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  • Sonic Adventure 2 (2001)

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    Sonic Adventure 2 (2001)

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    Sonic Adventure 2 was (obviously) the sequel to Sonic Adventure which was a launch game for the Sega Dreamcast. Both games are 3D platform games featuring Sonic and the first Sonic Adventure was the first Sonic game in the main series since Sonic & Knuckles on the Genesis.

    Development started almost immediately after the first Sonic Adventure and took approximately 18 months. Like Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2 was released first on the Dreamcast and then on the Gamecube months later. Sonic Adventure 2 was also re-released in HD as downloadable content in 2012 on the Xbox 360, PS3 and Windows.

    I was always more of a fan of the 2D games myself but if you are a Sonic fan then these are worth playing as they were some of the best 3D platform games out there during that era.





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  • Crazy Taxi 2 (Sega Dreamcast)

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    Cover for Crazy Taxi 2 on the SEGA Dreamcast.

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    Crazy Taxi started life as an arcade game in 1999. It was an open world racing game where you had to pick up and deliver passengers in a limited amount of time. The original Crazy Taxi was ported to the Dreamcast in 2000 and later to other systems. The Dreamcast was based off of hardware used in the arcade game making it nearly arcade perfect.

    Unlike the original, Crazy Taxi 2 started life on the Dreamcast and was released in 2001 a couple of months after the console was discontinued. It was not terribly different from the original but it did add some new features including more playable characters, more cities, the ability to carry multiple passengers, and the addition of special moves that could shorten time between destinations and increase your tips. While the original Crazy Taxi was ported to multiple systems, Crazy Taxi 2 was only originally available on the Dreamcast. It was included as part of Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars that came out on the PSP several years later.

    Though the Crazy Taxi series spawned a number of clones, including The Simpsons: Road Rage, the last main game in the series was Crazy Taxi 3 released for the Xbox in 2002. There have been a few portable releases with the most recent being Crazy Taxi City Rush for iOS in 2014.





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  • Chef’s Luv Shack

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    Magazine ad for Chef’s Luv Shack, by Acclaim for the PlayStation, Sega Dreamcast, Nintendo 64 and PC (DOS).

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    South Park: Chef’s Luv Shack is South Park’s version of a party game. It consists of nearly two dozen mini-games interspersed with triva. Unfortunately, the game is exclusively multi-player and there is no AI to play against. Of course, these types of games are better vs. other people but it’s nice to have the option to play against the computer.

    One neat aspect is that many of the minigames are based on classic arcade games. For example, Asses in Space is based on Asteroids, Pizza Boy is based on Paperboy, etc.

    However, at the end of the day the game just wasn’t all that good. The mini-games quickly grow boring and while many may be based on classic arcade games, they aren’t nearly as good. To make matters worse, the trivia portion of the game is generally too easy and doesn’t play well making the mini-games the best part.


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