Retro Gaming

Developer: Bizarre Creations Publisher: Microsoft Release Date: November 9, 2001 Also On: None At the launch of Xbox, Bizarre Creations and Microsoft Game Studio released a game by the name of Project Gotham Racing. People looked at this game and did not know what to expect. Would it compete with PS2’s Gran Turismo, read on…

Developer: Pacific Coast Power and Light Publisher: THQ Release Date: November 21, 2002 Also On: GCN, PS2 and Xbox MX Superfly is the latest of the MX series from THQ. MX Superfly includes many new riders along with new tracks tricks that are better than before. This game looks fantastic. The tracks are full and…

Developer: Rare Publisher: Nintendo Release Date: August 25, 1997 Also On: None It is hard to dispute the weight that Rare had in the game industry during the Nintendo 64 era. GoldenEye 007 is a game that sold millions of units across the globe and jumpstarted the Nintendo 64s split-screen multi-player. Without a doubt, GoldenEye…

Developer: Digital Extremes Publisher: Atari Release Date: November 12, 2002 Also On: None Unreal Championship is a game of solid action shooting. You build your own team to take into the Unreal Championship Tournament and make your way up the rankings. Unreal Championship is very easy to learn; there is a tutorial mode that teaches…

Developer: Day 1 Publisher: Microsoft Release Date: November 12, 2002 Also On: None Another of the hand-me-downs from PC, Mechassault, a decendent of the Mech Warrior series. This game however is no joke. Like Unreal, it was a perfect fit for the Xbox and the Xbox Live. Mechassault sports some great looking greaphics just as…

Developer: Electronic Arts Publisher: Electronic Arts Release Date: March 12, 2002 Also On: GCN, PS2 and Xbox “Vodka martini, shaken not stirred.” These words were spoken by a true British hero. Well, maybe not hero, but a great role model for kids to envy. James Bond is a film legend and with GoldenEye, he became…

Developer: Bungie Publisher: Microsoft Release Date: November 15, 2001 Also On: None Halo, was voted game of the year in 2001 voted by a numerous amount of game sites and magazines such as IGN, Gamestop, EGM, Microsoft (of course they did) and Gamepro, and is in my opinion the greatest first person shooter around today….

Developer: Treyarch Publisher: Activision Release Date: November 15, 2001 Also On: None Activision and Neversoft were thinking of the power of the Xbox, when recreating the game for Xbox fans. However, they haven’t really expanded on the THPS formula. In otherwords, the THPS world has not been improved in any way. The graphics are better…

Developer: Anchor Publisher: THQ Release Date: February 12, 2002 Also On: None Over the years, WWF fans, (now WWE Fans) have come to expect a certain standard from their games, both game play and feature wise. However, based on its initial specs, WWF Raw wasn’t going to meet the standard, it was going to set…

Developer: EA Publisher: EA Release Date: March 11, 2003 Also On: PS2 and Xbox Triple Play Baseball 2002 was a terrible baseball game last year from EA Sports. It sported horrifying graphics and game play that was too simple for the common gamer. It was too easy to win no matter what difficulty setting the…

Developer: Silicon Knights Publisher: Nintendo Release Date: June 24, 2002 Also On: None “O, oblivious, naive Humanity… How ignorant we truly are – safe only in our blind view of the world. We are merely caretakers, for when the Ancients return, we shall be swept aside like driftwood on the tide of destruction…” The darkness…

Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Release Date: September 16, 2002 Also On: None Even though Animal Crossing has been criticised as being “childishâ€?, it is a great game, none the less. Many factors have spelled doom for AC, but a loyal Nintendo fan base, which is willing to try new types of games, has helped AC…

Developer: Tiburon Publisher: EA Release Date: August 21, 2001 Also On: GCN, PC, PS2 and Xbox Madden 2002 is one of Madden’s greatest games of all time. This game added in new features and kept old favorites to keep the game look its finest. So sit down, grab a pop, and watch (or play) the…

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release Date: November 5, 2002 Also On: PS2 and Xbox Metal Gear Solid is one of the best in strategy/shooters around today. Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance has Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and 500+ bonus missions added after it. You control an array of characters with a unique…

Developer: Ubi Soft Montreal Publisher: Ubi Soft Release Date: November 18, 2002 Also On: GCN, PS2 and Xbox Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell is a top contender for game of the year. You are Sam Fisher, a member of the C.I.A., playing through 15 missions full of challenge and strategy. The game has amazing graphics with…

Developer: Blizzard Publisher: Interplay Release Date: June 4, 1993 Available On: Genesis and SNES Even in 1993, racing games were nothing new. That being the case, it could sometimes prove to be difficult to find some niche or gimmick to make a new game in the genre seem different enough from its predecessors to be…