Street Fighter EX2 Plus
With over twenty characters from the familiar in Sagat and Blanka to the newer Garuda and Hayate there's a lot kicking off in SFII EX2 Plus. But hopefully t...
Ace Combat
Early PS1 release showing Namco's early grasp of the architecture to deliver a zippy polygon riposte to its critics which, alongside Ridge Racer, announced ...
Art Truck Battle
Massive title in Japan as the driver steers a massive truck against a rival firm to be the first to deliver the consignment. The 'Battle' of the title comes...
Assault Suits Valken 2
Takes a turn based strategic approach to mecha warfare (similar to Front Mission) as opposed to the previous clunky metal shoot 'em ups. Keep an eye on your...
Breath of Fire III
Capcom shows how it can update its Breath of Fire series with the extra processing power of the Playstation, whilst remaining faithful to the pretty glint i...
Capcom Generation 1
Arcade classics 1942, 1943 and 1943 Kai on the one CD which is great to see as, aside from the 1941 Super Grafx conversion, until this release the home vers...
Ghost in the Shell
Based more on the manga version as opposed to the haunting Masamune Shiro off shoot anime with its vivid imagery that inspired the Matrix. That said its cle...
Goemon Shin Sedai Shuumei (PSone Books)
Dragged poor Ganbare Goemon kicking and screaming into the new millennium with futuristic setting and street punk make over for the crew. Pseudo 3D graphics...
Policenauts (The Best)
Hideo Kojima follows on from the seminal 'Snatcher' is this Blade Runner-esque digitised adventure set in the space age future. Shows the experimentation at...
Raiden (Best)
Conversion of the much heralded Seibu Kaihatsu coin-op that never relied on cheap tricks or gimmicks, just simple play mechanics, hardcore level structures,...
Raiden DX (Reprint)
Military based verticle scroller with lavish attention to detail. A keen eye will be needed to avoid the barrage of enemy assaults....
Segare Ijiri
This is the most bizarre game we have ever encountered. The arrow head hero climbed a rope where a mini cow with a man's head popped out from the neck of a ...
Stahlfeder
Little known old school vertically scrolling shooter with a cult following. Carries a vertical laser like Donpachi allowing you to let rip on all the ships ...
Strikers 1945
World War II themed vertically scrolling shooter. Fresh from the arcades, the smart AI adjusts the difficulty to help or hinder you depending on how well yo...
Strikers 1945 II
Vertically scrolling tribute to the Capcom 194x series but still a refreshing change from the reoccurring outer space theme. Improved aurally and visually o...
Tekken 2
What more is there to say about the classic Tekken 2 that along with Namco's other arcade conversion Ridge Racer, dropped so many jaws and did such a power ...
Twinbee Deluxe Pack (The Best)
Lushly pastel shaded vertically scrolling shoot 'em up from the reliable Konami stable celebrating ten years of Twinbee. Off - shoot of the Gradius and Paro...
World Soccer Winning Eleven 3 World Cup France 98
When France came good and Ronaldo went awol as Les Blues united the country in their domination of all before them. Relive the moment or rewrite history as ...
Chrono Cross
Input from the Final Fantasy producer and a near army of playable characters each with their own story setting Chrono Cross in the top flight of RPG games l...
Horned Owl
Played from the perspective of a mecha's cockpit Horned Owl has a solid depth to its 3D shooting action and slick, anime theme with all the characters desig...
Kamen Rider
Ticks all of Genki's boxes: fighting blokes in rubber suits, cheesy 70's soundtrack and our Kamen Rider himself looking like a big-eyed fly. Superbly captur...
Love & Destroy
Played in Matrix style environments that break up as they are destroyed to reveal sparking circuitry beneath, players take control of one of the three femal...
Namco Anthology 2
Once again hats off to Namco: Adventure of Valkyrie, Pac Attack, King of Kings and Namco Classic II. Valkyrie is an absolute treat with its Kikikaikai style...
One Piece Grand Battle
More high jinx on the seven seas between Luffy and crew with a catapult and stretchy arms thrown if for good measure. All very nicely animated with sunshine...
Shaman King Spirit of Shamans
Developed from an anime series, Shaman King sees you being able to charge up a spirit meter through pressing the correct button when urged to do so by your ...
Tales of Destiny
The painstaking attention to detail and the respectful nod to its Super Famicom forefathers in not radically dragging the RPG into the Playstation era ensur...
The King of Fighters 96 (The Best)
Twenty nine characters of which two are bosses offers plenty of moves and martial techniques to master as the King of Fighters series grew up in this forwar...
Ultimate Parodius Deluxe Pack
An interesting look into the psyche of the Japanese game developer with some bizarre and often culturally confused imagery ensuring the action remains fresh...
X Men vs Street Fighter EX Edition
2D fighter looking fine on the PSX: souped up in this EX Edition so it can conjure the magic of the arcade without breaking into sweat or slowdown. Seeing t...
Aquanauts Holiday
Successful series which enjoyed an update to the PS3 as players build up their reef with different species of fish. Swimming with the stingrays and clown fi...
Dino Crisis 2
Rejects the subtle tension building approach of the prequel and goes for an all action dinosaur war, very much like Jurassic Park. Some great cinematic qual...
Doko Demo Issho
Toro, the white cat, travels to exotic places around Japan and is the star of 'Always Together'. Such was the popularity of this virtual pet game in Japan t...
Hajime no Ippo
A great conversion of the original manga source into game format drawing heavily on the boxing themed source material which adds much to the overall package...
Rival Schools
This 3D slug fest comes on two disks: one Arcade and one Evolution. Arcade features the story mode where you battle with your team against other schools. Or...
Bushido Blade
Lauded by many of gaming's cognoscenti for it's stance of one hit, one kill. Requires the patience and zen of a true samurai. ...
Densha De Go
Live the childhood dream and put on your white drivers gloves and kick back in your drivers cabin as you ferry the good citizens of Tokyo around the Yamanot...
Dino Crisis
Builds the tension up slowly like the original Jurassic Park film and then cranks up the sweaty palm factor just when your least expecting it. Some great ci...
DragonBall Final Bout
The 3D modelling give the series the feel of collectable DragonBall figures battling each other on the different planes the series is renowned for. But they...
Ganbare Goemon Space Pirate (The Best)
A brilliant version containing all the elements that make Goemon so special: brilliant platforming sections, wandering around town getting some octopus dump...
Persona 2 Innocent Sin
A branch of the Megami Tensei series that should have been released in the West yet tragically never was probably due to the school based violence despite b...
Smash Court
Tennis games have never needed over eloborate graphics as the cartoony, highly playable Smash Court remonstrates with panache. Some highly imaginative court...
Soukaigi
Epic action RPG adventure with the emphasis more on hack and slash rather than anything too cerebral. The RPG elements involve boosting your attributes thro...
Street Fighter Zero
Martial arts mayhem as Capcom's colossus receives a bit of fine tuning to make this a well balanced, bruising encounter. Joypad dexterity and zen - like pat...
Vampire Savior EX Edition
Great strides made to improve the play mechanics over Vampire Hunter and includes the exquisite death moves. Incredibly fluid animation with Capcom squeezin...
Metal Slug X
Shin Nihon Kikau reminded the 3D obsessed gaming fraternity that graphics over gameplay isn't much fun. Play as fan favourites Marco, Tarma, Eri or Fio as y...
Metal Slug X (The Best)
Shin Nihon Kikau reminded the 3D obsessed gaming fraternity that graphics over gameplay isn't much fun. Play as fan favourites Marco, Tarma, Eri or Fio as y...
Tekken
The arrival of Tekken brought home the power of the new 32Bit generation and pushed the Playstations prowess to the forefront of the gaming public's conscio...
Ace Combat 2
Very impressive results as Namco squeezes every iota of performance out of the Playstation. The ground detail is very high, coupled with plenty of vocal war...
Crash Bandicoot 2
Tasmanian Devil styled Crash Bandicoot charges into the screen adding to the feel of rampaging as he spins and bounds across obstacles and adversaries. Genk...
Dragon Quest VII
Dragon Quest has a distinctive graphical look that captures the kawaii even in its bad boy bosses. Its easy to see why it is so cherished by its devotees an...
Rage Racer
Very impressive results with many a rev head having cut their racing teeth on this and Ridge Racer. Captures all that's good about race games with a high pi...
Samurai Shodown Warriors Rage 2
As with most established franchises, Samurai Spirits also removes almost every trace of the well known key characters when producing a new, risky twist in t...
Street Fighter Zero 2
Set before the original Street Fighter, this features a host of faces to liven up the action: none fresher than Sakura, prouder than Rolento or wiser than o...
Street Fighter Zero 3
Top draw conversion full of speed, colour and Capcom flair and far more affordable than the Saturn incarnation. The World Tour is the real mainstay with Cap...
Tail Concerto
Played as a dog piloting a mecha suit in order to round up rogue felines who have been getting a bit aggro, Tail Concerto is a real treat and not just for t...
Toshinden 2 Plus (Best)
Plenty of ellipse-shaped fighters with dynamic backgrounds and fast paced soundtrack in this tweak to the popular Toushinden series....
Twinbee RPG
Twinbee takes its Opa Opa style ships on legs and spins them into a fine yarn in the 3D mode of many Playstation titles yet with plenty of spit and polish a...
Virtual Hiryu no Ken
3D battle fest as the Playstation gets in on this popular N64 series act and with its plethora of special moves and fighting styles there’s never a dull mom...
Tripuzz (New)
A highly-collectable puzzle game in which players must get their brains thinking on the lines of triangles to slot them together and deliver punishing chain...
Biohazard Directors Cut Dual Shock Version
The Directors Cut has an easier mode for beginners with more life, more weapons, double the bullets and ink ribbons to save. It also features an Arrange Mo...
