Lucifer Ring
Developer: Soft Machine Publisher: Toshiba EMI Release: 12/23/98 Genre: Beat em up In the US the side scrolling beat em up went in to hibernation during the 32-bit era. While the US would receive a few stand...
Category: PlayStation
Ridge Racer Revolution
Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco Release:09/30/96 Genre: Racing Ridge Racer is one of the most important games of the PlayStation launch. Sony was new to being a platform holder and needed hit games to create an air of...
Zanac x Zanac
Developer: Compile Publisher: Compile Release: 11/29/01 Genre: Shooter I credit Gradius and Zanac for my love of the shooter genre. While I like Asteroids I was never a fan of score chasing. Those two titles not only...
Battle Arena Toshinden 3
Developer: Tamsoft Publisher: Playmates Interactive Entertainment Release: 1997 Genre: Fighting For a long time Battle Arena Toshinden was the joke of the 3d fighting game community. Many were fooled by the original as it was one of the...
Suikoden II
Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 09/29/99 Genre: RPG From the moment I read import coverage of the first Suikoden I knew I would love the game. RPGs had not become widespread on the PlayStation yet and when...
Policenauts
Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 01/19/96 Genre: Adventure This one has been a long time coming. Snatcher is my favorite Sega CD game of all time and one that I hope gets a re-release someday. But Policenauts...
Rayman
Developer: Ubi Soft Publisher: Ubi Soft Release: 1995 Genre: Platformer This one has been a long time coming. I have played various Rayman games over the years but for whatever reason never did get around to the...
Salamander Deluxe Pack Plus
Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 07/03/97 Genre: Compilation Watching the shooter bubble burst was a pretty sad event. Seeing one of the most prosperous genres reduced to near nothing heading in to the 32-bit era was disheartening....
Project: Horned Owl
Developer: AlfaSystem Publisher: SCEA Release: 08/09/96 Genre: Rail Shooter Virtua Cop revolutionized the light gun shooter genre in the arcade with its 3d graphics and dynamic camera angles. Like Virtua Fighter and Virtua Racing it would ins...
Crash Bandicoot
Developer: Naughty Dog Publisher: Sony Release: 09/09/96 Genre: Platformer The 90s were an interesting time. Mascot platformers were the most popular genre and almost every publisher had some anthropomorphic animal as their symbol. For console...