Gunbird 2

Gunbird 2

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...
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Gradius III & IV

Gradius III & IV

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...
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Space Channel 5

Space Channel 5

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...
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Kirby 64 – The Crystal Shards

Kirby 64 – The Crystal Shards

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...
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Wacky Races

Wacky Races

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...
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Giga Wing

Giga Wing

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...
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Super Magnetic Neo

Super Magnetic Neo

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...
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Maken X

Maken X

Developer: Atlus    Publisher: Sega    Released: 04/26/00   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 action and...
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Silver

Silver

Developer: Spiral House     Publisher: Infogrames     Released: June 28, 2000    Genre: Action RPG Once upon a time computer RPGs were PC only and Japanese RPGs stayed on consoles, and never shall the two meet. That began to change in...
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Dragon Valor

Dragon Valor

Developer: Namco     Publisher: Namco     Released: 10/16/00      Genre: Action RPG When the PlayStation RPG explosion hit it hit big. Publishers big and small tried to tap in to this newfound market, with some finding success and others flounderi...
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