Time Crisis

Time Crisis

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

Bulk Slash

Developer: CAProduction   Publisher: Hudson Soft   Release: 07/11/97   Genre: Action Because of its early demise the Saturn never truly had a chance to show gamers what it could really do in the West. Most of the 3d titles gamers...
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Kaizou Choujin Shubibinman Zero

Kaizou Choujin Shubibinman Zero

Developer: Masaya  Publisher: NCS  Release: 03/20/97  Genre: Action Masaya’s Shubibinman series had the potential to be the PC Engine’s Mega Man, a kick ass run and gun series full of action and robots. To a degree they were exactly that...
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Bubble Symphony

Bubble Symphony

Developer: Taito    Publisher: Taito    Publisher: 11/27/97   Genre: Platformer Watching arcades disappear around the mid-90s was a sad sight. Not only because it was a place to meet fellow gamers before the internet became big but also because there we...
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Multi Racing Championship

Multi Racing Championship

Developer: Genki    Publisher: Ocean    Release: 07/18/97   Genre: Racing Those of us who lived through the Nintendo 64’s first year came to know its release schedule intimately. For most of that initial year only one or two games were...
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G Vector

G Vector

Developer: Soft Office   Publisher: Soft Office   Release: 10/16/97   Genre: Shooter For many Virtua Fighter was the star of the Sega Saturn launch. It is easy to see why; it was the first major fighting game in 3d...
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RayStorm

RayStorm

Developer: Taito    Publisher: Working Designs    Release: 09/97   Genre: Shooter Sega’s surprise Saturn launch in the US meant new releases was slow in the early months. Galactic Attack was an early bright spot in that period and managed to stand...
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Doom 64

Doom 64

Developer: Midway    Publisher: Midway    Release: 04/04/97    Genre: Action In the mid-90s Doom was an institution unto itself. It was not the very first fps but it popularized the genre to the point Doom clone became a phrase. And just...
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Wild Arms

Wild Arms

Developer: Media Vision    Publisher: Sony     Release: 04/30/97    Genre: RPG The original PlayStation did not get off to a great start when it comes to RPGs. While we remember the many Square epics the first two years were rough for fans...
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Tetrisphere

Tetrisphere

Developer: H2O     Publisher: Nintendo     Released: August 11, 1997     Genre: Puzzle Tetris is an institution unto itself. It is hard to screw up Tetris as its foundation is so perfect. It is so perfect in fact that everyone who has touched...
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