Original Release: Simon & Schuster, 2002, Xbox / GamecubeOther Releases: PS2 / PC (2003) A budget attempt at a millennium “bro humor” golf game by the dev team behind Deer Avenger and Who Wants To Beat Up A Millionaire Outlaw Golf (Gamecube, Simon & Schuster, 2002) Where to Buy: Amazon How to Emulate: coming soon!…
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XGRA: EXTREME-G RACING ASSOCIATION
Original Release: Acclaim, 2003, PlayStation 2 / GameCube The final game in Acclaim’s low-key challenger series to F-Zero and Wipeout in the “futuristic racing” genre XGRA: Extreme-G Racing Association (GameCube, Acclaim, 2003) Where to Buy: eBayHow to Emulate: coming soon! I’d never heard of this series prior to stumbling into this game, but it had…
WINTER HEAT
Original Release: Sega, 1997, ArcadeOther Releases: Saturn (1998), PS2 (2004) The follow-up to DecAthlete adds a tad more varied gameplay between its events, but is still pretty much the same thing Winter Heat PS2, Sega, 2004) Where to Buy: eBayHow to Emulate: PlayStation 2 Emulation Guide I guess Winter Heat is marginally better than predecessor…
DECATHLETE
Original Release: Sega, 1996, ArcadeOther Releases: Saturn (1996), PS2 (2004) Also called “Athlete Kings” in the European release, Decathlete is a similarly simple update of Track & Field that capitalized on then-new 3D polygonal graphics DecAthlete (PS2, Sega, 2004) Where to Buy: eBayHow to Emulate: PlayStation 2 Emulation Guide With Decathlete, Sega basically just takes…
WWE SMACKDOWN: HERE COMES THE PAIN
Original Release: THQ, 2003, PlayStation 2 The Smackdown series rolled on for another year in mostly the same style as the excellent prequel, but with a mixed bag of changes and additions WWE Smackdown: Here Comes The Pain (PS2, THQ, 2003) Where to Buy: Amazon How to Emulate: PlayStation 2 Emulation Guide Here Comes The…
TOP TRUMPS: NBA ALL STARS
Original Release: Giant Media, 2012, PSP / 3DS A rare US release of the Top Trumps franchise, this is a simple card battle game that allows for going through a full NBA season (without actually playing basketball) Top Trumps: NBA All Stars (PSP, Giant Media, 2012) Where to Buy: The PSP Mini version was discontinued…
WILD WILD RACING
Original Release: Interplay, 2000, PlayStation 2 A near-launch title and the first offroad/buggy racer for PS2 Wild Wild Racing (PS2, Interplay, 2000) Where to Buy: Amazon How to Emulate: PlayStation 2 Emulation Guide Offroad racers were barely a thing until the PS1 era and didn’t really get compelling until the PS2/Xbox, when the horsepower allowed…
WWE SMACKDOWN: SHUT YOUR MOUTH
Original Release: THQ, 2002, PlayStation 2 The first official “WWE” game acquitted itself well by making some improvements to the Smackdown gameplay formula and adding tons of fun stuff to play around with WWE Smackdown: Shut Your Mouth (PS2, THQ, 2002) Where to Buy: Amazon How to Emulate: PlayStation 2 Emulation Guide Shut Your Mouth…
VT TENNIS
Original Release: Virtual Toys, 2010, DS / iOS / PSP A simplistic budget tennis game that is directly “inspired by” Sega’s early Virtua Tennis games VT Tennis (PSP, Virtual Toys, 2010) Where to Buy: No longer officially available (discontinued with all PSP Minis in 2015)How to Emulate: coming soon! As the tin clearly indicates, this…
DRAGON QUEST AND FINAL FANTASY IN ITADAKI STREET SPECIAL
Original Release: Square, 2004, PlayStation 2Other Releases: PSP (2006) The fifth game in the Itadaki Street series was the first to incorporate guest appearances from game franchises outside of the Dragon Quest world, but seems to assume that new players are already very familiar with at least one of the previous titles Dragon Quest and…