Budget Basement
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Playstation
Simulation
Strikes a fine balance between the night time excitement of being out on the town and the thrill of the dice being thrown on the table. Well presented and good fun.
Sony Hardware
Accessory
These caps fit over the direction controller of the PS2 controller to give the pad greater versatility.
PS2
Action
Sega delivers an arcade experience with all the thrills and gut spills an adrenalin soaked ninja with a very sharp katana can deliver. Super fast, Shinobi zips around on screen slicing through opponents with special gratification to be gained from the combo’s. But it takes all the zen patience of a Buddhist monk to beat this baby.
Merchandise
Merchandise
A beautiful work of art highlighting the creativity of the Darius series in this soft key ring. The infamous Green Coronatus brings back sweaty palms to gamers of a certain vintage.
Playstation
RPG
Utilises Little Big Adventure style ellipses to make up the characters and has very much the look of its era as a result. The lighting effects on the magic spells are very impressive and Sony has clearly poured its heart and soul into this realising the significance of the genre.
Playstation
Puzzle
A simple concept involving comparing two images side by side and finding the differences. Enjoyable and relaxing, yet strangely satisfying to complete the challenge. Full title: Machigai Sagashi Game Missland.
Playstation
RPG
The painstaking attention to detail and the respectful nod to its Super Famicom forefathers in not radically dragging the RPG into the Playstation era ensured the superb series continued on from strength to strength.
Sega Saturn
Simulation
Ver much a feel of the empire from Star Wars with such pageantry in deep space in this anime, inter galactic space opera.
PS2
Sports
The ultimate in gaming fantasy escape at the time of its release with a British major title being possible due to the appearance of Tim Henman in this slick tennis sim. Reveals its arcade roots in its simplicity to pick up but with a fiendish difficultly gradient after the opening rounds. The finest realistic tennis game. Brilliant with four players.
PS2
RPG
A real triple A title that brings to mind the delights of Goemons romps with a feudal Japan setting. The graphical look is innovative and feels like an animated New Years greetings card with such delightful execution. Played as the young wolf setting out on an epic adventure which we would hate to ruin. A real treat for lone wolfs from start to finish and worthy of higher accolades.
PS3
Sports
With superbly modelled and adorable characters and a new shot system, Everybody’s Golf looks as good as ever on the PS3 as the golfer shapes up to the tee. The shot interface is easy to pick up. But it’s the attention to detail with the caddy chasing after a nice shot or the grumpy reaction at having shot a bogey that Minna no Golf really turns on the charm. Combined with birds singing, the department store soothing soundtrack and plenty of sunshine, this looks like being the definitive PS3 golf game.
Merchandise
DVD
Plenty of in depth insight into Shiren and Grandia II, besides Jet Set Radio, Dino Crisis 2, Dead or Alive 2 and Silpheed-a total; of 58 games featured.
Merchandise
Merchandise
Starring a special feature on Mario 64 and Mario Story with them due to be releases imminently at the time besides an in depth look at Zelda Majora’s Mask, interviews and 53 titles covered in all.
Nintendo Hardware
Cable
Can be switched between GameBoy Advance and GameBoy Color and the cables can be cleverly connected together to allow four player battles with two cables.
Sony Hardware
Cable
Official Japanese power lead for the Playstation or Playstattion 2. Sony’s production values are as good as any.
Sega Saturn
Simulation
Gets those French Fries laced with salt and watch the drink sales soar. Nothing too fried too close to the big roller coasters though as no one wants to see what their fellow park attendees have been having for lunch. Genre breaking title to treat gamers with an eye for the unusual.
Sega Saturn
Simulation
The Sakura series has a huge following and this is a mish mash of sub games, interviews, songs and of course anime from the celebrated series.
Playstation
Sports
Very impressive results with many a rev head having cut their racing teeth on this and Ridge Racer. Captures all that’s good about race games with a high pitch engine, sweeping courses, tight tunnels and some racing glamour. Still not much need to jam on the anchors, but few who love the series would anyway.
Sega Saturn
Simulation
Sound pinball game which avoids being over ambitious in keeping the full table view at all times rather than zooming in on a specific section making multi balls work a treat. Good table designs and cheery, pool room style tunes.
Sega Saturn
One on One Beat Em Up
Many believe this should have been released with the Saturn instead of the original version. Yet the pressure of hardware release deadlines meant that the somewhat rushed VF came out first and this superior VF Remix a few months later.
PS2
Action
Unfortunately Genki’s only run in with a biker gang was when sat on a push bike. Still it was nice to see a few faces missing from class. The underground, midnight bike scene has many devotees in Japan as many a sleepless night will attest. Plenty of Yankee style attitude and covers a niche genre very aptly, as you’d expect from D3.
Playstation
RPG
Square’s underated opus is perhaps a little short, but its bitterly sweet with Biohazard moments of fleeting fear mingled with Final Fantasy style roleplaying mechanics. But the eerie sense all is not well gnaws away at you throughout the twisted and at times unhinged story.
PS2
RPG
Such a monstrous, epic series with a real motley crew of devotees worthy of such attention with triumphant orchestral score and a very distinct look. Combat is superbly executed by the fight engine with imaginative special attacks.
Playstation
One on One Beat Em Up
Square’s first release for the Playstation and the Tekken/VF team members experience shows in a very accomplished fighter. The visuals of the game comes courtesy of DragonBall creator Akira Toyama and looks mighty fine for it. Never one to rest on such sturdy laurels, Square has plenty of innovative ideas up its silken sleeve including a plethora of grappling moves adding a more realistic element to combat.
Sega Saturn
RPG
Smart rendered graphics in this self-proclaimed romantic RPG.
PS2
A Bit Special
Based on the manga where the main man with a funky afro attacks opponents with his nose hairs. This time you get well and truly involved in the madcap manga mayhem with your off screen persona being mapped for movements in the game mini challenges. Absolutely mad, but we love it.
Playstation
Sports
Crazy chaos as Crash hits the road and lives up to his name as racers spin and bump around the locales with multiplayer mayhem a real treat.
Playstation
One on One Beat Em Up
Super deformed versions of the Toshinden characters in a similar vein to Virtua Fighter Kids, yet with simplified special moves. Very tasty graphics as impressive as those of Toshinden were upon its release to a software hungry PSX public. The festival stage looks particularly nice.
PS2
Action
A bedazzling, breathtaking but above all believable yarn spun by Sony that brings you in to the delightful Ico world in a way that’ll surely see it be entered on the tapestry of the PS2’s legacy. A simple must have masterpiece bursting with emotive gameplay.
PS2
Sports
Konami tweaks its smooth engine in this update of the winning formula. Instantly playable but its the subtle moves and flicks that separate the Uefa Cup place chasing teams from the mid table outfits.
Playstation
One on One Beat Em Up
Few fighters manage to wield as much weaponry and yet remain true to a balanced bout as Namco brings a true arcade experience back to the PSX cognoscenti. Arenas are impressive with rice fields, Chinese temples and rafts on water all linked by the common denominator of being able to ring out. Yet it’s the character design where Namco has made most graft and its fruits are a real roster of splendid scrappers.
Famicom Cart
Action
A more refined look in line with the PC Engine incarnations of the bomb and run blast from Hudson. A simple concept, but remains the height of multiplayer gaming and, as later versions prove, the formula is best suited to the full screen, 2D look.
PS2
Simulation
The second instalment of the popular Memories Off doesn’t disappoint, capturing the raw emotions of the game in beautiful visuals and striking orchestral score.
Merchandise
Merchandise
Demonstrating that video games can indeed be high art comes these coaster inspired by the Darius series.
Merchandise
Merchandise
Demonstrating that video games can indeed be high art comes these coaster inspired by the Darius series.
Merchandise
Merchandise
A beautiful work of art highlighting the creativity of the Darius series in this soft key ring. This vicious looking, mechanical cuttlefish looks like it swam the seas looking for innocent vessels to dismantle.
Merchandise
Merchandise
A beautiful work of art highlighting the creativity of the Darius series in this soft key ring. Here the crab like Strong Shell shows off its seemingly impenetrable armour.
PS2
Action
Thankfully not a doorman simulator, but there are a few cauliflower ears dished out as you grapple various assailants all gorgeously rendered in a Square stylie. Also in another Square trait you can teach comrades various fighting moves in a trade off for hard earned experience points gained through giving out fat lips.
PS3
Sports
Update of the seminal Dreamcast series that combined arcade mechanics with deeper techniques to produce a well rounded game of tennis that was an absolute joy to play. The raw power of the PS3 does the arcade smash justice with some amazing rallies possible due to the well rounded mechanics. Genki just wishes Ms. Anna Kournikova was still on the circuit…
Sega Saturn
Action
Side scrolling shooting action as mechs go cockpit to cockpit with nicely rendered fighters and smooth backgrounds that smoke away in the background adding to the at war feel. Players also take to space similar to Cybernator, but the fight action is closer combat. The slick anime cut scenes are a given with Bandais backing.