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====== Notes on PS2 Games ====== | ====== Notes on PS2 Games ====== | ||
- | ===== Notes ===== | + | Collapsing the table-of-contents on the right should make this page flow a bit nicer. |
- | ^ // | + | I wrote a lot of these entries a long time ago and they' |
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+ | ^ //Ace Combat: The Belkan War// | | | ||
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+ | ^ //The Adventures of Cookie & Cream// | | | ||
+ | | [[FromSoftware]] made a cute, co-op, action game. || | ||
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+ | ^ 福原愛の卓球一直線 ((//Ai Fukuhara' | ||
| Pretty crummy TT game, but it has spirit//!// || | | Pretty crummy TT game, but it has spirit//!// || | ||
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+ | ^ //Alone in the Dark// | | | ||
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+ | ^ //Armored Core Nexus// | | | ||
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^ //The Bouncer// | | | ^ //The Bouncer// | | | ||
- | | A briskly-paced, | + | | A briskly-paced, |
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^ //Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter / Breath of Fire V: Dragon Quarter< | ^ //Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter / Breath of Fire V: Dragon Quarter< | ||
| One of the few PS2-exclusive games I've actually gotten ride of. Is quite popular in top RPG and PS2 game lists in discerning circles, but for me it's ruined by icky anime characters and plot---helpless female fantasy character, etc. || | | One of the few PS2-exclusive games I've actually gotten ride of. Is quite popular in top RPG and PS2 game lists in discerning circles, but for me it's ruined by icky anime characters and plot---helpless female fantasy character, etc. || | ||
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+ | ^ //Capcom vs. SNK 2// | also on: Arcade, Gamecube | | ||
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^ //Chulip// | | | ^ //Chulip// | | | ||
| I died jumping from a modest height and lost my progress. Save often, kids! || | | I died jumping from a modest height and lost my progress. Save often, kids! || | ||
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+ | ^ //Cocoto Fishing Master// | | | ||
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^ //Final Fantasy XII// | also on: PS4 | | ^ //Final Fantasy XII// | also on: PS4 | | ||
- | | This the only contemporary // | + | | This' |
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+ | ^ //Fire Fighter FD-18// | | | ||
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+ | ^ //Fire Pro Wrestling Returns// | | | ||
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+ | ^ //Flipnic// | | | ||
+ | | Great example of a videogame version of pinball. Does all sorts of things you can't do on a pinball machine. ' | ||
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+ | ^ //Garouden Breakblow: Fist or Twist// | | | ||
+ | | I suck at it, but it has the biggest big beefy beef boys. || | ||
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+ | ^ //Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex// | | | ||
+ | | I love the eeryily large and empty levels. Real spaces from a parallel universe. || | ||
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+ | ^ //God Hand// | | | ||
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+ | ^ //Gradius V// | | | ||
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+ | ^ //Hidden Invasion// | | | ||
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+ | ^ //Ibara// | | | ||
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+ | ^ //Ico// | | | ||
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+ | ^ //Katamari Damashii// | | | ||
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- | ^ //剣豪 | + | ^ 剣豪3 ((//Kengo 3//)) | | |
| Japan only entry in this // | | Japan only entry in this // | ||
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+ | ^ //Maze Action// | | | ||
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+ | ^ //Maximo// | | | ||
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+ | ^ //Maximo vs Army of Zin// | | | ||
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+ | ^ //Metal Gear Solid 2// | | | ||
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+ | ^ //Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence// | ||
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+ | ^ //Metal Slug 3// | | | ||
+ | | Not the best // | ||
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+ | ^ //Michigan: Report From Hell// | | | ||
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+ | ^ //Operation Winback 2: Project Poseidon// | | | ||
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| Lumping these together as the differences are kinda minor. The big one is that the Japanese version supports force-feedback [[sony_playstation_2# | | Lumping these together as the differences are kinda minor. The big one is that the Japanese version supports force-feedback [[sony_playstation_2# | ||
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+ | ^ //Psychic Force Complete// | | | ||
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^ //[[RAD: Robot Alchemic Drive]] / Gigantic Drive< | ^ //[[RAD: Robot Alchemic Drive]] / Gigantic Drive< | ||
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- | ^ //[[Raw Danger!]] / 絶体絶命都市2 -凍てついた記憶たち// | | | + | ^ //[[Raw Danger!]]// / 絶体絶命都市2-凍てついた記憶たち | | |
- | | Sometimes it's taught, sometimes it's actiony, sometimes it's pensive, sometimes it's //Lonely Game//, and sometimes it's clunky.If I were to buy a PS2 again this would be amongst the first five games I bought. It's terribly ambitious, but does a good job of reaching its goals. And where it doesn' | + | | Sometimes it's taught, sometimes it's actiony, sometimes it's pensive, sometimes it's //Lonely Game//, and sometimes it's clunky. If I were to buy a PS2 again this would be amongst the first five games I bought. It's terribly ambitious, but does a good job of reaching its goals. And where it doesn' |
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+ | ^ //Remote Control Dandy SF// | | | ||
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^ //Rez// | also on: DC, 360, PS4, Win | | ^ //Rez// | also on: DC, 360, PS4, Win | | ||
| Don't expect // | | Don't expect // | ||
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+ | ^ //Ridge Racer V// | | | ||
+ | | I can never get to grips with how cars handle in this series. || | ||
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+ | ^ //RPG Maker 2// | | | ||
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+ | ^ //RPG Maker 3// | | | ||
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+ | ^ //Seek and Destroy// | | | ||
+ | | It's a // | ||
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+ | ^ //Sega Rally 2006// | | | ||
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+ | ^ //Sega Rally Championship '95// | | | ||
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+ | ^ //Sega Soccer Slam// | | | ||
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+ | ^ //Shadow of the Colossus// | | | ||
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+ | ^ //Shinobi// | | | ||
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+ | ^ //Silent Hill 2// | | | ||
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+ | ^ //Silent Hill 4: The Room// | | | ||
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+ | | Plane combat game with neat designs. || | ||
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^ //[[Sky Odyssey]] / The Sky Odyssey< | ^ //[[Sky Odyssey]] / The Sky Odyssey< | ||
- | | ... || | + | | Probably the closest thing going to the // |
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- | ^ //トラック狂走曲 〜愛と哀しみのロデオ (Truck Kyosokyoku ~ Rodeo of Love and Sorrow)// | | | + | ^ //Smuggler' |
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- | ^ // | + | ^ //Smuggler' |
- | | For me it's the pinnacle of [[sandlot]]' | + | | || |
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+ | ^ //The Sniper 2// | | | ||
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+ | ^ //Snoopy vs The Red Baron// | | | ||
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+ | ^ //Space Channel 5: Special Edition// | | | ||
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+ | ^ //Street Fighter Anniversary Collection// | ||
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+ | ^ //Street Fighter EX 3// | | | ||
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+ | ^ //Sub Rebellion// | | | ||
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+ | ^ //Sword of the Samurai// | | | ||
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+ | ^ [[taito compilations]] | also on: Win, XBox | | ||
+ | | They' | ||
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+ | ^ [[tetsujin_28-go]] ((//Tetsujin 28-Go//)) | | | ||
+ | | For me it's the pinnacle of [[sandlot]]' | ||
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+ | ^ //Tokyo Xtreme Racer: Drift 2// | | | ||
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+ | ^ //Tokyo Xtreme Racer: Zero// | | | ||
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+ | ^ //Trapt// | | | ||
+ | | It hung when trying to do the first 'Side Story' mission, when playing with [[open_ps2_loader|OPL]]/ | ||
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+ | ^ [[truck_kyosokyoku]] ((//Truck Crazy Melody ~ Rodeo of Love and Sorrow//)) | also on: Arcade | | ||
+ | | Real fun arcade port, where you drive a gussied-up truck, trying to complete tracks in a tight time limit, or collect doodads scattered around a stage. || | ||
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+ | ^ //Twinkle Star Sprites: La Petite Princesse// | | | ||
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+ | ^ //Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution// | | | ||
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+ | ^ //Way of the Samurai// | | | ||
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+ | ^ //Xena Warrior Princess// | | | ||
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All separate discs in Japan, in other territories a selection was lumped together as //Sega Classics Collection// | All separate discs in Japan, in other territories a selection was lumped together as //Sega Classics Collection// | ||
- | ^ 30 ^ //[[Galaxy Force II]]// | | | + | ^ 08 ^ //Virtua Racing// | | |
- | | A great [[railshooter|railshooter]] with gorgeous, gratuitous sprite-scaling. That was enough to convince me to get it! ||| | + | | ||| |
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+ | ^ 09 ^ //Gain Ground// | | | ||
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+ | ^ 16 ^ //Virtua Fighter 2// | | | ||
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+ | ^ 25 ^ //Gunstar Heroes Treasure Box// | | | ||
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+ | ^ ^ //Dynamite Deka// | | | ||
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+ | ^ 30 ^ //[[Galaxy Force II]]// | also on: 3DS | | ||
+ | | A great [[railshooter|railshooter]] with gorgeous, gratuitous sprite-scaling. That was enough to convince me to get it! There' | ||
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- | ==== SIMPLE2000シリーズ Series ==== | + | ==== SIMPLE2000シリーズ Series ==== |
Japanese line of budget games. A few have gotten releases outside of Japan, mostly in PAL regions. | Japanese line of budget games. A few have gotten releases outside of Japan, mostly in PAL regions. | ||
- | ^ 78 ^ //[[space_war_attack]] (The Space Battle) / Space War Attack// | | | + | ^ 78 ^ [[space_war_attack]] ((//The Space Battle//)) / //Space War Attack// | | |
| It's //okay//. Decent for a Simple Series game, but not much reason to go back to it after you've played through all the missions, and there aren't many of them. It did make me curious about the developer [[organisation: | | It's //okay//. Decent for a Simple Series game, but not much reason to go back to it after you've played through all the missions, and there aren't many of them. It did make me curious about the developer [[organisation: | ||
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- | ^ 81 ^ //[[edf_2|THE 地球防衛軍2]] (The Earth Defence Force 2) / Global Defense Force// | also on: Vita | | + | ^ 81 ^ [[edf_2|THE地球防衛軍2]] ((//The Earth Defence Force 2//)) / //Global Defense Force// | also on: Switch, |
| [[sandlot]]' | | [[sandlot]]' | ||
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+ | ^ 103 ^ [[edf_tactics|THE地球防衛軍タクティクス]] ((//The Earth Defence Force Tactics//)) / //Global Defense Force Tactics// | | | ||
+ | | Turn-based strategy game in the //EDF// series. Kinda // | ||
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