition to the typical four-person rules, you can play a speedier game of three-player mahjong, with bigger chances of bigger hands. You can change various rules, and even experience an adventure-game-like story mode. There's even a hidden mode where you can play a match against characters from the "Marl Kingdom" series of games. Casual controls and traditional gameplay--this game is enjoyable for all ages.■PS3™ HDD and Memory Stick™ capacity requirement30MB■Copyright notices©1999,2000,2007 NIPPON ICHI SOFTWARE INC.■AttentionThis software is converted from the software for PlayStation® so that it can be played on PS3™ and PSP®. Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. |
| Pro Pinball: Big Race USA | 2000-08-03 | Empire Interactive Entertainment | Cunning Developments | Action | 1st-person | | | Pinball | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | The table included in this pinball game has a taxi theme attached to it. As you slam the ball around the screen, you can pick up passengers, drive around USA, and get bonus points through mini games, all related to taxi driving. Even the dot matrix screen gets a say in the action, where you must crash into as many cars as possible as you drive your passenger to his/her destination, all in the name of points of course. |
| The Takkyū | 2000-08-03 | D3Publisher Inc. | Amedio Co., Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | The Takkyū (The Table Tennis) is part of the Simple 1500 Series and, naturally, allows you to play a friendly match of ping-pong. The game features three modes: Story mode, where opponents are fought in order; Free mode, where any opponent defeated in Story mode can be played against; and VS mode, where two players choose a character and a stage and go one-on-one. There are ten characters to choose from, and a variety of stage backgrounds. |
| Surf Riders | 2000-08-10 | Ubi Soft Entertainment, Inc. | ACOT | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)★This game is supported with the PSP® and PS Vita screenshot function★PSP®: Screenshots can be taken by using the menu after holding the PS button (HOME button) in the game. The image will be saved in the photo collection from the XMB™ (XrossMediaBar).PS Vita: Screenshots can be taken by using "Screenshot" from the "Settings" after holding the PS button in the game. The image will be saved as an application photo. This software can be played with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).If you are downloading with PC or via PS3™, after downloading with the device please connect to PSP® with a USB cable and copy the content by inserting a storage media like Memory Stick™.A surfing game with originality is now here!Take off on the realistic waves!Techniques such as aerial and off the lip will be available so use it to earn points!Dance on the waves dynamically and with beauty to mark on your way in becoming a world champion!Copyright:©SoftgaragePurchase or use of this item is subject to SEN Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Tetris with Cardcaptor Sakura: Eternal Heart | 2000-08-10 | Arika Co., Ltd. | Affect Co.,Ltd, Arika Co., Ltd. | Action, Puzzle | Side view | Licensed | | Falling block puzzle | Sawako Kobari (Running Free) | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Tetris is back once again, and this time Sakura Kinomoto and her friends are here to enjoy the classic Russian block puzzle! Play as Sakura, Tomoyo, Shaoran, and more characters as they attempt to seal the Clow Cards to prevent chaos in the world! Clear lines and reveal more cards, and watch for hidden gems in the pieces that contain unspeakable power!This game is based on the Cardcaptor Sakura anime, and is a Japan only release. |
| Chrono Cross | 2000-08-15 | Square Electronic Arts L.L.C. | Square Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Turn-based | Teen | Norihiro Takami | PS1 | Serge is a young boy from a fishermen's village. One day, while strolling on the sea shore with his sweetheart, Serge suddenly disappears. He comes back to senses several moments later. Everything seems just the same as it was before, but when Serge visits his home village, nobody recognizes him. He hears from people that he has been dead for ten years. Serge begins to realize that he is now in a parallel world. His first and only wish is to find a way to return home, but, in order to do that, he must understand what has caused the existence of parallel words, allowing inter-dimensional travel. His quest will also reveal to him the truth about his own existence.Chrono Cross is a Japanese-style role-playing game, and a sequel to Chrono Trigger. The game's story is not directly connected to that of its predecessor, though there are sub-plots and characters that refer to it. Combat in the game is turn-based; like Chrono Trigger, the game has no random battles, and enemies are always visible on screen. During battles, Serge and his party members can perform three kinds of attacks: weak, medium, and strong, which tend to miss more frequently but inflict more damage. Actions in battle deplete a certain amount of stamina, which recovers as other characters act. There are also no character levels in the game: instead, the characters get their parameters increased directly after each battle. All magic spells, character-specific tech attacks, and consumable items are grouped into six elements, which are divided into three pairs with opposing properties. Each player-controlled character and enemy has an innate element, which enhances the power of spells categorized under it when used by said character, but also weakens his or her resistance to the opposing element. Battle fields may also be marked by a particular element, granting bonuses to attacks based on it, and reducing the damage caused by the opposing one. Player-controlled characters have differently shaped grids which allow the player to allocate purchased or found elements there. When the character participates in a battle, the allocated elements act as equipped spells, and can be cast until their amount is depleted.Though most of the plot progression is linear, there are several sub-quests that are not required to complete in order to reach the game's ending. The game features many recruitable characters (up to 45, though not all of them can be recruited in one playthrough), several different endings, and the ability to play the game again with the statistics and items from the previous play. |
| Madden NFL 2001 | 2000-08-15 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | EA Tiburon | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Madden NFL 2001 is another yearly update in the long-running football series. The version for PlayStation and Nintendo 64 comes with its own selection of teams, modes and options, refined from the previous year's iteration. Compared to other versions, it has the largest number of modes, but less graphical fidelity and a lower number of selectable teams.Players can select from the 31 teams of the 2000 NFL season and the 1999 All-Madden team on both consoles. The PlayStation version adds 31 All-Time franchise teams and 101 Classic NFL teams, from 1960 to 1999. Available modes include exhibition games, season, franchise, custom league (four to eight players), tournament (for 4, 8 or 16 players in single or double elimination), practice, and situation (set up any possible game situation to play). A new addition is called Two-Minute Drill: up to ten players compete for points by trying to perform spectacular plays within a two-minute time limit. Exclusive to the PlayStation version is the Great Games mode, allowing players to relive classic matchups from NFL history. The Great Games must be taken on in order and winning one makes the involved teams available for selection in other modes. As usual, player creation, drafting and trading as well as custom play creation is included in the game as well.The previous year's Madden Challenge reappears in a new form called Madden Cards, resembling a collectible card game. The game includes a list of 100 challenges organized in five different levels. These include making certain plays or play combinations, beating teams under certain conditions (e.g. at home and in the rain), avoiding fumbles, sacks and penalties, et cetera. Completing a challenge gains the player tokens (how many depends on the difficulty level played at) which can be spent to buy a number of randomized Madden Cards. There are a total of 296 cards in the game (differing in rarity) which are collected in the in-game card book. Unwanted cards can be sold to regain half the tokens paid. It is also possible to trade cards with other player profiles and it is even possible to wager cards in two-player games. The cards have a number of different effects: most unlock classic players as well as hidden teams and stadiums. Others can be activated for different gameplay effects: making the game harder or easier or enabling gags such as teleporting players or putting the camera inside the ball. |
| Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins | 2000-08-15 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Acquire Corp. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Stealth | Fantasy, Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) | | Direct control | | Mature | | PS1 | Tenchu 2 is a prequel to Tenchu, telling a tale of events prior to those of the previous game.Once again, you can play as Ayame or Rikimaru, two faithful and honorable ninja whose lord is a gentle man in an age of warfare. With your training nearly complete, you find yourself caught up in aiding your lord against a civil war in his own domain. All is not what it seems, however, and you'll soon realize that your greatest threat has been forged much like you. Much like its predecessor, Tenchu 2 is a 3D third person stealth action game. You are not only rewarded for stealth, but also for efficiency of movement this time. This extra feature increases the difficulty of achieving the better items, as you not only have to be quiet, but be direct and near perfect in your steps. This time around, the stories of the two ninja (and the hidden third character) diverge greatly at places. In addition, cutscenes using both the game engine and CGI give more story as you progress. In addition to the story mode, there is a mission editor, which allows you to create maps and missions to both hone your skills and share. |
| ECW Anarchy Rulz | 2000-08-16 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Acclaim Studios Salt Lake City | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | In this rendition of ECW, or Extreme Championship Wrestling, there are 32 wrestlers to choose from and even more options. Wrestlers include Tommy Dreamer, Justin Credible, Francine, and Super Crazy. Modes include exhibition, career, and tournament. |
| NFL GameDay 2001 | 2000-08-16 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | 989 Studios | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This edition features lifelike player specific graphics that make players look like their real life counterparts. Also new is commentary by Dick Enberg and Phil Simms. Another feature is total-control passing and running. Total-control passing lets you lead, overthrow, and underthrow your receivers so that you can throw more completions and prevent defenders from intercepting your passes. The play editor has been improved making it easier to make new patterns for your receivers and running backs. The general manager mode has also been changed, mostly to help you with the draft so you can easily see what areas of your team need improvement. |
| LEGO Rock Raiders | 2000-08-17 | LEGO Media International, Inc. | Data Design Interactive Ltd | Action | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (US) (from Ad Blurbs)Stranded in orbit around an uncharted planet...
Take Command! Protect and rescue the Rock Raiders team as you mine energy crystals that power the LMS Explorer to take you and your team safely home.(screenshot captions)
EXPLORE
CONTROL
MINE
DEFEND |
| NCAA GameBreaker 2001 | 2000-08-21 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | 989 Studios, RedZone Interactive, Inc. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Like previous games in 989 Studios' GameBreaker series, NCAA GameBreaker 2001 is a counterpart to their NFL GameDay series. You start out as a bottom-rung coach at one of the 115 division 1-A college teams and as your performance increases, you obtain promotions and offers from other schools. At the end of the season, you're able to export your players to NFL GameDay. As with the previous games, broadcaster Keith Jackson returns to provide voice commentary. |
| Star Trek: Invasion | 2000-08-22 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Warthog Plc | Action | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Space flight | | | Everyone | | PS1 | It's the end of the Dominion Wars in the year 2377. Borg ships have been detected in the Titan system and are encroaching on Klingon space. Starfleet are mobilizing a squadron to repel the attack. One of the ensigns assigned to attack is Ryan Cooper, a rookie ensign just out of Starfleet Academy. But when a new force, the Kam'Jahtae, descendants of the Klingon enemy Hur'q, attack in hopes of reclaiming the space they once had, Ensign Cooper and his crew under Lt. Commander Worf inside the USS Typhon are in a race against time to save the galaxy from invasion!In Star Trek: Invasion, you play as Red Squadron ensign Ryan Cooper, and fly the new Valkyrie fighter ship through thirty missions. Up to six versions of the craft are available in the game: three training versions that are only used in two-player modes, and three "Marks" versions that you fly during the game. (The higher the Mark, the more powerful it is.)As you fight against the Borg, Romulans, Cardassians and a new enemy known as the Kam'Jahtae, you'll also chat with your fellow crew members, including Trek favorites Patrick Stewart (Captain Picard) and Michael Dorn (Lt. Commander Worf). |
| Hogs of War | 2000-08-23 | Infogrames, Inc. | Infogrames Studios Limited | Strategy | Behind view | | War | Artillery | | | | Turn-based | Teen | | PS1 | Command a regiment of hogs through different battlefields - all with the same mission: eliminate the enemy. Gameplay is comparable to the Worms games, but Hogs Of War comes completely in 3D. There are many different types of weapons to choose from, as well as the possibility to assign special jobs such as sniper, medic, etc. to the hogs. |
| ATV: Quad Power Racing | 2000-08-24 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Climax Group Limited | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | | Off-roading, Vehicle simulator | Jerry Smith | | Everyone | | PS1 | ATV: Quad Power Racing introduces to the PlayStation the slightly unusual sport of four-wheeled all-terrain vehicle racing. The game includes three different terrain types (forest, desert and ice) with four tracks each. There are Amateur and Pro Championships for every terrain type, with Amateur and Pro tracks differing slightly. The Amateur trophy has to be won to unlock the respective Pro circuit. Players can select from six different riders and at the start there are two quads per terrain available to choose from. Winning each Amateur circuit unlocks two more per terrain and winning everything unlocks the best quad in the game.Gameplay is seen from either 3rd (behind the quad) or 1st person perspectives and players can select from manual or automatic transmission. The quad and the rider are controlled independently from each other: the right analog stick steers the quad while the left stick is used for leaning the rider, which is important while cornering: incorrect leaning can lead to the rider being thrown off, losing valuable time.Besides the Championship mode, there are Single Race, Time Trial and Two-Player modes. Tracks and quads to be used in those modes have to be unlocked via winning Championship races first. |
| Dragstars | 2000-08-24 | Success Corporation | JAM Co., Ltd. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Street racing | | | | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)Dragstars puts you in the driving seat of
one of 20 souped-up drag racers.These cars are all about power, there's
no sissy bends or corners just a mile of
hot tarmac to cover as quickly as
possible - and that's pretty quick!Leave the rest blinking in the smoke of
burnt rubber as you become a true
Dragstar!
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| International Soccer Excite Stage 2000 | 2000-08-24 | Epoch Co., Ltd. | ART Co.,Ltd., Epoch Co., Ltd. | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | International Soccer Excite Stage 2000 is a soccer game. It is the fifth game in the Excite Stage series and first for the PlayStation platform. Instead of Japanese club teams, this game features A (senior) and under-23 national teams from all around the world. The game is similar in gameplay to the previous three Super Famicom titles. The indoor and beach soccer are no longer available, however the training mode was kept. |
| Spider-Man | 2000-08-24 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Neversoft Entertainment, Inc. | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Spider-Man is the first 3D game to star the popular web-slinger. It is loosely based on Spider-Man: The Animated Series and Spider-Man Unlimited and features some of the voice cast from each and similar character designs.Peter Parker is attending a demonstration of the reformed Dr. Otto Octavius's new invention when an imposter Spider-Man steals the device. Spider-Man must work to clear his name and uncover the sinister motives behind the device's theft.This game features appearances not only by most major Spider-Man characters, but cameos by numerous other characters from the Marvel Universe, such as the Human Torch, Punisher, Daredevil and Captain America.Spider-Man's webs are greatly emphasized. He can use them both for navigational purposes, like swinging or ziplining, and for offensive and defensive combat, such as tying up a villain, coating his fists with web for extra oomph, or building a protective shield. His web supply is limited though and he must find new cartridges or risk running out. The wall-crawling powers are also prominently features. Spider-Man can cling to any wall or ceiling. This is used for basic environmental navigation and for stealth as there are many sequences where you crawl over the heads of unsuspecting thugs, or drop down and catch them off-guard.Combat is based around Spider-Man's ability to jump, kick, punch and web. By combining these with direction and in various combinations, Spider-Man is able to throw objects such as furniture, hurl web balls, yank enemies into melee range and follow up with a flurry of hits, among other things. There are a number of boss-battles as well, all of which are puzzle-based.Missions vary from the fairly common fight-your way-to-the-goal or find-the-key-that-unlocks-the-door types to races to catch some or evade them or just trying to avoid the police.There are several side goals in addition to the main mission including multiple unlockable Spider-Man costumes and numerous hidden comic book covers to find. |
| Yūkyū Kumikyoku: All Star Project | 2000-08-24 | Media Works Inc. | Starlight Marry Corporation | Adventure | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | PS1 | Yūkyū Kumikyoku (Eternal Suite) is the final title in the Yūkyū Gensōkyoku series, and is once again a traditional Japanese adventure game. The story takes place in an alternate continuity where the characters from the previous games are all students at the same school. The player chooses a character from the series history, and then must become friends with another character while also keeping on top of their studies. |
| The F.A. Premier League Football Manager 2000 | 2000-08-25 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Krisalis Software Ltd. | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | Text-based / Spreadsheet | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | PS1 | Bringing the world of football management to the PlayStation, The F.A. Premier League Football Manager 2000 allows you to take control of any football team within the 4 English football divisions with all the right player and manager names for the 2000 season. Control everything from changing match tactics and team formations, buying and selling players on the transfer market, dealing with the finances, team building including training and youth club training. All designed for the PlayStation control system allowing simple fast access to the game without tedious learning of control systems and sub menus associated with PC management games. This is a pick up and play football manager game for the console market. |
| Valkyrie Profile | 2000-08-29 | Enix America Inc. | tri-Ace Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | | | | | Turn-based | Teen | | PS1 | In preparation for Ragnarok, the final battle between the gods, Odin has commanded Lenneth the Valkyrie to descend to the lower world and gather the souls of fallen heroes to serve as soldiers in the approaching conflict. The player controls Lenneth, gathering soldiers and training them to be transferred to the battlefields of the gods.The gameplay mainly consists of exploring various locations (dungeons, mansions, swamps) from a 2D perspective. Lenneth can run, jump, shoot ice crystals (useful for anything from freezing enemies to building ledges), push and pull objects to solve simple puzzles, etc. All of the enemies are on-screen and can usually be avoided, in the style of games like Chrono Cross and SaGaFrontier 2. The battle system is turn-based. Each of the characters (up to three can fight alongside Lenneth at a time) is assigned to one of the four main keys. The player and the enemy take turns attacking, but with the right timing, the player can execute combos that leave enemies defenseless. Long combos can result in substantial experience bonuses, although it is possible to defeat most enemies without them.The rest of the game consists of Lenneth using "spiritual concentration" to discover the locations of dungeons and fallen heroes, ingame-engine cutscenes that give the history of these characters, and reports about the war's progress that come at the end of each "chapter". The chapter system is one of the game's most original features. Each chapter (there are about 8) is made up of a preset number of periods. Each action, such as a successful use of spiritual concentration, or entering a town/dungeon, uses a number of periods that varies with the difficulty level. When all of the periods have passed, the chapter is over. The player must transfer heroes to Valhalla in the course of each chapter (permanently losing them), but has only a limited amount of time to improve their statistics. |
| Happy Salvage | 2000-08-31 | Media Works Inc. | Media Works Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | | Japanese-style adventure | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling, Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Happy Salvage is a treasure hunting romantic adventure game that uses 3rd-person perspective for exploring places and diving underwater to collect treasure, with visual novel style 1st-person perspective during dialogues featuring anime characters over static backgrounds. On your adventure you will meet many girls who will be able to go and dive with you, and while the game starts on a single island, over time you'll be able to sail to other islands and explore other places. The game comes on two discs, where second disc contains various bonus content, such as character profiles, game artwork and other game trailers and previews. |
| London Racer | 2000-08-31 | Davilex Games B.V. | Davilex Games B.V. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | Europe | Automobile, Street racing | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Arcade racing in and around London in a variety of cars. Compete in three leagues - small cars, luxury sports cars and GT racers on your way to winning the title and the ultimate car.In this UK-customised racing game you drive on the left, knock down Gatsos (speed cameras), and get chased by police in Vauxhall Astras and much more. |
| Natsuiro Celebration | 2000-08-31 | D3Publisher Inc. | HuneX Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | | | | | | Buy at Buy at | PS1 | Natsuiro Selection is a romance visual novel adventure game released as a part of Simple 1500 Series (Vol.36) for PlayStation and Simple 2000 Series DC (Vol.02) for Dreamcast. The story focuses on the 18-year old protagonist enjoying the summer time with his old crush who is bad in town during the summer, as well as several other heroines which are all potential romantic partners. Based on the player's choices, the story branches and character react differently which lead to one of the many paths. The story starts on August 1st, and progresses in day-by-day manner. While the game does not feature any unlockable extras, the basic visual novel gameplay is present such as moving through locations on the map, reading through dialogues with ability to toggle off the dialogue window in order to see the clear and unobstructed background graphics, voice-acting for the main heroines, and other gameplay elements. The protagonist's name is not fixed and can be entered at the beginning of the story. |
| Resident Evil: Survivor | 2000-08-31 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Tose Co., Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | Horror | Puzzle elements, Shooter, Survival horror | | | | | Mature | | PS1 | A man wearing white, a crashed helicopter, a pair of dog tags with the name 'Ark Thompson', and a pistol. These are the only clues a young man finds to his identity as he awakes on Sheena Island. On his journey through the island he will encounter many monsters as well as discover the terrible secrets of Umbrella's biological weapons programs.Resident Evil: Survivor is set several months after Resident Evil 2 & 3 and is the first Resident Evil title to be rendered in real time as opposed to making use of pre-rendered backdrops. Levels are explored in first person, and when enemies are encountered the press of a button will bring up a targeting reticule for shooting. As with most light-gun games there is infinite pistol ammunition available, but limited ammunition for more powerful weapons. At the end of each level two doors are presented which both lead to different levels, although all paths eventually lead to the same ending. |
| ESPN MLS GameNight | 2000-09-01 | Konami of America, Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc., Saffire, Inc | Simulation, Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Everyone | Makoto Toyama | PS1 | ESPN MLS Gamenight is a soccer simulation game that uses the same engine as ISS Pro Evolution, with both ESPN and MLS licensing. It is the only MLS game to have been released on the PlayStation.There are 3 modes of play in the game. Match Play lets you use any of the game's 12 Major League Soccer or 53 international teams for a quick, friendly Exhibition game. In Season Mode, you participate in a full 32-game Major League Soccer season, you have to deal with realistic injuries, unpredictable weather conditions, and mid-season trades.You get eight points for each game you win, which you can save up to buy superstar players like Cobi Jones, Jason Kreis, Mamadou Diallo, and Tony Meola.There's also a Custom League mode and a custom-player option that lets you build up to 22 original players. Other options include adjustable difficulty and a training mode that let you develop your players. |
| Infestation | 2000-09-01 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Frontier Developments Ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | Real-time | | | PS1 | In the game you drive an upgradeable buggy, an experimental vehicle, named ACAM. It can be transformed into six different shapes; you can turn it into an aircraft, or even a hovercraft. You have to shoot aliens with flashy weapons, collect resources such as Crystals, Energy Spheres and lost scientists. So you as single human hero must put evil aliens in their place and introduce them to his plasma cannon. |
| RC Revenge | 2000-09-01 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Acclaim Studios Cheltenham | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Players take control of a range of remote controlled cars and boats in an action packed racing game for the Sony PlayStation.Based around an enchanting movie Theme world, players take their cars through a number of genre styled levels, including horror, sci-fi and cartoons.Multiplayer split screen racing available in all modes of the game and a unique track editor allows you to create your own tracks to save on memory card and challenge your friends. |
| Saban's Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue | 2000-09-01 | THQ Inc. | Climax Group Limited | Action | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Beat 'em up / brawler | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue for PlayStation is one of several games based on the 2000 incarnation of the long-running TV franchise. This version lets the Power Rangers defend Mariner Bay against the minions of the evil Queen Bansheera in a 3D beat'em up.The game consists of six regular plus one hidden level, with such featured environments as an office building, a dam, the top of a moving train and more. Players can select from the five different Lightspeed Rangers, who each have varying stats for energy, strength and speed and a unique special attack. The game uses 3D polygonal graphics with the camera emulating an isometric viewpoint. The goals in each area include rescuing hostages and beating up bad guys. Updates via comlink from Captain Mitchell and Miss Fairweather keep players posted on story developments and new goals.To defeat the various enemies, the controls allow for punches, kicks and jumps (which can be chained into combos) as well as blocks. To use a ranger's special power, the appropriate meter must be filled by picking up colored crystals. The powers include a targeted beam, a ground-shaking hit, multi-target somersaults and more. Other pick-ups besides the crystals include health refills and short-time invincibility. Each level includes various bosses with large health bars to pummel down. In some levels, the rangers need to transform into their Megazord mech form to defeat the final boss.Live-action clips from the TV show set the scene between levels and the actors from the show lend their voices to the game as well. The game features a two-player mode that allows two rangers to take on the enemies at the same time. |
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | 2000-09-01 | Eidos, Inc. | Hothouse Creations Ltd. | Puzzle | | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | | | PS1 | The game is based on the hit TV quiz show Who Wants to be a Millionaire? PC and Console games players can now experience for themselves the excitement and tension of the TV show as they try and win one million virtual pounds. The UK version of the game features audio clips of the TV show's host Chris Tarrant, who will be asking the questions, giving the answers, and of course, uttering the famous line, "Is that your final answer?"; other localized versions have different hosts/voices, in addition to using questions suitable for each country. |
| Le Concert | 2000-09-07 | Warashi Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Le Concert pp + ff is a compilation of two games:
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| Liberogrande International | 2000-09-07 | Namco Limited | Namco Limited | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | Hiroki Suzuki (鈴木 宏紀), Mitsuko Yuri (由利 光子) | | | | PS1 | Liberogrande International (or Liberogrande 2 in Japan) is the sequel to Libero Grande. Like its predecessor, it is an unconventional soccer game where instead of a complete team, only a single player is directly controlled, with the other 10 players being controlled by the AI, although with the option to influence their choice in plays. However, unlike the original title, Liberogrande International is a home console title, and along featuring a more realistic visual presentation, it's now possible to choose formation and pick any player (including goalkeeper and the title-mentioned libero) to control, instead of being limited to play as either right-wing or playmaker, depending on the predefined team formation.Gameplay remains mostly unchanged; the camera follows the ball, circling around the controlled player. When the player is carrying the ball, he can do the usual actions (pass, shoot, cross, throw a long pass), while keeping an eye on other players asking the ball and running into space. With possession but without the ball the player can ask for either a low or an high pass. Without the ball, the player can either tackle or instruct other players when to attack the ball, if this option is enabled. At the end of the match, the player can see how well he performed, along a "heat map" on his positioning.Since all players are now given equal billing, the player can now edit all 32 national team players' names, as well as creating his own superstar (which can be used on any national team). Game modes include exhibition (where you can play with or against a friend in split-screen mode), LiberoGrande Cup (straight elimination cup), International Cup (World Cup style tournament) and World League.Unlike the Japanese version, the European one doesn't feature commentary. |
| Paca Paca Passion Special | 2000-09-07 | CyberFront Corporation | Produce Co., Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)★This game is supported with the PSP® and PS Vita screenshot function★PSP®: Screenshots can be taken by using the menu after holding the PS button (HOME button) in the game. The image will be saved in the photo collection from the XMB™ (XrossMediaBar).PS Vita: Screenshots can be taken by using "Screenshot" from the "Settings" after holding the PS button in the game. The image will be saved as an application photo. This software can be played with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).If you are downloading with PC or via PS3™, after downloading with the device please connect to PSP® with a USB cable and copy the content by inserting a storage media like Memory Stick™."PACAPACA PASSION™ Special" which everybody knows is now here on PlayStation®!There will be popular mix songs and new song JET! All will be available in this PACA!!There will be a contest mode which is popular in the game center!You can also play the popular private extra remix too!This will be the extreme of PACAPACA!Copyright:©1998-2018 D4Enterprise Co.,Ltd.Purchase or use of this item is subject to SEN Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| beatmania Append Gottamix 2: Going Global | 2000-09-07 | Konami Corporation | Konami Computer Entertainment Japan Co., Ltd. | Action | | | | Arcade, Music / rhythm | | | | | | | PS1 | This is one of the many append discs released for the long running Beatmania franchise. It includes all of the tracks from the European release of beatmania, as well as a dozen high-difficulty "Bonus Edits" originally featured in the arcade version Complete Mix 2. Including alternate difficulties, there are 42 tracks in total.As this is an append disc, this game requires the the original beatmania or one of the later "key disc" releases in order to be played. |
| 007: The World is Not Enough | 2000-09-08 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Black Ops Entertainment, LLC | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | Spy / espionage | Shooter | | | Direct control | | Teen | | PS1 | 007: The World is Not Enough is based off of the 1999 James Bond film of the same name. In it, Pierce Brosnan's Bond must investigate the murder of a British oil tycoon and attacks on his new pipeline, which leads to a larger sinister plot requiring gunplay and frequent flier miles to diffuse.This version of the game has a few notable differences to its Nintendo 64 counterpart: it runs off a version of the Medal of Honor engine, and has 11 missions in contrast to the N64's 14; some of which are not shared between the two. The missions that are similar (usually those taken from the film) further tend to play out differently, and utilize completely different gadgets and weaponry. This version does not feature additional objectives at higher difficulty modes, and only cheats are unlocked by beating specific missions at a specific difficulty. However, it does feature CD-quality music and voices, as well as video clips from the movie for cutscenes. It is single-player only, and features no multiplayer component. |
| The F.A. Premier League Stars 2001 | 2000-09-08 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts UK Ltd. | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed, Regional differences | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Stars 2001 (in either one of the F.A. Premier League, Bundesliga, La Liga and LNF flavours) is the sequel and last title of the short run of EA's Stars series, a spin-off from the mainstay FIFA titles. Instead of digressing into several leagues, Stars focused on only one (giving each team individual kits and stadiums) and allows the player to improve his team by enhancing the players' abilities or in the transfer market. However, to do so, first the player has to win Star Points on the playing field - by scoring, not losing and having a clean sheet in both goals against and sending offs. Occasionally, there might be some Stars Challenges, which require the player to fulfill a task (scoring five goals, for instance), which will grant more star points, at the risk of possibly losing them if the requirements are not met.After the player completes a season (which includes the league, cup, European cup, international cup and legends match, against an all-time squad), the player can save the team, customize it and then play against other human-controlled custom team, the winner being able to select (well, steal) key players from the opposing team.Commentary is provided by Richard Keys, Martin Tyler, Clive Tydesley and Andy Gray. Music is provided by one of the leading record labels of the house music scene, Ministry of Sound. |
| Peter Jacobsen's Golden Tee Golf | 2000-09-09 | Incredible Technologies, Inc. | Incredible Technologies, Inc. | Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | Peter Jacobsen's Golden Tee Golf is a golf game based on the arcade game Peter Jacobsen's Golden Tee '97, but with some differences such as three additional courses for the PlayStation version. The PlayStation version also contains extra modes and an overview of the holes. The trackball support is replaced by holding down the D-Pad to adjust the power of the backswing. On the PC the mouse is moved backwards and then forwards to determine the swing. The PC version introduces tournaments and contests through online multiplayer, and games over LAN are supported as well. The PC version also contains Shadow Games where you can save and share your performance to play against that shadow player. |
| World Destruction League: Thunder Tanks | 2000-09-10 | 3DO Company, The | 3DO Company, The | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | | Tank | | | Teen | | PS1 | In a grim, dystopian future, the World Destruction League has become the prime source of entertainment. Television crew is following the participants as they travel across the world, competing in just what the league's name implies: destruction. With their heavily armed tanks, the combatants do not just destroy each other: they lay waste to everything around them...World Destruction League: Thunder Tanks is a tank combat game that has similarities with BattleTanx games, as well as vehicular combat titles in the vein of Twisted Metal. Single-player gameplay consists of a tournament mode, in which the player selects a tank and takes it through a series of combat matches. The game's focus, however, is on the multiplayer, which includes different modes: deathmatch, capture-the-flag, frenzy, (a capture-the-flag variant with randomly appearing flags), as well as a so-called "domination mode", in which players must capture several tank generators scattered across the arena. Up to four players can compete in each of the multiplayer modes. Various power-ups can be picked up on the arenas. These include turbo boosts, shields, fire missiles, grenades, mines, artillery and satellite strike (which allow players to target a specific spot on the arena and bombard it with missiles or a focused ion cannon blast), as well as guided missiles, which can be steered through the arena. |
| MTV Sports: Skateboarding | 2000-09-12 | THQ Inc. | Darkblack Ltd | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Tricks / stunts | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Take control of Andy Macdonald and other famous skateboarders (total of 30) from MTV Sports as you tear through the skateboard park in full 3D doing tricks with authentic boards and even boarder clothing. Maneuver for the maximum number of tricks in the limited time available. With 60 different tricks to perform, and multiple game modes (including scavenger hunt, stunt moves, and more) |
| Parasite Eve II | 2000-09-12 | Square Electronic Arts L.L.C. | Square Co., Ltd. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Survival horror | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | | PS1 | Aya Brea is back in a new game. This time there are fewer RPG elements than the first game, and the game plays more like Resident Evil. Battles are now entirely action-oriented, and a new range of weapons is available. Defeating enemies rewards money as well as points used to revive and power-up Aya's suppressed Parasite powers, like healing and igniting foes. Weapons and armor now have fixed stats, but attachments can be swapped in and out of them to modify their properties.After surviving the events of Parasite Eve Aya left her job as a cop and became a member of MIST (Mitochondrion Investigation and Suppression Agency) in order to hunt down the remnant mutants spawned by Eve's awakening. In the year 2000 a new breed of Neo Mitochondrion takes over the Akropolis Tower in downtown LA. Aya is called in and uncovers a secret organization that threatens all humanity. |
| Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX | 2000-09-14 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Z-Axis, Ltd. | Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | Tricks / stunts | | Bike / Bicycling | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Tony Hawk proved the skating games can work to great effect. Now Dave Mirra is here to prove that BMX is here to stay, thanks to the developers at Z-Axis.Choose from all of the current crop of BMX champs, including 10 times world champion Dave Mirra, Ryan Nyquist, Joey Garcia, Shaun Butler & heaps more, and ride your way through 12 highly detailed environments, with vert ramps, huge jumps and track racing. Multiplayer gaming is also thrown in, allowing two players to go head-to-head in a game of B-M-X (a unique variation of the HORSE basketball game).All this plus official sponsors clothing, bikes and advertising boards plus a huge soundtrack featuring Cypress Hill, Deftones and more. |
| Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness | 2000-09-14 | Namco Hometek Inc. | Namco Hometek Inc. | Action | Diagonal-down, Top-down | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness is a combination of classic Pac-Man (or in this case, Ms. Pac-Man) action, maze exploration and Sokoban-like puzzle elements. Players take on the role of Ms. Pac-Man and have to save Pac-Land once again. Although the game is in full 3D, players can only move along designated paths.The four Wonders, mystical regions separated from the rest of Pac-Land by force fields, contains four Gems of Virtue: Generosity, Truth, Wisdom and Courage, each holding enough power to help keep Pac-Land safe from evil. However, an unknown enemy has transformed the Enchanted Castle into a haunted house, in turn starting a chain reaction of evil all around Pac-Land and the four Wonders. It is up to Ms. Pac-Man to enter the 3D designed worlds of the four Wonders and put the evil to rest for good. |
| NFL Blitz 2001 | 2000-09-14 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Midway Games, Inc. | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Arcade | | | | Real-time | Everyone | | PS1 | No refs... No rules... Just 'classic' gridiron. Late hits, pass interferences, and other penalties are encouraged (though you can't run offside). Cheerleaders in, well, cheerleading uniforms liven up the end of the first and third quarter and there's enough stats to make the mathematically inclined happy. However, the teams features are not entirely based on real life (Indy was at the top), and it is not as addictive as the old-fashioned PC games of the early 1990's, but still a good game for someone who doesn't mind not-so-classic, almost XFL style football. |
| Simple 1500 Series: Vol.37 - The Picture & Slide Puzzle | 2000-09-14 | D3Publisher Inc. | Earthly Production, Inc. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)This title includes illustration puzzle and slide puzzle, the golden combination of brain-twister puzzles!Illustration puzzle includes a total of 500 monochrome and colour puzzles, as well as 100 slide puzzles.Paint, remove and marking actions are all easy to control.Two-play battle is available for slide puzzle.9 pieces to 25 pieces are included. This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：33MBCopyright：©2000 EARTHLY PRODUCTION©2000 D3 PUBLISHERPlease note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Rayman 2: The Great Escape | 2000-09-16 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Action | Behind view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | Admiral Razorbeard and his gang of robot pirates have enslaved all the creatures in Rayman's world, including the peaceful Teensies and the Lums, which give life to the earth. Rayman has been captured by the pirates as well and is lamenting his troubles in his prison cell when he meets his good friend, Globox. Globox has smuggled in a silver Lum, given to him by the great fairy, Ly. With the power of the silver Lum, Rayman is able to once more shoot his fists. With his power restored, the pair escape the flying prison ship and embark on another adventure to save the entire world!Rayman 2: The Great Escape is the sequel to Rayman, a 2D side-scrolling platform game. Unlike the previous game, Rayman 2 is entirely in free-roaming 3D environments, similar to Super Mario 64. Rayman has many unique abilities that can help him get around the world. In addition to being able to shoot his fists, he can use his hair to hover like a helicopter, and even glide on air currents in certain places. He can climb certain walls and ceilings and can even use his fists to swing from special purple Lums which are shaped like rings. Rayman also has many unique items at his disposal, such as powder kegs which can be carried or fly like jets, strange warheads with legs that he can ride and steer like bucking mules, and gigantic plums that can be thrown into the water to create new paths.Rayman's goal is to find the four masks of the world, which allow the owner to reawaken Polokus, the spirit of the world. These masks are scattered far and wide, and are well hidden and guarded, so it is not an easy task. By gathering the yellow Lums, Rayman will gain access to new worlds, which will take him to the locations of new masks. Collecting yellow Lums also rewards him with new powers and life meter extensions.The Nintendo 64 and Windows platforms are the original versions of the game. The Nintendo DS version sticks closest to this version.The Dreamcast version adds a new area to the original version called Globox Village which contains exclusive mini-games. The mini-games are unlocked by collecting six hidden Globox crystals. Also, other changes include The Hall of Doors being changed into a new place called The Isle of Doors and more Robo-Pirates to contend with, including a new type not seen in the original version. The iOS and Nintendo 3DS versions are based on this version but don't include the Globox Village section. However, the 3DS version features a dynamic difficulty curve, with the game getting easier if too many lums are missed.The PlayStation version features a heavy alteration of the levels with some being merged and some being removed altogether, although there are also some new areas as well. This includes a new unlockable bonus area that was from the originally planned 2D version of the game that was scrapped. The amount of collectible Lums was reduced from 1,000 to 800. In this version characters are also voiced with actual real languages instead of the whisper speak of the other versions. The PlayStation 2 version adds minigames, exclusive items like the Lumz Radar, and offers more abilities for Rayman to purchase and use.
Along with some expanded level revisions with lums being placed in different locations, there are three new bosses to contend with. The Hall of Doors has become hub locations, The Minisaurus Plain, Globox's House, and The Rainbow Creek. Bonus challenges can also be played by freeing caged Familiar Spirits. These prisoners are exclusive to this version of the game. The game also gives the option to use either the real language voice-overs or the older version's style and lets players save mid-level. |
| The Flintstones: Bedrock Bowling | 2000-09-19 | SouthPeak Interactive LLC | Adrenalin Interactive, Inc. | Action, Racing / Driving, Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | Prehistoric | | Jason Lewis | | Everyone | | PS1 | In The Flintstones: Bedrock Bowling, Fred Flintstone is toiling away as usual at his thankless construction job. When it's quitting time, his boss threatens him with summary termination if he does not finish his trench-digging assignment by the next morning. The biggest dilemma for Fred is that he needs to practice for an upcoming bowling tournament. The benevolent alien named The Great Gazoo materializes and solves the problem by digging a trench and lining it with giant bowling pins. He then gives Fred a large bowling ball half shell in which to play live action bowling.The action in Bedrock Bowling takes the form of steering the bowling shell down 8 different lanes. Each lane has 10 pins that the player must try to hit. Additionally, there are many diamonds, birds, and other powerups along the way to be collected for points.The 8 lanes are Gravel Factory, Quarry, Flooded, Tar, Freeway, Crystal Mine, Lava, and Rockzilla.
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| Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 | 2000-09-19 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Neversoft Entertainment, Inc. | Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | Tricks / stunts | | | Direct control | | Teen | | PS1 | The sequel to Tony Hawk's Pro Skater adds many new tricks, while retaining those from the original, and a complete roster of the greatest skaters worldwide. Among the new tricks is the "manual", which allows the player character to balance on two wheels. There are also more options for scoring high-trick combos. Trick combinations can also be edited and customized. It is possible to visit some of the most popular skate parks in the world, or create own areas and share them with other players. Players can also create their own skaters, with a choice of clothing and official skateboards. |
| Bomberman: Party Edition | 2000-09-20 | Vatical Entertainment LLC | Metro Corporation | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Party game | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | Bomberman returns to PlayStation for a bargain hurrah with Bomberman: Party Edition. This version of the seminal multiplayer game keeps it simple and classic. The game features 2D backdrops, bombs, players, and that's about it. Grab this game, a multi-tap, and some friends, and bomb away like the halcyon days of yore. You'll travel through the familiar grid-like levels, nabbing power-ups as you try and obliterate the competition. |
| The Sacred Amulet | 2000-09-20 | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Tek 5 | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Puzzle elements | Pre-Columbian Americas | | | | | | PS1 | This 1st person adventure game is set in the time of the Aztecs. A nobleman has been murdered, and you've been blamed for it, you must run away and save yourself. Is there a connection between his murder and the strange illness affecting the population? The sacred amulet you hold may be the key to it all. |
| Genso Suiko Gaiden: Vol.1 - Harmonia no Kenshi | 2000-09-21 | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | Fantasy | | | | | Setting | PS1 | This is the first volume of the side-story to Konami's RPG series Suikoden. You play as Nash, a special agent of the Holy Kingdom of Harmonia's Southern Fringe Security Force. He was sent to the City States of Jowston with a mission: the Security Force has been informed that one of the 27 True Runes has appeared in Jowston. He has to verify the rumor and to bring back as much information as possible. On the way, Nash meets a mysterious woman named Sierra and soon gets involved in a large conflict featuring characters and events from the first and second Suikoden games.Unlike the "mainstream" Suikoden games, this is not a RPG, but a "digital novel". You read text and watch background images, at some points making a decision and leading the story to different paths. |
| Max Surfing 2nd | 2000-09-21 | KSS | KSS | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)★This game is supported with the PSP® and PS Vita screenshot function★PSP®: Screenshots can be taken by using the menu after holding the PS button (HOME button) in the game. The image will be saved in the photo collection from the XMB™ (XrossMediaBar).PS Vita: Screenshots can be taken by using "Screenshot" from the "Settings" after holding the PS button in the game. The image will be saved as an application photo. This software can be played with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).If you are downloading with PC or via PS3™, after downloading with the device please connect to PSP® with a USB cable and copy the content by inserting a storage media like Memory Stick™.This is the 2nd installment of the original surfing game!More new boards will be added comparing to the previous game. Select a board suitable for techniques such as jump, turn, and accelerate to perform flashy techniques to earn points!Height of the wave and the wave speed can be freely adjusted in the free mode, so you can keep polishing your technique until you are satisfied!Practice your skills with the free mode and work your way to win the world championship!Copyright:©SoftgaragePurchase or use of this item is subject to SEN Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Disney's The Little Mermaid II | 2000-09-25 | THQ Inc. | Blitz Games Ltd | Action | Side view | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | Direct control | Real-time | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Generally following along with the plot of The Little Mermaid I and II, the game is a 2D collectathon with 3D graphics.The game features over 30 minutes of movie footage, 12 levels, and 3 bonus minigames. Following the source material, most of the levels take place underwater, allowing full freedom of movement. (Within the 2D plane, of course.) On land, movement is the standard run and jump type. In all levels, there are coins and pearls to collect. |
| F1 Racing Championship | 2000-09-26 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Shanghai UBIsoft Computer Software Co., Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing | | | Everyone | | PS1 | F1 Racing Championship is the third Ubi Soft F1 racing simulation game, published with the FIA license by Video System. It features official tracks, drivers and cars of the 1999 F1 season.The game is based on a new engine bringing a real technological step compared to the two first titles (F1 Racing Simulation and Monaco Grand Prix Racing Simulation 2).Available game modes are Single Race, Grand Prix, Championship, Private Trials and Time Attack. The tracks were modelled in 3D from GPS data sampled on the real roads. There are realistic physics, a telemetry system to analyse behaviour of your car and to tune its settings, complex driving AI, recordable replays, strategy management with animated pit sequences, weather simulation, and LAN support for multiplayer games. |
| Duke Nukem: Land of the Babes | 2000-09-27 | Infogrames, Inc. | n-Space, Inc. | Action | Behind view | | Comedy | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | Mature | | PS1 | In the distant future, vicious aliens rule the Earth. Only bodacious babes survive, enslaved by the hostile alien overlords. The women and the world need a hero. And there's only one man big enough for the job! With a new arsenal of destructive weapons and a legion of sinister new enemies, Duke Nukem: Land of the Babes (formerly Planet of the Babes) is heart-pounding Duke action at its most savage. Features
23 levels including 16 singleplayer levels, 4 challenging training areas, and 6 multiplayer levels; A.I. assisted Babes that fight alongside Duke;
High-tech inventory items - X-Ray goggles, Jetpack, Teleporter, High-tech Duke shades;
A new arsenal of weapons - Blaster, Flamer, RPG, and Grenade Launcher '
All new enemies - Mutant Gorillas, Hunter Killer Chicks, and Hoglodytes plus Pig Cops and the Cyberbrain;
3 1st person split screen modes for two player Duke matches.
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| NHL 2001 | 2000-09-27 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada, Page 44 Studios, LLC | Sports | Behind view, Diagonal-down, Side view, Top-down | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | Lace up the skates and play with or against all 30 NHL teams including the new expansion Columbus Blue Jackets and Minnesota Wild. NHL 2001 invites the world to play with the addition of 20 international teams including Ukraine and Latvia. Feel the full hockey flavor by building a custom team with the jersey editor, logo importer, and customizable city and team names. EA SPORTS puts you in the game with the "Face in the Game" feature -- witness fans throw their hats on the ice in your honor after a hat trick. With a variety of game modes including Quick Game, Season Play, Career Mode, Playoffs and Tournaments, all the goals are just a slap shot away. |
| Bealphareth | 2000-09-28 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | Zealsoft | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG | Fantasy, Medieval | | | Real-time | | Isometric | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)To download content to the Memory Stick PRO Duo™ of your PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, the free space required is twice the size of the content to be downloaded.This software is playable for PLAYSTATION®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).To play this software on your PLAYSTATION®3 system, you must have at least 390MB of free space on your PLAYSTATION®3 system hard disk.To play this software on your PSP®, you must install the latest system software version and have a Memory Stick Duo™ with the free space stated above.For more detailed information about downloading to your PSP® system, please see URL below.http://asia.playstation.comWhen downloading using PC:When downloading contents to PSP®, you must install the PLAYSTATION®Network Downloader application first. Please go to our official website for installing instructions and other information. ■Game descriptionBealphareth is classified as a "new-thinking" action RPG. It was released in 2000 and is now one of the PlayStation®Classics. The dialogue spoken and scenarios revealed will differ depending on your actions! A legendary underground city of long ago, known as "Asla Faere", has reappeared, and a group of young adventurers has set out to shed light on its mysteries. But soon the entire world is at stake, thus leading to a prologue in this story of destruction and creation. The world cannot be saved by sword alone.■PS3™ HDD and Memory Stick™ capacity requirement390MB■Copyright notices©2000 Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.■AttentionThis software is converted from the software for PlayStation® so that it can be played on PS3™ and PSP®. Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. |
| Blade Arts: Tasogare no Miyako R'lyeh | 2000-09-28 | Enix Corporation | Ea Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | South America | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Blade Arts: Tasogare no Miyako R'lyeh is an action-adventure game similar to Tomb Raider with platforming and puzzle-solving accompanying combat and featuring character designs by Nobuteru Yūki.Players take control of an archeologist and treasure hunter Rei Shidoh, who is a part of a team dispatched to ruins on a mysterious island to investigate them and locate survivors of a strong earthquake there. As players complete the first level of the game, Rei will discover a mysterious tall and wide blade that can change its shape and will grow more powerful, gaining unique attacks and spells if special spheres are embedded into it and enough Nervus (experience points) are used to develop it. After picking up the sword, the game will let players test their new weapon on a boss battle.In combat, players can lock on to specific enemies for melee and ranged attacks, similar to The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. |
| Ehrgeiz (Square Millennium Collection) | 2000-09-28 | Square Co., Ltd. | Dream Factory Co., Ltd. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Fighting | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | This Japan only re-release of Ehrgeiz was part of the Square Millennium Collection, a collection of Square games packaged in a bigger box with several collectible items.This release contained:
The game Ehrgeiz.
Vincent Valentine and Vincent Turks diorama.
A digital travel watch.ScreenshotsThere are no PlayStation user screenshots for this game.Promo ImagesThere are no promo images for this gameAlternate Titles "エアガイツ スクウエアミレニアムコレクション" -- Japanese spelling
Part of the Following Group Square Millennium Collection
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| Front Mission 3 (Square Millennium Collection) | 2000-09-28 | Square Co., Ltd. | Square Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | This Japan only re-release of Front Mission 3 was part of the Square Millennium Collection, a collection of Square games packaged in a bigger box with several collectible items.This release contained:
The game Front Mission 3.
Three miniature metal Wanzer figures.
A mini flashlight keychain.
A wallet.
A keychain.
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| Jellyfish: The Healing Friend | 2000-09-28 | Visit Co., Ltd. | Visit Co., Ltd. | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Life / social simulation | Contemporary | | Menu structures | Meditative / Zen | | | PS1 | Players step into the role of one of a few different people who become involved in jellyfish breeding. After picking their character, players bring their new jellies home and get started taking care of them. Detailed 3D jellyfish float freely in their tank, presented at a gentle pace with relaxing ("healing") music by Japanese band Gontiti. Players are given a wide variety of different ways to take care of their jellyfish, including feeding and other standard care techniques, and are able to breed their jellyfish over a long period of time. |
| Love Hina: Ai wa Kotoba no Naka ni | 2000-09-28 | Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Japan Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | | Visual novel | | | | | | Misc | PS1 | Love Hina: Ai wa Kotoba no Naka ni (Eng. "Love Hina: Love Is in the Words") is the first game based on a popular "Love Hina" manga and anime for PlayStation console. This adventure game's main focus is on collecting words for one of the five heroines from the series. You are Keitarou Urashima, the protagonist from the series, living together in a huge mansion with Naru Narusegawa, Shinobu Maehara, Kaolla Su, Motoko Aoyama, and Mitsune Konno. You can go to any one of their rooms and check the words you have unlocked for each of the characters, and by combining them start the event scenes which are similar to a visual novel in style with full voice-acting, for player character included. This game also requires PocketStation without which you cannot gather words necessary to play the game. |
| Seiken Densetsu: Legend of Mana (Square Millennium Collection) | 2000-09-28 | Square Co., Ltd. | | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | PS1 | This Japan only re-release of Legend of Mana was part of the Square Millennium Collection, a collection of Square games packaged in a bigger box with several collectible items.This release contained:
The game Legend of Mana.
An Elazul and a Pearl figurine.
A music box playing the theme from the game.ScreenshotsThere are no PlayStation user screenshots for this game.Promo ImagesThere are no promo images for this gameAlternate Titles "聖剣伝説 レジェンド オブ マナ スクウエアミレニアムコレクション" -- Japanese spelling
Part of the Following Groups Seiken Densetsu / Mana series
Square Millennium Collection
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| Tokimeki Memorial 2: Substories - Dancing Summer Vacation | 2000-09-28 | Konami Corporation | KCE Tokyo, Inc. | Action, Adventure | 1st-person | | | Japanese-style adventure, Music / rhythm, Quick Time Events (QTEs), Visual novel | | | | | | Buy at Buy at | PS1 | Dancing Summer Vacation is one of a several discs with substories relating to Tokimeki Memorial 2 romantic dating video novel simulation. Unlike the main game where focus is on romance and dating, in this set of substories, the player who is in his first year of high-school, find himself called by Miyuki, a girl from the same school, to a game of dance at the local arcade. Miyuki scores a perfect score on a DDR game and gets noticed by an interested person who summons her to participate in a tournament. All seems fine and she seems more than ready by what the player just witnessed, but the next day she calls the player to her place to show her that what she did at an arcade was just a pure luck and admits that she is no good at the game at all. Seeing a damsel in distress, the player agrees to help her get better at the game. In this side story to Tokimeki Memorial 2 Konami mixes their dating simulation game series with their rhythm Dance Dance Revolution game series making this a mix of visual novel gameplay with many songs that consists of quick-time events. |
| Zero Kara no Mahjong: Mahjong Youchien Tamago-gumi 2 | 2000-09-28 | Affect Co.,Ltd | Affect Co.,Ltd | Strategy | | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Purchase this PS one® Classic and play it on both your PS3™ and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) systems!
This sequel to Zero Kara no Mahjong retains all the accessibility of its predecessor but greatly refines the experience.
Take lessons based on actual matches to help learn the correct mannerisms and etiquette involved in true mahjong games.
Once your lessons are done, you'll be armed with all the techniques needed to beat your friends in real life.
Unleash the mahjong master deep inside you!
Download this PS one® Classic today!
Transferring to a PSP® system from your PS3™ system:
You must have at least 185 MB free on your Memory Stick Duo™. Connect your PSP® system to your PS3™ system with a USB cable and switch your PSP® system to USB Mode. Highlight the game on the PS3™ XMB™, press the Δ button and select Copy.
PC Store Customers:
Log into your PlayStation®Network account that you originally used to purchased the game. Then, download the game from your "Download List" in the PlayStation®Store onto your PS3™ system.
This title has been converted from the original PlayStation® disc to the PSP® and the PS3™ systems. Consequently, there may be times where the title plays differently from the PlayStation® disc version, or where some features may not function properly. This version does not support PlayStation® peripherals (controller, memory card, multitap, etc.), therefore functionalities such as multiplayer, versus, and co-op modes are not available.
Please Note: This game is a direct import from Japan and is displayed in its original Japanese language.
Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. This item has been sublicensed to you by Sony Computer Entertainment America. One-time license fee for downloads to up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are associated with the purchasing account.
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| Dino Crisis 2 | 2000-09-30 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Survival horror | | | | | Mature | | PS1 | The research on the mysterious Third Energy is being continued in secret, but then an entire island with the facility conducting this research and a neighbouring town has vanished, moving back in time to the dinosaur era. A military unit is sent to the past to save the survivors and retrieve the research data. But nearly all soldiers are massacred by dinosaurs. You take control of Regina and Dylan, who managed to escape this fate. Now you must find the survivors, retrieve the data, and get back to your own time. Dino Crisis 2 is a survival horror game in which you control the characters Dylan and Regina (switching from one to another at various points in the storyline). You will collect items and use them to solve puzzles while fighting the hordes of dinosaurs that inhabit the island. Much like Alone in the Dark, the game uses 3D models for characters, enemies and items and static 2D backgrounds for their surroundings. Initially, each character starts with a gun and a melee weapon, but more weapons, such as flamethrowers or rocket launchers, can be bought later in the game. The dinosaurs' attacks cause you to lose "vitality", which can be restored using healing items. Sometimes an attack will cause you to bleed and thus slowly lose health; specific health items stop the bleeding. For each killed dinosaur you receive "Extinction Points". By killing a couple of dinos in quick succession, you activate a 'combo' and thus get more points. The points can be used in "Save Shops" throughout the game to buy weapons, ammo (and cartridge upgrades which allow you to store more ammo within the weapon), healing items and "tools" (such as armor, more powerful melee weapons, or "cards" which allow you to get bigger combos). You can also save the game at these points. While wandering around the island, you'll find many documents and letters to read, including "Dino Files", which contain a flavor description of a dino species. |
| Jarrett & Labonte Stock Car Racing | 2000-10-01 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | PS1 | The 3rd game from the successful Touring Car series.
This game is bigger & better, with instead of just the British touring car series, they have expanded the game, so you can compete in touring car championships from across Europe,
The America's, Asia & Australia. You can race in an exhibition race or participate in a realistic championship mode, where you choose a scenario, first of all you have to complete the
testing session, similar to Gran Turismo. After that you are
set a target to reach before the end of season. If you complete the target you unlock secret cars. |
| Knockout Kings 2001 | 2000-10-01 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Sports | | Licensed | | | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Fight as your favorite boxers including Sugar Ray Lewis, Muhammad Ali, Lennox Lewis, Oscar De La Hoya and plenty more past winners and current champions. There's also plenty of things to do, including a straight up arcade game (so you can beat your mates to the punch!) and a career mode, where you can take your chosen player from the rookie list to the world stage, all in one day. |
| Mille Miglia | 2000-10-01 | SCi Games Ltd. | Kung Fu Games | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Track racing | | | | | PS1 | A racing game set in the golden era of BMWs and Mercedes, Alfa Romeos and Bugattis, Enzo Ferrari and Sterling Moss, but with all the 3D rendering effects you would expect from a standard Playstation racer.Putting you in the seat of some of the most well-known racing cars of the time, Mille Miglia lets you try out well well-honed Playstation 'driving' skills on some new, but old, tracks. Letting you take part in full championship mode, the game sets you about some idyllic countryside scenery in the hopes of obtaining that elusive victory. |
| Pro Pinball: Fantastic Journey | 2000-10-01 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | Cunning Developments | Action | | | | Pinball | Steampunk | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | The fourth in the Pro Pinball series, this game once again features only one table. The theme is Victorian technology - by building such machines as an airship and submarine and performing various tasks (such as completing 'adventures' by shooting ramps), the goal is to defeat the evil General Yagov. A multi coloured dot panel is the main new feature compared to other Pro Pinball games. |
| Vampire Hunter D | 2000-10-01 | Jaleco USA, Inc. | Victor Interactive Software, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements, Survival horror | Fantasy | | | | Mature | | PS1 | Vampire Hunter D is based on the anime titled Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, which, in its turn, is based on the novel Vampire Hunter D: Demon Deathchase by Hideyuki Kikuchi. You play as D, the half-human / half-vampire whose sole mission in life is to hunt down and kill vampires. The setting is not the distant medieval past, nor is it the mid-19th century, instead D's adventures are set in the far distant future, when humanity has nearly killed itself off by endless wars. Rising from the scorched earth and assuming power in this desolate era are the timeless vampires. They established a feudal system where they ruled over humans as nobles in Europe ruled over their peasants. But after thousands of years the Vampires' power waned and humans revolted against their lords, and thus the class of Vampire Hunters were born.In this particular story, D is employed by a rich family to retrieve their daughter from the vampire who kidnapped her. He is not the only one trying to free her; a rival group of vampire hunters, the Marcus Brothers, are after the daughter and the bounty, regarding D as a rival. The Vampire Hunter D must enter Castle Chaith, battle the Vampire Lord, the minions that inhabit the castle, and a hidden evil, to save the girl and collect his bounty.The action in Vampire Hunter D plays like the early Resident Evil games. There are pre-rendered backgrounds and all the characters are animated in 3D. Players utilize D's signature weapon, his massive long sword, as well as his special vampire powers, (which comprise healing, offensive, and defensive powers), to battle the hordes of evil creatures that live in the hallways and chambers of the daemonic Castle Chaith. You must solve puzzles, unlock doors, and retrieve key items to progress into the depths and heights of the castle, ultimately reaching and revealing the true evil power pulling the strings of this macabre story. |
| Freestyle Motocross: McGrath vs Pastrana | 2000-10-02 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Z-Axis, Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Tricks / stunts | | Motorcycle | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Freestyle Motocross offers a chance to play as two Supercross greats. Both Pastrana and McGrath feature customizable bikes, allowing for edit of model, color, engine, and exhaust, all of which come in handy while playing on any of the multitude of courses.Both open and normal oriented maps are available to race, freestyle, or combine both on, allowing two players to battle in split-screen mode or a 6 person race.Customizable tricks can be achieved while attempting to win a freestyle match in either a Single Event or a Tournament Mode, unlocking tons of new levels including Las Vegas, Volcano, Inca Ruins, Loch Ness, and Desert Warzone. |
| Formula One 2000 | 2000-10-04 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Studio 33 (UK) Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Formula One 2000 is an officially licensed Formula One racing game.
The game is the 5th in Psygnosis/Sony series of Formula One racing games. All tracks, teams, cars and drivers from the 2000 season are in the game and can be selected. The game features a realistic damage model and various racing modes, including championship, single race-weekend, free practice and splitscreen mode for two players. Before each race, many aspects of the car can be customised. This is the first in the series to feature a safety car.
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| Khamrai | 2000-10-05 | Namco Limited | Alpha-Unit, TamTam Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Khamrai is a Japanese RPG in which the player has two roles: that of Kagato, your everyday RPG-ish country boy who sets forth in search of adventures, and that of Fushi, the Immortal, a god whose ideal is to help humans not out of kindness, but in order to force the control of the race of the gods upon human race. The game shifts back and forth as the player must follow each of the protagonist's individual quests, which ultimately intertwine in a struggle between gods and humans.One of the game's innovative concepts consists on keeping track of each of the party member's will towards the protagonists. The protagonists may be hated or liked, and trusted or mistrusted by each of the characters they constantly interact with. Such relations change based on choices the player performs, and based on his actions during battles (letting a character die, for instance, would make him trust the player less). The relationships between each character also have an influence on each one's growth, allowing different spells to be learnt, for instance.Battles are by default carried automatically by the computer, and the player may only interfere by selecting a primary enemy target, commanding spell casting or changing between offensive and defensive behavior. |
| Shinobi no Roku | 2000-10-05 | Astec 21 | Astec 21 | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game, Cards / tiles | | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Shinobi no Roku was first released in 2000, and is a sugoroku game (Japanese backgammon) full of a chimerical jidaigeki (Japanese Edo period drama) taste. Player can enjoy playing sugoroku while having fun with real-time card battles. Enjoy the drama and tension this game has to offer with different unique ninja characters today!This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：118MBCopyright：©2000 ASTEC21 / ©2010 HAMSTER Co.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Muppet RaceMania | 2000-10-06 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Traveller's Tales (UK) Ltd. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | Arcade | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Muppet Race Mania lets you race go-karts with the Jim Henson critters, in a game with nods to Super Mario Kart.The tracks are based on locations from all six movies, so gamers can expect to find familiar areas; ranging from the skyline of Manhattan, to the cold reaches of Outer Space. Each Muppet movie, 'The Muppet Movie', 'The Great Muppet Caper', 'Muppets Take Manhattan', 'The Muppet Christmas Carol', 'Muppet Treasure Island', and 'Muppets From Space', has 4 related tracks. Therefore, 24 courses in total.At the outset there are 8 Muppet drivers available: Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Rizzo, Gonzo, Beaker, Rowlf, and Animal. As a reward for winning races more characters are unlocked - with 17 other Muppet stars made available.Also included are FMV scenes taken from each movie. |
| Disney•Pixar Buzz Lightyear of Star Command | 2000-10-10 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Traveller's Tales (UK) Ltd. | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Platform | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Buzz Lightyear is based on an animated movie and television series of the same name. Buzz Lightyear is an elite space ranger, who travels from planet to planet hunting down supervillians. In this game, you control Buzz through 14 missions on eight different planets. In each mission, your goal is to race to the end of the level before the bad guy does. If you do so successfully, you face off against the villian, and hopefully capture them. In addition to capturing the villain, there are secondary objectives like collecting robot parts and getting the fastest time through the level.Buzz Lightyear of Star Command is a spinoff of the Toy Story series of movies. |
| Alien: Resurrection | 2000-10-11 | Fox Interactive, Inc. | Argonaut Software Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | | Horror | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | | PS1 | Two hundred years after the events of Alien³, Lieutenant Ellen Ripley is cloned by military scientists interested in the Alien Queen she had become a host for. Like the "Company" from the earlier films, the military intends to use the Queen to breed a force of bio-weapons. But then something goes wrong; the Aliens they are studying manage to escape, and swarm throughout the science ship. It's up to four stranded heroes - Ripley, Call, DiStephano and Christie - to wipe out the Aliens, and return the ship safely to Earth.Gameplay is standard FPS action, with limited ammo and plenty of hazards to detour around or find the switch to deactivate. The player switches between the four main characters at each level change, each with a slightly different set of abilities (Call has a motion tracker, Christie has his twin pistols from the film). Levels are based around keeping the Auriga running, and making their way through the ship to escape.The game uses a true 3-D engine, allowing for ladders, rooms over rooms, and the ability to look up and down. Aliens also make use of the 3-D space, and can crawl along walls and ceilings, or leap out from the shadows to attack. Scripting is also heavily used, to set up cinematic moments (such as an Alien chasing a fleeing guard) throughout the levels. |
| Rollcage Stage II | 2000-10-11 | Psygnosis Limited | Attention to Detail Limited | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Track racing, Vehicular combat | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | This sequel to Rollcage can be considered as Wipeout on wheels. The game allows you to power your vehicle down tunnels at blistering speeds, riding upside down on the roof if need be, and blast your fellow competitors to smithereens!There are new and improved weapons - including the ability to double up your arsenal; picking up the same weapon twice improves its power/abilities. There are 12 racing modes - not all of which are available at the start - and many hidden bonuses, all of which can be unlocked throughout the game. The game has new physics and vehicle handling, and uses shorter tracks than its predecessor. |
| Dragon Valor | 2000-10-12 | Namco Hometek Inc. | Now Production Co., Ltd. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | | Teen | Isometric | PS1 | Dragon Valor is a hack-and-slash medieval action game with some light rpg and puzzle-solving touches.You control a series of generations of Dragon Valors, who are the wielders of the Dragon Valor sword, the only weapon that can kill the evil dragons plaguing your land. Using your sword and a series of magical spells, you'll progress through a plot that spans several generations in which you'll have to rid the land of dragons as a character, and then take on the role of his descendant whose skills depend on the actions and the power-up items you took in the earlier generation.The game touts 2 different endings, as well as a character gallery as a bonus for finishing the game.
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| Sanyō Pachinko Paradise 4: Sushiya da Gen-san!! | 2000-10-12 | Irem Software Engineering, Inc. | Irem Software Engineering, Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Pachinko Paradise 4 is one of the many titles in Irem's long-running pachinko simulation series. It features reproductions of three pachinko machines made by Sanyo Bussan: CR Sushiya no Taishō P7, CR Sushiya no Taishō M3, and CR Sushiya no Taishō L8. There are two standard modes available: Tsūjō (Normal) mode allows the player to modify a wide range of settings for each machine, while Jissen (Battle) mode challenges the player to win as many balls as possible on the default settings with a limited starting pool and time limit. There is also a View mode where the various animations that play on the in-game display can be freely viewed.The game includes a simple story mode where the player takes the role of Gen-san (better known as Hammerin' Harry) who travels around his two with two friends, solving problems by playing pachinko. There are also several PocketStation mini-games that can be unlocked by meeting certain conditions in the main game. |
| pop'n music 4 Append Disc | 2000-10-12 | Konami Corporation | Konami Computer Entertainment Studios, Inc. | Action, DLC / Add-on | | | | Arcade, Music / rhythm | | | | | | | PS1 | pop'n music 4 is one of the many titles in Konami's long-running rhythm game franchise, and the second of two "Append Discs" that require either pop'n music 2 or another Key Disc in the series in order to play. This particular release includes new music from the arcade version, and also restores the Beginner mode that has been previously removed from the home releases. |
| Castrol Honda Superbike Racing | 2000-10-13 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Motorcycle | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | Castrol Honda Superbike Racing is a motorcycling game. The player can choose between four playing modes: practice session (just racing alone on a track), trainer session (following another bike to learn the ideal line), single race or championship (one season over all 14 courses). The two latter ones optionally also include a qualifying session. While there is only one bike (Honda RC 45). it is possible to change its setup (gearbox, front tire, rear tire, final drive, gears).Single races and championship can also be played with a second player in split-screen. The races include overall eight participants. Besides the eight difficulty levels and number of laps, the player can also enable/disable auto brake, help arrows, steering assist, wheelies, engine overheat, tire wear, loose rear wheel, penalties, bike damage and major damage.This game is in part based on Castrol Honda Superbike 2000. |
| NBA Live 2001 | 2000-10-18 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada, NuFX, Inc. | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | NBA Live is back! Enhanced Chat & Match-up with the fast, easy-to-use Match-up System. Improved trade system can involve up to 3 teams and 15 players. Improved "player personality" means you'll see players argue calls, celebrate a key basket, encourage their teammates, and much more. Also, play the legends such as Michael Jordan in 1-on-1 or 5-on-5 games. |
| Wheel of Fortune: 2nd Edition | 2000-10-18 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | Artech Digital Entertainment, Ltd. | Puzzle | | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz, Word construction | | | | | Everyone | Steve Webster | PS1 | This was Hasbro's second attempt at recreating the popular game show Wheel of Fortune on home computers. There are 2500 puzzles to work through, and a full roster of prizes. Against-the-clock bonus rounds are also included. You can also attempt an equivalent of the exam given to would-be contestants. Backstage video clips are included, and successful players will unlock interviews with glamorous hostess Vanna White. |
| Muppet Monster Adventure | 2000-10-20 | Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. | Magenta Software Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Muppet Monster Adventure is a action platform game, best compared with Spyro but with Muppet characters and a Halloween or ghost house setting.The story starts with the Muppets attending the reading of Dr. Honeydew recently deceased uncle's will. Instead of going on a holiday to a tropical resort, Robin and the others find themselves at a rundown, creepy castle. Upon arriving Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzy and others are captured and now it's up to young Robin (Kermit's nephew) to save the day.The gameplay is best described as a collect-and-explore-em-up. You have to explore all the vast areas and collect gems and tokens. The HUD displays how much you have collected in a certain level. To get 100% you really have to find every corner and figure out how to get onto the hard to reach platforms.In the first few levels, Robin gains four special powers by collecting special Muppet coins. When all coins of a group are collected, Robin can morph into different types of monsters at certain places. An icon will appear in the top right-hand corner, indicating that you can use this special ability. You can fly or float, climb certain walls, do a karate chop to break obstacles, or gain extra strength to push objects.There are lots of large areas to explore. After every few levels the setting is changed. You go from the castle courtyards to large underwater sections, from Arabian nights setting to icy snow levels. During the game, Pepe the King Prawn appears in lots of places to give you gameplay advice. In each level, there also are a lot of mini games to be found, such as a race against an computer opponent to get to a certain location. |
| Galaga: Destination Earth | 2000-10-23 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | King of the Jungle Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | The player chases the famous alien horde through space debris, asteroid fields and the rings of Saturn before orbiting the sun and moon. The stages proceed to Earth's upper atmosphere and, in the closing sequences, its cities. Players collect the aliens' weapons and use their fighters to defend against missiles and suicide runs through infinite levels. In a tribute to the arcade classic, there are special Challenge Stages during which the player can earn tons of bonus points. Players will even be able to retrieve captured fighters from the descending Galaga Commander to double their firepower. Features include 3D ships, enemies and landscapes as well as power-ups and special weapons.
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| Cool Boarders 2001 | 2000-10-24 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Idol Minds, LLC | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This is the fifth game in the Cool Boarders series. This has many of the same features as previous editions of the series, but includes more board parks with a trick finder option.This game also gives you the option to compete against 10 champion snowboarders including Todd Richards, Tara Dakides, Kevin Jones.Compete in the Vans Triple Crown of Snowboarding to unlock different tracks and boards. There are a total of 20 different courses featuring 9 different events including downhill, slalom, and trick complete.The soundtrack also features modern music from bands including Stone Temple Pilots, Fear Factory, and Blind Dog. |
| Medal of Honor: Underground | 2000-10-24 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | DreamWorks Interactive L.L.C. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | Spy / espionage, War | Shooter | Europe, Historical events, World War II | | Direct control | | Teen | | PS1 | The game is a prequel to Medal of Honor and it is set in the early stages of WWII. You play as Manon Batiste, who briefed the missions for you in the original Medal of Honor. She is a new member of a small band of French rebels who fight against the tyranny of the Germans.There are 7 missions in total, featuring 12 different historical weapons. There are NPCs helping you out by cracking safes and driving. Not all enemies are on foot; expect to face tanks and bikes amongst other things. Enemy AI is responsive and sometimes surprising. |
| Mega Man Legends 2 | 2000-10-24 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | | | Arcade, Puzzle elements, Shooter | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Mega Man returns in this, his second 3D outing. The Blue bomber and his teammate, Roll, must journey to a distant island to recover The Mother Lode, an item that no-one really understands, but that they all believe may hold the key to make their dreams come true, and so everyone is after it. Unlike past Mega Man titles, Legends 2 also adds RPG elements into the mix, allowing players to talk to villagers and the like. Some may help in finding items, others aid the player with important information about The Mother Lode, and other areas on the island. |
| Mary-Kate and Ashley: Magical Mystery Mall | 2000-10-25 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | n-Space, Inc. | Action, Racing / Driving, Sports | | Licensed | | Music / rhythm, Stealth | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | In Mary-Kate and Ashley: Magical Mystery Mall, the Olsen's favorite mall has been frozen in time. They must collect all the missing gems to end the spell or they'll never be able to leave. It is essentially a collection of minigames with the mall serving as a hub. There's an information booth which teaches how to play and get to the various games, then there are the stores with the games.There is a fashion show segment, where you must first pick the number of outfits to model, which twin goes first, then all the pieces of each outfit. There are four pieces you can choose independently: hair, shirt, skirt/pants and shoes. For each part, you can choose color and style separately, making for a lot of possible outfits. Next, they model them on a runway. You must take a good picture of the outfit, which means proper camera position and zoom and catching them as they do a pose. You get points for each picture, which as used to earn a gem.There is also a Lizzie's Lunch segment which has the girls working in a fast food court on roller skates. As either Mary-Kate or Ashley, you must take customer orders, then bring them their food before they get impatient. You earn money for each customer served and go through multiple rounds trying to get the minimum amount of money before time runs out. if you can earn $100 before the end of round five, you get another gem.There is also a snowboard race game. You must win two out of three heats on each slope to earn your gem here. There are pairs of flags throughout the course that must must pass through to get a speed boost. There are also snowflake tokens to collect to earn extra boards.In a record store segment, called Music Nation, you must film a music video for Mary-Kate and Ashley. First, you pick out a set of dance moves, then film the results. You must switch camera angles and use special effects to get a high enough score to win a gem. In this section, you can remove the game disc and insert any audio CD and choreograph moves to it instead of the included music.In the next segment, Mary-Kate and Ashley must try to pose for photos with two lifeguard boys who are trying to avoid them. There are several rounds of situations where one sister holds the camera and the other tries to jump in a photo with them when they aren't looking. Take clear pictures showing their faces to get a gem.Once you complete all the segments, you can use the points you earned at the bonus boutique to unlock additional options for the various games, such as extra fashion runways or a dancing DJ in the Music Nation segment. |
| Hokuto no Ken: Seikimatsu Kyuseisyu Densetsu | 2000-10-26 | Bandai Co., Ltd. | Natsume Co., Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | Martial arts | Beat 'em up / brawler, Fighting | Post-apocalyptic | | | | | Junichi Hayama (羽山淳一) | PS1 | 3D beat 'em up game that follows the storyline of the first series of the anime.
Playing as Kenshiro, you will travel trough deserts, cities, and the other anime's places facing hordes of baddies with the deadly Hokuto martial arts. Sometimes against some enemies the action freezes and the player is required to press a certain combination of buttons in order to perform a special technique and kill the antagonist. The action is divided in levels, divided in many sub-chapters. At the end of each level the player is allowed to save the progresses achieved on the memory card.
The game is pretty gory and fast paced. It also follows very closely the anime's storyline and uses long cutscenes (done with the game engine) to describe the plot developments.
A 2 player versus mode with all the main anime characters is available after beating the single player game.
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| KohniShogun | 2000-10-26 | ASK Co. Ltd. | Rythmics | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Dating simulation, Visual novel | Asia, Contemporary | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)"KohniShogun" tells of a story about a high school student returning to the Age of the Civil Wars by time travel. Your actions will be assessed by the Kokudaka System, a system used in the Edo period to determine land value. This addictive audio novel offers over 100 different endings. Have fun playing this out-of-this-world story! This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：172MBCopyright：©Ikuo HYAKUTAPlease note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Pocket Digimon World: Wind Battle Disc | 2000-10-26 | Bandai Co., Ltd. | | Simulation | Side view, Text-based / Spreadsheet | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation, RPG elements | | | Menu structures | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | A Museum was opened in the Digimon World. It preserved some ancient history and artifacts of the Digital World within. But one night, some evil Digimon decided to brake in and steal all the items, scattering them all around File Island.Jijimon, the owner of the museum and eldest in the File City, decides to enlist some help from a Digimon Tamer (the player) to retrieve all the lost exhibits. These exhibits consist of art, music, information of Digimons, history of Digital World and video clips, which can be reviewed in the console game after collecting them. The actual main game primarily happens in a PlayStation accessory device known as PocketStation!You can only get 3 different Digimons from the PS1 game to download to PocketStation. These are Patamon, Kunemon and Salamon. You can only use one at a time on the PocketStation game, though.In the PocketStation, you can raise your Digimon and battle it either with in-game Digimon or a friend's PocketStation wirelessly over IR connection. You can also connect it to other Bandai Digimon games and products. |
| Simple 1500 Series: Vol.39 - The Mah-Jong 2 | 2000-10-26 | D3Publisher Inc. | Warashi Inc. | Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)The authentic Mahjong game is available on SIMPLE series! And this is the classic 4-player type. The strength of CPU can be adjusted in 3 stages. You can set 10 sections of detailed rules such as "Uradora" and "Shanyu". The thinking routine is the reputable "Made by Chatnoir".Featuring the "Sign Calcuation Learning Mode" which teaches players the most complicated sign calculation in Mahjong in a step-by-step manner.This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：95MBCopyright：©2000 Warashi©2000 D3 PUBLISHERPlease note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Simple 1500 Series: Vol.41 - The Reversi 2 | 2000-10-26 | D3Publisher Inc. | Yuki Enterprise | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)A classic title that has made no compromise of achieving the fun of The Reversi.As you win your way through the game you will be awarded gorgeous elements.Set My Character and you can play knockouts/tournament battles.Also compatible with detailed segmentation of levels and allows players to place the piece in the corner, so you can play with players of different levels.This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：6933KBCopyright：©2000 Yuki-enterprise©2000 D3 PUBLISHERPlease note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| The Grinch | 2000-10-26 | Konami of America, Inc. | Artificial Mind & Movement | Action | | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | As the Grinch, you're going to make sure that Whoville will NOT celebrate Christmas this year... Your missions, should you choose to accept them, includes breaking presents, build some of your nasty gadgets (rotten egg launcher, slime shooter), messing with the mail... And more. Explore four large environments in search of your blueprints for your "weapons". Even summon your pal Max for a little assistance at times. |
| The Wild Thornberrys Animal Adventures | 2000-10-26 | Mattel Interactive | KnowWonder, Inc. | Action | | Licensed | | Mini-games | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Explore the world of animals with characters from Nickelodeon's The Wild Thornberrys TV show. Investigate habitats, avoid traps, and solve puzzles with Eliza and the rest of the gang in seven adventure games. Use her "gift of gab" to obtain animal power-ups. The original voices from the TV show are featured throughout. Fourteen levels of difficulty make it challenging for even the most experienced players. |
| Ubik | 2000-10-27 | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Action, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery | | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | | | PS1 | The game is based on the novel UBIK by Philip K. Dick. The player controls the main character from the book, called Joe Chip. He is working for a company called Runciter Associates in Los Angeles (in the year 2019), and his job is to protect companies against industrial spying from other companies. With genetic engineering and the development of replicants both sides have PSI-powers at hand to reach their targets.In the game you lead, train and equip a squad of selected individuals (with various abilities, be it several kinds of weapon skills or PSI) through 3D-realtime rendered maps, where you sometimes can interact with your environment or even talk to some individuals. Connecting those missions are many rendered cinematic cutscenes. |
| Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker | 2000-10-30 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Kemco | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Beat 'em up / brawler | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Based on the animated movie of the same name, Batman Beyond is a 3D brawler that puts the player on the streets of Gotham (Beyond) to take out the ever-grinning Joker, but before that an obvious long line of evil minions of his —some of which are genetically engineered. Scroll around, punch, kick, ply with bat-weapons, and avoid being on the receiving end of those attacks. There are multiple 'bat suits' that you can choose from, each with their own special abilities and purpose. |
| Destruction Derby: Raw | 2000-10-30 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Studio 33 (UK) Ltd. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Vehicular combat | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | The third Destruction Derby title on PSX brings all new action to the race track. A new 3D collision detection system allows for bigger crashes and larger pile-ups, while with new Destruction Combo moves, you can trash the enemy in many more ways.Game modes include Wreckin' Racing, Smash 4 $, and Battle. Wreckin' Racing has you racing for survival through the usual set of racing tracks, each with obstacles and hidden shortcuts. Every race you win opens up a new track. Smash 4 $ has you using every trick in the book to take out the other cars on the track. The more you take out, and the way you do so, determines how much money you win. That money can be used to spend on new cars. Finally, Battle is a free-for-all destruction arena battle, where up to four players as well as heaps of CPU controlled cars smash it out to see who is the last man standing in the crush. |
| NASCAR 2001 | 2000-10-30 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Black Box Games | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Stunning 3D graphics and visual effects, and real Nascar cars, tracks and lifestyle put you in the driver's seat. Key Features
Uses a game engine designed for the PS2 with enhanced graphics, car physics, and challenging computer AI model. Stunning Damage Physics and Effects.Race at Daytona: For the first time, the world center of racing appears in a Nascar Playstation 2 videogame. Race against the pact in the Daytona 500!Authentic Nascar Racing: The real drivers, cars, teams, tracks, sponsers, and rules. Top Drivers: Over 30 drivers including Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt, Tony Stewart, Dale Jarrett, Bobby Labonte, Mark Martin, Dale Earnhardt Jr and Bobby Hamilton.More Tracks: Daytona and 13 other Nascar tracks with both day and night racing.Full or "Track Pack" Season: Race a full or half Nascar season or choose to compete on track packs: race just on short tracks, road courses, speedways or superspeedways.
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| Paris-Marseille Racing | 2000-10-30 | Davilex Games B.V. | Davilex Games B.V. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | PS1 | Take control of your DeLorian, police car, Mini or Beetle and race through some of France's most famous (and busiest) roads and cities. With tournament, time attack and single race modes, the game allows you to race within three classes, in each of which you must place first. Your reward is cash to upgrade the numerous cars available with enhanced engines, tires and even a nitro boost.Paris-Marseille is France's entry in Davilex's "Racer" series, alongside Autobahn Raser II in Germany, A2 Racer in Holland and London Racer in the UK. |
| Bust a Groove 2 | 2000-10-31 | Enix America Inc. | Metro Corporation | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Music / rhythm | | | | Real-time | Everyone | | PS1 | This sequel to Bust-a-Groove adds new characters and music to the dancing game. Other changes were made in the interface graphics, but the bulk of the gameplay is the same as the original. |
| Detective Barbie: The Mystery Cruise | 2000-11-01 | Mattel Interactive | Runecraft Ltd. | Action, Adventure, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Detective / mystery | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Three pieces of valuable artwork have been stolen from a cruise ship's art gallery. Now it's up to Detective Barbie to catch the brazen art thief.To catch the thief, Barbie will search for clues throughout the ship and also on three tropical islands equipped with gadgets, the most important being the infra-red lipstick. The infra-red lipstick reveals clues when Barbie looks through it. Barbie can also speak to the passengers of the cruise ship in an attempt to get information on the case.Barbie can even take a break from her formidable detective work by racing her friend on jet skis in the water or air racers in the sky.
The jet ski mini-game is the usual get to the finish line first competition, but the air race is decided by which competitor can fly through the most rings and fill a meter first. There is also a shuffle board mini-game. Each of these mini-games can have their difficulty settings changed from easy, medium and hard.
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| Disney's The Emperor's New Groove | 2000-11-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Argonaut Games PLC | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Licensed | | Platform, Puzzle elements, Stealth | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Disney's The Emperor's New Groove is a 3D platform game based on the Disney animation movie with the same name. Like in the movie a selfish and cruel emperor is cursed and turned into a llama. You play as this former emperor and cynical llama in his search for a cure for his curse.The game features various kinds of levels ranging from traditional 3D platform levels, to ''rollercoaster"-style levels with a forward scrolling camera where you have to avoid obstacles. Other levels feature more 2D platform gameplay and even sneaking segments mimicking Metal Gear Solid. The llama can walk and jump around and kick and spit at opponents. The game and the cutscenes all contain many humorous situations and dialogues. The game comes with short scenes from the actual movie with the actual voice actors. |
| Gundam Battle Assault | 2000-11-01 | Bandai America, Inc. | Natsume Co., Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Arcade, Fighting | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | Teen | | PS1 | This game is the follow-up to Gundam: The Battle Master. Heero Yuy, the pilot of a Mobile Suit Wing Gundam is on a mission to destroy the remaining enemy Mobile Suits, who are under the command of Treize Khushrenada, in order to stop a war from starting. In the story mode, Heero can pilot any of the available mobile suits to do battle with his enemies. Each suit has its own set of special moves and a super attack. Some of the weapon based special attacks use ammunition which can eventually run out. The super attack can only be used 3 times during each fight. Each suit also has thrusters that can be used to fly in the air a bit. On the defensive side, players can dodge attacks by sidestepping and also can utilize a beam shield which can be used to protect the player from projectile attacks. Mobile suits come with 3 life bars total and fights are decided by trying to deplete all the life bars of an enemy mobile suit.The game also contains a 2 player versus mode. Options allow the player to choose their difficulty level and also let them set the timer during a match to either on or off. |
| Miss Spider's Tea Party | 2000-11-01 | Simon & Schuster Interactive | Hypnotix, Inc. | Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Early Childhood | | PS1 | Miss Spider's Tea Party invites children 3 to 7 years old to enter children's book author David Kirk's world of color and wonder. Mini-games provide hours of fun with a healthy serving of age-appropriate basic skills practice. Miss Spider's friends want to attend her party, but they each have a problem that needs to be resolved. It's up to the child to play the games and help all the friends make it to the party. When the child succeeds at all mini-games, Miss Spider thanks the player with an invitation of their own -- something to print and cherish. Each game has an easy, medium and difficult level. The game contains a lot of 3D images and animation that capture the unique look and feel of the book.The mini games: The Beetles River Cross Game
The Beetles want to attend Miss Spider's party, but they have a wide river to cross. Help them get from shore to shore by jumping from rock to leaf to tadpole to branch without falling in the water. The Crickets Band Game
The Crickets want to attend Miss Spider's party, but they need to form a band. Player matches each musical sound with its instrument. Match the whole band and they'll play a tune. The Bee Flower Matching Game
The Bees want to attend Miss Spider's party, but they have to pollinate flowers. Each Bee has a flower in mind. Choose the ones they're thinking of so they can finish up and head to the party. The Hiding Butterfly Game
The Butterflies want to attend Miss Spider's party, but they must find all their friends. The colorful Butterflies are cleverly hiding in several scenes. Find them all so they can come to the party. |
| Mort the Chicken | 2000-11-01 | Crave Entertainment, Inc. | AndNow LLC | Action | Behind view | | | Platform | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Cube shaped life forms from a parallel universe mistake bales of hay on a farm as captured cubes and Colonel Cubicles sends a demand to the chickens living there that all the cubes on the farm need to be freed. Failing to do this, the cube creatures kidnap all the baby chicks down a well which lead to their world. Now it's up to a chicken with superpowers, named Mort, to head down the well and rescue those baby chicks. The game is broken up into stages in which Mort goes around searching for the baby chicks to rescue. Once he collects the chicks, he has to return them to the well at the start of each stage. He must be careful of the block shaped enemies that are trying to impede his efforts. To attack his enemies, Mort can peck and comb whip them. Mort can also crack open eggs to find power-ups such as springs, invincibility, or even an ability to launch baby chickens at any of the enemies. If an enemy does hit Mort he will lose some health. To restore health, Mort can eat corn and beans which are strewn among the ground of each stage. Mort can also collect stars and coins which will increase the player's score.In between each stage, two newscasters, Chicken Little and Henny Penny, give up-to-date commentary on current happenings which help move the story along. |
| Moto Racer World Tour | 2000-11-01 | Infogrames, Inc. | Delphine Software International | Racing / Driving, Sports | Behind view | | | Tricks / stunts | | Motorcycle | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | Moto Racer World Tour is the third part of the Moto Racer series for the PlayStation. The game offers you to race on 34 different bikes in both dirt and street bike category. Each bike's settings can be manually adjusted. The game features 18 real-life tracks. Besides normal races you can play a variety of different modes, such as obstacle course, drag race, freestyle race (where you have to perform tricks to score points) and Traffic Race (with normal traffic on the road). The game features two player multiplayer. |
| NCAA Final Four 2001 | 2000-11-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Killer Game | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | The continuation of 989 Sports long running NCAA basketball franchise and the first for the PS2, once again returns with 31 NCAA Division 1-A schools along with over 300 of the top teams of the time.Once again the obligatory game modes apply such as Exhibition, Season, Playoffs, etc. It also features authentic motion capturing and 3D rendered character models of the top stars of the time to give it a more realistic feel. A shooting meter has also been added to give players a better chance at both shooting and free-throws.Quinn Buckner also makes an appearance to lend his voice for play-by-play commentary. |
| Power Spike: Pro Beach Volleyball | 2000-11-01 | Infogrames Europe SA | Carapace | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Power Spike Pro Beach Volleyball is a beach volley game with an official Federation of International Volleyball license. There are 40 real players to play with on 14 different courts located all over the world. Game modes include exhibition, world tour and practice mode. The player editor allows you to create your own players. The game features a targeting rectangle to aid the player in placing his balls. |
| Rugrats in Paris: The Movie | 2000-11-01 | THQ Inc. | Avalanche Software LLC | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Rugrats in Paris: The Movie is based on the 2000 Movie of the same name, which in turn is based on the Daytime Emmy-award winning animated television series.Unlike the PC and Game Boy Color spin-offs from the movie, the Nintendo 64 and PlayStation games are 3D platform games.Tommy Pickle's father has been sent to Europe for maintenance work at Euroreptarland. The Rugrats join him on his travel to Europe. There are 16 levels and hidden bonus level to play through.The game consists of various mini-games that have to be completed in order to earn enough tickets to beat the game. Most tickets, however, can just be collected by running around the park and picking them up. Tickets can be used to buy prizes. There are ten mini games including whack-a-ninja, bumper cars and mini-golf. |
| Spyro: Year of the Dragon | 2000-11-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Insomniac Games, Inc. | Action | Behind view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | The third in the Playstation Spyro the Dragon series sees Spyro having to recover a clutch of Dragon eggs from the evil Sorceress.The player can now play as not only Spyro, but Agent 9 the Space Monkey, Sheila the Kangaroo, Bentley the Yeti, Sgt. Byrd the Penguin and his two best friends Sparx and Hunter. Sparx has his own levels for the very first time. Also, Spyro has learned a few new abilities, including skateboarding! |
| The Messenger | 2000-11-01 | France Télécom Multimédia, Microïds | Arxel Tribe d.o.o., index+, Réunion des Musées Nationaux | Adventure | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | PS1 | You are Morgan Sinclair, Secret Service agent. The Dark Templars are attempting to secure 4 artifacts, collectively known as "Satan's Keys", to bring upon Armageddon. You must stop them by travelling back in time to locate the artifacts before they fall into the wrong hands...The Messenger is an adventure game feature 360 panorama views. |
| Tigger's Honey Hunt | 2000-11-01 | Buena Vista Games, Inc. | Doki Denki SA | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Platform | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Winnie the Pooh plans a party and therefore he needs honey. His friend Tigger promises to help him and starts searching for honey pots.Tigger's Honey Hunt is a platform action game in which the player guides Tigger through nine levels. In six levels the goal is to collect a predetermined minimum amount of honey pots in order to get access to the next level. In the other three levels there are mini-games like Rock-Paper-Scissors, to play against other characters from Winnie the Pooh's world.Tigger is able to jump horizontally and vertically (even higher after he has learned special skills), use spider webs to jump to higher areas or to cross water or chasms with the help of turtles or levitating leaves. Beginning with three lives, Tigger needs to avoid being touched by dangerous creatures like bees or falling into chasms. When there are no lives left, Tigger restarts at the last checkpoint that has been passed.Additionally you can find secret areas with even more honey pots, collect pictures which you can later look at in your photo album and meet other characters who talk to you or need your help (e.g. finding Eeyore's lost tail). |
| Tom and Jerry in House Trap | 2000-11-01 | NewKidCo, Inc. | Warthog Games Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Play cat and mouse with the two guys who invented the game...Tom and Jerry. The unique split-screen design allows you to control your character and keep an eye on your opponent as well. You can set tricky traps all over the place, move on to the next room and still watch as your pursuer "falls victim" to your handy work. A bar of soap or pair of roller skates make for slippery mishaps, while ironing boards and frying pans are a little more direct and to the point. And don't forget, there's always a lawnmower for that trendy haircut. Or...if playing chase is not your style, then stop running, stand tall and just duke it out toe-to-toe.-Unique split screen captures the essence of Tom and Jerry
-1 player or 2 player mode
-Play through 15 different rooms
-Set traps and watch as your opponent gets caught
-Tom & Jerry's friends help out with traps and hints |
| Woody Woodpecker Racing | 2000-11-01 | Konami of America, Inc. | Syrox Developments, Ltd. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | Arcade | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Woody Woodpecker Racing is a go-kart racing game based on the popular cartoon character Woody Woodpecker.The player selects one of the six starting characters from the series (including three differently styled Woodys, Wally Walrus and others) and races in a style reminiscent of Super Mario Kart (including "jump turns" for sharper angles). The player can collect items from boxes and try to slow down the opponents while driving through a 3D environment, with slopes, ramps and jumps, on tarmac or mud. Quest, championship, time trial and single race modes are available, as players try to hone their skills and unlock new characters and tracks. |
| Tall: Twins Tower | 2000-11-02 | Techno Soleil Corporation | Techno Soleil Corporation | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | | PS1 | Tall: Twins Tower is the sequel to Tall: Infinity, and builds directly on the ideas it. The gameplay is largely the same, but new in this version is the choice between two different characters, each with different special abilities. One has the ability to pick up a block that's between two other blocks, and would otherwise be immovable. The other has the ability to shift a layer of blocks horizontally.Also new is a two-player versus mode, which was noticeably missing from the original game. |
| Crash Bash | 2000-11-06 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Cerny Games, Inc., Eurocom Developments Ltd | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Regional differences | | Mini-games, Party game | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This game in the Crash Bandicoot series features Crash and his cohorts participating in games a la the Nintendo game Mario Party.There are 7 minigame types, 4 of which are available from the start of the game. Each of the minigame types has 4 variations, for a total of 28 different minigames. The minigame types range from bumper-cars to four-way pong. The goal of every game is for the player to either score more points than their opponents or destroy them. Every minigame can be played with up to 4 players total, with AI sitting in for any unused slots. |
| The Dukes of Hazzard II: Daisy Dukes It Out | 2000-11-06 | SouthPeak Interactive LLC | Sinister Games, Inc. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | Arcade | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Nearly identical gameplay to Dukes of Hazzard: Racing For Home, this game is 18 more levels of racing around the off-road areas of Hazzard county. From the title as you may imagine, the plot focuses on Daisy and a friend of hers, Missy who are knee-deep in trouble.In addition to the single player plot missions, there is also Two-Player racing mode, a Scramble mode, a Joyride mode and a mode called Grab the Jug, where the players try to collect an evasive jug on or off the road before the other players.Choice of vehicles includes the General Lee itself, Daisy's Jeep, Uncle Jesse's old truck, Missy's spider ride and a farm's chicken truck. |
| You Don't Know Jack: Mock 2 | 2000-11-06 | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | Jellyvision Games, Inc. | Strategy | | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | This version of You Don't Know Jack is a follow-up on You Don't Know Jack, only released on the PlayStation, and different from other versions. It features over a 1,000 questions and the capability of allowing three different friends to compete against each other in a fast pace trivia game.The gameplay is still the same as its predecessor, where players buzz in on various trivia questions in order to receive points in order to advance and ultimately win the game. It features 3D polygon graphics and a quick witted, abrasive TV-type announcer that can insult players when they answer a question wrong. |
| Sheep | 2000-11-07 | Empire Interactive Entertainment | Empire Interactive Entertainment, Minds Eye Productions | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | Everyone | 2D scrolling, Isometric | PS1 | Sheep is a sheep herding game. Unbeknownst to most people, sheep are actually aliens that were sent to observe the earth millions of years ago. In the process, they were dumbed down to the sheepish mammals we all know and love today. In this Lemmings-inspired game, your goal is to herd sheep across 28 hazard-filled levels so they can be rescued by their educated alien cousins. You play as one of the four sheep herders. These are the humans and dogs Bo Peep, Adam Halfpint, Motley and Shep. You herd four breeds of sheep and have to protect them from the evil Mr. Pear. |
| WCW Backstage Assault | 2000-11-08 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Kodiak Interactive Software Studios, Inc. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Moving away from the usual in-ring wrestling action, WCW Backstage Assault is just that, one-on-one battles in locker rooms, bathrooms, outdoor arenas and much more. Each wrestler has his/her usual set of moves, plus the ability to use the surroundings and any items (chairs, tables, etc.) they can find.You can create your own wrestler, modify an existing wrestler, or choose from a large collection of WCW talent, competing for special championship belts, or hardcore matches where every win opens up hidden secrets. |
| Disney's 102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue | 2000-11-09 | Eidos Interactive, Inc. | Crystal Dynamics, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Platform | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | 102 Dalmatians is a 3D action adventure where you become a courageous Dalmatian puppy who must rescue your family and friends from the clutches of Cruella De Vil.
Disney's 102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue features beloved characters from 101 Dalmatians and new characters based on the upcoming 102 Dalmatians live action movie. |
| Action Man: Destruction X | 2000-11-10 | 3DO Company, The | Blitz Games Ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view, Diagonal-down | Licensed | Spy / espionage | Shooter | | | | | | | PS1 | The master criminal Dr. X is planning to steal scientific secrets in order to control the world. This is of course when Action Man steps in to thwart his plans.Action Man: Destruction X takes place over three different cities throughout the world for a total of 36 different missions. Missions include things such as infiltrating Dr. X's hidden jungle lab and taking out prehistoric monstrosities or driving in a King of the Streets race. Gameplay varies greatly such as the game having a behind view boomerang shooting portion and a bird's eye view racing section. Action Man gets to drive things like a Silver Speeder and a Polar Bike.The game has both a story mode and an arcade mode. |
| Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2 | 2000-11-10 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Midway Games, Inc. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Ready 2 Rumble: Round 2 is a cartoon style boxing beat 'em up with plenty of strange looking characters to choose from and beat the hell out of. You can train your character up to the best of his/her ability and then fight the best in the world for the championship belt. Round 2 adds some new play modes and characters into the mix of previous fighters. In this round, there are now 3 levels to the RUMBLE combo gauge (much like a Street Fighter game). Once you reach the third level, you can hit your enemy for six, out of the ring and into the crowd. |
| Ultimate Fighting Championship | 2000-11-13 | Crave Entertainment, Inc. | Opus Corp. | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Fighting | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Ultimate Fighting Championship is based on the no-holds-barred martial art tournament of the same name. What makes the game (and the real-life counterpart) distinct from wrestling, boxing, and other fights is the variety of fighting styles in use; it is perfectly possible to end up with a judo master facing a kickboxer.The actual gameplay is simple enough. You have various basic moves, combos, holds, and so on. The complications come in the form of the huge list of moves, featuring many different styles. Hit your opponent until he gets knocked out, or force him to tap out early.There are multiple game modes included. Among them are a survival mode, that has you face a string of enemies with minimal recovery, and career mode, which allows you to customize and improve your fighting style as you win fights. |
| Chicken Run | 2000-11-14 | Eidos Interactive, Inc. | Blitz Games Ltd | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Tweedy's Farm is home to a bunch of chickens, who are falling behind on their work load (laying eggs). So Mrs Tweedy decides to go into a new business, Chicken Pie making. The chickens leader, Ginger, is in desperate need of a good escape plan, and when Rocky flys in from the US to lend them a hand, the gang decide that the only way out of the farm is to fly out. But of course, chickens can't fly!! So it is up to you to collect the pieces for the flying machine so you and your fellow chickens can escape. |
| Final Fantasy IX | 2000-11-14 | Square Electronic Arts L.L.C. | Square Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) | Fantasy | | Direct control, Menu structures | Turn-based | Teen | Cinematic camera | PS1 | Final Fantasy IX tells the story of Zidane, the member of a team of theater actors who also happen to be a gang of thieves, and Garnet, the princess of Alexandria. Zidane and his buddies first plan to kidnap Garnet from her mother's palace. But shortly after the kidnapping, they realize the queen of Alexandria is up to something evil. Zidane, the princess, and other characters they encounter on their journey decide to join forces and find out what can possibly drive the queen to commit her cruel deeds.The game's visual style is similar to the previous entry in the Final Fantasy series, with 3D character models, world map, and battle stages, pre-rendered backgrounds in individual locations, and CG cutscenes that advance the story. However, from the point of view of overall atmosphere and gameplay, the game tends to resemble older installments more. Like in Final Fantasy IV, each character belongs to a specific class (e.g. thief, black mage, summoner, etc.) which cannot be changed, having his or her own unique abilities. Combat utilizes the series' trademark ATB (active-time battle) system. Battles allow for the participation of four player-controlled characters. The player is able to choose these from a larger amount of available characters during later parts of the game.Character abilities (magic spells, immunity to certain status changes, etc.) are contained within weapons and armor. Each of these allows the player to learn one or more abilities by equipping the item on a character and continuously participating in battles. Ability points are awarded after battles along with experience points, gradually filling the ability bar of the equipped part. Once the bar is full, the ability can be used by the character even after the equipment that allowed him or her to learn it has been removed.The card mini-game from the previous installment is now called Tetra Master and is featured more prominently. Cards are now placed on a 4x4 grid and can attack other cards on diagonals as well as cardinal directions. Cards no longer have set stats, and instead have a range of values and arrow positions, making every card unique. Regional rule variations are gone, but at the start of every match one to five positions on the grid will be blacked out, changing the player's offensive and defensive strategies with every game. |
| Star Wars: Demolition | 2000-11-14 | LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC | Luxoflux Corp. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | Arcade | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | A demoliton derby in the Star Wars universe. Essentially, Vigilante 8 with Star Wars vehicles. Use anything from a Swoop Bike to a mind controlled Rancor. You can even play as Boba Fett. Boards include all of the worlds visited in the Star Wars movies (Tatooine, Hoth, Death Star, Endor, Dagobah, etc...). Single player, multi player, and tournament modes are available. |
| Disney's Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers | 2000-11-15 | Ubi Soft Entertainment, Inc. | Shanghai UBIsoft Computer Software Co., Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Licensed | | Platform | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers for PlayStation is based heavily on the version on Dreamcast/Nintendo 64, but features new graphics, redesigned levels and slightly different gameplay mechanics.To save Daisy Duck from the evil sorcerer Merlock, Donald Duck must utilize Gyro Gearloose's teleporter. Due to a lack of power, the device can't teleport Donald to Merlock's temple (where Daisy is held) right away. Instead, Donald must successively install reflector dishes at high points at Duckie Mountain, Duckburg and the flying mansion of Magica De Spell before he can reach the temple.The game is a platformer utilizing polygonal graphics, consisting of four worlds, each made up of four regular levels, one optional bonus level and one boss fight. In the regular levels the camera is either placed behind Donald as he runs forward, or at his side, thus emulating classical side-scrolling platform gameplay. In the bonus levels, Donald must flee from something (like a bear, a car, or a rolling boulder), with the camera placed in front of him and him running towards the screen.In the regular levels, the main goal is simply to reach the exit. Doing so gives Donald a power orb: collecting all four of them per world is necessary before the boss fight level opens up. On his way to the exit, Donald must evade pits, traps and enemies. He can jump on top of or kick enemies to dispatch them. Scattered throughout the levels are stars in different colors: yellow stars are worth one, blue stars five, and red stars ten. Collecting 100 of them gains an extra life.There are also several optional challenges: First, Merlock has stolen and enchanted the toys of Donald's nephews. In each regular level, Donald can find three toys. To pick them up, he first has to find one of Merlock's spell books. Picking one up starts a timer counting down the seconds Donald has to pick up the toy. Once all toys in a world are found, the nephews open up the bonus level. The second challenge involves Donald trying to beat his cousin Gladstone's time record. Once a level has been finished, Donald can try the level again, attempting to beat Gladstone's time. Beating the time challenges unlocks bonus costumes that Donald can wear.At the end of each world lies a boss battle against the likes of the Beagle Boys, Magica De Spell and of course Merlock himself. Following the classic formula, each boss attacks in a specific pattern that must be evaded and opens up to counter-attack only for a short time.Some of the game's levels are based closely, others only loosely on those from the Dreamcast/N64 version, with most of Duckburg, two of the boss fights and all of the bonus levels being mostly or entirely new. |
| FIFA 2001: Major League Soccer | 2000-11-15 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada, Software Creations Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other), Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control, Multiple units/characters control | | Everyone | | PS1 | While series developer EA Canada moved the FIFA soccer series to new graphics engine technology with FIFA 2001 on PC and PlayStation 2, it fell to Software Creations to update the series for the original PlayStation, with graphics similar to those from the previous years' versions and less teams and features than the next generation version.The game includes teams from 16 national leagues (missing the Korean league from the PC/PS2 version) and 58 international teams (10 less than the PC/PS2 version). Gameplay modes are the same as on PS2: exhibition games, season play for the included leagues (without Brazil), tournaments (World Cup, EFA trophy and ECC) and a training mode. There is a player and team editor, but due to engine limitations, players are not modeled after their real-life counterparts as on PS2.Four different camera perspectives are available in-game, customizable in height and zoom factor. Again due to engine limitations, the PS1 version does not feature any licensed stadiums. Controls are mostly the same as on the other versions, with simple, intermediate and advanced controls allowing for headers, volleys, one-touch moves, skill moves and in-game tactics changes. Noticeably absent however is the new power bar mechanic for controlling shot power. |
| Jimmy White's 2: Cueball | 2000-11-15 | BAM! Entertainment, Inc. | Awesome Studios | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Licensed by snooker player Jimmy White, this game is a simulation of not only the British game of snooker, but also of the three main variations of pool.The game is viewed in detailed 3D, allowing you to rotate the table at all angles, either from overhead or using the cue position as a base. Taking a shot involves setting the exact pace and spin of it, and considering what each contact will do to the position of the cue ball, and any balls you may wish to pot afterwards. In the snooker mode playing accurate 'safety' shots (to prevent your opponent scoring) becomes important as well.In each mode there are 10 computer opponents, and matches can consist of up to 9 frames. A trick-shot editor is also included, allowing you to practice shots and set up challenges. Replays and an undo mode are also included.Bonus games are included as well - darts, draughts, a fruit machine, and even a remake of Dropzone, a Commodore 64 game from the same programmer. |
| Block Buster | 2000-11-16 | D3Publisher Inc. | Tamsoft Corporation | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)The ultimate evolution is here...In addition to "Squash", "Tray-swaying", "Item" and "Multi-mode" in previous title, strategic aspect such as performance and stage strategies are also enhanced.Heated multi-play battle and COM battle are available, and also a VS Mode in which victory or defeat is determined within a short period of time. New tactics and strategies are necessaryThis content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：27MBCopyright：©2000 TAMSOFT©2000 D3 PUBLISHERPlease note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Driver 2 | 2000-11-16 | Infogrames, Inc. | Reflections Interactive Limited | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Crime | | | Automobile, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Teen | | PS1 | Tanner is back as an undercover driver, this time trying to survive amidst an international war between American and Brazilian gangs. The action takes the player to Chicago, Las Vegas, Rio and Havana, all of which depicted in detail. There are several improvements over the first game: the cities now also have curved roads instead of just right angles, some missions allow to exit the vehicle and move around on foot, and there is a multiplayer game mode.As before, the gameplay involves driving a car around the streets of the four city locations to complete the 37 main story missions. New to this instalment, the player can now get out of their car and carjack another one in order to switch vehicles when their current one has taken too much damage.Driver 2 also features some preset challenges and a Free Driving mode to explore the different cities at one's leisure. The new multiplayer split-screen feature includes four game modes: Take a Ride, Cops'n'Robbers, Checkpoint, and Capture the Flag. |
| NASCAR Heat | 2000-11-16 | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | Digital Illusions CE AB | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | PS1 | NASCAR HEAT has four different modes of play to choose from, based on the 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Season.
The game offers Single Race and Championship Season. These modes allow the player to choose their favorite driver and race against a full field of cars at one or all of the NASCAR tracks. Race the Pro and Beat the Heat Challenge are two modes of play that separate this product from the competition. Beat the Heat provides the player with a number of challenges designed around scenarios that actually occur in NASCAR. These challenges deal with everything from the best way to pass at a particular track, to pit strategy for tire changes. Race the Pro offers the player the opportunity to race against Laps actually driven by some of NASCAR's biggest stars. |
| Raku Jongg | 2000-11-16 | D3Publisher Inc. | Enterbrain, Inc. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Arcade, Cards / tiles, Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Raku Jongg is a puzzle game that combines falling-block mechanics of Tetris with the rules of Mahjong, based on a winning entry in ASCII's 1998 Entertainment Software Contest. Mahjong tiles drop in pairs from the top of the screen, and lining up three of the same type in a row will cause them to be removed from the board. Combinations are added to the player's hand at the bottom of the board, and completing a hand will add to the player's score. Several different modes are included, including a Story mode, 2-player versus mode, ranking test, and time attack. |
| Warm Up! | 2000-11-16 | Microïds | Lankhor | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | PS1 | A Formula 1 game without the official license, with a simulation mode and a very arcade mode. This is the sequel of F1 World Grand Prix. 22 cars racing on 17 tracks, against computer or even online. It also has a ghost mode to challenge you against your best time on each track. A replay also allows you to review your best laps.The game features some original camera (like the helmet view), and offers the possibility to fine-tune your car in simulation mode, so the immersion is total. However, it is focusing more on fun than on realism, and thus it is not the most accurate F1 simulation available.The game features a fast-paced arcade mode, dedicated to speed and fun. |
| World of Dragon Warrior: Torneko - The Last Hope | 2000-11-16 | Enix America Inc. | Chunsoft Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | Teen | | PS1 | Torneko: The Last Hope is the sequel to Torneko no Daibōken: Fushigi no Dungeon and like that game, stars Torneko (aka
Taloon), the merchant from Dragon Warrior IV. Having become rich and prosperous in the previous game by collecting treasures, Torneko eventually recovered the "Joy Chest" from the very bottom of the dungeon and had it enshrined at his shop. Peace had returned to the town for some time. After awhile, a mysterious stranger arrived and seemed concerned about the Joy Chest being outside the dungeon. At the same time, monsters started reappearing and different parts of the kingdom began turning into "mysterious dungeons". It will be up to middle-aged Torneko, to fight through these strange places and help the king discover what has broken the peace.Like other Fushigi no Dungeon games, Torneko: The Last Hope is a dungeon crawler viewed from the overhead. The dungeons are randomly generated. When venturing into dungeons, Torneko will find many items and fight monsters. He can freely move through the dungeons, but each movement or action of his is countered by those of the monsters (if they are present on screen). All actions are made in turns, so despite the illusion of walking and fighting in real time, the game is turn-based. There are all kinds of items in the dungeons including herbs which can be eaten or thrown, magic scrolls which can be read, swords and shields that can be equipped and staffs which can be waved until their charges are depleted. Players must also keep an eye on Torneko's hunger meter and eat regularly, otherwise Torneko will go into starvation and start losing hitpoints at a great rate.There are several ways to leave a dungeon including death, an Outside Scroll, donating to a Priest or reaching the very bottom floor. When leaving the dungeon areas, Torneko's experience points and stats are lost. To make money, he must sell items he has collected from the dungeon, but may keep a couple of his items in the Storage Room for later use. Torneko's village initially starts small, but as progress in made in the game more and more services and shops will be attracted to it. Some examples of services include a Bread Baker, a Witch, a Blacksmith, a Builder and a Meldersmith. |
| Animorphs: Shattered Reality | 2000-11-20 | Infogrames, Inc. | SingleTrac Entertainment Technologies, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Licensed | | Platform | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Animorphs: Shattered Reality is a quasi-3D platformer based on the popular Scholastic book series. A quick back story: Earth is being secretly conquered by an alien race known as the Yeerks, small slug like creatures that enter a host’s ear, latch onto their brain, and completely control them. The only thing standing between the Yeerks and total domination is the Animorphs, a group of kids who have the power to morph into any animal form they can touch. In this game, the leader of the Yeerk invasion, Visser 3, has a plan to finally take over the world. Using a device called “the Continuum Crystal”, Visser 3 plans to manipulate the space-time continuum in such as to change reality, making his invasion force the rulers of Earth, with no more Animorphs to fight against him. However, as he activates the continuum crystal, is misfires, shatters itself and the shards of the crystal become scattered. The Animorphs must collect all the shards of the shattered crystal to prevent Visser 3 from achieving his evil designs.You then control the various members of the Animorphs crew, leading them through several differently themed levels (forests, swamps, urban, factories, underwater, subway tunnels, spacecraft, etc.) to collect the pieces of the crystal. Most of the gameplay is jumping around on platforms collecting coins, battling aliens (when you encounter an alien, you automatically morph from your human self into your “battle morph”, which is a unique animal for each character), defeating the occasional boss alien, and trying not to fall. A few levels are more of a 3rd person race, rather than platform based, as you navigate a dolphin, dragonfly, bat, or hawk (one of the Animorphs in another one of their animal forms) down a dangerous path. All the levels are quite linear in nature. |
| Casper: Friends Around the World | 2000-11-20 | Sound Source Interactive, Inc. | Realtime Associates, Inc. | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Platform | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Players join Casper in his quest to rescue his lost friends and help them return home after being scattered all over the world by the evil ghost Kibosh. Players will have to guide Casper through over 10 levels, each filled with classic platform game action and adventure. With Casper, players can explore each level to find the missing map page, and to collect all of the scattered friendship crystals. As players explore each level, they can further enhance Casper's moves by finding three special power-ups that will give Casper the edge over the evil Kibosh. Casper must find all of his missing friends and help them return home before it's too late. |
| WWF Smackdown! 2: Know Your Role | 2000-11-20 | THQ Inc. | Yuke's Co. Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | WWF Smackdown! 2: Know Your Role is a wrestling game using the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) license, and a sequel to WWF Smackdown!. The game mostly follows the gameplay template of its predecessor, while expanding some of its features.The sequel features a larger arsenal of moves, which not only includes signature moves of WWF wrestlers, but also those of other wrestling promotions, such as WCW, Japanese associations, etc. The game also adds striking moves in one-on-one matches and special double team moves.The Season Mode from the previous game returns, adding more scenes depicting wrestlers preparing for a match, and featuring multiplayer support, with up to four players participating in a tournament. Create-A-Superstar mode has been enhanced, allowing the player to customize facial features and outfits of their wrestlers. A new Create-A-Taunt feature, in which the player can create a new taunt for a custom wrestler, has been added. |
| 007: Racing | 2000-11-21 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Eutechnyx Limited | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | Spy / espionage | Shooter | | | Direct control | | Teen | | PS1 | In 007 Racing you can get behind the wheel of James Bond's car.You must complete missions which range from collecting an object and getting out alive, to much harder and more complicated things. Your car is armed with many weapons including mines, rockets, lasers, smokescreens, and more.Then, if you get bored playing alone, you can eliminate your opponent in multiplayer missions where you have to destroy the other car, or a game mode called "Pass the Bomb", where you must pass the bomb to the other car by touching it before you blow up. |
| HBO Boxing | 2000-11-21 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Osiris Software Design Studios, Inc. | Sports | Side view | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | HBO Boxing is a standard boxing game with the Home Box Office (HBO) license, known for their boxing broadcasts and events and over 35 real-life legendary fighters including Sugar Ray Robinson, George Foreman, Rocky Marciano, Hector "Macho" Camacho, Roy Jones Jr. among many others.The standard modes apply such as Exhibition, Career, Tournament as well as a Quickbout which lets a player go into a quick match with the computer selecting the boxers, arenas, etc. Players can also create their own boxer with a variety of stats including speed, stamina, etc. along with the sex of the fighter. Using this fighter, the player can fight their way through the ranks of professional boxing from local arenas to big time Pay-Per-View events.Jim Lampley, Larry Merchant, and Harold Lederman also lend their voice talents for in-game commentary. |
| Army Men: Sarge's Heroes 2 | 2000-11-22 | 3DO Company, The | 3DO Company, The | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | It seems those plastic men never lack any energy nor motivation to take each other out. Like in the other Army Men games, Sarge and the Green Army are at it again with the Tan Army. This time, General Plastro of the Tan Army has teamed up with members from the Blue side to wipe out the Green Army. As Sarge, you must fight your way through numerous missions with the backing of assorted weaponry ranging from crossbows to rocket launchers, in order to save Green Nation from the enemy invasion. Mission objectives vary from complete destruction of the other side to rescue missions.
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| The Mummy | 2000-11-22 | Konami of America, Inc., Universal Interactive Inc. | Rebellion Developments Ltd. | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | | Egypt (Ancient), Interwar | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Based on the blockbuster movie of the same name. You play the hero, Rick O'Connell, who mistakenly reads from the ancient book of the dead while on an expedition in Egypt, which releases Imhotep from the slumber deep underground. Now you must fix your mistake before time runs out, Egypt gets destroyed by the dead, and you lose your girlfriend. |
| pop'n music: Disney Tunes | 2000-11-22 | Konami Corporation | Konami Computer Entertainment Studios, Inc. | Action | | Licensed | | Arcade, Music / rhythm | | | | | | | PS1 | Disney Tunes is one of the many titles in Konami's long-running pop'n music rhythm game franchise. Notes scroll toward the bottom of the screen along nine tracks, and the player must tap the correct buttons in time with the music to play along. Play well, and the "groove meter" increases, but play poorly and it will drop. If the groove meter is high enough at the end of the song, the player can move on to the next song.This release is a straight port of the arcade version Mickey Tunes, and includes a selection of popular songs from Disney's vast catalog of animated films. The game itself is built off of pop'n music 4, and features the same selection of game modes. |
| Alex Ferguson's Player Manager 2001 | 2000-11-24 | 3DO Europe, Ltd. | Anco Software Ltd. | Sports | | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | PS1 | In this tactical football management game, you become the manager of a team in the English, French or Belgian league, with different subdivisions, starting in 2001. Your job includes setting out strategies, planning training sessions, keeping an eye on your players and attracting new talent, taking care of finances, and of course making sure that you win your matches. You will be given specific goals, such as qualifying for the champion's league, or defending the club's reputation. Games do not only include league matches, but friendlies and cup matches as well.The actual games can be watched real-time in 3D, allowing for on-the-fly substitutions and tactical decisions, and a unique feature is you can both manage and play for a club, although there is no way to actually control players or actively participate. All players have different abilities and characteristics, which can be trained to create a well-balanced team. The French version portrays manager Guy Roux (famous of Auxerre), while the UK version has Alex Ferguson (Manchester United). |
| Blade | 2000-11-24 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | HammerHead Ltd. | Action | Behind view | Licensed | Horror | Shooter | | | | | Mature | | PS1 | Buffy, move out of the way. Activision brings the original vampire hunter with an attitude to the PlayStation. Based on the action-packed motion picture and Marvel comics, Blade is a 3D action/adventure game where you must save humanity from the threat of vampires. As Blade, you have an arsenal of projectile weapons and martial arts moves to battle your way through hordes of vicious, nightly creatures.
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| Looney Tunes Racing | 2000-11-28 | Infogrames, Inc. | Circus Freak Studios | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | Arcade | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Looney Tunes Racing is a kart-racing game for the PlayStation. There are some definite similarities between this title and Crash Team Racing, both in game play mechanics and depth. Completely immersed in the humor and soul of the Looney Tunes license, the player starts the game with only a handful of characters and levels available, but as the game proceeds features become unlocked including new characters, levels, and challenges.Each character has an unique vehicle themed just for them, and is accompanied by voice taunts, provided by Warner Bros. licensed voice actors, and character-specific animations that help bring these characters to life.The weapons the player can unleash onto the opponents include cherry bombs, homing cream pies, thunder clouds with devastating lightning bolts, and giant anvils that drop out of the sky. In addition, each uniquely themed level has a series of amusing booby traps and obstacles that the player can unleash to slow down your foes. The player can make boulders fall, launch giant boxing gloves on springs, and trample the opponents with sheep in the red-rock canyons, get spacecraft to fire lasers in the Martian level, and activate a huge, fat, white horse in the Opera stage to come in and trounce on the enemies. Even Gossamer, the large monster make entirely of red hair (except for those big white eyes and white tennis shoes), makes a cameo in the Gossamer’s castle level, as he comes right out onto the track to take out any oncoming traffic.Beyond the races, other noteworthy game modes include the Multi-player Battle Mode, where the players basically pummel each other with wacky weaponry, and the ACME Challenges, which include challenges such as Boss Races (against Porky Pig, for example), picking up key items in a certain order, and others. |
| Monster Rancher Hop-A-Bout | 2000-11-28 | Tecmo, Inc. | Tecmo, Ltd. | Action | | Licensed | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Monster Rancher Hop-A-Bout is a platform adventure game based on characters from the Monster Rancher video games and animated TV series. Hop-A-Bout is an addictive and easy-to-learn title that challenges players to hop their way through more than a hundred obstacle courses.Designed to be 'fun for the whole family', Hop-A-Bout features arcade-style gameplay that is easy to learn and difficult to master.Hop-A-Bout players can choose from a cast of colorful Monster Rancher
characters to start their journey. Armed with the ability to bounce slow or
fast and to the right or left, characters must move from one end of a
playing course to the other, avoiding dangerous obstacles and holes along
the way. Hopping onto various panels in each course helps or hinders
progress, depending on the panel (a heart panel increases life,
while a skull decreases life).Additional features of Monster Rancher Hop-A-Bout include one and two-player modes and a stage edit function that allows players to create up to four customized courses that can be saved. |
| Chrono Cross (Square Millennium Collection) | 2000-11-30 | Square Co., Ltd. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This Japan only re-release of Chrono Cross was part of the Square Millennium Collection, a collection of Square games packaged in a bigger box with several collectible items.This release contained:
The game Chrono Cross.
A UFO Puyo figure.
Character calender cards with display stand.
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| Dioramos | 2000-11-30 | PONOS | PONOS | Strategy | | | | Board game, RPG elements | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)“DIORAMOS” is a swift, battle-type board game that tells winners from losers in no delay. In this exhilarating game, the playing order changes unlimitedly with the individualistic characters, while different character and weapon combinations unleash boundless and unique battle tactics including deadly combos, counters, dodges, magic, special attacks and plunder, all guaranteeing heated battles on the board.This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：305MBCopyright：©PONOS / ©2012 HAMSTER Co.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account.Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| F1 Championship: Season 2000 | 2000-11-30 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Visual Sciences Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | Direct control | | Everyone | Released | PS1 | All cars and drivers from the 2000 season are here and the game modes include a single race, a championship season, a custom season (where you pick the track order yourself) and a quick race where you start at last place in the field, and you must get as far up the field as possible in just 4 laps.
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| Harvest Moon: Back to Nature | 2000-11-30 | Natsume, Inc. | Victor Interactive Software, Inc. | Simulation | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | PS1 | As a young boy, you visited your grandfather's farm one summer, which was one of the best there was. Now, some years later, your grandfather has passed away and you inherited his farm, which is now in a state of disrepair. The Mayor of the village has given you three years to turn things around, and bring the farm back to a state that your grandfather would be proud of. At the same time, you must also think about dating and getting married to secure a place in the village. Roll up your sleeves and get ready to get dirty, because that farm needs help and you're the only one who can make it the best farm anyone's seen. |
| Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor: Game Edition | 2000-11-30 | Bandai Visual Co., Ltd., Emotion Digital Software | Bandai Visual Co., Ltd., Production I.G, Inc. | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Fighting, Visual novel | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | | Developed by | PS1 | A computer virus is spreading and infecting the operating systems in Labors around the city, and as the newest member of Tokyo Metropolitan Police Special Vehicles Section 2 it's the player's task, along with the rest of the unit, to try to find the cause and make sure it's dealt with before things get out of hand.Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor: Game Edition is a blend of two distinctly different styles of gameplay; It divides the game into Visual Novel sections as well as action where the player fights criminals and infected Labors in the city while piloting AV-98 Ingram-3, the police's own labor mecha. The visual novel parts of the game contain no interaction with the game and are meant to convey the bulk of the story in the game. These act as the first and last part of each chapter, with the fight section in between. The action sections has the player face off against other labor mechas in various parts of the city. The action leans towards a tactical style of play, where the player needs to let an action bar fill up completely before he/she is able to do any offensive moves against the opponent. In the meantime, the only option is to find a good position from which to rush in and attack, while blocking and avoiding the enemy attacks. The AV-98 Ingram-3 is equipped with a gun, which can be used a limited number of times to fire at the opponent from a distance. The player needs to stand still and aim before firing the gun, and a direct hit causes damage and that the enemy falls over for a short period of time. The biggest part of the fighting is made up of grappling the opponent and trying to rack up high combos of punches, kicks and throws. The longer the chain, the more damage is dealt. Certain attacks will break the chain, so it's important to choose the attacks correctly. Hitting the opponent is done by timing button presses to visual cues on screen.As the game progresses, 3D models of the defeated opponents can be viewed in a special gallery from the main menu of the game, along with information about the respective labor mecha. |
| Love Hina 2: Kotoba wa Konayuki no You ni | 2000-11-30 | Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Japan Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | | Visual novel | | | | | | Misc | PS1 | Released only two months after the first game, Love Hina: Ai wa Kotoba no Naka ni, this game mimics everything from the first one, from gameplay to design. As in the prequel, the game's main focus is on collecting words for one of the five heroines from the series. You are Keitarou Urashima, the protagonist from the series, living together in a huge mansion with Naru Narusegawa, Shinobu Maehara, Kaolla Su, Motoko Aoyama, and Mitsune Konno. You can go to any one of their rooms and check the words you have unlocked for each of the characters, and by combining them start the event scenes which are similar to a visual novel in style with full voice-acting, for player character included. This game also requires PocketStation without which you cannot gather words necessary to play the game. |
| Parasite Eve II (Square Millennium Collection) | 2000-11-30 | Square Co., Ltd. | Square Co., Ltd. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Survival horror | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | This Japan only re-release of Parasite Eve II was part of the Square Millennium Collection, a collection of Square games packaged in a bigger box with several collectible items.This release contained:
The game Parasite Eve II
A perfume bottle in the shape of Aya Brea.
A card of actress Yumiko Shaku portraying Aya Brea.ScreenshotsThere are no PlayStation user screenshots for this game.Promo ImagesThere are no promo images for this gameAlternate Titles "パラサイト・イヴ２ スクウエアミレニアムコレクション" -- Japanese spelling
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| RayCrisis: Series Termination | 2000-11-30 | Working Designs | Taito Corporation | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | RayCrisis is the third part of a series of "Ray" shooting games. In the story it is considered a prequel to the first game's plot, RayForce. It is the only game without a two-player mode in the ported PlayStation version, even though the arcade does have 2 player mode.You have 2 weapons at you disposal, a vulcan gun and a lock-on missile attack. You can also do special attacks if you use the lock-on system to the max. The graphics are all in 3D, but the gameplay mechanics are in 2D.The players ship is a Waverider computer virus, which must get inside the Con-Human supercomputer's system. All enemies you encounter are antibodies, programmed to terminate any virus.Following this virus-infiltrate-in-body theme, the levels are called Self-Area, Emotion, Consciousness, Intelligence, Memory, and Consideration, each reflecting Con-Human's details of sentience. Finally the player must fight against the Dis-Human Antibody, and Infinity, Con-Human's heart. |
| Shachō Eiyūden: The Eagle-Shooting Heroes | 2000-11-30 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | Martial arts | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | PS1 | Shachō Eiyūden: The Eagle-Shooting Heroes is based upon the popular Chinese Wuxia novel written by Louis Cha (better known by his pen name Jin Yong). The novel, Shediao Yingxiong Zhuan (The Eagle Shooting Heroes/The Legend of Condor Heroes) is about the adventure of a young boy, Guo Jing. He travels through China in the Song Dynasty to avenge his father's death, and gets entangled in the battles of the Five Greats and the schemes of Jin Dynasty's invasion. He will have to find himself to protect his loved ones.The gameplay is standard Japanese-style RPG fare, with various characters to meet, and dungeons to explore. The game features FMV cutscenes and voice-acting. The battle system is unique in that there are three types of martial art skills: Qing Gong (lightness), Nei Gong (inner), and Wai Gong (physical). The three types are similar in nature to "rock, paper, scissors," each with one weakness and one invulnerability to the other two. |
| Speedball 2100 | 2000-11-30 | Empire Interactive Entertainment | Bitmap Brothers, The | Action, Sports | Top-down | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Speedball 2100 is a PlayStation a revamping of the Bitmap Brothers home computer classic Speedball 2. The only differences though, are change to 3D (although the angles are exactly the same as in the original game) and the ability to name and color your team. |
| SuperLite 1500 Series: Oekaki Puzzle 4 | 2000-11-30 | Success Corp. | Success Corp. | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)"Oekaki Puzzle 4" is the familiar puzzle game that you will find in magazines. All 200 puzzles are challenging, simple but in-depth. Have fun playing these addictive puzzle games!This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：39MBCopyright：©2000 SUCCESS / ©HAMSTER Co.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Tales of Eternia (Premium Box) | 2000-11-30 | Namco Limited | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This is a Japan only special release of Tales of Eternia (Tales of Destiny II in the US). The box contains the following (aside from the game itself):
Figurines of the main characters from the game
Quickie the squirrel table clock
A Tales of Eternia poster
Visual booklet of the Eternia characters |
| Xenogears (Elehayym Van Houten Version) (Square Millennium Collection) | 2000-11-30 | Square Co., Ltd. | Square Co., Ltd. | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This Japan only re-release of Xenogears is part of the Square Millennium Collection series, a collection of Square games packaged in a bigger box with several collectible items.This release contains:
The game Xenogears
A package of one Elehayym Van Houten and one Chuchu figure. |
| Xenogears (Fei Fong Wong Version) (Square Millennium Collection) | 2000-11-30 | Square Co., Ltd. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This Japan only re-release of Xenogears is part of the Square Millennium Collection series, a collection of Square games packaged in a bigger box with several collectible items.This release contains:
The game Xenogears.
A package of one Barthlomei Fatima and one Fei Fong Wong figure. |
| Michelin Rally Masters: Race of Champions | 2000-12-01 | Infogrames, Inc. | Digital Illusions CE AB | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Off-roading | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This is the OFFICIAL game of the real Race of Champions! Take the various authentic ROC cars (22 in all) through different tracks on head-to-head SuperSpecial challenge modes or traditional rally stages as you speed and slide through mud, gravel, snow, and more. Five levels of difficulty will let you learn at your own pace. Multiple game modes (RoC, Challenge Cup, Challenge Trophy, time attack, single race, single stage) keep you challenged. Run races online with other players through dedicated servers or setup your own. |
| Noddy's Magic Adventure | 2000-12-01 | BBC Multimedia, Hachette Multimedia | Minds Eye Productions | Action, Educational, Racing / Driving | Behind view, Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Mini-games | | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Noddy's Magic Adventure is an educational game that sees the player complete a number of tasks in the world of Toyland, such as collecting items or racing computer-controlled characters. |
| Breath of Fire IV | 2000-12-04 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | Regional differences | | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | Teen | Isometric | PS1 | Nina, the princess of Wyndia, and Cray, chieftain of the cat-like Woren tribe, are searching for Cray's relatives who disappeared under mysterious circumstances during a diplomatic mission. Flying through the sky on their sandflier, Nina and Cray are attacked by a worm shaped dragon. With their vehicle damaged, Nina returns to the city to find parts, bumping into a naked young boy named Ryu along the way, who is unsure of where he is. At the very same time, Nina is again attacked by a dragon. Confused by the strange events taking place, Nina agrees to help the young boy. Meanwhile, the ancient Emperor Fou Lu awakens from his slumber in his tomb. His plan is to return to the world of human, conquer it anew, and impose his iron rule on it...This fourth installment of the Breath of Fire series is a fairly traditional Japanese-style RPG, with turn-based combat, party management, linear story progression, and other characteristic elements of the genre. As in the previous game, characters become stronger and learn new skills by performing tasks for "masters" living in different towns. Ryu, the main protagonist of the series, has retained the series' trademark gameplay element: the ability to turn into a dragon during combat. Breath of Fire IV is rich in mini-games of various types, including the popular fishing mini-game that was present in previous installments as well. |
| Championship Surfer | 2000-12-05 | Mattel Interactive | Krome Studios Pty Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Tricks / stunts | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | In this surfing game the player can choose from 10 of the best beaches the world has ever seen, and attack them with the help of 8 championship surfers, including Cory Lopez and Shane Beschen. There are plenty of moves to perform with each surfer, but the best points come in the bigger waves (including the half pipe). |
| Evil Dead: Hail to the King | 2000-12-05 | THQ Inc. | Heavy Iron Studios, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Horror | Shooter | | | | | Mature | Cinematic camera | PS1 | Ash, the square-jawed, insult-spewing, shotgun-toting, chainsaw-armed hero from the cult classic Evil Dead trilogy is back. Picking up eight years after the last installment of the Evil Dead films, Ash is drawn back to the infamous cabin in the woods only to again face evil forces that have crossed over to our world. Our hero finds himself slicing and dicing carnivorous Kandarian demons, vicious deadites, and other unspeakable atrocities spawned by the notorious Book of the Dead. And in true Evil Dead fashion, Ash must once again attempt to save the world from an appalling and horrific end.
Evil Dead: Hail to the King is a survival horror game with over-the-top bloodlust and signature Ash humor--all within the confines of the Evil Dead universe. |
| Warriors of Might and Magic | 2000-12-05 | 3DO Company, The | 3DO Company, The | Role-playing (RPG) | Behind view | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | | Real-time | Teen | | PS1 | Step into the shoes of a warrior by the name of Alleron. Framed for a crime in which he did not commit he is branded with a painful mask and banished into the depths of the dungeon. Here he must fight his way out and discover the truth behind this crime. Will he save the world from destruction or will he fall at the feet of his nemesis?Warriors of Might and Magic is an action game with RPG elements set in the Might and Magic universe. The gameplay style is similar to that of Crusaders of Might and Magic. The player navigates Alleron through predominantly dungeon-like environments, fighting enemies in action-based combat, executing various melee moves (including blocking), and casting spells. |
| Bokujō Monogatari: Harvest Moon for Girl | 2000-12-06 | Victor Interactive Software, Inc. | Victor Interactive Software, Inc. | Role-playing (RPG), Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | Isometric | PS1 | As a young girl, you took a cruise aboard a luxury ship. However, your life was in peril when the ship crashed onto the coastline. Fortunately, a young boy saved your life. Now you want to find him and show him how much you care. There are five boys in the town. It could be any one of them. You're welcome to stay in the town, under one condition. You have to make a name for yourself by tending to the run-down farm in town and making it the best there is. Can you step up to the challenge? It'll all be worth it when you find the guy of your dreams...Harvest Moon for Girls is based on Harvest Moon: Back to Nature. It was released only in Japan. |
| Destructo 2 | 2000-12-07 | D3Publisher Inc. | Axes Art Amuse | Strategy | | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | | PS1 | Destructo 2 is a simple color-matching puzzle game similar to Mr. Driller, originally released as part of a budget series in Japan. The main objective is to guide a cartoon character moving through an ascending pile of multicolored tiles, pushing the available blocks to create clusters of the same color. Groups of four or more tiles of matching colors can be removed by punching one of the connected blocks, with the vacant space being occupied by the falling stacks on top. The descending tiles that end up rearranged in new color clusters are automatically eliminated and give combo points.As the tiles accumulate on the screen, the water level at the bottom starts to proportionally rise, receding when enough blocks are destroyed. The health meter for the main character is displayed below the gamefield, decreasing when suffering injuries from bomb explosions or drowning. The character also dies after being crushed against the top by the blocks. Power-ups and other items can be found inside containers that randomly appear on the pile, that have to be broke open with three punches to reveal their contents. The blue items give bonus points, eliminate all the tiles of a particular color, lower the water level and help in other ways, while the red items do the opposite and have to be avoided. |
| Favorite Dear: Jyunpaku no Yogensha | 2000-12-07 | NEC Interchannel, Ltd. | NEC Interchannel, Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Purchase this PS one® Classic and play it on both your PS3™ and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) systems!
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Players control an angel who must raise and train a hero. As the world changes before their eyes, they must seek out the truth and bring peace to the land.
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| NCAA March Madness 2001 | 2000-12-07 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Black Ops Entertainment, LLC | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This is the fourth in Electronic Arts' college basketball franchise. The game has most of the features from the 2000 edition like exhibition and tournament games, women's teams and Dynasty Mode. New features for the 2001 edition include Coach Mode, where you build your career until you land a job with a Division I team by achieving certain goals like finishing a season with a winning record or defeating several ranked teams. There's also a Dream Tournament, featuring the 64 greatest teams of all time. You can also earn new Dynamic Ball Control moves, like crossovers and dunks, by unlocking them as your skills progress. The game features design input from legendary Blue Devils coach Mike "Coach K" Krzyzewski. |
| Simple 1500 Series: Vol.49 - The Casino | 2000-12-07 | D3Publisher Inc. | Break | Gambling, Strategy | Top-down | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Cards, slots, roulettes. In this city of gambling, aim for making a fortune at one swoop!!This is a gambling adventure game with a casino concept.It includes roulettes, horse-racing, cards, slots, tetris and block breakers.This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：44MBCopyright：©2000 BREAK©2000 D3 PUBLISHERPlease note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Simple 1500 Series: Vol.50 - The Billiards 2 | 2000-12-07 | D3Publisher Inc. | Argent | Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | The second billiards game in the Simple 1500 Series. The game supports player vs player or player vs AI matches. There are seven AI opponents, three of which can be unlocked by beating the starting four. There are couple of difference ambients and tables to choose from before each match. The gameplay uses fixed camera behind the stick with ability to rotate in the direction of the shot, change the point where the cue hits the ball and vertical angle. At the beginning of each match who starts first is determined by banking (each player hits the ball, and whichever ball bounces closer back to the player, wins). |
| Walt Disney's The Jungle Book: Rhythm n' Groove | 2000-12-08 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Ubi Soft Entertainment Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Music / rhythm | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Rhythm n' Groove is a dancing game very much modeled after Dance Dance Revolution. Arrows travel across the screen, and when they reach the right spot, you hit the necessary button on either your controller or dance pad.The game follows the story of Disney's The Jungle Book cartoon. Some songs are remixes of the cartoon's music, while others are original. |
| Razor Freestyle Scooter | 2000-12-12 | Crave Entertainment, Inc. | Shaba Games LLC | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Tricks / stunts | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Razor Freestyle Scooter is an extreme-sports style action game modeled around small, nimble scooters. In contrast to most games of this type, there is a story. A crazed giant robot has kidnapped your skating buddies. By completing skating challenges at the robot's sky fortress, you must rescue your friends.You skate around 3 large areas and attempt to perform wild tricks, collect scooter wheels, and earn bonus time. By completing an objective on all 3 areas, you unlock a sky fortress level in which you can rescue a new skater to control.Gameplay is based heavily on the Tony Hawk series of games. Tricks consist of button and direction presses, and can be strung together with grinds to create high-scoring combos. |
| Black/Matrix + | 2000-12-14 | NEC Interchannel, Ltd. | Flight-Plan Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | PS1 | Black/Matrix + ("Cross") is a modified port of the Saturn title Black/Matrix that includes some of the additional features of the Dreamcast version. The game is based on the expanded story from the Dreamcast version, but uses graphics similar to the original Saturn release. The animated cutscenes from the Dreamcast release have been replaced with in-engine sequences, and several story sequences have been cut. |
| Doraemon 3: Makai no Dungeon | 2000-12-14 | Epoch Co., Ltd. | KAN's Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | Licensed | | | | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Nobita can't take it any more! His teacher yells at him at school, his mom yells at him at home, his friends make fun of him, and the girl he likes is spending her time with someone else. He runs home to Doraemon, begging him to find a place where he can hide from the world.Doraemon uses one of his famous tools from the future and finds a hidden cave, deep underground. However, they soon stumble on an ancient altar and wind up releasing a strange (but friendly) creature named Bit. Nobita's friends find out, but when they head back into the cave, an ancient demon appears and kidnaps everyone but Nobita. Now he must explore the cave and find a way to rescue his friends!Makai no Dungeon is a dungeon-crawling roguelike in the tradition of Chunsoft's Mysterious Dungeon series, and one of many games based on the popular children's cartoon Doraemon. It plays just like its better-known cousin, featuring randomly-generated dungeons, and a turn-based action system where each action the player takes is also an action for all enemies.The goal is to explore each of the dungeons and rescue Nobita's friends, who will become playable as they are found. Each level of each dungeon is filled with various items, traps, and enemies. There is also a PocketStation mini-game included, where the player can earn extra items to help in the main game. |
| Ochanoma Battle | 2000-12-14 | Hori Electric Co., Ltd. | Hori Electric Co., Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Mini-games | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Enjoy loads of mini battle games in "OCHANOMA BATTLE", including “The Chick Craftsman”, “Dash Man”, “The Crab and The Monkey", “I am Cunning” and other interesting games. All are fun to play with your friends. This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：15MBCopyright：©2000 HORI co., LTD / ©2012 HAMSTER Co.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account.Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Waiwai Sannin Uchi Mahjong | 2000-12-14 | Hori Electric Co., Ltd. | Hori Electric Co., Ltd. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)“Waiwai Sannin Uchi Mahjong” brings you the fun different to that of a 4-player mahjong game. Set your detailed rules and be totally absorbed in your play or enjoy a dynamic 3-player mahjong! This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：50MBCopyright：©2000 HORI co., LTD / ©2012 HAMSTER Co.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account.Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Lunar 2: Eternal Blue - Complete | 2000-12-15 | Working Designs | Game Arts Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) | | | | Turn-based | Teen | | PS1 | Lunar: Eternal Blue Complete is a remake of the SEGA CD game Lunar: Eternal Blue. Similarly to the remake of the first game in the series, this version features reworked, 32-bit graphics. The anime-style cutscenes of the original have turned into similarly styled movies. Some cutscenes have been removed from the remade version; however, many of the remaining scenes have been expanded.A few dungeons are absent in the remake, while a few others were added. Dungeon design have been somewhat simplified compared to the original version. Some monsters (in particular a number of bosses) have a different visual design. The most notable gameplay-related change in the remake is the absence of random battles. Enemies are now visibly walking on the screen and can be avoided. Enemy encounters on the world map have been eliminated completely. |
| Bugs Bunny & Taz: Time Busters | 2000-12-20 | Infogrames, Inc. | Artificial Mind & Movement | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | In Bugs Bunny & Taz: Time Busters Daffy Duck has ruined the Time Machine, and Granny asks Bugs and the Tazmanian Devil to collect all the parts of the machine.The game is an action adventure using a dual-control system. Players control both Bugs and the Taz, switching between the two characters to solve various tasks and beat cartoon villains that stand in their way. The stages have various themes representing different times and eras, such as Viking, Arabia and Transylvania, and contain various mini games. |
| Colin McRae Rally 2.0 | 2000-12-20 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | PS1 | In the sequel to Colin McRae Rally, you can race using an initial 13 cars (such as the Ford Focus, Subaru Impreza, and the Peugeot 205 turbo) through 8 countries and over 80 stages of rally road to become the champion of rally racing. Complete the game in Novice mode, and Intermediate mode unlocks. Complete Intermediate and the Expert mode is available. You can race against the clock and other cars in the rally mode, or go against 5 other cars simultaneously in the arcade racing mode. |
| Contender 2 | 2000-12-20 | BAM! Entertainment, Inc. | Pegasus Japan Corp. | Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Contender 2 is an arcade-style boxing game. It does not claim to be a realistic simulation in any way. It is meant to be easy to pick up and learn. It boasts a starting cast of about 10 characters with about 10 other secret characters that can be unlocked by playing throgh the single-player Main Event mode. Each character has a standard set of punches, a set of special punches specific to each character, and a special 5-punch combo attack. There are two play modes, Main Event and Exhibition. Main Event is a single-player career mode. When playing through Main Event mode, you only start with one special punch and you get trained to learn the other special punches as you win matches. In Exhibition you can pit any two unlocked fighters against each other in a one player or two player match. |
| Gold and Glory: The Road to El Dorado | 2000-12-20 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Revolution Software Ltd. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Gold and Glory: The Road to El Dorado is an adventure game very much similar to Monkey Island. This game is based on the Dreamworks cartoon with the same title and has quite the same story as the cartoon: Two lads from Spain are about to go into prison, but they don't want to, so they escape by going onto a ship and search for the legendary City of Gold, El Dorado. |
| Bomberman Land | 2000-12-21 | Hudson Soft Company, Ltd. | Hudson Soft Company, Ltd. | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Arcade, Mini-games | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | Shoji Mizuno, Kazue Satoh | PS1 | Bomberman Land is a theme park filled with people and different attractions. As in top-down RPG games, the player controls a character who can interact with the NPCs and objects on the map. Various spots give access to the attractions, in the form of mini-games. In some games, the player must pick-up sheep and lock them out of the field, complete jigsaw puzzles, look at equations and answer if they are true or false, etc. Completing various tasks will reward the player with numbered coupons that give access to new areas of the theme park.In addition to the solo play, some games can be played in up to four players battles, or in a tandem cooperative mode. |
| Dance Dance Revolution: Best Hits | 2000-12-21 | Konami Corporation | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc. | Action, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | | PS1 | Dance Dance Revolution: Best Hits is a little song compilation dancing game of the first Dance Dance Revolution game, Dance Dance Revolution: 2nd Mix and Dance Dance Revolution: 3rd Mix from Konami.The gameplay consists in stepping in the arrows at the right timing along the music to score points with play modes such as game mode with three sub modes as beginner (to play easy steps with a demonstration), normal (normal gameplay that consists to reach the next stage by dancing good) and nonstop (play courses of 4 songs to clear the stage and enter your high score at the best ranking); the diet mode to reach your calorie burning goal or play time goal with three modes such as standard (select songs by stage), program 1 (play slow songs consecutively) and program 2 (play all songs consecutively); the lesson mode to learn the dancing skills; the training mode to practice tricky steps and the edit mode to edit your steps and store them in a memory card. |
| Karei Naru Casino Club: Double Draw | 2000-12-21 | Affect Co.,Ltd | Affect Co.,Ltd | Gambling | 1st-person | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)★This game is supported with the PSP® and PS Vita screenshot function★PSP®: Screenshots can be taken by using the menu after holding the PS button (HOME button) in the game. The image will be saved in the photo collection from the XMB™ (XrossMediaBar).PS Vita: Screenshots can be taken by using "Screenshot" from the "Settings" after holding the PS button in the game. The image will be saved as an application photo. This software can be played with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).If you are downloading with PC or via PS3™, after downloading with the device please connect to PSP® with a USB cable and copy the content by inserting a storage media like Memory Stick™.This is the glorious debut for the casino!Enjoy the speedy game which is known for its roulette and baccarat and a commentary about the rules and special terms for casino are also included!There will be various playable features including the story mode and several mini games.Copyright:©2000 AFFECTPurchase or use of this item is subject to SEN Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Puyo Puyo Box | 2000-12-21 | Compile | Compile | Compilation, Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | A compilation package featuring the classic arcade puzzle games Puyo Puyo and Puyo Puyo 2 for the Playstation.Gameplay involves stacking and ordering color-coded blobs or "puyos" as they fall into your play area and arranging them in groups of the same color to clear them off the screen before you get flooded with falling pieces a la Tetris. The twist in Puyo Puyo is that you must also select a character and then face-off against a series of opponents in vs matches in which every time you clear groups of puyos you send "garbage" puyos to your opponent (and vice versa) in hopes of stopping his advance and outlasting your opponent.The compilation comes with both full games and several choices of gameplay modes, as well as also including a completely independent "quest" mode in which you play an rpg as series heroine Arle as she explores the world in search for 6 magical seals. You can equip items that enhance your stats and roam the game world in a top-down world map view, interacting with npcs and exploring dungeons, with all fights taking the form of Puyo Puyo duels. |
| beatmania Append Club Mix | 2000-12-21 | Konami Corporation | | DLC / Add-on | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This is one of the many append discs that was released for Konami's long-running rhythm game series. Club Mix includes all of the songs from the arcade release of the same title, many of which are popular club tracks licensed from Sony Music. Also included on the disc are a number of extra tracks originally featured in the arcade version Complete Mix 2, as well as a handful of tracks originally featured in Gottamix 2.As this is an append disc, this game requires the the original beatmania or one of the later "key disc" releases in order to be played. It was the last such append disc that Konami released. |
| Mary King's Riding Star | 2000-12-22 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | IR Gurus Interactive Pty Ltd. | Sports, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | Isometric | PS1 | Mary King's Riding Star is a managerial simulation set in the equestrian sports business. The game focuses in the athletic part, this means there are no finances to manage and the goal of the game is to win as many championships as possible in the events dressage, cross country and showjumping. To achieve this goal the player has to "manage" his horse by using the training grounds to improve the horses's skills. The player also has to manually clean the stall and feed and groom the horse. The championships are shown in a isometric perspective with spoken commentary. There are options to personalize the game, e.g. by naming the horse and choose its color.The game is largely based on the original 1998 Riding Star and was created in cooperation with its developer Blue Tongue. |
| The Mission | 2000-12-22 | MC2-Microïds | EMG | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Licensed | | Fighting | | | | | | | PS1 | The Mission’, offers gamers the opportunity to play as some of the greatest footballers in the world.
The aim of the game is to rescue a 'Geo Merlin’' ball, which has been stolen by Ninjas who embody the forces of brutality and poor sportsmanship, to save the future of football in its purest form. Using a selected team of two footballers, the player must battle and puzzle his way through over 24 levels of action, dispensing with fire-spitting demons and innumerable Ninjas trained in the martial arts along the way.
Contains a mix of elements from football, action and combat games. |
| Shooter: Starfighter Sanvein | 2000-12-28 | A1 Games | Success Corp. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Sanvein is a fast-paced top down shooter where time is of the essence and every moment counts. The main computer of the self-sufficient space colony Utopia, called St. Schutz, has gone haywire. The goal of the game is to escape from Utopia.The game plays very differently from a normal space shooter. Each "floor" is made up of a series of interconnected rooms, and the player can choose any room adjacent to one they've cleared. For each adjacent room the player has cleared, their firepower in that room will be greater. Each floor has a number of boss rooms with a much larger and more dangerous enemy, each of which must be cleared to complete the floor. There is also a stronger power weapon which will recharge after use.All the while, a strict timer is counting down. When the player gets hit, instead of dying or taking damage, they lose time on the timer. The only way to get more time is to defeat a boss, so the player must balance between clearing rooms for greater firepower, and clearing bosses for more time.The game has a unique glitch-futuristic art style and five floors to play through. There are three ships and three weaponry systems to choose from. |
| Aqua GT | 2001 | Take-Two Interactive Software Europe Ltd. | Promethean Designs Ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade | | Naval / watercraft | | | | | PS1 | Aqua GT is powerboat racing game. It features three modes: Championship, Arcade and Two-player.Championship mode is the main single player game, where you advance through the Bronze, Silver and Gold Championships. In the Arcade gameplay mode you have to beat the clock. In two-player split screen mode you go head to head against another player.There are 5 boats to choose from, and you can unlock another 15 while progressing through the game. All boat vary in speed, acceleration and handling.The tracks are set in canals of major cities, like London, Amsterdam and New York. Each track has a high or low tide, and you can race at day time or during the night time. |
| Army Men: World War - Final Front | 2001 | 3DO Company, The | 3DO Company, The | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | | Helicopter, Naval / watercraft, Tank | | | Teen | | PS1 | The Tan army has secretly built a weapons factory, and are on the move against your green army. Using everything you have available to you, you must lead the green army against the tan enemy and destroy the weapons factory. Included in this addition of Army Men is the ability to wage war underwater and underground in 15 single player missions and 16 multiplayer maps. New to the arsenal are submarines, motorbikes and assault rafts, a map editor to create mutliplayer maps for 2 players, new multiplayer modes such as grudge match and co-op plus a new training mode called Boot Camp, allowing you to train up on all of the combat controls with a firing range and a range of battle exercises. |
| Army Men: World War - Team Assault | 2001 | 3DO Company, The | 5000ft Inc. | Action, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | | Tank | | | Teen | | PS1 | The long ongoing war between the Tan and Green armies may finally be at an end. The Tan army is in the midst of creating weapons of mass destruction to finally put an end to the Green army and the war once and for all. It's now up to the player to guide a team of Green army commandos to put a stop to the Tan army's plans.The game contains 16 stages that feature different objectives such as blowing up a bridge or escaping from a P.O.W. camp. Before starting each stage, players get to select 2 of the 6 different commandos to take into the field of battle. Each commando has their own ratings in speed, stealth, and hit points. Each also has two special skills. Skills can include being adept at demolition, linguistics, heavy weapons, sniper, mechanic, communications, or repair. Players can switch control between the 2 commandos during a stage. During some stages players also get a chance to maneuver assault vehicles and tanks, aim aircraft artillery, and pilot submarines.The game also contains a Training mode and a 2 player multiplayer mode. Multiplayer modes consist of Capture the Flag and Grudge Match games. |
| Backyard Soccer | 2001 | Infogrames, Inc. | Runecraft Ltd. | Action, Sports | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | A console version of Backyard Soccer based on the MLS Edition minus the MLS license, the game mechanics mostly follow that of the computer versions -- pick a field, pick a team name and colors, and choose who you want to be on your team. You may also play through a season. Although it may sound like the same game, the ball physics and player movement is entirely different from the PC/Macintosh versions. It can be seen as less realistic; the players and ball move far more stiffly than in the computer versions. |
| Batman: Gotham City Racer | 2001 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Sinister Games, Inc. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | In this game you take on the role of Batman, Nightwing and Batgirl. Throughout the game, you race around the streets of Gotham City in the Batmobile and other vehicles, running the assorted villains from Batman's rogues gallery off the road. |
| Billiards | 2001 | A1 Games | Argent, Success Corp. | Sports | 1st-person, Top-down | | | | | | | Turn-based | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Billiards, as the title suggests, is a billiards game. The game features a Pocket Game mode and a Trick Shot Game mode. There is also a tutorial mode where the mechanics of the game are explained to the player.Pocket Game mode lets the player play either a normal game of nine ball, eight ball, rotation, basic, 14.1 continuous, or bowlliards. Once a game type is selected, the player can set the number of sets to play, and whether to play against a human opponent or against one of seven computer controlled characters.The Trick Shot Game mode lets the player attempt 18 different trick shots, including fancy bank shots and multi-pocket combinations. When shooting billiards the player is able to select what direction to hit the cue ball, where to hit the cue ball with the cue stick, and the angle of the cue stick. The player is also able to change the angle the cue ball is viewed at and can zoom in and out on the table. When taking a shot, the power of the shot is determined by how filled a shot meter is. |
| Blue's Clues: Blue's Big Musical | 2001 | THQ Inc. | TerraGlyph Interactive Studios, L.P. | Action, Adventure, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Early Childhood | | PS1 | This game is heavily inspired by the movie of the same name.
A big music show is being held by Blue and her friends. However, there's a lot to do to get prepared like setting up the stage, getting instruments to play, practice songs, get props for the stage, and inviting guests to the show.Players take control of Blue and guide her to different areas around her house and neighborhood while trying to finish the preparations for the show. The main game is broken up into six different acts. Each act has the player searching for 3 different Blue's Clues. Finding all 3 Blue's Clues will then make the player solve a multiple choice question on the meaning of the clues. Some of the locations the player explores will have interactive items in the background which will usually cause a short animation to happen when interacted with. The player can also find and hold an item in their inventory which can be used when interacting with other characters. Also some locations have Skidoo minigames.Some of the Skidoo minigames include sprinkler skipping, cupcake color matching, the birdsong sing-along, a red light/green light type game, and a rhythm-based drum game. There is also a Parent Info mode that lets an adult select for their child any clue searching act to play or let's them play any song contained in the game. These songs are from Blue's Big Musical Movie. |
| Bob the Builder: Can We Fix It? | 2001 | THQ Inc. | Steel Monkeys | Action, Educational, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | A game inspired by the children's television program. Players help Bob the Builder and friends complete various activities. Players can select from 3 difficulty levels for each activity.Can We Build It? activities include:
Knock it down involves helping Lofty knock down an old bridge. Players swing a wrecking ball at a dilapidated bridge.
Build it up involves helping Lofty build a bridge one section at a time. Players control Lofty's hook and use it to pick up sections of a bridge off the ground and place them together so they form a bridge.
Where's Pilchard? has the player helping Wendy find where Pilchard is hiding. Players have to place a food bowl on top of the hiding Pilchard.
Travis' Race Day activities include:
The two activities Race with Scoop and Race with Dizzy involves the player playing as either Scoop or Dizzy and has them racing Travis in an overhead racing game to prove who is the fastest.
Bubble Trouble activities include:
Bubble Trouble involves helping Roley pop all the bubbles. Players control Roley and have to make him roll over bubbles in a limited amount of time.
Where's Pilchard? plays the same here, except it now takes place in a different location.
Porcupine Rescue activities include:
Tunnel Time involves helping porcupines cross a road by having Lofty build a tunnel under the road. Players use Lofty's hook to pick up sections of a tunnel and place them in the correct spot of an outline.
Where's Pilchard? also plays the same here, except it now takes place in another different location.
Scary Spud activities include:
Scary Spud involves helping Spud scare away hungry crows from eating all of the seeds. Players control Spud and make him scare the crows off the field in a limited amount of time by making him run at them.
Where's Pilchard? also plays the same here, except it now takes place in another different location.
Plumbing Puzzle activities include:
Radiator riddle involves fixing the central heating. Players control Bob and make him place pieces of the central heating to the correct outlined spots in a house.
Fix the leaks involves helping Bob fix leaks in a pipe. Players control Bob while he walks through a house searching for and fixing all the leaking pipes with his wrench in a limited amount of time.
Wendy's Birthday activities include:
Cake-tastic! involves helping Bob decorate a birthday cake for Wendy. Players decorate a cake for Wendy by choosing the type of chocolate chips, color of the candles and the icing, and the decorations.
Wild West Wendy involves Bob and Wendy square dancing. Players get to choose which dance moves to perform.
Some activities contain cutscenes before they begin and after being completed. |
| Bowling | 2001 | Agetec, Inc. | Tamsoft Corporation | Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | A simulation of the classic game of the same name. As you can imagine from the name, this is a no-frills game, but it still comes with three modes, (normal, special, and quest) and multiplayer options. (1-4 players, with computer players as desired.)Normal mode is the regular bowling game, but special mode sets up 45 pins instead of the usual 10. Quest mode, on the other hand, randomly places 3 pins in the lane, creating a more strategic play. |
| BursTrick: Wake Boarding!! | 2001 | Natsume, Inc. | Metro Corporation | Action, Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | Tricks / stunts | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | BursTrick: Wake Boarding!! is an extreme-sports game using gameplay similar to Wave Race 64, the main difference being that, as you are pulled by a boat when wake boarding, it is almost like an auto-scroller and you do not have nearly as much freedom of movement. There are two gameplay modes, Obstacle and Trick. In Obstacle mode, you race around a track and must complete the track in time and collect enough points by wake boarding through rings and over jumps. In Trick mode, you compete to score as many points as possible by performing tricks. There are over 45 tricks in total.Other features include several different riders to choose from and unlockable boards and characters. |
| Cabela's Big Game Hunter: Ultimate Challenge | 2001 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Coresoft, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | Hunting, Shooter | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (US) (from Ad Blurbs)The first Hunting Game EVER for the PlayStation® game console
Hunting Season has finally arrived! Get ready for the most realistic hunting
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y
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Hunt in 8 different locations.
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Newfoundland, Colorado, Texas
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Hunt over 12 game animals
More than a dozen
non-game
animals
populate the different regions
X-Ray Mode allows players to see the
internal
organs
of their
they can line up the perfect shot
Trophy Room which displays the user's
game and their statistics
15 Firearms and 3 bows, plus over 2 dozen
other pieces of hunting equipment to
choose from
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| Card Games | 2001 | A1 Games | Amedio Co., Ltd. | Gambling | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Card Games is a budget title for the Playstation where you get to try your hand at various... card games! You can either play Casino style or Free play, where you just pick the game you want to play from a list.The games featured are:
Draw Poker
Black Jack
Speed
Seven Card Stud Poker
President
Baccarat
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| Chess | 2001 | Agetec, Inc. | Success Corp. | Strategy | | | | Board game, Chess | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This PlayStation adaptation of the classic board game allows two-player play or single player matches against ten different computer opponents. It also provides narrated video clips describing the history and rules of the game. |
| Creatures | 2001 | Swing! Entertainment Media AG | Elo Interactive Media GmbH | Simulation | Side view | | | Puzzle elements | | | Point and select | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Creatures is a biological simulation. You start with six eggs of Norns, cute little creatures who live in an imaginary world. Your task is to give them knowledge about the world they live in, teach them how to speak, how to use toys or an elevator, how to eat, and so on. They will eventually grow older, reproduce and die. The game uses its own genetics system, as well as biochemical and neurological calculations to determine the evolution of Norns and the way their DNA would develop in their descendants. |
| Cubix: Robots for Everyone - Race 'n Robots | 2001 | 3DO Company, The | Blitz Games Ltd. | Racing / Driving | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Cubix: Robots for Everyone - Race 'n Robots is a racing game based on the Korean television series of the same name. The story is that Bubble Town's high-octane racing championships are about to begin, and every robot wants to be the ultimate racing champion of Bubble Town. You can choose from four robots at the beginning, including Cubix, and unlock more robots as you play the game. There are three modes, Story mode, Versus mode, and Coin Race. Certain shortcuts, like jumping over fences, are illegal, and will send you back to the track, making you lose time. Story Mode has you entering into cups to win 1st place and unlock new robots. There are three laps on each race. To win, you must get 1st place in a certain amount of races. Points are awarded for each race, and can be spent at the Botties Pit for upgrades. In Versus mode, you can play the Story mode tracks with friends. If one player is too far behind, a point is taken away from their score. You can also play tracks on your own in Versus mode. In Coin Race, you must collect as many coins as possible on the race track. You don't even have to get first. |
| Digimon Digital Card Battle | 2001 | Bandai America, Inc. | BEC Co., Ltd. | Strategy | | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | In this Cyber World, everything revolves around Digital Card Battles. People from all over the world log-in to collect Cards and challenge each other to Card Battles.To play, Card Tamers create Decks of 30 Cards, using Digimon and special Option Cards that match their personal strategies. The winner of a Card Battle earns new Cards.As a Card Tamer, you should create a Deck that suits your playing style and use it to challenge your friends.
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| Disney's Pooh's Party Game: In Search of the Treasure | 2001 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Doki Denki SA | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Board game | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Disney's Pooh's Party Game is a board game for up to 4 players based on Disney's The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh animated series. The game starts when Owl discovers a treasure map, but in unfortunate turn of events the map gets glued to Gopher's back while he is chased by the swarm of bees. To get the treasure map the player needs to follow Gopher across the game board. The squares on the board contain mini-games, honey pots or other surprises. When the player's character lands on a square, he then must participate in a mini-game, and success or failure will determine how many steps he'll advance on the game board. It is also possible to buy the steps for a certain number of honey pots. The mini-games include kart racing, a pinball game, fruit collect-a-thon, a Bomberman-like game and so on. The players can choose to control one of their favorite characters: Pooh, Piglet, Rabbit, Roo, Owl or Tiger.There's also Quick mode which lets up to 4 players play any unlocked mini-games against each other or AI straight from the menu. |
| Ducati World: Racing Challenge | 2001 | Acclaim Entertainment Ltd. | Attention to Detail Limited | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Motorcycle | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | In this Ducati brand-licensed motorcycle game, players can race a range of Ducati bikes ranging from the 1960's Daytona 350 to the 748 and 996. The game includes a career mode (Ducati Life) where players climb the ladder to earn four different licenses, buy better bikes and accessories such as helmets, leathers and bike customizations. Regular quick races feature and arcade mode, two player split-screen, time attack and regular races. New tracks can be unlocked and are stored in the Rewards menu.The game is endorsed by world champion Carl Fogarty. Players can race him and win his bike. |
| E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial: Interplanetary Mission | 2001 | NewKidCo, Inc. | Santa Cruz Games | Action | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | E.T., finally having left Earth, has been tasked with retrieving rare species of plants across five planets. E.T. has several abilities to help him out, including healing, which can restore life to plants, telekinesis, which can move inaccessible objects, and heart stun, which can knock out enemies.In each level, you will explore and collect all the plants, while avoiding or knocking out enemies. Some areas may be locked behind barriers which require switches to be pressed, or objects to be moved. Once all plants are collected, head to the exit. |
| Egypt II: The Heliopolis Prophecy | 2001 | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Cryo Interactive Entertainment, Réunion des Musées Nationaux | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | PS1 | Although named Egypt 2 there are only a few similarities between the first game, Egypt 1156 B.C. and this point and click adventure. This game actually takes place earlier in time than its predecessor. Offering historical background and facts about Ancient Egypt, it has been categorized as edutainment as well as an adventure game.The game takes place in the city of Heliopolis, the City of the Sun, which was the center of learning and one of the most important capitals of Egypt in 1350 B.C. Your character is Tifet, a young priestess and a student of medicine, who sets out to find the cure for the horrific epidemic which is spreading rapidly throughout the city population. It becomes very personal when her adoptive father contracts the disease. As the story unfolds, Tifet uncovers a diabolical plot of deception and treachery. |
| Europe Racing | 2001 | Davilex Games B.V. | Davilex Games B.V. | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | PS1 | Caesar, a former top driver, now organizes illegal car races and invites the player to join Europe Racer, a race through different European cities. The focus is on the racing itself, but players also need to outrun the police who set up road blocks and try to bump cars off the road.The game has been split up into three game modes: Quick Races (single track, duel, time trial, sudden death), Championship and Adventure. Quick Races offers all cars and tracks with different game types, while championship is divided into three sections, for each of the vehicle types: Standard, Sports Car and ATV. Adventure consists of 20 tracks after each other. The European cities included are London, Vienna, Berlin, Madrid, Barcelona, Athens, Hamburg, Stockholm, Rome, Florence, Paris, Amsterdam, Marseille and Moscow. Each city has distinctive landmarks.While racing, players can choose to represent a club, based on nationality and with a different car skin. There are more than 30 cars with different speed and handling, from regular cars to sports models and off-road ATVs. During championships vehicles can be upgraded. Players can pick up items while racing, such as boost, repair (cars can be damaged and have a visible damage model), invincibility and cash. The streets are filled with traffic, pedestrians and obstacles. There are different camera perspectives to choose from and there is support for downloadable tracks and cars. |
| F1 World Grand Prix | 2001 | Video System Co., Ltd. | Eutechnyx Limited | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other), Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Another official licensed title published by Eidos, this time developed by Eutechnyx, featuring 2 distinct racing modes, arcade and simulation. The arcade mode follows the style of an actual arcade machine, with loud music and commentary, whilst the simulation mode is taking a more relaxed and realistic take on the genre.
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| Family Games Compendium | 2001 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | The Family Games Compendium is a collection of 20 family games over 3 disks. These are:
Baccarat
Blackjack
Concentration (Each player takes it in turn over their cards and find pairs. whoever has most pairs at the end wins.)
Power GP (F1-esque racing)
Kart Racer
Keno
Let it Bet (based on poker, you try making a hand based on 3 of your cards and 2 of the dealer's)
Old Maid (a.k.a old man)
Page One
Poker
Rich Man (similar to the card game beat your neighbor)
Roulette
Seven Bridges
Seven in a Row
Slot Machine
Speed
Superbike Challenge
Super Blackjack
Splash
Video Poker |
| GP Challenge | 2001 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Track racing | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)GP Challenge puts you in the driver's seat of cars that can top 160mph!
Four exhilarating courses await you. Can you gain control over the opposition and record a race time that professional drivers would be proud of?Fully 3D graphics and blistering Artificial Intelligence make for an exciting white-knuckle race for the finish line! |
| Gunfighter: The Legend of Jesse James | 2001 | Ubi Soft Entertainment, Inc. | Rebellion Developments Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | You play as Jesse James in this arcade-style gunfighting game. Both him and his partner, Cole Younger, ride into town to pick up Zee, Jesse's girlfriend, and ride out of town. But fate works against them - Zee is kidnapped by a posse of bandits, and Cole is slain.It's up to you to rescue Zee and avenge your deceased partner by fighting your way through several levels filled with classic wild west action!Gunfighter features gameplay similar to Time Crisis: You remain hidden behind cover, and must hold down a button (or a pedal, depending on your setup) in order to peek out and shoot at the enemy. But doing this leaves you vulnerable to attack, so you must be careful to not get hit.The game features a full-fledged story mode, as well as a no-frills arcade mode and a series of mini-games to keep you interested in the game. |
| Hugo: Black Diamond Fever | 2001 | ITE Media ApS (Interactive Television Entertainment) | ITE Media ApS (Interactive Television Entertainment) | Action | Behind view, Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | | | PS1 | Hugo: Black Diamond Fever is a 3D platform game starring Hugo the TV troll. Scylla the evil witch has enslaved the inhabitants of Volcano island with the help of Don Croco and his crocodiles. The Kikurians are put to work in the mines and have to delve rare black diamonds, which she requires for a formula for supreme evil. An imprisoned elder Kikurian sends a letter for help to Hugo. Now its up to you to stop Scylla.Gameplay includes defeating enemies by hitting them with your tail. These include various jungle animals and Don Croco crocodiles. Along the way Kikurians can be freed and diamonds can be collected. |
| Hunchback of Notredame | 2001 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Code Monkeys Ltd., The | Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Europe, Medieval | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - Playstation (EU) (from Ad Blurbs)The ugliest man in Paris, bell-ringer Quasimodo is mocked or ignored by everyone in the city.
Then, one day, Quasimodo falls in love with the dancer, Esmeralda, and his life changes forever.
As well as a great 50 minutes cartoon video, Hunchback of Notredame features an easy-to-use virtual colouring book and a challenging puzzle game. Can the hunchback find love? |
| ISS Pro Evolution 2 | 2001 | Konami of Europe GmbH | KCE Tokyo, Inc. | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Direct control | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | The second installment of the ISS Pro Evolution series, and the first ISS Pro game with a proper license (some players now have real names, like Beckham instead of Deckham).
The game has an extended Master League, with two divisions and more clubs, as well as more international teams. Gameplay has also been changed to be smoother and more realistic.
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| Inspector Gadget: Gadget's Crazy Maze | 2001 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Light & Shadow Production, Vision Media Engineering GmbH | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Platform | | | Direct control | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | According to the story of Gadget's Crazy Maze, Inspector Gadget's mysterious arch-nemesis is up to no good once again. This time, the MADD ringleader Dr. Claw has been creating mind-control crystals on his secret moon base, then tossing them down to Earth. If the crystals lay dormant for a short amount of time, they will activate, taking control of the consciousness of the whole world. To make sure no one disturbs them, Dr. Claw has spread them all around four different areas and inserted his vile henchmen to protect them.This sets the scene for a game in which the player uses Inspector Gadget to find crystals that are scattered around the game area and neutralize them. He does so by arranging three or more crystals of the same colour in a straight line at which point they turn into coins that can be collected for points. Also in the game area are objects such as hammers which, when collected, can be fired on a spring from within his hat to daze the bad guys. |
| International Cricket Captain 2001: Ashes Edition | 2001 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | Empire Interactive, Inc. | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)THE PREMIER CRICKET MANAGEMENT GAME
THE GAME
Captain England or any country from the Test playing nations.Captain any side in the two division county championship and play in all domestic tournaments including the National League and the Super Cup.Historical scenarios featuring great players from the past.Replay the '99 World Cup.Pick your team, choose your bowlers, make declarations.Prepare the pitch, sign new players and decide the match tactics.Bowl around or over the wicket. Decide length and time. Set the field.The decisions are yours.THE FEATURESThe latest statistical database of almost every player in First Class cricket.
Multiple ways to watch all the action.
Commentary by the BBC's Jonanthan Agnew.
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| JumpStart Wildlife Safari: Field Trip | 2001 | Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | Digital Illusions Canada, Inc. | Action, Educational | Side view | | | | | | Direct control | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (US) (from Ad Blurbs)Take a Trip to the Wild Side!
Casey is lost among the wild animals and he's counting on you to find him. Watch out, there are lions, tigers and polar bears on the loose! Steer clear of coconuts and banana peels hurled by the mischievous monkeys. Make your way through 5 exciting adventures and you'll come home a hero!
Key Features:
Discover 5 adventure-packed environments
Conquer 15 levels of wild game play!
Practice beginning math, reading preparation, music, and problem-solving skills!
Family Play feature lets two people play at the same time! |
| LEGO Island 2: The Brickster's Revenge | 2001 | LEGO Media International, Inc. | Silicon Dreams Studio Ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving, Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | Mini-games, Sandbox / open world, Tricks / stunts | | Automobile, Flight / aviation, Helicopter | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Lego Island 2: Brickster's Revenge is the sequel of Lego Island.The game begins with the player traveling around Lego Island, delivering pizza and talking to fellow citizens until the event where Brickster escape from prison, and attempts to deconstruct all the buildings on Lego Island.Varied gameplay, as the game is part flying game, part racing game, part sky-diving drill, and part astronaut training mission. The player will interact with around 50 or more different characters from Lego Island. Along the way, the player will have to fly bi-planes, race LEGO cars, command space shuttles, and skateboard through a plethora of areas based on LEGO' series of play themes, like LEGO Knight's Kingdom, and the LEGO Adventurers.Also featured are 18 sub-games, as well as a LEGO-themed skate park where the player and Pepper can try a ton of skateboard tricks anytime. |
| LMA Manager 2001 | 2001 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | PS1 | LMA Manager 2001 is the second game in the LMA Manager series of football management games. The main game involves a 15 year career managing an English Football team (Premier, 1st, 2nd or 3rd division). There are also 14 shorter challenges ranging from winning the treble with 3 games left to winning 3 successive promotions from division 3 to the Premier in 3 seasons. The player is responsible for selecting the team line-up and tactics, buying and selling players on the European transfer market, selecting training schedules and managing the club's finances.Unlike other console football management games of the time which were ports of existing PC titles, the LMA Manager titles were designed exclusively for the PlayStation. The game is notable for its intuitive control system, where the L1 and R1 shoulder buttons of the controller switch between different sections of the game (e.g. from the Transfers section to the Squad section), and L2 and R2 switch between sub-screens within a section (e.g. from the Select Team screen to Editing Tactics). The graphics of the first game, which had a rather retro look, have been improved to a more modern clean-looking design. The game provides a mini 3D match where the manager can make tactical changes during gameplay and 3D highlights afterwards commented by Alan Hansen (former Liverpool player turned BBC commenter).International versions were sold under different localized titles:
BDFL Manager in Germany (Bund Deutscher Fußball-Lehrer, basically the German equivalent of the LMA), Manager de Liga in Spain, Football Manager Campionato in Italy, and Roger Lemerre - La Sélection des Champions in France.Only teams from the home country could be managed although all 294 teams were included in each game for use in the transfer market and European cup competitions. |
| Legend of Pocahontas | 2001 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Code Monkeys Ltd., The | Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | North America | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - Playstation (EU) (from Ad Blurbs)When European settlers settle on her father's land, Pocahontas persuades the chief not to go to war, and talks begin with their strange new neighbours.
As well as a great half-hour cartoon video, Pocahontas features an easy-to-use virtual colouring book and a challenging puzzle game.
Pocahontas is a North-American legend. |
| Les Visiteurs: La relique de Sainte Rolande | 2001 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Silmarils | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | | | PS1 | Les Visiteurs: La relique de Sainte Rolande is the sequel to Les Visiteurs: Le Jeu. It is based on the 1998 film The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time.As the medallion of Sainte Rolande (which is believed to be a source of fertility) has stayed in the 20th century, Godefroy de Montmirail has to bring it back to the year 1132, in order to have children. This time, the sequel is much more action-oriented, and the view is 3rd-person. You have sure to find the parts of the medallion, but also fight, use weapons and even play bowling games. |
| Mary-Kate and Ashley: Winners Circle | 2001 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc., Dualstar Interactive | Tantalus Interactive Pty. Ltd. | Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (US) (from Ad Blurbs)Are you ready to ride?
Saddle up for some high-tailed adventure on horseback!
Enjoy the true experience of owning your very own horse!
Compete in EQUESTRIAN EVENTS like show jumping, cross-country and dressage!
EXPLORE EXCITING RIDING WORLDS and earn ribbons by solving puzzles!
Trade in ribbons to BUY FABULOUS OUTFITS!
Ride as Mary-Kate, Ashley or a CUSTOM CREATED PLAYER in 1 or 2 player riding mode.
Choose, name and TAKE CARE OF YOUR VERY OWN HORSE. It's a dream come true! |
| Men in Black: The Series - Crashdown | 2001 | Infogrames, Inc. | Runecraft Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | Puzzle elements, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Men in Black: Crashdown is a first-person shooter based on the Men in Black animated series and aimed at younger teenagers. Players guide Agent Jay or Kay through 26 missions to rid Manhattan of the scum of the universe. Most of the focus is on blasting the fifteen alien enemies, but there are also minor puzzle-solving elements. The basic level goals are shown at the beginning of missions. The agents have access to 25 different weapons and gadgets to attack the aliens and solve problems. |
| Monster Racer | 2001 | Microïds | Microïds | Racing / Driving | 1st-person | | | | Fantasy | | | | | | PS1 | Choose your favourite monster from 10 fantastic creatures, each with their own ghastly traits. Choose from Mummies, Vampires, Skeletons, Werewolves and more. Confront your competitors over 10 circuits and 10 battle arenas.Help Jack O'Lantern, the pumpkin-headed man, to get his lanterns back thanks to which werewolf, witch, skeleton or vampire can find the unique way to Earth to celebrate Halloween with humans. Find the quickest champion of Halloween lands and defeat the forces of evil - 4 multi-player and 4 single player modes- 12 creatures of famous tales to compete - Many traps, spells and animations make the game funny to play |
| Motocross Mania | 2001 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | Deibus Studios Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Motorcycle, Off-roading, Track racing | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | Motocross Mania is a motorcycle racing sim. It features tricks in the style of the Tony Hawk series of games, and includes Motocross, Supercross, Baja and Freestyle modes of play.The game features realistic physics, although no damage modeling. It has 20 different venues, from arenas to outdoor tracks, covering 12km/sq of area. With the 3D engine, you get many of the camera angles used in flight sims, and it supports the top hat switch on joysticks. The game has a career mode, a straight racing mode, and a single player freestyle mode available. |
| NASCAR Thunder 2002 | 2001 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Black Box Games | Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (US) (from Ad Blurbs)FULL THROTTLE.
THREE WIDE
THE MOST CARS,
STARS, AND TRACKS
RACE THE ORIGINAL DAYTONA BEACH
Exclusive to EA SPORTS, blast along the beach
that started it all.
23 NASCAR WINSTON CUP SERIES
TRACHS & 13 FANTASY ROAD COURSES
DAYTONA to Sears Point--For the first time in
history, only EA SPORTS delivers every track on
the circuit
OVER 30 NASCAR STARS
Gordon, Earnhardt Jr., Waltrip, Labonte, Stewart,
Marlin, Jarrett, Petty, and more.
EARN THUNDER CARDS
Unlock tracks and offensive and defensive
power-ups like better fuel mileage, horsepower,
tire durability, and braking power.
CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER
Create a driver and a legendary career-See if
you can triumph as NASCAR Winston Cup
Series Champion and defend your title over
multiple seasons.
(screenshot captions)
RULE THE EA SPORTS 500 AT TALLADEGA
MANAGE PIT LANE WARRIORS
SURVIVE SPLIT-SECOND MAYHEM
TEAR-UP DAYTONA BEACH, WHERE IT ALL BEGAN
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| Necronomicon: The Gateway to Beyond | 2001 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Wanadoo Edition | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery, Horror | Graphic adventure, Puzzle elements | Interwar | | | | Teen | | PS1 | New England ... 1927 - William Stanton is visited by a friend from his childhood, Edgar Wycherley, who hands him a strange pyramid shaped object and begs him not to show it to anyone, not even him if he asks for it. As William delves into the mysteries of this object and the reasons why his friend gave it to him, he discovers that Edgar was somehow involved in the occult and that the entire world may be at risk. |
| Pro Body Boarding | 2001 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | TheyerGFX Pty Ltd | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Tricks / stunts | | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)Pro Bodyboarding lets you decide which waves to ride as you attempt to beat the opposition and perform the wildest tricks, with stunts allowing you to somersault, spin and corkscrew through the barrel of a wave.
The only limit to the stunts you perform is your own courage! With four different beaches to play through, each with their own wave patters and scenery, will you be crazy enough to beat the other boarders? |
| Razor Racing | 2001 | Crave Entertainment, Inc. | Vision Scape Interactive, Inc. | Racing / Driving, Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | Tricks / stunts | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | The sequel to Razor Freestyle Scooter, Razor Racing has the same Tony Hawk-inspired gameplay but more of a focus on racing the small scooters carrying the Razor brand. The game includes 13 different characters to play and six areas in three cities. Each city has a track and a park. Once you successfully win the track race, you then have to beat a specified score in the freestyle park, which will then unlock the next city. Players can also collect token, to make available new characters.By performing tricks and adding to the score, players can unlock new tricks and upgraded abilities such as better and increased speed. The multiplayer modes include Time Trial, Trick Parks, Freestyle Race and Circuit. |
| Rescue Heroes: Molten Menace | 2001 | Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | Asylum Entertainment Ltd. | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | | Contemporary | Flight / aviation, Motorcycle, Naval / watercraft, Truck | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (US) (from Ad Blurbs)Save the Day and Be a Hero!
Kaboom! A volcano erupted near the quiet town of Misty Peaks! Spring into action with the Rescue Heroes™ Team and help save the town! Race against a river of lava with Jake Justice™, and soar above rooftops with Ariel Flyer™ in search of stranded people and pets. Use your quick wits and problem-solving skills to complete each rescue mission and save the day!
6 missions with multiple levels provide hours of excitement
5 cool rescue vehicles, including Gil Gripper's™ jet ski and Air Rescue Specialist's hang glider
Awesome 3-D graphics and special effects
Fun with learning–builds problem-solving and thinking skills |
| Roswell Conspiracies: Aliens, Myths & Legends | 2001 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Red Lemon Studios | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Roswell Conspiracies: Aliens, Myths & Legends is a game based on the animated TV series of the same name, basically X-Files for kids. The player takes the role of Nick Logan who has the unique ability to see through alien disguises and accompanies him during his work: catching aliens to save the world. The gameplay principle is simple: the player walks through 15 levels with a fixed camera perspective and shoots everything he sees, e.g. werewolves or vampires. To do this he uses one of the many weapons he finds - all of them have unlimited ammo but have to regenerate energy during pauses of fire. But the player doesn't kill his enemies for good: He has to catch them with his alien trap (which is a matter of pressing one button) or they regenerate.Besides the shooting the game also features its share of puzzles, e.g. activating a mechanism, and bosses. There is also a mini game which comes into place whenever Logan has to disable a bomb or open a lock: basically a series of quick time events where the player has to press the correct button with the right timing. The levels are divided into five areas: London, Ireland, San Francisco, a Maya temple and Roswell. |
| Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: A Twitch in Time! | 2001 | Knowledge Adventure, Inc. | Asylum Entertainment Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | In this 3D action-adventure, Sabrina's cat, Salem, accidentally breaks the Cosmic Clock. Unlike normal clocks, this one not only imprisons Chaos, but keeps history stable. (You'd think they'd secure it better.) Now, it's up to Sabrina to find and recover the pieces of the clock, and stop Chaos.Gameplay should be familiar; run and jump through each of the 4 time periods (there are multiple levels in each time period, and not all areas are visitable the first time through), cast spells at the many enemies you encounter, and collect items. Redeem gems to buy new outfits, which allow you to visit new areas, and replace misplaced items to open new paths. |
| Saiyuki: Journey West | 2001 | KOEI Corporation | Fu-Qi | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | Everyone | Isometric | PS1 | Saiyuki: Journey West is loosely based on one of the four classical novels of Chinese literature, Journey to the West (Chinese: Xi You Ji) by the 16th century writer Wu Cheng'en. This tactical RPG lets the players take the role of the novel's hero who is also a historical character, the 7th century scholar and Buddhist monk Xuanzang (Japanese pronunciation: Sanzo) and his monster companions, including the famous monkey Sun Wukong (Japanese pronunciation: Son Goku), as they travel to India. The game takes quite a few liberties with the original tale, including allowing the player to change Xuanzang's gender, giving each monster a more powerful "were-" form, and tying each character, save Xuanzang's, to an elemental affinity.The real meat of the game is the tactical battles, where careful unit placement and use of each monster's unique special abilities determine the outcome of the battle. |
| Scrabble | 2001 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Runecraft Ltd. | Strategy | 1st-person, Top-down | Licensed | | Board game, Word construction | | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Scrabble is a computerised version of the popular word game for Windows for one to four players. This game can be played over a network connection or on hot-seat mode. In single player mode it is played against the computer and the computer's strength can be customised in a range of one through to ten.There are three kinds of game available:Scrabble: which is the common word making game
Anagram: these games are a twelve round match, four rounds with five letter words, four with six letter words and finally four rounds with seven letter words. Successfully identifying the five letter words scores five points, the six letter words score ten points and the seven letter words score fifteen.Conundrum: each player has the same letters with which to make a single word. The letters are placed onto a playing area which has double & triple letter & word squares as well as normal squares. The object being to score as highly as possible which does not necessarily mean making the longest wordThe game has music, high score tables and is played via the mouse. It also has a six different themes, for use with Scrabble only. These change the background and sometimes the in-game animations, for example in three standard theme the CPU is represented by people ranging from a scarecrow to a professor, in another all the characters are female, in another they are in period costume and in one the CPU is represented by animals ranging from a turtle to an owl. |
| Sesame Street Sports | 2001 | NewKidCo, Inc. | Realtime Associates, Inc. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | | | Bike / Bicycling, Naval / watercraft, Street racing | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | Belying its name, Sesame Street Sports is a racing game for one player rather than a conventional sports title. Geared toward young children, Big Bird serves as the game's host and play-by-play commentator and is often assisted by Elmo.Players can choose from among six other Sesame Street characters, each of whom has his or her own racing vehicle and two special courses. Elmo rollerblades with in-line skates, Ernie navigates rapids in his bathtub with a kayak paddle, Telly sleds down icy slopes in a saucer, Cookie Monster bounces on a hopper ball, Zoe rides dirt tracks in a big wheel, and Grover pedals on a unicycle.On each course, players can collect up to 18 tokens. Rather than race against other characters, players race against the clock, although there is no penalty nor adverse circumstances for taking a long time to finish.The game also features an exercise training room in which Elmo performs jumping jacks, and players must push an action button to help Elmo work out. |
| Skydiving Extreme | 2001 | Natsume, Inc. | Metro Corporation | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Tricks / stunts | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | In Skydiving Extreme you try to maneuver your team of skydivers into different formations in an odd mix of skydiving simulation and rhythm gameplay. You can practice your moves or compete against another player or computer.When beginning a game, your chosen team of four skydivers will jump and then you have a limited time to complete more four-person formations than your opponent. Doing a correct formation will slow your descent, giving you more time to execute more tricks. To perform a formation correctly you must correctly enter the button sequence displayed on the screen within a short period of time. If you do this correctly your four skydivers will move into the formation. Formations are performed in sequence; if you miss one you must return to the beginning of the sequence and start over. You try to do as many tricks as possible before your team falls too low and they must pull their parachutes.You can also "attack" your opponent - by performing tricks successfully you fill up your attack meter. When it is full you can execute an attack and force the other team to defend itself by performing a defensive formation. If the other team fails in its defense, it will fall at a higher rate of speed. |
| Smurf Racer | 2001 | Infogrames, Inc. | Artificial Mind & Movement | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | Arcade | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This kart racer features the Smurfs as characters. Choose one of eight (with four secret) characters to race with among various climates and regions. You can race in single player or championship modes, along with a Capture the Flag-style Flag Race. |
| Spec Ops: Covert Assault | 2001 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | Runecraft Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Covert Assault, another installment of the Spec Ops franchise, offers up action for one or two players to control US Army Rangers, in 3rd-person missions and combat across four different locations. At the beginning of each mission, you choose a two-man team from a group of six rangers. Each has different qualities (a sniper, a gunner, a grenadier), so you need to compose a team fit for the specific task, with more than 10 weapons available.Singleplayer mode permits the player to control the ranger and his buddy at the same time. Two-player offers cooperative split-screen play. The emphasis is on tactical play, although there's plenty of action. |
| Spec Ops: Ranger Elite | 2001 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | Runecraft Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Spy / espionage | Shooter | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | This is one of those first generation soldier shooters, that was one of the first games to emphasize tactics before total mayhem.This game let you lead a kind of special forces which you chose out of a bigger group, like in Hidden & Dangerous. The difference in this game is that it's somewhat more action, and that it's played in third-person view.The game takes you to several places of the earth, where you have to complete the mission objectives rather than just killing everyone (though completing missions often is about killing) to win the game.
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| SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge | 2001 | THQ Inc. | Climax Group Limited | Action | | Licensed | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | SpongeBob wants to give his friend Patrick Star autographs from their Favourite Superheros, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy. But first, SpongeBob must succeed at some increasingly zany challenges. See if SpongeBob can fulfill the Superheroes' requests to win their autographs! |
| Syphon Filter 3 | 2001 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Sony Bend | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Spy / espionage | Shooter | | | | | Mature | | PS1 | Gabe and Lian are back -- however, this time, "The Agency" has put Lian and Gabe on trial for crimes they did not commit while they secretly plot to distribute Syphon Filter, a deadly virus, throughout the population. And with Gabe and Lian on trial, there would be no one to stop them...The game now includes mini-missions that allow you to sharpen your skills. The basic mini-mission simply takes a map, drops you in, tosses in some enemies and weapons and lets you do the rest. There is also an improved multiplayer element and tons of new weapons, including an X-Ray sniper rifle and an explosive shotgun. |
| TechnoMage: Return of Eternity | 2001 | Sunflowers Interactive Entertainment Software GmbH | Sunflowers Interactive Entertainment Software GmbH | Action, Adventure, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy, Steampunk | | | | | Isometric | PS1 | The fantasy world of Gothos is populated by two kinds of people: the Dreamers, who are capable of using magic, and the Steamers, whose civilization relies on technology. The two peoples live in separate areas, mistrust each other, and usually avoid contact. But more often than not, natural human feelings are stronger than anything else. A Steamer man and a Dreamer woman fell in love with each other, and the fruit of their passion was a boy whom they named Melvin. The latter grew up in Dreamertown, disliked and suspected by its inhabitants because of his mixed blood. As monsters suddenly attacked the town, Melvin was blamed for it, and expelled from his homeland. He decides to venture into the land of the Steamers and find his missing father. Naturally, this is just the beginning of a long and perilous journey, during which Melvin will become a true hero.TechnoMage: Return of Eternity is a hybrid game that incorporates elements of adventure, role-playing, and action-based combat. Many of the game's missions involve peaceful wandering through the environments, talking to characters, and performing tasks that often involve solving puzzles of various kinds, in an adventure-like fashion. RPG elements are present in experience points which the hero receives form eliminating enemies and completing quests. |
| Tennis | 2001 | A1 Games, Agetec, Inc. | Nekogumi | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Tennis is a game where you play the sport of the same name. There are two modes in the game, Tournament Mode and Free Mode. In Tournament Mode, you face off in either singles or doubles, which get harder as you progress. You must get into the Top Seed in order to get into the Championships and win. In Free Mode, you can choose the settings, court, and either singles or doubles. There are 16 different characters, each with their own signature moves and skills. You can change the difficulty of the CPUs in both Tournament Mode and Free Mode. |
| The King of Fighters '99: Millennium Battle | 2001 | Agetec, Inc. | SNK Corporation | Action | Side view | | | Fighting | | | | | Teen | 2D scrolling | PS1 | It's time once again for the famous KOF Tournament! New faces and old alike join together to participate in the latest KOF tournament, but something seems wrong. Why was this year's tournament announced without fanfare? What could be up? That's for you to find out! Featuring classic KOF gameplay with a new twist: The Striker Match! |
| Tiny Toon Adventures: Plucky's Big Adventure | 2001 | Conspiracy Entertainment Corp. | Warthog Plc | Adventure | Side view | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | In this adventure game based on the Tiny Toon cartoons, the player starts to control Plucky Duck, and needs to assemble a time machine, subsequently travelling through time to rescue the world from Montana Max' evil plans.Typical adventure game puzzles involve finding the parts for a time machine (in the form of a bike) etc. Later in the game, control is diverted to Buster Bunny, Hampton and Babs Bunny, allowing for complex multi location puzzles.The game has no voiceover, but displays large amounts of text in speech bubbles. Progress is saved on memory card. |
| Tweenies: Game Time | 2001 | BBC Multimedia | Intelligent Games Ltd | Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Mini-games | | | | | | | PS1 | Tweenies: Game Time is a game about the adventures of Milo, Jake, Fizz and Bella, based on the eponymous TV show. The included mini-games are:
Bella's Fairytale Castle
Fizz's Disco
Jake's Dot World
Milo's Space Race |
| VIP | 2001 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Shanghai UBIsoft Computer Software Co., Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Fighting, Mini-games, Shooter | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | V.I.P. is based on the TV series of the same name. V.I.P. is a bodyguard agency that protects its clients in Hollywood, Beverly Hills, and Los Angeles. Pamela Anderson stars as Vallery Irons, the boss of the Vallery Irons Protection bodyguard agency.In the game, the player controls one of the V.I.P. bodyguards (Vallery Irons, Tasha Dexter, Nikki Franco, Quick Williams, Johnny Loh), in a mission to rescue a plastic surgeon from LA's most famous mobster. In addition to the main story, the game includes more than 10 minigames.The player controls his character simply by pressing the number 1-4 keys (in the Windows version) in correct order; this will control the character to kick or hit opponents. Sometimes the player can use the mouse for shooting enemies. After completing a mission, the player can unlock video clips or photos in the photo gallery. The game can be saved only after completing each mission. |
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: 3rd Edition | 2001 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | ImageBuilder Software, Inc. | Puzzle | 1st-person | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Who Wants To Be A Millionaire: 3rd Edition is the third game based on the successful TV show. Not surprisingly the game itself is unchanged with the exception of new questions. The player takes the role of a candidate and has to answer 15 questions by choosing the correct answer out of four given possibilities. For every right answer he receives money but he also loses money when choosing poorly (there are two "guarantee points" where he falls back to so he doesn't lose all). There are also three jokers: eliminating two false answers, asking the viewers in the studio per poll and phoning a friend. In the game the latter is a prerecorded conversation.The multiplayer mode is restricted to "Fastest Finger" competition where the next candidate is chosen. Here the players have to bring the four given answers into the right order and the fastest one wins. More questions are downloadable through the internet. |
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Junior | 2001 | Eidos Interactive Limited | Hothouse Creations Ltd. | Puzzle | Text-based / Spreadsheet | Licensed | | Board game, Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | | | PS1 | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Junior is a quiz game based on the successful TV show for one to four players.
The basic rules are still the same: The player takes the role of a candidate and has to answer 15 questions by choosing the correct answer out of four given possibilities. For every right answer they receive money with the amount doubling with each correct answer. There are also the same three help options as in the televised game: 50:50 which eliminates two false answers, asking the studio 'audience' and phoning a friend, in the game the latter is a prerecorded conversion.There are four modes of play, the straightforward quiz, Head to Head, a Team game, or the Fastest Finger game with the last three options becoming available only when multiple players are participating. In this game there is no animated audience and no animated player characters. The game is played with the mouse but can also be played via the keyboard. |
| Windsurfers Paradise | 2001 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | TheyerGFX Pty Ltd | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Tricks / stunts | | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)Sail over the waves of four of the world's most beautiful beaches. It's down to you to master your own lightweight windsurfer, before you dive in to challenge the computer or your friends in a competition to see who can execute the perfect stunt, or jump the highest wave.
You will have to be able to read the wind if you want to succeed. In Windsurfers Paradise only losers fall off! |
| X'treme Roller | 2001 | Microïds | Microïds, Neko Entertainment SARL | Sports | Behind view | | | Tricks / stunts | Contemporary | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)X'TREME Roller
A roller show-time that's 100% adrenaline : speed, acrobatics, and combat are all on the program!
Awesome game modes : Extreme Race, Stunt Contest, Time Attack...
Compete on 33 levels over 9 circuits
Totally original environments and a crazy manga atmosphere
Tournament mode for 2 players
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| Yakiniku Bugyō | 2001 | Media Entertainment Inc | Media Entertainment Inc | Simulation | Top-down | Licensed | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | | Real-time | | | PS1 | If you think it's a hassle to clean out the grill, marinate meat, watch it slowly get burned on the grill as it starts to rain outside... this might be the game for you. Yakinikubugyō puts you in the role of a BBQ chef, and it's your job to make sure the customers leave happy and full from your restaurant.The goal of each stage in the game is to make sure you keep all 3 customers happy when the timer runs out by handing out the right food to the right person, while making sure it's not undercooked or burned to a black piece of coal. The customers each have a food they like and one they hate, and they can suddenly change their minds in the middle of a stage, so figuring out what they want to eat and when is the key to success. You can also earn combos by feeding the same customer several times in a row with food they like.You use chop sticks to maneuver around a 3x4 squares big grill where you have to put down pieces of meat and vegetables and grill them to perfection. The closer to the middle of the grill you put the food, the faster it cooks, so if you have a customer yelling at you to hand him/her something, you can put the food there.If you're too slow or forget about a piece of food, it slowly turns to coal and you have to tap it to clean the grate. Otherwise you won't be able to use that square again.You can either play alone or against a friend. The game is sponsored by Gyu-Kaku, a chain of Japanese BBQ restaurants. |
| Zoboomafoo: Leapin' Lemurs! | 2001 | Encore Software, Inc. | Big Grub | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | Brandon Humphreys | PS1 | Zoboomafoo: Leapin' Lemurs! is a game based on the Kratt Brothers TV series Zoboomafoo. It's Lemur Day for Zoboo, and he's inviting all of his animal friends to his party, but there are no snacks for the party! With the help of his Zobooland friends, he travels to different lands in search of the snacks needed for the party, as well as his animal friends. He can also ride on the animal friends to collect unreachable snacks. In each level there is also an object that looks like a swirl. If Zoboo collects it and brings it to the exit, he can go to the Zobooland bonus level, where he must collect as many goobleberries as he can on the tall mountain and then feed the berries to Gooble. |
| Equestrian Showcase | 2001-01-01 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Tantalus Interactive Pty. Ltd., IR Gurus Interactive Pty Ltd. | Action, Sports | Behind view | | | | | | Direct control | | Everyone | Cinematic camera | PS1 | Equestrial 2001 is a horse riding simulator. Included are Military, show jumping, and dressage riding. Famous horses are included, but you can create your own horse as well. Many real courses are included and let you participate in different competitions in different difficulties that will unlock bonuses. |
| Puzzle Star Sweep | 2001-01-01 | Agetec, Inc. | Axela | Action, Puzzle | | | | Falling block puzzle | | | Direct control | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | In this vaguely Tetris-like game, players score points by eliminating "star blocks." A star block is a colored rectangle with a star on one end of it, and blocks are eliminated when the stars of two like-colored blocks touch each other. While the game is being played, star blocks and obstacles rise from the bottom of the screen while the player moves and rotates a cursor which determines where additional star blocks will be thrown into play from off-screen. The game features single-player and competitive play as well as a story mode featuring boss creatures and a bizarre plot -- apparently the whole game is actually a sport in which children poke a creature known as a star pig with sticks in order to make it vomit star blocks. |
| Disney's The Lion King: Simba's Mighty Adventure | 2001-01-12 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Paradox Development | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Platform | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Play along as Simba and watch him grow from the fearless cub into the king of the jungle. This game spans across both of Disney's movies - 'The Lion King' and its sequel 'Simba's Pride'.Have Simba run around jumping, rolling, pouncing and roaring while collecting pickups and meeting various other familiar characters from the movie(s), in his now 3D world. |
| International Superstar Soccer 2000 | 2001-01-12 | Konami of Europe GmbH | Konami Computer Entertainment Osaka Co., Ltd., Major A | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | The third ISS title on the N64 improves further in both gameplay and graphics.As usual, you can play in a range of game modes, from 4 player exhibition, World League against every team in the world, and a collection of scenario games that have you completing certain elements of a game in order to complete it.Also on offer are create-a-player modes, full gameplay options (subs, strategies and name editing) to expansion pak support for faster and more detailed graphics. |
| Fūraiki | 2001-01-18 | FOG inc. | FOG inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Romance | Japanese-style adventure, Visual novel | Asia | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Fūraiki is a visual novel blending photographic backgrounds with anime-style character overlays. The player character is a travel blogger and photographer, who travels to Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido to document his journeys for his blog. On the boat to the island, he encounters a number of young girls also traveling there, whom you will have additional opportunities to meet during the main part of the game.The main gameplay involves traveling around Hokkaido via motorbike and stopping at any location the player wishes, to take photographs or just enjoy the beautiful scenery of Japan's least densely populated and coldest region. While you will often encounter other people on your travels, be they local residents or the girls you met on the boat, doing so is not necessarily mandatory to enjoy the game as a whole. The game time is spread out over a month, and at the end of each game day, the player can set up a camping spot and write to their blog about a specific place visited, attaching pictures taken by the player where appropriate; the player will also see comments posted to each new blog post, or receive emails from the girls detailing where they will be so that the player can meet them if so desired. In scenes where the player does meet the girls, they will often accompany you through a specific location, and you will have the opportunity to take unique pictures of them against the scenery. All the backgrounds consist of actual photographs, with the characters often superimposed into the scenery where appropriate.Originally released for the PS1, the subsequent PS2 re-release contains higher resolution graphics and full voice acting for all non-protagonist characters. |
| Simple 1500 Series: Vol.55 - The Darts | 2001-01-25 | D3Publisher Inc. | Amedio Co., Ltd., D's Garage 21 | Action, Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)A title with a slightly sophisticated taste.More than 6 types of representative darts games are included: Score, Up, 301, 501, Cricket and Chess. Using an analog-input system, this new darts game allows up to 4 people to play together.What is the real identity of the mysterious Dartsman?An American comics-style Story Mode is also included.This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：15MBCopyright：©2001 AMEDIO©2001 D's Garage 21/T.Totsuka©2001 D3 PUBLISHERPlease note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Simple 1500 Series: Vol.60 - The Table Hockey | 2001-01-26 | D3Publisher Inc. | Break | Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Recreating table hockey game at overwhelming speed! Experience arcade excitement at home! The standard game table hockey in game centre is now available on SIMPLE series. A more thrilling "Item Mode" , as well as more than 10 original and unique tables are included. Here comes a simple and exciting game for you to enjoy anytime. This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：50MBCopyright：©2001 BREAK©2001 D3 PUBLISHERPlease note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Ford Racing | 2001-01-29 | Empire Interactive Entertainment | Toolbox Design Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Ford Racing is similar gameplay-wise to Need 4 Speed: Porsche Unleashed, with the obvious difference of controlling Ford cars instead of Porsche. There are eight versions of each vehicle; two 97 models, two 98 models, two 99 models, and two 2000 models. Each model varies in performance, the slowest being the 97 models and the fastest being the 2000 models.The player can compete in single-player mode where he gets to choose the cars and tracks freely if unlocked in the second game mode, the career mode, which is more ambitious. Here the player takes the role of a low ranked driver, starting with slower cars and paving his way to the top. Also in the career mode it is possible to upgrade the tires, suspension, transmission, brakes, and engine of the car, as well as reduce its weight. |
| Championship Motocross 2001 Featuring Ricky Carmichael | 2001-01-31 | THQ Inc. | Funcom Dublin Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Motorcycle, Track racing | Direct control | | Teen | | PS1 | This is the sequel to Championship Motocross Featuring Ricky Carmichael. This version has 30 of the top motocross riders including the game's namesake, Ricky Carmichael. There are a plethora of tracks to race on that range from regular races and stunt tracks where players can pull off 50 different tricks for points in order to advance.There are a variety of modes including a career mode where the player can compete in races, using the money to buy better equipment and negotiate with sponsors to gain more money and notoriety. Players can also create their own rider and use them in exhibition races or in the career mode and customize everything from the appearance to their abilities. |
| Boxing | 2001-02-01 | A1 Games | Nekogumi | Action, Sports | Side view | | | | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | The aptly-title Boxing is a relatively simple budget boxing game. The game offers an arcade-style boxing experience with ten colorful characters to choose from. Three modes are available: Ranking Mode, which has you fighting to become the top ranked boxer in the world; Scout Mode, which has you seeking new talent in order to unlock characters; and Battle Mode, where two players can fight an exhibition match against each other. |
| Mahjong Uranai Fortuna ~Tsuki no Megami Tachi~ | 2001-02-01 | Affect Co.,Ltd | Affect Co.,Ltd | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Board game, Cards / tiles | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Purchase this PS one® Classic and play it on both your PS3™ and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) systems!
If you have been seeking a way to play the ancient game of mahjong and possibly get your fortune read by an adorable girl, then Mahjong Uranai Fortuna ~Tsuki no Megami Tachi~ is just the groundbreaking game you are looking for.
Choose 3 opponents from the 6 charming choices and engage in the classic four-man match up mahjong play style. If you don't give it your best, you will end up losing everything!
Don't worry, if you lose, you still walk away with a fortune...
Download this PS one® Classic today!
Transferring to a PSP® system from your PS3™ system:
You must be signed into the PlayStation®Network account that originally purchased the game. You must have at least 292 MB free on your Memory Stick Duo™. Connect your PSP® system to your PS3™ system with a USB cable and switch your PSP® system to USB Mode. Highlight the game on the PS3™ XMB™, press the Δ button and select Copy.
PC Store Customers:
Log into your PlayStation®Network account that you originally used to purchased the game. Then, download the game from your "Download List" in the PlayStation®Store onto your PS3™ system.
This title has been converted from the original PlayStation® disc to the PSP® and the PS3™ systems. Consequently, there may be times where the title plays differently from the PlayStation® disc version, or where some features may not function properly. This version does not support PlayStation® peripherals (controller, memory card, multitap, etc.), therefore functionalities such as multiplayer, versus, and co-op modes are not available.
Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. This item has been sublicensed to you by Sony Computer Entertainment America. One-time license fee for downloads to up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are associated with the purchasing account.
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| Mega Man X5 | 2001-02-01 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | | | | Arcade, Platform, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | Hiroman, Akiko Nagashima (as Ryutarouman), Hideman, Ikeman, Kenichi Miyahara | PS1 | Years after the Reploid Wars, all seems peaceful in the world. But peace was not meant to last forever. When the "Eurasia" space colony is attacked by an unknown virus, the call goes out! X and Zero are called back into action to help destroy the colony, which is now on a collision course with Earth, and is expected to collide into the planet in only 16 hours! At the same time, Sigma, the archenemy of the Maverick Hunters, shows up again...Mega Man X5 retains the gameplay style of the previous games, adding new features such as advanced Maverick AI, bigger and more challenging stages, and new gameplay elements: ducking and swinging on vines and ropes. |
| NBA Hoopz | 2001-02-01 | Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. | Eurocom Developments Ltd | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Play three-on-three basketball in the arcade style of older Midway games, such as NBA Jam and NBA Showtime. Besides playing regular games, you can also play mini-games like Around the World and 21. |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms VII | 2001-02-01 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | | China (Ancient / Imperial), Historical events | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | PS1 | Like its predecessors, Romance of the Three Kingdoms VII is a grand strategy game set in the Three Kingdoms period in the history of China. The game offers various scenarios based on historical events that occurred in the late 2nd and 3rd centuries AD, beginning with the fall of the Han Dynasty. China is split into several states, and the leaders of each one try to conquer the others and become the sole leader of the Middle Country. The seventh game of the series contains some changes, such as 3D graphics and the ability to play as any one of the main historical characters. Similarly to the previous games, the game focuses on governing a nation, managing its economy, diplomacy, as well as military planning and preparation. Turn-based tactical battles occur when one nation invades another. |
| Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear | 2001-02-06 | Red Storm Entertainment, Inc. | Saffire, Inc | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed, Regional differences | | Shooter, Tactical shooter | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | More of the same from the Rainbow Six series. Your team is back saving the world again. This time from a group known as "Rogue Spear". Their forces are powerful and you must strike quick and hard if you wish to win. |
| Castrol Honda VTR | 2001-02-09 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Motorcycle | | | | | PS1 | Castrol Honda VTR is a motorbike racing game featuring the VTR 1000 SP-1 motorbike.The game includes 22 world circuits (of which 10 have to be unlocked) from 4 continents.
23 computer opponents are simultaneously on the track.
The weather conditions change during the game and influence physics.There is also a 2-player split-screen mode.
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| Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix | 2001-02-20 | Eidos Interactive, Inc. | Kronos Digital Entertainment | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements, Shooter, Survival horror | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | | PS1 | The year is 2048, and a new terrifying disease known as EINDS (Environmentally Induced Nucleotides Degeneration Syndrome) is rapidly spreading, having already claimed over one billion victims. The disease attack directly the human cell DNA, and no cure is known. Crime flourishes, and scientists fear that the DNA manipulation may lead to unforeseen disasters that would eventually destroy mankind.Four people with different pasts and motivations arrive in Hong-Kong. Hana Tsu-Vachel is a young woman of French and Chinese descent, who was once a member of the criminal Triad organization, and now takes high-risk assignments in order to buy back her contract. Royce Glas is a former commander in the US military and an ex-member of a secret organization, now a mercenary, persecuted by his former employers. Jacob "Deke" Decourt is a professional killer from Australia, whose life purpose is to enjoy his bloody work. Rain is a mysterious young woman, found by Hana during one of her missions, lying unconscious in a garden. The search for a cure against EINDS leads these people to exotic locations, where Chinese folk tales and ancient legends co-exist with our reality.Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix is a prequel to Fear Effect, describing events that lead up to the beginning of the previous game. The gameplay is very similar to that of the predecessor, combining shooting, puzzles, and action set pieces. While the first game only featured a survival horror-style character-dependent control scheme, the prequel allows the player to switch to 3D camera-dependent controls. The game is more puzzle-oriented than the first Fear Effect, and contains more locations to explore. A few new weapons and items have been added.The visual style of the preceding game is also present in this installment: the player navigates unshaded 3D anime-like character models over backgrounds, which are composed of pre-rendered images and looping or streaming full-motion video. |
| Eithéa | 2001-02-22 | Atlus Co., Ltd. | TamTam Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | 2D scrolling, Isometric | PS1 | Myōjin High School, Tokyo, present day.Shō, a high school student orphaned since very young age, commutes with his childhood friend Yuka and a shy, but very talented classmate, Hikaru. One day, the school is struck by an enormous earthquake. Upon waking up, Shō finds himself lost in the ruins. He manages to find Yuka and Hikaru, along with their professor Akiho, and hurriedly try to run away from the crumbling ruins. Upon exiting, it turns out that, beyond the school walls, there is no Tokyo or any other city. Rather, they realize that they have been teleported to a new world of Eithéa. Thus begins their adventure to find a way back to Earth, while being entangled in a brewing conflict in the new world.Eithéa (pronounced as "aye-thee-ah") is a Japanese RPG that follows a strictly linear, but very long storyline, focused on the protagonist and his company from both Earth and the world of Eithéa. The player controls the characters in the overworld from the bird-eye view, while combat is isometric. The game consists of progressing the story through completing the main storyline, upgrading characters' equipment, triggering certain points in the game and talking to important characters.The combat is done in a traditional turn-based way, like many JRPG contemporaries, and is triggered through random encounters. However, the system has two important gimmicks. The first is that players are given the option of applying multiple stances and formations of the party that best suit a situation. Enemies can come and attack from four directions, meaning that players have to carefully strategize to win. Attacks from behind deal greater damage, so players need to be careful where to place characters during combat. The other gimmick introduced is the "Barrier". Characters that stay inside a barrier (summoned by characters that possess "forms") take half the damage, while exiting the barrier results in much higher damage. Characters can be melee-based or projectile-based and each of these two classes have their own advantages and disadvantages.The game also features a character progression system. Players can make choices that deepen their relationship with others in the party, which can result in romance with them as the story goes. |
| Pocket Digimon World: Cool & Nature Battle Disc | 2001-02-22 | Bandai Co., Ltd. | | Simulation | Side view, Text-based / Spreadsheet | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation, RPG elements | | | Menu structures | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | A Museum was opened in the Digimon World. It preserved some ancient history and artifacts of the Digital World within. But one night, some evil Digimon decided to brake in and steal all the items, scattering them all around File Island.Jijimon, the owner of the museum and eldest in the File City, decides to enlist some help from a Digimon Tamer (the player) to retrieve all the lost exhibits. These exhibits consist of art, music, information of Digimons, history of Digital World and video clips, which can be reviewed in the console game after collecting them. The actual main game primarily happens in a PlayStation accessory device known as PocketStation!You can only get 4 different Digimons from the PS1 game to download to PocketStation. Gabumon and Gomamon (Cool version), Tentomon and Palmon (Nature version). You can only use one at a time on the PocketStation game, though.In the PocketStation, you can raise your Digimon and battle it either with in-game Digimon or a friend's PocketStation wirelessly over IR connection. You can also connect it to other Bandai Digimon games and products. |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms III: Dragon of Destiny | 2001-02-22 | KOEI Co., Ltd. | KOEI Co., Ltd. | Strategy | Top-down | | | | China (Ancient / Imperial), Historical events | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Romance of the Three Kingdoms III: Dragon of Destiny is another strategy game by Koei. The concept is the same here as in Koei's other wargames: conquer all you can!In this case the historical setting is ancient China. The country is under the control of one Emperor, but all of the faction leaders want to be the emperor themselves. You begin with one territory and you must conquer more to win the game. |
| Triple Play Baseball | 2001-02-27 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Treyarch Invention, LLC | Sports | | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Triple Play Baseball is part of the EA Sports line of MLB Baseball sims. This edition was released in 2001 and would have been called Triple Play 2002 if they had not dropped the year off the title. Like previous editions you can pick from any of the teams in the National League or American League. Mostly little has changed with this edition except for a world tournament that has been added. You have to win the World Series however to see this option. |
| Top Shop | 2001-02-28 | A1 Games | KID Corp. | Simulation, Strategy | | | | Board game | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | In Top Shop, you must be the first to reach a certain amount of money by building shops in different kinds of malls. You choose from an assortment of characters from humans, and talking cats to moving televisions. There are also random events like closing down shops or receiving money from other people. The game can go up to 6 players. |
| Darkstone | 2001-03-01 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | Delphine Software International | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Darkstone is a Diablo clone. But there is a difference one will recognize immediately: it is in 3D. But this is not the only "improvement"--the second most important thing is probably that the player is in control of two characters. The other character is computer controlled and the player can switch between them at any time. Also, Darkstone has lots of new spells and skills. The player will be walking through huge woods, have to solve a lot of riddles and descend into deep and dark dungeons. |
| Kurukuru Marumaru | 2001-03-01 | Hudson Soft Ltd. | Japan Art Media Co., Ltd. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person | | | | | Automobile | Direct control | Real-time | | | PS1 | Teenager Wakaba is finally getting his driver's license, so he can go on a date with his girlfriend Clutch. He picked the cheapest driving school he could find, but the brochure is a bit odd: It says that he won't be able to go home for a while. They even send someone from their staff to fetch him, a person with a weird laugh and a tail! So Wakaba says his goodbyes to his girlfriend and leaves for the driving school.Kurukuru Marumaru is a cartoony driving game where your character is taking driving lessons. After each lesson you are scored for Travel Time, Traffic Rules and Driving Technique. The driving simulation is somewhat realistic, requiring you to use turn signals, look before turning and obey traffic rules. The 15+ lessons become rather unusual very quickly, like asking you to balance an egg on the dashboard, or dodging colorful fantasy animals on the road. |
| Logic Pro Adventure | 2001-03-01 | Aqua Rouge Co., Ltd. | Deniam Corp. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | Point and select | | | | PS1 | Logic Pro Adventure is a nonogram puzzle game with a bright cartoony style, and the third title in Deniam's Logic Pro series. The player can move around a world map selecting different locations to play puzzles, each with a different background. Each space in the map is marked by a colored gem, which indicates the size and difficulty of the puzzle within. The ultimate goal is to collect 50 of each type of gem from the puzzles, then complete a 'boss' puzzle to bring peace back to the kingdom. The game features a total of 1000 puzzles in various sizes.The PlayStation version adds a free puzzle mode and a save function. |
| Looney Tunes: Sheep Raider | 2001-03-01 | Infogrames Europe SA | Infogrames Europe SA | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Platform, Puzzle elements, Stealth | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Sheep Raider is a 3D puzzle game, with gameplay mimicking the wacky contraptions and situations from the original cartoons. Players need to catapult themselves across a canyon, camouflage themselves as a bush to sneak past Ralph, lure sheep with sheep perfume etc.The player takes on the role as starving Ralph Wolf and must help him steal one sheep from Sam Sheep Dog and get it to a certain goal location. With a wide arsenal of Acme gadgets at his disposal, Ralph is sure to concoct the perfect plan for keeping his stomach filled, or not! The game takes place across 15 various stages as well as 2 hidden stages, each with their own requirements and challenges, so the longevity of the game is notable.The puzzles consist of finding items and using them at certain location or on certain characters. Items include lettuce to lure sheep and mines which can be defused. There also are mailboxes with which the player can order a wide arsenal of helpful Acme gadgets. Directly after ordering the product is air shipped instantaneously, with a crate falling from the sky. Gadgets include a rocket, dynamite, elastic band, a fan, a metal detector and many more. Some gadgets are level specific, like for example a time travel gadget with which Ralph can traveling back and forth in time to manipulate placement of rocks and trees.There are checkpoints throughout each of the levels, although there are no visual clues as to where they are. For example, if the player reaches a certain area carrying the sheep and then falls off a cliff, the player plus sheep will be respawned near that area. Each level also has a punch clocks, usually in a hidden area, they acts just as an extra collectible. |
| MTV Sports: T.J. Lavin's Ultimate BMX | 2001-03-01 | THQ Inc. | Blue Shift, Inc. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Tricks / stunts | | Bike / Bicycling | Direct control | | Teen | | PS1 | MTV Sports: T.J. Lavin's Ultimate BMX is an extreme sports game in the style of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater. You ride around on your BMX bike while you pull of the most amazing jumps, grinds and verts.The game comes with a practice mode, two-player challenges and Pro circuit. The challenge mode allows you to play any level to hone your skills. Pro circuit allows you to perform challenges in each level to unlock the next. Two Player challenges include getting the highest score within a time limit and "turf war" in which you have to take control of areas of the map. The levels come in three basic types, Street, vert and dirt. Each type requires you to perform different tricks to get some decent scores. |
| Strikers 1945 II | 2001-03-01 | Agetec, Inc. | Psikyo | Action | Side view, Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | World War II | Flight / aviation | Direct control | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Strikers 1945 II is a 2D side-scrolling shooter with a WWII theme. Use basic weaponry and many power-ups for real and not-so-real aircraft from the age. To keep in sync with the arcade version, the home versions are presented in a letterbox format. |
| Vanishing Point | 2001-03-01 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Clockwork Games Limited | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Vanishing Point is an arcade style racer featuring real cars and road course style tracks. The main difference between Vanishing Point and countless other racers is that you are never racing directly against other cars, but rather are racing against the clock. Your position at the end of the race depends solely on your time, not on your finishing position relative to other cars. What's more, there are loads of computer controlled cars that are there simply to slow you down.The standard racing game modes are here: Tournament, Time Trial, and Single Race. One unique feature, however, is the stunt competition. You can compete in a series of events that test various driving skills in timed events. Some example events are the long jump and the slalom.The selection of cars is quite diverse. You can race vehicles that range from low performance, like a VW Microbus, to high performance, like a Dodge Viper. |
| Disney•Pixar Toy Story Racer | 2001-03-06 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Traveller's Tales (UK) Ltd. | Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Toy Story Racer is a kart racing game based on the movie Toy Story. Play as 12 of the Toy Story characters on 18 courses. The courses are based on locations featured in the movie. |
| High Heat Major League Baseball 2002 | 2001-03-06 | 3DO Company, The | 3DO Company, The | Sports | | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | High Heat 2002 is the 3rd game in the "High Heat" series. Gone from the previous two games is the Sammy Sosa title. Like the previous games HH2002 is a total baseball simulator. You can set back and just manage your team or you can get right on the field and play each game. You can configure the game in many different formats. You can:
Lengthen or Shorten a season
Create new teams
Re-arrange the divisons
move players from different teams before the game starts
Change team settings
Create custom made players
...and generally do just about anything you wantFrom the swing of the bat to making blockbuster trades you have all the controls. |
| Sister Princess (Shokai Genteiban) | 2001-03-08 | Media Works Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This first print limited edition release includes:
Sister Princess game
Alarm clock featuring voices of all 12 heroines
Mobile phone charm/strap
Trading card
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| Disney's Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge | 2001-03-14 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Argonaut Games PLC | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | Fantasy, Middle East | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Take control of Aladdin and stop Nasira, the evil sister of Jafar (the bad guy from the Disney movie) and rescue the Sultan and Princess Jasmine. Based on the hit Disney movie and the animated TV series of the same name |
| Buttsubushi | 2001-03-15 | Selen Ltd. | Selen Ltd. | Action, Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (AU/NZ) (from Ad Blurbs)The ultimate brain teaser puzzle game. Easy to learn, but very tough to master. Action puzzles with puzzling actions. Addictive and challenging gameplay. Crush them before they crush you! A mind-bending 100 levels to clear. Multiplayer mode for upto 4 players. Buttsubushi offers a real challenge even to the most experienced puzzle fan. |
| Dance Dance Revolution: 4th Mix | 2001-03-15 | Konami Corporation | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc. | Action, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This music rhythm game challenges your eyes and your feet, with the appropriate dancepad controller. Arrows appear on the screen and you must step in the right direction at the right time. A wide range of difficulty makes it easy to learn for beginners while having extremely difficult songs for veterans. The arcade version had about 140 songs, the Playstation version cuts it down to 48 tracks, but with the several new tracks and some oldies, make it an added value to the DDR fanatic. All the features from the previous home versions are here: link mode, edit mode, diet mode, and plenty of other extras. |
| One Piece: Grand Battle! | 2001-03-15 | Bandai Co., Ltd. | Ganbarion Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Fighting | Sea pirates / Caribbean | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | One Piece: Grand Battle! is a 2D versus fighting game similar to Super Smash Bros with 3D character models based on the One Piece anime and manga series. The game offers a total of sixteen playable character from the series up the Whiskey Peak Arc.Each fighter has their own fighting techniques including special attacks and can run and jump on platforms in the various fighting arenas. Objects from (like barrels) the battlefield can be picked up and thrown at the opponent, these also contain power-ups. The sixteen playable characters are: Monkey D. Luffy, Roronoa Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Sanji, Kuro, Don Krieg, Arlong, Buggy, Alvida, Chaser, Tashigi, Nefeltari Vivi, Pandaman, Mihawk and Shanks. Some of the character have supporting characters. The two game modes offered are Grand Battle and Event Battle.
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| Tokimeki Memorial 2: Taisen Puzzle Dama | 2001-03-15 | Konami Corporation | Konami Corporation | Puzzle | | | | Arcade, Falling block puzzle | | | | Real-time | | | PS1 | Tokimeki Memorial 2 Taisen Puzzle Dama is a Tokimeki Memorial 2 themed puzzle game. The gameplay is similar to the likes of Puyo Puyo: the player, as one of the many female characters from Tokimeki Memorial 2 faces an opponent (CPU or another player) in falling block battles until one of the two's matrix is filled with blocks and no more blocks can be placed. To do so, the player will clear blocks by aligning three or more of the same color. Different types of blocks fall alongside the regular ones: smaller blocks that can't be cleared but grow into regular blocks when adjacent blocks disappear, pink blocks facing in a direction that will clear all blocks in that direction when they pop, grey blocks that make small blocks grow, and black blocks that make regular blocks shrink. By using the different blocks to perform combos, the player will make batches of small blocks appear in the opponent's matrix. |
| Zerachan Puzzle Pitatto Pair | 2001-03-15 | Affect Co.,Ltd | Affect Co.,Ltd | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)This game can be enjoyed with PlayStation®3.This is a puzzle game that will challenge you to gather and connect!Erase pieces on the screen with the least amount of steps possible!Enjoy different routs and the 3 different modes with a scoring system!Copyright:©2001 AFFECTPurchase or use of this item is subject to SEN Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Gensō Suiko Gaiden: Vol.2 - Crystal Valley no Kettō | 2001-03-22 | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | Fantasy | | | | | Setting | PS1 | This is a side story to Konami's RPG series Suikoden. The events of the game take place between the second and the upcoming third game, and fill the story gap between them. The story centers on the rebellion that has taken place in the Grasslands. It has been three months since the end of the Dunan Unification Wars. A legend telling about the Fire Brigands lead by the mysterious Fire Champion who united the Grassland nations is being spread around. Is the legend true, and can the Fire Champion, a holder of one of the 27 True Runes, be found? Nash, a special agent of Holy Kingdom of Harmonia's Southern Fringe Security Force, is sent to investigate the matter.You take control over Nash' actions in a fashion similar to the one implemented in Japanese "dating sims" or some hentai games: reading the text, looking at the background images, and sometimes interfering and choosing the path on which the story should proceed. |
| Oni Zero: Fukkatsu | 2001-03-22 | Pandora Box | Pandora Box | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | Isometric | PS1 | Long ago, during the Heian period, there was a village where humans and ghosts coexisted peacefully. Created by a ghost who wanted to end the animosity between them, it existed, isolated, for more than 250 years. One day, however, the village was attacked from the outside and completely destroyed. A young boy living in the village, Shiroumaru, and his friends, Gedoumaru and Saki, managed to escape with their lives. Now, eight years later, they are setting off together on a quest to bring peace to the land.Oni Zero: Fukkatsu is traditional Japaneses turn-based RPG, and the last title in the series produced by series creators Pandora Box. The game follows the same formula laid out by Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy. Characters carry different elemental alignments, which affects their combat capabilities. As their abilities grow, the characters can learn special transformation attacks, and find many different spirits to aid their quest.The game also features connectivity with other games in the Pandora Max Series. Extra unlockables are available for those who own other titles in the series. |
| Simple 1500 Series: Vol.56 - The Sniper | 2001-03-22 | D3Publisher Inc. | Bestmedia Co., Ltd., Sol | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)A silent sniper that is burning with the urge of revenge… what do you see on the other side of darkness!?A full polygon and breathtaking attack scene. In this hard-boiled sniper game, experience the thrill of “Kill with one shot”.With the revenge towards an evil figure who killed his lover, Harry C Spencer (Voice: Ikeda Shunichi) jumps into the world of darkness.What awaits him on his way ahead?This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：161MBCopyright：©2001 SOL©2001 BESTMEDIA©2001 D3 PUBLISHERPlease note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Simple 1500 Series: Vol.57 - The Maze | 2001-03-22 | D3Publisher Inc. | D's Garage 21, Mint Co., Ltd., plophet Co.,Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Kick! Punch! Pissed off! The inhumane and evil maze battle is here!Setting traps, flying tools, direct attacks, you can place radical obstacles as many as you like!Seize the key before your opponent and locate the exit!In this maze battle game, the person who runs around and escapes first from the 3D maze wins.Equipped with an automatic maze-generating function, you will not get bored with this game! This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：38MBCopyright：©2001 Mint/PLOPHET©2001 D's Garage21/V.V.T©2001 D3 PUBLISHERPlease note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| The Simpsons Wrestling | 2001-03-23 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Big Ape Productions, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | The first Playstation game to feature America's favorite animated family The Simpsons!. You can play as some of your favorite Simpsons characters including Homer, Moe, Barney, Krusty, Bart, Lisa, Marge, Apu and more!. Wrestle in many recognisable areas in Springfield including the Kwik-E-Mart, the nuclear power plant, Burn's mansion, etc. |
| Ganbare Goemon: Ōedo Daikaiten | 2001-03-29 | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc. | Now Production Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade | | | | | | | PS1 | The Ganbare Goemon series returns to its 2D classic adventure / platformer roots with this entry, which brings back the classic gameplay of the series. Once again you take control of wily Goemon and his friends as he attempts to save feudal Japan from the evil King of Recycling, who is taking extreme measures to save the planet.As in the classic games of the series, the game alternates between a top-down over-world that serves as a stage select and the side-scrolling stages proper in which you have to use each character's individual skills to complete specific objectives while defeating baddies and jumping through the obstacles thrown your way. Polygonal elements have been added to the backgrounds for a more next-gen feeling and the ability to switch characters while playing a stage means sometimes you must combine abilities in order to clear a level instead of just relying on your favorite character. Whenever facing a boss fight the game challenges you to a specific mini-game as traditional for the series, with the result determining the outcome of the fight and also providing bonus items and additional unlockable mini games. |
| Sentimental Graffiti | 2001-03-29 | NEC Interchannel, Ltd. | NEC Interchannel, Ltd. | Simulation | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | The protagonist of the game is a Japanese high school student, who was frequently transferred from school to school in various cities of Japan. During the summer holidays, he receives an anonymous letter, containing only one sentence: "I want to meet you". He decides to travel to all the cities where he attended high school, and resume the contact with the girls who could have sent him this letter. But which one did send it, and which one is going to be his true love?..Sentimental Graffiti is what is usually referred to as dating simulation. Instead of following a story, like in adventure games, the player makes choices that influence his relationships with the game's female characters, thus shaping his own story. There are twelve cities to travel to, and twelve girls to have a relationship with. Compared to some other dating simulations (such as Tokimeki Memorial games), the gameplay system in Sentimental Graffiti is rather simple, focusing on freedom of movement and choice rather than statistics. The player can choose between various means of transportation (different kinds of train, plane, boat, etc.), and different locations within each city. The backgrounds are digitized photos of real locations in Japan, while the characters are hand-drawn anime style pictures. |
| Super Robot Taisen α Gaiden | 2001-03-29 | Banpresto Co., Ltd. | Banpresoft Co., Ltd. | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | Turn-based | | Isometric | PS1 | Super Robot Taisen α Gaiden is a side-story to Super Robot Taisen α that takes place in the immediate aftermath of that game's climactic final encounter. It includes 45 new missions, features a simplified upgrade system compared to previous entries, and introduces the Support Ability system that allows adjacent units to attack or defend in unison.The featured series roster is smaller than its predecessor, as it focuses more heavily on the series' own original characters, but several new series including Combat Mecha Xabungle and Turn A Gundam are represented. |
| Taiho Shichau zo | 2001-03-29 | Pioneer LDC, Inc. | HAMSTER Corporation | Adventure | | Licensed | Crime | Visual novel | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Taiho Shichau zo (逮捕しちゃうぞ) is a police-themed adventure base on the manga and anime with the same title. The player takes on a role of a 24-year old rookie police officer who just graduated. The game starts with you coming to your new place at work, and the moment you arrive, a small incident occurs and you get misunderstood for a thief. After situation gets resolved, you get introduced into your new place of work and meet your colleagues, among others the two heroines from manga and anime TV series, Natsumi Tsujimoto (辻本夏実) and Miyuki Kobayakawa (小早川美幸). The game consists of two gameplay elements. Adventure mode which resembles a typical visual novel style with fully voiced dialogues for all but the main character, and animated portraits of characters currently speaking, as well as action choices during dialogues. Patrol mode features a patrol map of town where the player, along with Natsumi and Miyuki, is performing routine patrol work which may trigger an event scene or one of the mini-games. The points are also awarded for various different elements during patrol work. |
| beatmania: The Sound of Tokyo! | 2001-03-29 | Konami Corporation | Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, Inc. | Action | | | | Arcade, Music / rhythm | | | | | | | PS1 | One of the many releases in Konami's long-running rhythm game series, The Sound of Tokyo features 13 songs selected by famous music producer Yasuharu Konishi of Readymade Records. This release can also be used to play the numerous beatmania "append discs" that Konami released. |
| Dance Dance Revolution | 2001-03-31 | Konami of America, Inc. | KCE Tokyo, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Regional differences | | Music / rhythm | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Simon has been taken to the next level in this arcade dancing game. The game cues you which direction to step. You use a special floor mat to step out the moves in rhythm. The more moves you step out keeping the beat, the better your character does on screen. You get to choose from 28 different songs to dance to. It's possible to dance alone or with a friend. |
| Formula One 2001 | 2001-04-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. | Studio 33 (UK) Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Simulation, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Formula One 2001 is an officially licensed formula one racing game. All tracks, teams, cars and drivers from the 2001 season are in the game and can be selected. The game features a realistic damage model and various racing modes, including championship, single race-weekend, free practice and splitscreen mode for two players. Before each race, many aspects of the car can be customised. Further features are a replay mode and race commentary by famous reporters of each language. |
| Kiss Pinball | 2001-04-01 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | Tarantula Studios | Action | Top-down | Licensed | | Arcade, Pinball | | | Darren Baker | | Teen | | PS1 | Pinball game based on the rock band Kiss, where you help the four demonic warriors Starchild, Demon, Beast and Celestial to gather lost souls and defeat the Dark Lord.... yup. Includes 2 tables: Last Stop: Oblivion, and Netherworld. Both of which can be viewed on full screen or scrolling mode and include some 3d polygonal artwork in addition to the standard 2d art. Includes voiceovers by Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley. |
| Rugrats: Totally Angelica | 2001-04-01 | THQ Inc. | ART Co.,Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Rugrats: Totally Angelica is a 3D Action game based on the Daytime Emmy-award winning animated television series Rugrats. The game is aimed at girls and prominently features the character Angelica from the series.Angelica has to star in a fashion show, and on top of that she lost her doll in the shopping mall. As Angelica, you have to enter the Fantasy World Shop to save her. The Mall has six floors and the Fantasy World Shop is at the top. At the end of each level, the Rugrats babies have to judge your appearance in order to let you advance to the next level. The mini-games are in 3D just like the rest of the game. Some included mini-games are: color match, follow the leader, catching frogs, finding bugs and playing hide and seek. Each mini-game is rewarded with jewelry, clothes and make-up. All these are necessary to win the fashion show. |
| UEFA Challenge | 2001-04-01 | Infogrames Europe SA | Infogrames Studios Limited | Sports | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | UEFA Challenge is European football with an official UEFA license.The game features the biggest football star players and their teams on 30 authentic stadiums including Old Trafford, Highbury, Anfield, and Nou Camp. Each player has their own playing style.There are more than 125 national and club teams to choose from including Manchester United, Real Madrid, Arsenal, Juventus, and Chelsea.A multi-season mode is also included. |
| Army Men: Green Rogue | 2001-04-11 | 3DO Company, The | 5000ft Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view, Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (US) (from Ad Blurbs)New High-Tech Arcade Shooter
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YOUR MISSION: TO CONQUER!!!FEATURES:>15 EXTREME WEAPONS>16 DIVERSE TERRAIN LEVELS>HEAD-TO-HEAD BATTLE WITH 4 OUTRAGEOUS BOSSES |
| Metal Slug X | 2001-04-14 | Agetec, Inc. | SNK Corporation | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform, Shooter | | | | | Teen | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Metal Slug X is an enhanced version of Metal Slug 2: Super Vehicle - 001/II. The main differences to the original release include:
Additional weapons: Stones, Iron Lizard, Enemy Chaser, Super Grenade, and Drop Shot.
Additional power-ups, items, and prisoners in most of the levels.
Additional times of the day: stages can take place at twilight, sunset, or dusk.
Some of the locations and vehicles in the game have been altered.
Increased enemy count. Some of the enemies' placement has been changed.
Many weapons have a stronger explosive force. Explosions yield more unexpected results.
The soundtrack has been re-mixed. |
| Forget Me Not: Palette | 2001-04-26 | Enterbrain, Inc. | Success Corporation | Adventure | Top-down | | Detective / mystery | Japanese-style adventure | | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | The famous psychiatrist Cyanos B. Cyan was preparing to go home from work when he was asked to counsel a girl called B.D., who has lost her vision and memory in an accident. When a gunshot is fired in his office, he realizes that he has no other choice but to help the poor girl. Through conversations with her over the phone, Cyan tries to shed light on the memories that haunt her...Forget Me Not: Palette is a remake of a freeware adventure game originally created in RPG Maker 95 featuring all new graphics, cutscenes with voice acting, music and a UI more suitable for the game. Players will need to have the psychiatrist call B.D. to gain control of her and go through nodes connecting different areas of her house, identifying various objects to help her find out what happened. Going through each node will have B.D. lose her energy and once she has no energy remaining, she will complain that her head hurts, hang up the phone and players will have to call her again to start over.Collecting shreds of memories will allow B.D. to gain extra energy and players will need to find a place to "put" these shreds in order to unlock new nodes. There are some areas where B.D. can partly recover her energy and players will need to take note of those areas in order to progress through the game as they may not be able to acquire enough energy to progress otherwise. The story is told in scenes which players will encounter in a random order and requires a lot of backtracking as players unlock each node. |
| Furimukeba Tonari ni | 2001-04-26 | PrincessSoft | AIL | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Furimukeba Tonari ni is a port of a PC adult visual novel called Shin Ruriiro no Yuki: Furimukeba Tonari ni. This port has been released a year later and has all the adult scenes removed and story adjusted to work without them. |
| Gear Senshi Dendoh | 2001-04-26 | Bandai Co., Ltd. | Natsume Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Beat 'em up / brawler, Fighting | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | Earth is invaded by Gulfer, a race of sentient machine bent on destroying all lives in the universe. Two schoolboys are chosen by Dendoh, a giant mecha, to fight Gulfer. They are aided by other characters and acquire more powerful weapons on their quest to fight the alien invasion.GEAR Senshi Dendoh is a beat-em-up/ fighting game whose characters and plot are based on the anime show of the same name. The first segment of each level is straight 2D beat-em-up. The player controls Dendoh, fighting his way through waves of evil machine, picking up weapons and energy refills used for special attacks. Besides the normal jumps, kicks and punches, Dendoh can use a variety of combo attacks for devastating effects, as well as grab weapons or enemies as he fights.The first segment typically ends with Dendoh facing a mini-boss. After defeating it, Dendoh receives an energy refill, which is used in the second segment of the level. This segment is a 3D "versus mode" fighting game in which the titular mecha fights Knight GEAR Orge, (a second-in-command boss that keeps coming back EVERY level) who looks very similar to Dendoh, and carries an animal themed Data Weapon (e.g Unicorn Drill, Dragon Flare). Once he defeats the boss, Dendoh acquires his Data Weapon, which can be used as a special attack that hits every enemy on screen or a melee/range weapon to fight Knight GEAR Orge in subsequent levels. |
| Konohana: True Report | 2001-04-26 | Success Corp. | VRIDGE Inc. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | PS1 | Konohana: True Report is a murder mystery adventure game with a touch of supernatural. This is the first game in Konohana series and takes place in a high-school, featuring Meguru Momoi as a protagonist, a second year student who just moved to Konohana high-school. As things would have it, what you thought to be the peaceful period until the graduation turns into a suspense thriller. The teacher has been killed, and together with Miako Tachibana, a second year student who is part of a school's newspaper club, you end up entangled in trying to solve the mystery behind the series of murder and the "Legend of Grim Reaper". |
| Simple 1500 Series: Vol.59 - The Suiri: It Tantei - 18 No Jikenbo | 2001-04-26 | D3Publisher Inc. | Tomcat System | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | | | | Point and select | | | | PS1 | The Suiri is a mystery solving adventure game where the player tries to solve 18 different cases. Each cases consists of searching various locations for clues and then making deductions and drawing conclusions. The game is viewed from 1st-person perspective with various zoomed-in areas of interest where player can often interact with in more detail. |
| SuperLite 1500 Series: Oekaki Puzzle 5 | 2001-04-26 | Success Corp. | Success Corp. | Puzzle | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)"Oekaki Puzzle 5" is the familiar puzzle game that you will find in magazines. All 200 puzzles are challenging, simple but in-depth. Have fun playing these addictive puzzle games!This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：39MBCopyright：©2001 SUCCESS / ©HAMSTER Co.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Blast Lacrosse | 2001-05-01 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Sandbox Studios, Inc. | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Blast Lacrosse is an indoor lacrosse game. It is officially licensed by and based on the National Lacrosse League and includes all nine teams of their 14th season, including mascots. It is also licensed by the Professional Lacrosse Players' Association. The game features in-game advertisements for Shamrock Lacrosse. The cover features an Ottawa Rebel player wearing #88.The style of play is very similar to the arcade style of NBA JAM and NFL Blitz where, if a player scores a hat trick they become "on fire" and play better until stopped. The game is voiced by play-by-play man, and sports radio host, Scott Ferrall. Some of the game modes are Last Man Standing, Sudden Death and Survivor. |
| European Super League | 2001-05-01 | Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Europe) Ltd. | Coyote Developments Ltd, Crimson | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Sporting 16 fully licensed team and stadium endorsements, European Super League brings together the talent from many teams in Europe to create a 'European Super League Championship'.PRODUCT FEATURES:
Entries from clubs such as AC Milan, Bayern Munich, Marseille, Liverpool, Chelsea and Paris Saint Germain
Stadiums are modelled to real-life specifications
Control interface when played in novice mode is limited to simple button combinations, allowing for a newcomer to play the game more easily; for the advanced gamer, the alternate mode, although more complex and demanding, will give them improved control over the game
Authentic crowd chants |
| Point Blank 3 | 2001-05-01 | Namco Hometek Inc. | Tose Co., Ltd. | Action | | | | Shooter | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | The third episode in the Point Blank series now has up to 8 players playing it out in the new Team Battle mode, where you take turns to fight it out, and win as many games as possible. Also new is the Endurance mode for 1 player, where you simply have to win as many games as possible before you use up all of your credits. |
| The Bombing Islands | 2001-05-01 | Kemco U.S.A., Inc. | Kotobuki System Co., Ltd. | Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | | | | | Real-time | Everyone | | PS1 | After getting a message from King Clown that strange blue bombs have appeared on all six worlds, Kid Clown sets on a mission to clear away the threat. You control a character whose purpose is to blow the blue bombs scattered on each island to smithereens. The gameplay is similar to Bombuzal. Each stage has a red bomb and blue bombs. The bombs that you blow are on a pre-designed spot but are movable and must be placed in a way that all of them will set off at once. To make certain that everything will blow you can check the number at the top of the blue bombs which equals the radius the blast will reach.The stages are chessboard-like with little touches like trees and water for the first island, lava pits for the lava world and so on. The levels are rotatable with an isometric view (top-down if you hold down L2). There is also a time limit in which you must do the above. |
| The Land Before Time: Great Valley Racing Adventure | 2001-05-04 | TDK Mediactive, Inc. | Vision Scape Interactive, Inc. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | The Land Before Time: Great Valley Racing Adventure is a racing game from the Universal cartoon "The Land Before Time" with Littlefoot, Spike, Cera and Ducky.The gameplay consists in Obstacle Courses and Racetracks, Obstacle Courses is an arcade style race against the time or score (depending the difficulty level) and Racetracks is a race between two competitors against the CPU or 2 player mode. |
| MLB 2002 | 2001-05-08 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | 989 Studios | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | MLB 2002 was the fifth entry in Sony's MLB franchise with the standard set-up as the previous versions. A 3-D polygon based look with real-life animations (300 total) and 250 authentic signature moves of top MLB players of the time and authentic MLB teams, logos and stadiums. To provide authenticity, MLB players and officials lent their expertise to the game in order to create a more realistic and life-like appearance and feel to it.The standard game modes apply: Exhibition, Season, Tournament, Home Run Derby, etc., along with a two-player mode where friends can compete head-to-head. There is also a franchise mode where players can not only trade, but also manage finances and other front office decisions to run a baseball franchise. Vin Scully and Dave Campbell also lend their voices for in-game commentary. |
| Sanyō Pachinko Paradise 5: Ukiuki Tairyōki | 2001-05-10 | Irem Software Engineering, Inc. | Irem Software Engineering, Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Pachinko Paradise 5 is one of the many titles in Irem's long-running pachinko simulation series. It features reproductions of three pachinko machines made by Sanyo Bussan: CR Ukiuki Fishing M3, CR Ukiuki Fishing L5, CR Ukiuki Fishing L7. There are two modes available: Tsūjō (Normal) mode allows the player to modify a wide range of settings for each machine, while Jissen (Battle) mode challenges the player to win as many balls as possible on the default settings with a limited starting pool and time limit. There is also a View mode where the various animations that play on the in-game display can be freely viewed. There is no story mode. |
| Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX | 2001-05-15 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Runecraft Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | Bike / Bicycling | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Legendary BMX rider Mat Hoffman leads a cast of some of the best riders on the planet in this Tony Hawk's Pro Skater style title. Perform tricks and make the points to proceed through each level of Street, Vert, and Dirt courses, or take on a mate in 2 player split screen mode and see who has the best bike in town. Career mode allows you to build up your chosen character and make, as it mentions, a Career. And the BMX Course Editor allows you to build your own Street, Vert and Dirt courses for multiplayer action. |
| Digimon Tamers: Pocket Culumon | 2001-05-17 | Bandai Co., Ltd. | | Role-playing (RPG), Simulation | Side view | Licensed | | RPG elements | | | Direct control, Menu structures, Point and select | Meditative / Zen | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | In this final entry of the Pocket Digimon sub-series, you can interact with Culumon, that little Digimon from Digimon Tamers anime series.
Unlike in the previous Pocket Digimon games, you can only get Culumon to your PocketStation. Also, Culumon can not evole at all.
This PocketStation game might be more to akin of Chocobo World gameplay-wise. |
| Digimon World 2 | 2001-05-19 | Bandai Co., Ltd. | BEC Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Digimon World 2the second game in the Digimon World series brings us to an all-new world in which we must raise digimon to fight off the evil trying to invade. In the previous Digimon World, you played as a young boy who was called to the Digital World in order to save the digimon from a terrible fate and had a partner digimon which needed your care. In this second game, your role is that of a new Guard Tamer who's destined to protect the Digital city, and the Digital world. Now you can fight in all new 3-on-3 battles. There is now a way for you to raise your digimon party to higher levels, and digivolve them to the new 'mega' level, unseen in the previous game (where 'ultimate' level was the limit). The new DNA-Digivolving gives you even further ways to gain new and more powerful digimon. |
| Shin Megami Tensei | 2001-05-21 | Atlus Co., Ltd. | Atlus Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | | | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Post-apocalyptic | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Shin Megami Tensei is a remake of an earlier game with the same name. The changes mostly involve the visual aspect. The graphics have been updated to match the 2D standard of 32-bit consoles. Interior locations are much more detailed, with visible furniture and other items in rooms that were empty in the original version.The most notable change are the 3D dungeons, which can now be navigated with smooth scrolling, unlike the "jumping" navigation of the earlier versions. The remake also has an additional difficulty level, dubbed "normal"; the original difficulty level is called "hard". The easier difficulty level also reduces the amount of random battles. Story, dialogues, layout of locations, and general gameplay remain unchanged in this version. |
| World's Scariest Police Chases | 2001-05-21 | Activision Publishing, Inc., Fox Interactive, Inc. | Unique Development Studios AB | Action, Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Shooter | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | World's Scariest Police Chases is an open world driving game similar to Driver 2. The player joins Sheriff Jon Bunnell in high speed police chases, inconspicuously tailing criminals and high way shoot outs.The game takes place in a fictional city called Ashland. Players can freely patrol the vast city environment or take on a series of twenty missions. The first four missions tutorial levels, the rest of the missions involve taking on increasingly difficult criminals. Criminals range from a simple DUI or car thief to drug dealers, bank robbers and even a runaway tank.Once you reach a criminal you must either pursue them long enough until they give up, or ram or shoot them until they are forced to stop. A blue and red bar at the bottom of the screen show the status of the criminal vehicle. The blue bar indicates how long you've been chasing a vehicle, the red bar is the damage indicator of the criminal vehicle.A two-player co-operative mode exists, in which one player drives and the other shoots. There are hidden areas of the city to unlock, such as an airport and a church. Hidden came modes include a Halloween re-depiction and a low-gravity mode. |
| Bounty Hunter Sara: Holy Mountain no Teiō | 2001-05-24 | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | The year is 2060, and the huge city Neo Tokyo overflows with gangsters. The police is helpless - the criminals form well-organized group that are threatening to take power in the whole city. Only freelance bounty hunters, brave and reckless people who are willing to do a dangerous job to earn some money, dare to face the crime world of Neo Tokyo. You play as Sara Fitzgerald, one of such bounty hunters. The game plays as a digital novel, with still shots of real actors on an appropriate mystery/sci-fi background; you interact with the game world by making decisions for Sara. There are many different paths to take in the game, and in the end the player receives a "detective rank" according to the decisions he has taken. |
| TearRing Saga: Yutona Eiyū Senki | 2001-05-24 | Enterbrain, Inc. | Bits Laboratory, Tirnanog Co. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Tactical RPG | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Often referred to as simply “TearRing Saga” (TRS or TS), TearRing Saga: Yutona Eiyuu Senki is the first installment in the TearRing Saga series, developed by Tirnanog and created by Shouzou Kaga, the original director and creator of the Fire Emblem series. The game opens with the rise of the Cult of Gerxel, a group that wishes to revive the dead god Gerxel. The player follows two protagonists, Runan and Holmes, who flee from their homeland as it is conquered by the Cult and its patron, the Zoa Empire. As the story progresses, they gradually gather allies and work to liberate the various lands under imperial occupation. As the story progresses, they learn more about the history of the Cult of Gerxel, the Zoa people, and unrest within the Empire, ultimately culminating in a clash against the Cult's leader, Pontiff Guenchaos.Gameplay is essentially unchanged from its Fire Emblem roots: the player strategically controls a number of units on square-grid maps and attempts to fulfill the mission's win condition, which varies from map to map. Characters who fall in battle remain dead, though they can be resurrected late in the game by the use of a limited-use item called the Dakruon. Individual character subplots are greatly affected by whether they are placed into Runan's party or Holmes's, as the two groups visit different locations and can only exchange party members three times across the game's 40 chapters. |
| i-mode mo Issyo: Doko Demo Issyo Tsuika Disc | 2001-05-24 | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. | Bomber eXpress Co., Ltd. | Simulation | | | | Life / social simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | PS1 | This add-on disc for Doko Demo Issyo further enhances the original game's ability to take their friends anywhere. While the original game let players take their pocket friends with them in a PocketStation, i-mode mo Issyo introduces the ability to take their friends on the go using their mobile phone. Using the PlayStation's mobile phone connection cable, players can transfer data to a compatible DoCoMo i-mode phone. It features a themed business card exchange program and a shiritori mini-game - a Japanese word game in which players take turns making sentences that must begin with the final syllable of the previous sentence. |
| Astérix: Mega Madness | 2001-05-30 | Infogrames Europe SA | Unique Development Studios AB | Action, Racing / Driving, Sports | 3rd-person (Other), Behind view, Top-down | Licensed | | Fighting, Hunting, Party game | Classical antiquity, Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | The year is 50 B.C.. In the sole, well-known Gaulish village that stands against the Roman oppressors, Chief Vitalstatistix announces a contest to find out who is the bravest, boldest, and strongest Gaul. The volunteers for the contest are Astérix, Obélix, Cacofonix and Mrs. Geriatrix, who compete in a series of different mini-games, split in four days. These range from shooting various objects (and unfortunate pirates and Romans) at a marching Roman army, gathering ingredients for Getafix, eating fast at a feast table while avoiding rotten food items, hunting wild boars, racing with catapults, racing while carrying another Gaul on a shield, demolishing a Roman camp and more. Players can engage in practice mode (play each activity individually), Mega Madness mode (campaign mode with connected activities and cumulative ranking), and team play. Each mini-game can be played by one or two human players. |
| Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX: Maximum Remix | 2001-05-31 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Z-Axis, Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Tricks / stunts | | Bike / Bicycling | Sylvain Martel | | Everyone | | PS1 | This is the original Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX but it adds 8 new levels, new music, new challenges for the original 12 levels, new characters and a soundtrack to the game comes with it.The basic play is as follows: Grind, jump, and pull tricks like never before in 20 free roaming levels across 5 environments: Hometown, Greenville, Woodward, Pro Tour, and the Acclaim Max Games. Some levels give you challenges, such as to jump something, pull a certain spin, etc. The other levels are "competition runs" where you have 2 minutes to perform a cool runs with the greatest of tricks up your sleeve. There are many, many secrets in this game. |
| Salary Man Champ Tatakau Salary man | 2001-05-31 | Success Corporation | Success Corporation | Action | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Mini-games, Party game | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)In "Salary Man Champ", the stressful and repetitive salary man life is transformed into a party game for everyone to enjoy. Includes 27 types of blow-after-blow and quiz mini games. Please do give them a go.This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：67MBCopyright：©SUCCESS/©2000 Konami Digital Entertainment Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Simple 1500 Series: Vol.63 - The Gun Shooting 2 | 2001-05-31 | AMS Co. Ltd., D3Publisher Inc. | | Action | 1st-person | | | Mini-games, Shooter | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Aim and shoot! Shoot it quick! Rapid-fire! This title includes 30 stages packed with shooting fun!From “Shoot the gifts”, “Blow the coins” etc to games that cannot be played in conventional gun shooting games such as “Goldfish scooping” , a huge variety of games are available. Everyone will enjoy the four types of game modes in this game.This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：49MBCopyright：©2001 AMS©2001 D3 PUBLISHERPlease note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Battle Hunter | 2001-06-01 | A1 Games | Success Corp. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | | | | Fighting | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | PS1 | In Battle Hunter, play as a warrior that battles monsters and collects treasures from dungeons. To do this the player must go into a dungeon and find the target item that must be acquired. However, monsters are also lurking around plus the boss who will pop out if the game goes to long! The player may also fight other warriors to get their items (this is useful if someone else has the target item). The game supports up to four players. |
| Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat From Your Head To Your Feet | 2001-06-01 | Infogrames, Inc. | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | Adventure, Educational | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | The third game in the Pajama Sam Series, part of the Humongous'
popular "Junior Adventure" titles designed for children ages three to eight. You're playing Sam who once again assumes the role of Pajama Sam at times when he needs
facing his fears. This time you suddenly find yourself in the midst of a food squabble
when you try to chase down some snickering cookies! And you are called to find the 4
missing delegates of MopTop Island's emergency peace conference that has to be made to
calm the island population after the incident of the fats and the sweets. They are both
forcing the healthy foods off of the island.Pajama Sam 3 takes place in front of beautifully hand-drawn interactive backgrounds where
each screen has a multitude of fun things to click on like Humongous' other adventures.
There are also some mini-games within the main game to catch more of the player's attention.
The main mini-game is to collect 20 tops from Sam's favorite Chocamok cookie boxes so that
he could get a "Pajama Man Action Figure with Titanic Elbow Thrust"! You usually come
across these boxes since they could be hidden anywhere around the island.Children are invited to learn healthful food awareness, listening and decision-making
skills and other educational concepts and lessons in the game. Along their journey,
they can interact more than 20 different comic-style characters, like a gentle doughnut
who can help Sam find the way on the water or a professional entertainer called Mickey
Hollandaise who can get the audience into hysterics with his big shoes! |
| Dance Dance Revolution: Extra Mix | 2001-06-07 | Konami Corporation | KCE Tokyo, Inc. | Action, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | | PS1 | This "Extra Mix" follows the tradition of other Dance Dance Revolution titles: players have to press (or dance to) the corresponding arrows that scroll across the screen. A wide selection of techno and club music comes on this release: roughly fifty songs are available either from the start or by accomplishing specific challenges.Dance Dance Revolution: Extra Mix features the standard Solo as well as Diet, Training, Challenge, Endless and "Nonstop Order" modes. |
| Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire | 2001-06-12 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Eurocom Developments Ltd | Action | | Licensed | | Platform, Puzzle elements | Steampunk | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Atlantis: The Lost Empire is a 3D action game with puzzle-solving elements, based on Disney's film of the same name. The player can take control of one of six different characters (Milo Thatch, Gaetan Molière, Vincenzo Santorini, Audrey Ramirez, Wilhelmina Packard and Kidagakash), trying to reach the lost city of Atlantis and save it from destruction. Each character possesses his or her own unique abilities and the player can switch between them using radio's found around the levels. The gameplay is reminiscent of Tomb Raider games, involving combat and predominantly physical and environmental puzzles. There is also a section where the player controls a submarine and has to take on the leviathan guarding the entry to Atlantis. |
| Dracula: The Resurrection | 2001-06-14 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | index+ | Adventure | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Horror | Puzzle elements | | | | | Mature | | PS1 | You're a young man and Dracula has done his deed to your girl. Now, you must travel to Transylvania. Once there, you'll have to scour the countryside and find a way into the castle. Once there, now you must find and defeat the evil one himself. But, before you can do that, you must face his three friends and three demons. |
| Dance Dance Revolution: Disney Mix | 2001-06-17 | Konami of America, Inc. | KCE Tokyo, Inc. | Sports | | Licensed | | Music / rhythm | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | What do you get when you combine the dancing of Dance Dance Revolution with Disney music? The follow-up to the craze hit Dance Dance Revolution that features several remixes of Disney songs for you to stomp along with. |
| Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare | 2001-06-18 | Infogrames, Inc. | Darkworks S.A. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery, Horror | Puzzle elements, Survival horror | | | | | Mature | Cinematic camera | PS1 | Edward Carnby, private eye of the paranormal, is back.Carnby's best friend, Charles Fiske, has been found dead near Shadow Island, a mysterious island near Maine. It is your duty to take up the investigation and find out the secrets of Shadow Island. But you're not going alone... your companion will be a redhead by the name of Aline Cedrac who has her own reasons for tagging along. Aside from being a woman and inexperienced in the world of danger, she is the only one with the knowledge for translating the ancient Abkhani tabloids which may hold the secrets behind Carnby's friend's death and the disappearance of Aline's father.Upon arriving on the island, your plane has been shot down by the things unknown, and the heroes have no other choice but to jump with a parachute, thus separating them on the island.Now you choose the character to play with, either as Edward Carnby or Aline Cedrac, as they explore the mysterious and gloomy island with all its secrets and parallel stories that contain different locations and tasks for different characters, thus adding the level of replayability in a different experience - Carnby's story is more action oriented while Cedrac has more puzzles to solve. Just like in the predecessors you move your characters through pre-rendered backgrounds while the camera perspective switches around. You collect various items and books which are used to solve puzzles. Many situations can only be solved with violence which means you'll have to use guns to get rid of your foes. Aiming is manual and especially when playing Cedrac ammo is scarce. Saving a game uses up a save medallion which can be found during the game. |
| Time Crisis: Project Titan | 2001-06-18 | Namco Limited | Namco Limited, Flying Tiger Development | Action | 1st-person | | | Rail shooter | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | In a similar style to the original Time Crisis, you once again take the role of Richard Miller, who has been framed for the murder of the president of Caruba. It is your job to shoot your way through the many levels of bad guys with your GunCon, and find the real killer before time runs out. |
| WarJetz | 2001-06-27 | 3DO Company, The | 3DO Company, The | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | Real-time | | | PS1 | War Jetz is the much-anticipated sequel to 3DO's World Destruction League: Thunder Tanks. Instead of cruising around 3-D landscapes in your tank looking for your opponents you can now think in 4 dimensions. You now have the ability to hop into the cockpit of several futuristic air combat machines in this next step in WDL history. |
| Leiji Matsumoto 999 ~ Story of Galaxy Express 999 ~ | 2001-06-28 | Banpresto Co., Ltd. | Polygon Magic, Inc. | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | Based on Leiji Matsumoto's universe ("Leijiverse"), the game mixes up the story of the anime classic "Galaxy Express 999" with various characters and subplots from other Matsumoto's comic books (including "Captain Harlock", "Queen Emeraldas", "Drifting Express 000", "Time Sweeper Mahoroba" or "Space Battleship Yamato" - aka "Starblazers")You assume the role of Tetsurô Hoshino, a young boy that witnesses the murder of his mother by Count Mecha, a cyborg who hunts humans for sport. In his quest for revenge, Tetsurô meets Maetel, a mysterious lady who offers him a pass for the prestigious "Galaxy Express 999", a space train that travels from Earth to the Andromeda galaxy. There Tetsurô could get a mechanized body for free and thus be able to challenge Count Mecha...The game itself is a 3D adventure with lots of dialogs (dubbed by the original japanese cast of the series) and some action scenes. |
| Roland Garros French Open 2001 | 2001-06-30 | Cryo Interactive Entertainment | Spark Entertainment SARL | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | 3D tennis Simulation game based on the Roland Garros franchise.
Featuring:
- Multiplayer mode up to 4 player on the same PC.
- Full motion captured animations.
- 4 tournaments including the Official Roland Garros French Open and the Official Us Open tournament,
- 16 courts, 4 for each tournament with its particular surface (clay, grass, synthetic, cement)
- A Training mode
- An exibition mode to battle against the cpu or human opponents in the configuration you like (courts, number of games and sets).
- 32 players and 32 racquets
- Single and double play, with all possible combinations of human and CPU players.
- Included an encyclopedia on the history of the Roland Garros French Open Tournament. (PC Only)
- New IA, with strong opponent.
- New replay with special visual effect
- new particle system with dust, glows, ball trails and motion blur. |
| Disney's Goofy's Fun House | 2001-07-01 | NewKidCo, Inc. | Code Monkeys Ltd., The | Adventure, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Goofy stars in this 3D interactive adventure where he notices 5 photos in his home are missing three elements each. He must search his house and around his neighborhood for the missing items and place them back in the correct photos. Each fully restored photo will trigger a classic Goofy cartoon concerning the photo's topic such as "Art of Skiing" and "The Blue Ribbon." Finding a specific number of film canisters throughout the game will also trigger a sixth photo. There are 15 different environments such as the home's main floor, upstairs, basement, garage, attic, kitchen, Max's bedroom, recreation room, and back- and front yard. Objects that Goofy can interact with are highlighted, such as the furnace and refrigerator. There are five additional sports-themed mini-games including golf, skiing, racing, and fishing that are triggered when certain items are found. Also, there's a phone quiz in the foyer that gives players multiple choice trivia questions about Disney characters such as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Pluto and others. |
| Shooter: Space Shot | 2001-07-03 | A1 Games | C.I.I., CyberDreams, Inc. | Action | Side view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Ace fighter pilots Cyber, Nigo, and Wells have been sent on a mission by the Republic Special Forces to destroy a secret weapon before it is completed. Between missions the three pilots will chat about the status of the mission as well as other topics in FMV cutscenes.The player's craft is equipped with two Vulcan guns. Two additional Vulcan guns are attached to FANG extensions, which operate similarly to the options of the Gradius games. Additionally the ship can fire a very powerful Over Drive beam or turn invulnerable and dash through enemies and bullets with the Booster. Both can be used to start a bonus chain counter to earn additional points, and both also increase the Over Drive Gauge which will cause the ship to overheat and lose functionality if filled. Unlike most scrolling shooter games the player's ship can withstand several hits before it is destroyed. |
| Simple 1500 Series: Vol.65 - The Golf | 2001-07-07 | D3Publisher Inc. | Highwaystar Co., Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Aim for a super shot in this title which comes with a total of 18 holes + other contents. "Amateur Course” for beginners and “Professional Course” for advanced players are included. Realizing easy-for-all operability, high-level techniques such as curve and back spin are also performed the way you wish.Check grass grain, wind speed and attack with super shot! You can choose from 4 distinctive characters.This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：16MBCopyright：©2001 HIGHWAYSTAR©2001 D3 PUBLISHERPlease note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Final Fantasy Chronicles | 2001-07-10 | Square Electronic Arts L.L.C. | Square Co., Ltd. | Compilation, Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time, Turn-based | Teen | | PS1 | Final Fantasy Chronicles contains two role-playing games:
Final Fantasy IV
Chrono Trigger
The most noticeable changes in this release are included in Final Fantasy IV. The difficulty level and the complexity of gameplay were raised to match the original Japanese version, as opposed to the simplified Western SNES release (entitled Final Fantasy II). The game's script has been re-translated, aiming to include dialogues omitted from the original Western release. In addition, there are new CG movies in the beginning and in the end of the game.Chrono Trigger underwent less changes. Gameplay and story remain the same, but several anime-style movies have been added. The game also contains a number of extra features: a "movie theater" mode which allows the player to watch the game's movies and listen to its soundtrack, as well as unlockable bestiary, dungeon maps, and art gallery. |
| In Cold Blood | 2001-07-13 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Revolution Software Ltd. | Action, Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | Spy / espionage | Puzzle elements, Shooter, Stealth | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | In the near future, Cold War has reignited between USA and People's Republic of China. CIA has requested assistance of British MI6 to send an agent into Volgia, a fictional state under control of General Nagarov which he founded after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The player takes control of John Cord, MI6 agent chosen for the assignment. His investigation turns out to be anything but simple.In Cold Blood has characteristics of an adventure game, a stealth game, and a shooter. It relies on puzzle-solving but also includes action segments. Progress in the game is mostly achieved by collecting items and talking to various characters to find clues. Many conversations consist of multiple-choice dialogues. At certain points it is necessary to use stealth to proceed undetected, or attempt to solve the situation violently. Combat is fairly simple and consists of melee fighting (punches) or shooting. |
| Power Shovel | 2001-07-19 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | Taito Corporation | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | Agricultural / industrial | | Real-time | Everyone | | PS1 | Power Shovel is an arcade/simulation where you get to drive excavators of various sizes to do more or less realistic tasks. These include; digging holes, loading sand on trucks, tearing down old buildings, destroying abandoned cars and serving soup in a restaurant (using the scoop as a soup ladle), and many more.There are a few different modes in the game you can choose from, like "License king" where you earn your driver's license. "Arcade king" is where you do will spend most of the time, since it's where most of the games are. As you progress through the many timed games you earn money, which you use to unlock special features like extra credits, photo galleries and sound effects. |
| Mary-Kate and Ashley: Crush Course | 2001-08-01 | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc., Dualstar Interactive | n-Space, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Arcade, Music / rhythm | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Mary-Kate and Ashley: Crush Course is a game for one or two players.The girls learn that their arch enemy, Courtney, has been seen near their lockers. On investigation they find pieces of a torn up note, an invitation to a beach party no less, but they have no idea who it's from. This sets the scene for a series of challenges, the rewards for which are further pieces of the note which eventually reveal which of the cute guys has a crush on them. The challenges are:
Freshman Year: The Physics Class where a game of mini-golf is used to explore gravity, velocity and friction. The Cheerleading Tryouts where the player(s) have to match the moves made by the gym teacher
Sophomore Hall: The Marine Biology Class which is a timed game where the object is to collect creatures and litter, one goes into the bin and the other is returned to the sea.Journalism Class where the player(s) must explore the school and take photographs of the people on their assignment list.
The Junior & Senior Hall:The Talent Show where the object is to follow the instructors moves and beat Courtney.Journalism, again, but this time the player is taking pictures for the school year book.Finally a series of seaside arcade games, Ball Toss, Treasure Hunt, and Hoops
All the mini games can be played as a series in game-mode or individually. In game-mode the games are graded, a B or higher is needed to win a piece of the message, and initially the player(s) will only have access to the games in the Freshman year. They are all one or two player games and are keyboard controlled.
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| From TV Animation One Piece: Tobidase Kaizoku-dan! | 2001-08-02 | Bandai Co., Ltd. | Aim at Entertainment, Inc. | Adventure, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | Sea pirates / Caribbean | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | One Piece: Tobidase Kaizoku-dan! is a video game based on the One Piece anime and manga series. While the Strawhats are relaxing on the Going Merry they are attacked by an unknown vessel. Scattering the crew leaving only Usopp onboard the Going Merry. In the game you take control of a young gang of pirates called the Gejitsu Pirates. Together with Usopp they go on a quest to locate the other Strawhats and hunt down the pirate Skullface who is responsible for the attack.In most part of the game the player will sail around with the Going Merry and visit locations from the series. During the sailing the player will encounter hostile pirate crews. Battles against these pirates take place in turn based battles in which the player controls the three Gejitsu Pirates (Yuta, Reika and Ryuji). Sometimes enemy ships have to be fought in first person navel battles. |
| Summon Night 2 | 2001-08-02 | Banpresto Co., Ltd. | Flight-Plan Inc. | Role-playing (RPG) | | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | PS1 | The sequel to the turn-based strategy RPG Summon Night continues a few years after the events of the original game. Summoners are now a much more common occurrence, and you now get casted as either a male or female apprentice summoner out to finish his/her training.Besides your starting character (who defines the path you will take in the game) you also get a sidekick right from the start, and you get to choose a guardian creature that will further define your character's abilities and influence the dialogue choices you get to make.Gameplay is the same as in the original, with a free-roaming "world-map" mode in which you explore towns and chat with NPCs for items and quests and a battle mode in which you are placed in an isometric tile-based map from which you issue orders to your character and all allies, and attempt to destroy your enemies by using your weapons or the magical abilities of the creatures you can summon into the battlefield.The Nintendo DS release adds a quicksave feature and a dialogue back-log, the "Summon Communication" feature from the DS port of the first game, and a handful of new items and spells. |
| NFL GameDay 2002 | 2001-08-07 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | 989 Studios | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | This year's edition features motion-capture animation and commentary by Dan Fouts and Dick Enberg.There are four primary modes of play, including season, arcade, franchise, and exhibition. The franchise mode keeps track of full individual player and team statistics over multiple seasons. Players will be drafted, improve throughout the course of their career, and retire into the game's hall of fame. The franchise mode also keeps track of statistics for the coach and the franchise. Career win/loss records, playoff appearances, and Super Bowl wins are tracked. Season mode allows players to compete for one individual season, while exhibition mode allows for a single game to be played. Arcade mode features simplified controls for those players looking to simply mix it up. |
| Virtual Kasparov | 2001-08-10 | Titus Software Corporation | Titus Interactive, S.A. | Simulation, Strategy | Top-down | Licensed | | Chess | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | PS1 | Virtual Kasparov is a chess game with thirty-one opponents of varying difficulty to face in a story mode. Victory over this multi-cultural group of chess players will lead to Garry Kasparov himself.Various styles of boards are included along with several 3D boards. Multiplayer is supported via link-cable or on a single system. |
| Madden NFL 2002 | 2001-08-14 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Budcat Creations, LLC | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Madden NFL 2002 is another yearly update in the long-running football franchise. With main series developer Tiburon focusing their efforts on the new generation of consoles, it fell to developer Budcat to update the game for the new year on the veteran platforms PlayStation and Nintendo 64. The 2002 version is closely based on the previous year's game, with almost the same menus and many of the same modes and options, but also several new features, including a redesigned kick meter and mulligans, allowing one to take back and replay a limited number of plays per game.The included teams have been updated for the 2001 NFL season and include the 31 regular teams plus the 2002 expansion team, the Houston Texans, NFC and AFC all-star teams and two All-Madden teams (2000 and Super Bowl). Exclusive to the PlayStation version are more than 90 classic NFL teams, 31 all-time franchise teams and the 6 NFL Europe teams.The returning modes include Exhibition, Season, Franchise, Custom League, Tournament, Situation (Great Games is again only featured on PlayStation), and Two-Minute Drill (with an added Head-to-Head option, facing off two players with one playing offense and the other defense). The Practice mode has been expanded to the Coaches Corner mode: the team practice option is the same as the previous year's practice while the new training mode is a tutorial that guides players through various plays by explaining when to use and how best to perform them. A special mode exclusive to this version of the game is called Madden Classic. It is a fully featured game-within-a-game that goes back to the early days of the series: regarding visuals, options, and menus, it is based on Madden 92 for Genesis, but features the teams and rosters of the current season.The Madden Cards feature returns from the previous game. Tokens to buy cards can be won by completing a number of challenges or through the training mode. The card roster has been expanded from the previous year and now includes cheerleader cards that hype up their team when used. |
| Crossroad Crisis | 2001-08-15 | Agetec, Inc. | Success Corp. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | Real-time | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | In Crossroad Crisis you have to help a chicken get home to his family. The game is somewhat similar to Pipe Mania. The playing field is a 6x6 grid over a pond, and you have to move around and rotate tiles so that the chicken doesn't fall into the water. Each tile is a part of the path that the chicken will walk. They come in these different shapes: curved road, straight road and crossroad. In total there's 10 stages in the game. A stage is completed when you have cleared a number of tiles (which increases for each stage). The tiles will be cleared when the chicken walks over two or more tiles of the same color. Once the clear quota has been reached, a buoy will be placed on the playing field. To end the stage you have to put the buoy at the end of the path so that the chicken can walk into it. |
| Hello Kitty: Bowling | 2001-08-30 | D3Publisher Inc. | Tamsoft Corporation | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Hello Kitty Bowling is a bowling game featuring the feline Sanrio mascot. It can be played either as normal 10-pin bowling or in a Quest Mode, which follows a story and has different pin setups for the different stages. It can be played alone or with up to three other people against each other.When bowling, the player has the option to set the power with up and down on the controller. The player can also walk side to side with left and right and change the angle the player is in with the L1 and R1 buttons. After setting everything, the player has to time shots with a red bar that goes back and forth across the screen. If the player does not time it well, the player will most likely end up with a gutterball instead of a clean hit. |
| Hello Kitty: Illust Puzzle | 2001-08-30 | D3Publisher Inc. | Tamsoft Corporation | Puzzle | Top-down | Licensed | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Hello Kitty Illust Puzzle is a nonogram (Hanjie) puzzle game (like a mix of soduko and paint-by-numbers). The player has to reveal a hidden picture by figuring out what squares to fill in and which to leave blank, using number clues on the sides of the picture grid.There are a total of 45 puzzles spread across three difficulties for the player to solve. Every fifth puzzle the player solves unlocks artwork which can be viewed in a gallery in the main menu. |
| King Size: Army Men Air Attack 2 + Army Men Omega Soldier | 2001-08-30 | Infogrames Europe SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This is a compilation combining both Army Men: Air Attack 2 and Army Men: Omega Soldier in one package. |
| King Size: Army Men Sarge's Heroes 2 + Army Men Lock 'n' Load | 2001-08-30 | Infogrames Europe SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This is a compilation combining both Army Men: Sarge's Heroes 2 and Army Men: Lock 'n' Load in one package. |
| King Size: Driver 2 + Anstoß Premier Manager | 2001-08-30 | Infogrames Europe SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This is a compilation combining both Driver 2 and Anstoß Premier Manager in one package. |
| King Size: TechnoMage + Anstoß Premier Manager | 2001-08-30 | Infogrames Europe SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This is a compilation combining both TechnoMage: Return of Eternity and Anstoß Premier Manager in one package. |
| King Size: UEFA Challenge + Anstoß Premier Manager | 2001-08-30 | Infogrames Europe SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This is a compilation combining both UEFA Challenge and Anstoß Premier Manager in one package. |
| King Size: WarJetz + Army Men Sarge's Heroes 2 | 2001-08-30 | Infogrames Europe SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This is a compilation combining both WarJetz and Army Men: Sarge's Heroes 2 in one package. |
| Nukumori no Naka de | 2001-08-30 | PrincessSoft | Assemblage Corporation | Adventure | 1st-person | | Romance | Visual novel | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Nukumori no Naka de (ぬくもりの中で) is a romantic visual novel ported from PC (Windows) / Macintosh game Suki da yo! which was released a year earlier and included adult content. This console release removes the adult scenes and changes the game title. The story remains the same otherwise, where protagonist is one of the more popular guys on the campus who encounters many girls, looking for a relationship that isn't all about sex (which scenes are removed from this console version). Female heroines include: Mina Shinbashi (新橋 美奈), protagonist's classmate with happy disposition, but constantly switches between love and hate towards you, Reina Shinbashi (新橋 玲奈), Mina's older sister, tender and kind, Rina Shinbashi (新橋 梨奈), youngest Shinbashi sister who often gets in a fight with the protagonist, Hijiri Mejiro (目白 聖), protagonist's classmate and part of the same club, Mina's closest friend, very smart but has an evil streak and can become very dangerous and unpredictable once angry, and Asagi Tabata (田端 あさぎ). As with most visual novels, based on player's choices and preferences, a path will lead to one of the multiple endings. |
| Simple 1500 Series: Vol.70 - The War Simulation | 2001-08-30 | D3Publisher Inc. | Bestmedia Co., Ltd., Sol | Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Authentic Robot SLG debuts!!In the battle named “The last war”, over half of the total human population is killed. And there is a youth who lights the signal fire of evolution to strive for peace.You will control a MD (Mega Doll) and fight as soldier of the revolution army. The amount of custom parts increase as you clear a stage. This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：171MBCopyright：©2001 SOL/BESTMEDIA©2001 D3 PUBLISHERPlease note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Simple 1500 Series: Vol.71 - The Renai Simulation 2 | 2001-08-30 | D3Publisher Inc. | HuneX Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | | | | | | Buy at Buy at | PS1 | The story revolves around Shunhei Yahagi (矢萩 俊平), a 19-year old high-school graduate who failed to enter the college of his choosing. Due to the circumstance, he takes on the role of an assistant teacher in a summer course school managed by Natsumi Yahagi (矢萩 なつみ), his older sister. There he helps younger students, who just happen to be all girls, learn for their exams. While taking the position of an assistant teacher, his relationship with the student, as well as other girls he meets start to evolve.This romance oriented visual novel adventure game comes with all the expected gameplay elements that are usually found in the genre such as hiding on-screen text in order to see clear background picture or branching story based on player's actions and dialogue choices. The background locations use the processed actual photos, while the characters use typical anime art. Background image is obscured by a frame pattern which makes the location art displayed in widescreen. During the gameplay, the current location, time of day, and the title of a background track currently playing are displayed. |
| Simple 1500 Series: Vol.72 - The Beach Volleyball | 2001-08-30 | D3Publisher Inc. | Break | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Here comes beach volleyball, the sports for mid-summer!A total of 26 characters from 8 countries appear in this game, which is fully-packed with combination play that is unique to beach volleyball.Different to volleyball, it is necessary to predict and calculate wind speed to determine whether you should attack or fake in.Realizing simple but in-depth controls, you can learn while you play in Training Mode.This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：54MBCopyright：©2001 BREAK©2001 D3 PUBLISHERPlease note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Panzer Front | 2001-08-31 | Agetec, Inc. | ASCII Entertainment Software, Inc., Soyuz | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | Historical events, World War II | Tank | | | | | PS1 | Panzer Front is a realistic World War II tank combat simulation spanning the summer offensive into Russia of 1941 to the fall of Berlin in 1945. Nearly 25 historical missions are provided in which the player can control American, German, or Russian forces. Nearly 30 realistically modeled tanks are playable along with 7 fictional ones and dozens of other vehicles that make up friendly and enemy forces. |
| Barbie Explorer | 2001-09-01 | Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | Runecraft Ltd. | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Barbie Explorer is a game much in the style of the Tomb Raider series. Barbie is a reporter doing a story about a local museum when she learns of a mystical mirror that is missing four shards. If it is reassembled, it will have great power. She sets out across the world to find them.Barbie has a wide variety of moves, such as jumping, diving and rolling and she can collect new shoes to gain new abilities, like spring shoes for extra jumping height or hiking boots for better traction. After she jumps and climbs her way through the obstacles of a level, she must fight a boss for a piece of the mirror.A two-player mode is included where Barbie competes with Theresa to complete levels, with the goal to lose the fewest number of lives and collect the most gems. |
| Hot Wheels: Extreme Racing | 2001-09-01 | THQ Inc. | Atod AB | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Arcade | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Based on the Hot Wheels toy car collection, this racing game takes you on a wild ride though various, rather filthy, environments, fighting opponents to finish first in each race.The basic gameplay is similar to most racing games. The player controls a car and races around tracks as fast as possible. By collecting pick-ups new properties can be obtained, such as nitro boosts, oil slicks, projectiles and other weapons. The computer-controlled cars can also collect the pick-ups and use them.Cars have the ability to transform into four different types of vehicles: racing, truck, plane and boat. While transforming the body of the car stays the same while the side of the car "grows" wheels, wings or fins. The stages are divided into different parts, each designed for a specific vehicle. The parts are separated by a "transformation portal". When the player drives though such a portal the car will change into another type. |
| M&M's: The Lost Formulas | 2001-09-01 | Simon & Schuster Interactive | Boston Animation Ltd. | Action, Educational | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Raphael Schlowsky (as Raphael Schklowsky) | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | In M&Ms: The Lost Formulas, the 2 lead candies are about to set off on a vacation until the red candy realizes that the yellow candy left the M&Ms Minis in charge of the candy factory. The Minis promptly steal the secret M&Ms formulas and cause havoc at the factory. It is up to the yellow candy to set the situation right.The gameplay has been described as being similar to the Crash Bandicoot series. The action in the game takes place over 8 levels. The first 7 levels involve some kind of math skill (configurable at various skill levels to cover addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division). The first level depicts the yellow candy frantically driving back to the candy factory. Along the way are math formulas on the side of the road, followed closely by 3 crates on the road, each with a number. Striking the crate with the correct answer for the previous formula will allow passage, while the 2 wrong answers are steel crates that will end your vehicle. The same action is repeated in a later level involving a forklift.Another type of level has the yellow candy jumping from number platform to number platform according to the math formulas that a disembodied female voice calls out. Another type of level is a 3D running/jumping action level in which the yellow candy will run down a hallway while observing clues about math formulas along the way. At the end of the hallway will be 3 doors, each with a possible answer. Choose wisely.All along the way are M&Ms candies to be collected in large quantities. Every 100 M&Ms candies earns the player an extra life.The PlayStation version is basically the same game but minus the Math mode. |
| Rocket Power: Team Rocket Rescue | 2001-09-04 | THQ Inc. | Darkblack Ltd | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Rocket Power: Team Rocket Rescue is a game designed to represent the Nickelodeon Rocket Power license. In the game, you take control of the popular characters Otto and Reggie Rocket, and their friends "Squid" and "Twister". The main focus of story mode is following their adventure to get the Rocket's father's board business more customers by entering xtreme sports competitions under his sponsorship. The more they win, the more people will want to buy Ray's gear. Story mode tasks include part collecting, snowboard slalom, and high score challenges. Each level is timed and the tasks must be completed before time is up. The is also a free play mode which allows players to learn the levels and moves, and face off against one other friend. |
| Block Wars | 2001-09-06 | Pony Canyon, Inc. | Märchen Breaker, Opera House Inc. | Action, Strategy | | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | Fantasy | | | | | | PS1 | One of the countless games based on the classic Breakout formula, Block Wars turns the game on its side -- literally. Two players play opposing games facing toward the center of the screen, attempting to clear their blocks and push the board towards their opponent's paddle. The winner is whoever clears all their blocks first or pushes the opponent's blocks all the way toward their paddle. There are three game modes, including 2-player Versus Mode. The game features character designs by famed illustrator Go Nagai. |
| Nicktoons Racing | 2001-09-07 | Infogrames, Inc., Hasbro Interactive Ltd. | Software Creations Ltd. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | Arcade | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | Steve Webster | PS1 | Nicktoons Racing is another Mario Kart clone using cartoon characters from Nickelodeon. The gameplay follows the standards closely: the player controls one of the characters to win races on tracks filled with scattered power-ups and ramps. A meter at the top of the screen shows the current position and the amount of nitro fuel available. Extra fuel can be collected as shiny orbs on the road. The gift boxes contain random power-ups, like coconuts to throw at the other racers, flash lights to temporally blind them, and traps like baby powder, trash cans and green goo to slow down the competition.The game has four modes for single player. The main cups mode is the championship, where the objective is to arrive at least in third place to qualify for the next race. In time trial mode, the goal is to complete laps as fast as possible, with a ghost car showing the fastest performance to be surpassed. Race for fun is a practice mode, where any of the tracks can be explored without the pressure to win. In relay mode, the player switches characters after each lap.There are three modes for multiplayer. The cups and relay modes are similar to their solo counterparts, but splitting the screen horizontally in the middle to show the two players. The versus mode is the "one on one" mode, where two players compete directly against each other without any other racers. |
| Tales of Destiny II | 2001-09-10 | Namco Hometek Inc. | Namco Limited, Production I.G, Inc. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Action RPG | Fantasy | | | | Teen | Hisashi Ezura | PS1 | Reid and Farrah are two friends who live together in a little town. One day, a mysterious young girl falls down from the sky and is found by the two friends. After a while, they discover that her name is Meredy and that she has come to prevent the collision of her world Celestia with Inferia, the planet on which Reid and Farrah live. The three decide to set out on a quest to collect elemental spiritual beings that alone can stop the terrible disaster.Tales of Destiny II (Tales of Eternia in Japan) is a Japanese-style role-playing game that uses the series' trademark LMBS (Limited Motion Battle System) combat. Like in the previous games, random battles take the player to separate side-scrolling screens where the player directly controls one character in a way similar to fighting games. Other characters are controlled by the AI, but the player can also choose to switch between characters at any time, micro-manage their actions, or assign general strategies. As opposed to earlier installments, spellcasting is done in real time (lasting longer than regular attacks), and characters are able to directly dodge enemy spells. |
| Evergreen Avenue | 2001-09-13 | Datam Polystar, Media Works Inc. | VRIDGE Inc. | Simulation | | | | Managerial / business simulation | Fantasy | | | | | | PS1 | This is a world where spirits and magic exist, but have slowly been disappearing. Long ago, relations were cut between the living world and the spirit world, but recently the king of spirits has been considering restoring this connection. Moldelvia, a small town on the northern continent, has been chosen for an investigation into this possibility, and the king of spirits has sent seven spirits into the forest north of the town. They are to find a human guide for the king of spirits. They happen to come across two suitable candidates: a boy with the magic power to control puppets, and a girl who has overcome an impoverished upbringing with admirable spirit. These two must teach the spirits the ways of the human world, and ultimately invite the king of spirits back into their plane of existence.Evergreen Avenue is a simulation game. Choosing either a male (Catan) or female (Ira) character, you must help each of the seven spirits learn the ways of human life by scheduling sessions with them each week and playing mini-games to determine your effectiveness. Events will pop up from time to time, where you have personal conversations with the various spirits or with your rival. At the end of each month, you are graded in comparison with your rival, and you must sufficiently educate the spirits by the time six months have passed. |
| Spider-Man 2: Enter: Electro | 2001-09-18 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Vicarious Visions, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Spider-Man is out to save New York City (and in the process the world) once again. This time it is Electro that is out to take Earth, and the galaxy itself, for his own. As you fight your way towards the final battle with Electro, you will come across a range of enemies, objectives and bosses. Climb buildings, save hostages, disarm bombs, all while avoiding hidden traps and enemies.Spider-Man has a range of new techniques and power-ups for use, including Electric webs, ice webs, tasers, and electricity armor, plus all of the original moves from the first Playstation Spider-Man adventure. Punch and kick are your main attack abilities, but coupled with your web you can swing into and out of fights, tie up the enemy and surprise them from above. You can of course crawl along walls and roofs to get to hard to reach places, and find the hidden comic books (which opens up pictures in the gallery). |
| Dance Dance Revolution: 5th Mix | 2001-09-20 | Konami Corporation | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | The 5th edition of the popular arcade dance music game comes home. Watch the arrows as they appear and step in the right direction at the right time. Difficulty ranges from beginner to insane. Diet mode offers you a fun way to exercise and lose weight. Edit mode allows you to create your own dance steps to your favorite songs, and there are plenty of extra songs and features to unlock. |
| X-Men: Mutant Academy 2 | 2001-09-20 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Paradox Development | Action | | Licensed | | Fighting | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | X-Men: Mutant Academy 2 is a fighting game featuring characters from the X-Men universe. In this sequel to X-Men: Mutant Academy, six new X-Men characters join the ranks, including Rogue, Forge, Nightcrawler, Havok, and two secret fighters. Six new arenas - the X-Mansion, Muir Island, an eerily lit church and Asteroid M (Magneto's Stage), plus two secret levels, have been added. The sequel also introduces a so-called "Cerebro mode", where the player can check out behind-the-scenes character sketches, costume designs and movie set sketches from the X-Men movie. Professor X himself teaches the player the many moves available to the character in the Academy Training mode. |
| NBA ShootOut 2002 | 2001-09-21 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Killer Game | Simulation, Sports | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | NBA Shootout 2002 is another iteration of the Shootout series with the obligatory roster change for the 2000-2001 season including the standard game modes such as exhibition, season, tournament and multiplayer options. It features a full NBA license with all the teams with their respective names and logos and boasts an authentic feel with motion-capture animation and texture mapping of the top NBA players of the time. It also features a create-a-player function with 28 different attributes that can be assigned including a create-a-dunk option. Ian Eagle lends his voice talents to the game for play-by-play commentary. |
| Tintin: Destination Adventure | 2001-09-21 | Infogrames Europe SA | Infogrames Paris House | Action | | Licensed | | Platform | | | | | | | PS1 | The popular European comic book character, Tintin, has his first game in 3D. Tintin is at a presentation of Professor Calculus' new invention, which isn't working, as usual. His dog Snowy falls asleep and dreams about their past wild adventures. The story is based on 5 books: The Black Island, Red Rackham’s Treasure, Land of Black Gold, Explorers on the Moon, and Flight 714. Tintin and Snowy are the major characters in the game through over 20 levels with a boss at the end of each one as well as bonus games. You'll travel to varied locations such as the desert, an exotic island and even the moon. Levels feature races on a boat, plane, jeep, and underwater shark submarine as well as some standard platform gameplay. Tintin is capable of a rather broad variety of movements: walk, run, jump, balance himself, grip and climb. It is also possible for him to: scare away certain animals, capture enemies using the flash of his camera, use his fists, and throw chloroform bottles to neutralize certain characters. Another part of the play is to collect parts of a statue of Snowy which will give access to bonus levels if these are all collected. |
| EVE: The Fatal Attraction | 2001-09-27 | Game Village | C's Ware | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery | | | | | | | | PS1 | "Eve: The Fatal Attraction" is a chapter in EVE series, and is based on the hentai PC game Adam: The Double Factor. The sex scenes were removed, and the scenario expanded in this game up to the point of being a sequel to "Adam".You control the two main heroes of the game, the young careless detective Kojiroh and the sexy red-haired super-spy Marina. The events of the game are connected to their previous investigation (in Eve Burst Error). Kojiroh's ex-girlfriend and colleague, Yayoi Katsuragi, receives a case: somebody is threatening the life of two young girls, Mika and Miki, the daughters of the owner of the powerful Andou Corporation. Naturally, Yayoi needs Kojiroh's help, and here the investigation truly begins!Like in other Eve games, you control two characters in two "scenarios", and sometimes the cooperation between them is necessary. The game utilizes the same "Touchable View" that was implemented in "Adam": you interact with the environment and with the characters not by selecting menu options, but by moving the cursor around and clicking on objects, like in Western point-and-click adventures. |
| EVE: The Fatal Attraction (Genteiban) | 2001-09-27 | Game Village | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This limited edition release includes:
EVE: The Fatal Attraction game
Audio drama CD
Detective office notebook
Premium fan book (64 pages)
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| Favorite Dear: Enkan no Monogatari | 2001-09-27 | NEC Interchannel, Ltd. | NEC Interchannel, Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | | | | Isometric | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Purchase this PS one® Classic and play it on both your PS3™ and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) systems!
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The world is hurdling towards certain doom and its final hope rests in the hands of one hero and his peace-loving angel...
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| Memories Off 2nd | 2001-09-27 | KID Corp. | KID Corp. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | | | | | | Buy at Buy at | PS1 | The second installation in the Memories Off visual novel dating simulation series featuring whole new characters with similar gameplay.The player plays as Ken Inami, a 17 year old junior high-school student. Ken has his dreams and aspirations and would want to go to a film school. His girlfriend, Hotaru Shirakawa, is more interested in music and would like to go to a music school. They've been dating for a while, and while they thought it may last forever, their relationship hit a bump and is hanging by a thread. As Ken, you can try and save your relationship, or break up and chase after another girl. Game features many different endings, depending on the girl you end up with... or if it's the bad ending, the girl you break up in the end.The game consists of reading text and dialogues over the background images, similar to other visual novels, with occasional choices that may branch the story. For replays, gave features fast-forward option that lets you skipped through previously read events. |
| Memories Off 2nd (Shokai Genteiban) | 2001-09-27 | KID Corp. | KID Corp. | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | First Print Limited Edition version of Memories Off 2nd contains:
Memories Off 2nd game
Picture label package
Making-of disc
3 promotion trading cards
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| The Invaders: Space Invaders 1500 | 2001-09-27 | D3Publisher Inc. | Taito Corporation | Action | 1st-person, Behind view, Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | The Invaders: Space Invaders 1500 consists of all content of Space Invaders 2000 but adds one extra game mode: Space Invaders 3D. Space Invaders 3D is as one would expect a three dimensional remake, but of Space Invaders: Part II and not the original Space Invaders. It features wireframe-style graphics and a perspective similar to Space Invaders: Virtual Collection. By default it's viewed from behind the shoulder of the laser gun but it is possible to change it to a closer or more distant view. A first person perspective is also possible. |
| Weakest Link | 2001-09-28 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Traveller's Tales (UK) Ltd. | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | A home version of the popular TV show, where playing as one of the 24 selectable characters you will have to answer questions, bank prize money and vote tactically to become the winner. Questions are presented in a multiple choice format with only the first letter of the answers displayed. Difficulty settings can be changed so that all the answers are shown fully, or for the Junior setting there is only a choice of 2 answers.The game supports single and multiplayer options for the main game plus there is a longer single player championship mode where you must play and win 4 shows to succeed. The game faithfully creates the TV studio setting and features video and sound clips of host Anne Robinson for an authentic Weakest Link experience. |
| One Piece Mansion | 2001-09-30 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action, Strategy | Side view | | | City building / construction simulation, Managerial / business simulation, Platform | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Welcome to One Piece Mansion, a place full of very different tenants that may or may not get along with one another. Your job is to help Polpo, the landlord, manage the mansion by keeping everyone as happy as possible, collecting rent, upgrading the mansion and fending off criminals.In One Piece Mansion, you will start off with a certain number of floors and a certain number of residents. At the end of the month, you will have to collect rent. You can build new rooms for tenants that wish to move in and by installing elevators, you can build new floors and make the mansion expand. Just make sure you have enough money to make the upgrades/changes.The residents can affect each other in either a positive or negative way, depending on their own living habits. Some tenants will exert positive effects in the form of blue arrows into certain directions (up, down, left, right and/or diagonally). By placing another tenant where these arrows are aiming at will help diminish their stress. At the same time, some tenants will exert negative effects in the form of red arrows. Tenants on the receiving end of these arrows will get stressed out. You can switch tenants around and make new rooms for them but it will cost you money. The key is to arrange the tenants in a certain way so that they all balance each other out harmoniously...otherwise they will leave without paying rent and the room will explode - forcing you to lose income and dish out to repair the damage. To prevent this from happening, you will have to observe your tenants Stress Gauge that tells you their current stress level. Another factor to watch out for is Syndicate 5 - a group of criminals that moves in and disturbs your tenants. When they do, try to drive them out by placing tenants around them that will send them red arrows. Every now and then they may go out of their room and cause trouble. If that happens, change to Security mode and move Polpo to where the criminal is. When he's there, Polpo can blow his alarm whistle at the criminals which will send them scurrying back to their hide-out.The game has two modes: Story and Endless.In Story Mode, Putica, Polpo's little sister, is kidnapped by Chocopape who is jealous of One Piece Mansion's success. To save Putica, Polpa must complete 7 orders. These orders are goals that must be met before you can tackle the next stage. The goals include making a certain amount of income, building a certain number of rooms or building a certain number of floors. Can Polpo handle all these challenges? Well it is up to you to make sure he does! The game is divided into stages and every now and then you will have to confront a "Boss". Just drive them out as you do the criminals.In Endless Mode you can select from 3 difficulty settings: Easy, Normal and Hard. There are no stages or ending, you just try to run One Piece Mansion your own way and see how far you can go. |
| Castlevania Chronicles | 2001-10-01 | Konami of America, Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc. | Action | Side view | | Horror | Arcade, Platform | Fantasy | | | | Teen | 2D scrolling | PS1 | The plot of Castlevania Chronicles is similar to that of the first Castlevania: in the end of the 17th century the dreadful vampire Dracula is resurrected after a century of slumber. The people in Transylvania flee in horror, but the brave Simon Belmont takes his Vampire Killer whip and ventures into the ominous castle to put an end to the Lord of Darkness.The similarities to the first installment of the series are also evident in the game's overall structure and basic gameplay, as well as in level design and usable items. Most of the weapons and items from the first game return, with more rare and hidden items making an appearance. Familiar stages have been re-designed, and many new stages are introduced as well.The PlayStation version includes a new rendered intro and ending, enhanced music and graphic effects, as well as an easier difficulty level ("Arrange Mode"). The original difficulty level from the Sharp X68000 release is present as well ("Original Mode"). |
| Disney•Pixar's Monsters, Inc.: Scare Island | 2001-10-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Artificial Mind & Movement | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This is the action game based on the movie from Disney/Pixar, "Monsters Inc.". You play as either James P. "Sulley" Sullivan (the big hairy monster) or Mike Wazowski (the small green "walking eye"). The goal of the game is to become Masters of Scare. The first level is training, where you learn movement and how to scare someone. Scaring is done by standing in front of the person to be scared and pressing a combo of buttons (your playing figure will then perform really funny moves and sounds). To be scary enough, you need to collect monster slime - some persons can only be scared with a special amount of monster slime.The game is presented in 3D graphics and all of the voices are from the movie. |
| Putter Golf | 2001-10-01 | Agetec, Inc. | Amedio Co., Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Putter Golf is a 3D miniature golf simulation. It features both a "normal" 9-hole course, with realistic courses, as well as a "trick" 9-hole course, with somewhat more unusual features, such as warp zones and conveyor belts. Rounding out the package is a mix mode, with randomly selected holes from both courses, and a practice mode that both allows you to practice hitting on various slopes, and try out the features from the trick mode.You can compete both against the CPU, on multiple difficulty levels, and against up to three other players. |
| Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase | 2001-10-01 | THQ Inc. | ART Co.,Ltd. | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Platform | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Scooby-Doo And The Cyber Chase is a single player platform game that is based on the film of the same name..Storyline
Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Team are beamed into cyberspace to track down the Phantom Virus. This villain has a host of dastardly cronies to help him and the team search for clues and avoid the bad guys, before they are able to unmask the Phantom. Features
10 levels including The Old Mine, The Prehistoric level, Video Arcade, Roman Coliseum, and a creepy Ocean Boardwalk
Collect Scooby Snacks for extra turns
features all the Mystery Team characters.
Hunt for clues, set traps, use disguises, and throw cream pies at the monsters
Password system to save your progress
This title is compatible with analog controllers. |
| Barbapapa | 2001-10-04 | Sun Corporation | Sun Corporation | Educational | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Licensed | | Mini-games, Music / rhythm, Puzzle elements | | Flight / aviation | | | | | PS1 | Barbapapa is an educational game featuring the shape shifting family for younger children.The game consists of seven different games which all focus on different creative and learning activities. Each of the seven Barbababies host a game featuring their favorite things;
Barbazoo (yellow): Loves nature and animals. His game is a side scrolling game where he collects apples, avoids spiky balls falling from trees as well as bees and badgers.
Barbalala (green): Loves music. Her game lets the player pick up to three different instruments, which will correspond to one of three buttons on the controller (+ vocals on a fourth). Then the player can play music live using the set instruments.
Barbalib (orange): Loves books. In her game she shape shifts into an item, and using her shape as a clue, the player will have to assemble a 4 piece puzzle (each piece has 3 alternatives).
Barbabeau (black and furry): Loves art. In his game the player gets to pick between Barbapapa and Barbamama to use as a model for a picture. Then the player gets to pick any of three shapes to turn them into, as well as a background picture. Barbabeau will then paint a picture using the selected choices made by the player.
Barbabelle (purple): Loves beauty. Her game has the player identify items by choosing the corresponding word out of three alternatives.
Barbabright (blue): Loves science. In his game he turns into an airplane in a ravine, and the player has to help control him to gather balloons while avoiding vultures. The game scrolls "into" the screen and the plane is seen from behind.
Barbabravo (red): Loves bravery and heroism. His game is a snowball fight where four of his siblings have turned into fortresses with button symbols underneath. When Barbabravo peeks up from behind one, the player presses the corresponding button to throw a snowball at him to get points. If the family dog peeks out, however, the player has to avoid throwing or he/she will get a point deducted from the score.
The game was developed for use with the Kids Station peripheral. If played with a standard controller, it makes exclusive use of the face buttons (square, triangle, X and circle).
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| Memorial Series: Sunsoft Vol. 1 | 2001-10-04 | Sun Corporation | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Memorial Series: Sunsoft Vol. 1 is a compilation featuring the following games:
Ikki
Super Arabian
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| Afro Ken: The Puzzle | 2001-10-25 | Bandai Co., Ltd., D3Publisher Inc. | Axes Art Amuse | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Afro Ken: The Puzzle is a puzzle game where you control a dog who has to align afros by color and then stomp on them to make them disappear. You have to be quick though, since the water level rises constantly and there are spikes in the ceiling. The only way to keep it down is to constantly make afros disappear. If you manage to get combos, the water goes down even more.You can move the afros around one square at the time, much like in a sliding puzzle by walking over them. You have to do this to align the afros in groups of at least four, so you can stomp them. There are also other obstacles to get in your way, such as bombs and big rocks that can't be destroyed very easily.The game features the standard puzzle play modes; Timed, versus, endless puzzle and more. |
| Kamen Rider: The Bike Race | 2001-10-25 | Bandai Co., Ltd., D3Publisher Inc. | Highwaystar Co., Ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | Kamen Rider: The Bike Race is a bike racing game based on the iconic Japanese TV shows with the same name.The game plays like a normal racing game, where the player selects a rider and then races around tracks against various opponents. To spice up the racing a bit the riders can pick up items scattered across the tracks, as well as kick oncoming opponents to make them fall off their bikes (similar to the Road Rash games).There are several game modes to pick from, such as Grand Prix, Time Attack as well as a Versus mode. |
| Shinsō Kaiten!! Wan Wan Umi Monogatari: Sanyō Pachinko Paradise DX | 2001-10-25 | Irem Software Engineering, Inc. | Irem Software Engineering, Inc. | Simulation | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Pachinko Paradise DX is the final PS1 release in Irem's long-running pachinko simulation series. It features reproductions of three pachinko machines made by Sanyo Bussan, all of which are returning from previous releases: CR Umi Monogatari 3R and CR Umi Monogatari 6 from Pachinko Paradise 2, and CR Wan Wan Paradise SK from Pachinko Paradise 3. Each machine features new background graphics not found in the original versions.There are two modes available: Tsūjō (Normal) mode allows the player to modify a wide range of settings for each machine, while Jissen (Battle) mode challenges the player to win as many balls as possible on the default settings with a limited starting pool and time limit. There is also a View mode where the various animations that play on the in-game display can be freely viewed. There is no story mode. |
| The Double Shooting: RayStorm x RayCrisis | 2001-10-25 | D3Publisher Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This budget compilation collects Taito's arcade shooters RayStorm and RayCrisis on a single disc. |
| FIFA Soccer 2002: Major League Soccer | 2001-10-30 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Software Creations Ltd. | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control, Multiple units/characters control | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | FIFA Soccer 2002 on the PlayStation updates the long-running soccer series for another season. Its modes are based on those from the concurrent next generation version, but with less teams and options, only some of the other platforms' new features and a graphics engine appropriate to the platform.The game includes teams from 13 national leagues (missing Brazil, Korea and Switzerland from the next-gen version), 15 rest-of-the-world teams and 81 international teams (with the 41 teams of the African confederation missing compared to the next-gen version).Game modes include friendlies, season play for all 13 leagues, World Cup qualification tournaments for the three included confederations covering Europe, North and South America, the EFA trophy, the European Champions Cup and custom cups. Three further tournaments can be unlocked by winning the WC qualification tournaments. Winning tournaments also unlocks Panini-licensed collectors' images of star players and some cheating options.On the pitch, little has changed, with similar graphics and the same camera options (missing the new perspectives introduced on next-gen versions). Controls are similar as well, but a major change having made its way over from the other versions are power bars for both shots and passes, allowing for more precise play. |
| NBA Live 2002 | 2001-10-30 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada, NuFX, Inc. | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | The NBA Live series' second attempt on the PS2 brings the following updates:Yes he has been in it since Live 2000, but this is first game to have Jordan with his new team, the Washington Wizards.Cut scenes evolve the focus on player vs player interaction during stops in play and arguments between player and referee.An improved interface allowing you to get into the games quicker, and an improved control system for better defensive and offensive moves.New player moves, plays and celebration animations.The Franchise Mode lets you control your team for 10 years, trading players and keeping an eye on rookies.Legendary players list so you can see who really is the greatest. |
| Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 | 2001-10-30 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Neversoft Entertainment, Inc. | Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | Tricks / stunts | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Tony Hawk returns with an all new line-up of skaters, an all new line-up of parks to crash through, and a whole new level of graphics.The line-up of street and vert riders include Elissa Steamer, Jamie Thomas, Steve Caballero, Rune Glifberg, Geoff Rowley, Andrew Reynolds, Rodney Mullen, Eric Koston, Chad Muska, Bucky Lasek and Bam Margera from MTV's Jackass (and Tony Hawk, of course).The create a skater mode returns, allowing for even further levels of options for your character, like adding glasses and tatoos to changing the colour of the knee and elbow pads or even the hair.And the levels themselves that you must skate through are now more interactive, with cars and humans blocking paths and making noise as you race around to make as many points as possible. Use items around the streets or the park to jump from or over to increase your score, and pull of as many wild and wacky tricks as you can. |
| Lucky Luke: Western Fever | 2001-10-31 | Infogrames Europe SA | Kalisto Entertainment SA | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Puzzle elements, Shooter | Western | | | | | | PS1 | The game is based on the famous comics series about good cowboy Lucky Luke.You as Lucky Luke have to walk around the fixed tracks on Mexican territory and sometimes shoot the bandits, moving the aim of your gun from one fixed position to another. Also you have to avoid their shooting and reload bullets in your gun. |
| Blaster Master: Blasting Again | 2001-11-01 | Crave Entertainment, Inc. | Art System | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Tank | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Years ago, the Earth was threatened by an evil being known as the Plutonium Boss. The Plutonium Boss and his minions were devouring the Earth from within, and if they had succeeded, Earth would've been destroyed.He didn't count on a young man named Jason, a beautiful alien woman named Eve, and their battle tank, the Sofia MA-01...because of his underestimation, the Plutonium Boss was defeated.Since then, Jason had been defending the Earth from any threat that arises, with Eve by his side. She even bore him two children, Roddy and Elfie. Jason trained Elfie in engineering, and Roddy in battling in Sofia. But now Jason and Eve have died, and Roddy must take his father's place as defender of the Earth.And an old threat seems to be arising to challenge this new generation of heroes... |
| Dragon Warrior VII | 2001-11-01 | Enix America Inc. | Heart Beat | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | Teen | | PS1 | In "Dragon Warrior VII", you are a 16 year old son of a fisherman living on a small island called Estard. There is nothing else on the planet beside this island and the vast ocean surrounding it. One day, you and two friends make a discovery and realize the the world was once much more than Estard Island. So what caused it to disappear? In order to find that out, you travel to the past, where you hope to solve the mystery and to restore the present world the way it was before."Dragon Warrior VII" shares with its predecessor the job system: you can assign character classes ("jobs") to your party members, and learn many different abilities, depending on the job you have chosen. The game maintains the traditional style of the series, including strictly medieval setting and first-person turn-based combat. |
| Kirikou | 2001-11-01 | Wanadoo Edition | Étranges Libellules S.A. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Licensed | | Platform | | | | | | | PS1 | Kirikou is an action game based on the animated film 'Kirikou et la Sorcière', or 'Kirikou and the Sorceress' as it is known in the USA. The African sorceress Karaba as turned the male villagers into fetishes, and even though he's still a newborn baby, Kirikou bravely sets off on his quest to stop her.
Jump obstacles, collect life-giving bonuses and jump on your enemies in standard side-scrolling platformer fare, gaining stronger weapons and special abilities as you progress. Animated cutscenes relay the story. |
| Saban's Power Rangers: Time Force | 2001-11-01 | THQ Inc. | Climax Group Limited | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Martial arts | Beat 'em up / brawler | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | In this game based on the TV show with the same name, you pick your favorite Power Ranger and fight your way through several levels in various eras in time to stop the evil Ransik and his Cyclobot minions from messing with the world's time line, and stealing historical artifacts.The game plays like a fighter game with platform elements, and every now and then you get to control a Zord and fight one-on-one with more powerful enemies. |
| LMA Manager 2002 | 2001-11-02 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | Hoodoo Studios | Simulation, Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | PS1 | LMA 2002 is the third in the Playstation football management series, and also the first to be released for Playstation 2. The PS1 version features 8,000 players in 302 clubs, whilst PS2 expands this to 17,000 players in 722 clubs across the European leagues. Both platforms offer the choice of playing a full career or taking on one of 10 challenges, such as taking over the bottom-placed team mid-season and attempting to avoid relegation. Regardless of game mode, managers have access to detailed tactics and training settings, allowing you to work on players' weaknesses and build on their strengths.The PS2 version lets you watch the full match in 3D, and both versions have a comprehensive highlights section, voiced on PS2 by real-life BBC analysts Gary Lineker and Alan Hansen. |
| Martian Gothic: Unification | 2001-11-04 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., TalonSoft, Inc. | Creative Reality | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | Horror | Puzzle elements, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Mature | | PS1 | It's the year 2017. The planet Earth sets up a research station, Vita Base, on Mars with the mission to discover if life did exist there. After a discovery there comes one last garbled message—danger, danger cliché approaching--“have opened Pandora’s box… all the evils of old Mars have flown out,” and a warning, “…if you do send a manned mission, warn the crew…Stay Alone, Stay Alive…” then nothing. So now it’s 2018, and your rescue mission to Mars crash lands. When you get to the base, the welcome wagon is made up of zombies and an alien virus that will make you look back fondly on the days of the Black Plague. You control a team of three: Kenzo, Karne and Matlock. They enter the base from different airlocks and try to discover what happened. The reason for the whole "Stay alone, stay alive" warning is that if your team members come together they end up forming into a disgusting mass of flesh -- picture the thing from Leviathan -- called a Trimorph. As you proceed though the base you find clues as to what occurred. In addition, you run into Trimorphs, some of the non zombiefied former base crew, that are bent on your destruction. They come in two sizes -- the small spidery kind which hack at your shins and jump on your face or the huge "better run like hell" monstrosities that will tear you to pieces. |
| Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | 2001-11-16 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Argonaut Games PLC | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | One of several different games based on the first Harry Potter book and movie, the version for the PlayStation is a three-dimensional action adventure.To complete his first year of studies at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and foil the evil Lord Voldemort's plans, Harry must complete a number of challenges. These include platform sequences, made easy because Harry jumps automatically when reaching edges. There are combat scenes, where Harry has to knock out or drive back enemies. Some challenges require the player to solve puzzles. Harry can use five different spells, which have to be learned in class first. Successful completion of the tasks often results in house points for Harry's house Gryffindor; failure in some deducts points, so the race for the House Cup can stay open until the end.There is also broomstick flying in the game, both in Quidditch matches, where Harry has to catch the Golden Snitch by flying through rings that it leaves behind, and on other occasions, like chasing Draco Malfoy and knocking him off his broom.Exploring Hogwarts is often rewarding, as many optional challenges and secret rooms await, often with rewards like a special item or collectibles like Famous Wizard cards and Every Flavor Beans. The beans can be traded for passwords that open up more hidden areas. |
| The Powerpuff Girls: Chemical X-Traction | 2001-11-16 | BAM! Entertainment, Inc. | Asylum Entertainment Ltd., VIS Entertainment Limited | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Arcade, Fighting | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | The Powerpuff Girls must battle enemies in a variety of settings in order to reclaim Chemical X and track down Mojo Jojo. In the story mode, players can pick up objects and throw them at an enemy to decrease their opponents health meter. They can use superpowered attacks by collecting vials of Chemical X. If the player successfully defeats the enemy in two out of three rounds, they move to the next enemy location.Players can play the story mode or can battle against a friend in a head-to-head battle. |
| IHRA Motorsports Drag Racing | 2001-11-20 | Bethesda Softworks LLC | Digital Dialect | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Jeremy Lucas, Braeden Breton, Frank O'Connor | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Enjoy the power of Top Fuel, Pro Mod, Pro Stock, or Funny Car drag racing! Race on multiple tracks against some of the best drivers and cars of the IHRA. Start easy with a quick race, or modify any of the 70 different parts for optimum performance! Race on ten different tracks in different weather (day or night). Race friends or join tournaments online! |
| Dragon Quest IV: Michibikareshi Monotachi | 2001-11-22 | Enix Corporation | Heart Beat | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, Top-down | | | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Dragon Quest IV: Michibikareshi Monotachi is a remake of Dragon Warrior IV. The remade version has received a complete graphical overhaul. It features fully 3D graphics and 2D sprites for characters; the visual style resembles that of Dragon Warrior VII. Battles now have backgrounds that represent the location the battle takes place in. Interaction with some of the environment is now physical, as the characters can visible raise, hold, and break barrels, pots, etc. The music has also been enhanced significantly, with orchestra-like quality. The main gameplay change is the possibility to directly control characters who were AI-controlled in the original version. The AI system is still present, but the player can turn it off and command all the characters manually. A "party talk" feature is now available: it is possible to talk to the characters in the party at any time. The remake also features additional sub-quests and mini-games, such as building an immigrant town and monster collecting. A prologue as well as a post-game chapter were added to the game; the latter offers more insight into the game's story. |
| Mr. Driller G | 2001-11-22 | Namco Limited | Namco Limited | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Arcade, Falling block puzzle, Platform | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Mr. Driller G is a another entry in Namco's series of arcade puzzle games. As in the previous titles, the main objective is to control a miner character and dig through layers of multi-colored blocks to reach the deeper levels of a shaft and score points. As sections are removed, the whole structure becomes unstable and dangerous. When large pieces of the same color fall on top of each other, they automatically disappear. The miner can be squished by the crumbling stones, or suffocate by lack of oxygen. Air pills and power-ups are found scattered throughout the level, and must be collected to refill the supply, shown as a meter at the right side of the screen. Special brown blocks act as a barrier and have to be drilled several times to break, removing a portion of the remaining air after being destroyed.The single player game has three modes. In mission mode, the objective is to reach a specific depth and make as many points as possible, with several levels available to play right from the beginning. In scenario mode, cutscenes play between a linear succession of levels, where each shaft has to be completed to move the plot forwards. In time attack mode, the air pills are replaced with clocks that add a few seconds to the time remaining to reach the bottom of the mine.The normal arcade mode has multiplayer variations that can be played locally with two controllers, where the screen is split vertically in the middle showing two separate mine shafts for each player. In Driller Race, the objective is to reach the deep end of a randomly generated shaft as fast as possible, while in Driller Survival the players try to outlast each other in bottomless mines.There is an option called Net Driller, that generates passwords to be used on the official site for competitions and global rankings. Support for it was discontinued on January 30th, 2003. |
| pop'n music 5 | 2001-11-22 | Konami Corporation | Konami Computer Entertainment Studios, Inc. | Action | | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | | PS1 | pop'n music 5 is one of the many titles in Konami's long-running rhythm game franchise. Notes scroll toward the bottom of the screen along nine tracks, and the player must tap the correct buttons in time with the music to play along. Play well, and the "groove meter" increases, but play poorly and it will drop. If the groove meter is high enough at the end of the song, the player can move on to the next song.This release includes all of the music from the arcade version, along with several tracks and modes from the arcade version of pop'n music 6, which had already been released. It also functions as a Key Disc for the Append Disc releases in the series, much like Konami's other Bemani franchises. |
| Hidden & Dangerous | 2001-11-23 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | Illusion Softworks, a.s. | Action, Strategy | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | War | | World War II | | | | | | PS1 | In Hidden & Dangerous, the player is in charge of four Allied commandos in operations during World War II. One of them in controlled directly in first-person perspective and the others in a tactics mode. The campaign is divided into many episodes, and each episode into missions. These vary from bomb planting to hostage rescue. It is also possible to drive tanks and other vehicles. |
| RTL Skispringen 2002 | 2001-11-23 | VCC Entertainment GmbH & Co. KG | VCC Entertainment GmbH & Co. KG | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | A Skijumping game in license with a german broadcasting station. You have to train and manage your jumper through the skijumping season 2001/2002. The game is a sequel in a series of skijumping games. |
| Twisted Metal: Small Brawl | 2001-11-27 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Incog Inc. Entertainment | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade | Post-apocalyptic | Automobile, Vehicle simulator | | | Teen | | PS1 | Small Brawl steps in a different direction from other Twisted Metal games, with all the characters from them represented as children at school getting bullied by Calypso, who wants them to enter his contest and win a ultimate prize. The kids from Calypso's school (like Thumper,Auger and Sweet Tooth) enter Calypso's contest so they can quit his bullying and win his prize. All the characters build life-like remote control cars ranging from a ice cream truck, to a hearse so they can fight each other with weapons ranging from chewing gum to firecrackers, toothpicks to flaming barbie heads so they may win. The physics engine is from Twisted Metal 2 Small Brawl's battlegrounds include tree houses, putt-putt courses, and in bowling allies. These have no hidden areas, but there are lots of unlockables. Tournament (defeat 8 enemies and 2 bosses), Endurance (survive the carnage as long as you can) and Challenge (take on / out a specific rival) modes are included, with multiplayer Co-Op and Head-to-Head modes. |
| Saltwater Sportfishing | 2001-11-28 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | Coresoft, Inc. | Action, Sports | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | Len Gatdula | | Everyone | | PS1 | Saltwater Sportfishing does not focus on the omnipresent Black Bass, but lets you travel to exotic locations and go for the big game fish. The game features realistic graphics from the ocean to the boat and below the surface of the sea.
Locations include: South Africa, Costa Rica, South East Asia, the Australian coast and many more
Loads of big game fish to catch - 24 different fish: sharks, sailfish, marlins and more
There are over 30 kinds of bait
3 Game modes - Arcade, Tournament and Recreation
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| Eternal Eyes | 2001-11-29 | Crave Entertainment, Inc. | TamTam Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | PS1 | Luke and his sister Elena are two orphans, living in a small house in the kingdom of Gross. They have two good friends - Mouse and Nicol. One day, while exploring a local cave, the four youths find a mysterious jewel. Later, they travel to the city of Goondocks, where they find a similar jewel - along with a note left to them by Luke's and Elena's parents. They learn that their parents belonged to an ancient race named "Eternal Eyes" - people who could control inanimate dolls called Mappets. Now the four heroes have to learn the power of controlling Mappets, and to stop a villain from resurrecting the Goddess of Destruction.Eternal Eyes is a combination of strategy console-style RPG similar to Final Fantasy Tactics, and Pokémon-like monster-breeding gameplay. The only controllable human character in your party is Luke. Throughout the game, he will be able to capture more and more Mappets, which will then help him during his quest, also participating in battles. There are different kinds of Mappets which can be used with various effects during the turn-based battles. |
| Jarinko Chie: The Hanafuda | 2001-11-29 | Bandai Co., Ltd., D3Publisher Inc. | Yuki Enterprise | Strategy | | Licensed | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | PS1 | Jarinko Chie: The Hanafuda is, as the name suggests, a Hanafuda card game featuring characters from the manga Jarinko Chie.In Hanafuda, the goal is to collect suits of cards (all with a flower and seasonal theme) and gather more points than the opponent by pairing up cards on hand with the eight open face cards on the table.The game features a story mode, where Chie faces off against different opponents from the manga in a set order along with the game's story. There's also the option to pick a character to play as and to play against in a free play mode. |
| Zanac X Zanac | 2001-11-29 | Compile | Compile | Action, Compilation | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | Celebrating the 15th anniversary of Compile's top-down shooter Zanac A.I. comes this remake. Alongside the original, the CD includes Zanac Neo, which is a complete remake that aims to take advantage of 32-bit technology. It uses polygonal graphics and other special effects, as well as adding a more comprehensive storyline with cutscenes, different ships to play in (each with their own upgradable arsenal) and (for the first time in Compile's history) support for two-player co-op gameplay. |
| Championship Manager Quiz | 2001-11-30 | Eidos Interactive Limited | King of the Jungle Ltd. | Sports | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | Menu structures | | | | PS1 | Championship Manager Quiz is the unexpected result of developer Sports Interactive looking to branch out from their successful football management series called, funnily enough, Championship Manager. If you think a quiz game may not be the best use of their skills then think again. This isn't just a collection of thousands of football trivia questions with points scored for each correct answer - that would be too simple. The football fans at Sports Interactive have managed to create a quiz game that not only mixes football knowledge but also the rules and tactics involved in the sport too. The quiz is played out like a real game of football. You see the pitch and two sets of teams and get to pick who you want to play as at the start. The idea is to pick your favourite team as the questions will really probe your love for the club. From the kick-off, you must pass the ball around the field by answering questions correctly. Below the shirt of each player are question categories. Pass the ball to that player and answer the question correctly to keep possession. Of course, answer a question incorrectly and the ball goes to the opposition. Get the ball to a striker, answer the question correctly and you've scored. Whoever gets the most questions correct is irrelevant; the game is decided on who scores the most goals. There are over 11,000 questions so you shouldn't see many being repeated often - in comparison, last year's Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? game only contained 1,000! The questions cover a broad range of football knowledge too, from domestic to international, third division to golden boot winners. There are five different modes of play, including penalty shoot out, pub quiz where more than two can play and keepy-uppy where you've got to answer correctly for as long as possible. |
| Popstar Maker | 2001-11-30 | Eidos Interactive Limited | Teque Software Development Ltd. | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | PS1 | Look at the charts today, inundated with manufactured bands. The music business is in need of some fresh talent. Well here's your opportunity to show the Nasty Nigels of the World how it's really done!As a pop star manager you get to choose your band members and manage them on a day-to-day basis. Treat them well, plan their time and they will be happy and give their best performance. Mismanage them, don't pay them enough and they could walk.This is not just a game about management, you get to create great music tracks and watch your band perform live on stage. The success of the band all depends on you, are you the person to make the next super band that will take the World by storm?
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| Quiz Show | 2001-11-30 | Eon Digital Entertainment, Halifax S.R.L. | Einstein Multimedia s.r.l, Warthog Plc | Strategy | | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | | | PS1 | The game based on the Italian TV game show of the same name. Players on the PC or PlayStation play against the show's host Amadeus to win up to 512 million virtual Lira. Features audio and video clips of hosts Amadeus and Donna Fortuna and additionally contains a backstage area with views of the hosts dressing rooms and clips from the real TV show. |
| Sea-Doo Hydrocross | 2001-11-30 | Vatical Entertainment LLC | Vicarious Visions, Inc. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Seadoo HydroCross offers players five different models of fast maneuverable jet skis and eight varied courses on which to race them. Zip across the winding canals of Venice or speed through twisting sewers beneath Paris. For the truly adventurous jet skier there is even a Loch Ness course, complete with sea serpent. The game has two different physics model settings - a simulation mode for a realistic feel and an arcade mode for fast, forgiving gameplay. |
| Memorial Series: Sunsoft Vol. 2 | 2001-12-06 | Sun Corporation | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Memorial Series: Sunsoft Vol. 2 is a compilation featuring the following games:
Atlantis no Nazo
Route-16 Turbo
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| Mega Man X6 | 2001-12-07 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | It's been 3 weeks since the space colony "Eurasia" crashed into the Earth. Since then, the Earth has become a deadly, barren wasteland, unfit for humans to inhabit the surface. The humans now live underground, while Reploids begin the task of attempting to recover from the deadly onslaught of the Sigma Virus.For the Maverick Hunters, the task is difficult, especially for X. Zero was lost in the attack, and all X has left of him is his Beam Sabre. As the Maverick Hunters assist in the recovery operation, a young Reploid scientist, Gate, discovers a mysterious chip in the wastelands. He immediately sets out on a cause to discover the mysterious "Nightmare Virus", and sends 8 assistants out to search for answers. But when Gate's assistants suddenly vanish, the worst is feared: they've gone Maverick.X is the only one now who can discover the answers needed to unravel the mystery of this deadly "Nightmare Virus", and perhaps find out what it is exactly Gate wants with it.The sixth episode of Mega Man X begins... |
| Sky Sports Football Quiz | 2001-12-07 | THQ Inc. | Hothouse Creations Ltd. | Sports | | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | Jamie Toghill | | Rob Snow | | | | PS1 | Sky Sports Football Quiz features several thousands of questions from all over the football world, including pictures and audio clips. Up to four players will be able to play over four different game styles, including ‘Dream Team’ where answering questions awards ‘money’ which is used to build up a custom team of players, and a fast-paced ‘Penalty Shoot-Out’ mode for a quick-fire challenge. The game rewards knowledge and speed, but punishes bad guesses with a Red- and Yellow- card system. |
| Hoshigami: Ruining Blue Earth | 2001-12-10 | Atlus U.S.A., Inc. | MaxFive | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | | | | | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | PS1 | A fantasy tactical RPG set in a 3D world. The storyline will take you through 40 missions on the continent of Mardias. Command Fazz the hero and his band of mercenaries as they try to stop the Valaimian Empire from conquering Mardias and taking the Hoshigami.
Innovative gameplay system involves several systems. The devotion system in which you worship one of six elemental spirits. The coinfeigm system in which you collect coins that have magical properties and then raise their levels. The rap (ready for action point) system which allows you to move, fight and cast spells, but be careful the actions you take will affect you later.
A tutorial if given to help you with the complex story driven battles as well as the history and current events. |
| Mermaid no Kisetsu | 2001-12-13 | Game Village | Netvillage Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Setting | PS1 | Mermaid no Kisetsu is a PlayStation port of the PC hentai visual novel with stripped adult content. The game follows Masato Takahata, a high-school sophomore, living alone, going to school classes and working a part-time at Aqua Rouge cafe. The setting is in the near future with technological advancements, but the living style didn't change that much. One day you find a strange note with an address of a home page. You check it out only to see the ominous warning text. While you're not trying to figure out the mystery behind it, you will traverse town meeting various people, mostly girls and women, with whom you'll work on relationship to become friends with, or something more.The core of the game is a romance visual novel with dialogues and occasional reply choices with full voice-acting for all the heroines as well as other side-characters. An additional gameplay feature is that when you're home in your room, you can check the mysterious home page, as well as home pages of the girls you meet in town, reading info about them, checking their diaries and posts. The game progresses through the days, always showing the day of week and the time of day, with ability to select your next location on the town map to progress the time, but you can only select to visit the places where other characters are, even if you avoid talking to them. |
| Sister Princess: Pure Stories | 2001-12-13 | Media Works Inc. | Stack Software | Adventure, Puzzle | 1st-person | | Romance | Visual novel | | | | | | Narrative | PS1 | Pure Stories is a fan disk that complements original Sister Princess visual novel game.Two visual novels included here are the "Valentine Story", where one story for each of the 12 heroines is available, it acts mostly through reminiscing of past events, with occasional player choices which branch the outcome. The "Christmas Story" acts as a single slightly longer story which starts by the player reading an e-mail from one of the heroines which decides the direction in which the story continues. Additionally, the game includes a town map which lets you visit various locales which advances the time. The map also shows which heroines is at which location which will prompt for a dialogue if you visit a location with someone present. Both visual novels require the player to enter the protagonist's name by which one is addressed to in the stories.Mini-games include a memory game where you can play card-memory game against each of the heroines, matching pairs of portraits from the female characters. A puzzle game is a single-player 4 by 4 tile matching witch one missing tile starting with the image you need to put together, then shuffling the tiles randomly. Beside the picture, the tiles also feature numbers on them which help you decide which tiles goes where.Additional bonus content include fully unlocked BGM player, CG albums with over dozen of stills for each of the 12 heroines, and Christmas message to player from each of the heroines.The jewel case manual is a folded 3x4 paper which is a manual on one side, and a full poster with the same artwork as the front cover on the other. In addition, the game comes with a sealed envelope containing six trading cards featuring the valentine story artwork of two heroines on each of the cards. |
| Worms World Party | 2001-12-14 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Team17 Software Limited | Strategy | Side view | | Comedy, War | Artillery | | | Direct control, Multiple units/characters control | Turn-based | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Worms World Party is a game which shares the bulk of its gameplay with Worms: Armageddon. It introduces the following:
the Wormpot, a mechanic which allows the use of up to 3 modifiers to change the gameplay for the next match (e.g. automatically rising water levels, blood effects, slippery terrain...)
new campaign missions
co-operative campaigns
forts game mode
new predefined maps
all schemes available from the startThe Game Boy Advance version of the game includes two weapons which were removed from Worms: Armageddon but were present in Worms 2 - the Homing Cluster Bomb and the Homing Airstrike, as well as a weapon absent from all other Worms games - the Chainsaw. |
| Goemon: Shin Sedai Shūmei! | 2001-12-20 | Konami Corporation | Now Production Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade | | | | | | | PS1 | Yet another entry in the Ganbare Goemon action/platformer series, you once again step in the shoes of the wily adventurer Goemon and his gang of buddies as they fight evil wherever it rears its ugly head. However for this entry, the developers decided to shake things up a bit and gave Goemon and co. a complete makeover. The game takes place in a futuristic Japan, with the main character being a younger and less wacky Goemon who along with his elite squad of crime-fighters (based on the classic members of Goemon's posse) goes off in several missions in order to save the city from various evil-doers.The gameplay is similar to other 2D side-scrollers in the series, with you controlling each character as they jump around the obstacles in each level and defeat the baddies within using unique weapons and abilities to each character. The non-linear "world map" sections have been removed and all of the power-up buying and upgrading now takes place in the platformer stages themselves. While the gameplay is completely 2D, the game engine mixes polygonal elements and sprites to render specific bosses and background elements as well as bring to life the Goemon Impact sequences (in which you have to take control of Goemon's giant mecha in shooter sequences). The game also includes pre-rendered cutscenes and a cel-animated intro sequence. |
| High School! Kimengumi: The Table Hockey | 2001-12-20 | Bandai Co., Ltd., D3Publisher Inc. | Break | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | High School! Kimengumi: The Table Hockey is a table hockey game based on the manga by Motoei Shinzawa with the same name.The game can be played alone or up to four players. If played alone, the game is broken up into story sections for each of the characters between every opponent. And if played in versus mode, both players get to pick a character each (all with different special attacks), and go at each other.The game is played from one end of the air hockey table and the player controls a paddle. The rules are; first to score 7 points wins the round. Best out of 3 rounds wins the game. While playing, bonus items will appear on the table and, if hit with the puck, they will give the character an advantageous item to use whenever needed. They may range from such things as earthquakes, invisible puck, force field blocking the goal and much more. Each character also has their own unique special attack which can be unleashed upon the opponent once a meter has filled up next to the player's portrait.There is also a gallery, where pictures can be unlocked and viewed as the player progresses through the game. |
| Okaeri! | 2001-12-20 | D3Publisher Inc. | HuneX Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | | | | | | Buy at Buy at | PS1 | Okaeri! (おかえりっ！) is a visual novel romance adventure following the story of Youhei Oohira, a third year college student living alone in Tokyo. One summer, he returns to Himegima island for his teaching practice. On the ferry to the island he runs into his childhood friend, Nagisa Shinohara, who gets agitated by the fact that he didn't recognize her. While on the island, Youhei meets other characters, mainly girls, where this story of love and friendship begins.The game features full voice-acting for heroines and other key characters (Nagisa, Mio, Akira, Hikaru, Nami, and others), and actual photo stills (though processed a bit) for background images, while CG events feature anime style background artwork. Character art is using typical anime style with no animation but only difference in still poses. During the gameplay, current time of day and location are being displayed, while everything, along with dialogue window, can be toggled off in order to see the clear and unobscured background image. |
| SuperLite 3in1 Series: Quiz Shū | 2001-12-20 | Success Corporation | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This game is a compilation containing the following quiz games released previously in the SuperLite 1500 Series:
SuperLite 1500 Series: Quiz Master Red
SuperLite 1500 Series: Quiz Master Blue
SuperLite 1500 Series: Quiz Master Yellow
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| Inuyasha | 2001-12-27 | Bandai Co., Ltd. | Bandai Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | Licensed | Horror | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) | Fantasy, Japan (Ancient/Classical/Medieval) | | Direct control, Menu structures | | | 2D scrolling, Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Inuyasha (犬夜叉) is a role-playing game which uses top-down view with bird's perspective presentation during exploration and conversation direct control gameplay while switching to 1st-person menu-based games during random battle encounters. The game follows the original anime and magna series and even includes some of the animated scenes from the first episode (such as fighting that giant centipede-like demon or when Kagome discovers and releases Inuyasha). The player controls Inuyasha and can talk to other NPCs, purchase items from the shops, and fight various demons with simple commands such as attack, defense, or use healing items.Just as in the original animated series, Kagome Higurashi, a high-school female student finds herself magically transported back through time to Sengoku period Japan. There she meets Inuyasha, a half-demon dog who she frees from imprisonment after a monster tried to kill her in order to get a magical Shikon jewel embodied within her. Inuyasha too would like to get his hands on that, but the jewel ends up shattered into thousand pieces so Inuyasha and Kagome team up to find and retrieve all those pieces, but they'll have to to battle many many demons to collect them all and recreate the orb. |
| Inuyasha (Shokai Genteiban) | 2001-12-27 | Bandai Co., Ltd. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This limited edition retail box release includes:
Inuyasha game
Inuyasha notebook
Official guide book
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| Memorial Series: Sunsoft Vol. 3 | 2001-12-27 | Sun Corporation | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Memorial Series: Sunsoft Vol. 3 is a compilation featuring the following games:
Kanshakudama Nage Kantarō no Tōkaidō Gojūsan Tsugi
The Wing of Madoola
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| 2 Games: 007: Tomorrow Never Dies / 007: The World is Not Enough | 2002 | Electronic Arts Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This twin pack includes:
007: Tomorrow Never Dies
007: The World is Not Enough |
| 2 Games: Bugs Bunny & Taz: Time Busters / Wacky Races | 2002 | Infogrames Europe SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This double pack includes two games:
Bugs Bunny & Taz: Time Busters
Wacky Races |
| 2 Games: Colin McRae Rally 2.0 / No Fear Downhill Mountain Biking | 2002 | Codemasters | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This double pack includes:
Colin Mcrae Rally 2.0
No Fear Downhill Mountain Biking |
| 2 Games: Hogs of War / Worms | 2002 | Infogrames Europe SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This twin pack includes:
Hogs of War
Worms |
| 2 Games: Jonah Lomu Rugby / Brian Lara Cricket | 2002 | Codemasters | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This twin pack includes:
Jonah Lomu Rugby
Brian Lara Cricket |
| 2 Games: Medal of Honor / Medal of Honor: Underground | 2002 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This twin pack includes:
Medal of Honor
Medal of Honor: Underground |
| 2 Games: Need for Speed: Porsche 2000 / Moto Racer 2 | 2002 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This twin pack includes:
Need for Speed: Porsche 2000
Moto Racer 2 |
| 2 Games: Rayman / Rayman 2: The Great Escape | 2002 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This twin pack includes:
Rayman
Rayman 2: The Great Escape |
| 2 Games: TOCA World Touring Cars / Colin McRae Rally | 2002 | Codemasters | | Compilation, Simulation | | | | | | Automobile, Vehicle simulator | | | | | PS1 | This twin racing pack includes:
TOCA World Touring Cars
Colin McRae Rally |
| 2 Games: Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six / Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear | 2002 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This twin pack includes:
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear |
| 2 Games: Tomb Raider III / Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation | 2002 | Eidos Interactive, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This twin pack includes:
Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
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| 2 Games: Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation / Tomb Raider Chronicles | 2002 | Eidos Interactive Limited | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This twin pack includes:
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
Tomb Raider: Chronicles |
| 2 Games: V-Rally: 97 Championship Edition / Eagle One: Harrier Attack | 2002 | Infogrames Europe SA | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This twin pack includes:
V-Rally
Eagle One: Harrier Attack |
| 2 Games: Who Wants To Be a Millionaire / Who Wants To Be a Millionaire: 2nd Edition | 2002 | Eidos, Inc. | | Compilation | | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This twin pack includes:
Who Wants To Be a Millionaire
Who Wants To Be a Millionaire: 2nd Edition
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| 3 for 1 Value Pack: Volume #1 | 2002 | Agetec, Inc., Tommo Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This compilation consists of the following three PlayStation games:Battle Hunter
Bowling
Crossroad Crisis
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| 3 for 1 Value Pack: Volume #2 | 2002 | Agetec, Inc., Tommo Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | This compilation consists of the following three PlayStation games:
Billiards
Kickboxing
Shooter: Starfighter Sanvein
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| 3 for 1 Value Pack: Volume #3 | 2002 | Agetec, Inc., Tommo Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This compilation consists of the following three PlayStation games:
All-Star Slammin' D-Ball
Shooter: Space Shot
Snowboarding |
| 3 for 1 Value Pack: Volume #4 | 2002 | Agetec, Inc., Tommo Inc. | | Compilation, Sports | | | | | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | This sports-themed budget bundle contains three games:
Boxing
Putter Golf
Tennis
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| 3 for 1 Value Pack: Volume #5 | 2002 | Agetec, Inc., Tommo Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This compilation consists of the following three PlayStation games:Card Games
Racing
Top Shop |
| 3 for 1 Value Pack: Volume #6 | 2002 | Agetec, Inc., Tommo Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | This compilation consists of a cardboard sleeve with three PlayStation games:Chess
The King of Fighters '99
Puzzle Star Sweep |
| Aces of the Air | 2002 | A1 Games | Highwaystar Co., Ltd. | Action, Simulation | Behind view | | | | | Flight / aviation, Vehicular combat | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Aces of the Air attempts to simulate combat aviation using planes from around the World War II era.Missions involve destroying enemy aircraft and bases on the ground.
Completed missions will earn the player a new plane to add to their hangar. Each plane has their own ratings in acceleration, max speed, turnability, durability, and gun equipment. Player's can also customize the color of their planes.Planes can adjust their pitch, turn, throttle up and down, and can use guns, bombs, and rockets as weapons. |
| Alex Ferguson's Player Manager 2002 | 2002 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Anco Software Ltd. | Simulation, Sports | | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Menu structures | | | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)From the most successful football manager of his time comes Alex Ferguson's Player Manager 2002
Using Sir Alex's wealth of tactical knowledge of the beautiful game, this latest in the Player Manager series is the ultimate in realistic and in-depth football management action!
Over 3,500 players
Superb 3D match view - see how your players are performing!
Total realism including agents and team training
Fully updated clubs, players and kits for 2001-2002 season
Powerful tactics designer with team and individual player instructions
Comprehensive after match analysis
Are you in the same league as Sir Alex?"This game captures the real essence of football management"
Alex Ferguson |
| Alfred Chicken | 2002 | Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. | Möbius Entertainment Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | PS1 | Oh no! Alfred's girlfriend Floella has been chicknapped by the malevolent MekaChicken! Navigate Alfred through worlds of cheese, playing cards, children's toy blocks and more weird locations as he pursues MekaChicken and defeats an army of psychotic snails along the way.Alfred Chicken is based on the 1993 game of the same name. It features updated polygonal graphics and a CD quality soundtrack, in addition to all-new levels. However, the basic gameplay is the same - guide Alfred through action-packed platform levels and snatch up as many gems as you can along the way.Peck at the balloons strewn throughout the levels to release them - once you've released them all, you can progress to the next level. A watering can is also hidden in each level - collect these for Alfred's friend Mr. Peckles, who is (naturally) a gigantic smiling sunflower. Doing so will score Alfred a bonus for the level. |
| All Star Racing | 2002 | Mud Duck Productions | Kung Fu Games | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile | | | Everyone | | PS1 | All Star Racing is car racing game featuring four game modes: Supercar Challenge, Classic Cars, Stockcar Frenzy, and GT Racer.The game features 12 vehicles such as the Pina 238, Fenzo 500, and Manelli 748. There are also 12 tracks to race on which include Garrett Hills, Forest Valley, and Murran Ridge. Each game mode itself features its own set of 3 vehicles and 3 tracks to choose from, which makes up the main difference between all the game modes.Gameplay has the player racing their vehicle against 5 opposing vehicles all vying for first place. During a race the game keeps track of the players lap time.Options include setting the difficulty level to either easy, medium or hard and setting the number of laps to either 3 or 15 total laps. |
| Animal Snap: Rescue Them 2 by 2 | 2002 | Ignition Entertainment Ltd. | Ignition Entertainment Ltd. | Action, Puzzle | | | | Cards / tiles, Tile matching puzzle | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Animal Snap: Rescue Them 2 by 2 is a tile based puzzle game borrowing some elements from MahJong. Players need to clear groups of stacked titles by selecting two identical tiles, thus removing them. As matches make tiles disappear, new ones below are uncovered. This process is repeated until all tiles and removed. Tiles are selected by moving the cursor around and then a button to confirm or remove a selection. The game can be played in an Arcade Mode and as a Time Challenge. The gameplay is identical for both modes, but in Arcade the goal is to complete levels in the fastest time possible, while in Time Challenge a timer counts down. The tiles contain objects, animals and letters that spell the word BONUS. |
| Baby Felix Tennis | 2002 | Light & Shadow Production | Spark Creative SARL | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Felix The Cat is one of the oldest popular cartoon characters since 1919. Baby Felix was a kids animated television cartoon that ran in 2000 and featured infant character versions of Joe Oriolo's Felix television cartoon from the fifties. School has ended and summer vacation for Felix and his friends is going to be fun as they will be playing tennis. Players can choose to play as either Baby Felix, Kitty, or Tattoo, plus four others can be unlocked by achieving set challenges in-game. It is a standard tennis game with an angled view so that the opponent's court is smaller than the opposing player's and as the character approaches the net, the camera view slightly follows it. There is a training mode and a progressive Championship mode. On different court surfaces, the ball moves differently. There is a meter for the serve where hitting it at a different point will give it a spin. Two players can also go multiplayer head-to-head against each other. |
| Cabela's Ultimate Deer Hunt: Open Season | 2002 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Coresoft, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | Hunting, Shooter | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (US) (from Ad Blurbs)Deer Season is now OPEN - Are you ready?
Bring the thrill of the hunt home with
Cabela's Ultimate Deer Hunt. Stunning
realism, diverse terrain and a HUGE
selection of trophy bucks. Each hunt will
have your heart pounding as you take
careful aim with the most realistic
and challenging deer hunting game
available on the PlayStation!
INCLUDING:
6 different firearms
Multiple bows
Scents, calls & lures
Outfitting for all
seasons...
and more!
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9 different deer species
7 gigantic map areas
Mission Hunt or Quick Hunt
X-ray Mode
100s of gear options
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| California Surfing | 2002 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | TheyerGFX Pty Ltd | Sports | Side view | | | Tricks / stunts | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)Hey dude! Grab your surfboard and carve up the awesome waves ranging from the perfect 5-foot peelers off Malibu Beach, to the huge reef waves off Fiji's Tavarua Island. Hit the boost button to get massive air and perform insane spins, flips and tricks. Play with the dolphins and seagulls as you ride barrels, leap off huge waves and try to avoid that embarrassing wipe out.Play with up to 4 players and judge the score of other wave riders.
8 surfy characters, each with their own unique style and tricks.
Hit the Boost button for huge air time and wild tricks.
8 beaches to discover and master, each with different breaks.
Earn points for good wave rides and winning contest modes.
Select from a colourful range of surfboards in the surf shop.
Upgrade riders' states for better performance. |
| Collectors' Edition: 007: Racing / Medal of Honor / 007: Tomorrow Never Dies | 2002 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | A compilation of three action games from Electronic Arts:
007: Racing
007: Tomorrow Never Dies
Medal of Honor
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| Collectors' Edition: Army Men Gold: Army Men 3D / Army Men: Air Attack / Army Men: Sarge's Heroes | 2002 | 3DO Company, The | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | This is a special three-game set containing three games in the Army Men series:
Army Men 3D
Army Men: Air Attack
Army Men: Sarge's Heroes
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| Collectors' Edition: Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver / Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain / Fighting Force | 2002 | Eidos Interactive, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | PS1 | This is a three-game Eidos compilation pack that contains the following three games:
Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
Fighting Force
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| Collectors' Edition: NBA Live 2002 / Madden 2002 / NASCAR Thunder 2002 | 2002 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | A compilation of three sports games from Electronic Arts:
NBA Live 2002
Madden NFL 2002
NASCAR Thunder 2002
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| Collectors' Edition: Sled Storm / Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit / NASCAR Rumble | 2002 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | A compilation of three racing games from Electronic Arts:
Sled Storm
Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit
NASCAR Rumble
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| Collectors' Edition: Tomb Raider / Tomb Raider II / Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft | 2002 | Eidos Interactive, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | This is a three-game compilation pack that contains the following three Tomb Raider games:
Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider II
Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft
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| Dancing Stage Party Edition | 2002 | Konami of Europe GmbH | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc. | Action | | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | | PS1 | Based on the Dance Dance Revolution 4th Mix engine, follow on-screen arrows to learn the steps or create your own original dance routine.Features four gameplay modes - training, practice, arcade and workout (with calorie counter).51 tracks including songs by Kylie, S-Club, Bloodhound Gang, The Cardigans and Chaka Khan.
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| David Beckham Soccer | 2002 | Majesco Sales, Inc. | Rage Games Ltd. | Sports | | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Endorsed by the then England and Manchester United captain and international superstar, David Beckham Soccer is the last of Rage long tradition in developing soccer games.
It includes both national and club teams (from England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain), plus the ability to create custom teams, with details ranging from the usual name, strips and colours to the stadium. Other than Beckham himself, no player is licensed (likeness is preserved, but names are replaced with phonetic equivalents, such as “Owin” or “Zanetee”), but the editor also allows the player to customize each player and team.
Game modes include friendly, club season, several international cups (including the defunct Home Championship), Classic Matches (some featuring the highlights of Beckham's career, others just classic matches), Beat Brazil, where the player starts with France, and tries to beat Brazil with a progressively weaker team, Survival, where the player face top international teams, with goals against carrying over, until the player loses a match, and Train With Beckham, a series of drill minigames destined to teach the basics of the game and unlock “secrets”. Gameplay is similar to previous titles developed by the company (most notably Microsoft Football 2000 and UEFA Striker), and not unlike Beckham, has its strong point during dead ball situations, where the player can choose either to use a set play to get the defense offguard, or take a direct shot or swerving pass using the traditional arrow indicator.
In terms of options, the game doesn’t offer much to tweak, only bookings, offsides, injuries, match length and the decider (simple or golden goal overtime and penalty shootout) |
| Dinomaster Party | 2002 | Light & Shadow Production | Similis Software GmbH | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Mini-games, Party game | Prehistoric | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)DINOMASTER PARTY
...brings you the most amazing baby dinosaurs in frantic, hilarious showdown action ! Who's going to be their new leader ?8 dinosaurs for you to choose from the Huge Diplodocus, the Mighty Triceratops, the Speedy Velociraptor, not to mention the Terrifying T-Rex and lots of others.
Challenge your friends in 4-player mode!
Cross 4 hostile worlds : jungle, mountains, volcanoes, the centre of the Earth; in an incredible graphic universe: living colour, Magna style - these are no ordinary dinosaurs !
Test yourself with 12 mini-games, all with their own unique gameplay : Meteor Shower, Rock Push, DinoSquare...
BIG Creatures, BIG Fun! |
| Disney's Lilo & Stitch: Trouble in Paradise | 2002 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Blitz Games Ltd | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Platform | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This is a 3D kids action-adventure based on the Disney animated movie. You take turns controlling Stitch, the cute alien experiment that can turn deadly, to avoid the bounty hunters looking for him and Lilo, the Hawaiian girl being raised by her older sister, to use her voodoo magic to scare enemies throughout levels in various parts of the island. There are varied enemies, ranging from a turtle to man-eating plants to alien bounty hunters. There are three sections of five levels each and Lilo & Stitch must navigate various moving platforms. Both characters can run, jump and butt-stomp, along with some unique moves of their own. As they progress, 100 tokens and 4 special icons must be collected in each level as well as different power-ups, health and lives. The items will be found on the ground, in breakable pots or high in the air which require jumping around on platforms to get. There's also a few mini-games like a timed race against an opponent. Hidden photos and movie clips are bonuses to be revealed between levels. |
| Elemental Pinball | 2002 | DigiCube Co., Ltd. | DigiCube Co., Ltd. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Pinball | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)Step inside the arcades with Elemental Pinball. Use all your skills and the unique Elemental power up system to knock down the stand-up-targets and release those score multipliers.Adjust the ball speed and use the power of Fire, Water and Lightning to maximum effect to beat the ranking system and notch up a perfect high-score.Do you have what it takes to tilt and flip your way to victory? |
| Extreme Ghostbusters: The Ultimate Invasion | 2002 | Light & Shadow Production | Similis Software GmbH, Sproing Interactive Media GmbH | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | Shooter | Contemporary, North America | | | | | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)The Extreme Ghostbusters™ have detected highly paranormal activity! They must now act quickly to find out who is behind this new threat!!!
Choose between 4 characters and 3 exclusive game modes (Training, Arcade and Adventure)
Use the Extreme Ghostbusters™ highly powerful arsenal of lasers and proton packs, along with many special instruments to measure paranormal activity, etc.
Confront dozens of enemies, each one more terrifying than the next.
Play with a friend in cooperative mode for even more fun!
Light Gun Controller compatible. |
| Family Card Games Fun Pack | 2002 | Mud Duck Productions | Bottom Up Interactive | Strategy | | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Card Shark is a collection of card games, most of which are single player games, in which the player competes against three AI opponents in any of ten games. The games that can be played in this product are:
Seven In A Row: For four players. All cards are dealt and players take turns playing a card, the first player to play all their cards wins. Cards are played sequentially by suit and each suit starts with the seven and builds both up to the king and down to the ace. The game is played in levels, to progress to the next level the player must finish either first of second on a five round match. To complete level four the player must finish first.
The Rich Man: Players take it in turn to play a card, the card they play must be higher than the card played by the previous player. The first player to play all their cards wins. At the end of the first round the winning player is termed 'The Millionaire', the second player is 'Rich', the third player is 'Poor' and the fourth player is 'Destitute'. 'Destitute' must give their two best cards to 'The Millionaire', 'Poor' must give their best card to 'Rich'. Millionaire and 'Rich' must give cards to Destitute' and 'Poor' but they can give any cards they wish. Under certain conditions card strength is reversed which affects the game dramatically. Players start with twenty points and gain or lose points depending on how well they do, and they complete a level by finishing first in a ten round match.
Splash: Players play card(s) to match the value of the card on the table, the first player to play all their cards wins. They win instantly (i.e. The 'Splash') if the total value of their hand matches the table card. The game is a variation on 'Crazy Eights' as it has similar special cards. Eight's change the suit of the next player's discard, Jack's cause the next player to miss a turn, Ten's reverse the order of play and Two's make the next player pick up two additional cards from the deck. To clear a level the player must finish in the top two of a ten round match.
Page One: is another Crazy Eight variant. Players play card(s) to match the value of the card on the table, the first player to play all their cards wins. The special cards in this game are Eight's which change the suit of the next player's discard, Jack's which cause the next player to miss a turn, Queen's which reverse the order of play and Two's which make the next player pick up two additional cards from the deck. A further twist is that when a player holds just one card they must press triangle, if they don't they are required to pick an additional five cards from the deck. To clear a level the player must finish in the top two of a ten round match.
Seven Bridges: Players are dealt cards and take turns exchanging one card from their hand with a card from the deck. When they have three cards of the same value or three cards of the same suit they can place them on the 'table'. Cards can also be added to sets and sequences laid by other players. The first person to dispose of all their cards wins. Players start with points and lose points for every card remaining their hand when a round is over. To clear a level the player must finish in the top two after a ten round match. To complete level four they must finish top.
Old Maid/Old Man: These are two variations on the same game. Old Maid is played with a fifty two card deck and one joker. Cards are discarded in pairs and the first person to dispose of all their cards wins. Old Man is played the same way but one card is removed from the fifty two card deck. In both games playing a Jack's causes the next player to miss a turn while Queen's reverse the order of play.
Speed: This game supports one or two players. It is not turn based, players play cards that are sequential to the table card as fast as they can. The first player to dispose of all their cards wins.
Poker: This is Five Card Draw poker. Players start with credit and aim to win as much as possible, it plays like a video poker game of 'Jacks High'. This product does not use a memory card to store a player's progress but in Poker the player can press the SELECT button and the game will generate a password which they can use in future games to restore their credit. Pressing the START button swaps the player into the Blackjack game.
Blackjack: This is a standard Blackjack game in which the player can generate passwords or swap into the Poker game as described above. The player's winnings are multiplied if they have special card combinations, for example 'Blackjack' - having the cards add up to twenty-one - multiplies the stake by five while a six card sequence adding up to twenty-one multiplies the stake by fifty. In both Poker and Blackjack when the player wins a hand they can choose to play a 'double or nothing' game such as 'Red or Black', Hi-Card select', Hi-Lo' etc
Concentration: This is a game for one to four players. Forty cards are dealt face down and players take turns revealing a pair of cards looking for a matching pair.
Each game has customisable rules, and adjustable AI strength.
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| Firebugs | 2002 | Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. | Attention to Detail Limited | Action, Racing / Driving | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | Welcome to the Firebugs racing season, where teams of different worlds send their best racer to compete for fame and glory. Play as Gismo, Karrie, Zero, BOW or Kami - each with a background story, unique special weapon, and alternate vehicle designs that can be unlocked. You race in five distinct worlds: a group of linked islands (Archipelago), a droid factory (Droid Gardens), a desert wasteland (Terrian Dunes), an industrial area (Sky Port) and a wealthy city (Aerial City). While racing, the personal weapon is stored in the left weapon bay. Random weapons that can be picked up by all racers are stored on the right. There are both offensive and defensive specials, including missiles, rockets, cannons, turbo, shield and a worm hole that teleports your opponents. Upon completing a perfect lap, you receive a special weapon, such as the stasis beam (immobilization) or the time warp (slow opponents down).Vehicles can be slowed down but not destroyed, so he who crosses the finish line first still takes it all. The game uses 360° aerodynamics, which allow you to drive on walls and ceilings. Those game mechanics were previously used in ATD's Rollcage series. The single player mode includes championships divided over three leagues with increasing difficulty. Each league contains five worlds, with a different theme, and each character has a homeworld. There are qualifier races, heats (one-on-one) and final races where the grid is based on the results of the previous races. You can also test drive all 25 tracks in the practice mode, or go head-to-head with split-screen multiplayer. The game's soundtrack is provided by the Bomfunk MCs. |
| Formula GP | 2002 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Kung Fu Ltd. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Track racing | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)Formula G.P. lets you take control of the most powerful racing cars on the planet. Push your skills to the limit in one of six car designs and race over eight courses, all packed with enough hazardous bends and lengthy straights to provide all the racing thrills you need! |
| Formula One Arcade | 2002 | Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. | Studio 33 (UK) Ltd. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | Arcade | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | PS1 | By the developers of the realistic Sony Formula One series, Formula One Arcade is also an officially licensed product, but the racing itself is unrealistic with many arcade elements. Players choose formula one cars and race other drivers on various courses, checkpoint-based with the clock counting down. Unlike the other games in the series however, the racing is very hectic and there are power-ups such as speed boosts, shields (invincibility), large tires (more grip) and more. |
| Hooters: Road Trip | 2002 | Ubi Soft Entertainment, Inc. | Hoplite Research, LLC, Miracle Designs | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | Arcade | | Automobile, Street racing | Direct control | | Teen | | PS1 | In Hooters Road Trip, the player takes control of a muscle car, competing in races and different skill tests sponsored by Hooters Restaurants, a popular food and bar franchise in the U.S. that employs well-endowed women, in locations such as California and Florida. The gameplay mostly consisted of racing against computer opponents while avoiding oncoming traffic, such as other cars and semi-trucks. The winner of these races will get to meet a real Hooters Girl (video wise of course), chosen for the game for each state they actually live (i.e., if they player wins a race in Florida, the player will get to see a Hooters Girl from a restaurant in Florida). There are 12 different cars to choose from, some of which need to be unlocked by winning certain races. Players can also race against each other in two-player action while the graphics are reminiscent of Destruction Derby. |
| Hugo: Frog Fighter | 2002 | ITE Media ApS (Interactive Television Entertainment) | ITE Media ApS (Interactive Television Entertainment) | Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Hugo: Frog Fighter is a puzzle game starring Hugo the TV troll. The crocodiles of Don Croco are catching all the frogs. They plan to eat them at a big barbeque. Hugo is now off to save them from certain death.The game is played from a birds eye perspective on a single screen per level. Hugo has to jump from floating tree trunks to gas bubbles and rocks to reach the end of the map. Usually, before the end of a map can be reached, a key has to be retrieved that opens a box. This holds another key that unlocks the end of the map. Sometimes enemies like spiders and jumping fish have to be evaded. After completing a map a password is given that can be used to skip to this level when playing the game the next time. |
| International Cricket Captain 2002 | 2002 | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | International Cricket Captain 2002 is one of a series of cricketing games from Empire Interactive. In the single-player mode the player can:
play the full game by leading any of the English county teams;
take control of an English county team, manage them and earn the right to captain the national team;
play as a national team manager, the countries available are Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe.In the two-player mode each player selects a different international team, matches are either fifty overs of five day tests and the players compete in either a one, three or five match series. The batting side uses the keyboard to control their teamThere are also some classic matches, or Scenarios as they are called in-game, where the player can relive or try to change an historic match. These matches are 1948 England v Australia, 1971 England v India, 1986 Australia v England, 1991 England v West Indies, 2002 Australia v England, and the 2003 World Cup. In these matches the player can control either side, set the difficulty level, and change the team, coaching skills etc before playing the match.When bowling the player can adjust the way the ball is delivered, the degree of aggression and length of the delivery, which side of the wicket the bowler bowls from, and which stump the bowler aims for. When batting the player can adjust the degree of aggression the batsman uses. During an innings the player can optionally view animations of the action and here there are settings that allow the player to view every delivery or just specific events. |
| Jigsaw Madness | 2002 | XS Games, LLC | Nippon Ichi Software, Inc. | Puzzle | | | | Cards / tiles | | | | Real-time | Everyone | | PS1 | Jigsaw Madness is the international release of Jigsaw Island: Japan Graffiti. It includes all of the standard modes from the original game, including the 4-player battle and single-player free modes, but does not include the story mode from the original release. |
| Jim Henson's The Hoobs | 2002 | Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. | Runecraft Ltd. | Action, Educational, Puzzle | | Licensed | | Arcade, Cards / tiles, Mini-games, Paddle / Pong | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling, Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)HOOB! HOOB! HOORAY!THE HOOBS ARE HERE TO PLAY!!!
Hop aboard the Hoobmobile with Iver, Tula and Groove and set off on a journey of exploration and discovery, music, dance and FUN.Visit the icy arctic, the wild jungle, the rugged mountains, the sandy beach and the Hoobygroovy barnyard.Play fifteen mini-games including Hide and Seek, Matching Pairs and Feed the Chickens.Interact with Hoobloads of Tiddlypeeps to help Hoobs discover the answer to the question of the day.PARENTS (Peeps): this Hoobashious game is both entertaining and educational, and not just for you, but for your Tiddlypeeps too! Hoobletoodledoo! |
| Kickboxing | 2002 | A1 Games | Jorudan Co., Ltd. | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | Martial arts | | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | A kickboxing game with a Ranking, Story, and a 2 player VS. mode.Ranking mode has the player fighting through various opponents in order to become a champion kickboxer.Story mode starts with the player either picking the kickboxer Red or Sang and taking them through a story which is told by dialogues between matches. Going through this mode will unlock characters by beating them. Each of the the kickboxers in the game have their own speed, accuracy, strength, and stamina ratings.This game is very similar to Boxing sharing a lot of the same characters. It also features similar gameplay mechanics of that game, with the exception that this game allows the addition of being able to kick instead of just punch. |
| Klonoa Beach Volleyball | 2002 | Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. | Namco Limited | Sports | Diagonal-down, Side view | | | Arcade | | | Kō Akimoto | | | | PS1 | An arcade volleyball game featuring the characters and likeness of the Klonoa franchise. You compete in 2-on-2 matches using a selection of characters from the franchise in hopes of winning the 5-match tournament, which is staged on several locations from each game.The game plays from a 3d side-view, and you can block shots, counter them and release "Super Shots" with your selected character. Allows for 4-player gameplay and features a Championship, Exhibition and Training mode. |
| Largo Winch .// Commando SAR | 2002 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Rebellion Developments Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | Spy / espionage | Stealth | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Largo Winch, playboy billionaire and international crime fighter, attends the opening of a new chemical factory in Venezuela when the complex is suddenly attacked by terrorists. They plant a bomb and take Tania Kournakova hostage, a journalist friend. Use a combination of stealth and hand-to-hand combat to infiltrate high tech offices, desert fortresses and a remote oil rig. Next to regular weapons, Largo can also use a brainwave scanner to scan the position and status of guards, a radio, and a toolbox to hack or modify electronic systems.This third-person, stealth action game is based on the Belgian Largo Winch comic book series by Philippe Francq and Jean Van Hamme, edited by Dupuis. |
| Marble Master | 2002 | Conspiracy Entertainment Corp., Crave Entertainment, Inc. | Software 2000 | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Swing is a Tetris inspired puzzle game:
At the top of the screen you see two lines of eight balls ("spheres") in different colors and weights (shown as numbers). At the bottom are four scales.
You can transport and put down one sphere at the same time through a grey device between the two parts described above. Three spheres of the same color side by side will disappear and give you points; all other same spheres in vertical or horizontal neighborhood to this three will also vanish (combos)!
The clue are the scales because of imbalance they go up or down and can catapult the spheres over the whole area! And there can be highest only eight spheres on one scale pan - otherwise game over. Later in a game there will be more and more colors and special items.
The multiplayer mode is even more funny because there you have to make big combos for better items which you can catapult into your opponents area! |
| Michael Schumacher Racing World Kart 2002 | 2002 | JoWooD Productions (UK) Ltd. | TerraTools GmbH | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | PS1 | One of the few Kart games in the market.Race through the beginnings of Michael Schumacher's career as a kart driver.Advance through the different race classes and difficulty levels and win the world-wide championship on the Internet.With 16 different tracks, three play modes and multiplayer options.More features are real outdoor and indoor tracks, Ghost Kart and three Kart classes (FUN, ICA, FSA).The game also includes a tutorial for first steps. |
| Monster Bass! | 2002 | XS Games, LLC | Magical Company Ltd. | Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Monster Bass! is a fishing simulator set in four locations. The player gets to control the bait to lure and catch several types of "scientifically mutated gigantic monster bass". As the game progresses special baits and tricks get unlocked. |
| Moorhen 3 ...Chicken Chase | 2002 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Phenomedia AG | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | PS1 | Moorhen 3 ...Chicken Chase is a shooter still in the same style as the first Moohrhuhn. The player has a gun and he shoots chickens which fly over the screen. If they are far away, they give more points. After six shots the player has to reload the weapon (which gives a time penalty). The time is limited, the screen can be scrolled left and right and the ultimate goal is to improve the own highscore.In this game the only background is set at a sea. New features are more different animals to shoot, including the "Lesshühner" which give negative points. Two new ammo types are more powerful but limited and have to be earned by shooting certain things. There are multiple hidden extras to find, e.g. ways to extend the playing time. In the PC version there is an online highscore list. |
| My Disney Kitchen | 2002 | BAM! Entertainment, Inc. | Disney Interactive, Inc. | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | My Disney Kitchen is a cooking game where you are neighbors with Mickey and Minnie. They will come to your house to eat food, comment on the radio station, look at the decorated kitchen etc. There are many tools you can use to make food and lots of food to work with. You simply cook and decorate your own kitchen with Mickey and Minnie helping you. You can call them and sometimes they will give you tips on how to make things like applesauce and smoothies. They will also give you ingredients if you run out. There are real life recipes from Family Fun magazine that you can make in your own kitchen.Mickey and Minnie won't eat everything you make. There are two stars on the oven and counter in your kitchen to make cake and breakfast for the two of them. In the Good Morning Griddle section, you can make eggs, bacon, and pancakes for Mickey and Minnie. You have to put them on the griddle and flip them over when needed. You can also put maple syrup and butter on them for flavor. In Bake-A-Cake, you can bake, mix, frost, and decorate a cake for Mickey and Minnie. You can save the game on your memory card or on your computer depending on what version you are playing. You can also watch demos, where you can learn to make meals. |
| NBA ShootOut 2003 | 2002 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Killer Game | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | Real-time | Everyone | | PS1 | Back of Case - PlayStation (US) (from Ad Blurbs)
IF IT'S NOT FROM THE NBA, IT'S NOT THE NBA - Signature jams, animations, A.I. and plays from the NBA elite.
NBA HOOPS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE PLAYED - Run the court with Total Control: Passing, Screening & Shooting.
IT'S NBA. TRUE. NOW MAKE IT ALL ABOUT YOU - Customize Create Player & Create Dunk to become the next MVP.
GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF THE MANUAL AND IN THE GAME - Go to the hole with 18 one-touch player controls and no homework.
(screenshot captions)
TOUCH SHOOTING
SIMPLIFIED GAMEPLAY
SIGNATURE ANIMATIONS
DESIGN YOUR OWN DUNK
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| Planet of the Apes | 2002 | Ubi Soft Entertainment, Inc. | Visiware | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | Post-apocalyptic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Released around the same time as the remake (2001 Tim Burton) of the original film (1968 Franklin J. Schaffner), yet follows its own story in that setting. You are Ulysses, a human whose spacecraft crashed on an ape-ruled planet. When you are captured and readied for 'examination' you want to save your skin, and thankfully a merciful ape gives you a chance to do so. As a human you have no tools, only your intelligence and some loincloth to prevent staring eyes.
The game is played from a third-person viewpoint, and you can meet certain characters and talk to them to get information. Hand-to-hand combat ensues when you encounter an unfriendly ape, obstacles need to be overcome by thinking and some acrobatics. |
| Power Play Sports Trivia | 2002 | Ubi Soft Entertainment, Inc. | Starsphere Interactive, Inc. | Strategy | Text-based / Spreadsheet | | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | Menu structures | | Everyone | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (US) (from Ad Blurbs)Think You Got Game?
Time to put up or shut up with Power Play Sports Trivia!Climb the ranking leader, reach the Hall of Fame, and become a Trivia Legend
Take on 4,000 brain-bruising questions from the wide, wide world of football, basketball, baseball, and hockey.
2 Tenacious Trivia Modes:
TOURNAMENT: Up to 4 players face off to decide who's got the fastest fingers and the maddest skills.
LAST MAN STANDING: Avoid the 5 wrong answers and go for the longest winning streak in history. |
| Pro Evolution Soccer | 2002 | Konami of Europe GmbH | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc. | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Pro Evolution Soccer has more than 50 international soccer sides and 16 of the best club teams from around the world - ranging from Manchester United and AC Milan to Leeds United, who were briefly a top side at this time.The player also has a large array of options. The player can play single matches as well as league or cup tournaments, and there is also a training mode. There are 5 difficulty levels, different weather conditions, and injuries are optional, as are extra time and penalty shoot-outs. Players can be designed with a range of physical and mental attributes, as well as different appearances.Gameplay is not as end-to-end as the contemporary FIFA titles, and finishing is more of a matter of precise timing and skill. Players and officials make mistakes on occasion as well. |
| Shin Megami Tensei II | 2002 | Atlus Co., Ltd. | Atlus Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | | | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Post-apocalyptic | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Following the remake of the first Shin Megami Tensei, this is a re-vamped version of the second game, originally released for the Super Famicom (SNES). Like the first remake, the graphics of the game have been redone from scratch, to match the 2D standard of 32-bit generation consoles. Interior locations are much more detailed, with visible furniture and other items in rooms that were empty in the original version.The 3D dungeons can now be navigated with smooth scrolling, unlike the "jumping" navigation of the earlier versions. The remake also has an additional difficulty level, dubbed "normal"; the original difficulty level is called "hard". The easier difficulty level also reduces the amount of random battles. Story, dialogues, layout of locations, and general gameplay remain unchanged in this version.
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| Sky Sports Football Quiz: Season 02 | 2002 | THQ International Ltd. | Hothouse Creations Ltd. | Sports | | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | Jamie Toghill, Paul Jeal | | Menu structures | | | | PS1 | Sequel to Sky Sports Football Quiz, Season 02 is a football trivia game which offers several thousands of new questions. Up to four players can participate in one of four games; League Championship where you manage a team which results depend on your answers across a full season; 'hit or miss' the right answers will go you through the Penalty Shootout game; two-player Man of the Match is a head-to-head battle where speed matters and scores goals; and finally building your own dream eleven with the money you win at the Dream Team game. All games feature Sky Sport's Kirsty Gallagher as the host. |
| Sol Divide | 2002 | XS Games, LLC | Psikyo | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Fantasy | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Set against a medieval fantasy backdrop, Sol Divide is a 2D side-scrolling shooter that pits one or two players against a horde of flying enemies. There are three different characters that can be played as, each with their own weapon and fighting style. Various magic scrolls can be found by defeating enemies which allow the player to cast several different types of spells including lightning and fire.The story itself concerns an evil being who sets out looking for a Power Stone and cuts down all in his path with his sword, the Sol Divide. It is up to you to stop him, battling your way through several stages in both Arcade and Original Mode (which contain different areas and require different tactics to beat, the Original Mode being designed as a more difficult experience for players who want to progress on to a higher challenge).Defeating enemies rewards the player with different items to help them on their journey, including the aforementioned magic scrolls, healing potions, magic bottles (only when playing Arcade Mode) and protection accessories (if playing Original Mode). |
| Spec Ops: Airborne Commando | 2002 | Gotham Games | Big Grub | Action, Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Shooter | | | | | Teen | Brandon Humphreys | PS1 | Spec Ops: Airborne Commando is an isometric action game where you as a player, control a lone soldier through 16 levels of shooting and using high-tech equipment.
Levels span from hostage rescuing to mayhem & destruction and from urban environments to jungles.
Very similar to other games of Spec-Ops family. |
| Speed Machines | 2002 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Mere Mortals Ltd. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Motorcycle, Track racing | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)Speed Machines takes you to the limit on Bikes, in Grand Prix style cars and tarmac skimming Karts.
Experience the thrill of acceleration on two wheels, the awesome power of a GP car and the super responsive handling of a Kart all combined in one unique game.
You'll need to master the 12 individual racing circuits from around the world to become the champion. Do you have the endurance to keep control whilst racing in all disciplines?
If so, then Speed Machines is the challenge you need! |
| Spyro: Collector's Edition | 2002 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This is a three-game compilation pack that contains the first three Spyro games:
Spyro the Dragon
Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage
Spyro: Year of The Dragon
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| Super Shot Soccer | 2002 | Tecmo, Inc. | Tecmo, Ltd. | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (US) (from Ad Blurbs)Lead your team to victory and become the world's best soccer team using extraordinary moves and kicks to defeat your opponent. Watch as the team from China drops the Great Wall in the middle of the field to block your opponents' moves. Or choose the French team and paralyze your opponents using the Eiffel Tower to shock the competition allowing your team to shoot and score!This is soccer like you've never seen before, it's wacky, crazy and fun! Does your team have what it takes to become the champion of the world?Features
Super Shot Special Moves - Each national team has two or more unique special moves on offense or defense.
International Tournament - Compete against other national teams in a global tournament for ultimate victory. Over 30 countries to choose from.
Weather Effects - Play in adverse weather conditions like rain.
Fast and Exciting Gameplay - The action is fast and furious, especially with the Super Shot special moves which can foil plans and make for exciting comeback victories! |
| Superstar Dance Club | 2002 | XS Games, LLC | Warashi Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Superstar Dance Club is a character-based dancing game, compatible with Konami's DDR mat controller. Show your best moves with Suzy and friends as you tap your feet (or the controller) to the music. You'll start at the local club and if you're good enough, work your way to Superstar status where you can show off your hottest dance skills in different arenas and locations. Join various different characters and create the ultimate dance sensation. |
| Sven-Göran Eriksson's World Challenge | 2002 | 3DO Europe, Ltd. | Anco Software Ltd. | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | | Isometric | PS1 | Sven-Göran Eriksson's World Challenge is a soccer game. It features 204 national teams from all over the world. There are six playing modes: Exhibition match, training, league, play-offs, World Cup qualification or World Cup championship. It uses the same handling as the Kick Off series, which means the ball doesn't stick to the players' feet. There are just three buttons to use: shooting, passing and tackling. The whole technical side of the game is the same as in Kick Off 2002. |
| The Amazing Virtual Sea-Monkeys | 2002 | Conspiracy Entertainment Corp., Red Cap Software GmbH | Creature Labs Ltd. | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | The player controls Nautila, a "babelfish" which is used to indirectly influence the environment within a huge water tank. Nautila has to suck up dangerous fish, clear rocks, supply food etc. for brine shrimps resembling the Sea Monkeys brand. The Sea Monkeys try to reach a Venus Shell as soon as they are hatched. If Nautila is not fast enough to clear the puzzles preventing the Sea Monkeys from reaching their shell, they will perish... The game features 70 levels in total, with increasingly difficult objectives. |
| The Land Before Time: Big Water Adventure | 2002 | TDK Mediactive, Inc. | Digital Illusions Canada, Inc. | Action | | Licensed | | Platform | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | The Land Before Time: Big Water Adventure is a single player platform game based on Universal Picture's film The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water. The storyline is the same, Little Mo is stranded in the Great Valley after torrential rain and must return to the Big Water to rejoin his family. So Littlefoot, Ducky, Cera or Spike and Petrie all help him get there.The game consists of a series of short levels in which the player runs across the landscape jumping over chasms and collecting tree stars. Every couple of levels there's a challenge such as a race which must be completed successfully in order to progress. These challenges can be completed as either Littlefoot, Ducky, Cera or Spike. Mo has his/her/its own game when the Big Water is reached and Peitrie has a picture puzzle game using pictures that are unlocked as the player progresses through the game collecting tree stars.There are no lives in this game. The player may fail on any jump multiple times and they are still taken back to a point where they can restart and try it again. |
| Truck Racing | 2002 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Kung Fu Ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Track racing, Truck, Vehicle simulator | | | | | PS1 | Truck Racing is a single player racing game, with trucks racing around a conventional racing track.The player has six rigs to choose from and eight courses on which they can race, with the maximum speed of the trucks over 150 miles per hour.
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| Turnabout | 2002 | Natsume, Inc. | Artdink Corporation | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | In this game, the player is presented with a series of one hundred puzzles containing colored balls, colored target blocks and various obstacles, some static and some capable of movement. Whenever two or more objects of the same color come into contact with each other, they disappear, and the object is to eliminate all of the colored balls and target blocks. The trick to the game is that none of the pieces can be moved directly; the player's only options are to rotate the entire playing field either left or right ninety degrees and let gravity do the rest. As a bonus, the game includes an editor which allows the player to create up to fifty additional levels to challenge friends with. |
| World Soccer: Winning Eleven 6 International | 2002 | Konami of Europe GmbH | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc. | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | This is Konami's second soccer (European football) simulation for the Playstation 2. Choose one of the 54 international or 16 leagues teams (plus 7 hidden ones), to participate basically in any kind of tournament you wish, from friendship games to world cup, with a vast choice of customizable tournaments. You can create your own players with personal statistics, and then put them into any team. You can also play legendary teams, for example, Brazil with Pele, Argentina with Maradona, etc. |
| Dokonjō Gaeru: The Mahjong | 2002-01-24 | Bandai Co., Ltd., D3Publisher Inc. | Yuki Enterprise | Strategy | Top-down | Licensed | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | PS1 | Dokonjō Gaeru: The Mahjong is a traditional Mahjong game based on the manga written by Yasumi Yoshizawa.The game can be played either in a story mode or a free play versus mode. In the former, the game follows the titular character and his advice giving frog t-shirt through a series of matches with story events in between. In versus mode, the player gets to pick a character to play as and 3 opponents to play against.Aside from the game itself, there is a detailed menu explaining all of the rules of Mahjong so that inexperienced players can learn how to play before they start the game. |
| Family Diamond | 2002-01-24 | Magnolia | I.Magic | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | | | | PS1 | Family Diamond is a very basic digital version of Chinese checkers. The goal (just like in the board game) is to move your marbles across the board to the opposite site and, if possible, use you opponents' marbles to get further each turn. This game has no extras or special effects, it's just good old fashioned board gaming.You can play alone or against a friend and face computer opponents. |
| SuperLite 3in1 Series: Oekaki Puzzle Shū | 2002-01-24 | Success Corporation | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This compilation contains the first three Oekaki Puzzle games previously released in the SuperLite 1500 Series:
SuperLite 1500 Series: Oekaki Puzzle
SuperLite 1500 Series: Oekaki Puzzle 2
SuperLite 1500 Series: Oekaki Puzzle 3 |
| Groove Adventure Rave: Yuukyuu no Kizuna | 2002-01-31 | Konami Corporation | Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, Inc. | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time | | Isometric | PS1 | Groove Adventure Rave is based on the manga and anime of the same name, written by Hiro Mashima. This action RPG puts the player in the shoes of Haru, the main protagonist of the manga. The game begins with a weird storm on the gang's ship where Haru is thrown overboard, along with Plue and, a little later, Elie. When Haru comes to the grand adventure starts. The only problem is, his sword (the Decaforce Sword) and Elie are both missing...The game shares some similarities with Diablo or Shining Soul in that it is a hack'n'slash RPG seen from an isometric perspective. Haru can use normal attacks, but also charged attacks and has a small real-time inventory to aid him while in battle. Leveling up happens automatically when the experience meter is full, and doesn't interrupt gameplay with a statistics screen. |
| Manpuku!! Nabe Kazoku | 2002-01-31 | Media Entertainment Inc | Media Entertainment Inc | Action | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | Contemporary, Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Manpuku!! Nabe Kazoku is something as unusual as an eating action arcade game. You face off against various opponents ranging from busty blondes and old men to bizarre things like a bear. You're faced with the task of filling your "full" bar up faster than your opponent by out-eating him/her/it using chopsticks and one big Nabe pot filled with food.You control the chopsticks over a never ending Nabe pot in which food is constantly cooked. Pressing X makes you poke at the food to see if it's cooked properly, and O makes you eat it. If you get three of the same kind of food you get bonus points. Same goes if you eat the combination of food suggested by the chef of the current game. However, if you eat raw or undercooked food you get stunned for a short while and lose a little bit of your "full" bar, and you have to hit the buttons fast to recover.The rounds are timed, and whoever gets the biggest meter at the end of the round wins the game.There are bonuses such as ones that empty your current food combo, stuns the opponent and score multipliers. The occasionally pop up from under food you've eaten from the Nabe.You can play the game by yourself or face off against a friend/foe in a vs. game. |
| Tales of Fandom Vol. 1 | 2002-01-31 | Namco Limited | Wolf Team | Adventure, Puzzle | | | | Japanese-style adventure | | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | This fan disc for the Tales series is based on the first few games in the series. In its main mode, "Kaoventure", players engage in a simple crossover adventure game featuring the games' casts in "kaodora" skits. It stars Primula, a new character, teaming up with Tales of Eternia's Keele to help clear his name after he's accused of academic fraud at Mintche University. A second game mode, Craymel Lab, features a simple falling block puzzle game for one or two players which includes a story mode starring a variety of Tales cast members.Its non-game content includes a large amount of official artwork and fan art covering the first several Tales games. Players with a compatible DoCoMo i-mode phone and the PlayStation mobile phone communication cable were able to upload their Craymel Lab scores to the internet. |
| beatmania 6thMIX + Core Remix | 2002-01-31 | Konami Corporation | Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, Inc. | Action | | | | Arcade, Music / rhythm | | | | | | | PS1 | The very last PlayStation release in Konami's long-running rhythm game series, 6th Mix + Core Remix is a home port of what were the two latest arcade editions at the time, 6th Mix and Core Remix. In addition to the arcade version tracks, there are also a half-dozen new remixes of tracks from the Yebisu Mix append disc included with the very first home edition of beatmania, making for a total of 62 tracks. This release can also be used to play the numerous beatmania "append discs" that Konami released. |
| All-Star Slammin' D-Ball | 2002-02-01 | Agetec, Inc. | Access co., ltd. | Sports | Behind view | | | Arcade | | | | Real-time | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | An arcade-style simulation of the famous P. E. game Dodgeball. Two teams face off; 4 players on each side in the infield, and another 3 from each team surround the field. Knock out all your opponent's infield players to win. You have the ability to catch thrown shots with a well-timed button press, and then return the favor with either a normal shot, or a high-powered shot, which are activated similarly to fighting-game moves.The game includes a single game mode, either single-player, or two-player, as well as a tournament mode. |
| Peter Pan in Disney's Return to Never Land | 2002-02-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Doki Denki SA | Action | 3rd-person (Other), Side view | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | The nefarious pirate Captain Hook found a map to Neverland's hidden treasure and intends to plunder it. Since he now knows where the treasure is located he hacks up the treasure map to pieces and scatters the pieces throughout Neverland so no one else will be able to locate the treasure. Meanwhile, the fairy Tinkerbell informs Peter Pan that there is a treasure somewhere in Neverland. So now Peter Pan and Tinkerbell are on a quest to locate the hidden treasure too by finding and putting back together the pieces of the sliced up treasure map.Players take the role of Peter Pan and occasionally as Tinker Bell throughout 20 different stages. Some of the stages include Hangman's Tree, the Mermaid Lagoon, Pirate's Cove, Indian village, and Skull Rock. Peter's has the ability to fly and he can use a knife, as well as bombs, against his enemies such as seagulls and pirates, not to mention boss enemies such as Hook's first mate, Mr. Smee, and of course Captain Hook himself. Throughout these stages players can collect items such as feathers and film reels.In stages where players take control of Tinkerbell, they have to fly throughout the stage keeping a torch lit while avoiding obstacles that would put the torch out.In between stages players can visit the Indian shop where they can spend their feathers and buy things such as pixie dust, tips, and a health boost.
Also players can use the film reels they found and view the actual clips from the animated feature film the game is named after. |
| Chocolate Kiss | 2002-02-14 | DigiCube Co., Ltd. | Infinity Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | Romance | Japanese-style adventure, Visual novel | Asia | | Menu structures | | | Interface | PS1 | Chocolate Kiss is a romantic visual novel adventure game featuring a high school student as a protagonist. The game story starting in January, and this year, he is determined to find a girlfriend that will give him a chocolate for Valentine's Day. And he has only one month time to achieve that goal. The game story advances through days, and allows player to go to different location (by selecting where to go via dialogue window option rather than using a map travel) and depending where he goes he will run into a different girl, all of which are potential candidates for becoming his girlfriend.The game is a typical visual novel adventure game and features static 2D anime characters over background images that are mostly real-live photos touched to look less real-life like, with occasional 2D art, which is more prominent in CG event scenes. Dialogue window is on the bottom and dialogues are distinguished from thoughts by having a character's name prefixed. Aside from main character, all on-screen NPCs have full voice-over during dialogues. Typical features such as message log or toggling dialogue window to see clear background are also available. Bonus feature includes CG gallery which contains unlocked CG art, depending on branch in the story the player takes, and because there are many girls to end up with, there are many different story arcs and endings. |
| Memorial Series: Sunsoft Vol. 4 | 2002-02-14 | Sun Corporation | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Memorial Series: Sunsoft Vol. 4 is a compilation featuring the following games:
Blaster Master
Ripple Island
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| King of Bowling 3 | 2002-02-21 | DigiCube Co., Ltd. | DigiCube Co., Ltd. | Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)Learn to control the path of your ball applying just the right amount of force and spin to knock down everyone of those pins so you can yell... Strike!
Play the extra challenges in the Quest Mode.
Aim for the Perfect Game in your quest to become the World Champion. |
| Digimon Rumble Arena | 2002-02-22 | Bandai America, Inc. | CA Production, Hudson Soft Company, Ltd. | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Fighting | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Digimon Rumble Arena features a cast of characters from all 3 seasons of the Fox Kids television series, Digimon: Digital Monsters. Classic fighting action for 1 or 2 players. Compete as one of your favorite Digimon characters, and employ his special powers and attacks to advance through multiple levels and past obstacles. Gain points by playing through assorted mini games. Win and use items to power-up your Digimon and get them ready for the ring.
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| Dracula: The Last Sanctuary | 2002-02-26 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Wanadoo Edition | Adventure | 1st-person | | Detective / mystery, Horror | Puzzle elements | | | | | Mature | | PS1 | You are Jonathan Harker. You are in search of the Count himself... to save your wife Mina. Follow his trail from London all the way to Transylvania, decipher the scant clues available, and see if you can hunt down Dracula... or be hunted. Dracula: The Last Sanctuary is a 1st person adventure. |
| Hamster Club-i | 2002-02-28 | Jorudan Co., Ltd. | Jorudan Co., Ltd. | Action | | | | Life / social simulation, Mini-games | | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Based on the Hamster Club manga, this virtual pet game has players raising dwarf hamsters. In the main raising mode, players take care of their pets and manage their stats. Actually growing their pets, though, requires taking part in the different minigame competitions. These action games, in genres as varied as 100 meter dash and one-on-one fighting, each feature different gameplay styles.The i part of the title referred to its online features, using DoCoMo's i-mode cell phone service, which have since been discontinued. |
| Milky Season | 2002-02-28 | KID Corp. | EJ Corp., KID Corp. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | | | | | | Buy at Buy at | PS1 | In Milky Season, the player controls a young student who got appointed as the head of the girls' dormitory. This, in turn, will put you into many awkward and romantic situations where you can select how the story will branch and which girl you may fall in love with, based on your choices during dialogues. Milky Season is a visual novel that originated on consoles (PlayStation and Dreamcast), and is not a PC port and as such had no adult elements to begin with, focusing more on the story and interaction with the characters in this slice-of-life sort of setting.The game features twelve heroines, letting you check the affection of 8 possible love interests towards you at any point during the game. The game does not feature any animation and characters depict their attitude and disposition only in voice-acting and static poses. Typical visual novel elements are present during gameplay, such as the dialogue text can be toggled to see the clear background, or that your choices may lead you towards a certain path in the story. The twelve heroines you can interact with in the game are: Miki Ayase, Saori Nonohana, Marin Chiura, Chihaya Hoshinami, Yun Usami, Reika Ranzaki, Mio Ayase, Itsuki Fujiwara, Mashiro Tachibana, Urumi Morishita, Kasumi Shindou, and Sachie Tohyama. |
| Shadow and Shadow | 2002-02-28 | PrincessSoft | Kero-Q | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | Fantasy | | | | | Setting | PS1 | The year is Kanei 17, a dark time of thoughtless violence, where the fires of civil war still burn. Drifting in this world is a lone swordsman: Sougen, the swordsman with two shadows. Forever an outcast, he ends up on an infamous island known as Awashima, home to strange demons and unexplained events. This island may hold the secret to Sougen's curse, but can he find the answer and make it out with his life?Nijyuei (Double Shadow) is a standard Japanese-style erotic adventure game: read the story, occasionally making decisions, and watch as events play out. As with most conversions of this kind, the console versions removed the adult content. As the game takes place in what is described as a realistic historic setting, it features the "Phrase Instruction System" which will explain events and vocabulary that may be unfamiliar to a modern-day player. The game also includes a CG mode where previously-seen events can be viewed. |
| Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Children - Kuro no Sho/Aka no Sho | 2002-03-18 | Atlus Co., Ltd. | Atlus Co., Ltd. | Compilation, Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, Top-down | | | | | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | This is a compilation that contains the remakes of two GameBoy Color Devil Children game editions, the Black Book and the Red Book. Both games bring the dark Megami Tensei (Megaten) universe to the cute world of Pokemon-like monster collecting. You play fifth-graders who study at the Harajuku Elementary School. The city has been invaded by demons, and two children decide to fight them - and perhaps to tame them. 270 demons are available in this compilation - 250 from the original GBC games and 20 added especially for this release. There are also graphical changes and some movies thrown into the game. |
| Family Chess | 2002-03-20 | Magnolia | I.Magic | Strategy | Top-down | | | Beat 'em up / brawler, Chess | | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Chess is a popular table game in Europe. Family Chess is playable by 1 to 2 players, and is a chess video game that guarantees satisfaction to any type of chess players, no matter you are a beginner or an expert. Try it out today!This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：5101KBCopyright：©2002 MAGNOLIA / ©2010 HAMSTER Co.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Family Gunjin Shogi | 2002-03-20 | Magnolia | I.Magic | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Family Gunjin Shogi is a board game for player to enjoy “gunjin shogi” (Japanese chess with military theme) to the fullest. The key to outwit the highly intelligent computer-controlled opponent is to think a few steps forward when layout your pieces.Tease your brain with this game today!This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：4358KBCopyright：©MAGNOLIA / ©2010 HAMSTER Co.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| From TV Animation One Piece: Grand Battle! 2 | 2002-03-20 | Bandai Co., Ltd. | Ganbarion Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Fighting | Sea pirates / Caribbean | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | One Piece: Grand Battle! 2 is a 2D versus fighting game similar to Super Smash Bros with 3D character models based on the One Piece anime and manga series and is the sequel to One Piece: Grand Battle!. The game offers a total of twenty-four playable character from the series up the Alabasta Arc and is very similar to its predecessor.Each fighter has their own fighting techniques including special attacks and can run and jump on platforms in the various fighting arenas. Objects from (like barrels) the battlefield can be picked up and thrown at the opponent, these also contain power-ups. The twenty-four playable characters are: Monkey D. Luffy, Shanks, Roronoa Zoro, Sanji, Chopper, Dracule Mihawk, Smoker, Nami, Kuro, Mr. 2 Bon Kurei, Usopp, Tashigi, Arlong, Crocodile, Wapol, Vivi, Don Krieg, Mr. 3, Miss All Sunday, Karoo, Alvida, Buggy, Pandaman and Portgas D. Ace. Some of the character have supporting characters and others have to be unlocked like Ace. |
| Yu-Gi-Oh!: Forbidden Memories | 2002-03-22 | Konami of America, Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, Inc. | Strategy | Top-down | Licensed | | Cards / tiles, Trading / collectible card | | | | Turn-based | Everyone | | PS1 | Based on the popular anime series, Yu-Gi-Oh!: Forbidden Memories casts you as on of Yugi's ancestors who must travel to ancient Egypt and solve the mysteries of the Shadow Game and the seven magical totems. You must travel throughout the land talking to townspeople, performing tasks and of course, duel several opponents in order to gather up knowledge of impending doom threatening your kingdom.The game follows the rules of the Duel Monsters card game, the player battling AI-controlled opponents. Each player possesses a 40-card deck, filled with cards that represent creatures, items, spells, and powers. The players take turns drawing a hand of five cards. Cards can be fused together and player in different combinations, which allow more powerful moves. Depending on the player's performance, special star chip points are acquired, which can be used to purchase real-world Yu-Gi-Oh! cards, and use them in the game by inputting their code numbers and a password. |
| Ikkyū-san: The Quiz | 2002-03-28 | Bandai Co., Ltd., D3Publisher Inc. | OOParts | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | | | | | | | PS1 | Ikkyū-san: The Quiz is a quiz game based on the anime with the same name revolving around the historical Zen Buddhist monk Ikkyū and his adventures as a child.There are several game types to choose from, such as Story mode and a Versus Mode (either player vs. player or player vs. computer). The gameplay is simple. Questions are written at the top of the screen and the player gets four alternatives which all correspond to the four buttons on the controller. To progress, a certain number of questions have to be answered correctly. If a question is given a wrong answer, Ikkyū loses a chance. If all the chances are gone, the round is lost and the player has to try again.There is also a gallery where images can be viewed. These are unlocked as the player progresses through the game. |
| Love Game's WaiWai Tennis Plus | 2002-03-28 | HAMSTER Corporation | Tears Ichikawa Software Co., Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | Isometric | PS1 | This Plus release of Love Game's Waiwai Tennis is a slightly different, yet updated version of the original game. It contains around 150 different character moves and around 70 different striking variations. The game also features improved graphics and additional gameplay modes (Tournament now supports both 4 and 8 players, and Quick Play mode has been added which lets you play 1-on-1 or 2-on-2 matches). |
| Memorial Series: Sunsoft Vol.5 | 2002-03-28 | Sun Corporation | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Memorial Series: Sunsoft Vol. 5 is a compilation featuring the following games:
Journey to Silius
Ufouria: The Saga
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| Monte Carlo Games Compendium | 2002-03-28 | Midas Interactive Entertainment BV | Mere Mortals Ltd. | Compilation, Gambling, Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | PS1 | Monte Carlo Games Compendium features 17 casino and card games. Hence, the jewel case contains two discs. Disc #1 is named "Casino Games" and contains 7 games: Baccarat, Roulette, Let it Bet, Super Black Jack, Video Poker, Slot Machine and Keno. Disc #2 is named "Card Games" ans contains the other 10 games : Seven in a Row, Rich Man, Splash, Page One, Seven Bridges, Old Maid (Old Man), Speed, Poker, Black Jack (21) and Concentration.There are two game modes : Free Mode, where you play against 4 computer-controlled players and Ranking Mode, where you play to with up to 10 players (including computer-controlled players). View is top down and Muti-Tap can be used to play to games such as Concentration. |
| Paradise Casino | 2002-03-28 | DigiCube Co., Ltd. | DigiCube Co., Ltd. | Gambling, Strategy | | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)Black Jack
• Slot Machines
• Roulette
• Super PokerParadise Casino brings the excitement and
entertainment of Las Vegas to your home
with very addictive gambling games.Learn and practice the most popular
casino games at your own pace without
risk. |
| Rayman Rush | 2002-03-28 | Ubi Soft Entertainment, Inc. | Shanghai UBIsoft Computer Software Co., Ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Fighting, Platform | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Featuring the cast of characters from the 3D platform title, Rayman 2: The Great Escape, Rayman Rush is a racing game where two contestants battle it out to the finish line in five game modes across 12 different race tracks. The game is based on the racing portion of Rayman Arena, but only features two-player multiplayer instead of four. |
| Subete ga F ni Naru: The Perfect Insider | 2002-03-28 | KID Corp. | KID Corp. | Adventure | 1st-person | Licensed | Detective / mystery | Japanese-style adventure, Visual novel | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Subete ga F ni Naru is a visual novel adventure game based on a mystery novel written by Hiroshi Mori. Aside from game adaptation, the novel also spanned manga, TV series, and anime series with the same title. The game adaptation follows the story in an original novel, but based on player's choices the story can branch into different directions. The game also includes some original characters. The player takes on a role of a university student who is into mystery novels. He finds himself entangled in a murder mystery case trying to figure out who murdered a woman in her private laboratory. The doors were closed from the inside and the only clue was the message left on the scene of the crime. |
| US Racer | 2002-04-12 | Davilex Games B.V. | Davilex Games B.V. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | PS1 | A clandestine group has been organizing illegal street races in the USA for more than 50 years. What started as a fun event has grown into an annual contest for cash and glory. Only six are given a chance to prove their worth.USA Racer contains 11 tracks in different locations across the USA. Players can race in cities such as Los Angeles, New York or Washington DC or can take part in a race through the Grand Canyon or Yellowstone. Next to Time Trial and Single Race, the Tournament is the main event. It has been split up in three sections: Park Trial, City Trial and US Race. After completing a section, the next one is opened up.The tracks contain obstacles and jumps. Enemies will try to push other cars off the road, and the police also make an appearance. Scattered around the tracks are power-ups that repair the car, provide boost or cash. The money can be used to upgrade the car, repair it or buy boost prior to the race. After completing an entire tournament with a certain car, an alternate vehicle becomes available for that character.In the Windows version two-player duels are available over LAN or TCP/IP. Players can either go head-to-head or play a game of Cop vs. Racer. |
| Arc the Lad Collection | 2002-04-18 | Working Designs | G-Craft | Compilation, Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | | | | Turn-based | Teen | Isometric | PS1 | Arc the Lad Collection contains the following games:
Arc the Lad
Arc the Lad II
Arc the Lad III
Arc Arena: Monster Tournament
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| Azumanga Donjara Daioh | 2002-04-18 | Bandai Co., Ltd. | Ganbarion Co., Ltd. | Puzzle | | Licensed | | Board game, Cards / tiles | Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Azumanga Donjara Daioh is a mahjong variation game, based on the characters and the setting of the popular Japanese manga and anime series "Azumanga Daioh".One day, the teacher at the school introduces the students to a new event: a tournament in Donjara, financed by the company Bandai. The rules are simple: whoever wins five opponents is the winner. The location of the tournament can be anywhere, even outside school. Following this, the party from the show decides to participate in the tournament, in hope of winning prize money.The game is a Donjara, which is different from the standard Chinese or Japanese rules of mahjong. Donjara is basically a simplified version of Japanese "Riichi" mahjong. Firstly, the game is played by only two players, as opposed to four in standard play. Instead of a winning hand of three sets and a pair, Donjara only allows for three sets of same tiles. Unlike Riichi mahjong, where players do not have to call Riichi if they lack only one tile to finish the hand, in Donjara players must declare Riichi before they can actually win.Instead of traditional set of bamboo, coins and characters, Donjara uses a limited set of tiles. Numbers on tiles do not have to be equal or ascending; the tile marking and color is enough to create a set. In this game's case, all tiles are based on characters from the manga/anime. All of the main characters of the show appear in this game and they are voiced by their respective voice actors/actresses. The player can go through the game as a story, or create a match of their choice. When playing in story mode, the player selects their main character, as well as an assist character. Players can change to their selected assists before or after each round. Each match consists of five rounds. Whoever has the highest points is the winner. |
| Dance Dance Revolution: Konamix | 2002-04-24 | Konami of America, Inc. | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc. | Action | | | | Arcade, Music / rhythm | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | The hottest dancing craze continues with a brand new sequel to Dance Dance Revolution. Straight from the arcades, step into the spotlight and put your skills to the test as you move to the groove. Get ready to dance the night away with all-new songs and game modes. Konamix even has the all-popular "Workout" mode for those who want to burn calories! |
| Meitantei Conan: Saikō no Partner | 2002-04-25 | Bandai Co., Ltd. | | Adventure | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | | | | | | | | PS1 | Saikou no Partner (最高の相棒) is the second Detective Conan game for PlayStation console. The game features three separate episodes (third one becomes available after clearing the first two which can be played in any order) where you play as Shinichi Kudou (aka Conan Edogawa) trying to uncover the mystery and use your deductive skills and reasoning to point to the perpetrator. The game features full voice acting and characters are moderately animated during dialogues, and all that is aided with actual anime cutscenes which feels like watching an actual episode from the series, only this time doing a bit more than just watching. Each of the episode also lets you select whether the subtitles should use kanji or only hiragana.The basic gameplay boils down to:
Dialogues -- During key dialogues with other characters, text will turn blue when you have a chance to gain a clue. By pressing the right button, you can perform so-called "detective action" which will give you more information about your point of interest and provide you with a clue in your investigation. This will effectively raise your AP percentage bar which displays points of achievement for the current scenario. In turn, it will add reasoning chips to Reasoning Mode in the menu.
Movement -- Conan moves in 3rd-person perspective. You can go to check various locations in search for clues with mini-map showing your current location.
Examining -- By clicking next to the objects of interest, they will appear on the screen where you can use magnifying glass to look at suspicious elements in more detail.
Mini-games -- By successfully clearing mini-games you can obtain clues that will aid you in your investigation.
Reasoning -- With collected Reasoning Chips awarded by obtaining various clues during your investigation, you can try and put it all together and present a final solution to the case.
The story episodes are:
Rou Tejinashi to Tramp no Nazo (老手品師とトランプの謎) -- Accompanied by Conan's old friend who knows his true identity, the inventor Hiroshi Agasa, Conan and his classmates, Ayumi, Mitsuhiko and Genta, as well as Ai Haibara, the woman in same situation as Conan, arrive at the amusement park in order to see twin baby-pandas, just open to the public. While watching for their turn, they encounter an incident at the magician's performance where after a mysterious phone call, the cards fall out of magician's and into Conan's hands. Whatever rattled his cage and whoever was the person on the other side of the line is not going to go unnoticed and unquestioned by Conan and his league of junior school detectives. Kamen Kishi Satsujinjiken (仮面騎士殺人事件) -- Ran, Sonoko, and Conan arrive at the opening of a new theater. The musical program was playing a love story. However, second act never opened. Instead, a scream from backstage flew through the air. The stage actor was murdered, with a knife, no less. Conan is yet again to put his mind to the task and unmask the killer. Saikou no Partner (最高の相棒) -- Participants of a TV show called "Reasoning Colosseum: Snow Country Steam Murder Case", along with the staff, were sharing express train to Aomori with none other than renowned private investigator Mouri Kogorou and his daughter (Shinichi's girlfriend) Ran. But on the location of the show, the actual murder was done on board the train. Now it's up to Mouri to use his reasoning and find out who the culprit is. This episode becomes available only after clearing the other two.
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| 2002 FIFA World Cup | 2002-04-30 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada, Software Creations Ltd. | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | Asia, Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | Direct control, Multiple units/characters control | | Everyone | | PS1 | 2002 FIFA World Cup is the official game of the 17th FIFA World Cup, held in Korea and Japan between May 31 and June 30. It is based on the engine of FIFA Soccer 2002, so experienced Fifa players can get used for it quite fast. It is based on the 2002 World Cup - Korea and Japan and includes all of the countries who promoted to the World Cup, and a lot more. Small statistics are shown for every country - their last biggest win, appearances at the World Cup, etc.The stadium and all players are really detailed. The player's texture's resolution is so high, you can easily recognize most of them. The stadium is big and impressive and full of colored crowd.As in FIFA Soccer 2002, the animation was taken from real players, with motion sensors. Thus, some new animation was added - new sliding, falling, and more.And the newest feature of 2002 FIFA World Cup, is the air ball control model. You can take balls from the air, and have much more control with them - creating great goals from the air. |
| Dexter's Laboratory: Mandark's Lab? | 2002-05-01 | BAM! Entertainment, Inc. | Red Lemon Studios | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Board game, Music / rhythm | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Based on the boy genius rivalry between Dexter and the scheming Mandark from the Cartoon Network show, the title is actually a collection of mini-games designed specifically for the PlayStation.Game challenges are fashioned around a platform 'hub' and include variations on Dancing games ('Dee Dee’s Dance Class'), shooting gallery (Dexter’s Dodge Ball), racing game, ice hockey variant etc.
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| Final Fantasy: Anthology - European Edition | 2002-05-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. | Square Co., Ltd. | Compilation, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other), Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Real-time, Turn-based | | | PS1 | Final Fantasy Anthology: European Edition differs from the US version as it consists of:
Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy V
Each of the games features new CG introduction and ending movies. |
| Taxi 2 | 2002-05-01 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | DC Studios, Inc. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | PS1 | Taxi 2 is a driving game, based on Luc Besson's movie. Both movie and video game share the same title.Taxi 2 features two game modes. The "story mode" follows the scenes from the movie and allows you to select from five missions. When a mission is completed, you can save your progress, but also play it in the "arcade mode". In this mode, you will face the same competitor, Jean-Louis Schlesser ! The objective is no longer specific to each mission, but is to win the race, after several laps. In this mode, you will not have to care about the temperature gauge, since it is removed from arcade mode.
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| Big Bass Fishing | 2002-05-03 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | Coresoft, Inc. | Action, Sports | Behind view | | | Arcade | | | Len Gatdula | | Everyone | | PS1 | Big Bass Fishing is a simple action-oriented fishing simulation released at a budget price. The game modes include arcade, competition, and challenge. In the arcade mode, you have to catch five fish in five minutes, and if you succeed the time is extended. Completion mode offers specific tasks, such as catching the largest fish, the most fish, beating the clock. Challenge mode has you move across different locations with a focus on specific types of fish. There is a variety of freshwater fish to catch, and a bunch of different lures to use. You unlock a dozen locations as the game progresses. |
| The Italian Job | 2002-05-03 | Rockstar Games, Inc. | Pixelogic Limited | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | Crime | | | Street racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Teen | | PS1 | Based on the 1969 British film The Italian Job starring Michael Caine, this third-person mission-based racing game offers 16 missions, 50 levels, five game modes, two "free ride" levels, and an eight-player party mode. With a simple four-key control scheme, you'll race as Charlie Croker across London, Turin, and the Alps in the main event, unlocking missions as you go, with an eye on the prize of a four million dollar gold bullion heist at journey's end. Fifteen vehicles are available in the The Italian Job, including three classic Mini-Cooper S cars, 4x4s, and a motor coach.Gameplay involves finding shortcuts and eluding police and Mafia heavies through sewers, around city streets, and across rooftops, thwarting capture by keeping your license plate number hidden from your pursuers as you follow onscreen arrow prompts. |
| Collectors' Edition: Crash Bandicoot: Warped / Crash Team Racing / Crash Bash | 2002-05-08 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This compilation contains the following games:
Crash Bandicoot: Warped
Crash Bash
Crash Team Racing |
| Creatures: Raised in Space | 2002-05-14 | Conspiracy Entertainment Corp. | Creature Labs Ltd., Elo Interactive Media GmbH | Simulation | Side view | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Creatures: Raised in Space is essentially a Playstation port of the pet simulator game Creatures 3, with modified gameplay mechanics. As in the previous titles, the player controls a fairy named Scrubby, who acts through the cursor issuing orders to the Norns when used over interactive portions of the scenery. Like in other life simulation games with artificial intelligence, the creatures can't be commanded directly and must learn behavior patterns through repeated actions. The Norns can get sick or exhausted and eventually die, and one of the main tasks is to manage the colony to avoid their demise, ensuring that all its inhabitants are well-fed and healthy by eating fruits and consuming medicinal herbs. A series of meters at the bottom of the screen show the population status.The game takes place in space, inside a giant station with a domed ceiling protecting a closed ecosystem. The main objective is to open all the rooms, by ordering a Norn to carry a key to unlock a door or passage. Deeper levels have aggressive enemies and poisonous plants that have to be avoided by the Norns. There are blue stars scattered throughout the scenery, and the creatures can be trained to fetch and store them inside a machine, generating a new key after twenty-five stars. Norns can breed and lay eggs, producing offspring that takes some minutes to reach maturity. |
| AI Shogi Selection | 2002-05-23 | HAMSTER Corporation | i4 Corporation | Strategy | | | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)To download content to the Memory Stick PRO Duo™ of your PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, the free space required is twice the size of the content to be downloaded.This software is playable for PLAYSTATION®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).To play this software on your PLAYSTATION®3 system, you must have at least 20MB of free space on your PLAYSTATION®3 system hard disk.To play this software on your PSP®, you must install the latest system software version and have a Memory Stick Duo™ with the free space stated above.For more detailed information about downloading to your PSP® system, please see URL below.http://asia.playstation.comWhen downloading using PC:When downloading contents to PSP®, you must install the PLAYSTATION®Network Downloader application first. Please go to our official website for installing instructions and other information. ■Game descriptionIntroducing the ideal shogi game--providing a combination of strength, aptitude, and speed so that you won't have to wait. The YSS7.0 engine by Hiroshi Yamashita, undefeated champion of the 7th World Computer Shogi Tournament, has been optimized for use on the PlayStation®. There are 4 levels of difficulty available, from "1. Expert" to "4. Novice." There is also a handy support feature for beginners, and a "Board Edit" function allowing you to edit the layout to your liking, so you can enjoy strategizing in a variety of mock situations.※For playing with PSP®, single player game play only. Not compatible with multiple user play.※The mouse is not compatible.■PS3™ HDD and Memory Stick™ capacity requirement20MB■Copyright notices©1993-1997 HIROSHI YAMASHITA©1993-1997 i4 CORPORATION©2002HAMSTER Co.■AttentionThis software is converted from the software for PlayStation® so that it can be played on PS3™ and PSP®. Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. |
| Crazy Climber | 2002-05-23 | HAMSTER Corporation | Nihon Bussan Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | As Crazy Climber, climb your way to the top of a series of buildings, where a helicopter is waiting to pick you up and take you to the next building. As Climber scales a building, he is able to climb up and sideways but he cannot climb down.
While climbing a building, windows will open and close simultaneously. If any window closes on either of his hands he will lose his grip. However, if a window closes on both of his hands, he will fall to his death, resulting in the loss of a life. You have three Climbers in total, but you are awarded an extra Climber every 30,000 points. Besides windows, Climber is faced with other dangers, including:Bald-headed guys who hurl various objects at you.
Pesky condors who fly by, dropping eggs and droppings of an unpleasant substance.
Falling steel girders and iron dumbells.
Electrical "Nichibutsu" signs with a dangling live wire.
Falling "Crazy Climber" signs.
King Kong leaping from side to side of the building and slams his hands against the windows.The climber must try to avoid or overcome each of those hazards which he will encounter as he continues climbing in his attempt to reach the rooftop. If he falls to his death by windows or objects, another climber will replace him and will start at the same location where the last one fell. The specific danger will not be present at the same point, so the climber can go further up to face the next danger. Most of the hazards are announced by certain recognizable musical themes. Crazy Climber is awarded a bonus score on each building every time after getting carried off by the helicopter. However, each bonus score will decrease by every ten seconds that the climber will spend scaling each building as he attempts reach the top. Somewhere in the game, there is "The Lucky Balloon", which can lift Climber about ten stories and raise the player's bonus score if he catches it. |
| Gekisha Boy | 2002-05-23 | D3Publisher Inc. | Irem Software Engineering, Inc. | Action | Side view | | Comedy | | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Gekisha Boy is a 2D side-scrolling game in which you play the part as a camera man who is out to snap some high paying photos to please their contractor. You control the movement of the shutter aim and you have slight control over the character as well (using the same style of control as such games as Cabal). You walk along a side-scrolling street and you have to snap unusual/tragic/funny or simply weird photos to rack up the points. It can be anything from crashing airplanes to Marilyn Monroe lookalikes and UFOs abducting cars. Every stage has a set score you need to reach to progress to the next one or you have to start it over again.The PlayStation version The Cameraman: Gekisha Boy Omakefu is an updated and expanded port released as Volume 94 of the Simple 1500 series and contains an additional stage. It also has an unlockable cooperative mode with a second player as the Gekisha Girl. Otherwise the versions are identical in graphics, sound and gameplay. |
| Dragon Quest Monsters 1 - 2: Hoshiori no Yūsha to Bokujō no Nakama-tachi | 2002-05-30 | Enix Corporation | | Compilation, Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person, Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | PS1 | Dragon Quest Monsters 1 - 2 is a compilation with updated graphics and interface of the following games:
Dragon Warriors Monsters
Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Cobi's Journey
Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Tara's Adventure
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| Delta Force: Urban Warfare | 2002-06-01 | NovaLogic, Inc. | Rebellion Developments Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | Regional differences | | Shooter | Contemporary | | Direct control | | Teen | | PS1 | Delta Force: Urban Warfare is an urban-themed first-person shooter in the Delta Force series. Set in a variety of city locations, the player takes the role of an elite US army Special Forces soldier, using a variety of weapons to tackle missions as diverse as foiling a bank robbery, and rescuing hostages from terrorist forces.The player must learn to use the full range of weapons at their disposal, and special equipment such as nightvision and heat-sensing goggles. Some tactical thinking is needed to get through, with good use of cover, and the subtle use of light and dark areas is essential. |
| MLB 2003 | 2002-06-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | 989 Studios | Sports | Behind view, Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | The only baseball game with a Major League Baseball license released for the PlayStation in 2002, MLB 2003 largely retains the featureset and game modes from its immediate predecessor, MLB 2002.The usual exhibition, regular season, spring training, franchise, and home run derby modes are back, while rosters and statistics have been updated. Vin Scully and Dave Campbell return as in-game broadcasters with updated commentary. |
| Digimon World 3 | 2002-06-05 | Bandai America, Inc. | BEC Co., Ltd., Boom | Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | One afternoon, three friends, Junior, Teddy and Ivy, enter a virtual game called Digimon Online - a game where digital monsters live. Soon soon there is a digital terrorist attack, trapping all players inside Digimon Online. The owners of Digimon Online, the MAGAMI Corporation, claim there is no major problem and it will be fixed soon. However, not all is as it seems as Junior, the main character, uncovers secret mysteries about the digimon, the game, and the corporation.Digimon World 3 implements a free roam approach, and is not simply restricted to dungeons and mazes. Like other RPGs, Digimon World 3 has a turn-based battle system, and enemy digimon are fought by random encounters. During battle, it is one-on-one fighting, and thus you can only initially fight with just one digimon at a time. Digimon have many different attacks, skills, and digivolutions (the ability to evolve into a stronger digimon). The player gets to choose a pack of three digimon at the start, but through side-quests, is able to obtain all nine (plus one bonus digimon). |
| Ungra Walker | 2002-06-06 | Success Corporation | Success Corporation | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | RPG elements | Fantasy, Medieval | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)UNGRA WALKER is an exploration action game. The dungeons are renewed under the"Automatic Dungeon Generation System" as you play your way through. In a fantasy world of the Medieval ages, fight against monsters that get in your way and collect numerous items in the dungeons. This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：138MBCopyright：©2002 SUCCESS / ©HAMSTER Co.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Manic Game Girl | 2002-06-07 | Joycast Entertainment Co. | Joycast Entertainment Co. | Action, Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Beat 'em up / brawler | | | | | | | PS1 | University student Amber just thought she was buying a new video game, but everything changes when she discovers her brand new Game Stealth is able to turn her into a superhero. Soon she finds herself fighting petty crime and taking down an evil game company while still making time for classes and anime club.Manic Game Girl is a comedic action/adventure game with a heavy story focus and a large amount of space to explore. Combat is based around Amber's Game Stealth suit, which she can activate when enemies are nearby. Combat plays like a 3D beat-em-up with relatively simple controls; there are two attack buttons, a punch and a kick, and combos are based on repeatedly tapping attack buttons. She also has a throw when near enemies. |
| RC Helicopter | 2002-06-12 | Agetec, Inc. | Tomcat System | Action, Simulation | 3rd-person (Other), Behind view | | | | | Helicopter, Vehicle simulator | | Real-time | Everyone | | PS1 | Your Dad just got you an RC Helicopter. Play with it, or take it outside to complete various missions for friends and family. The missions range from cutting the grass in your backyard, to filming ghosts. With each mission, you earn points to upgrade your helicopter, (or even get new helicopters) and unlock more missions. Just be careful; your helicopter is somewhat fragile, and has a limited battery life.RC Helicopter is a flight simulator of radio-controlled toy helicopters originally released as part of the Simple 1500 budget line in Japan. The helicopter is maneuvered with the analog sticks of the DualShock controller. The left stick controls the movement while the right stick makes the aircraft go up and down. A battery meter and a hit counter at the top right corner show the remaining energy left and the number of bumps that the helicopter can sustain. When the battery is drained or the machine received too many hits, the game is over and the mission has to be restarted.The main objective is to complete all the missions available from the city map screen. At the beginning of each one, a character asks the player to perform a specific task with the helicopter. In some cases, the toy is equipped with special tools to complete the mission, like a squirt gun and a claw that can be activated by pressing the R1 shoulder button. In the first missions, the aircraft has to be used to transport soda cans to a garbage pail, cut grass with its blades, splash birds with the water gun, blow baseballs from a roof, recover document folders from train tracks and other challenges.After completing a mission the characters give money as a reward, that can used to repair any damage to the helicopter and recharge its batteries. The mission money can also be spent on items from the RC shop. The player can purchase new helicopter models and upgrades, like a more resilient body for the machine, and more durable batteries. |
| London Racer II | 2002-06-14 | Davilex Games B.V. | Davilex Games B.V. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | PS1 | London Racer II is another iteration in the prolific Racer series by Davilex. The races take place primarily in the streets of London and Edinburgh, with additional tracks in Las Vegas, New York and Chicago.There are three single player modes available: Single Race, Tournament and Time Trial. In Single Race, the player is free to choose any of the 6 characters available, any of the tracks and any of the unlocked cars. In Tournament mode, the player races in a series of tracks while collecting money prizes and unlocking new cars. In both modes, players race against other racers while avoiding being caught by the police. In the Time Trial mode, players race against the clock trying to beat the best time for each track.Each car (driven by a different character) has different stats in acceleration, top speed, handling, breaking and strength. The cars can also be upgraded using money collected from winning races and collecting money tokens during races. The cars also take damage when hit and can break into total loss if the damage bar is full. Repair tokens can be collected during races and if a car finishes a race damaged, it can be repaired before the next one using money. Nitro tokens can also be collected and bought, and the cars' colors can be changed.There are also two split-screen two player modes: Duel and Cop vs. Driver. In the Duel mode, players race against each other in any given track. In Cop vs. Driver, one player is the cop and the other a regular racer, and the cop player must try to crash the driver within the time limit.The game can be played from either first (hood camera) or third person (behind the car) perspective. |
| Moon Cresta | 2002-06-20 | HAMSTER Corporation | Nihon Bussan Co., Ltd. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Moon Cresta is a vertical scrolling shoot-'em-up. The action involves the player moving their ship along the base of the screen, while wave after wave of aliens come towards it. The yellow aliens split when shot, while the magenta ones are the toughest of all. Once the coast is clear, the player must attempt to manually dock their ship in a limited amount of time. Docking successfully will earn the player bonus points. |
| Kagaku Ninja Tai Gatchaman: The Shooting | 2002-06-27 | Bandai Co., Ltd. | D3Publisher Inc., Warashi Inc. | Action | Top-down | Licensed | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | | PS1 | Gatchaman: The Shooting is a vertical shoot 'em up based on the Japanese manga/anime with the same name (Known as Battle of the Planets in the US). You select any of the four characters featured in the game (Ken the Eagle, Joe the Condor, Jun the Swan and Jinpei the Swallow) and shoot your way through 4 action filled stages with increasing difficulty either running riding a vehicle or flying, to in the end defeat the evil Berg Katse. Along the way you can collect power-ups for your weapons to increase your chances of survival. |
| Motto Trump Shiyouyo!: i-mode no Grand Prix | 2002-06-27 | PURE SOUND Inc. | PURE SOUND Inc. | Simulation | Top-down | | | Board game, Cards / tiles | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Purchase this PS one® Classic and play it on both your PS3™ and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) systems!
Enjoy the new and improved Trump Shiyouo!
This version includes 12 card games and a regional setting that lets you play by specific local rules.
Available games include:
Daifugo, Shichinarabe, Seven Bridge, Dobon, Page One, Shinkeisuijyaku, Poker, Blackjack, Napoleon, Klondike, Free Cell, and Speed.
Download this PS one® Classic today!
Transferring to a PSP® system from your PS3™ system:
You must be signed into the PlayStation®Network account that originally purchased the game. You must have at least 169 MB free on your Memory Stick Duo™. Connect your PSP® system to your PS3™ system with a USB cable and switch your PSP® system to USB Mode. Highlight the game on the PS3™ XMB™, press the Δ button and select Copy.
PC Store Customers:
Log into your PlayStation®Network account that you originally used to purchased the game. Then, download the game from your "Download List" in the PlayStation®Store onto your PS3™ system.
This title has been converted from the original PlayStation® disc to the PSP® and the PS3™ systems. Consequently, there may be times where the title plays differently from the PlayStation® disc version, or where some features may not function properly. This version does not support PlayStation® peripherals (controller, memory card, multitap, etc.), therefore functionalities such as multiplayer, versus, and co-op modes are not available.
Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. This item has been sublicensed to you by Sony Computer Entertainment America. One-time license fee for downloads to up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are associated with the purchasing account.
©2002 Pure Sound
"PS one", "PlayStation", "PS" Family logo, and "PSP" are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. |
| Tsurikichi Sanpei: The Tsuri | 2002-06-27 | Bandai Co., Ltd., D3Publisher Inc. | Vingt-et-un Systems Corporation | Simulation, Sports | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Tsurikichi Sanpei: The Tsuri is a simple fishing game based on the manga by Takao Yaguchi.Gameplay consists of first picking a fishing spot from which the action will take place. Each spot consists of a single screen where the player gets to aim where to try his luck. Once the float sits in the water the player has to wait for a fish to bite by watching a close-up picture where any bobs and nibbles can be seen. Once a fish bites, the player has to fight the fish until it's tired enough to give up. This is done by pulling the rod in the opposite direction of where the fish is swimming while keeping an eye on the line tension. If the line tension gets too high or low, the fish will get away. Once the fish's energy bar is sufficiently depleted, it gives up and can be reeled in.The game can be played in two ways; Story Mode or Free Mode. Story Mode follows the main characters from the series through as series of events divided into chapters where fishing, of course, is at the center. Free Mode lets the player fish without the goal oriented story in the way. |
| pop'n music 6 | 2002-06-27 | Konami Corporation | Konami Computer Entertainment Studios, Inc. | Action | | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | | PS1 | pop'n music 6 is one of the many titles in Konami's long-running rhythm game franchise, and the last to appear on the original PlayStation. Notes scroll toward the bottom of the screen along nine tracks, and the player must tap the correct buttons in time with the music to play along. Play well, and the "groove meter" increases, but play poorly and it will drop. If the groove meter is high enough at the end of the song, the player can move on to the next song.This release includes all of the music from the arcade version, along with an extensive collection of tracks from previous releases, for a total of over 100 songs available to play. It also included support for an online high-score ranking service, though this has since been closed. It also functions as a Key Disc for the Append Disc releases in the series, much like Konami's other Bemani franchises. |
| Sven-Göran Eriksson's World Manager | 2002-06-28 | 3DO Europe, Ltd. | Anco Software Ltd. | Simulation, Sports, Strategy | | Licensed | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | Isometric | PS1 | In 2002 Anco developed two soccer games that were licensed by the Swedish England coach Sven-Göran Eriksson. One was a action football game and this is the manager game. Your job is to take control of the England team and lead it through the qualifying stage before reaching the World Cup (and then later Euro 2004). For each match you play you are to take out a 23 player squad. The player database is reasonably large with most english players from the premiership to the conference league. The matches are presented with a 3D engine, where you watch the game from an isometric perspective. |
| Westlife Fan-O-Mania | 2002-06-28 | TDK Recording Media Europe S.A. | Runecraft Ltd. | Puzzle | Text-based / Spreadsheet | Licensed | | Game show / trivia / quiz | Contemporary | | | | | | PS1 | Westlife Fan-O-Mania is a quiz game aimed at fans of the Irish boy-group Westlife. The game consists of 500 questions centered around the band members and their lives. If the player correctly answers all questions in one level, a video interview with one of the boys is shown. There are five levels in total presented by a hostess named Tara. A multiplayer mode lets players compete against each other to see who knows the most about the band. The game also features video snippets, a photo gallery and audio recordings of the band members. |
| Rageball | 2002-07-01 | Agetec, Inc. | Na.p.s. Team s.n.c. | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Fighting, Managerial / business simulation | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | The futuristic sport of Rageball, inspired by Speedball 2, is fast, violent and deadly, and played by teams of exiled convicts who have nothing to lose. The year is 2612 and sports hit an all-time low. Therefore, prisoners are sent to the planet IS-326, nicknamed "The Hell", where they are forced to compete in a violent sport with no rules.In the single player mode, you take on the role of the manager of an up-and-coming Rageball squad, as you coach the players to victory, with strategical decisions and tactics. Up to four competitors can battle against each other through multitap. |
| Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lone Wolf | 2002-07-01 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | Rebellion Developments Ltd. | Action | 1st-person | Licensed | | Shooter, Tactical shooter | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Released three years after Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lone Wolf is more a standalone add-on than a new game. The story takes place after the events of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six.The player is Ding Chavez, a member of the Rainbow Team, who is sent to Norway to infiltrate a terrorist group that illegally imports weapons.
Changes are:
Improved graphic engine
Eight new weapons
No more team work: Chavez is the Lone Wolf, and has to succeed on his own
Improved controls ergonomy, taking advantage of the analog Dual Shock Controller
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| Gundam Battle Assault 2 | 2002-07-17 | Bandai America, Inc. | Natsume Co., Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Fighting | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | Teen | | PS1 | Gundam Battle Assault 2 is an one-on-one fighting game, based on the popular anime series "Mobile Suit Gundam" and its various offshoots. You can play as the titular Gundams (giant walking robots) from a wide variety of series. The game features standard fighting game mechanics, with punches, kicks and a variety of combo moves that can be executed by each Gundam. Note that the Mobile Suits aren't as mobile as humans, and thus the fighters' movements are slower and their maneuverability is worse than in most fighting games. The game has several playing modes, which must be unlocked by using different Mobile Suits on the various difficulty levels. The available modes are: street mode, story mode, versus (a single duel where you can choose your opponent), two time attack modes (where you must defeat either 8 regular enemies or 4 boss enemies as fast as possible) and survival (defeat as many enemies as possible; fight until you beat all of them, or until one of them beats you.) |
| Stuart Little 2 | 2002-07-17 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Magenta Software Ltd. | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | Stuart Little 2 is a 3D action game which follows the story of Columbia Picture cartoon. Adventure begins when Stuart helps an injured and frightened bird Margelo to escape from evil Falcon. Margalo and Stuart become firm friends. Unfortunately Falcao kidnaps the bird. Stuart decides together with cat Snowbell to start a rescue mission.To reach the Falcon you will traverse six large and free-roaming levels where you can interact with all the characters from the cartoon. Before entering into any location a part of fairy tale plays. In each level there are several tasks to be performed for which player receive jewelled rings. Jewelled rings allows to unlock subsequent levels without having to the implementation of all guidelines. In each level the player will be able to pass two mini-games, such as skateboard or nailing balloons on time.
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| AI Mahjong Selection | 2002-07-25 | HAMSTER Corporation | i4 Corporation | Strategy | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)To download content to the Memory Stick PRO Duo™ of your PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, the free space required is twice the size of the content to be downloaded.This software is playable for PLAYSTATION®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).To play this software on your PLAYSTATION®3 system, you must have at least 50MB of free space on your PLAYSTATION®3 system hard disk.To play this software on your PSP®, you must install the latest system software version and have a Memory Stick Duo™ with the free space stated above.For more detailed information about downloading to your PSP® system, please see URL below.http://asia.playstation.comWhen downloading using PC:When downloading contents to PSP®, you must install the PLAYSTATION®Network Downloader application first. Please go to our official website for installing instructions and other information. ■Game descriptionHigh-resolution mode provides beautifully realistic titles. This mahjong game is authentic in that it transcends the unnatural strengths that other software has always depended on, such as simple memory, probability calculation, and calculation of variables. The development of new algorithms provides a better sense of gameplay, and corresponds with tile flow ambiguities. Various options are available, from competitive mahjong to local rules. Novice and pro alike are sure to love this game.■PS3™ HDD and Memory Stick™ capacity requirement50MB■Copyright notices©1999 i4 CORPORATION©2002 HAMSTER Co.■AttentionThis software is converted from the software for PlayStation® so that it can be played on PS3™ and PSP®. Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. |
| Frisky Tom | 2002-07-25 | HAMSTER Corporation | Jorudan Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Mice are a pain! Not only do they eat your cheese, but they also destroy your plumbing and attempt to blow up your water tank with high explosives. Frisky Tom is an arcade game which pits you, a plumber named Tom, against a seemingly limitless horde of rodents. Your job is to try and repair all of the damage to the water pipes in the building that is perpetrated by the mice.The game arena is a long and winding pipe which makes its way from a water tank at the top of the screen, down to a collection tank at the bottom. Tom is able to climb up and along the pipes, and between two sections of pipe if the section he is currently clinging to is horizontal. Mice also can run about the maze of pipes, and Tom can swat these to earn points. Some of the mice occasionally turn purple, becoming dangerous to the touch and will often throw themselves kamikaze style directly at Tom, potentially causing the loss of a life.The mice will also occasionally damage the pipes, causing pieces to fall to the ground. If Tom picks these up (he can carry two at a time) and returns them to the damaged location, then that section becomes fixed and the water will flow further along the pipes. If the pipe is completely undamaged, water will be collected in the lower tank, which is worth bonus points when the level is completed.Later in the level, mice will place a bomb at the side of the upper water tank, and other mice will light the fuse. Tom can temporarily stop this by getting above the location of the fire on the fuse and falling off the pipe. As he falls past, his waving arms extinguish the spark on the fuse, delaying the inevitable kaboom. If it is delayed sufficiently, the level will be completed once all of the water has drained from the upper tank. Subsequent levels have exactly the same pipe layout, but faster and more numerous and malicious mice. |
| Kowai Syasin: Shinrei Syasin Kitan | 2002-07-25 | Media Entertainment Inc | Media Entertainment Inc | Action | 1st-person | | Horror | Quick Time Events (QTEs) | Fantasy, Japan (Modern/Futuristic) | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Kowai Syasin: Shinrei Syasin Kitan is an action game similar to the Fatal Frame series. Hiori is a girl who can see the spirits of the dead. She becomes an exorcist who specializes in expelling evil spirits that live in photographs. Through the game she receives various requests from people who send her haunted photographs and she then needs to expel them. All the photos are real, digitized photos.While viewing a photo there is free zooming and movement to find the correct spots. A candle burns slowly, acting as a time limit. At certain points Quick Time Events need to be completed to expel the ghosts and complete the photo. |
| Plue no Daibōken from Groove Adventure Rave | 2002-07-25 | Konami Corporation | Aspect Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Platform | | | | | | | PS1 | In this game you play Plue, a character from the Rave Master / Groove Adventure Rave manga and anime series written by Hiro Mashima.The game is a side scrolling platformer where the goal in each stage is to locate the exit to the next area. Plue can defeat his enemies by jumping on them (much in the same style as several games in the genre). And to aid him in his quest there are tons of various lollipops for him to eat, either for points, but also to give him various attributes to help him along. One lollipop will make a little arrow appear over his head to show him where to go, while another one might make give him some health back. There are over 100 types of candy in the game to be found.Plue will occasionally run across various boss battles as well while he travels through the lands (and underwater in some cases). |
| C-12: Final Resistance | 2002-07-26 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | SCE Studio Cambridge | Action | Behind view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | In the future, aliens invade the Earth in an attempt to harvest its carbon resources. Only the remains of Earth's military are left to save humanity. The player takes control of Lieutenant Riley Vaughan, a cybernetically enhanced human soldier and member of the underground resistance, whose mission is to thwart the aliens' plans and save the planet. C-12: Final Resistance is a 3D third-person shooter somewhat similar to Duke Nukem console installments. The protagonist explores ruined cities, killing aliens and their cyborg assistants, while completing tasks such as restoring power to the subway system to progress further into the game. A sniping ability allows the protagonist to attack enemies from a distance, zooming in for a precise shot. |
| Mermaid no Kisetsu: Curtain Call | 2002-08-01 | Game Village | Netvillage Co., Ltd. | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Setting | PS1 | Curtain Call is a fan disc for the Mermaid no Kisetsu romance adventure visual novel. This fan disc includes many sub-scenarios as well as a prelude scenario that tells the story before the actual game happening, one week earlier to the events of the main game. In addition this game includes several voice dramas, a DJ mode with the main characters on air radio, a conversation mode where you can communicate with one of the four heroines, and a quiz mode with 900 questions related to the game in total. There is also a lot of bonus content including illustrations from various CG artists that worked on the game, CG modes showing event scenes from the main game, a bonus movie and scrollable artwork. |
| Madden NFL 2003 | 2002-08-12 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Budcat Creations, LLC | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | The Madden franchise returns for another year on the PlayStation with Madden NFL 2003. Changes compared to the previous year's outing are minimal. The game uses the same menus and all the previous game modes and features are reused. The major changes are updated teams and rosters and new music tracks.The included teams have been updated for the 2002 NFL season (reorganized into the new divisions) and include the 32 regular teams, NFC and AFC all-star teams, two All-Madden teams (2000 and Super Bowl), more than 90 classic NFL teams, 31 all-time franchise teams and the 6 NFL Europe teams.The returning modes include Exhibition, Season, Franchise, Custom League, Tournament, Coaches Corner, Situation (including Great Games), and Two-Minute Drill. The Madden Classic mode that puts the current teams into Madden 92 also returns, as does the card-collecting sub-game Madden Cards. |
| NFL GameDay 2003 | 2002-08-13 | 989 Studios | 989 Studios, RedZone Interactive, Inc. | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (US) (from Ad Blurbs)THE MOST AUTHENTIC GAMEDAY EVER
Updated Rosters, Stadiums and Past Super Bowl Teams
ENJOY EVERY GAME MODE IMAGINABLE
Training Camp, Season, General Manager and More!
ULTRA RESPONSIVE GAMEPLAY PUTS YOU IN CONTROL
Run Over Defenders and Make One Handed Grabs!
THE MOST ADVANCE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Mix Up Your Playcalling or Failure Will Be The Result! |
| Capcom vs. SNK Pro | 2002-08-16 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | Capcom Production Studio 1 | Action | Side view | | Martial arts | Arcade, Fighting | | | | | Teen | 2D scrolling | PS1 | The original Capcom VS SNK gets an upgrade with CVS Pro. New additions include Joe Higashi of SNK fame and Capcom's own taunt-master Dan Hibiki, added moves for existing characters, and new modes of play.A special version was created for the PSOne, with redone graphics and slightly refined speed and play. |
| Saikyou Ginsei Mahjong | 2002-08-29 | I.Magic | SilverStarJapan Co., Ltd. | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Board game, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)"Saikyou Ginsei Mahjong" is a mahjong game part of the "Saikyou Ginsei" series which is considered to be the best table game PC software seires. With the authentic thinking engine, you can input detailed theory of establishment of strength-building, make instant analysis on present score, remaining games and habits of other players to decide the best move. The 14 computer-controlled characters all come with unique characteristics. Please enjoy!This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：32MBCopyright：©2002 SilverStarJapan / ©2011 HAMSTER Co.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Sakigake!! Otokojuku: The Dodge Ball | 2002-08-29 | Bandai Co., Ltd. | Access co., ltd., D3Publisher Inc. | Action, Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | Martial arts | Arcade, Fighting | | | | | | | PS1 | Simple Character 2000 Series Vol.10: Sakigake!! Otokojuku: The Dodge Ball is a dodge ball game based on Akira Miyashita's popular manga Sakigake!! Otokojuku. It runs on the same engine as the previous Simple 1500 dodge ball game All-Star Slammin' D-Ball. Gameplay is similar to the classic Super Dodge Ball, with over-the-top animations and special moves. The game has a single-player story mode, as well as a VS mode where you can play against a friend or the computer, and features more than 15 characters from the manga. |
| SuperLite 1500 Series: Bomb Boat | 2002-08-29 | Success Corp. | Success Corp. | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)BOMB BOAT is an action puzzle game in which players control the character to eat up all the fruits in order to finish the maze. Beware of the monster that goes after you! Bomb out the bridge to block its way! Enjoy this breath-taking BOMB BOAT!This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：11MBCopyright：©2001 SUCCESS/ ©HAMSTER Co.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| The Kendou: Ken no Hanamichi | 2002-08-29 | D3Publisher Inc. | Amedio Co., Ltd. | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | Martial arts | | | | | | | | PS1 | The Kendo is, like the title suggests, a kendo game in which you have the usual assortment of fighting game options (training mode, story mode, vs mode).You pick any of the eight characters (three at first, you unlock the rest as you progress) and face off against either a computer controlled opponent, against a friend or take on the story mode where you go from being an apprentice to becoming a kendo master.The gameplay is similar to any 1-on-1 fighting game, except that this one is devoid of any over the top special moves or crazy character. All characters are dressed in full kendo armor and your moves are restricted to traditional kendo moves with the bamboo sword. Each character has one harder attack, but otherwise they are all exactly the same in how they play.One clean hit is all it takes to win, so timing your attacking and blocking is important if you want to win. In each match you win if you get two points. |
| Austin Powers Pinball | 2002-09-01 | Gotham Games | Wildfire Studios Pty. Ltd. | Action | Top-down | Licensed | | Arcade, Pinball | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Austin Powers Pinball is a based on the Austin Powers movie franchise.Two tables are included - one based on International Man of Mystery and the other based on The Spy Who Shagged Me. Tables can be played in either full-screen or scrolling mode. Sound effects and dot-matrix animations are taken from the movies, while the music is merely in the same style. And here comes the obligatory tagline: "Groovy baby, yeah!" |
| NASCAR Thunder 2003 | 2002-09-18 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Budcat Creations, LLC | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | PS1 | NASCAR Thunder 2003 simulates the NASCAR driver experience. Dozens of locations are available, each with several alternate tracks. All the big-name drivers of the present, and a few of the past, are available to choose from, or you can create your own driver and car. Simulate a season, or even a full 20-year career complete with sponsorship deals and car improvements along the way. Moments of the Race places you in real-life racing situations, asking you to either duplicate reality's outcome, or improve upon it. Or you can race against up to three people. The choice is yours. |
| Romance wa Tsurugi no Kagayaki II: Gin no Niji o Sagashite | 2002-09-19 | Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co. Ltd | FairyTale | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | The events of this game take place a few years after those described in the first game. The new hero is Keith, a young owner of a restaurant in the capital city of Barran. However, he also has a second profession: thief. He only steals from evil people, following the Robin Hood-like tradition of his father, who dedicated years of his life to uncover the secret of a mysterious dungeon known as the Tower of Daidalos. Keith wants to follow in his father's footsteps and to unravel the mystery of the tower. One day he accidentally meets a beautiful young girl who has lost a precious gem. The charmed hero swears he would find it and bring it back. But he doesn't know that the disappearance of the gem is closely connected to the mystery of the Tower of Daidalos...Romance wa Tsurugi no Kagayaki II shares many elements with its predecessor. While the exploration in the game is done in traditional Japanese RPG fashion, the battles resemble those of a turn-based strategy game, since the characters can move on the battle screen and can only attack when enemy is within the range of their weapons. There are no random battles in the game; all the enemies are visible on screen.Like in the first game, the player is able to control the growth of characters, similarly to a Western RPG. Experience points can be accumulated, and leveling up is done manually by the player. Different character classes require different amount of XP to raise a corresponding attribute (for example, it costs less to raise a mage's magic power than stamina).It is possible to imbue weapons with magical items to increase their powers and learn special weapon-related skills. There is also a dating system present in the game. The player can buy items for the female party members to increase their affection, and take them on specific sub-quests. This also influences the ending of the game.Unlike the first game, Romance wa Tsurugi no Kagayaki II contains no nudity or sexual scenes, even though there is plenty of sexual innuendo in conversations and events. |
| Romance wa Tsurugi no Kagayaki II: Gin no Niji o Sagashite (Genteiban) | 2002-09-19 | Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co. Ltd | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This limited edition retail release contains:
Romance wa Tsurugi no Kagayaki II: Gin no Niji o Sagashite game
Alarm clock featuring Alicia and original voice by Mayumi Iizuka
Pre-paid phone card featuring Alicia
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| Tennis no Ōji-sama: Sweat & Tears | 2002-09-26 | Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, Inc. | Konami Co., Ltd. | Adventure, Sports | 1st-person, Side view | Licensed | | Japanese-style adventure, Quick Time Events (QTEs), RPG elements, Visual novel | | | | | | 2D scrolling, Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Sweat & Tears is an entry in the Prince of Tennis series based on manga and anime which focuses on tennis club activities. It is a mix of visual novel gameplay, and a character's stats building simulation through various mini-games, except the stats don't affect various girls as in typical love simulation games but how you play tennis. The game lets players name their character and choose whether the protagonist is a boy or a girl. The player then starts as a freshman at Seigaku tennis club and works his or her way up to the top. The game features many key characters from the series and players get to interact with them as well as challenge them in tennis matches. Visual novel gameplay is using typical 1st-person perspective with static background and slightly dynamic character sprites which show minor animations like eye blinking or lip-syncing during dialogues. Key moments are displayed via CG event scenes of higher quality. On-screen text can be toggled off by holding the appropriate button to see clear background image. The game also supports fast-forward option which help player move swiftly though pages and pages of on-screen text and dialogue subtitles. Mini-games show protagonist character in 3rd-person (often but not always) and require player to either mash some button or time button press during QTEs (quick-time events). Game progress is saved at the end of the day when the player is in his or her room, and at the same place choices for what to do the next day or week can be selected. This can vary from studying, cooking, tennis training, part-time working, and other mini-games. The match of tennis is done from a side perspective with camera scrolling as it follows the ball. The character cannot move around the terrain freely and only needs to hit the ball by pressing the corresponding button at the right time, otherwise the character will swing and miss and the opponent will score a point. |
| Atari: Anniversary Edition | 2002-09-27 | Infogrames Interactive, Inc. | Digital Eclipse Software, Inc. | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | The Atari Anniversary Edition features 12 classic Atari games, whereby two versions of this game exits. One for Dreamcast/Windows and the other one for PlayStation.The Dreamcast/Windows version features the following games:Asteroids
Asteroids Deluxe
Battlezone
Centipede
Crystal Castles
Gravitar
Millipede
Missile Command
Pong
Super Breakout
Tempest
WarlordsThe PlayStation version features these games:Asteroids
Asteroids Deluxe
Battlezone
Black Widow
Centipede
Gravitar
Missile Command
Pong
Space Duel
Super Breakout
Tempest
WarlordsNote: the bold games are those that are just in the one version, but not in the other one.In addition to the pure emulation modes, there is an option to display the cabinet art surrounding the display of each game, intended to give the player a sense of actually playing a stand-up machine. Each game also has a toggle for an "enhanced" graphical mode, which varies from game to game. For instance, "enhanced" asteroids merely has a static backdrop, whereas "enhanced" warlords is a complete graphical overhaul with new colors. It should be noted that the "enhanced" version of Tempest is none other than Tempest Tubes, a modification for Tempest made in 1982 by Duncan Brown.Also included is a gallery of game memorabilia, video clips of an interview with Nolan Bushnell, and desktop themes for Windows. |
| Gubble | 2002-10-06 | Mud Duck Productions | Actual Entertainment, Inc. | Action | | | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | Real-time | Everyone | | PS1 | An arcade game in which you have to break apart levels in order to free your planet from an enemy race.You are Gubble D. Gleep, an alien who wakes up to find that his planet has been taken over by an enemy race, so you have to break apart areas using tools. |
| Sports Superbike 2 | 2002-10-06 | Mud Duck Productions | Mere Mortals Ltd. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Bike / Bicycling, Track racing | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Sports Superbike 2 is a budget motorbike racing game. You can race against 20 computer controlled racers and choose of 15 tracks. The game offers 3 modes of gameplay: Single Race, Championship and Two player split-screen mode (head to head only,no AI competitors). You can also select three level difficulty-novice to professional. You drive your bike on closed raceways on three, five or ten laps. Some little customization of vehicles is allowed e.g. tires,gearbox.
As you completing the game the other additional tracks and options are unlocked. |
| NBA Live 2003 | 2002-10-08 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | NuFX, Inc. | Simulation, Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | Back of Case - PlayStation (US) (from Ad Blurbs)TOTAL PLAYER CONTROL
FEATURES
RUN THE FLOOR: Push the ball and exploit the mismatches.
UPDATED ROSTERS FOR THE 2002-2003 SEASON: Featuring trades, free agents, and draft signings.
THE NBA'S NEWEST FRANCHISE: Take the court as the New Orleans Hornets.
CLEAN THE GLASS WITH AUTHORITY: Own the paint and dominate the boards.
NEW EA SPORTS™ MUSIC: Featuring hot new releases from Fabolous, Flipmode Squad featuring Busta Rhymes, Hot Karl and Snoop Dogg.
(screenshot captions)
BE THE ULTIMATE PLAYMAKER
FEEL THE POWER
OWN THE BOARDS
TAKE THE COURT IN STYLE
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| Nante! Tantei Idol: The Jigsaw Puzzle | 2002-10-10 | Bandai Co., Ltd., D3Publisher Inc. | | Puzzle | Top-down | Licensed | | Cards / tiles | | | | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Nante! Tantei Idol: The Jigsaw Puzzle is a jigsaw puzzle game featuring characters from the Manga written by Taku Kitazaki as well as images of Japanese swimsuit model Minato Yamabuki.The game can be played in either an Endless Mode or a Time Attack mode. Regardless of which is chosen, the premise is that of assembling a picture which is first shown whole as a guide, then broken down to individual puzzle pieces. The player controls a cursor to pick up pieces and put them back into place. There are several different styles of pieces chosen at random before the start of the puzzle, such as square blocks, traditional puzzle pieces, zig-zag pieces and more.There is also an image gallery for viewing all of the available images in the game. |
| Night Raid | 2002-10-10 | Takumi Corporation | Takumi Corporation | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | In the year 3309, humanity has been taken over by computers. The planet was mechanized by the main computer Batinbo at the south pole, and it was thought that all organic life on the planet had been wiped out. Humanity's fight, however, was not yet over. 87 years later, a computer in the desert that was once Asia began a program -- a program called "Vector", left by humans just before their extinction, created to restore life to the world. Vector must invade the computer Batinbo, and complete this final mission to revive humanity.Night Raid is a conversion of the 2001 vertical arcade shoot-em-up from Takumi, and has a similar feel to their earlier game Mars Matrix. Like in Mars Matrix, destroyed enemies release pickups, but rather than powering up your weapons they now affect your score multiplier. The multiplier is always slowly counting back to zero, but picking up the Score Items released by enemies will increase it. If a Score Item falls out the bottom of the screen, the multiplier is reduced, and can in fact go into negative, at which point the player will actually lose points for destroying enemies. The score can even go negative, and this is actually a viable method of play as the game will also track the lowest scores in addition to the highest ones.You have a standard shot (upgradable through pickups), bombs (which can also be picked up), and an attack called the "hagu launcher" which makes your ship crash into enemy ships to destroy them, and must be recharged after use. The game has six stages, and includes the original arcade mode as well as a score attack mode. |
| Shin Kidousenki Gundam W: The Battle | 2002-10-10 | Bandai Co., Ltd. | Natsume Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Fighting | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Shin Kidousenki Gundam W: The Battle is the 13th entry in the Simple Character 2000 series. It is actually one of the 2 games split from Gundam Battle Assault 2; the other one is Kidou Butouden G Gundam: The Battle. |
| Koro Koro Post Nin | 2002-10-17 | Media Entertainment Inc | Media Entertainment Inc | Action | Side view | | | Puzzle elements | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | In this game the player is Akane, a fearless girl who's out to deliver mail to lots and lots of mailboxes! The game is divided in several stages. Each stage is timed and she needs to deliver mail to all the mailboxes and find the exit before the timer hits zero.Instead of having the player control Akane herself, the player spins the entire stage around. If the ground is tilted enough, Akane will start walking in the direction the slope is. If it tilts even further she'll start running, a technique that needs to be used to take down obstacles that get in the way, such as vending machines. The stage needs to be tilted around completely to get some of the mailboxes, as they sit both on the ground and in the ceiling as well as on the walls.There are also scattered bonuses to pick up to increase Akane's score and earn extra lives like coins, lucky cats and more. |
| Mobile Tomodachi | 2002-10-17 | HAMSTER Corporation | Atelier Double Co. Ltd., Future Pirates Inc. | Simulation | Side view | | | Life / social simulation | | | Menu structures | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Mobile Tomodachi is a mobile life simulation game brings together virtual versions of the player's friends, with a twist: the in-game cast is synchronized from the contact list on the player's mobile phone, transferred over via the PS1's mobile phone connection cable. Once their friends are imported, players can interact with them via multiple-choice dialogue prompts, with different choices leading to different relationships. The game can display a ranking of friendships based on the outcome of the simulated conversations. |
| Shrek: Treasure Hunt | 2002-10-18 | TDK Mediactive, Inc. | Code Monkeys Ltd., The | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | In this game based on characters and settings from the computer-animated film Shrek, players control the titular ogre on a quest to find ten missing picnic items stolen by the Three Blind Mice. The result is an adventure through ten different locales linked together by the swamp. Players guide Shrek from a third-person perspective as they avoid mischievous swamp critters trying to stun them. Each area contains a mini-game that will reveal one of the lost picnic items once completed. The catch? Shrek must first collect a specific number of items to gain access to the mini-game. Once he finds the items, which range in type from pumpkins to candy, Shrek will be able to compete in an assortment of activities. Tug of War has players pressing the directional pad to move a casket, while Cotton Candy has the ogre swinging his confection in the air to trap six flies. Catch Some Weed Rats involves stomping on ten vermin, and Collect the Armor is a race to gather seven pieces of armor while avoiding the Dragon. Swamp Fishing has players reeling in four fish, while Catch the Three Blind Mice is another pattern matching game. Catch the Worms involves grabbing ten squiggling annelids, Cross the Rope Bridge consists of jumping over gaps while avoiding fireballs, Knights' Stand has players tossing tomatoes to score ten points, and Swing on Chains has the ogre moving from one chain to the next until he reaches the exit. Once players complete each of the ten activities, Shrek and Princess Fiona will finally be able to have their picnic. Two difficulty levels are available, Easy and Hard, with the latter causing Shrek to lose items each time he is hit by a swamp critter. Progress during the hunt can be saved to a memory card.
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| Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 | 2002-10-23 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Neversoft Entertainment, Inc. | Sports | Behind view | Licensed | | Tricks / stunts | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 is the fourth game in Activision's skateboarding franchise.The main feature of this game is it's redesigned career mode. When beginning a level, you have all the time in the world to skate around, perform tricks, get a feel for the level, without the hassel of any goals or time limits. When you're ready to attempt a goal, simply find a pro skater, talk to him, then receive the goal, similar to Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX. Goals are similar to the previous games, such as collect SKATE, get a certain amount of points, transfer over this and grind that. There are new goals, however, such as collecting the word COMBO while doing one big combo. Miss a trick, and goal fails. Once all regular goals are accomplished, you can attempt the Pro Goal, which is specific to each skater, and is extremely hard.All the major skaters are here, including Tony Hawk, Bob Burnquist, Steve Caballero, Kareem Campbell, Rune Gilfberg, Eric Koston, Bucky Lasek, Bam Margera, Rodney Mullen, Chad Muska, Andrew Reynolds, Geoff Rowley, Elissa Steamer and Jamie Thomas.The levels are been expanded and are huge. Some of the levels include a college campus, a shipyard, and the infamous prison complex Alcatraz.For multiplayer, all the favorite modes are back, from Graffiti and Trick Attack to Horse and King Of The Hill. New modes include Capture The Flag and Combo Mambo. THPS4 also supports System Link play, but not XBox Live.The PlayStation 2 version offers everything from the XBox version, but also has online play, utilizing either your own network adaptor or the official one. The PS2 version also features a one level demo of Shaun Murray's Pro Wakeboarder, which is not featured on any other version of the game. |
| Keeper | 2002-10-24 | Success Corp. | Fupac, Success Corp. | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | Real-time | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Keeper is a cute action-puzzle game. A five-by-five grid fills up with colored blocks with different icons on them. Pikuru and Kintoto, the player characters, can move freely about the grid, climbing over the blocks, and pushing or pulling them in any direction where there is room. Line up three or more blocks of either the same color or the same symbol and they will disappear. If the entire grid fills up, the game ends.The game features a single-player mode and two-player battle and cooperative modes. |
| Mobile Armor | 2002-10-24 | Agetec, Inc. | Highwaystar Co., Ltd. | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | | Tank | | | Teen | | PS1 | Mobile Armor is a third person shooter game in which the player controls a WWII era tank. The player will take on missions and as the game progresses more tank models will come available.The story mode can be played on different difficulty levels in which the player takes on enemy tanks and has to avoid landmines. Before each mission the player has to select a tank model each with different specifications. Part of the tank can be customized like the armor and engine. The game offers a co-op and a versus multiplayer mode for up to two players on split screen. |
| Ready Maid | 2002-10-24 | PrincessSoft | Zero System | Adventure | 1st-person | | | Visual novel | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | Setting | PS1 | Ready Maid (れでぃ☆めいど) for PlayStation, also known as Mei Puru (めい☆ぷる) for Dreamcast, is port of a PC (Windows) adult visual novel, however the console counterparts have all the adult content removed, and come with jewel-size included Princess Magazine (ぷり☆まが) booklet which features maid illustrations and sketches.You lost your mother in an accident and are living with your father who is a robotic engineer. One day, your father is hired to make a maid robot so he decides to create a prototype and leave it at house with your for a month. During that time, you are tasked to teach the robot a lot of new things, and pass all the info to your father so he can perfect the maid model prototype.The game works in a usual visual novel style where bulk of the gameplay consists of reading through the onscreen text which can be fast-skipped at a press of a button. Heroines feature full voice-acting, while side characters and the protagonist do not. There is no animation of any kind during dialogues, characters are merely used in various poses against the backdrop image during conversation. The game story progresses through days and different time of the day is visible on every location. Additionally, you can check the affection status of heroines you have met during the game. |
| Saikyou Ginsei Chess | 2002-10-24 | I.Magic | SilverStarJapan Co., Ltd. | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game, Chess | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Enjoy playing chess, the representative game of Europe in "Saikyo Ginsei Chess". Even beginners can feel at ease as the pieces' area of movement are shown while fast learners can fully display their ability. This is a game for all chess lovers.This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：6422KBCopyright：©2002 SilverStarJapan / ©2011 HAMSTER Co.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Saikyou Ginsei Shougi 2 | 2002-10-24 | I.Magic | SilverStarJapan Co., Ltd. | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)"Saikyou Ginsei Shougi 2" is equipped with a database of 1.2 million standard moves. Putting computer thinking ability and standard moves set out by human wisdom together, you can play the strongest shougi ever. Four levels of computer strength are available, making it a game enjoyable for all.This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：18MBCopyright：©2002 SilverStarJapan / ©2011 HAMSTER Co.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Paris-Marseille Racing II | 2002-10-25 | Davilex Games B.V. | Davilex Games B.V. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Street racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | PS1 | Almost two years after the first Paris-Marseille Racing, Davilex Games decided to continue the story and make a series.In this follow-up, the player can choose between six drivers (one female) with unique driving skills, and two game modes, one or two players. In the single player mode, you will have to choose between the three classic sub-modes : tournament, time attack and single race. New with this release are the two 2-players modes : Duel and Driver Vs Police. In the Duel mode, race head to head against a friend. In the Driver Vs Police mode, one choose to play a police man, the other must try to drive as fast as possible to escape.The game also features three skill levels, repairing and fine-tuning options in the tournament mode, and of course new and enhanced graphics to race through France and its famous cities such as Marseilles, Paris or Lyon. Three bonus races can also be played in London, Edinburgh or Las Vegas! |
| Final Fantasy | 2002-10-31 | Square Co., Ltd. | Square Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Top-down | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Final Fantasy is a remake of the Famicom (NES) game of the same name. This version includes the following changes and enhancements:
The graphics and the soundtrack have been updated to resemble technically those of the 16-bit installments of the series
There is an additional Easy difficulty level
In addition to saving the game in towns, the player can also create a memo file at any time, which acts as a saved game file until the player quits the game
Characters automatically target and attack a new enemy in case the originally targeted enemy has been defeated by another character during the course of the round
The protagonist can run at any time if the player presses a correspondent button during movement
A few minor changes have been made to character abilities
A CG introduction movie has been added to the Playstation version |
| Moorhuhn Kart XXL | 2002-11-01 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | phenomedia publishing gmbh | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | PS1 | Moorhuhn's first venture into the racing genre. This kart racing game features a number of new characters that are to be introduced as members of the Moorhuhn-Family (known from the Moorhuhn shooters).The game features comic-style 3D-graphics, 5 different drivers - each with its own driving style - and 3 different game modes. The whole concept reminds one of the Mario Kart games. The player chooses a character, either Moorhuhn itself or Lesshuhn, Frog, Snowman or Pumpkinhead. The game's objective is to win the race, of course, but your opponent will try everything in their power to keep your chosen character from winning by sending you off the racetrack. To achieve this they resort to things like weights, water bombs, chewing gum, sudden holes in the road, boards larded with nails or even rockets. But the player can also find these so called power-ups, small packages that can be found at random order on the racetrack. Unfortunately, you do not know what is in the packages until they are opened which adds a little surprise to the action.The kart is controlled using the arrow keys on the keyboard, but one can also use a Windows compatible gamepad.The XL version lacks the Duel mode and two courses. |
| Disney's Winnie the Pooh: Kindergarten | 2002-11-05 | BAM! Entertainment, Inc. | Creative Capers Entertainment, Inc., Disney Interactive Victoria | Educational | 1st-person, Top-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Early Childhood | | PS1 | Disney's Winnie the Pooh: Kindergarten is a children's educational title from Disney, it's part of a series which includes Disney's Winnie the Pooh: Toddler and Disney's Winnie the Pooh Preschool. Some parts of all these titles, such as the introduction look the same.The signing in post is also the place where players and other interested parties can see progress and print off certificates. The first time the player signs in they will see a scene showing Christopher Robin leaving for school, "I Wish I could go to school" says Pooh sadly, "Well why don't we have a school in the hundred acre wood" replies Piglet. Owl says he thinks it's a splendid idea and claims it as his own. After this the player is presented with a map of the hundred acre wood which will be their starting point on future sessions. The activities shown on the map are;
Printing: Here the player can print name tags, book marks and worksheets etc
Musical Mix & Match: The player is presented with two groups of instruments. They select one from the four on the left and one from the four on the right. These combine in the centre to make a new instrument which the player can play by clicking on the keys/strings. There are icons along the bottom of the screen to play a backing track - just one available, record, playback, save and play a saved tune
Number Balloons: Roo's game resembles a fairground side show, it has a striped roof and at the top of the screen running left to right are the numbers one to twenty - one number per stripe. Roo releases a random number of balloons and the player must click on each balloon once until all are counted, the balloons can be clicked in any order but all of them must be clicked. Then the player selects the number from the awning that corresponds to the number of balloons displayed. When the get the answer correct they can/must pop all the balloons and the process repeats
Thoughtful Place: Pooh is in the woods, he's at a place that's not quite a Thoughtful Place yet so making it one is the player's task. To achieve this they use the icons along the bottom of the screen one changes the sky, another changes the scenery, one changes the season, another adds music - just the one track, then items such as logs, trees, ponds, flowers can be added while another button makes any selected object larger or smaller. There are also icons to delete an object, wipe the whole scene, plus save/load icons
Treasure Hunt: This gets the player familiar with maps and directions. On the right is a map with an overlaid grid, Tigger appears here usually somewhere near the middle. On the left is a smaller grid and beneath it is a compass, instructions appear in the small grid such as 'South to tree' and the player must click South on the compass to move Tigger around the map. This continues until he finds the treasure.
Word Shop: Owls library was disturbed by a strong wind and he needs help to put pages back into his book. On the easy setting the player is shown a book with, say, a 'K' on the left and across the top of the screen will be three pictures one of which will have the word 'King' and the picture of a King on it. These match so the player clicks on the picture, drags it to the right hand page of the book and continues. On the harder settings the book will have a picture of a king and across the top of the screen will be three pages one of which will just bear the word 'King'
Shape Sorting: This is Rabbit's game and it is basically two shelves with an assortment of three shapes, on the easy setting each shape is a different colour, on the top and three bottles below. The object is to put the right shape into the right bottle. If the player clicks on the bottle they will hear 'This is a rectangle' or whatever is appropriate
All games have three difficulty settings and odd animations that pop up, apparently at random, to pique the player's interest. When the player completes a game they earn a star, there are fourteen stars in all and there's a certificate that can be printed out.
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| Disney's Winnie the Pooh: Preschool | 2002-11-05 | BAM! Entertainment, Inc. | Disney Interactive Victoria | Educational | | Licensed | | | | | | | Early Childhood | | PS1 | Disney's Winnie the Pooh Preschool is a point and click educational game based on characters and material created by the author/illustrator team of A.A. Milne and E.H. Shepard. It is a companion game to Disney's Winnie the Pooh Toddler and Disney's Winnie the Pooh Kindergarten.
Waking up from a nap in the Hundred Acre Wood, a puzzled Winnie the Pooh has the feeling he's forgotten something important and somehow arrives at the idea that it must be Eeyore's birthday. The player follows Pooh in his journey around the Wood to spread the news, dropping in on Kanga, Tigger, Owl, Piglet and Rabbit and helping them prepare a party through various activities and minigames.
Kanga's Alphabet Soup - Kanga's soup is missing some letters; the player must match the letters from her cookbook and drop them into the soup
Pooh's Dream - helping Pooh sequence the pictures in his dream will allow him to rescue a stranded Tigger
Owl's Family Tree - the pictures in Owl's photo album are way out of order; the player must help by grouping similar photos
Rabbit's Canning Encounter - Rabbit has to finish his canning before he comes to the party; the player helps by attaching number labels and counting fruits & vegetables
Tigger's Popcorn Calliope - the player matches sounds to help Tigger finish building his music machine (which also makes popcorn!)
Piglet's Pictures - the player follows Piglet's coloring guide to finish his pictures, and then adds collage materials. At higher levels he learns to mix colors
As the player completes each minigame, party decorations and gifts from the characters appear in Christopher Robin's Party Place. Items there are a measure of the player's progress, or a parent can access the Progress Chart from the sign-in screen. The chart describes the skills covered by each activity, which include letter recognition, sequencing, same/different, auditory discrimination, color theory, number recognition and counting, among others.From the map, players can also access Pooh's Print 'n' Learn which is a large collection of print projects - stickers, flash cards, bookmarks, ID cards, and an entire printable workbook that builds on the skills covered in the game.
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| FIFA Soccer 2003 | 2002-11-05 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts UK Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other), Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control, Multiple units/characters control | | Everyone | | PS1 | FIFA Soccer 2003 on the PlayStation is another update in the long-running soccer series. It features a limited number of teams and modes of the concurrent next generation version, with some exclusive modes and platform-appropriate graphics.The game includes teams from 12 national leagues (missing Brazil, Korea and Switzerland from the next-gen version), 23 rest-of-the-world teams (down from 40 in the other version) and 39 international teams.Game modes include the Club Championship (featuring 18 top European clubs, playable as a season or a friendly) as well as regular friendlies, season play for all 12 leagues, and various tournaments. Shared with the next-gen version (but with a limited selection of playable teams) are the EFA Trophy (i.e. UEFA Cup), European Champion's Cup (i.e. UEFA Champions League) and International Cup (i.e World Cup). Exclusive to this version are the World Club Challenge of 32 international clubs and the European Challenge of 16 European clubs. Custom tournaments are also available.On the pitch, similar graphics and the same camera options as in earlier versions are used. Controls are similar as well, with the power bars for shooting and passing making a return, but with the option of turning them off. None of the new Freestyle Control options from the next-gen version have made it to the PlayStation version, however. |
| WRC: FIA World Rally Championship Arcade | 2002-11-08 | Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. | Unique Development Studios AB | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | Licensed | | | Africa, Europe, Oceania | Automobile, Off-roading | Direct control | | | | PS1 | WRC: FIA World Rally Championship Arcade is an arcade rally game, specifically aimed at younger players with its forgiving handling and arcade-style gameplay. The player races in one of the seven cars, and 14 different official WRC locations are present in the game. Tracks include Australia, Cyprus, Spain, Greece, Sweden, and many more.The game has several different gameplay modes, including the super special, standard championship, time trial and two-player versus modes. The "super special" mode is the single player campaign mode, where the player-controlled character challenges other drivers across a series of tracks. The player starts out in the last position and tries to finish in first place by overtaking all other vehicles. |
| Disney's Treasure Planet | 2002-11-12 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Magenta Software Ltd. | Action | Behind view | Licensed | | Mini-games, Puzzle elements | Steampunk | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Disney's Treasure Planet is a 3D action-adventure platform game for the PlayStation played from a behind view perspective that is based on the 2002 movie of the same name. The game follows Jim Hawkins and his search for the legendary treasure of pirate captain Flint.In the game, the player takes control of Jim and has to navigate him through the different levels. The player has the ability to jump and fight enemies. Jims’s shape-shifting pet, Morph can be used as a glider to jump farther. In some sections of the game the player has to navigate Jim on his solar surf plank or a boat and avoid obstacles.For the PlayStation 2, a different 3D game was released. The Game Boy Advance also received a different 2D game.
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| Pink Panther: Pinkadelic Pursuit | 2002-11-13 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc., Wanadoo Edition | Étranges Libellules S.A. | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Platform, Puzzle elements | Fantasy | | Direct control | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | One Christmas day, Pink Panther is heading toward the mansion of his late uncle. It is said that there is a treasure hidden somewhere in the mansion. As the inheritor of the mansion, Pink set out to find the treasure as soon as he steps into the mansion. He soon finds out that the treasure is locked inside a safe; the keys of which can be obtained by exploring the "rooms" (probably the places/enemies that Uncle Pink previously explored/defeated) in the mansion. Now it up to Pink Panther to retrieve all the keys to the treasure!The main objective of all the levels in the game (except the final level) is to collect the key hidden in each level and get to the goal to proceed to the next level. There are a total of 12 "rooms" (levels) within 3 game modes: platform, race and boss fight. Most levels are in platform mode. In platform mode, the key is guarded by a certain character in a certain place. The way to that place is not straightforward: there are plenty more characters blocking the ways each time players proceed. The only way to proceed is to do the suitable exchanges with these characters (what they need will be displayed in the thought bubbles when players come near them). Very often the object a character needs is also the one another has, so stealing and chasing are essential parts of this mode. Hiding spots are provided for players for convenience during chase sequences. In race mode, Pink's controls are restricted: he cannot freely walk; he can only accelerate or decelerate while moving forward. The key will be obtained once players get to the goal. In boss fight mode, players' only objective is to defeat the boss to get the key. Various enemies are presented in platform mode and race mode, but only in platform mode can players beat the enemies. At the beginning of the game, players is provided with a key to open the first "room". The higher the level is, the greater number of keys is needed. Coins are presented in all levels. Players can collect coins to unlock artworks in the gallery opposite the mansion There are some question mark signs which will summon Uncle Pink to explain new things for players when players stand near them.The graphics are in 3D. Players have a choice among English, France, German, Spanish and Italian. The game is automatically saved when a level is completed or manually by pressing the certain button (can be set in the option section). After completing a level, players can freely choose to replay that level or the lower levels. |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | 2002-11-15 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Argonaut Games PLC | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | Fantasy | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | From Argonaut, developers of the first Harry Potter game for PlayStation, comes the sequel, with mostly the same gameplay style and mechanics. To master his second year at magic school Hogwarts and discover the mystery behind the Chamber of Secrets, Harry must make his way through a 3D action adventure.The game is more varied than its predecessor. In addition to platforming and maze sections, where magic must be used to fight monsters and solve puzzles, there are a variety of mini-games, like de-gnoming a garden by throwing gnomes over a fence or catching falling pipes thrown by a ghoul. There are also some unique action sequences, including traveling by floo powder, which entails sliding down a narrow path at high speed, or fleeing from the Hogwarts Express in a flying car. As in the first game, there are also Quidditch matches.Another big part of the game are wizarding duels: these take the form of a best-of-three bout, where the two wizards zap each other with magic while trying to evade the other's spells until one duelist's health is down.Also returning from the first game are collectible Every Flavour Beans and Famous Wizard Cards. The beans act as currency to buy cards, while the cards themselves are required to access certain duels. |
| Memorial Series: Sunsoft Vol. 6 | 2002-11-21 | Sun Corporation | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Memorial Series: Sunsoft Vol. 6 is a compilation featuring the following games:
Mr. Gimmick
Super Spy Hunter
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| 2 Games: Disney's Donald Duck: " "?!* / Tigger's Honey Hunt | 2002-11-22 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This twin pack includes:
Disney's Donald Duck: " "?!*
Tigger's Honey Hunt |
| Kaettekita Cyborg Kuro-chan | 2002-11-28 | Konami Corporation | Aspect Co., Ltd., Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, Inc. | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Platform, Shooter | Contemporary, Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Kaettekita Cyborg Kuro-chan is a platform shooter based on the Cyborg Kuro-chan manga and anime series. Players take control of the titular cat Kuro, a formerly normal housecat who survives being turned into a cyborg and sets out to take revenge on the mad scientist who did it to him with the help of his new cyborg weaponry. Gameplay is standard for the genre; its 2D sidescrolling levels are mostly linear, with players able to equip a variety of guns and melee weapons to take out enemies. Players can freely switch between their weapons over the course of a level. in addition to Kuro, players can also control the manga's other two protagonists, Mie and Matatabi. |
| Kamen Rider: Ryuki | 2002-11-28 | Bandai Games Inc. | Digifloyd Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Fighting | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Kamen Rider: Ryuki is a fighting game based on the Japanese tokusatsu television series of the same, and the twelfth installment in the Kamen Rider overall. It contains six game modes: the 1P Challenge Mode, 1P Battle Mode, 2P Battle Mode, Card Get Mode, Card Collection Mode, and Options Mode. In 1P challenge mode, you play as Kamen Rider Ryuki and complete missions. Some of the missions tell you to use cards and defeat your opponent.In 1P Battle Mode, you fight 8 characters. In this mode, you can play all of the 13 riders and 5 advent monsters. However, you start off with only 7 characters to play as. Because most characters are unlockable. Each rider has their own set of cards and if you use a card, you can use your weapon, shield, advent monster, or finisher. To use your finisher, you must hit the opponent many times. If you damage your opponent enough times, the music will change and you can use your finisher. If you play as a monster, you can't use any of the cards. 2P Battle Mode is multiplayer. And like 1P battle mode, you can play as all of the characters if you unlocked them. The characters that are still locked, are unplayable until you unlock them.In Card Get Mode, you use 10 points and play the card get mode. The card that you want to get will hide at any spot. If you get the card, you unlock the card and it will go to your Card Collection. There are no duplicates in the Card Get Mode. If you go to the Card Collection Mode, you will see the cards that you unlocked.And in Options, you can change the settings and change things like, loading auto save, changing the how many rounds you want, Turn on or turn off the rumble, and other things. |
| Maze Heroes: Meikyū Densetsu | 2002-11-28 | Media Entertainment Inc | Media Entertainment Inc | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Board game | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | PS1 | This is a world where humans and monsters coexist. Legend has it that there are four treasures in the world that can grant any wish...but no one has ever found them, and most believe that they exist only in legend. One day, two young friends felt a strange power coming from a cave near their village. The power attracts monsters to the area, and they end up trapped in the cave...Maze Heroes is a hybrid RPG/board game. Players roll a number and move around on the paths, picking up items and encountering monsters and other players in turn-based battles. Players can choose to fight, cast magic, use items, or escape. The game features a single-player story mode as well as a multiplayer battle mode for up to four players. |
| Raiden | 2002-11-28 | HAMSTER Corporation | Seibu Kaihatsu Inc. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | PS1 | In the year 2090, Earth is invaded by extra-terrestrials. The World Alliance of Nations has developed a supersonic attack fighter, Raiden, to defend the Earth. A pilot must take control of the experimental fighter to destroy the alien warships that just happen to look like odd variations of typical military tanks and planes with gadgets attached to them. Raiden (called Raiden Trad on the Genesis and SNES) is an over-head vertical-scrolling shooter, based on an arcade game of the same title. It features two forms of weapon upgrades and two types of missiles (normal or homing). You start the game with several bombs which you can use to destroy most enemies on the screen to get yourself out of a jam. Each level ends with a large boss or bosses. |
| 2 Games: TOCA World Touring Cars / Jonah Lomu Rugby | 2002-11-29 | Codemasters Software Company Limited, The | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This twin pack includes:
TOCA World Touring Cars
Jonah Lomu Rugby
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| Santa Claus Saves the Earth | 2002-11-29 | Telegames, Inc. | Ivolgamus UAB | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | It's the night before Christmas, and Santa should be getting ready to deliver presents to children. Unfortunately, the evil fairy Nilam has found out how much people love Santa and she can't stand it - so she kidnaps him and traps him in her evil magical realm. Santa doesn't have long to escape and make it home in time to keep the children of the world happy!This sidescrolling platformer has players controlling Sants through fifteen different levels on his way back to the North Pole. Santa can fight his way out using his bag of presents, which he can smack enemies with, and several different kinds of guns with different forms of ammunition. Each mazelike level has a key hidden within it, and Santa has to find it in order to unlock the exit. |
| Gekioh: Shooting King | 2002-12-01 | Natsume, Inc. | Warashi Inc. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Gekioh is an enhanced port of Shienryu. This release adds the following game modes:
Pocket Mode: imitates PocketStation graphics, with deliberately primitive visuals consisting of heart-shaped enemies and blocky ships.
Comical Mode: music and sound effects are replaced by laughter and applause (when the player reaches a high score).
Stingy Mode: the player has only one life and no continues; only two levels are playable.
No Mercy Mode: a harder difficulty level.
Slow Mode: darker graphics and sound effects reminiscent of horror themes (e.g. enemy and player-controlled ships scream when destroyed). All sprites on screen move slower, but the amount of bullets fired by enemies is increased.
Ancient Mode: the screen has a yellow tinge and displays "cracks"; music is changed to reflect a "retro" setting. |
| Sorcerer's Maze | 2002-12-01 | XS Games Ltd. | Four Winds Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Paddle / Pong | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | In Sorcerer's Maze (known as Prism Land in Europe) you play as Prism and Rhythm (a cat and a fairy) who set out to save the seven trapped guardians of the land. Gameplay is very similar to Breakout or Arkanoid. Players control a moving paddle (a tail-swinging kitty in this case) to bounce balls and break gems lined along the upper area of the play field.There are ten worlds with ten levels in each. Worlds include air, seas, rivers, forests, and castles, which primarily just changes the background art. Players are granted score multipliers for hitting gems in quick succession, and lose a "life" if the ball falls past the paddle and off the screen. The end of each world is a boss battle, where the player must bounce the ball off the boss' weak spot while avoiding attacks. Two players can also team up, or challenge each other in split-screen Battle Mode.In addition to points, the player builds up MP through smashing gems and collecting items that fall out. In addition to collecting and activating powerups during play, the player uses MP to purchase powerups at the start of each level. Powerups include multiball, piercing ball, wider paddle, and a comically enormous ball. Graphical effects are used during the boss battles, and with some powerups, to generate snow, stretch the screen, and otherwise bring life to the play fields.High scores are saved, but progress within the worlds is not. However, the first level of each of the ten worlds is always available at the start. After having saved all the guardians, you unlock the final castle stage. |
| X-Bladez: Inline Skater | 2002-12-04 | Crave Entertainment, Inc. | Vision Scape Interactive, Inc. | Sports | Behind view | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | X-Bladez: Inline Skater is a racing game dedicated to the inline skating extreme sport. The game allows the player to control and race skaters through 3D levels, performing tricks such as back-flips, flat spins, heel grabs, and others. Racers are able to jump over trash cans, mailboxes, and road signs. It is also possible to grab speed boosts to increase the velocity of the skateboard, as well as collect tokens scattered throughout each level to unlock secrets. Additional levels can be unlocked by gathering qualifying points, which are awarded for trying particularly daring stunts. |
| Beyblade | 2002-12-05 | Crave Entertainment, Inc. | Wavedge Co., Ltd. | Action, Simulation | Top-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Based on the Japanese anime TV-show and line of toys, "Beyblade" lets the user battle customized spinning tops against other spinning tops. Each top has its own "Bit Beast," which can be summoned during the battle to perform a special move.The game has both tournament and versus battle modes. The player can also modify their top's parts and "Bit Beast." |
| Tokyo Mew Mew: Tōjō Shin Mew Mew! Minna Issho ni Gohōshi suru Nyan | 2002-12-05 | TAKARA Co., Ltd. | Winky Soft Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | Side view, Top-down | | | Japanese-style RPG (JRPG) | Contemporary, Fantasy | | Direct control, Menu structures | Turn-based | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Based on the magical girl manga and anime Tokyo Mew Mew, this game has players joining the Mew Mews on an adventure with a new friend. While on a trip to a nature reserve island the girls encounter a sixth Mew Mew named Ringo Akai, a young girl themed after the Humboldt Penguin. Quiche, the villain from the original series, plans to transform the rare red data animals on the island into vicious chimera anima; in order to distract the Mew Mews from his plans, he orders a new villain named Gâteau du Roi to kidnap Ringo. After rescuing Ringo, the girls team up to take down the villains and save all of the animals on the island.This turn-based RPG puts a team-based spin on the genre. Like in normal RPGs, players can set up a team of several characters, but a special tag-team feature lets players take the entire Mew Mew squad into battle at once. Players can swap out characters in their active party at any time, even during battles, and the battles emphasize cooperation between characters. |
| Tokyo Mew Mew: Tōjō Shin Mew Mew! Minna Issho ni Gohōshi suru Nyan (Mew Ichigo Box) | 2002-12-05 | TAKARA Co., Ltd. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This special edition of Tokyo Mew Mew: Tōjō Shin Mew Mew! Minna Issho ni Gohōshi suru Nyan bundles a copy of the game with a doll of the character Mew Ichigo and a mini soundtrack CD. |
| Tokyo Mew Mew: Tōjō Shin Mew Mew! Minna Issho ni Gohōshi suru Nyan (Mew Mint Box) | 2002-12-05 | TAKARA Co., Ltd. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This special edition of Tokyo Mew Mew: Tōjō Shin Mew Mew! Minna Issho ni Gohōshi suru Nyan bundles a copy of the game with a doll of the character Mew Mint and a mini soundtrack CD. |
| Jim Henson's Bear in the Big Blue House | 2002-12-09 | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | DC Studios, Inc. | Action | | Licensed | | | | | | | Early Childhood | | PS1 | Based on the TV show of the same name, Bear in the Big Blue House invites players to Ojo's birthday party. The goal is to help Ojo find her presents. To do so, the player must participate in eleven mini-games, each having two difficulty levels. There are two ways to explore and play, Adventure Mode and Activity Mode. The game is aimed at younger players. |
| Nijiiro Dodgeball: Otome-tachi no Seishun | 2002-12-12 | Atlus Co., Ltd. | Will Co., Ltd. | Action, Sports | Side view | | | Arcade, Managerial / business simulation | | | | | | | PS1 | In the near future, the sport of dodgeball has grown in popularity to rival soccer and baseball, and an international professional league has been established. Youth teams from across the country play and compete for a chance to join the pros. Ten girl's teams have been selected for a tournament, and the winning team will be allowed to join the professional league.Nijiiro Dodgeball is a dodgeball game in the tradition of Super Dodge Ball featuring an all-female cast. Each team of four, plus three support players on each side, must use a variety of techniques including dashes, jumps, and numerous special moves, to knock out the other team by draining their stamina. If all four players on a team are knocked out, they lose.There are two game modes available. Venus League mode is a story mode in which the player selects a manager and a team, and must lead them to league victory while training their players' attributes. As the story proceeds, various events happen which may effect specific players' abilities and relationships with each other, and it is up to the player as the manager to keep their team competitive. Spot Match mode is a free versus mode for one or two players where any two teams can square off. There are ten different teams to choose from, each with characters designed by popular illustrators. |
| Super Bubble Pop | 2002-12-18 | Jaleco Entertainment, Inc. | Runecraft Ltd. | Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | Real-time | Everyone | | PS1 | A combination of Tetris and Bust-A-Move, Super Bubble Pop has you controlling a character along the bottom of the playfield, who you use to throw bubbles of different colours towards the other side of the playfield. As you throw them down the line, they will stack up in piles of six. Linking three bubbles together will pop them (remove them from the field), and if there is a stack of six, the bubbles on the way will form a new stack in front of it.The aim of the game is to remove all bubbles from the field, but there is another way of completing a game. Tokens will appear during play, and by collecting enough, you can move on to the next round regardless of what you have on the playfield. |
| Shin Megami Tensei If... | 2002-12-26 | Atlus Co., Ltd. | Atlus Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG) | 1st-person | | | | Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi | | | Turn-based | | | PS1 | Like the first two entries in the Shin Megami Tensei series, the spin-off with the mysterious title If... got its own remake. As in the other two cases, the graphics of the remade version have been redone from scratch, to match the 2D standard of 32-bit generation consoles. Interior locations are much more detailed, with visible furniture and other items in rooms that were empty or contains just a few objects in the original version.The 3D dungeons can now be navigated with smooth scrolling, unlike the "jumping" navigation of the earlier versions. The remake also has an additional difficulty level, dubbed "normal"; the original difficulty level is called "hard". The easier difficulty level also reduces the amount of random battles. Story, dialogues, layout of locations, and general gameplay remain unchanged in this version. |
| 2 Games: Gran Turismo / Motor Toon Grand Prix 2 | 2003 | Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This twin pack includes:
Gran Turismo
Motor Toon Grand Prix 2 |
| 2 Games: Tekken 2 / Soul Blade | 2003 | Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This twin pack includes:
Tekken 2
Soul Blade |
| 2 Games: Tweenies: Game Time / Bob the Builder: Can We Fix It? | 2003 | BBC Multimedia | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This twin pack includes:
Tweenies: Game Time
Bob the Builder: Can We Fix It? |
| 2 Games: WipEout 3 Special Edition / Destruction Derby 2 | 2003 | Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This twin pack includes:
WipEout 3: Special Edition
Destruction Derby 2 |
| 5 Star Racing | 2003 | Phoenix Games Ltd. | Kung Fu Games | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Track racing | | | | | PS1 | 5 Star Racing is budget car racing game featuring five game modes: Custom Car Derby, Speed Duel, Super Car Chase, Muscle Machines and Rally Rider. Each game mode features an easy track and a hard track, and two vehicle models in some color variations.Gameplay has the player racing their vehicle against 5 opposing vehicles all competing for first place. During a race the game keeps track of the players lap time. Options include setting the difficulty level to either easy, medium or hard and setting the number of laps to either 3 or 15 total laps. |
| ATV Racers | 2003 | Mud Duck Productions | Miracle Designs | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade | | Off-roading, Track racing | | | Everyone | | PS1 | ATV Racers features a variety of animals who are out to win an ATV racing championship through means of vehicular combat racing. The game features a Tournament, Arcade, and Time Trial mode.In tournament mode, players get to choose one of the 10 (8 are selectable from the start and 2 are unlockable) animal racers to race with. The tournament offers three different sets of trophy races; the cross cup, dune cup, and the rock cup. Each cup consists of 3 different racetracks; underground, red rock, and atlantis. These 3 racetracks get altered depending on what cup the player is competing for.When racing, players attempt to beat the five opponents they are up against to the finish line. To help achieve this goal, players can shoot guided rockets, use speed boosts, and lay mines to hinder their opponents. The higher the position the player gets in a race, the more points they earn. The player with the most points after all the races are done wins the championship cup.Arcade lets the player compete on any of the available tracks so they can practice racing on them. Time Trial lets the player race solo, trying to defeat a track in as little time as possible.Options include setting the difficulty level (easy or medium), setting the number of laps (3, 5, 9 or 50), and whether to turn vibration on or off.
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| Air Hockey | 2003 | Mud Duck Productions | Success Corp. | Sports | 1st-person | | | Arcade | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Air Hockey is a budget air hockey game for the PlayStation. There are four characters available to either play as or to face off against. The aim is to have a higher score than your opponent when the timer hits zero, and to make that a little easier there are bonuses strewn across the table. Some are activated upon touch, while others are stored with the player until used.The only two gameplay options are 1 player versus the computer or 2 players versus each other. |
| All Star Action | 2003 | Phoenix Games Ltd. | Mere Mortals Ltd. | Compilation, Racing / Driving, Sports | 3rd-person (Other), Behind view | | | Tricks / stunts | Sci-fi / futuristic | Automobile, Mecha / giant robot, Motorcycle, Naval / watercraft, Truck | Direct control | | | | PS1 | All Star Action is a collections of budget games. The games are all on a single disc with a game selection menu. Most games are asset flips of the exact same engine but with different cars or character models.
Top Sped Rally
Water Power Jet
Xtreme Boarders
Surfing Paradise
Battle Trucks
Power Riders
Turbo Race 2
Speed Demon
Superbike GP
Stock Car Race
Ride the Waves
Revs
Power Riders is a futuristic combat racing game, compete against other mechs for first place on futuristic tracks, while also being able to attack the robots with melee attacks. This is the most complete game in the compilation with a selection of several anime style characters and five different courses titled Falcon, Hawk, Condor, Eagle and Phoenix.There are wave surfing games (Water Power Jet, Xtreme Boarders, Surfing Paradise, Ride the Wave) where the player has to perform stunts and jumps within a set time limit, all using the same bay area level except with different player characters on either a bodyboard, surfboard, wind surfing or a jet ski.The rest are all racing games (Top Sped Rally, Battle Trucks, Superbike GP, Turbo Race 2, Speed Demon, Stock Car Race, Revs) which use the same two tracks but with different title screens and cars models. Finish the race to go back to the menu. |
| All Star Watersports | 2003 | Phoenix Games Ltd. | TheyerGFX Pty Ltd | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Naval / watercraft | | | | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - Playstation (EU) (from Ad Blurbs)All Star Watersports lets you 'Ride-the-Barrel' through the most realistic waves yet seen on PlayStation. Grab a surfboard, bodyboard, windsurfer or jet watercraft and carve up some of the most awesome surfing beaches along the coast.Play with the seagulls and dolphins as you master the skills required for each sport including barrel riding the surfboard, jibing the windsurfer, jumping the jet watercraft and spinning the bodyboard.You can compete against the computer, or up to four players can compete in contests including 'Beach Competition', 'Big Air Contests' and 'Extreme Trick'. |
| American Pool | 2003 | Mud Duck Productions | DigiCube Co., Ltd. | Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | American Pool is a pool game featuring a Training mode, a Pocket Game mode, and a Pool Contest mode.In Training mode, players are presented with 18 stages in which they are shown a sample of a shot done by the computer player that they then have to try to replicate.The Pocket Game mode lets the player compete in various types of pool games such as 9-Ball, 8-Ball, Basic, Rotation, and 14-1 Ball. Players can set the number of sets to play and the difficulty level.The Pool Contest mode lets the player create a character with their own name, gender, age, and face avatar (3 different choices for each gender), and compete in a 32 player tournament of 9-Ball. The players character can level up by winning matches which unlocks 6 different powerup techs and 3 special techs. Some techs include Easy Shot which slows down the speed of the shot power meter and Free Ball which allows the cue ball to be placed anywhere on the pool table.Gameplay consists of the player lining up their shot, choosing where to hit the cue ball with the cue stick, and then determining the strength of their shot by use of a power meter. |
| Animal Football | 2003 | Phoenix Games Ltd. | Code Monkeys Ltd., The | Educational, Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Mini-games | | | | | | | PS1 | Animal Football is a puzzle game featuring Dingo Pictures half-hour cartoon titled Das unglaubliche Fussballspiel der Tiere which is about two animal football teams playing a game against each other. Gameplay in the original PlayStation release consists of slide puzzles as well a colouring activity.The game was re-released as Animal Soccer World on the PlayStation 2 three years later. Two more minigames were added for the PS2: a Concentration-like card-matching game and some jigsaw puzzles.
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| Atlantis: The Lost Continent | 2003 | Phoenix Games B.V. | Code Monkeys Ltd., The | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | | | | | | | PS1 | Rodrigo, the fisherman's son one day finds a letter in a bottle on the beach. With some help of his grandfather he understands that it tells him how to find the famous lost city of Atlantis. Now Rodrigo and his grandfather along with their dog Uzo sets out on a journey to find the long lost island. Atlantis: The Lost Continent is a game for children that consists of:
a cartoon film (A Dingo Pictures film titled Atlantis: Der verlorene Kontinent)
a slide puzzle
a picture coloring game
The game was later released on the PlayStation 2 as Empire of Atlantis. It's the same game as the PlayStation version but adds a jigsaw puzzle mode and a pair matching mini game. |
| Ballerburg: Castle Siege | 2003 | Mud Duck Productions | ASCARON Entertainment GmbH | Action, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Artillery, Managerial / business simulation, Shooter | Fantasy | | Hans‑Arno Wegner | Real-time | Teen | | PS1 | Ballerburg: Castle Siege is a real-time artillery strategy game influenced by an earlier game with the same name. The goal is to destroy the opponent's castle (or something else, as described in the mission briefing). To accomplish your mission, you have no armies to command - your only weapons are ballistic: cannons, catapults and the like. It is also possible to use a bomber airship and some magic effects.Everything takes place in a 3D environment. You can build your own castle and its surroundings such as peasant huts and smithies,where weapons can be placed. These things cost gold, and you get gold by collecting taxes from the peasants. To destroy the opponent's castle, you use your guns and catapults. It is impossible to see in advance where the shot will land, so you need to shoot the target more than once to be more precise. You can have multiple guns and switch between them to bombard your enemy with heavy stones, cannonballs, etc. You can upgrade these weapons to become even more deadly. However, these weapons cannot be fired all the time - they need time to reload and every shot needs to be paid for.Meanwhile, the opponent shoots at your settlement, trying to cut you short of peasants so you cannot buy anything. To hinder him, you can use wizards, which are able to summon sandstorms and rain, obstructing the opponent's sight and targeting. The game supports multiplayer and hot-seat mode up to four players at once.
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| Big League Slugger Baseball | 2003 | Agetec, Inc. | Now Production Co., Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Big League Slugger Baseball is a cartoonish, big-head-anime-style baseball game. It uses the standard behind-the-catcher viewpoint for batting and pitching and switches to different views when the ball is hit.One or two players can play a single exhibition game, or a single player can play a 10 or 30-game season, which can be saved to a memory card. After completing the season you can proceed to the Final Series.The game is unlicensed and does not include any real teams, players, or stadiums, though you can create your own players and teams. |
| Blockids | 2003 | Natsume, Inc. | Athena Co., Ltd. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | PS1 | Blockids is a Breakout variant whose unique feature is multiple camera angles. Instead of only including the typical top down camera angle, the game also utilizes a isometric camera angle, a behind the paddle camera angle, and a track the ball's movement camera angle.The game contains an Adventure mode and a Challenge mode. In the Adventure mode players choose from one of six characters and go on a mission to reclaim 5 magic crystals. The accomplish this task, players must beat a series of stages and boss monsters at every 10th stage. Beating stages requires bouncing a ball off a paddle to break blocks, which get arranged in different formations depending on the stage. The player can also make the ball jump over the bricks and try to break them from the top down. Each character in the game has their own special power meter which is filled up by hitting several blocks in succession. Some examples of character's powers include Super-Extend which elongates the paddle, Ball Catcher which makes the ball stick onto the paddle, or Power Ball which makes ball that go through blocks instead of simply bouncing off them. Some broken blocks also unleash power-ups. Power-ups include either speeding up or slowing down the ball, a 1up which gives the player and extra life, and a power-up which instantly clears the stage. This game lets the player only have 2 lives and 3 continues before the game is over. The Challenge mode is similar to the Adventure mode except the player is now given infinite amount of continues throughout its 100 stages.
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| Checkmate II | 2003 | Phoenix Games Ltd. | Mere Mortals Ltd. | Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Chess | | | Point and select | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)12 challengers await you, from the Beginner to the Expert. Each time with varying strengths; select the opponent who will give you the best challenge!Select from 12 levels of difficulty and 5 Game Modes. A normal "Free Battle", "2 Player Match" and then "Tournament". |
| Chop N' Drop | 2003 | Ignition Entertainment Ltd. | System 3 Software Ltd. | Action, Sports | Side view | | Martial arts | Fighting | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | International Karate + (IK+) is a simple side-on beat 'em up. 3 characters appear on the screen - either 1 player and 2 AI, or 2 player and 1 AI - and proceed to kick seven bells out of each other via various karate moves.Each of the moves scores a different number of points and if you come last in a particular round you are eliminated.There are some sub-games too, involving your karate-master holding a shield and defending himself against bouncing balls from both directions, and kicking bombs off the screen before they explode.All in the pursuit of that elusive black belt... |
| Collectors' Edition: A Bug's Life / Tigger's Honey Hunt / Tarzan | 2003 | Global Star Software Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | A compilation of three Disney games:
Disney/Pixar A Bug's Life
Disney's Tarzan
Tigger's Honey Hunt |
| Dalmatians 2 | 2003 | Phoenix Games Ltd. | Code Monkeys Ltd., The | Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Dalmatians 2 features a Dingo Pictures animated film titled ...noch mehr Dalmatiner. Despite the striking similarity between the cover art and the Disney franchise 101 Dalmatians it does not have any official link or licensing agreement.The game also features six different sliding picture puzzles with 4 difficulty options (9, 12, 25, or 36 squares). There is also a coloring book mode where players can color in six different pictures.The game was later released on the PlayStation 2 as Dalmatians 3. It's the same game as the PlayStation version but adds a jigsaw puzzle mode and a pair matching mini game. |
| Dancing Stage Fever | 2003 | Konami Corporation | Konami Corporation | Action | | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | | PS1 | A unique dancing simulation game that uses your feet, get up and dance to such classics as "All That She Wants" - Ace Of Base, "Wannabe" - Spice Girls & "One Step Beyond" - Madness.You'll need quick reflexes and great timing to step on the correct arrows at the right time. So take to the dance floor, get into the groove and show off your moves!There are many different songs to dance to, multiple difficulty levels, lessons for beginners and a workout mode that tracks the number of calories you lose while playing.Also features tracks from Squeeze and the Vbirds.
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| Detective Mouse | 2003 | Phoenix Games Ltd. | Code Monkeys Ltd., The | Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | Detective / mystery | | | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Detective Mouse features a Dingo Pictures animated film titled Ein Fall für die Mäusepolizei. The game also features six different sliding picture puzzles with 4 difficulty options (9,12,25, or 36 squares). There is also a coloring book mode where players can color in six different pictures.The game was later released on the PlayStation 2 as The Mouse Police. It's the same game as the PlayStation version but adds a jigsaw puzzle mode and a pair matching mini game. |
| Dinosaurs | 2003 | Phoenix Games Ltd. | Code Monkeys Ltd., The | Puzzle | | | | Mini-games | | | | | | | PS1 | After a volcanic eruption, a young dinosaur named Tio gets separated from his family and goes out searching for them.While the disc contains a Dingo Pictures animated movie titled Abenteuer im Land der Dinosaurier, it also contains mini-games. The PlayStation version includes a coloring book and a sliding puzzle, while the PlayStation 2 version adds an additional matching pairs game and a jigsaw puzzle. |
| Dirt Jockey: Heavy Equipment Operator | 2003 | Mastiff, LLC | DDL Corporation | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Managerial / business simulation | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Dirt Jockey lets the players operate heavy machinery like dump trucks, wheel loaders, bulldozers and high-reaching cranes. There are four game modes: Qualification (play this to obtain licenses for operating specific machinery), Build (the goal is to build a huge Department store with the licensed machinery), Equipment Rodeo (challenge yourself to the events of Treasure hunt, Mountain maker, Overdrive and Spin touch), and Free-play (self-explanatory). The game boasts realistic machinery controls and authentic looks. |
| Easter Bunny's Big Day | 2003 | Mastiff, LLC | eye on, Seven Computerized Creations | Puzzle | Diagonal-down | | | Mini-games, Tile matching puzzle | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Easter Bunny's Big Day is a collection of minigames including jigsaw puzzles, memory matching, and egg catching. The game follows the Easter Bunny, who collects an egg after completing each minigame. Once enough eggs have been collected, Robo-Rabbit brings them to a nearby school, and after powering him up, the game congratulates the player and credits roll. |
| Extreme Go-Kart Racing | 2003 | Agetec, Inc. | Now Production Co., Ltd. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Automobile | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (US) (from Ad Blurbs)Compete against six go-kart racers from out of this world to determine who the best driver is. Grab turbo capsules to stay ahead of the pack, Avoid a myriad of obstacles set in place to thwart even the savviest of drivers, Power-slide around tight hairpin turns to set new record times.
Ready – Set – Go
Seven different race courses- from the Paved Oval to the Frozen Arctic!
Twelve go-kart drivers each with their own unique go-kart and racing style!
Three modes of playing including:
Grand Prix, Time Attack and Two-Player Versus!
Grab turbo capsules and overtake the competition
Drift technique mastering is just a button press away!
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| Flying Squadron | 2003 | Phoenix Games Ltd. | Na.p.s. Team s.n.c. | Action | Behind view | | | | | Flight / aviation | | | | | PS1 | Flying Squadron is a single player 3D shoot 'em up game where you take control of a fighter plane trying to fight of enemy aircrafts. The game is very similar to Silent Iron and Jet Ace.The game offers thirteen missions in which you have to shoot down enemy aircrafts with either bullets or missiles while trying to avoid enemy fire. Both bullets and missiles will deplete as will your fuel. Fuel and ammunition can be replenished during missions by flying through a green ring saying fuel or bullets. You start the game with three lives and shooting down enemies earns you points for a high score, sometimes bonus points can be collected by flying through a green ring saying the number of points. |
| Football Madness | 2003 | Phoenix Games Ltd. | Na.p.s. Team s.n.c. | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | Arcade | | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)Feel the passion and tension of the big match atmosphere.You can even resort to dirty tactics!!!Crunching tackles and aggressive barges are all fair play in this game. |
| Ford Truck Mania | 2003 | Gotham Games | Alpine Studios, Inc. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | Licensed | | | | Truck | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (US) (from Ad Blurbs)FORD TRUCK MANIA
Why are trucks in such high demand these days? They are tough, strong, can go almost anywhere - and are perfect for high-speed racing action! Ford Truck Mania lets you put all manner of trucks on muddy mountain tracks and rough desert terrains to experience big thrills on strenuous roads. Experience the exhilaration of racing through the tracks head on with other competitors bent on doing whatever it takes to cross the finish line. Take a ride with Ford Truck Mania and you'll never want to ride in a mid-sized sedan again!Choose from 3 vehicle class categories: Amateur, Semi Pro and Professional.
Configure each course to your preference and style of racing.
Customize your vehicle's steering, transmission, tires, suspension, and even the color of your car before each race for the perfect drive.
Select from 8 Ford trucks or 4 modified trucks to hit the track with! |
| Gunbird | 2003 | XS Games, LLC | Psikyo | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Fantasy, Steampunk | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Gunbird is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up developed by Psikyo. It hit the Japanese arcade in 1994 and was followed by a Japanese release to the Saturn and the Playstation in the following year.The game is set in a fantasy setting with steampunk elements. Lush forests and medieval castles meet steam trains and mech robots. Instead of piloting the genre-traditional space ships, Gunbird lets the player chose between five different characters (Ash, Marion, Valnus, Yuan Nang and Tetsu) who traverse the game world on broomstick, jet packs and pedal-powered helicopters on a quest to find the pieces of a magic mirror across seven stages. Unorthodox vehicles aside, the gameplay follows traditional genre standards. The main goal is to dodge all bullets that fill the screen while collecting power-ups to make the character stronger. Gunbird features one power-up that incrementally increases the firepower of the standard weapon (P-items) as well as additional ammo for the screen-clearing special ability (B-items). Standard weapon and special ability differ from character to character. Where some characters excel in high firepower in a straight line others allow for a wider spread of bullets or additional homing missiles. |
| Herkules | 2003 | Phoenix Games Ltd. | Code Monkeys Ltd., The | Puzzle | Top-down | | | Cards / tiles | Classical antiquity | | Direct control | Meditative / Zen | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Aimed at children, Herkules is a minigame-focused release. The game features a 45-minute animated movie, which features voice acting and forms the basis for the art used in the minigames. There is a colouring book, where you can select from six illustrations and a smorgasbord of colour to bring the scene to life. Sliding tile puzzles have the player recreate a scrambled picture by moving the pieces around.The PlayStation 2 version of the game was released as legend of Herkules and added two additional minigames not present in the original PlayStation game. Jigsaw puzzle is a self-explanatory event with three sizes of difficulty available. And of course, the card game memory match, which also has multiple levels of difficulty. |
| Hot Shot | 2003 | Phoenix Games Ltd. | Na.p.s. Team s.n.c. | Action | Behind view | | Crime | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | PS1 | Hot Shot is a single player 3D shooter game played from a third person. Dangerous prisoners have broken out of prison and have made themselves a home in an abandoned military complex. It’s now up to the player to gun them down. The game is very similar to the PS1 game Wanted from 2004.The game offers several missions in which prisoners appear in the windows of building. The player starts the game with three lives and has the ability to doge enemy fire. As the player progresses he can pick up better guns and use these till they are empty and points boxes for the Hi score. |
| Hugo: The Evil Mirror | 2003 | XS Games, LLC | ITE Media ApS (Interactive Television Entertainment) | Action | Behind view, Side view | | | Platform | Fantasy | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Hugo: The Evil Mirror is a 3D platform game starring Hugo the TV trolls children, Trollerit, Trollerat, and Trollerut. Scylla the evil witch has captured Hugo in a magical mirror, before the eyes of his children. Afterwards the mirror is split in three pieces and scattered around Troll forest. Now each of the children has to recover a piece of the mirror to release their father from it.Gameplay includes sled racing, platforming, defeating enemies and collecting diamonds. You play as each of the three children to retrieve a piece of the mirror. If all pieces are retrieved you enter the mirror where you play as Hugo who has to free himself by taking on Scyllas projection inside the mirror. |
| Lion and the King 2 | 2003 | Phoenix Games Ltd. | Code Monkeys Ltd., The | Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Africa, Fantasy | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Lion and the King 2 features a Dingo Pictures animated film titled Der König der Tiere: Das grosse Abenteuer. The game also features six different sliding picture puzzles with 4 difficulty options (9,12,25, or 36 squares). There is also a coloring book mode where players can color in six different pictures.The game was later released on the PlayStation 2 as Son of the Lion King. It's the same game as the PlayStation version but adds a jigsaw puzzle mode and a pair matching mini game. |
| Omega Assault | 2003 | Phoenix Games Ltd. | Na.p.s. Team s.n.c. | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | | | PS1 | Omega Assault is a shooter where the player takes control of a large mech robot. The game is played from a first-person cockpit view. The player has not free movement and can only move to his left and right while freely moving the crosshair in any direction. The game has twelve missions which all involve shooting down other robots in futuristic city environments, while avoiding not to get shot down. The player's robot has three weapons that can be switched at any time (providing there's ammo left). They are the short range basic fire gun, the large range electromagnetic laser and the devastating bombs that do lot of damage but where the ammo is scarce. Enemies that are defeated sometimes leave different things behind them like points and power-ups that can be shot at to be collected. These include energy restoration and new lives. Enemy robots come in six different colors, and each of them has a different speed, weapon and amount of energy. |
| Phix: The Adventure | 2003 | Agetec, Inc. | Affect Co.,Ltd | Action | Behind view | | | Platform | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | The Magnia Stone, the sacred stone of the Magnetic World is knocked off its floating altar in the sky and falls towards a slumbering creature called Phix. He swallows it and starts to attract metallic objects and creatures. This upsets the balance of the world, and evil creatures start to appear throughout the land. Phix must travel to five realms in order to bring the stone to its original place and return peace.Phix: The Adventure is a 3D platform with a magnetic element similar to the earlier Super Magnetic Neo. The main character attracts or repels objects and enemies by switching polarity (between north and south with the ▲ button). Touching the enemy decreases the number of hearts at the left bottom of the screen. Falling on pits or water kills Phix instantaneously. The ● button shoots magnetic particles (enemies can be killed by particles of opposite polarity: north enemies are affected by south particles, and vice-versa). Pressing and holding the ■ activates a neutral field that lasts some seconds and shields Phix from the magnetic activity around him. The X button makes the character jump. To reach higher places, Phix first must connect to magnetic spots on the ground by selecting the opposite polarity and then switch to the same polarity. Activating the neutral field at this exact moment makes him jump even higher.The game has five worlds, each with three regular levels and a boss stage. It starts with two lives and a timer for each level (the character dies when it runs out), and allows progress to be saved to the memory card. |
| Rescue Copter | 2003 | Conspiracy Entertainment Corp., Crave Entertainment, Inc. | Aqua System Co., Ltd. | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | Helicopter, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Jet CopterX is a helicopter action game that provides the realest thrill of controlling a helicopter. Choose from five types of helicopter and save lives by flying the helicopter among narrow valleys and over stiff cliffs. Jump into the helicopter and get ready for the challenging missions today!This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：36MBCopyright：©2001 AQUASYSTEM Co.,Ltd. / ©2010 HAMSTER Co.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Robo-Pit 2 | 2003 | Mud Duck Productions | Altron Corporation | Action | Behind view | | | Fighting | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Robo-Pit 2 is, like its predecessor, a fighting game where robots battle it out in an arena. The game starts with the player creating his own robot. The player can use 146 different parts and 72 colours to create a robot of his own taste. The different body parts that can be customized are head, body, arms and legs. Each body part has its own attack and durability ratings that determines how the robot will fare in combat. The battles takes place in the Coliseum. The Coliseum consists of a number of rooms each hosting an enemy robot that the player has to defeat to unlock more rooms. Defeating an enemy can also grant the player new body parts as well as experience and skill points. The player can move around his robot from a third person perspective and launch different attacks such as jabs, straight, hook and upper attacks. With good timing it's also possible to link attacks together. A special attack can be executed when the SP gauge is full. There's also a guard impact command which allows the player to repel the enemy attack. The player has a booster which allows the robot to fly as long as the boost gauge lasts. A battle ends when one of the combatants has his energy reduced to zero. |
| Silent Iron | 2003 | Phoenix Games Ltd. | Na.p.s. Team s.n.c. | Action | Behind view | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation, Mecha / giant robot | | | | | PS1 | Silent Iron is a single player 3D shoot 'em up game where you take control of a mech trying to fight of enemy aircrafts and mechs. The game is very similar to Jet Ace.The game offers thirteen missions in which you have to shoot down enemy aircrafts and mechs with either bullets or missiles while trying to avoid enemy fire. Both bullets and missiles will deplete as will your fuel. Fuel and ammunition can be replenished during missions by flying through a green ring saying fuel or bullets. You start the game with three lives and shooting down enemies earns you points for a high score, sometimes bonus points can be collected by flying through a green ring saying the number of points. |
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| Soccer Kid | 2003 | Telegames, Inc. | Krisalis Software Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | Direct control | Real-time | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Aliens attempting to steal the World Cup have crashed as they tried to flee, and the Cup has been broken, its pieces scattered around the globe. As Soccer Kid, you must retrieve it. During your journey, you will visit Britain, Italy, Russia, Japan, and finally, the United States.Soccer Kid is a platform game with some unique elements. As the name implies, you have to kill your enemies with your ball. Football-style tricks of keeping the ball in the air and under control are especially useful - headers and overhead kicks can be played with practice. You gain access to the pieces by collecting 11 Player Cards across each world.There is a saving feature that gives you the ability to save between each country (but not between individual levels). |
| Space Rider | 2003 | Phoenix Games Ltd. | Na.p.s. Team s.n.c. | Action | Behind view | | | Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | Flight / aviation, Space flight | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)Blast your way through 13 fast pace challenging sectors in the K78G system as you try and destroy and out manoeuvre the hostile space ships.You will need cunning and fast reactions to avoid the enemies lasers and missile attacks as you mount your daring attack. |
| Strike Force Hydra | 2003 | Ignition Entertainment Ltd. | Digi-Guys Ltd. | Action | Top-down | | | Shooter | | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Strike Force Hydra is a vertically scrolling shooter, with 8 levels, each divided into 3 stages.Each level follows the same setup, standard scrolling level with enemies and a mini-boss, then an obstacle course fly through a tunnel, then another shooting level with enemies and an end boss. |
| Super Dropzone: Intergalactic Rescue Mission | 2003 | Ignition Entertainment Ltd. | Eurocom Developments Ltd | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Super Dropzone: Intergalactic Rescue Mission is a sequel to Archer MacLean's Dropzone. The game takes place ten years after the happenings of the original game. Back then a selection of the finest humans in the world went to an expedition to Jupiter's moon Io in search for valuable minerals. They were attacked by an alien race that the player had to defend them from. Now they have managed to establish bases on three more of Jupiter's moons, Callisto, Ganymede and Europa. The alien threat is still real however and they still need to be protected by the player.The gameplay is mostly the same as the original Dropzone although it features some new weapons and end of level boss fights. The player controls a spaceman with a jetpack and can fly in all directions above the moon surface while killing wave after wave of aliens. At the same time the player has to protect the ten people that are assigned to the moon by taking them to the dropzone landing pad. The action takes place on the moons mentioned above as well as on Jupiter itself. At the last level on each moon the player has to defeat a planet guardian. To do this the player has to hit them in their glowing green nerve centre that is exposed at times as they move around. Each wave starts with all remaining humans being beamed up by a leader enemy and to release the men it has to be defeated. |
| Tall: Infinity | 2003 | A1 Games | Techno Soleil Corporation | Action, Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Tall: Infinity is an action puzzle game where the object is to build a tower by matching colored blocks. A block can be grabbed by standing on top of it and rolled in either direction. If the touching faces of two blocks share the same color when the block is released, they are matched and create more blocks for use in building the tower. There are also some blocks which have no color at all, and cannot be matched, as well as blocks with a rotating arrow on them, and can only be rolled in one direction. A block can be rolled up one level on top of another block, as long as there is open space next to it for the block to get to speed.A time limit is imposed by the "borderline" which creeps up the tower. The borderline moves up one level every so often, and if it reaches the lowest incomplete level of the tower, the game is over. The borderline can be slowed by quickly matching blocks and maintaining a combo. Large combos also create additional new blocks when they are completed, making them essential on the more advanced levels.There is also a puzzle mode where a preset assortment of blocks must have all of their faces cleared within a set number of steps. There are several BGM tracks and characters available. |
| The Three Stooges | 2003 | Metro3D, Inc. | Cinemaware Corporation, Incredible Technologies, Inc. | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Platform | | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Stars of television and cinema, and now stars of their own video game. Join Moe, Larry & Curly (in no particular order) who must collect $5000 to try and save an orphanage and the young children who live there from the evil banker, all while keeping pie out of their face. Featuring platform level designs based on classic Stooge scenes from their many TV episodes and movies and level objectives re-living many of their antics plus original Stooge voices and Stooge trivia. |
| Toys | 2003 | Phoenix Games Ltd. | Code Monkeys Ltd., The | Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Contemporary | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Toys features a Dingo Pictures animated film titled Toys: Das Geburtstagsgeschenk. The game also features six different sliding picture puzzles with 4 difficulty options (9,12,25, or 36 squares). There is also a coloring book mode where players can color in six different pictures.The game was later released on the PlayStation 2 as The Toys Room. It's the same game as the PlayStation version but adds a jigsaw puzzle mode and a pair matching mini game. |
| Trickshot | 2003 | Phoenix Games Ltd. | Atomic Planet Entertainment Ltd | Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)The ultimate Pool Game - 14 Different Styles of Pool & 5 levels of difficulty.Eight Ball - Nine Ball - Rotation - 14.1 Continuous - 10 Pin Pool Cut Throat - Tree Ball - Poker - Pocket Game - Three Balls
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| Twin Pack: Sesame Street: Elmo's Number Journey / Sesame Street: Elmo's Letter Adventure | 2003 | NewKidCo, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Early Childhood | | PS1 | This twin pack contains two of the three Sesame Street games that were released on the PlayStation:
Sesame Street: Elmo's Number Journey
Sesame Street: Elmo's Letter Adventure
The twin pack does not include Sesame Street Sports. |
| Winky the Little Bear | 2003 | Phoenix Games B.V. | Code Monkeys Ltd., The | Educational | | | | Puzzle elements | | | | | | | PS1 | Winky the Little Bear is a single player game aimed at younger children. There is a big storm in the forest. Teddy and Mi are swept up into the air and land in a very high tree and get stuck in it's branches. Their friends come to rescue them but can they succeed?The game consists of a a Dingo Pictures animated film titled Winkie der kleine Bär, six paintings that can be coloured in and six scenes that can be turned into sliding block puzzlesThe game was later released on the PlayStation 2 as Countryside Bears. It's the same game as the PlayStation version but adds a jigsaw puzzle mode and a pair matching mini game.
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| World Tennis Stars | 2003 | Ignition Entertainment Ltd. | Ignition Entertainment Ltd. | Sports | Diagonal-down | | | | | | Direct control | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (EU) (from Ad Blurbs)World Tennis Stars
BEAT THE REST TO BE THE BEST! Ever wanted to be a Tennis Star? Well here's your chance. Choose from an exciting selection of courts: Grass, Beach, Stone, Courtyard, Disco, Mayan Temple or even a New York street! |
| XS Airboat Racing | 2003 | XS Games, LLC | Miracle Designs | Racing / Driving, Sports | Behind view | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This is a 3D arcade-style airboat racing game. The player can choose a protagonist from a roster of 10 cartoon-like characters and race on a number of waterway circuits in 5 different settings. Game modes include "arcade", "tournament" and "time trial". |
| XS Junior League Dodgeball | 2003 | XS Games, LLC | Four Winds Software Inc. | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | XS Junior League Dodgeball is a team Dodgeball game featuring school teens as playable characters. The player can choose from a number of characters, each with special abilities, and participate in a tournament or in a versus battle. The goal of the game is to knock out the members of the opposing team and win the match. All characters in the original Japanese version are girls, however for the US release several characters were replaced with boys. |
| XS Junior League Football | 2003 | XS Games, LLC | Wahoo Studios, Inc. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This is a sports game with cartoon-style graphics for the whole family. The game boasts 16 different characters (XS Kids) with different skills, and "real world" play fields - a yard, a parking lot etc. The player's team of 5 characters will participate in "Schoolyard Tournaments" to become the Football champion.
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| XS Moto | 2003 | XS Games, LLC | Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Motorcycle, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | | | PS1 | XS Moto is a 3D motorbike racing game with 22 racing tracks located around the world. The game modes include Single Race, Championship, Two-Player Race, and Two-Player Championship. The game features real-time weather effects and conditions. While racing no map of the track is shown, but yellow icons appear on the left or right to signal the direction of the upcoming turn.
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| CT Special Forces | 2003-01-01 | Bigben Interactive GmbH | Light & Shadow Production | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Shooter | Contemporary | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | CT Special Forces is a side scrolling platform shooter that has a superficial similarity to the games of the Metal Slug series. The player controls an operative of a counter-terrorist force on a mission around the globe to stop terrorist activity and arrest its leaders. The digital pad moves the character, while the B button shoots the weapon and the A button makes the character jump. The character can't shoot downwards. The L trigger cycles through the inventory (displayed on the top-left corner of the screen) and the R trigger throws grenades (when they are available). By selecting an ammunition type, the character uses the corresponding weapon (gas canisters for the flamethrower, machine gun pents for that weapon, etc). The default rifle has an infinite number of bullets. Other items include a grappling rope and a pair of handcuffs to arrest surrended enemies. Ammunition and health packs are scattered throughout the levels, as are proximity mines and assorted enemies.The regular gameplay is occasionally broke by mini-games and entirely different sections: when the character collides with a reticule placard, the game switches to a first-person shooting gallery where the player has to shoot down a certain number of terrorists and rescue the hostages. When colliding with a parachute, two gauges with a red line on the middle appear on the screen. The one on the left measures the position of the falling character and the one on the right measures height. The character must be guided to the right spot, and the shooting button must be pressed when both gauges reach the red bar. Some mission stages change the game to a vertical shooter that recalls Tiger-Heli and similar games, where the player controls a helicopter viewed from the top.The game has 4 missions, each with its own theme: snow mountain, desert, jungle and a city. A password system is provided (the password is displayed after the completion of every mission). |
| Street Racquetball | 2003-01-01 | Agetec, Inc. | Highwaystar Co., Ltd. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | Real-time | Everyone | | PS1 | Enter the exciting world of racquetball with this game. There are several modes of play available: Exhibition (single game), Challenge (three games in a row), Vs (player vs player), and training (player vs wall). There are several different characters available, each with different strengths and weaknesses, with unlockable hidden characters. Play on one of four different courts, including an ancient tomb, and unlock another four as you play. |
| Jinx | 2003-01-31 | Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. | HammerHead Ltd. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Platform, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | PS1 | Jinx is a 3D platformer for the Playstation in the vein of other 3D platformers like Spyro. The main character Jinx, a court jester, is tasked with finding and rescuing the royal family he works for since it has been kidnapped by Gripply the Pirate King, leaving the realm into a state of chaos. The player has to traverse various different worlds and locations in pursuit of Gripply, while facing a number of enemies, solving puzzles and collecting items. The graphics are notable for being very colorful. |
| Shienryu | 2003-02-20 | HAMSTER Corporation | Warashi Inc. | Action | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Caravans are colony ships that venture into deep space in search of Earth-like planets. Eventually, Caravan 7861 discovered a a suitable planet in another star system. Nearly a hundred years later, the new mother planet became overrun by aliens under the command of the mysterious Shienryu. Fortresses were built with the goal of preventing any human development. Eventually, a special team called Burn Dragoon was established, comprising the best pilots who had to use all their skills against the alien threat.Shienryu is a vertically scrolling shoot-em-up. The player-controlled ship starts with the default vulcan gun, which can be later switches to laser beam or missiles. Power-ups include weapon upgrades, speed enhancement (up to three times), bombs that can be used alongside the main weapons (up to twenty), temporary invulnerability, firepower and speed boost, and various items that increase the player's points. |
| WaiWai Kart | 2003-02-20 | HAMSTER Corporation | Now Production Co., Ltd. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Track racing | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)To download content to the Memory Stick PRO Duo™ of your PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, the free space required is twice the size of the content to be downloaded.This software is playable for PLAYSTATION®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).To download this software, you must also have at least 165MB of free space on your PLAYSTATION®3 system's hard disk.To play this software with your PSP®, the latest system software and a Memory Stick Duo™ with at least 165MB of free space are required.For more detail information about download to your PSP® system, please see below URL.http://asia.playstation.comWhen downloading using PC:When downloading contents to PSP®, you must install the PLAYSTATION®Network Downloader application first. Please go to our official website for installing instructions and other information. ■Game descriptionIntroducing an exhilarating cart racing game with personality-packed characters and a wide-range of courses! This title delivers deep racing strategy via simple controls that even racing game novices can feel comfortable with. It even lets you master the high-speed technique of drifting (going around curves by sliding your rear tires) with the single touch of a button! On top of that, there is a full assortment of modes to play, including Grand Prix and Time Attack.Supported Accessories: Wireless Controller (supports vibration feature※）※For vibration feature, the DUALSHOCK®3 Wireless Controller is required.※For playing with PSP®, single player game play only. Not compatible with multiple user play.■PS3™ HDD and Memory Stick™ capacity requirement165MB■Copyright notices©NOW PRODUCTION©2003 HAMSTER Co.■AttentionThis software is converted from the software for PlayStation® so that it can be played on PS3™ and PSP®. Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. |
| Big Strike Bowling | 2003-03-01 | Gotham Games | Coresoft, Inc. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Big Strike Bowling lets you hit the lanes as one of nine characters. All of these characters can be customized with unlockable clothes and accessories. You can access four lanes: Rockin' Lanes (classic), Hula Bowl (tropical), Starlight Bowl (space) and Alley Alley (back alley). You can play in four game modes: Open Bowl, Team Game, Tournament and Progressive Play.The gameplay is very basic. You always play one-on-one against an opponent. To throw your ball, you first have to position your bowler towards the left or the right of the alley. Using the shoulder buttons you can adjust the aiming arrow. Once you have stopped both the power and accuracy meter using the X button, you hopefully haven't thrown in the gutter. |
| Märchen Adventure Cotton 100% | 2003-03-07 | Success Corp. | Success Corp. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | This is the sequel to the original side-scrolling shooter Cotton, and it continues the adventures of the cute young witch and her quest for candy.The game features new levels and enemies, all rendered in a much lighter family-friendly tone. Gameplay remains the same as in the original, with the addition of being able to collect different magical spells additionally there are now 3 different difficulty settings to choose from. |
| Bratz | 2003-03-18 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | DC Studios, Inc. | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Music / rhythm | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This is a dance game where you can be one of the 5 Bratz girls. You can practice or make your way through the Bratz tournament.There's a competitive dance mode and a copycat mode where you can have fun with your friends. |
| Ultimate Brain Games | 2003-03-19 | Telegames, Inc. | cosmigo GmbH | Compilation, Puzzle, Strategy | Diagonal-down | | | Board game, Cards / tiles, Chess, Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | Turn-based | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Ultimate Brain Games is a collection of 8 games you can play against the computer or a friend. The games include Sink Ships (aka Battleship), Mahjong, Backgammon, Chess, Checkers, Reversi, Dominoes, and Four in a Row (aka Connect Four).You start out by designing how your character looks. You can modify 9 areas of your character, from eyes to clothes. After doing so, decide to play single or multiplayer.Each game follows the rules and gameplay seen in the original games. |
| Sister Princess 2 (Shokai Genteiban) | 2003-03-20 | Media Works Inc. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This special edition release includes:
Sister Princess 2 game
12 mobile phone charms (each featuring one of the 12 heroines)
Neck strap
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| Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22 | 2003-03-26 | Infogrames, Inc. | Tose Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | Licensed | | Fighting | | | Direct control | | Teen | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22 is a 2D fighter that takes place in the Dragon Ball universe. Players choose between 22 characters (not including the secret ones) and fight in Story, Versus, Tournament and Power Battle modes. |
| All Star Racing 2 | 2003-04-01 | Mud Duck Productions | Kung Fu Games | Racing / Driving | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Automobile, Motorcycle, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This is the next installment of All Star Racing. The game features 4 different game modes with each mode featuring a different vehicle type to race. There's the Bike mode featuring superbikes, the Kart mode featuring kart racing, GP mode featuring open wheeled Grand Prix cars, and a Truck mode featuring tractor-trailer trucks to race. Each of these vehicles comes in a variety of colors. Each mode features 5 different tracks to race on. Each race has the player trying to beat 5 other racers to achieve 1st place.Options include setting the number of laps (3,6,9,12 or 15), the difficulty level (easy, medium, or hard), and whether to turn vibration on or off. |
| Hellboy: Dogs of the Night | 2003-04-01 | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | Hoplite Research, LLC | Action | Behind view | Licensed | Detective / mystery, Horror | Puzzle elements | | | | | Mature | | PS1 | Hellboy: Dogs of the Night (also released as Hellboy: Asylum Seeker) is a third-person action game in which the player controls Hellboy- Mike Mignola's comic-book hero and paranormal investigator.The game takes place in 1960's Prague, during Hellboy's early work with the BPRD (Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense). Hellboy and Sara are investigating their missing agent Peter, who lost contact with his team somewhere in Czechoslovakia. It's up to Hellboy to uncover the events surrounding that disappearance, and set things right. Gameplay has similarities to Resident Evil games, featuring dialogue and puzzles punctuated with fights. The game has fully 3D graphics that are stylistically quite different from the original comic book drawings. |
| InuYasha: A Feudal Fairy Tale | 2003-04-01 | Bandai America, Inc. | Dimps Corporation | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Fighting | | | | | Teen | 2D scrolling | PS1 | InuYasha: A Feudal Fairy Tale is mainly a 2D anime fighting game based on the anime TV series of the same name. The game features a story mode, player vs. player/computer, team player vs team player/computer. The game also features the character/attacks, images, and animated cut scenes for the special attacks from the TV series. As you play the game you unlock more character/play modes (above what is listed above) as you go.The plot is the same as the TV series. Kagome (high school student in modern day) fell down a well and found her self in Feudal Japan and brought with her the Sacred Jewel of the Four Souls (sought about by demons for its power). It gets interesting after releasing InuYasha, a ½ demon who was after the gem. Early on, the Sacred Jewel was shattered during a fight and Kagome & InuYasha mission is to retrieve all the shards of the gem. During there journey they pick up some companions (human and demon) and come across many enemies. |
| MLB 2004 | 2003-04-01 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | 989 Studios | Sports | Behind view, Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | MLB 2004 is the game of baseball brought home. This game strives for realism with total control batting, pitching, and fielding, as well as having every player's head accurately recreated with the use of a 3D scanner.In addition to returning modes such as season play and home run derby, new in this year's edition of the game are career, spring training, and franchise modes. In spring training mode, you not only create a player, but also must earn your way onto the team by performing well in spring training. |
| Ganba no Bōken: The Puzzle Action | 2003-04-03 | Bandai Co., Ltd., D3Publisher Inc. | OOParts | Action | Top-down | Licensed | | Arcade | | | | | | | PS1 | Ganba no Bōken: The Puzzle Action is an arcade style action game similar to Capcom's classic coin-up game Pirate Ship Higemaru. The game is based on the 1975 anime TV series directed by Osamu Dezaki.The player (or players if two people are playing) get to pick one of the mice from the Anime to control out of the seven available. The game itself is played from a top down perspective where the player tries to eliminate enemies by picking up items from the ground and using them as projectiles to dispose of foes. The items either break on impact or can be used an infinite amount of times. The player can rack up bonus points if they hit enemies and items in a row, causing a chain reaction of destruction. There are also hidden bonus items to be found under the weapon items. There are three ways that levels need to be beaten, and the player will be informed before the start which of the three applies to the upcoming stage. One is disposing a set number of enemies within the time limit. The second is to gather a set amount of hidden bonus items before the timer hits zero. The third is defeating a boss creature (on the last level of each section).If the player were to lose a life, he/she gets to pick a new mouse from the roster of seven. The mouse which got defeated won't be available to the player until the next section of the game. Losing all the mice means the game is over.Aside from the story the game also has a gallery, where the player can view unlocked artwork as they progress through the game. |
| Sentō Mecha Xabungle: The Race in Action | 2003-04-03 | Bandai Co., Ltd., D3Publisher Inc. | Access co., ltd. | Action, Racing / Driving | Side view | Licensed | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | | | | PS1 | Sentō Mecha Xabungle: The Race in Action is a side scrolling mecha racing game based on the 1982 TV anime series Combat Mecha Xabungle directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino.The game is single player only and features two gameplay modes; Story and Free Play. Story has the player cast as Jiron Amos riding his Xabungle-type Walker and follows a set sequence of races. Free Play lets the player pick freely from a selection of Walkers and stages with no story elements included.The races themselves take place on the desolate planet Zola and are an armed race to the finish between all of the participating Walkers. The race plays out as a 2D side scrolling affair along stages with varying degrees of terrain to tackle, while at the same time avoiding rockets, machinegun fire and punches from the other Walkers. If a Walker gets enough hits, it falls over and is immobile for a short time, allowing other participants to pass and gain a better position in the races. Each of the Walkers also have jet thrusters for an additional aerial speed boost, which comes in handy when avoiding fire or scaling rough terrain. The first half of the race scrolls to the right, and at the end the player has to pass a pole in the ground, quickly turn back to race back to the left and cross the finish line first. |
| Final Fantasy Origins | 2003-04-08 | Square Enix U.S.A., Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Final Fantasy Origins is a compilation that contains the following two games:
Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy II
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| Grand Theft Auto: The Classics Collection - Grand Theft Auto / Grand Theft Auto: London / GTA2 | 2003-04-17 | Rockstar Games, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | PS1 | This compilation of the earlier GTA titles includes the original Grand Theft Auto, Grand Theft Auto: London 1969 and Grand Theft Auto 2. |
| Meitantei Conan: Trick Trick - Vol.1 | 2003-04-17 | Bandai Co., Ltd. | KID Corp. | Puzzle | | Licensed | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | While Trick Trick is a game featuring Detective Conan, it does not have any new storyline nor concrete scenario case to solve. Instead, the game features a 100 mini-game problems to solve varying from cryptography puzzles to closed-room murder mysteries. There are practice and detective modes available and solving a case is rated by the time it took to solve it. |
| Patriotic Pinball | 2003-04-17 | Gotham Games | Wildfire Studios Pty. Ltd. | Action | 1st-person, Diagonal-down | | | Pinball | | | Direct control | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Patriotic Pinball accurately describes the theme of the game. There are two tables in all, each with their own different theme and different "missions" the players to accomplish for each table.There is Road Trip Coast to Coast, where the table mostly consists of American landmarks like the Hoover Dam and The Golden Gate Bridge. The other board is called America on Duty, where the underlining themes of this table mostly consists of the U.S. Military along with classic background battles like Gettysburg. There is also a three multi-ball games in each table.It also features patriotic themes such as notes from "Anchors Aweigh" and even "Taps" when the player loses their ball. The game is rendered with 3D graphics and has animated backgrounds. |
| Pinobee: Wings of Adventure | 2003-04-17 | Hudson Entertainment, Inc. | Artoon Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Grandpa Bee has kidnapped before finishing you, Pinobee - a robotic bee made to defend the world. The player must go through 9 worlds in order to find and rescue your creator. There are multiple storylines with multiple endings. Pinobee can take out most enemies by jumping on top of then, but the most important means of attack is a dash, which can be executed in any direction (also diagonal). The amount of consecutive dashes can be upgraded when meeting a certain character. Pinobee collects flower and question mark bubbles provide power-ups, enhancing the dashes, providing temporary shields or other bonuses. Players can use the Game Link to collect and trade items with friends for power-ups. |
| Block Kuzushi | 2003-04-24 | HAMSTER Corporation | Now Production Co., Ltd. | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Arcade, Paddle / Pong | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)To download content to the Memory Stick PRO Duo™ of your PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, the free space required is twice the size of the content to be downloaded.This software is playable for PLAYSTATION®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).To download this software, you must also have at least 30MB of free space on your PLAYSTATION®3 system's hard disk.To play this software with your PSP®, the latest system software and a Memory Stick Duo™ with at least 30MB of free space are required.For more detail information about download to your PSP® system, please see below URL.http://asia.playstation.comWhen downloading using PC:When downloading contents to PSP®, you must install the PLAYSTATION®Network Downloader application first. Please go to our official website for installing instructions and other information. ■Game description『BLOCK KUZUSHI』, a long-time staple of the video game world, is here!The rules are simple: Help the fairies trapped within the field area hit the ball. But watch out for the bosses that appear at the end of each stage! Keep hitting the ball in the right direction while dodging fierce attacks!If you collect enough stars, you can use power shots for even more powerful balls simply by pressing a button the moment the ball hits your paddle. The game also features a wide assortment of items. And if you get the Warp item, you can teleport to the bonus Space stage where you can enjoy the thrill of endless shots!※For playing with PSP®, single player game play only. Not compatible with multiple user play.■PS3™ HDD and Memory Stick™ capacity requirement30MB■Copyright notices©NOW PRODUCTION©2003 HAMSTER Co.■AttentionThis software is converted from the software for PlayStation® so that it can be played on PS3™ and PSP®. Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. |
| Cleopatra's Fortune | 2003-05-01 | Mud Duck Productions | Natsume Co., Ltd. | Puzzle | Side view | | | Falling block puzzle | | | | Real-time | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Cleopatra Fortune is a falling-block puzzle game featuring a cutesy anime Egyptian theme. Groups of stones and gems of different shapes fall from the top of a well. Gems can be cleared by enclosing them within a group of stones, and stones can be cleared by making complete rows from them. Blocks will fall when those under them are cleared, which can create chains for more points.The game includes three different play modes. First is a standard endless mode where play continues until the player is overwhelmed by the blocks. Second is a versus mode for two players. Last is a puzzle mode where the player is given a set field, a set sequence of drops, and a specific goal such as clearing all the gems or achieving a chain of a certain length. The puzzle mode has the player rescuing Cleopatra's friends who have been trapped in a pyramid by the evil Sphinx. |
| Crazy Chicken X | 2003-05-01 | ak tronic Software & Services GmbH | phenomedia publishing gmbh | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | | | | | | | PS1 | Moorhuhn returns with a complete redesign in 3D in this sequel to previous titles of the Moorhuhn shooter series. Instead of simply flying and running around, the chickens feature a lot of animated motion sequences that make them seem almost alive. The surroundings are completely generated in 3D and feature a lot of crazy objects and scenes such as two hedgehogs playing cards (one is actually wearing dark sunglasses!). The chickens try to hide in every conceivable place on screen, be it an old oven or in an outdoor toilet. They hide in wheat fields and even dress up as a sunflower in order to escape the player's dreadful gun. All these features make it more difficult for the player to get all the chickens. The actual shooting controls remain the same as in previous Moorhuhn games: the player aims with the mouse, shoots by clicking the left mouse button and reloads by clicking the right mouse button. |
| Miracle Space Race | 2003-05-01 | Mud Duck Productions | Miracle Designs | Action, Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | Fantasy, Sci-fi / futuristic | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | In Miracle Space Race you choose from one of eight different characters to try to win one of three available space kart championships. You have several weapons to choose from, including missiles, mines, turbo boosts and shields.The game also features unlockable characters as you progress through the stages and levels. Included is an Arcade mode (play through any race level you've already unlocked), and Time Trial mode (try to beat your own race records!) |
| One Piece: Oceans of Dreams! | 2003-05-01 | Bandai Co., Ltd. | FlipFlop Productions, Studio Artdink | Action, Role-playing (RPG) | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | Sea pirates / Caribbean | Naval / watercraft | | Real-time | | | PS1 | Monkey D. Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates were once again engaged in a battle with another group of pirates. This time, though, among them was a young boy who carried a strange flute. When he played this flute, Luffy and his companions lost consciousness, and woke up later on the shore of a small nondescript island, having forgotten their dreams! Now, they must sail the world to recover their dreams and find the boy with the flute once more.One Piece: Oceans of Dreams! is an action RPG based on the manga and anime series created by Eiichiro Oda. Control the Straw Pirates' ship sailing around the world, fighting with monsters and other ships and looking for treasure. Find pictures of the characters, and some of their memories will return. You can also land at ports, and voiced dialogue scenes progress the story.Occasionally battles will also occur; dubbed the "comic battle" system, these play similarly to the Dragon Ball card RPG system, where each combatant has a set of cards they can choose moves from. Attacks are shown with wildly animated comic panels and accompanying voiceovers. |
| 2 Games: MediEvil / C-12: Final Resistance | 2003-05-09 | Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This twin pack includes:MediEvil
C-12: Final Resistance |
| Puzznic | 2003-05-15 | Mud Duck Productions | Taito Corporation | Puzzle | Side view | | | Tile matching puzzle | | | Point and select | Real-time | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (US) (from Ad Blurbs)Fast-paced puzzle fun!
Simple but addictive puzzle experience.
Increased difficulty levels challenge players of all ages and skill levels.
Puzznic takes minutes to learn and years to master.
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| Motocross Mania 2 | 2003-06-25 | Gotham Games | Alpine Studios, Inc. | Racing / Driving, Sports | 1st-person, Behind view | | | | | Motorcycle | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Motocross Mania 2 is a motorcycle racing game for 1 or 2 players. The game contains an arcade mode (race and time attack practice), a career mode with three difficulty levels, and a track editor. Apart from winning races, the player may perform a variety of tricks. The game allows to choose the gender of the racer, and features five motorbikes and twelve race tracks. The player has the ability to change the specs of their motorcycle, such as suspension, exhaust or brakes. The gameplay is typical of arcade racing games, with a motorbike that can't be damaged although the player may fall down.The game features a multiplayer mode on a split screen - horizontal or vertical. |
| ATV Mania | 2003-07-01 | Gotham Games | Deibus Studios Ltd. | Racing / Driving, Sports | Behind view | | | Shooter | | Off-roading | | | Everyone | | PS1 | ATV Mania is an all-terrain vehicle combat racing game. Modes include Championship, Single Race, and Time Attack.The main mode is the Championship mode which lets the player compete in an underground ATV championship circuit which is being held amongst the French Alps. The player's goal is to win the races by any means necessary.The player gets to choose to play as one of six different racers, with each racer having their own ATV to race with. Each vehicle has its own unique ratings in speed, grip, and armor. The player then races against 5 of the other racers on 6 different tracks. The higher the position the player gets in a race, the more points and cash they earn. The player with the most points after all 6 races are done wins the championship. Also, after each race, the racer is asked questions by another character, where they get to choose their answer from a list of responses. For example, an investigative news reporter trying to get a scoop on the illegal races, gives the player an interview, which can earn the player some extra cash depending on how cooperative they are. Any cash earned can then be spent on more weapon ammo for the player's vehicle. Examples of weapons included in the game are grenades, land mines and homing missiles. Single race mode lets the player compete against another player or the computer A.I. on any of the six tracks in the game. Time Trial mode lets the player try to complete any of the tracks in as fast of a time as possible.Options include setting the difficulty level, turning on or off weapons, and turning on or off the interview screens.
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| Virtual Pool 3 | 2003-08-11 | XS Games, LLC | Celeris Inc. | Sports | 1st-person | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | Pool simulator which uses an entirely 3d enviroment and physics fine-tested by pro players. Following the tradition set in previous Virtual Pool games you get a pro host, this time Jeanette "Black Widow" Lee, who teaches you the basics of the game via some videos and also plays against you as the "boss" of the career mode. You can also play in tournaments or single games with 21 game variations to choose from, 8 venues and several tables ranging from amateur to championship which you can also customize by selecting their speed, pocket cut, etc.
Includes multiplayer support for up to 4 players. |
| Madden NFL 2004 | 2003-08-12 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Budcat Creations, LLC, EA Tiburon | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Madden NFL 2004 marks another appearance of the football franchise on the PlayStation, with minimal changes compared to the 2003 version. The game uses the same menus and all the previous game modes and features are reused. The major changes are updated teams and rosters and new music tracks.The included teams have been updated for the 2003 NFL season and include the 32 regular teams, NFC and AFC all-star teams, more than 100 classic NFL teams, 31 all-time franchise teams and the 6 NFL Europe teams.The returning modes are Exhibition, Season, Franchise, Custom League, Tournament, Coaches Corner, Situation (including Great Games), and Two-Minute Drill. The Madden Classic mode that puts the current teams into Madden 92 also returns, as does the card-collecting sub-game Madden Cards (but with a reduced number of cards). |
| NFL GameDay 2004 | 2003-08-26 | 989 Studios | 989 Studios, RedZone Interactive, Inc. | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (US) (from Ad Blurbs)Season Kicks Off Today!
Team in Control of Their Destiny
Total Control Tackling™ means you decide if you want to take a calculated risk and go for the big hit to jar the ball loose or make a sure wrap tackle on a slippery ball carrier. Total Control Passing™ allows you to lead your speedy wideout or under throw receivers in any direction by simply pressing the directional pad.Roster Depth Proving to be Invaluable
Perfect your skills on offense and defense in Practice Mode before you guide your team to glory. Battle it out in Exhibition mode and bring home the championship in Season Mode. Play in multiple seasons as a coach, player and general manager, while drafting, trading and signing free agents over several seasons in General Manager Mode.Coaching Staff Making All the Right Decisions
Advanced Artificial Intelligence has your opponents learning your tendencies on both sides of the ball. Pass every down and you will be using your back-up quarterback quicker than you would like. Blitz every down and helplessly watch as you're burned for a long touchdown reception. |
| NASCAR Thunder 2004 | 2003-09-16 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Budcat Creations, LLC, EA Tiburon | Racing / Driving, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | Automobile, Track racing, Vehicle simulator | | | Everyone | | PS1 | You can race on a variety of courses, from twenty three real world Winston Cup courses, twelve road courses and eleven fantasy courses, including a costal town and a busy city. There are sixty challenges in all.When racing, what you do on the circuit affects future races. Ram someone into the wall or cause someone to spin out, and they'll remember. They'll try to get back at you in a future race. Help someone out, by clearing a path or sharing the draft, and they'll return the favor to you. Grudges and alliances are tracked throughout your career, so the more you piss someone off, the more likely they'll try to harm you.Like the Football Camp mode in Madden NFL 2004, the Speed Zone is comprised of different many games that will earn you points and increase your skill, such as passing and drafting, blocking and drifting.With the Career mode, you can go through a full twenty seasons before having to retire. You manage everything, from your pit crew and car parts to your sponsors and research and development.There are seventy officially licensed drivers and over 180 vehicle skins. If nothing suits you, create your own driver and car and see how you do.As in every 2004 edition of EA Sports console games, you'll find the EA Sports Bio, which is a career tracker that tracks your stats over every EA Sports game. The more games you play and the longer you play, the higher your level and the more rewards you can unlock.Tune your car right and drive like a pro, and you may just make it to the finish line. |
| CT Special Forces: Back in the Trenches | 2003-10-01 | Flashpoint AG | Light & Shadow Production | Action | 1st-person, Side view, Top-down | | | Platform, Shooter | | Helicopter | | | | | PS1 | CT Special Forces: Back to Hell is the sequel to CT Special Forces and the story picks up right where the last game ended. Having destroyed the terrorist group Network the CT Special Forces are going back to do training missions, but more and more reports about new terror threats keep popping up. Could this be a new terrorist organization, or maybe Network is back for a second round? It's up to the CT Special Forces to stop the treat of terrorism once again!The game plays in 5 different game modes. The majority is made up of side scrolling platform action, somewhat similar to the Metal Slug games, where you pick up various weapons, grenades and even a tank to squash the terrorist threat. Every now and then you'll come across a wooden sign with a cross-hair on it. Doing so will change the game into first person view, where you have to shoot terrorists and save hostages. Sometimes you'll find a parachute pack, and you'll have to play a mini game where you have to make two meters align to make a drop successfully with your parachute.There are also two kinds of helicopter stages. One is a top down shoot'em up, where you have to bomb land targets and gun down enemy helicopters. The other one is a side scrolling chopper rescue game, where you have to save hostages and bring them to your base, while gunning down enemies across the stage. |
| Baldies | 2003-10-03 | Mud Duck Productions | Creative Edge Software | Strategy | Top-down | | | Real-time strategy | | | Multiple units/characters control, Point and select | Real-time | Everyone | Free-roaming camera | PS1 | The premise of Baldies is similar to many real-time strategy games. You start with a limited number of Baldies with which you construct buildings, increase your population, and create the necessary instruments of war. There are four classes of Baldies--builders, scientists, soldiers, and workers/breeders. Structures include small, medium, large, and huge houses as well as science labs and barracks. Each building has specific properties that assist in your destruction of the enemy. |
| Dance:UK | 2003-10-03 | Bigben Interactive S.A. | Broadsword Interactive Limited | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | | PS1 | Dance:UK takes the standard 'bemani' formula - arrows appear rhythmically on screen and the player must hit the corresponding button (on either a dance mat peripheral or the standard controller) in time with these arrows and the music. Points are awarded for accuracy with extras for making certain 'combos' (mini-routines within a song which are deemed especially difficult or long).The PS2 and XBOX version of the game have over thirty tracks (around 20 of which are famous/original) by artists including Misteeq, Run D.M.C, Liberty X, Sugababes, Room 5, Sophie Ellis Bextor, Chic, The Trammps, 5ive, Junior Senior, Las Ketchup and DJ Sammy, while the Playstation version has a reduced twenty song tracklist.There are initially three difficulty levels, and the player can either practice one song at a time (in Jukebox mode) or enter the Dance:UK Championship, winning which will unlock a 'Dance Recorder' mode in which players can record their own dance routines. In multiplayer up to 8 players can compete in succession or 2 players can compete head-to-head.A karaoke mode is also provided for use with a wireless microphone (sold separately) whilst 'Aerobic' Mode calculates the number of calories you've burnt during play. |
| 2 Games: Destruction Derby Raw / Porsche Challenge | 2003-10-08 | Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This twinpack includes: Destruction Derby Raw and Porsche Challenge. |
| 2 Games: Syphon Filter 2 / In Cold Blood | 2003-10-08 | Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This twin pack includes:
Syphon Filter 2
In Cold Blood |
| 2 Games: Tekken / Ridge Racer | 2003-10-08 | Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This twinpack includes: Tekken and Ridge Racer. |
| NBA ShootOut 2004 | 2003-10-08 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | Killer Game | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | NBA Shootout 2004 lets you play either a full season or exhibition matches of fully licensed NBA basketball with your favorite teams and players. Fully textured 3d players with faces of the top NBA players are mapped into the game. Listen to commentary by Ian Eagle and Bill Walton as they call the games right as you play.While there is no franchise mode like other more traditional sports games, there is a career mode where you create a character who tries to make his way up through the summer leagues and the NBDL. You'll be given challenges that you'll need to meet so that you can ultimately make your way to the NBA and get an actual contract to join a NBA team. Once in the NBA, you'll need to work even harder to win championships and titles so you can eventually be inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame.You can also unlock the 50 greatest players of all time by completing challenges in exhibition games like scoring a certain number of points or using a certain person to get a number of assists.Use a USB microphone to give your teammates commands to help. Give them commands on offense or defense about where to move so you can use your teammates effectively.Take your game online and play against the rest of the world. Look at leaderboards to see who the best person is, chat on message boards, participate in polls, read news, and even play in online tournaments. |
| MTV Celebrity Deathmatch | 2003-10-15 | Gotham Games | Coresoft, Inc. | Action, Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | Based on MTV's claymation animation show Celebrity Deathmatch. You play a series of wrestling matches, much in the style of other wrestling games. The twist being, that you play one of various celebrities, such as Marilyn Manson and Carmen Electra. Various weapons appear in the ring during play, such as a chainsaw and crossbow. The game is set out in 6 "episodes" of 3 matches each, and you can play either of the celebrities in each match. |
| Archer Maclean's Pool | 2003-10-17 | Ignition Entertainment Ltd. | Ignition Entertainment Ltd. | Sports | 1st-person | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Using the game engine from Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker, this game recreates pool in minute detail. A bold 3D graphics engine with realistic physics and millions of shot permutations (in terms of direction, speed and spin) is at the heart of it. Three versions of pool are offered - UK and US 8-ball as well as the fast-paced all-action 9-ball game.There are 20 computer opponents, with the hardest of them being almost unbeatable, as well as two-player and trick-shot modes. Unlike the original release of Whirlwind Snooker, you can save more than one game on the disk at a time. |
| Front Mission 1st | 2003-10-23 | Square Enix Co., Ltd. | Square Enix Co., Ltd. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | | | | | Sci-fi / futuristic | Mecha / giant robot | | Turn-based | | Isometric | PS1 | Front Mission is a strategy RPG set in a futuristic world. This is a remake of Front Mission. Various organizations are trying to gain power through military assaults, piloting huge robots which are the main means of combat in those days. A war between the USN (United States of the New Continent and the OCU (Oceana Community Union) begins because of the so-called Larcus Incident. Huffman Island, a location with important weapon factories, is infiltrated by USN people under the leadership of commander Driscoll. Driscoll causes an explosion that blows the factory off, and puts the blame on the OCU soldier, Roid. A year later, Roid makes a living with his robot in the arena when he is approached by a mysterious man from the OCU. Embarking across Huffman Island, now controlled by the OCU, Roid receives a mission to investigate the USN forces recently sighted.In Front Mission, you progress in the story through large strategic battles and cutscenes between them, although at certain places you can also visit locations and talk to people. In combat, you fight inside the robots, and have a large variety of weapons and attack styles at your disposal. You get experience for defeating enemies and also for using various techniques - the more you use an attack, the more powerful it becomes. You can also learn and upgrade various skills. The game features better sound and music, updated backgrounds and graphics, and an entire new scenario that allows you to play as on the side of the U.S.N. |
| Jaleco Collection Vol. 1 | 2003-10-23 | Pacific Century CyberWorks Japan K.K. | Hect Co. Ltd., Jaleco Ltd., NMK Co. Ltd. | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | The Jaleco Collection contains seven NES classics:
Argus
City Connection
Exerion
Field Combat
Formation Z
Ninja Jajamaru-kun
Yousei Monogatari RodLand |
| Sekai Saikyou Ginsei Igo 3 | 2003-10-23 | I.Magic | SilverStarJapan Co., Ltd. | Strategy | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | Turn-based | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Sekai Saikyou Ginsei Igo3 is a board game that offers authentic igo (weiqi) experience. Apart from matching with the computer, 2 player matching is also supported. Player can pick from three types of board: 9x9, 13x13 and 19x19, and set the game as even or with up to nine handicap stones. Jump into the world of igo today!This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：5898KBCopyright：©SilverStarJapan / ©2010 HAMSTER Co.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Adiboo & Paziral's Secret | 2003-10-24 | Vivendi Universal Games International S.A. | Coktel Vision, Neko Entertainment SARL | Action | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | | PS1 | Adiboo & Paziral's Secret is a 3D action adventure game with 12 levels. Players will take control of Adiboo and help rescue the citizens of peaceful Tonies Island from the threat of mysterious island. The mysterious island has a leader named Paziral. To unveil his secret player must come across five levels: volcano, lagoon, forest, temple, and metal island. The game is divided into platform, racing, and arcade stages. |
| Barbie: Groovy Games | 2003-11-01 | Vivendi Universal Games, Inc. | Digital Illusions Canada, Inc. | Action, Puzzle, Strategy | 1st-person, Side view, Top-down | Licensed | | Board game, Cards / tiles, Falling block puzzle, Mini-games, Music / rhythm, Tile matching puzzle | | | Direct control, Point and select | Turn-based | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Barbie and her friends head out to the city to visit a couple hotspots. These hotspots turn out actually contain some mini-games that Barbie and her friends can partake in. One or two players can choose to play as Ken, Barbie, Christie, Teresa, or (in the GBA version only) Lea, Kayla, and Becky.Each of the following mini-games has three difficulty levels (easy, medium, and hard).
There's an ice cream parlor with mini-game Four Scoops. Players try to create ice cream sodas by playing a Connect Four variant.The music store contains the mini-game D.J. Booth, where players match compact discs back into their cases in this Concentration variant. The GBA features a 3x3, the PlayStation a 4x4 grid.The jewelry store has the mini-game Gems and Jewels, where players are tasked with being the first to line up four gems that have either the same shape, color, size, or whether they're solid or hollow on a 4x4 grid. Players take turns, with one player choosing a gem for the other player to use and vice versa when it's the other players turn.At the arcade, the mini-game Daisy Derby lets the player race a horse versus another horse. The mini game is basically a Hangman game where players have to guess the letters in a word. Correct guesses move the player's horse forward while incorrect guesses move the player's opponent's horse forward.The beauty salon contains the mini-game Bubble Machine, which is Bust-A-Move variant where players shoot colored bubbles at other colored bubbles hoping to match three of the same color to make them disappear.The dance studio contains the mini-game Conga Line, where players try to form the longest conga line in this Snake game.The disco has the mini-game Groove & Move where players make Skipper dance by pressing the directions the computer highlights. Players must be quick to press the correct directions to do the correct dance moves.The park (GBA only) contains Tic-Tac-Toe played on a picnic blanket, which is the classic game of creating a line of three symbols on a 3x3 grid.The beach (GBA only) contains Checkers, the classic board game, played in the American variant on an 8x8 board.The farmers market (PlayStation only) contains Fruit Fallout, where fruit falls into baskets forming columns. Players have to connect 3 like fruits to make them disappear before the baskets overflow.
The Info Booth (PlayStation only) contains the high scores and instructions on how to play all of the mini-games. On the GBA, the instructions can be looked at before each of the mini-games and high scores are not saved. The PlayStation version also includes voice acting for all characters. |
| Disney's 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure | 2003-11-01 | Disney Interactive, Inc., Eidos, Inc. | Santa Cruz Games | Action | | Licensed | | Platform | | | | | Everyone | Isometric | PS1 | You are Patch, one of the famous 101 Dalmatians, and your family has accidentally abandoned you in London during a move to the countryside. Roam through the streets and rooftops of London as well as the ponds and fields of the surrounding countryside in your quest to find them. When your brothers and sisters are dognapped by Cruella De Vil, you team up with Patch's favorite TV star Thunderbolt in an effort to rescue them.Gameplay is fairly basic for a 3-D platformer. In each of the 29 levels you collect a set number of items (bones, snacks, apples, etc.), avoid enemies (cats, squirrels, bobbies, etc. + Horace, Jasper, & Cruella herself), and rescue your siblings. Patch is able to dig, roll, bark, and jump as he runs through London and the surrounding area. There are some timed bonus rounds (i.e. collect all 60 bones in 45 seconds) every 4 or 5 levels that help give the game more variety.After each bonus level is a cut scene that consists of a handful of still frames from the movie with accompanying text. Due to these scenes' infrequency, the story can be difficult to understand if the game is not supplemented by watching the movie. |
| QIX Neo | 2003-11-01 | Mud Duck Productions | Taito Corporation | Action, Puzzle | Top-down | | | Arcade | | | | | Everyone | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | QIX Neo is a remake of Volfied, Taito's arcade game from 1989. The graphics and sounds were upgraded, but the basic gameplay remains the same, with the player controlling a tiny ship moving over a green contour line. The thin line is drawn over the edges of the screen, framing the game field. The ship acts as a cursor and has to be used to draw a square or rectangular extension into the field, thus removing it and slowly decreasing the size of the available space. Enemies roam each level, moving in random patterns around the screen but always following the movements of the cursor. The ship has a force-field shield around it, and only becomes vulnerable when drawing new lines.The player has to quickly close the sections, timing it correctly to avoid collision with any of the foes or their projectiles. The enemies can be eliminated by connecting a section where they are standing, or by using one of the power-ups. The power-ups are stored inside boxes, that in some levels keep appearing and disappearing, and can be collected by removing a section with one of them inside. Most of the powers are temporary, giving lasers to destroy the smaller aliens, freezing the enemies for a few seconds, increasing the speed of the ship and helping in other ways. Each level is finished after removing at least 70% of the field, or if the large boss monster that shoots at random intervals is killed in some way. A port of the original game is also included, using the old assets but with a horizontal orientation. |
| FIFA Soccer 2004 | 2003-11-04 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada, NuFX, Inc. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other), Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | The FIFA series returns for another season to the original PlayStation with FIFA Soccer 2004. Changes compared to the predecessor are minimal, with updated stats and rosters, new music tracks, redesigned menus and even some gameplay modes and teams removed. None of the new gameplay features of the next-generation version like Off-the-Ball control, second-tier leagues or career mode have made it to this version.The game includes teams from 12 different national leagues, plus 19 teams from the rest of the world, as well as 36 international teams. Game modes include friendly matches, season play for all 12 leagues and several tournaments: EFA Trophy (i.e. UEFA Cup), European Champion's Cup (i.e. UEFA Champions League), International Cup (i.e. World Cup) and European Challenge (i.e. European Championship). Custom cups are also available.Controls as well as camera and gameplay options are unchanged compared to the previous year. Advanced passing and shooting with power bars can be toggled on and off. |
| Dora the Explorer: Barnyard Buddies | 2003-11-18 | Global Star Software Inc. | Santa Cruz Games | Adventure | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | Puzzle elements | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | Dora The Explorer, a cartoon made to look like a video game, has come to life with "Dora the Explorer: Barnyard Buddies for PlayStation". Nick Jr executives exclaimed “This game feels like what the TV show was meant to be". Dora The Explorer: Barnyard Buddies for PlayStation is much like controlling the cartoon with the PlayStation controller.Puzzles to solve, environments to explore, and many friends to meet. This is a game for anyone who loves Dora! |
| James Pond 2: Codename: RoboCod | 2003-12-01 | Play It Ltd. | Vectordean Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Platform | | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | In his second adventure, James Pond must retrieve the toys Dr. Maybe has stolen. Pond has been armed with an Inspector Gadget-style stretch device, which he can use to view higher areas or claw onto ceilings so as to slide across them.The gameplay takes place across worlds themed around particular types of toys, such as sporting goods, candy, and aircraft. The levels scroll sideways, although a small amount of vertical movement is included. On each level Pond must collect 2 penguins and reach the exit, although there are usually multiple exits and lots of secret areas to explore. After completing each pair of two worlds (each of which has three sub-levels), a boss must be faced. |
| Minna Atsumore! Igo Kyoushitsu | 2003-12-11 | I.Magic | SilverStarJapan Co., Ltd. | Simulation | Top-down | | | Board game | | | | | | | PS1 | PlayStation Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)Even beginners enjoy the fun of Igo! Read the instructions and apply by placing the igo onto the board to have your steps judged. You can learn how to tackle different situations with the large number of cases available. Have fun playing Igo!This content is compatible with PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Content file size：6836KBCopyright：©SilverStarJapan / ©2011 HAMSTER Co.Please note that there may be some functions that cannot be used due to the difference of hardware, and that the software may not operate in the same manner when it is played with PS3™ or PSP®.One time fee for use or downloads on up to 2 console systems and 2 portable systems that are compatible with the content and associated with the purchasing account. Purchase or use of this item is subject to the PlayStation®Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. |
| Stock Car Racer | 2003-12-13 | Midas Interactive Entertainment Ltd. | Kung Fu Games | Racing / Driving | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Stock Car Racer is a single player race game.This is a basic game. There are six cars and the player can choose one of them after which they race around one of eight tracks against the other five cars. There is no high score table, there is no career mode, no car customisation feature, just a straight race game.As well as changing the sound volume the player can customise the game by changing the difficulty level, the number of laps in a race, and by turning vibration on/off.
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| 2 Games: Bust-A-Move 2 / Bust-A-Move 3 DX | 2004 | Digital Bros. S.p.A. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This twin pack includes:
Bust-A-Move 2: Arcade Edition
Bust-A-Move 3 DX
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| CT Special Forces 3: Bioterror | 2004 | Light & Shadow Production | Light & Shadow Production | Action | Side view | | | Platform, Shooter | | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | CT Special Forces 3: Bioterror is a run and gun game similar to Metal Slug. The player controls an elite commando and must run, jump and shoot his way through 5 stages to eliminate a terrorist threat know as A.L.K.This evil terrorist organization has created a new molecule capable of modifying human DNA, reinforcing aggression and strength genes. Using this they have created a new breed of super soldiers. |
| Cindy's Caribbean Holiday | 2004 | Phoenix Games B.V. | Ivolgamus UAB | Action, Simulation | 1st-person, 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade, Puzzle elements | | | | | | | PS1 | Cindy's Caribbean Holiday is a single player game aimed at young girls and which consists of a series of simple activities. The game starts with an animated sequence in which Cindy calls up her friends and invites them on a holiday in the Caribbean. This leads the player to the main menu. From this menu all the game's activities can be accessed. They consist of
Adventures
There are five adventures to choose from.
Packing for the holidaysIn this mini-game the player starts in Cindy's Room. A number of items of clothing are scattered around and the object of the game is to click on each to remove it from the screen within a fixed time limit. After clearing Cindy's room the player moves to Kate's room and then Diana's.
Interior Designer
The player is presented with a picture of Cindy's Room and four icons. These icons change the style and colour of the sofa, the light, the picture and the chair.
Lost Rabbits
This mini-game is similar to Whac-A-Mole. There are three levels to this game, all using the same tree-filled background. Behind some of the trees are rabbits which randomly slide into view before going back into hiding. The object of the game is to catch the rabbits by clicking on them. There is no time limit.
Delicious Fruits
There are three levels to this mini-game, each featuring a different character against the same background. Each level lasts for a fixed period of time. Pictures of fruit and bugs fall slowly from the top of the screen and the object is to catch as much fruit as possible while avoiding the bugs. At the end of each level, and at the end of the game a score is given.
Bikini Fun
In this game the player gets to change the clothes the girls wear. There is no option to save or print the picture
Cool tests
There are four tests in this section
In the Boyfriend Finder the player answers questions about their favourite colour, shape and number then the computer calculates the name of the boys who would be a perfect match.
The Coolest Girl test is very similar, after answering five simple multiple choice questions the game responds with an assessment of the players character.
The Pet Guide asks questions about the players favourite food, flower and fruit before calculating the player's ideal pet.
Finally the Friendship Indicator asks five multiple choice questions before responding with an assessment of whether the player would make a good friend or not.
Beach ImagesThis mini-game invites the player to select one of ten pictures. It then shows that picture full-screen in join-the-dots format. As the player must click on the dots in the correct order the game completes the picture line by line.This game is entirely mouse controlled. |
| Cindy's Fashion World | 2004 | Phoenix Games B.V. | Ivolgamus UAB | Simulation | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Cindy's Fashion World is a single player game aimed at young girls and which consists of a series of simple activities. After a short animated introduction the game displays it's main menu from which the game's three groups of activities can be accessed. They consist of:
Adventures:
There are five adventures available, each is preceded and followed by a short animation sequence. They are:
Hot Styles: Here the player gets to change the shoes, jacket, hat, and trousers/skirt on each of the girls, there are five or six of each to choose from. There is no option to save or print the player's selection nor does the player get to see the girls in the chosen outfits.
Berry's Cafe: Here the girls all go to a cafe for a meal but the lights go out and when they come back on the food is randomly placed on the table. The player must sort this out. The game displays the picture of one of the girls on the lower left corner and the player must select the an item of food that the girl likes from those on the table. The process is repeated until all the food has been cleared from the table. There is no time limit and there is no score.
Shopping Spree: There's a sale of the new season's fashion items and the girls must rush to get the bargains. This mini-game consists of a maze made of shop counters. At random points in the aisles items of clothing appear which the player must direct one of the girls to collect. This mini-game is timed and the items collected are worth points. It is controlled via the keyboard's arrow keys.
Beauty Parlour: Here the player gets to change the hairstyle, and the colour of the lipstick, fingernail and toenail polish on each of the girls. There is no option to save or print the player's selection nor does the player get to see the girls fully made up.
Cutie Pets: Very similar to the Beauty Parlour game but here the player is adding accessories to the girl's pets. There are five or six hats, collars and bracelets that can be added. As in previous games there is no option to save or print the final result.
Cool Tests: There are four tests in this section
In the Personality Indicator the player enters their name and the game responds with an assessment of their personality.
The Love Indicator invites the player to enter their name and the name of a boy to see if they would make a good couple.
The Suitability Indicator is very similar to the Love Indicator. In this test the player enters the names of two friends and the computer responds saying who is the best potential match.
The Cool Test is very similar to the Personality Indicator. The player enters their name and the computer responds with an assessment of how cool they are
Fashion Design: Here the player is presented with eight pictures that they can colour in on-screen. There is no option to print the completed picture. |
| Collectors' Edition: The Lion King / Toy Story 2 / Magical Racing Tour | 2004 | Disney Interactive Studios, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This is a three-game compilation pack that contains the following three Disney games:
Disney/Pixar's Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue!
Disney's the Lion King: Simba's Mighty Adventure
Walt Disney World Quest Magical Racing Tour
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| Driver / Driver 2 | 2004 | Atari, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Teen | | PS1 | This twin pack contains the first two games in the Driver franchise:DriverDriver 2
Also included is a promotional Driv3r sticker. The European release included a DVD of Driv3r previews. |
| Legend of Mulan | 2004 | Phoenix Games Ltd. | Code Monkeys Ltd., The | Puzzle | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | China (Ancient / Imperial) | | Point and select | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - Playstation (EU) (from Ad Blurbs)Mulan is a young girl from a family of famous warriors. A large scale war rages in China and Mulan chooses to join Khan and his troops instead of her father.The war lasts for 12 years and finally Mulan is captured and she is taken to the dungeons. Will she be able to escape... |
| Madden NFL 2005 | 2004 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Budcat Creations, LLC | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | 2D scrolling | PS1 | The Madden football series makes a final appearance on the PlayStation with Madden NFL 2005. Compared to its predecessor, it is little more than a roster update: it uses the same menus and offers the same playing modes and features. Besides updated teams, it also offers new music tracks.The included teams have been updated for the 2004 NFL season and include the 32 regular teams, NFC and AFC all-star teams, more than 100 classic NFL teams, 31 all-time franchise teams and the 6 NFL Europe teams.The returning modes are Exhibition, Season, Franchise, Custom League, Tournament, Coaches Corner, Situation (including Great Games), and Two-Minute Drill. The Madden Classic mode that puts the current teams into Madden 92 also returns, as does the card-collecting sub-game Madden Cards. |
| NFL GameDay 2005 | 2004 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | SCEA Sports Studio - Red Zone | Sports | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | NFL GameDay 2005 is the final game in the long-running series of American football games. The most important update includes the teams, uniforms, statistics and rosters of the 2003-2004 season. The main game modes are Exhibition, Season, Practice, Tournament and General Manager. In the last modes players can be traded and new talent can be recruited. It also contains enhanced graphics. Tackling is improved with a new system. |
| Rhythm Beat | 2004 | Phoenix Games Ltd. | | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Music / rhythm, Timed input | | | | | | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)Keep in time with the music and follow the on screen arrows as you groove to the beat.
Challenging dance routines make it a fun way to improve your dance skills and a great way to keep fit.
Use either a controller or a special dance mat accessory (available seperately). 1 or 2 player mode available. |
| Sitting Ducks | 2004 | Light & Shadow Production | Light & Shadow Production | Action | Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Sitting Ducks is a 2D game based on the TV cartoon of the same name in witch the gang has to complete various levels to be able to go to the King of Bongo concert. The game has a Story mode and a Race mode. In the story mode the player has to collect various items in a set amount of time. Chips for extra time can also be collected and chips for losing time have to be avoided. Later on the player also has to retrieve keys to open doors, use levers and avoid enemies. In the Race mode the player can compete in scooter races. The player will get to play as the duck Bill, alligator Aldo and Fred the penguin. A password save system is used in the game.
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| Superbike Masters | 2004 | Phoenix Games Ltd. | Kung Fu Ltd. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Motorcycle | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)Experience the full on thrills and spills of a high-speed Superbike competition.Speed through chicanes, skid around corners as you race for the chequered flag. |
| Truck Rally | 2004 | Phoenix Games Ltd. | Kung Fu Ltd. | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | | | Truck | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (UK) (from Ad Blurbs)Experience the awesome power of Super Truck racing as you compete in the ultimate Truck Rally Race.Can you keep control as you test yourself over a variety of tough circuits at high speeds. |
| XS Junior League Soccer | 2004 | XS Games, LLC | Wahoo Studios, Inc. | Sports | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | This is a game of street soccer with cartoon-style graphics. The player can choose from 16 characters (XS Kids) to create a team of 5 and participate in a street tournament. The game is played on "real world" locations: the yard, a parking, a clearing at the construction site and by the baseball field. |
| Yetisports Deluxe | 2004 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | Edelweiss Medienwerkstatt GmbH | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Arcade | | | | | | | PS1 | Yetisports Deluxe is collection of two mini games based on the Yetisports browser games:Super Pingo Throw: Based on Yetisports Part 1: Pingu Throw. The player takes the part of a polar bear with a baseball bat. A penguin falls from a mountain and the player has to hit him with a timed mouse click. The goal is to time this perfectly so the penguin flies a long range. In comparison to the browser game this version adds additional obstacles which stop the penguin, wales which give a speed boost when the penguin lands on it and wind. There is also an additional playing mode where the player has to strike other ice bears which are standing on the runway.
Orca Slap: Based on Yetisports Part 2: Orca Slap. Here the player stands in front of a big dart board. Then penguins fly into the screen (on at a time) and the player has to throw a snowball at them. Then the penguin gets deflected and flies to the dart board and the player scores. The goal is to get a high score. In comparison to the browser game this version adds a slot machine between rounds where the player can get additional penguins or snowballs. There is also an additional playing mode where the player has to hit specific fields on the dart board.Both games feature improved graphics and a multiplayer mode. |
| Yetisports: World Tour | 2004 | JoWooD Productions Software AG | Edelweiss Medienwerkstatt GmbH, Similis Software GmbH | Action | | | | Mini-games | Fantasy | | Direct control | | | | PS1 | Yetisports: World Tour contains 10 mini games that can be played alone or in multiplayer. The games are: Pingu Throw, Orca Slap, Seal Bounce, Albatross Overload, Flamingo Drive, Ice Bear Attack, Pingu Dart, Pelican Crossfire, Hill Side Rocket Ride and Pingu Breakthrough.
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| Super Lite Best Vol. 1 | 2004-01-17 | Monosoft | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This compilation contains Korean localizations of two entries in Success's SuperLite 1500 line of budget games: Cotton Original and Block Keeper. |
| Super Lite Best Vol. 2 | 2004-01-17 | Monosoft | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This compilation contains Korean localizations of two entries in Success's SuperLite 1500 line of budget games: Sanvein and Bomb Boat. |
| Wanted | 2004-02-16 | Phoenix Games Ltd. | Na.p.s. Team s.n.c. | Action | Behind view | | | Arcade, Shooter | Western | | | | | | PS1 | Wanted is a Western themed single player 3D shooter game played from a third person perspective. The James gang has overrun the town of Dodge, robbing banks and shooting the innocent, and it’s now up to the player to rid the town of this scum.The game offers several missions in which gang members appear in the windows of town buildings. The player starts the game with three lives and has the ability to dodge enemy fire. As the player progresses they can pick up better guns and use these till they are empty. |
| Robin Hood: The Siege | 2004-03-02 | Phoenix Games Ltd. | Ivolgamus UAB | Action | 1st-person | | | Shooter | Medieval | | | | | | PS1 | Robin Hood: The Siege is a single player shooter game played from a first person perspective. The player will take on the role of Robin Hood whose house has been burnt down by the Normans and now hides in Sherwood forest. It’s now up to the player to fight the men of the sheriff of Nottingham.The game offers several levels in which soldiers of the sheriff run across the screen and have to be shot with arrows by moving the cursor across the screen. Some of the soldiers shoot back at the player with arrows. Levels take place on open fields, in the town and inside the castle. |
| MLB 2005 | 2004-03-16 | Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. | 989 Studios | Sports | Behind view, Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | Direct control | | Everyone | | PS1 | MLB 2005 continues Sony's series of baseball games, this time featuring improved graphics, a more comprehensive franchise mode, and more precise controls relative to its immediate predecessor, MLB 2004.The PlayStation 2 version of the game also adds online play to the series for the first time, as players can square off against one another in exhibition games or tournaments via the Network Adaptor. Also new to the PS2 version is the player editor's support of the EyeToy camera, allowing players to import their own faces onto custom players.The game also retains its familiar set of modes: career, exhibition, All-Star Game, season, playoffs, Spring Training, and Home Run Derby. |
| Rascal Racers | 2004-03-16 | Telegames, Inc. | Miracle Designs | Racing / Driving | Behind view | | | Arcade | | Automobile, Track racing | | | Everyone | | PS1 | In Rascal Racers, you choose from one of ten different characters to try to win one of three available race kart tournaments. You have several weapons to choose from, including missiles, mines, turbo boosts and shields.The game also features unlockable characters as you progress through the stages and levels. Also included are an Arcade mode (play through any race level you've already unlocked), and Time Trial mode (try to beat your own race records!) |
| The Cat in the Hat | 2004-04-23 | NewKidCo, Inc. | DC Studios, Inc. | Adventure | Side view | Licensed | Comedy | Puzzle elements | | | Direct control | Real-time | Everyone | | PS1 | Based on the original Dr. Seuss book (not the movie), this adventure game lets young players control the Cat in the Hat as he's looking for objects to play games with. Collecting the objects unlock different arcade games that can be played over and over again to try to beat the best scores. |
| Dance:UK: eXtra Trax | 2004-04-30 | Bigben Interactive UK Ltd. | Broadsword Interactive Limited | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | | PS1 | Dance:UK: eXtra Trax follows in the wake of Dance:UK and it's gameplay is virtually identical in every respect. It too takes the standard 'bemani' formula - arrows appear rhythmically on screen and the player must hit the corresponding button (on either a dance mat peripheral or the standard controller) in time with these arrows and the music. Points are awarded for accuracy with extras for making certain 'combos' (mini-routines within a song which are deemed especially difficult or long).The original game PS1 version of the game had twenty tracks, this game has just twelve. It can be played in either Aerobic mode, which calculates but does not record the number of calories you've burnt during play, or Dance mode.Dance mode can be played in head-to-head, multiplayer or jukebox modes and has four three difficulty levels, beginner, easy, medium and expert. Head to head requires two controllers while the other two require just the one.
In all modes the player can either select the track they wish to dance to or let the game select a random track, jukebox mode also has a dance recorder function, which does not have to be unlocked as it did in Dance:UK, but when the player dances to the playback the score is not recorded in the high score table.Though the game is intended to be used with a dance mat it can be played using a standard controller. There is an optional karaoke feature which shows the words of the song while the player is dancing, the words do not show during the dance recording or playback features.
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| Black/Matrix OO | 2004-05-13 | NEC Interchannel, Ltd. | Flight-Plan Inc. | Role-playing (RPG), Strategy | 3rd-person (Other) | | | | Fantasy | | | Turn-based | | Isometric | PS1 | Black/Matrix OO ("Double O") is a remake of Black/Matrix Zero featuring a heavily reworked and expanded story, numerous additional endings, New Game+ options, and several new mini-games. Basic gameplay and graphics are unchanged from the original Game Boy Advance release. |
| Black/Matrix OO (Shokai Genteiban) | 2004-05-13 | NEC Interchannel, Ltd. | | Special edition | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This first print limited edition release includes:
Black/Matrix OO game
Work materials booklet
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| Dino Crisis: 5th Anniversary | 2004-07-01 | Capcom Co., Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Dino Crisis: 5th Anniversary is a bundle released for the 5th anniversary of the Dino Crisis series. It contains:Dino Crisis
Dino Crisis 2
A DVD containing an interview with the development team and all the CG movies from the first two games. |
| FIFA Soccer 2005 | 2004-10-12 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | Electronic Arts Canada | Sports | 3rd-person (Other), Diagonal-down | Licensed | | | | | | | Everyone | | PS1 | The FIFA soccer series makes its last appearance on the original PlayStation with FIFA Soccer 2005. It is based closely on the previous year's version, with only minimal changes that include updated rosters and stats and new music tracks.Playable teams includes clubs from the same 12 national leagues as in the predecessor, 21 rest-of-the-world teams plus 36 international teams. The same gameplay modes are also re-used: Play Now mode for friendlies, season play for all 12 leagues, and the tournaments EFA Trophy, European Champion's Cup, International Cup and European Challenge, along with custom cups.There are no control, gameplay or option changes, with the same camera perspectives, rule options and difficulty settings as in previous games. |
| Dancing Stage Fusion | 2004-11-05 | Konami of Europe GmbH | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc. | Action | 1st-person | | | Music / rhythm | | | | | | | PS1 | Dancing Stage Fusion is the third DS game on PS2.
The object of the game is to "dance", which means that the player must hit the arrows that travel up the screen at the right time, thus scoring and unlocking more songs and burning some fat in the process.The game features 54 songs from which 21 are licensed and the other 33 are made for the game.
The licensed hits are:
Chihuahua 2002 - DJ Bobo
Come Into My World - Kylie Minogue
Danger! High Voltage - Electric Six
Familiar Feeling - Moloko
Freak Like Me - Sugababes
Good Luck - Basement Jack feat. Lisa Kekaula
Gotta Get Thru This - Daniel Bedingsfield
Go West - Pet Shop Boys
Heaven & Earth - POP!
I Believe In A Thing Called Love - The Darkness
It's Raining Men (Almighty Mix) - Geri Halliwell
Kids In America - Kim Wilde
Mickey - Toni Basil
Move Your Feet - Junior Senior
OK - Big Brovaz
Promises - Kylie Minogue
Rappers Delight - The Sugarhill Gang
Sexiest Man in Jamaica - Baker/Claxton/Prince Buster
Somebody Like You - Atomic Kitten
Sunlight
Superstar - Jamelia |
| Jet Ace | 2004-11-15 | Phoenix Games Ltd. | Na.p.s. Team s.n.c. | Action | Behind view | | | | Contemporary | Flight / aviation | | | | | PS1 | Jet Ace is a single player 3D shoot 'em up game where you take control of a Jetfighter trying to fight of enemy aircrafts. The game is very similar to Silent Iron.The game offers thirteen missions in which you have to shoot down enemy aircrafts with either bullets or missiles while trying to avoid enemy fire. Both bullets and missiles will deplete as will your fuel. Fuel and ammunition can be replenished during missions by flying through a green ring saying fuel or bullets. You start the game with three lives and shooting down enemies earns you points for a high score, sometimes bonus points can be collected by flying through a green ring saying the number of points. |
| Shoot | 2005 | Phoenix Games B.V. | Na.p.s. Team s.n.c. | Action, Compilation | | | | Mini-games | | | | | | | PS1 | Shoot is a budget compilation of 7 action mini games. These are:
Wild West
War Drones
Space Rebellion
G Squad
IF22
Ace
Air RescueThough listed as 7 different games, in fact the games are mostly reskinned versions of each other. They all feature the same premise: Take down a certain number of enemies to advance to the next stage. Each game has its own main menu, although it only features three options: New Game, High Score, and Main Menu (which takes you back to the game selection screen).Wild West and Ace (while graphically different) has the player assume the role of a single character in the foreground seen from behind. The Mission (as in all games on the disc) is to kill a certain number of bad guys per stage to advance. The character can walk sideways or roll, and the game utilizes a Cabal style aiming system. Meaning that you move the aim as well as the character with the directional pad. There are also a few bonuses such as heavier weapons and bonus points to pick up.G Squad has the player pilot a big mech robot. The only freedom of movement is strafing sideways to the left or right and some slight movement up and down. Aside from that the player controls the aim and can select from three different weapons to take down enemies with. There are also bonuses, such as ammo, extra points and fuel.War Drones, Space Rebellion, IF22 and Air Rescue are all variants of the same theme. The player controls an airborne machine (airplane, jetfighter, mecha or spaceship, depending on the game), and takes down enemies in a similar fashion to the arcade classic Afterburner. There are two types of weapons to use: either a light rapid firing weapon (machine gun or laser, depending on the game) and rockets which are somewhat heat seeking. There are some bonuses, such as more ammo, extra points and fuel to pick up along the way. |
| Schnappi: 3 Fun-Games | 2005-03-01 | phenomedia publishing gmbh | Sproing Interactive Media GmbH | Action | 3rd-person (Other) | Licensed | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Schnappi is a character out of an extremely successful German music clip and pop song called "Schnappi, das kleine Krokodil" (Schnappi, the little crocodile). This is a compilation with three different mini games made with Macromedia Flash.The first game is called Schnappi Snap!. The player controls the little crocodile and has to catch food insects. But you have to be careful not to catch the stingy ones!In Schnappi Think! you have to remember and copy Schnappi's moves in the correct order.The third game, Schnappi Dance!, comes in two difficulty modes. Dance moves are indicated in the right part of the screen and the player has to make Schnappi do the correct moves according to the input on screen.ScreenshotsThere are no PlayStation user screenshots for this game.Promo ImagesThere are no promo images for this gamePart of the Following Groups Animals: Reptiles
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| Capcom Retro Game Collection Vol.1 | 2005-03-30 | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action, Compilation | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | PS1 | Capcom Retro Game Collection Vol.1 is a re-release of Capcom Generation: Dai 1 Shū - Gekitsuiō no Jidai which includes a bundled strategy guide. |
| Capcom Retro Game Collection Vol.2 | 2005-03-30 | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action, Compilation | Side view | | | Arcade, Platform | | | | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Capcom Retro Game Collection Vol.2 is a re-release of Capcom Generation: Dai 2 Shū - Makai to Kishi which includes a bundled strategy guide. |
| Capcom Retro Game Collection Vol.3 | 2005-05-25 | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Capcom Retro Game Collection Vol.3 is a re-release of Capcom Generation: Dai 3 Shū - Koko ni Rekishi Hajimaru which includes a bundled strategy guide. |
| Capcom Retro Game Collection Vol.4 | 2005-06-25 | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action, Compilation | Top-down | | | Arcade, Shooter | | | | | | | PS1 | Capcom Retro Game Collection Vol.4 is a re-release of Capcom Generation: Dai 4 Shū - Kokō no Eiyū which includes a bundled strategy guide. |
| Capcom Retro Game Collection Vol.5 | 2005-07-28 | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action, Compilation | Side view | | | Fighting | | | | | | | PS1 | Capcom Retro Game Collection Vol.5 is a re-release of Street Fighter Collection 2 which includes a bundled strategy guide. |
| Silent Hill: Complete Set | 2006-07-01 | Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Silent Hill Complete Set is a Japanese exclusive package that contains the first four games in the Silent Hill series:Silent Hill (PS One Books)Silent Hill 2: Saigo No Uta (Konami Palace Selection)Silent Hill 3 (Konami Palace Selection)Silent Hill 4: The Room (Konami The Best)The package also includes a set of six postcards, four of which have the original cover art for the four games, and the remaining two are reproductions of the Silent Hill film posters.People who preordered this package also received a small keychain light that projects an image of the Silent Hill movie poster, with Alessa / Sharon.All items are enclosed in a special slipcover box. This set was only available at Konami's online store for a limited time. |
| Strider | 2006-10-24 | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Action | Side view | | | Platform | Sci-fi / futuristic | | Direct control | | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | The year is 2048 AD. In Russia, the evil Grand Master Meio has begun his insane plot to take over the universe. A lone figure drops from a stealth glider into Meio's base. He is Hiryu, Super A-Class Strider. His mission is to defeat the Grand Master and put an end to his plotting once and for all.Strider lets the protagonist run, jump, perform acrobatics and climb walls and overhangs. He wields a plasma sword, called a Cypher, through five levels fighting robots and guards, with mid- and end-level bosses. |
| Armored Core: Machine Side Box | 2006-12-21 | FromSoftware, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | Armored Core: Machine Side Box is a boxed compilation set of four games from the Armored Core series released to celebrate the 20th anniversary of developer FromSoftware. This collector's box includes:
Armored Core
Armored Core 2
Armored Core 3
Armored Core: Last Raven
Special footage DVD
A "Best Hits" soundtrack CD
Premium visual book
Operation manual
Large AC blueprint poster |
| King's Field: Dark Side Box | 2007-01-25 | FromSoftware, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | In celebration of the 20th Anniversary of FromSoftware, Inc, the developers, decided to have a special release of the four King's Field games. This anniversary package was released only in Japan. The collector's box includes:
King's Field
King's Field II
King's Field III
King's Field IV: The Ancient City
"Memorial disc" historical DVD
Soundtrack CD
Folding printed map of the series' world.
Hardcover art book
Consolidated operating manual
The discs come in a multi-fold case with a simulated gold foil slip cover. The entire package comes in a sturdy box with a green marble texture print. King's Field 1-3 are PlayStation discs (which can be played on PS2). King's Field 4, like the original release, is PS2-only. |
| Metal Gear: 20th Anniversary | 2007-07-26 | Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. | Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, Inc. | Compilation | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This collection for the 20th anniversary of the Metal Gear series includes:
Metal Gear (PS2 - MSX version)
Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (PS2 - MSX version)
Metal Gear Solid (PSX)
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (PS2)
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PS2)
Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (PSP)
The Document of Metal Gear Solid 2 (PS2)
Metal Gear Saga DVD (explains the overarching narrative of the Metal Gear games through clips and interviews with creator Hideo Kojima)
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| Metal Gear Solid: The Essential Collection | 2008-03-18 | Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. | | Compilation | | | | | | | | | Mature | | PS1 | This compilation contains three games from the Metal Gear Solid series:Metal Gear Solid (PSX)
Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence (only the first disc, labeled Subsistence, is included with the collection. Neither of the bonus discs, Persistence or Existence, is included.) |
| Final Fantasy: 25th Anniversary Ultimate Box | 2012-12-18 | Square Enix Co., Ltd. | Square Enix Co., Ltd. | Compilation, Role-playing (RPG) | | | | | | | | | | | PS1 | This box set is a compilation of the first thirteen games from the core Final Fantasy series released in Japan for the franchise's 25th anniversary.
It includes the games (in either PS1, PS2, PS3 or PSP media) and various bonuses:
Final Fantasy (PS1)
Final Fantasy II (PS1)
Final Fantasy III (PSP)
Final Fantasy IV (PS1)
Final Fantasy V (PS1)
Final Fantasy VI (PS1)
Final Fantasy VII (PS1, 4 discs)
Final Fantasy VIII (PS1, 4 discs)
Final Fantasy IX (PS1, 4 discs)
Final Fantasy X (PS2)
Final Fantasy XI: Vana'diel Collection 2 (PS2)
Final Fantasy XII (PS2)
Final Fantasy XIII (PS3) Yoshitaka Amano FF 25th Anniversary visual mini replica and display stand with serial code (Limited Ver.)
Crystal Art Works FF 25th Anniversary visual art collection (Limited Ver.)
FF 25th Anniversary Special video disc (Limited Ver.)
FF 25th Anniversary music selection CD (Limited Ver.)
Final Fantasy XIV Mogu Mogu Earring item code (Limited Ver.)
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| Yopaz IceStar | 2013-06-01 | OrionSoft | OrionSoft | Puzzle | Top-down | | | | | | | | | Fixed / flip-screen | PS1 | Yopaz IceStar is a homebrew/freeware puzzle game played on rectangular areas. The player must help Yopaz, a spheric small character, in its task to collect all the stars in the universe.The only possible action is pushing Yopaz to one of the four cardinal directions: owing to the absence of gravity, it won't stop until coming in contact with the borders, or an obstacle. There are three sets of levels. 'Classic' and 'Tiny' are differentiated by the game area size. In 'Advanced' levels Yopaz needs to collect stars of different colours, and since it can only collect stars of its own colour, it needs to reach alight triangles on some blocks, that will turn its colour into theirs; elements such as teleporters and objects — still and moving —, fatal if coming in contact with, are also introduced.There is the possibility to view online leaderboards, the score consisting in the time taken to complete levels. |
| Zia and the Goddesses of Magic | 2016-08-01 | OrionSoft | OrionSoft | Role-playing (RPG) | Diagonal-down | | | | Fantasy | | Direct control | Real-time | | 2D scrolling | PS1 | Steam Store description (from Ad Blurbs)In a world where magic is Queen, people lived happily and safely under the protection of the ten guardian goddesses.
Out of the unknown came a powerful demon who brought trouble upon the world, and all the goddesses got captured and locked away.
Evil creatures started to take hold of the nearby villages and threatened the inhabitants.Zia is a little girl who lives in a village in the mountains with her parents.
When she was younger, she discovered by chance a spell book and started to practice magic.One day, an old wise man came from the mountain and asked Zia's parents for shelter for one night.
At the dinner table, he told Zia about the existence of several spell books spread around the world.
Zia got very interested and begged her parents to let her go and look for these books to learn more about magic spells.During her journey, Zia will discover the trapped goddesses.
Now is your chance to help her rescue the goddesses from the evil creatures by casting magic spells!The battle system uses magical formulas based on symbols that you learn throughout the game, during the battle you must use the arrow keys to replicate the magic spell formula and cast it to hit the enemy.
Each enemy type is more sensitive to certain magic than others. |