Developer: Wide Games Publisher: Codemasters Release Date: August 20, 2002 Also On: Xbox The idea of being trapped in a Nazi prison camp probably doesn’t sound very good, but the idea of busting out of one possibly might. Escape is the goal in Prisoner of War, a short but original and often entertaining game that…

Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco Release Date: October 15, 2002 Also On: GCN, PS2 and Xbox Finding decent platformers on the Xbox, let alone good ones, is a mighty task. Fortunately, the people at Namco decided to port the PS2 version of the game over to the Xbox. Truthfully, Pac Man World 2 does have flaws,…

Developer: Smilebit Publisher: Sega Release Date: January 14, 2003 Also On: None Panzer Dragoon, the series, has always found a way to successfully combine superior graphics, skill-based gameplay, and a spectacularly epic storyline into one game. And now with the arrival of Sega’s Panzer Dragoon Orta, the fourth in the series and the first to…

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: Oddworld Inhabitants Publisher: Microsoft Release Date: November 15, 2001 Also On: None The Oddworld series has been one of weird and odd stories about Abe saving other mudokaians from a cruel and deadly fate of becoming food. Now along with that, Munch is placed in the game to help Abe and to save the…

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: 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: Smilebit Publisher: Sega Release Date: February 28, 2002 Also On: None The GG’s are back in the long anticipated sequel of the Two Dreamcast hits Jet Grind Radio and Jet Set Radio, the original. All the old gang is back along with some fresh faces. Show the town that you’re in charge and the…

Developer: Midway Publisher: Midway Release Date: September 16, 2002 Also On: GCN, PS2 and Xbox NHL Hitz 20-03 is a basic upgrade from 20-02. The game adds a hockey school where you can work on your skills and mini games. Now, in fights you can have the goalies duke it out. The games playability is…

Developer: Maxis Publisher: EA Release Date: January 14, 2003 Also On: GCN, PS2 and Xbox The enormously popular PC game “The Sims” has finally hit the PS2 and I was lucky enough to get my hands on it after waiting for nearly 3 days at Hollywood Video. You start off living with your mother in…

Developer: Volition Publisher: THQ Release Date: May 22, 2001 Also On: None The hero of THQ’s modern-day classic FPS, Red Faction, signed up voluntarily to work on a corporate owned mine on the planet Mars. After enduring poor work conditions, unknown illnesses, the lack of food, and brutal guards, the mine workers revolted. Ultor, the…

Developer: Visual Concepts Publisher: Sega Release Date: January 15, 2002 Also On: GCN, PS2 and Xbox For the past few years the NBA 2K series has been the undeniable king of video game hoops. Sega continues the tradition with another slam dunk title. Fortunately for non-Dreamcasters, NBA 2K2 was brought to the PS2. The opposite…

Developer: Square Publisher: Square Release Date: September 17, 2002 Also On: None It’s difficult to imagine how the idea for Kingdom Hearts might have dawned on someone. For a game to combine the brooding, self-important characters of the Final Fantasy series with the lighthearted, often silly characters from many of Disney’s most famous animated feature…

Developer: Eurocom Publisher: EA Release Date: November 15, 2002 Also On: GCN, PS2 and Xbox The name Harry Potter has become a household name. With all big stars comes a huge array of books, movies, and video games, most of which are terrible to mediocre. Can the Harry Potter franchise change this reference and come…

Developer: Square Publisher: Square EA Release Date: December 18, 2001 Also On: None Sony and Squaresoft team up once again to create yet another Final Fantasy game. The series, which originally began on the Nintendo Entertainment System, makes its first trip to the PS2. Would this game end up being a bust or a classic?…

Developer: Traveller’s Tales Publisher: Universal Interactive Release Date: October 31, 2001 Also On: GCN, PS2 and Xbox While Nintendo has Mario and Sega has Sonic, Sony was left with a mascot unknown to many during the PSX days. Naughty Dog had enough balls to put together a title known by many as Crash Bandicoot. With…

Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Release Date: July 11, 2000 Also On: None One of my favorite Dreamcast and sports games of all time is most definitely Virtua Tennis. I must say thank you Sega for creating such a master piece which will be adored for generations to come. No other tennis game has ever caught…

Developer: Eidos Publisher: Eidos Release Date: March 16, 2000 Also On: None I’ll start off by saying that I did not think I would like this game. When I first played it, I noticed the mediocre graphics and what seemed like a boring story. It starts with a wagon going down a trail and they…