PSOne Game Reviews
Capcom Vs SNK Pro
Written by Tom Clare in PSOne Game Reviews, Wednesday 10 March, 2004
With the arrival of Street Fighter EX 2 Plus in 2000, Capcom jumped ship to PlayStation2 development and took with it the legendary Street Fighter franchise. SF EX 2 was hardly the series finest momen... Read More...Castlevania Chronicles
Written by Tom Clare in PSOne Game Reviews, Friday 5 March, 2004
Some time during 2001, I spotted an import review of Castlevania Chronicles in a PlayStation magazine. Being a fan of all sorts of games, including as it happens retro 2D platform adventures, I took a... Read More...Kotobuki Grand Prix
Written by Tom Clare in PSOne Game Reviews, Tuesday 10 February, 2004
I'm sure the term 'budget release' strikes fear into the hearts of many an experienced gamer, and so when the little known cartoon racer Kotobuki Grand Prix appeared around Christmas 2002 a full three... Read More...Parasite Eve 2
Written by Tom Clare in PSOne Game Reviews, Friday 9 January, 2004
The original Parasite Eve game was one of many Japanese games that failed to get a release over in Europe, but hopes were high when Squaresoft announced that it's sequel, the simply titled Parasite Ev... Read More...Rayman Rush
Written by Tom Clare in PSOne Game Reviews, Monday 29 December, 2003
Rayman's PlayStation return in early 2002 was a surprise in itself given that he had been out with the 'hip' next-generation consoles for the previous year or so, and so when news emerged that the lim... Read More...Rainbow Six: Lone Wolf
Written by Tom Clare in PSOne Game Reviews, Saturday 27 December, 2003
No, I'm not going on a rant complaining about the lack of PSOne software in recent years, but the sharp decline in games that started in mid 2001 had lead to a near-depression by the start of 2002. Fa... Read More...Lilo & Stitch: Trouble in Paradise
Written by Tom Clare in PSOne Game Reviews, Monday 22 December, 2003
I don't know whether it was a moment of madness or desperation that originally drove me to buy this Disney film tie-in game for the PSOne (possibly a combination of both), but the disturbing fact rema... Read More...Resident Evil: Directors Cut
Written by Tom Clare in PSOne Game Reviews, Sunday 23 November, 2003
It's fair to say that when Capcom released the original Resident Evil in 1996, they couldn't have imagined the type of success that would follow. Essentially mimicking low-budget, b-movie horror flick... Read More...Pandemonium!
Written by Tom Clare in PSOne Game Reviews, Monday 10 November, 2003
Released back in 1996, Pandemonium! was caught up in a clash of the old and new style of platformers - it represented the old guard with its retro-fuelled left-to-right action, whilst around the same ... Read More...Dino Crisis 2
Written by Tom Clare in PSOne Game Reviews, Tuesday 14 October, 2003
Considering the huge hype and critical acclaim that surrounded the original Dino Crisis, its sequel received a comparatively low-key release, and the difference in the quality of the two games goes so... Read More...Rage Racer
One the PlayStation's greatest mysteries was the unenthusiastic commercial response that Rage Racer was met with. A bold and sleek progression of the Ridge Racer franchise with greater depth of c...
Ray Tracers
Perhaps inevitably, the huge success Ridge Racer experienced when released alongside the PlayStation in 1995 prompted a flurry of similar titles over the next couple of years, eager to tap into the pu...
Louvre: The Final Curse
Broken Sword aside, point 'n' click adventures have never really had the same impact on home consoles as they have for the PC, and Wanadoo's PSOne release of Louvre: The Final Curse in 2002 in a nu...
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