Fortunately, this article about Skies of Arcadia is not an April Fool’s satire, as the news broke out a few days before April 1st. Despite this, the rumors of a Skies of Arcadia Remaster do not come from an official source, but from an insider from a popular xbox podcast XboxEra. The insider in the…
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Top 5 JRPGs That Deserved, but Didn’t Get a Sequel
This one was a fun article to write and one that required a great deal of thought. The 1990s were filled with JRPGs, and most titles of the era received sequels…even within the span of a year or two after the release of the first game in their respective series. The games listed here are…
Bernie Stolar: The Legend, The No RPG Policy, And His Dreamcast Love
Bernie Stolar passed away this week (at age 75). He is best remembered within the world of video games for his exploits as Sony Computer Entertainment of America’s Vice President during the PlayStation’s early days and as Sega’s President of the American branch during the late Saturn early Dreamcast era. He successfully laid the groundwork…
Games That Will Cost You a Kidney: Skies of ArcadiaÂ
The Dreamcast’s greatest Japanese role-playing game, and perhaps the best JRPG of the 2000s, is not as costly as other entries on this weekly series. However, purchasing a working copy (with case and booklets) of Skies of Arcadia remains a considerable investment in both of its versions.  Skies of Arcadia the Greatest JRPG of…
The Best Games of 2001 According to GameRankings
By 2001, The PlayStation 2 had begun to receive its sophomore software and its catalogue began to fill up with great games. These games included Final Fantasy X and the cultural phenomenon Grand Theft Auto III.  This was also the year where the Dreamcast was, for all intents and purposes, declared ‘dead’. Microsoft and Nintendo…
The Best Games of 2000 According to GameRankings
The turn of the millennium was a momentous occasion. Doomsday nuts thought the world would end and that computer equipment would suffer catastrophic failures. The year 2000 also brought us the strongest year in gaming since 1998. Â How strong was the year 2000? All-time great game classics such as Vagrant Story, Chrono Cross, Skies…
The Best Games of 1999 According to GameRankings
All great things must come to an end, and the 1990s met such a fate. With today’s coverage we close the book on GameRankings.com’s best games of the 1990s decade. After 1998’s historically great (arguably the greatest) year, 1999 was a bit of a letdown.  Today, we bid farewell to arguably gaming’s most important decade…
Throwback Bit Thursday: The Day My Beloved PS2 Killed My Beloved DreamcastÂ
Console generations come and go. Every new generation brings forth a feeling of excitement and anticipation that is hard to describe in words. Bigger, prettier, smarter, and better games are expected with each subsequent leap in technology. In the year 2000, I welcomed with open arms the PlayStation 2 as a replacement to my old…
The Best 5 JRPGs on Sega Home Consoles
For about two decades now, Sega home consoles have been extinct. If you are 22 years old or younger, it is likely that you have never played (or much less owned) a Sega Home Console. JRPG fans who did own Sega systems back in these systems’ “heydays” know that they didn’t have as many role-playing…
The Best Console Launch Games of All Time – Part 2
There are too many memorable launch games to cover in just one list. Consequently, we have decided to continue our listing of “best launch games” of all time this week. Last week, we listed some of the most important (and revolutionary games) of their time, and today we continue the trend by including some well…