September 1999

Aero Wings (Flight acrobatics sim)
Airforce Delta (Flight Combat)
House of the Dead 2 (Shooter)
Hydro Thunder (Boat Racing)
Powerstone(Multiplayer/Fighting
(Gamespot’s rating was based on “fun”)

Sonic Adventure (action/adventure)
Soul Calibur (Fighting)
(Yeah, it’s over-rated. Pathetic AI for example)

Tokyo Extreme Racer
King of Fighters Dream match 99’
Sega Bass Fishing
Toy Commander
(Gamespot was just plain wrong about this one)

Pen Pen Tri-icelon (Penguin Racing?)
Trickstyle
Expendable (Overhead shoot-em up)


October 1999

Dynamite Cop (Quick Beat-em up)
Speed Devils (Multi-player racing)
Sega Rally 2
Virtua Fighter 3tb
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Maken X
Psychic Force 2012

November 1999

Armada (Overhead shooter w/ RPG elem)

December 1999

Elemental Gimmick Gear (2D Action/Adv)
Evolution World OT Sacred Device (RPG)
Re-Volt
Zombie Revenge
(It’s at least better than average beat-em ups)

Seventh Cross Evolution

January 2000

Crazy Taxi

February 2000

Chu Chu Rocket (Online Puzzle game)
Dead or Alive 2
Draconus Cult of the Wyrm (Action/Adv)
Resident Evil Code: Veronica
Sword of the Berserk: Gut’s Rage

March 2000

MDK2 (Unique Action/Shooter/Puzzle)
Tech Romancer

April 2000

4 Wheel Thunder
Gundam Sidestory: 0079
Wild Metal

June 2000

Street Fighter III Double Impact
(Yeah, these games used to matter to people)

Space Channel 5
Virtua Tennis
Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram
(Forget Twin Sticks, and Soul Calibur, this is the DC’s perfect game)

Wacky Races
Super Magnetic Neo
Industrial Spy: Operation Espionage
Evolution II: Far off Promise (Dungeon crawler)

July 2000

Fur Fighters (3D Action/Adv)
Marvel Vs Capcom 2
Giga Wing

August 2000

Aerowings 2: Air Strike (Fl Comb Sim)
PowerStone 2
Seaman (Unique voice/AI game)
(Gamespot was rating it on ‘fun’)

Sega GT
(More realistic control and sharper AI than GT3)

Ultimate Fighting Championship
D2
Deep Fighter
Sega Marine Fishing

September 2000

Ecco The Dolphin: DOF
Ferarri 355 Challenge (Best race sim ever)
San Francisco Rush 2012
Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2

October 2000

Jet Grind Radio (Unique Music/Stunt game)
Samba De Amigo (Unique Music Game)
Street Fighter III: Third Strike
Demolition Racer: No Exit

November 2000

Canon Spike
Capcom VS SNK
Red Dog (Vehicle shooter, Argonaught)
Shenmue (Revolutionary RPG)
(This is a great example of how it’s gameplay can be misunderstood)

Skies of Arcadia (Great traditional RPG)
Test Drive: Le Mans
Chicken Run
Gunbird2
Looney Toons Space Race
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2(Best Version)
Sonic Shuffle

December 2000

Grandia II
(Gamespot didn’t like the storyline)

King of Fighters 99 Evolution (2D fighter)
Speed Devils Online (Online Racing)
(It’s just an expansion with online play)


This would be a good point to show what the PS2 had available at the same time.

January 2001

Metropolis Street Racer (‘stylistic’ racer)
Phantasy Star Online (1st Online Cons RPG)
Typing of the Dead (You want quirky?)

February 2001

Iron Aces (Split Screen)
Record of Lodoss War

March 2001

Bangai-O (Treasure 2D Free shooter)
Daytona Online 2001

April 2001

Illbleed
Formula 1 World Grand Prix

May 2001

Crazy Taxi 2
18 Wheeler American Pro Trucker
Confidential Mission
GigaWing 2
Mars Matrix
Project Justice

June 2001

Sonic Adventure 2 (Fastest game ever)
Worms World Party (Online!)
Charge N' Blast (Scenery destruction)

July 2001

Outtrigger (Online FPS)

August 2001

Alien Front Online (Online, Voice communication)
Sega Bass Fishing 2
Last Blade 2

September 2001

Ooga Booga
Phantasy Star Online V.2
Dragonriders: Chronicles of Pern

October 2001 The PS2’s Top Ten after 1 year.

Bomberman Online
Tennis 2K2
Death Crimson OX (Lightgun game)

December 2001

Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves

Quality Import Titles

Shenmue II (Come on, it’s easy to find)
Giant Gram and Giant Gram 2000
Fire Pro Wrestling D
TR - 4
Cosmic Smash
Frame Gride
Space Channel 5 part 2
Fighting Vipers 2
Vampire Chronicles
Guilty Gear X
Twinkle Star Sprites
Capcom vs SNK 2
King of Fighters 2000
Get Colonies
Daisessen
Shanghai Dynasty
Samba 2000
The Pop 'N' Music series
Headhunter
Rez
Evil Twin
Ikaruga(Treasure, shooter like Radiant Silvergun!)