Tag: 2001

Developer: Wow Entertainment   Publisher: Namco   Release: 11/13/01  Genre: Action In the mid to late 90s Sega and Namco went back and forth creating arcade hits to compete with each other. When Sega made Virtua Fighter Tekken was not far...

Developer: Takumi    Publisher: Capcom    Release: 04/30/01   Genre: Shooter In my nascent bullet hell days many years ago many swore by Mars Matrix as one of the best games in the genre. As someone who still only occasionally dips their toes...

Developer: Takumi   Publisher: Capcom    Release: 05/16/01   Genre: Shooter Giga Wing was one of a host of Capcom shooters for the Dreamcast that helped reignite my love for the genre. At a time where the best of the...

Developer: East Point Software    Publisher: Take 2    Release: 01/26/01   Genre: Racing I have never ridden a jet ski. Perhaps that is why I like Wave Race 64 so much. Beyond the graphics and gameplay Wave Race still to...

Developer: Team Silent    Publisher: Konami    Release: 09/25/01    Genre: Horror Of all of the survival horror titles that followed in the wake of Resident Evil Silent Hill had the biggest impact. Both cerebral and terrifying at the same time...

Developer: Dream Factory    Publisher: Squaresoft     Released: March 6, 2001     Genre: Beat ’em up The PS One completely dominated the market during the 32-bit era thanks to the cheap costs of CDs and great third party support. No third party...

Developer: Capcom    Publisher: Capcom    Released: March 2001    Genre: Action    Platforms: PS2, PS4, Switch, Xbox One, PC The PlayStation 2 had a whopping 26 games at its launch. While that number is amazing the vast majority were subpar games t...

Developer: KCEJ     Publisher: Konami     Released: March 27, 2001     Genre: Action As the successor to the PS One the PlayStation 2 hit the market like a rocket. There was literally no scenario in which the system could possibly fail, which...

Developer: Deep Space     Publisher: Sony     Released: July 24, 2001     Genre: Survival Horror Heading in to the PlayStation 2 generation a lot of genres received a much needed shot in the arm. Survival horror rose to prominence with Resident Evil...