The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

Developer: Electronic Arts    Publisher: Electronic Arts    Release: 11/06/23   Genre: Action The Lord of the Rings: the Two Towers was a huge surprise in 2002. Licensed games are nothing new but few had the production values and scale...
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Tube Slider

Tube Slider

Developer: NDcube   Publisher: NEC Interchannel   Release: 04/17/03  Genre: Racing The news that NEC was returning to the video game market in the US was surprising. While they left the US market in the mid-90s they remained a prolific publisher...
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Dolphin Blue

Dolphin Blue

Developer: Sammy    Publisher: Sammy    Release: 2003    Genre: Action Dolphin Blue is a 2.5D Metal Slug, let’s get that out of the way right now. The game takes obvious “inspiration” from SNK’s classic run and gun series and does not...
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XIII

XIII

Developer: Ubi Soft    Publisher: Ubi Soft    Release: 11/25/03   Genre: FPS In 2003 the first person had not reached its saturation point yet. But you still needed to do something different to stand out. Ubi Soft licensed the French comic...
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Silent Hill 3

Silent Hill 3

Developer: Team Silent    Publisher: Konami    Release: 08/05/03   Genre: Horror Silent Hill 2 is one of the most revered horror games of all time to this day. From its presentation to its story the game was a masterpiece. Konami...
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Beyond Good & Evil

Beyond Good & Evil

Developer: Ubisoft    Publisher: Ubisoft    Release: 12/11/03   Genre: Action    Platform: GameCube, PS2, Xbox, PC Ubisoft had a stellar games lineup in 2003. Rainbow Six III continued the strategy series excellence. Prince of Persia would receive a ...
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Wario World

Wario World

Developer: Treasure    Publisher: Nintendo    Release: 06/23/03    Genre: Action It truly is amazing to see just how far Wario has come as a character. Who would have guessed that the supposed one off villain in Super Mario Land 2 would become...
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Mario Kart: Double Dash

Mario Kart: Double Dash

Mario Kart Double Dash has one of the biggest mixed receptions of all time.  Either you love it or hate it.  Trying to bring new ideas to the racing genre is hard, especially for kart racers.  You’re driving around in...
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Ikaruga

Ikaruga

Developer: Treasure     Publisher: Atari     Released: April 14, 2003     Genre: Shooter I’ve always admired developer Treasure’s ability to inject new mechanics into well-worn genres.  Guardian Heroes was the natural evolution of the beat em ...
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Mega Man X7

Mega Man X7

I have played many bad games in the 30+ years I’ve been gaming.  And Mega Man X7 is legitimately one of the worst.  After the bad reception to the sixth game Capcom took their time to try and reinvent the...
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