Tag: 2000

Developer: CyberConnect   Publisher: Bandai   Release: 04/00   Genre: Action Bomberman Act Zero is an embarrassment to the venerable series. I can understand the reasoning behind its creation: with an aging gaming population Hudson wanted to create a vers...

Developer: Psikyo    Publisher: Capcom    Release: 2000   Genre: Shooter There were many, many classic shooters released for the PlayStation and Saturn in Japan. Unfortunately most never left the country as the genre was on the wane in the West...

Developer: KCET   Publisher: Konami    Release: 11/13/00   Genre: Shooter When the PlayStation 2 hit the market it hit big in spite of launch shortages. With 26 titles available day one gamers were spoiled for choice. Granted a lot of...

Developer: United Game Artists    Publisher: Sega    Release: 06/04/00    Genre: Rhythm I miss that period of Sega history when they were a near endless ball of creativity. Although the Saturn failed that did not dim their spirits. In fact it...

Developer: HAL Labs    Publisher: Nintendo    Release: 06/26/00    Genre: Action The last year of the N64’s life was a slow death spiral. Unlike the PlayStation which saw a slew of outstanding releases in the year 2000 Nintendo’s black box saw...

Developer: Infogrames   Publisher: Infogrames    Release: 2000    Genre: Racing It is pretty surprising that during the Dreamcast’s short life it built up a respectable library of kart racers. After the insane success of Mario Kart 64 the development c...

Developer: Takumi    Publisher: Capcom    Release: 07/2000    Genre: Shooter As with all genres by the year 2000 the shooter had long since had its time in the sun. While Westerners subsisted on scraps the genre was going through a...

Developer: Genki     Publisher: Crave     Released: June 12, 2000     Genre: Platformer Sonic Adventure set a high bar for platformers on the Dreamcast. Say what you will about the game’s ultimate quality but no one can deny the sheer spectacle o...

Developer: Atlus     Publisher: Sega     Released: April 26, 2000    Genre: Action For many years the first person view was only used for shooters and adventure games. It is easy to see why: games like Doom and Quake with their twitch...