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Developed by Millennium Kitchen, this is the first game in the Boku no Natsuyasumi series that takes place in 1975 and chronicles a 9 year old boy's summer vacation in the Japanese countryside.
Though graphically and mechanically similar to Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale focuses less on story and more on lots of combat.
Super Taxi Driver is a racing game where the player acts as a taxi driver, delivering customers to their destinations as quickly as possible, released in 2000. It is a clone of Crazy Taxi.
3D comedy action/adventure/RPG hybrid built off of the Spikeout engine. Reimaging of the earlier Mega Drive release.
The Ruins of Kunark is the first expansion released for the EverQuest franchise.
This is a 3D mix between a puzzle game and an rpg that involves the player in a battle against the baron and his gigi robots. It has a fun and classic hack and slash style of combat , and many mini games that keep you involved.
X: Beyond The Frontier is the first game in the X-Universe series developed by Egosoft.
A high-octane taxicab driving game for arcades. Instead of racing other opponents, the cabbies must race the clock and dodge traffic to deliver their patrons to their destinations as fast as they can.
An action-adventure game set in 1980s Japan that follows one young man's journey to avenge his father's murder. It was praised for its ambitious scope and pioneered several gameplay features such as realistic open-world environments and Quick Time Events.
An isometric RPG using Bioware's Infinity Engine, Planescape: Torment is set in the Planescape universe and tells the dark and provocative tale of The Nameless One, an immortal searching for his identity.
Even tough the game was divided in districts the levels felt like an open world. There were different streets to explore in the majority of the levels. In most cases you didn't have to do your mission right away.
Ultima IX was the last traditional single-player RPG game in the Ultima series. Widely considered a failure, the game launched riddled with technical difficulties and is often considered the worst game in the series.
The sequel to the classic Super Nintendo RPG, Chrono Cross expanded the franchise to alternate universes, adopted a turn-based combat system, and had dozens of playable characters.
Rocket is a robot. He has a wheel that he rolls around on. So really, the title is misleading if you were hoping for more than one wheel.
Battle an ever growing alien threat while upgrading your ship and traveling to different planets to take on trade missions and tactical assaults. An early top down, free moving Dreamcast shooter.
A direct sequel to the original Grand Theft Auto and also the last 2D Grand Theft Auto game to come out until Grand Theft Auto Advance, five years later.
Final Fantasy Anthology is a collection of Final Fantasy V & VI for PlayStation.
Developed by Looking Glass Studios and released in 1999, this cyberpunk first-person shooter with RPG elements established new standards for storytelling and gameplay.
Critically lauded but commercially unsuccessful in the United States, Belgian developer Appeal's swan song was ahead of its time and has gained a cult following. Shoot, scan, and smash pots on a variety of alien landscapes.
Germs: Nerawareta Machi is a first-person open world adventure game released exclusively in Japan for the PS1. The only game developed and published by Japanese CG animation company KAJ, Germs stars a reporter who returns to his hometown to investigate a mysterious glowing object, as well as a series of mutations happening to the townspeople that might be connected to it.
Unlock sidequests and save the world in Square's follow up to Secret of Mana.
Christian themed first-person shooter where you battle giant floating heads repenting Pride, Fear, Vanity and Self-righteousness.
Rampage through downtown Chicago with one of several licensed vehicles in checkpoint races and time trials.
Grand Theft Auto: London 1969 was the first mission pack to be released for Grand Theft Auto.
Pink blobs, fairies and Living Toys are quite common in Tamsoft's turn-based RPG.
EverQuest is one of the original MMOs that helped to define the genre. With twenty-nine expansion packs and over twenty years of being online, this game is still enjoyed daily by thousands all over the world.
In the eighth numbered Final Fantasy title, Squall and his band of mercenaries fight to save their world from conquest and destruction. It introduced several new concepts to the franchise, including a subplot with an alternate main character, level-scaling enemies, and the Junction system.
A killer stalks a North American town in this open world adventure from Human Entertainment. Released on December 23, 1998, it was an ambitious sandbox adventure game ahead of its time, and served as Human Entertainment's swan song, just a year before their closure.
Bioware's first RPG, you must assemble a party of adventurers and investigate the mystery of the iron crisis and a darker threat that looms in the city of Baldur's Gate.
Follow-up to Carmageddon, continuing the vehicular mayhem. Insanely over the top "racing" game where you drive around large open levels and get points for winning the race....or taking out opponents, and people, and cows, and elephants. With a huge spring shooting out of your vehicle, amongst other things.
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