Armoured Trooper Votoms
March and strafe around the levels taking down fellow mechs with ace explosion effects and atmospheric arenas. ...
Blade Maker
Lavish, large characters that give Blade Maker its own distinct look and its playing style is niche as it treads its own path. Subtitled Alef's Arms Shop. ...
Depth
Self-titled musical adventure game, creators follow our funky dolphin through a showcase of techno infested waters, swimming through underwater cables to be...
Fun Fun Pingu
Perfectly represents Pingu in the gaming world as players enjoy catching a fish from a bucket in the living room and a snowball fight. Genki is pretty sure ...
Missland
A simple concept involving comparing two images side by side and finding the differences. Enjoyable ...
Nyan to Wonderful
Enjoy the company of a dog and cat in the garden by feeding them, playing ball or even sending out a remote control car for them to chase round and round. ...
One Piece Grand Battle 2
Captures the anime's vibrant energy and off-kilter nature as represented by Pandaman with his shark special moves. The locales are suitably zany with player...
Poitters Point
Precursor to Power Stone, players chuck around on-screen weaponry to take down the other participants in the arena. Plenty of missiles, boulders, chests and...
Senkaitaisen
Classical Chinese setting for this adventure complete with a senior gentleman who wouldn't look out of place in the Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountains. Th...
The Swimming
An array of swimmers from the innocent to the evil looking to take to the pool to try and blow away the opposition with a good, rhythmical stroke. ...
Alundra
Chooses to go with the 16 Bit RPG sprite-based world and looking very dapper for it. The exploration action also seems to also take a leaf out of Zeldas man...
D no Shokutaku Complete Graphics
Kenji Eno's opus caused a real stir in the gaming world at the time of its release. This game involves choosing various options such as to open a drawer or ...
Formula 1
Fine interpretation of the sport that left many behind in its slipstream with its fine handling and impressive draw distance. ...
Kokumeikan
Self-described 'trap simulation game', torch-lit dungeons mask undead inhabitants awaiting in the shadows which players must lure into traps to save ones so...
Sailor Moon Super S
Rendered sprites to give the femme fatale fight fest a fell of pseudo 3D, but it is just eye candy for a 2D engine. Plenty of chit-chat to make the most of ...
Stone Walkers
Players select options from the text as to their actions in this mysterious anime style adventure that takes place in a South American jungle setting. ...
RPG School 3
The ultimate in luxury for the RPG lover: the ability to change the script at various points in the game. So a handy item can be cunningly added, a boss bat...
Saru Get You (Best)
Bringing the spring back into gamers steps as the player charges around trying to round up rogue simians. Colourful and fast-paced, a nice reminder games sh...
SD Gundam Gcentury (Best)
Turn based battle simulator with very enjoyable combat sequences where the player gets to lock horns with opponent in real time, side scrolling battles with...
Space Invaders
Genki doesn't remember any shortage of 100 Yen coins, nor 10 Pence pieces for that matter; just a strange, cigarette burnt machine in the middle of the loca...
Angelique Special (Best)
Romance and adventure all set to a typical game music (like you get lift music, apart from game music) and an imperial, fantasy setting: think Heroic Legend...
Choro Q Ver 1.02
Fun racing game due to the sprite graphics keeping action fast paced and the car physics a bit more forgiving. Great locales from the Big Truck arena to the...
Persona 2 Eternal Punishment
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...
Pop n Music 2 (Best)
Such a funky look to match the groovy beats as those with the music in them tap the button in tune to the toe tapping tracks. A real tour de force of the rh...
Puyo Puyo 4
Multiplayer Puyo Puyo is a real buzz with this sublime Playstation version. The two player mode includes the contentious issue of special moves that often ...
Blade of Darkness
Sprite based RPG maps reminiscent of the Super Famicom golden era, but with speech and cut-scenes interlinked. The combat is also in very impressive 3D. The...
Crash Bandicoot Carnival
Many fine gaming moments have been provided through improper gameplay: playing he game not quite as intended. Crash Bandicoot Carnival has the feel of such ...
Die Hard Trilogy
All out action as Bruce Willis takes on the worst of humanity on the streets, barricades himself in for the light gun sections and hopefully straps himself ...
Gunparade March
A fine adventure as players juggle school life with the age-old dilemma of battling mecha. The city exploration is done in tidy 3D with the back streets loo...
Hyper Crazy Climber
Classic gameplay given a soup up with power ups and more adversaries as players must hot foot it up skyscrapers avoiding falling plant pots, helicopters, Ki...
Konami 80s Arcade Gallery
Time Pilot, Yie Ar Kung Fu, Pooyan, Scramble, Super Cobra, Shaolin's Road, Circus Charlie, Road Fighter, Rock 'n Rope and Gyrus make up a roster of the fine...
Mr Driller G
Really digs its own style with colourful backgrounds and characters as players get down to its cavernous levels. Quick thinking is required to plan a move a...
Xenogears
Xenogears has a fine combat system in the much-loved RPG tradition, and much as Genki loves the kung fu inspired attacks, a bit more lateral thinking is req...
Crash Bandicoot 2 (Best)
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...
Front Mission 3
Fantastic attention to detail, particularly with the mechs that battle it out before your eyes in this fine continuation of the series that sells itself to ...
Love Games Wai Wai Tennis
Graphically simplistic tennis game neatly drop shot-ing the polygon heavy approach for a more playable full screen affair. Rally potential aplenty with plen...
Minna no Golf
The start of the series and its clear how much planning Sony put into making the definitive golf game, just as it did with Gran Turismo and the driving circ...
Rockman x4 (Best)
Playable as Rockman X or Zero, the game has nice, solid sprites and slick anime cut scenes to reward the gamer for the tricky platform sections....
Saga Frontier
Imaginative quest with seven different players selectable, each with their own story intertwined with the others in the cast making for an excellent replay ...
Fighting Illusion K1 GP2000
Ring walks set the tension, but it's the ability to zoom out to fit in the ring that adds much to the fight action. The camera does zoom in too and the mixe...
Genso Suikoden (Best)
The Suikoken series is based on the Chinese classic Water Margin and is a highly regarded RPG amongst the cognoscenti. Full title: Genso Suikoden....
Harukanaru Toki no Naka de Banjyou Yuugi (Best)
Historical themed romantic adventure with language of the era and good manner to match too. ...
Hikaru no Go
Plenty more goings on than meets the eye in terms of supernatural demons as the Japanese board game gets an exciting adventure as only a top developer could...
Pitball
Think of a Playstation version of the cult film Rollerball where the alien, robot and futuristic humans battle for the ball and then must fire it in the goa...
Play Stadium
Has a graphical look like Little Big Adventure with all the associated razzmatazz you would associate with the game – so much so you can almost smell the ho...
Alien Trilogy
ine interpretation of Ridley Scot's dark, organic world full of aliens with acid for blood. Moves very well, but not as fast as Genki when one of those crit...
Crash Bandicoot
3D into the screen platform action with the speed of Taz and a good bit of fun thrown in to ensure Crash was a massive hit. Very nice blast from the past to...
Initial D
Night time street racing bringing the mange to life. The dark tracks are realistically only illuminated by the cars headlights keeping the players one the e...
Justice Gakuen 2 (Best)
Capcom unleashes a real big hitter with its otaku favourite Rival Schools series that has the flexibility to really experiment, unlike its more renowned fig...
Bust A Move
Sick moves, though those of a younger persuasion may disagree. Players have to be in tune with the tracks to match the rhythm of the button presses required...
Claymen Claymen 2
Developed by the DreamWorks team insuring smooth clay animated levels (the 70's themed level is a delight) with cut scenes to make Aardman envious and inclu...
Genso Suikoden II (PSOne Books)
Stunningly illustrated sprites along with soothing soundtrack that can snap to contain more menace than the Flight of the Valkyries within an instant. Genki...
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...
Um Jammer Lammy (PS One Books)
Any game starring Master Onion can't be a bad one. Innovators Nana On Sha follow on from the fresh vibes that reverberated from Parappa Rapper. Starts with ...
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...
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...
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...
