I wouldn’t say I am the biggest fan of the Civilization series, I had CIV2 on the PS1 (god that was chuggy), I had Revolutions which was a fairly decent stripped back version on the consoles, and I dabbled in…
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Sid Meier’s Civilization III. Fireaxis Games. (2001) PC
Tagged with: 2001, Civilization, Civilization III, Fireaxis Games, PC, Retro Gaming, Review, Sid Meier, Sid Meier's Civilization III, Turn based Strategy
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The Simpsons Wrestling. Big Ape Productions (2001) PlayStation
Aye carumba, why do I do this to myself?
Tagged with: 2001, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Barney Gumble, Bart Simpson, Big Ape Productions, Bumblebee Man, Fox Interactive, Groundskeeper Willie, Homer Simpson, Itchy and Scratchy, Kang and Kodos, Krusty the Clown, Lisa Simpson, Marge Simpson, Moe Syzlack, Mr Burns, Ned Flanders, PlayStation, Professor Frink, Retro Gaming, Review, Shower of Shit, The Simpsons, The Simpsons: Wrestling, Tournament Fighter, Waylon Smithers, Wrestling
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Gunfighter: The Legend of Jesse James. Rebellion (2001) PlayStation
I am going to do a top Light gun Games list soon, and to do that I want to get a few games out of the way. So apologies to the many people who don’t like On-Rails shooters as much…
Tagged with: 2001, Cowboys, GCon, Gunfighter, Gunfighter: The Legend of Jesse James, Jack Carson, Jesse James, light gun game, On-rails-shooter, PlayStation, Rebellion, Retro Gaming, Review, The Legend of Jesse James, Ubisoft, Western, Zee
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Time Crisis II. Namco (2001) PlayStation 2
I love me some Light Gun Games, and today is the 2 year anniversary of our most consistently popular article “Light Gun Games, why you need an old TV” as well as the first Time Crisis and it’s sequel Time Crisis:…
Vampire Night. Namco (2001) PlayStation 2
I’ll be honest. I only played this game so we would have a V letter game in the Archive, and the eagle eyed reader may spot the error in that reasoning. A few months back I bought about 25 light…
Tagged with: 2001, Albert, Barthelemy, Bathe'lemy, Count Auguste, Diane, Guillaume, light gun game, Michel, Namco, On-rails-shooter, Playstation 2, Raoul, Sir Vampire, Vampire Night, Vampires, Wow Entertainment
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Confidential Mission, Sega Hitmaker (2001) Dreamcast
The Dreamcast had woeful Light Gun support, and as far as I can tell, only 2 games were released in PAL regions with full gun support. So, of a small pool, which is the best light gun game on the…
Tagged with: 2001, Agares, CMF, Confidential Mission, Howard Gibson, Jean Clifford, light gun game, On-rails-shooter, Sega Dreamcast, Sega Hitmaker
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Silent Hill 2. Konami (2001) Playstation 2
I wanted to write something deeply profound here. I wanted to say I want all games to be like Silent Hill 2. But I can’t, for reasons that will hopefully become apparent.
Tagged with: 2001, Angela Orosco, Eddie Dombrowski, James Sunderland, Konami, Mary Shepherd-Sunderland, Playstation 2, Pyramid head, Retro Gaming, Review, Silent Hill, Silent Hill 2, Survival Horror
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Final Fantasy X, Square (2001) PlayStation 2
Final Fantasy X is one of the Final Fantasies that people tend to say is “the best”, everybody has a preference (my current is still FFVI), Reddit seems to favour XII, but X is one of the ones that is…
Tagged with: 2001, Aeons, Al Bhed, Anima, Auron, BlitzBall, Calm Lands, Celestial Weapon, Chocobo, Conditional Turn-Based Battle system, Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy 10, Final Fantasy X, Hymm of the Fayth, Kimahri, Lulu, Monster Arena, Overdrive, Playstation 2, Retro Gaming, Review, Rikku, RPG, Sin, Spira, Square, Suteki Da Ne, Tidus, Wakka, Yevon, Yuna, Zanarkand, Zanarkand Abes
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The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages. Nintendo/Capcom (2001) GameBoy Color
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages is FUCKING SHIT.
Tagged with: 2001, Capcom, Cresent Island, GameBoy Color, Impa, Labrynna, Nayru, Nintendo Entertainment System, Oracle of Ages, Retro Gaming, Review, SWORD CEREMONY, The Legend of Zelda, The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages
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Crazy Taxi 2, Sega (2001) Dreamcast
Hey, look, a rushed out sequel!
Tagged with: 2001, Crazy Taxi 2, Retro Gaming, Review, Sega, Sega Dreamcast
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