September 1999

Aero Wings (Flight acrobatics sim)
Airforce Delta (Flight Combat)
House of the Dead 2 (Shooter)
Hydro Thunder (Boat Racing)
Monaco Grand Prix 2 (F1 Racing)
NFLBlitz 2000
NFL2K
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’
Marvel Vs Capcom
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)
NBA2K
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)
Worms Armageddon

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
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (Best version)
(It’s worth noting that it sold well, and Eidos still canned the sequel and released it exclusively for PS2)

February 2000

Chu Chu Rocket (Online Puzzle game)
Dead or Alive 2
Draconus Cult of the Wyrm (Action/Adv)
Rayman 2 (Best Version, including PS2)
Resident Evil Code: Veronica
Sword of the Berserk: Gut’s Rage
Wild Metal

March 2000

MDK2 (Unique Action/Shooter/Puzzle)
Tech Romancer
Gauntlet Legends (best version)

April 2000

4 Wheel Thunder
Formula 1 World Grand Prix
Gundam Sidestory: 0079
Grand Theft Auto 2 (Best Version)

June 2000

Street Fighter Alpha 3
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
Bust A Move 4
Midway Greatest Hits V.1
Mr Driller
Namco Museum
Super Magnetic Neo
Tony Hawk Pro Skater (Best Version)
Industrial Spy: Operation Espionage
Evolution II: Far off Promise (Dungeon crawler)

July 2000

Fur Fighters (3D Action/Adv)
Hidden and Dangerous (WWII Espionage)
Marvel Vs Capcom 2
Test Drive: V Rally (Best Version)
Giga Wing
Railroad Tycoon II

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)
NFL2K1 (Online!)
San Francisco Rush 2012
Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2

October 2000

Jet Grind Radio (Unique Music/Stunt game)
NBA2K1 (Online!)
Quake III Arena (Online!)
Samba De Amigo (Unique Music Game)
Street Fighter III: Third Strike
Demolition Racer: No Exit
Star Wars Ep 1: Jedi Powers Battles

November 2000

Canon Spike
Capcom VS SNK
Dino Crisis
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
StarLancer (Online)
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2(Best Version)
Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness
Sonic Shuffle
Urban Chaos

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)

Vanishing Point

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
Unreal Tournament (Online!)

April 2001

Illbleed
Spiderman

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

Half Life
(Even though it was completely done, Sierra canned it)

Outtrigger (Online FPS)
Soldier of Fortune
Atari Anniversary Edition

August 2001

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

September 2001

NFL2K2 (Online!)
Ooga Booga
Phantasy Star Online V.2
Dragonriders: Chronicles of Pern

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

Bomberman Online
NBA2K2 (Online!)
Tennis 2K2
Gran Turismo 2 Bleemcast
Death Crimson OX (Lightgun game)

December 2001

Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves
Metal Gear Solid Bleemcast
Tekken 3 Bleemcast

Removed from list :

Kiss: Psycho Circus (straight shooter, but boring)

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!)