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Halo
- Platform:
- Bungee, 2001
- Debut system:
- Xbox
An appropriate year for Xbox to boast the ultimate space odyssey: As an elite soldier working alongside fellow marines, events unfold with Hollywood panache, and include ‘that’ almighty twist.
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Madden NFL 2005
- Platform:
- Electronic Arts, 2004
- Debut system:
- PlayStation 2
Pretenders come and go, trampled into the dirt by the rampaging Madden NFL series – the best ‘grid iron’ simulation ongoing since 1990. Every season is a new benchmark in authenticity.
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International Track and Field
- Platform:
- Konami, 1996
- Debut system:
- PlayStation
Brilliant update of the (in)famous sports ‘simulation’, in which button-bashing contributes to the speed or power of athletes in various Olympic events. As a multiplayer game it has few equals.
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Pilotwings
- Platform:
- Nintendo, 1990
- Debut system:
- Super Nintendo
The Super NES was able to scale and rotate images. Pilot Wings used this to convey a sensation of flight in a variety of guises. Hailed as a Nintendo masterpiece.
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Pilotwings 64
- Platform:
- Paradigm/Nintendo, 1996
- Debut system:
- Nintendo 64
Powerful 3D technology combined with the expertise of a flight-simulation company plus Nintendo’s knack for games resulted in this wonderful sequel. This time you really believed that you were soaring!
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Medal of Honor
- Platform:
- Electronic Arts, 1999
- Debut system:
- PlayStation
A dream come true for boys, and boys at heart, reared on WWII action movies: gritty as a soldier’s boot, and polished as his buttons. Famously earthshaking sound effects too.
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Soulcalibur
- Platform:
- Namco, 1999
- Debut system:
- Dreamcast
A Dreamcast wonder: not only does Soulcalibur rank among the finest fighters of all time, it stands shoulder to shoulder with the most artistically beautiful and technically marvellous games, period.
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1080 Snowboarding
- Platform:
- Nintendo, 1998
- Debut system:
- Nintendo 64
Laid tracks for others to follow. Sensational use of the analogue control to edge through thick snow, and control slides across ice patches. Stunts so gnarly, they’ll knot your fingers!
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Dance Dance Revolution
- Platform:
- Konami, 1998
- Debut system:
- Arcade
Played using your feet, in time to music! Pro-players in the arcades even perform stunts, sometimes synchronised with a ‘Dance Dance’ partner. The most refreshing gaming experience since games began.
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Afterburner
- Platform:
- Sega, 1987
- Debut system:
- Arcade
After Top Gun, every guy wanted to be Tom Cruise on a highway to the Danger Zone! In the pilot seat of an Afterburner machine, you believed you were there!