Reviews (16)

he its cool
Hey karl jorden u are right arc the lad collections is the bombardi but it did not come out for snes my cousin got this the day it cam eout and sold it when the last disk messed up on him at eb games retailersi automatically jumped to disk 2... when istarted playing mind you. but i know how are looks but it was not n snes it proves i am right go to gamespot and see its original released date, back in the day japan.. did not get mad when underpar games went on the systems i means ony did not care..but i know a lot of developers whom wanted to develope stuff for psx and ps2 when psx was almst done and ps2 is now in 2004.. i read that they said.. that they do not want no more little kid game son the system lol not like that.. i mean no more graphics like shining force.. it was a game they wanted on ps2 shingi force or to move subpar grpahic remakes to ps2 and psx in tis dying days was rejected.. iread it some where... so you can say they were invisiably fired...

but people here it is http://www.gamespot.com/finder/findgames.html

it was not on snes..rbably was going to it and got postponed for psx i guess over there theres my proof.

i ad not seen it in 3 ears this game iw a snot far in part 2 my cosin ticke dme off... heard es buyin it agian though...

cannot give it a solid like rating..

Awesome collection of strategy/RPG's...
Arc the Lad 1-3 was originally released by Sony. Arc 1 was released when the PS One first came out, in 1996/1997. About a year later, Arc 2 came out, then Arc 3 followed in 1999. The problem? They were never released out of Japan. Luckily, Working Designs, the company responsible for bringing out Lunar and Lunar 2 with great extras, has brought all 3 of these games out of Japan, with great packaging like the Lunar series.

Arc 1 is pretty short. You could finish it in about 10-15 hours (20+ if you do all the side quests), but it's still a lot of fun. Arc 2 continues the great story, and is a whole lot longer. You could spend anywhere from 50-100 hours on Arc 2. And finally, Arc 3. They took the job system from Arc 2 and made it the main part of Arc 3. Although not as serious, and more lighthearted, than the other games in the series, Arc 3 is still pretty fun. My favorite is Arc 2, then 1, and finally 3, but they all provide hours of fun and entertainment.

Also included is Arc Arena, which allows you to fight other monsters with monsters you capture in Arc 2. This was kind of fun, but I didn't really get into it.

The packaging comes with a hardcover instruction booklet (over 100 pages), a memory card holder, a "Making of Arc the Lad Collection" cd, and more. If you're a fan of strategy/rpg's, don't miss out!

Something that's fun again
I'm only about 1/2 to 2/3 done (I think)with the second game, and I already feel that I've more than got my money's worth.It's not terribly complicated, I've gotten a lot of amusement out of strange things, like looking at the bathtubs with different caracters, the game play is FUN. You don't have to be an ace player, mastering obscure button patterns, and there isn't too much conversation or graphics, JUST GAME!

Arc the Genius, sayeth the Genius...
Arc the Lad isn't a game that everyone will like because there isn't very much exploration. You don't control your character very much at all outside of battles and you have to get caught up in the dialogue in order to enjoy the story and the game. Arc the Lad's best feature is the battle system. The battle system is defiantly unique, of course there are a number of games that use a system that is similar but Arc the Lad came out before those games, it was an SNES game when it first came out in Japan mind you. As soon as I fought my first battle I loved this game and it reminded me of Shining Force, and once I met Tosh I was sold. Great start off to the series even though the last boss is extremely easy.

Arc The Lad II is better than Arc the Lad, and yes I have beaten it (for that reviewer who claimed not very many people have beaten it). The spells look better than Arc the Lad and you get to capture monsters and have them join your team. A complaint I have about the monsters is they cannot equip armor and so cannot keep up with your human party members. But with monster Arena you can fight with your friends (assuming you don't spend all your time on Amazon and do have friends) with your monster and so still keeping them up on levels is pretty important. This game is tougher than the first, it has more puzzles and tougher enemies plus the level you can level up to is insane (I have no idea what the max is but it is over 150). This game introduces the Hunter's Guild to Arc the Lad lovers where you take up jobs and go after wanted monsters all for money. Most of the cast from Arc the Lad joins up with your party and you can fight with them, if you've beaten Arc the Lad you can use convert and your characters from Arc the Lad will be at the same level with the same weapons you last left them at. The transition between games is extremely smooth thumbs up to this game! Sometimes the battles do get annoying but bare with it man... it's a good game, now shut your complaining.

I must admit I haven't beaten Arc the Lad III , so I think I'm entitled to my opinion about this one. Man I love the character Lutz but everyone is so mean to him, Alec (the hero) is suppose to be his best friend and yet he joins the others in picking on him they should realize that Lutz kicks all their [butts] and they should shut up cause he's the best character... Ahhh that felt sooo good Ok. enough about my Lutz raving. The game is better than the other ones. You meet a lot of the cast from the first and second game but it's rare for you to fight along side them, none of them join your party. But that's ok cause you fight with Tosh for a while (he's not at the same level I left him on GRRRRRRR) The plot revolves more around the Hunter's Guild than the second one and you're introduced to other Guilds.... Not sure if I like the other guilds or not I rarely use them but hey if you like that type of thing I guess. The magic looks good and now instead of capturing monsters you turn them into cards where they'll do one move and disappear, hey I'm not complaining I think it looks pretty cool myself. Anyways this game is awesome with the awesome battle system all the Arc the Lads have... So great stuff here... Did I mention Lutz is awesome?

Overall Arc the Lad satisfied me especially its battle system. The Arc the Lad series (though I haven't played the fourth one) flows together better than any video game series I've ever played.

Hmmm, overated, and not joking
Alright this review is going to reveal the truth about arc the lad. No there isn't any spoilers, but I will spill out the real details.

Arc the Lad 1: Great game. Really short. But really fun, after you play it once it isn't as great, but still I loved the battles and the 2d graphics worked great.

Arc the Lad 2: Ok its got alot more in it. You can change your weapons, more spells, tons of characters, monsters to control, yet sadly fails. The reason being? Noone actually plays to the end. Most of these people reviewing probably haven't gotten to the second half of the game. The first part is great. Then the battles start to get more frequent. The third part is enormously filled with meaningless battles, one after another. Then we reach the final areas. Tons of battles in which the reward is a new plot twist, you now must go to some random town and enter a doom tower filled with 30 levels of battling fun! Ok so you beat the tower, then split up in some ice area, 2 groups, thousands of battles. So you reach the final dungeon(s). Ok you walk up some stone blocks... now your going to HAVE to fight 5 consecutive battles in a row. Then go into this place and search for like 5 switches or something, it wasn't clear. I fought 4 battles going into a house and coming out, then realized there was nothing in there. I walked up to it, entered battle, went inside and battled, entered a room to find nothing, left the room and battled, went outside and battled. In these battles you are outnumbered. You just use your magic and take them down in about 3 hits. The magic starts to get real annoying after you see it thousands of times. Ok so you find the switches, guess what, you have to go into this creepy lair and fight some bosses, great. Overall the game really slumps. Most of the reviews here just say that arc the lad 2 has more then arc the lad 1 and is better. Sure arc the lad 2 starts great, but I am WARNING you, you will probably just stop caring by the end.

Arc the Lad 3: I got to the final dungeon and quit in arc the lad 2, then arc the lad 3 was popped in. I did not load my data because, well, I never finished arc2 to the dead end. So you basically are a hunter. The Cast seems dry compared to the original. Still the 3d seems appropriate, because most games are 3d now. It isn't better then what you can find anywhere else. Just go play a game like final fantasy 7 or legend of dragoon and you will be more satisfied. But arc the lad 3 seems kind of a blend of arc1 and arc2, with some today standards thrown in.

Arc the Lad Monster Arena: Pointless, you load in some monsters from arc the lad 2. I used a monster throught the whole game in arc2, yet the monster was still 10 levels behind all my other characters. Monsters are pointless, you have like 30 different good characters to choose from. This game just has some battles, and buying of stuff. Don't worry about it.

Extra: The book is kinda cool, considering its hardback. The little stand things are not really needed. The memory card holder will probably never be used. But the analog covers seems kinda okay, but feel weird. The making of the games is not really a blast either, its just showing you how they do stuff that you will never be able to do.

Overall the games are not that satisfying. If arc1 was released alone for like 15 dollars I would get it. But it is really short. So do not spend your money on this product. Borrow it from a friend, play arc1, then return it. ... Read more

Features

• 13 fully animated bosses, and five attack ships that the player customizes
• Snatch new gunpods from defeated enemy ships to customize your fighter
• For 1 player
• 3-D side-scrolling space shooter
• Three different fighter ships to choose from

Reviews (15)

Shooter Bliss
Rating: A+
You would honestly think that any game made by Square, in the era right after they relesed Final Fantasy Seven would have gotten more recognition than this game did, but unfortunately it did not, easily becoming an underground type sensation that few could argue, is not only one of the classic shoot-em-ups on the Playstation, but one of the best Side scrolling shooters of all time. Taking place in the all too distant future, we find ourselves jumping into the helm of three vastly different ships, which upon receiving different weapons, mount themselves on your ship in different ways depending upon which ship you have chosen. Each level is vastly different from the next, and each boss requires a methodical and increasing harder approach to defeat it, learning the patterns and timings of each boss is a must if you even want to get past the third level. With secrets galore and 2 unlockable ships (if memory serves me correct), the game is loaded to the rims with extras that will keep you glued to your tv for hours, wondering how in the hell this game is so addicting. Well in one sense the exceedingly difficult gameplay, drives you to want to see what the next level has to offer, while the actual process of figuring out the best route through each stage, while acquiring the best weapons to be used against each boss comes down to a science, and literally you have to become "One" with the controller, and basically let your senses take over, as this is probably right up there with Contra: Shattered Soldiers in terms of overall difficulty. But let me tell you the second you step foot into the final stage in the midst of an all out war against you, and only you, this game turns the world on you as you battle in space and fight off against one of the hugest RoboTech inspired bosses ever. Phenomenal music accompanies this blissful experience, as the pounding techno music even made me import the soundtrack from Japan, as I just could not get enough of the game and its music. It is unfortanate that the game never really made the waves it should have stateside, as I'm sure Square's reluctant to release a sequel, due to the games lackluster sales, but then again it just moves it right up there with Radiant Silvergun (probably THE best shooter of all time), in terms of one of those games you mention to someone, and there either like "What game?" or "Oh my friggin' God that game is so amazing." Praobably one of the best games you've never heard about or will get a chance to play, good luck finding it, and even greater luck trying to master it and beat it. Impeccable.

Shock and Awe approach to a classic premise.
There are quite a few really nice 2D shooters for the playstation, though you'd never know it. Why?"If you play only one shooter for the PSX, make it Einhander."Ok, that's propaganda.And it works for one reason:presentation.

Einhander has one thing the others don't: bells and whistles.It's got multiple ship models, neon lighting effects, nominally interactive background elements, and obsessive attention to fine graphical detail.(Actually,this sounds like pretty much any recent Square game.)The visuals are startlingly slick, but conceptually really pretty boring.Ok, Einhander sports an ultra-cool "cyber-punk" vigilante nightlife theme, which really is borrowed straight from FFVII, which is in turn really just stolen from Blade Runner, isn't it?

So, the graphics are extraordinarily polished.Very flashy.So what else?The sound is average.The opening level has a niceoperatic techno aria (very elegant), but after that the music just fades to the background.It's lame soft trance junk, but it really doesn't matter so much since it's drowned out by explosions most of the time.The explosions and other sound effects are acceptable, but really not very notable.Occasionally there's some command recited over the PA in German, and that's fairly unique.But nothing too exciting.

The gameplay is strictly linear, and in this neo-classical shooter context that's fine.The emphasis is on reflex, not exploration.Again, the levels are very detailed and I suppose well designed, but the Philip K. Dick urban battlefield motif is a bit tiresome.There are lots of mechanized little pieces of robots and tanks and hangars and factories, and well THINGS that have little details to impress and wow the player. It's all very well done, but with little imagination.Enemies are mostly utility/military contraptions reminiscent of Aliens vehicles. They're all finely detailed, with no real surprises.The bosses are more of the same.Only bigger, madder,and with guns on top of guns on top of guns.

Speaking of guns, the weapons system is pretty cool in theory, but not really very unique in practice.You blow up a ship, it leaves its gunpod behind.You pick up the gunpod and use it until it runs out or you get another gunpod.Ok, it sounds cool scavenging parts from demolished machines,but it's really no different from picking up a little shiny powerup bubble left behind an explosion.The guns themselves are varied and pretty cool, my favorite being a light saber fixed on your nose that's pretty much indestructable.But otherwise it's standard stuff:spreaders, seekers, bombs, etc...All of this also relates to which ship you choose at the game's beginning,since different ships have different gunpod mount/laser cannon combinations.

So the game is not by any means bad.It's very good, actually, but it is without a doubt overhyped.It's beautiful to look at, but in the end not really all that fun.It's a 'retro' title thatplays by the rules of modern gaming: make it big, beautiful, and cinematic, and the uninspired gameplay will go unnoticed.Fans of the genre should definitely give Einhander a shot.But those ready for more, here are the alternatives:G. Darius for imagination and sheer fun factor, R-Type Delta for strategic challenge, Thunder Force V for a more retro feel, or either of the Ray series for top-down vertical blasting.

Eat your heart out space invaders
I'm 30 and miss the days of glory when arcade shooters ruled the world. This game seduces you with its kick butt graphics and outstanding game play. It is all you could every want from a shooter, except 2 player option, I would never sell my copy to anyone and will probably play this game when I'm 60. If you like Raiden, you will adore this game.

Legendary Shooter
This game breath-taking graphics, superb detail and lots of interesting features. This game is also crampacked with loads of
awesome mouth-watering action and adventure, also with the fact that there is exactly 12 awesome weapons and 3 sleek designed fighters for complete anilhation and don't stop there for there is 2 more radical fighters such as a police car from the first level. Features include: 3 difficulty modes, a 100-picture gallery, 5 file options, 5 fighter selections, 12 weapon choices,
and 4 configure options.

Alloy Butterfly
Einhander is the most impressive game in its class.Awesome graphics coupled with a fantastic array of weapons, arcade style handling, and outstanding, challenging objectives make it THE first choice for anyone interested in aerial combat.

The Einhander ship is a blue, jet-propelled weapons-handler that looks similar to a butterfly.The reason it's called Einhander?It has gunpods."Einhander" in German means "one hand."In addition to its mounted machine gun, it has gunpods capable of taking on up to three special weapons.A few of these:Wasp, a compact and effective guided-missile launcher, Vulcan, a gatling gun capable of extreme rates of projectile discharge, and a devestating cannon.

This is a game you have to see for yourself.Unfortunately, I haven't seen it at any local video stores, but you can trust my words:This game is worth it.Buy it, borrow it, whatever.Give this game a try. ... Read more

Product Description

Spyro 2 is the sequel to the charming, family-friendly Spyro the Dragon adventure game. Spyro is the same lovable dragon, but his challenges are now larger and more complex. Help him fly and head-butt his way through incredible new 3D fantasy worlds with more puzzle elements and bonus levels. Made in USA. ... Read more

Features

• Platform: PlayStation.
• ESRB Rating: Everyone.
• Ages 6 and up.

Reviews (137)

SPYRO ROCKS!
I have all the Spyro PS1 games and they rock! The best PS1 games you can buy.
I have Gateway To Glimmer instead of Ripto's Rage though, but they are exactly the same but with diff names and covers.
All the worlds rock, and it's nice to see more friends to help Spyro on his way to beat Ripto- and when you finally beat him, the game still isn't over! How cool? There are many skill points to earn,a amazing new level- the cool Dragon Shores, and a permanent fireball!!
If you have a PS1, you have to play this game!

Spyro!
Spyro fun aholoic sweet game!!! Very fun but not hard, it can be very very easy but it is alot of tottaly wicked fun!

Great, but not Insomniac's Best
I was a little bit disappointed with this Spyro.Don't get me wrong, it's an awesome game, but Insomniac could've put a little more effort into it.With only three worlds and about twenty-one levels, this game may only be for true Spyro fans, but, I strongly encourage you to buy this game.

Spyro second adventure!
The first Spyro was great game already, but this game beats it by far. With loads of new features and tons of new characters, this is one of the best Spyro games out there. In this game you get to travel through 4 new worlds with over 30 colorful levels with your old buddy Sparx and your new companion, Hunter, the cheetah. You must collect over 14 tallismans and 60 orbs to finally come face to face with Ripto. Also in these game, meet Moneybags. He can open up doors or drop bridges for you at a "small fee". Some new features in this include some fun mini-games, the ability to swim, and some new power-ups like the super charge, super flame breath, and super flying power. Here an overview of the game:

+Improved graphics 8.5/10
+Challenging but not too challenging boss battles 8/10
+Autosave 10/10
-Not enough new abilities 7/10
-Levels are a bit small 7.5/10
-Storyline is a bit bland 7/10

Overall, a great Spyro game. It provides lots of entertainment and lots of fun mini-games, therefore, it's a MUST-HAVE!

This ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This game is awesome! From the moment I got it I have played it like a maniac! This is a MUST HAVE! ... Read more

Amazon.com Review

Digimon World 2 is a sequel to the original monster-trainingtitle, but this one is much more like a traditional role-playing game. It stillretains the capture-the-monsters spirit, however, of the originalDigimon World, whichmakes it a fun PlayStation alternative to Nintendo's 300-pound pocket gorillaknown as Pokémon.

In the game, wild Digimon are attacking the city, and you've been drafted tojoin the guards to fight, capture, and "digivolve" them. You're armed with anifty creature vehicle called a Digi-Beetle, and you'll adventure throughseveral midsize dungeons looking for, subduing, and ultimately capturingrampaging Digimon creatures. After you get them, you can trade them or mergethem with your Digi-Beetle to give yourself new powers and abilities. Forexample, such a merging might increase your defense or attack power so you canexplore more dungeons and capture more Digi-monsters. There is a paper-thinquest and story to unravel, but it's the new powers and abilities that'll keepyou playing.

Perhaps the worst of the rampaging monsters this game offers is the curse ofsameness. There are 30 dungeons and you'll face hordes of monsters, but thevariety wears thin because the dungeons all look alike. Another problem is thatthe graphics are muddy and fail to fully capitalize on the aging PlayStation'scapabilities. Fortunately, fans will still enjoy taming and capturing thecreatures. --Andrew S. Bub

Pros:

• 30 dungeons to explore
• Hordes of creatures to tame
• Upgrading your Digi-Beetle is fun

• The graphics aren't so good
• The dungeons suffer from sameness

Reviews (55)

It was....O.K., not the best
Digimon world two is alright.It is poor in 3 ways though: Digivolution system is lousy, You have to travel around in this buggy(which you can't go far on because it runs on a battery), And it says you can capture digimon, but it is really hard, you have to throw items or presents at them so they'll like you (does not work most of the time).I still love digimon, but i was dissapointed with this game.

The second digiomon game!!!!!
If U like games and have a Ps2 0r Ps1 get the Game!!!!!This game is great. You can have more than one Digimon. You can even battle other tamers once you get a RegessterationPass and battle in the place. You can choose the vriouse team, the data team or the vaccinne team. I picked the vaccine team and got augumon.but it took forever for him to become Greymon.Greymon still had augumon's baby vioce when he did Peper breath. The graphics are not bad but all the duegeon look alike.in the Bios Domain, before you fight the boss, u can capture Metal greymon. (which wuld save me a lot of work on greymon.)To beat the Bios domain, you digimon has to be at: Lv.11 -lv.16.Can U pleaze tell me how to capture metal greymon? That wuld help.I love the battle graphics because you can controll how your digimon fights. If your out of MP, use the gaurd command. It renews your Mp and cut's the opponent's ayttack by 3or possibly more. you don't have to fight everytime, you can just run away so you can save your MP for the boss.Before going out on a mission, save. Also rookies elvove at lv.11, championsat lv.21, utalmites atlv31.When you dna you get a rookie or champion or urtamite depending on the level:
mega+ mega= urtamite.
urtamite+utramite= champion
Champion+ champion + rookies
champion + Utramite = Rookie
Mega + Urtamite = rookie
Mega+ champion = ????

The EPsucks. I was so close to the koritermon booss, that culd spit on him but Since I didn't have enough eP to move on I culdn't beat him. So i had to upgrade My EP by the mechanic. The max Ep you can have is 500. When you visit the Medatation Dome, talk to angemon and he will give you 2000 bits.
THIS GAME ROCKS!!!!!!!!! If you disagree, then your dump or mental. So quit lisstinning tome and buy this game!!!!

This game is the best!
The reason I am saying this game is the best is because when you play this game it feels like you are really in the digital world. When I first started playing this game I was really excited because I was a really big fan of digimon. I always pick Augumon because he the strongest to chose from the others. When you first start to play the game your in tranning and you have to defeat Leomon. Its easy because you have digimon on ultimate level. I never got far in the game because my playstation broke and it want play anymore, but that was a while ago and now I have a ps2. I waiting for my mom to get me this game so I can try and beat the whole game. The only thing I don't understand about the game is how to catch the digimon and have more than one. When I throw the stuff that catches the digimon it's too late because the digimon challenges me. Other than that I have no problems. Everyone should get a stragegy guide to help on any game to make it easier,but if you like the challege don't get it.

ITS THE BOMB!!!
THIS GAME IS THE BOMB! YOU SHOULD BUY THIS IF YOUR A DIGIMON FAN. THERE IS AWSOME 3DACTION BATTLES AND UNLIKE THE 1ST ONE IT HAS MEGA DIGIMON LIKE METALGARURUMON AND WARGREYMON. ALSO YOU HAVE MORE CHOISES OF YOUR ROOKIE. ONE MORE AWSOME THING IS YOU CAN CARRY MORE THAN ONE DIGIMON. IF YOU BUY THIS HERE IS A HINT. ALL ROOKIE DIGIMONDIGIVOLE TO CHAMPION AT LEVEL 11, ALL CHAMPIONES DIGIVOLOVE AT LEVEL 21 AND ULTIMATES DIGIVOLVE TO MEGA AT LEVEL 31. SO YOU SHOULD BUY THIS AWSOME GAME AND SPRED IT AROUND THE WORLD. HAPPY HUNTING!

Digimon-The 2nd Game
There are Many things good in this game...The fun battles, and the special of actually comanding your digimon's attacks. You can have many digimon, too, much more than the first DW. Even though its verrry slow, its a really fun game to play. music is good, its get old easily unless your listening to the great boss music. You can also control your digimon's digivoles by the DP (digi-point) it needs in order to turn into a certain digimon. Its great that the digimon don't die. The game is easy at first, but the domains make it harder for you in the latter levels. The worst thing is always having to DNA digivole your digimon if you want it to level up more. well, it still deserves 4 stars. =D ... Read more

Reviews (26)

how bad ape escape 2 stinks
you would think a video game is suposed to be fun but ape escape

is the opposite of fun it is the worst game on earth i would go

and shoot myself in the head if i had to stop myself from playing

that game it stinks so bad i cant even say the name of the game

ape escape aaaaaahhhhhhh i said the swear word. tell the people

that made ape escape i am going to murder them in their sleep


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Much bettter than the first!
Ape Escape 2 is a highly entertaining, fun game. The music is great, my favorite songs are from the Simian Citadel level and Lookout Valley. The other levels have great music too. It also has some new gadgets like the Bananarang, the Water Cannon, and the Magnet. New vehicles include the summerine, Snowmobile, and the Pipo Mech. In this game there are 300 monkeys out there to catch and over 20 vast levels. The storyline isn't to in-depth but it's creative. My favorite new feature it the Gotcha Box, where you can trade in your gold coins for some fun secrets that can be viewed at the entertainment center. These various extras include: Monkepedia, Enemy Photo Album, Secret Photo Album, Movies, Soundtracks, Monkey Fables, Art Collections, Bonus RC cars, and Mini-Games.

There were some problems in this game though. One was that they brought back the Boat. The boat is probably the most hard-to-control gadget in the game. I've tried and I've tried but I still can't seem to get the hang of it. Maybe you'll have better luck than me. The Tank is another ridiculous gadget. Another down side to this game is the 5th monkey in the Freaky Monkey Five. He is nearly impossible to beat. It is impossible to dodge his spinning attacks and his flaming attacks. I am still stuck on him.

Well anyway, I'd recommend this game for you if you enjoyed the first Ape Escape, it's even better than that one.

Not so good, but...
Ape Escape 2 is not so good but it works. Really. The graphics are good, the music is good, the voices are terrible and the gameplay sucks. The tank vehicle is so boring it has gotta be illegal. But this game isn't so bad. That's it.

Very creative - great fun for kids!
The reviews here really surprise me a lot. It's hard to believe that such a fun (and funny) game could get so many gripes. However I notice that most of those come from people comparing it to the original which preceded this title by 5 years. I think UBI Soft intentionally abandoned those players and aimed this game squarely at today's young children (5-12) rather than the teens that the original's players are by now.

Given the target audience, I think the difficulty level is appropriate and even challenging at times. This comes from the fact that the controls are very different from ordinary games, though they are perfect for this one. The buttons are used merely to switch between your many devices rapidly while all game controls actually are executed with the 2 joysticks. It works quite well once you get used to it. It also requires a bit of puzzle-solving and critical thinking for young children to determine which device is best for a specific job.

The main point is that the game is just plain fun to play. The action is fact-paced but not stress-inducing. The presentation is refreshing. The graphics are good but nothing stellar. A key is that the big bosses are very funny and novel. Who but the Japanese could present as a major enemy a petite, karaoke-singing monkey girl who grows enraged after you disrupt her chance at stardom? Others are equally zany.

Honestly my kids (5&9) love this game and revisit it often. My son often plays the Monkey Soccer mini-game even when he doesn't want to play the normal game; and it's knid of cool that the only monkeys that you can add to your roster are monkeys that you have already captured in the real game. My daughter loves the Dance Monkey Dance mini-game. Rare to find a game that girls and boys enjoy equally like this one. Highly recommended for kids... not good for teens or more edgy audiences.

Greatness gone bad.
There was a hint of brillence in the first ape escape that you could really admire.The game tested you in many catagories, and in the end, you were a better gamer than before.But that was five years ago, and it seems that gamming standards have fallen greatly.
I think the biggest creative mistake the developers made was waiting so long to create a true sequal to the debute title.I mean think about it. The first game was made almost 5 years ago now, meaning the audience it was aimed for at the time is older now.If they had raised the E rating to T, it would have given the game a lot more potential for a more exciting and creative plot.It's safe to say that the 'original' fans of ape escape were pretty shocked when they played this game.You can really tell which of the reviewers on the cite played the first game and which ones didn't.This game pretty much alienates it's former fans with childlish dialog and way too easy gameplay.
As for the characters, you can't really be satified with any of them.With stereotypes of your everday after-school anime shows, this game really disapoints you.And no matter what some reviewers say, this "jimmy" is Ash from pokemon.Whoever said it wasn't, is beeing mistaken by the replacement voice over that the pokemon series used in later seasons. But that aside, it's really annoying, and I liked the original characters more.
Even with all the flaws that this game so readily displays, there is one fact that you cannot ignore.The graphics have without a doubt gotten much better.But obviously that wasn't enough to cancel out the rest of this games problems.
Even tho stories don't really matter in games like this, this story pretty much annoys you to the core.Sure it was sorta cute at first to see specter in the opening scene, but if it werent for that, the story would be flat out lame.
Well as you can tell, from my point of view, this game wash incredibly dissapointing.I don't think I'll ever think about ape escape the same again.It went from the coolest game ever, to the coolest game ever with the stupidest sequal.It's just amazing how many flaws this game had, campared to how awesome the first game was.After you beat the first game, you truly feel like you've accomplished something by beating such a difficult game.But when you beat the sequal, you feel as if you've finally completed some tedious never-ending chore.
Yes, many things went terribly wrong in the creation of this sequal, but you can never destroy the classics and that is a relief!But if you won't take my word, and the word of all the other 'original' fans, play this game and wittness the horror yourself. ... Read more

Editorial Review

Spyro is a cute purple dragon in a bit of a pickle. Each of Spyro's dragon friends has fallen victim to the nefarious Gnasty Gnorc, who has turned them into crystals. Accompanied by Sparx the dragonfly, Spyro sets out to free his buddies, while collecting gems and dragon eggs. Sparx also serves as Spyro's health-o-meter, glowing gold when Spyro is healthy and turning dusky green as he tires. To boost his energy, Spryo can blast docile creatures with fire, turning them into butterflies, which Sparx transforms into much-needed fuel.

This title has bright graphics in six well-developed worlds, each with several subworlds, including bogs, deserts, and ice worlds. Unlike some action games, in Spyro the Dragon the enemies are more fun than frightening. In the Peace Keepers world, for example, Spyro must burn down the monster soldiers' tent, sending one of the minions running out, quaking with fear or, if you're lucky, dropping his drawers and shooting a moon.

Spyro's movements (fire breathing, gliding, jumping, and climbing) require entry-level gaming skills. For this reason, Spyro the Dragon is an excellent title for youngsters or less experienced players, who want to play without having to master complex movement combinations. --Kasty Thomas

Pros:

• Large worlds provide hours of game playing
• Variety of scenarios
• Engaging graphics

• Low game skill requirements may prove less challenging for expert players

Reviews (128)

i played it with kasty thomas in arizona and had a ball.
it is easily contrloed and i am inexperienced ,lol.but i played it and thought it was funny.i miss kasty too.

This game rocks!!!
spyro is a cool little dragon off to defeat nasty nork and save the dragon relms while reclaiming the gems nork stole on the way. Explore the different worlds and defeat bosses which range from a giant robot to a sheep on stilts!

Great Game!
This game is really good, but not the best of all my games.The best is Spyro, Year of the Dragon.

Wonderful!
This game is byfar my favorite Spyro game! I am hoping to beat it in the next few days and I am saying it is king of hard but VERY VERY fun!

4.5 stars! Classic!
Ah, Spyro! Released in 1998 for the PS1, Spyro is the first entry of many. [Although, only the first three were any good, because the newer ones were owned by an poor company.]

Graphics: 9/10: Horrible by today's standards, but very good by 1998 standards. Colorful and clear old-school 3-D graphics.

Music:10/10: Pretty catchy, nothing really grinds on your ears.

Sound: 8/10: Pretty good.

Gameplay:9.5/10: You control Spyro, the PO'd dragon, through many worlds. There he must collect gems, rescue dragons, fight enimies, bosses, and other dangers, and also use his trademark flame and charge moves. This game is a bit easy, but it's very entartaining.

The game costs about 10$ about now, so buy it! ... Read more

Features

• 3 hours of astonishing animation
• Unprecedented graphic depth and detail
• For 1 player
• Graphic puzzle/adventure sequel to the hit game Myst
• 4,000 breathtaking images

Reviews (8)

An experience
The Playstation version of Riven is definantly not as good as the PC version, but it still adds up to be a great experience. Solid gameplay, crips graphics, and top-notch sound. But still falls short in some areas. Disc changing can get very tedious. That's one reason why I recommend the DVD version for the pc. But it's no doubt this game will suck you in and keep you sucked for a long time. Get ready to experience a whole new world.

Myst lover's answered prayers
We were really looking forward to this sequil, after having so thoroughly enjoyed Myst.We were not disappointed.The kids are enjoying it now.

so awesome!
this game was a giant step up from myst.myst was great and all but riven was 5 times harder and more complex.it took my sister and i a while to beat.but it was worth it.we did it all using only 2 small hints from the book and one, at the very end, made me feel really stupid that i hadnt thought of it before.the graphics are great and the story relates back to myst a little bit.some things like journals and such are still here and even though its a bit of a pain to read it all, its worth it.there were actually a few people and that was cool.the puzzles were great.not impossible but some were close.it kept me busy for a while.but it was hard not to keep playing all night.it was frustratingand intriging at the same time.i highly recommend it.switching disks got annoying after a while but the rides were cool the first time through.id just turn out the lights and end up swaying with the movements.it just sort of took me into its world, even more so than myst.this was my favorite after playing all three.though exile was good too, it was a lot easier than riven and a lot shorter, dealing more with the graphics and story and video than the actual puzzles and fun.not to sayy that riven didnt do that.the puzzles just seemed to be better.and if you ever got stuck on one place, you could take a break from it and try to solve the puzzles on a different island.overall, a great game.id buy it again.replay value isnt that great since you remember exactly what to do the 2nd time through because it took you so long the first time.but im keeping it and ill replay it in another year or so when ive forgotten it.it keeps the mind sharp and the senses acute.watch out for those little subtle clues!

Riven...Let your dream begin..!
This is the game you M (Y) S Ttry!I can tell you one thing,if you like beatiful landscapes and mystiqe music,this game will
N O Tlet you down!!! I haven`t Counted all the hours I`ve played this game,and I`m still not finished..!So,do I need to say more..?

Myst-Riven-Exile
First if you are a myst fan then Riven is a must-have. Riven the sequel to myst easily lives up to its name. The graphics are magnificiant for playstation although it may be sticky at times.

Riven is a thinking puzzling game if you like to be confused to the point you dont know what to do then it hits you and you know what you have to do this was made for you. Riven is a five disk game and its length mainly depends on how fast you can put things together, so dont be intimidated by the 5 disks. Althought Riven is the sequel to myst you can play it without playin myst first. I would suggest playing Myst first thought to learn the storyline. But if you havent played Myst, Riven is still a game that is worth having.

See if you can solve the puzzle...... ... Read more

Features

• 8 new enemy bosses
• 2 distinct storylines
• For 1 player
• Megaman and Zero must save the world from an army of reploids
• 2 playable characters with unique attributes

Reviews (30)

Amazing game challenge!
Mega man x4 is amazing of the good story line. He is amazingly powerful. A TRUE GAME MASTER'S CHALLENGE! This game is included whith bloody scenes and violence. Mega Man x can be better than some american heoroes

Lamar McGrady is an idiot.
Buy this game! It has great graphics, a neat story, it's challanging, has cool bosses, and it has hidden goodies! Also you can play as Zero! Zero PWNS X! Also no more passwords. I hate passwords. You write it on a piece of paper, then you lose the piece of paper, thus having to start all over again. Now you can save the game. Whoopee.

And in response to Lamer McGrady's negative review, all I have to say is that you probably never any MegaMan [X] games. You complain about the story. Well, 1. It's an action game 2. You never probably played the other 3, so you can't understand it. He also complained about the graphics. Well DUH! It was made in 1997, so the graphics looked pretty good then. He said it made Pong look good. Pong is the first game ever, so if you hate Pong, you hate all games. You should stick to fancy-3d PS2games with no gameplay or fun factor. The guy never talks about the wonderful gameplay either! He says Zero is a warrior. No, he's a Maverick Hunter. Also watch out for Jack Turner! He's Lamar McGrady's love slave!

In conclusion ignore the negative review. This is my favorite X game. If you hate Mega Man, your heart is as dark as coal.

Ahh, X4
Megaman X4, a game rivaled only by the SNES MMX titles! This game is definitely a well polished piece to have in your collection of megaman titles. Gameplay is great, with lots of "move too slowly and die" areas, cool bosses(although Capcom apparently ran out of cool names), interesting levels, and a very interesting plot. One of the more notable features of this game is the ability to play as Zero. This was originally introduced in X3, but then he was weak and couldn't fight bosses. But this time he's back and ready to kick some arse! In this game, you can choose between Megaman or Zero. Who ever you pick is who you are the rest of the game, which means Zero has more than one life and can kill bosses! Woo! Anyways, this game has a good level of challenge, being delivered more in getting through the stages than the bosses(although some can make you wanna bite a chunk of your controller off and spit it across the room, i.e. final boss). The weapons are really cool this time around. Capcom apparently had some real thinking time about weapons after two games' worth of dull weapons. The plot of this game is AWESOME, the Repliforce forms a Coup and they are labeled Mavericks. And in this game(and unfortunately, only this game, unless you look outside of the X series and count MM8), you can see the plot come to life in awesome anime cutscenes! (Capcom went lazy after this and made X into an unfortunate slide show with subtitles.) I haven't really listened to the music in this game, cuz I was too busy blowing stuff up in the enemy filled levels, so I can't rate it, lol. Anyways, this, X5, and the SNES titles are all great games and I would suggest you stock your gaming library with all of them(good luck on X3, cuz you'll need it unless you're made of money!). This game is a definite must have for someone new to the series and someone who grew up with the series. At least borrow it from a friend or your life will be shrouded in misery and pain!!! Muah hahaha!

Mega Man 3, 7, and this are my favorites!
I've been playing Mega Man games since the late eighties, and this is one of my favorites. In fact, it may be my favorite in the X series. I've had it since it was first released in 1997 and I still play it occasionally now. This game is so cool! You get to play as X or Zero, you get anime cut scenes that tell the story, plus there's even blood and a little mild profanity despite the KA rating(now E). The challenge level is just right. I never found this game too easy like X2, but it was never too hard either. I've literally beaten this game dozens of times, so the replay value is pretty good too.

The story was actually very interesting in this game. I don't think X, Zero, and the "Irregular Hunters" were actually in the right. You seem almost like tyrants in this game and even more so in the next game. If a reploid has his own ideas then...
Well I'm probably one of the few fans who is so interested in the story. Isn't this just the Blade Runner story anyway?

At any rate, this is the last great 2D Mega Man game. I highly recommend it. The Megaman Legends games are really funny in their own weird way, but it's not the same as good old fashioned Mega Man.

X4 coo
Who ever hates this game should be shot, I mean it was one of the most challenging games I ever beat I still haven't mastered it yet I only beat it as X not Zero.Colonal,Double and last but defenitly not least Sigma.Those bosses were my favorite.I can't wait till I master X4 ... Read more

Features

• Lemming types include Bombers, Builders, Bashers, Floaters, and many others
• Includes literary hundreds of levels for hours of playing-time
• For 1 player
• Puzzle-style game where players direct green-haired lemmings to their base before they die
• Box includes 2 games--the original Lemmings and Oh No, More Lemmings

Reviews (7)

Good, addictive puzzler
The Lemmings are here! And now, Lemmings, and Oh No! Even More Lemmings are back for more old-school gameplaying. The collected Lemmings titles are here for your PlayStation, and they're just as you remembered them. The gameplay is addictive and ingenious, and hasn't lost a bit of its charm (unless you played through it too many times back in the day). For those who aren't aware of what Lemmings are, here's a brief explanation. Lemmings are small "folk" with green-hair who do what they're directed to do; they walk in whichever direction you point them to; they perform tasks you tell them to; and they die if you direct them to. Lemmings, in essence, only do what they're told -- the very basis of the game. It's up to you to take them to their base before they die. Therein lies the task. The levels are designed to confuse, obstruct, and trip you up. Thankfully, Lemmings are evolved creatures, relatively speaking of course. They have diversified abilities, or tasks. These tasks range, and different levels require various strategy use of these abilities. You're given a list of Lemmings including Bombers, Builders, Bashers, Floaters, and a litany of others. The real trick is to use the right task for the right obstacle, and with accurate timing. In some cases, you might use as many as five or six different tasks to complete the mission. Since the game contains two previously released titles, the amount of levels reaches into three figures. There are hours and hours of gameplay to be had here. A normal Lemmings go-round usually lasts either only 15 minutes (a mild mental exercise), or about six hours, miminum. It's rare that anyone can actually pull himself or herself away for any shorter time.

yo
this is a cool game get your mom and tell her to get it please from bobby p.s i rule

I've been playin' this game since i was 7... it's great!
I play this game on PC since i was 7... it's fun... u have to figure out the way to clear each level... it's may take time when u get to the harder level but hey... don't u think the game that get u to think better than the game that u can clear it easily!? anyway, i hope u enjoy it as i do...

MORE LEMMINGS PLEASE!
I LOVE THIS GAME ITS FUN BECAUSE ITS FUN! I HOPE IT COMES OUT FOR PS4! HAVE FUN!

I don't want Male Pattern Baldness at my age.
Many may consider the lemmings series a revolutionary puzzle game.In some ways it is, you take a species of morons and guide them threw an underground world of blood curdling traps.However after the first 5 puzzles you will literally start ripping your hair out in frustration.YOu will be cursing day in and day out if you even attempt to beat this.The variouse difficulties don't help either.
To maek matters worse there are no Gameshark Codes, or cheat codes in general for this, maybe thats because no one ever beat this damn thing.
I would rent this if you want to relive some good old lemmings fun, but if you have never tried this than don't bother, you will just rip your hair out. ... Read more

Amazon.com

Film favorites Buzz Lightyear and Woody are back in action withtheir latest video game offering, Disney/Pixar's Toy Story 2.The cowboy Woody is in trouble in a game that closely follows the plotof the hit computer-animated flick. Although the game is obviouslyaimed at luring fans of the movie of the same name, it does containgameplay that will appeal to a wider audience. Toy Story 2 isnot a perfect game, but it captures the playability and humor of thefilm, and also has movie-quality animations and graphics.

Woody finds himself kidnapped by Al, the evil toy collector, and it'sup to Buzz to save the day--with a little help from the other toys inowner Andy's room. Buzz must venture outside Andy's house and into thelocal neighborhood. Game environments include a perilous constructionarea, a toy barn, and a sky-rise apartment. Ultimately, Buzz willconfront his arch nemesis, the Evil Emperor Zurg--but getting there ishalf the fun.

During his journey, Buzz must collect missing parts for Mr. PotatoHead. He also calls on his buddies Rex, Slinky Dog, and Hamm the piggybank for helpful tips and directions. Controls are varied but can beconfusing to master. Buzz can climb, do a "super foot stomp," fire hislaser, and perform a Space Ranger spin attack to help him get throughthe various levels.

All in all, though, this game's battle cry should be, "To mediocrity...and not much further." --Bill Hutchens

Pros:

• Better-than-average graphics
• Includes movie clips that aren't available on the Nintendo 64version

• Probably too cute for serious gamers
• Choppy control makes some levels frustrating

Features

• As Buzz Lightyear, you've got to rescue Woody from a greedy toy collector
• Back-up crew of your fellow toys helps out
• Use lasers and whirling torso spins, jump, swing, bounce and somersault through the air
• Get special powers to complete your missions by unlocking toy accessories
• For 1 player

Reviews (30)

This game is very, VERY bad
Packed with ugly graphics, boring and slow gameplay, Toy Story 2 is an game that really sucks. The movie was boring, but this is worse. Disney/Pixar and Activision made an terrible diaster in every level, combining ugliness, boredom, stupidy and gameplay so bad that it is more boring then Spice World, which is an historical Lame-Game. Don' t buy it, Don' t try it, AVOID IT!!!!!!!!

cool
This is the best game EVER. Get it or be square
j-nf

"I am Buzz LIghtyear, I come in peace"
GREAT FUN !!!I bought this for my four-year old and he can't stop playing it.I have to force him to put down the controller at bedtime.He loves being able to shoot buzz's laser weapon.He started off needed help, he didn't really understand the concept of the game.Which is perfectly natural, since he's never played on the playstation before.But after some coaching from his daddy and myself, he's become quite a player.He's jumping around and climbing ropes and all sorts of obstacles.He knows where everything is and knows how to get there on his own.He LOVES it!I've tried playing, although I'm not much of a game player, and I love it too!!Great game, highly recommend.

Fun!
This game is very fun. The playable charachter is Buzz Lightyear. The game is like the movie. Ther are mini bosses too, for example: the electronic robot, and the Zurg kite. To unlock levels or bosses, you have to have the givin amount of Pizza Planet tokens. You get them by comleting tasks or looking around each level very carefully. Here is a tip for beating bosses: Press R1 and hold down the shoot butten, you will see that your laser meter is extending, when it is fully charged, and let go. This will take more of the enimies life away. In most levels you will find Ham. Walk up to him. He will ask you to bring a certain amount of coins to him. If you do he will give you a Pizza Planet token. In some levels Mr. Potatohead will be standing around somewhere. He will ask you to find one of his missing body parts. Bring it to him and he will give you a Pizza Planet token.

Toy Story 2 (PS One)
My son is 5 1/2 years old and loves this game.Will not hardly stop for dinner.It is a really cute game with lots of fun stuff to find and 15 different levels to reach.I would highly recommend this game. ... Read more

Amazon.com Product Description

Inside this bundle you'll find Spyro the Dragon, Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage, and Spyro: Year of the Dragon.

Spyro the Dragon has bright graphics in six well-developed worlds, each with several subworlds, including bogs, deserts, and ice worlds. Unlike some action games, in Spyro the Dragon the enemies are more fun than frightening. In the Peace Keepers World, for example, Spyro must burn down the monster soldiers' tent, sending one of the minions running out, quaking with fear or, if you're lucky, dropping his drawers and shooting a moon. Spyro: Ripto's Rage improves on the original with superior controls, more colorful and faster graphics, a tighter story, achievable goals, and plenty of gameplay variety. Spyro: Year of the Dragon invites you to jump down the rabbit hole to recover all the eggs stolen from Dragon World by the evil sorceress and her henchmen. It has the cartoonish look, goofy sounds, and scavenger-hunt gameplay of the other two titles. New to the series is the ability to play as Sheila, the kangaroo; Sergeant Byrd, the flying penguin; Bentley, the yeti; and Agent 9, the space monkey. ... Read more

Features

• You are Spyro, the cartoon dragon, fighting enemies more fun than frightening
• Bright graphics, goofy sounds, and scavenger-hunt gameplay
• Includes Spyro the Dragon, Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage, and Spyro: Year of the Dragon
• Year of the Dragon allows play as different characters
• For 1 player

Reviews (4)

A Great Buy!!!
I don't own the Spyro games yet,(I ordered them off of amazon.com for Christmas)but I have played them at my cousin's house.They are sooo much fun!Get this: Even my grandmother was interested in them, she loves to watch us play Spyro on our PS1. This is an awsome buy because when the games are sold individually, they can cost up to [amount]. But in this package, you can get 3 games for the price of 2. I saw this in a store, and it cost [amount]. So you are saving between [amount[ to [amount] for some great games! I give this 5 stars and recomend it to everyone.

Spyro's Games are still to Good to be True!
On my original Playstation I bought all of these games sepreatly when they first came out, and absoulutley loved them! And now all 3 games in the series are together in a ... collecters pack, so this reveiw is for all 3 of the games, so here it goes!

Just let me start out by saying these are the most fun and challenging platforming games I own, and that includes all the Crash Bandicoots. The graphics are great and there is just so much to do in them all it will blow your head off!

These games are all about Spyro, a young curious dragon who always keeps away evil out of the Dragon Worlds. There are so many types of worlds, inclucing arabian, ice, dessert, robot, farms, dinosaur worlds, space, mountains, underwater and many more, all with great colors and suprises around you all the time. The games also have great instramental musical scores like those of Rayman, and are full of magic and numerous enemies all that fun and challenging to beat.

The characters, ( which are all whimsical and creative,) of these worlds ask you for your help, and in return give you many prizes and clues to aid.

Combined in the series, you collect many items to help you with your quests, including tailismans, orbs, and my favorite, gems, which are your currency and are scattered all around in the relams' towers, cliffs, sea-sides and just plain everywhere!

Spyro also makes many friends, and has many abilites including gliding, flying, head-bashing, swimming, breathing fire and ice, charging, super-charging and fluttering. The Spyro games are also quite simple, but may take a few extra hours to unlock everything and beat all of the speedway records, so you truly never get tired of them!

After the first in the series, Spyro, the others to follow just got more beautiful and imaginitive in all aspects and way to enjoy them.

For any fantasy and adventure liking video game player, the Spyro series have everything your looking for.

There's no way to go wrong with a dragon!

Spyro the Dragon games are top of the line!!!!!
I own over 70 Playstation 1 and 2 games combined. In all of the games I have played the Spyro games are still the greatest and my most favorite. Spyro combines adventure, puzzles, mystery, awesome graphics, spectacular characters, and suprise. They are games that you can sit down and totally enjoy. I can't wait until Spyro The Year of the Dragonfly comes out on Playstation2!! I just wish there were more games out there like Spyro and so far nothing has come very close. This game is great for children as well as adults. I am 32 and absolutely loved it. I hope to find more games like Spyro but in the mean time will keep revisiting Spyro and Sparx every so often when I miss them!! :) :) :)

Spyro the Dragon Series
I myself am a huge fan of the Spyro series. This gift pack is wonderful for any new beginner of this series or to adventure games. It's fun for all ages, and is very easy to learn the controls. Although this pack leaves out the mini game "Spyro: Season of Ice" for Game Boy Adavnce, it's still great for those Playstation fans, I myself included. So if your looking for a new game why not buy this awesome Spyro pakcage. ... Read more

Reviews (12)

The best game I've played so far!
I play a lot of games, and it seems like since I've played Tomba, nothing compares to it. It's an extreme strategy game that takes some brains to figure out. It's an absolutely incredible game, and now that it's so hard to find, it really stinks. My cd's keep wearing out from playing so much and I have to buy the game over and over again at $20 a pop cause it's so rare. Play Tomba! and love it!

The best game ever!
I can say, in all honesty and truth, this is the best game I've ever played. Wheee! Tomba power! It's so addictive, I couldn't put it down once I picked it up! I mean, who couldn't love a green-pants wearin' pink-haired wild boy that goes around beating the crap out of evil pigs!! Yay! Buy this game! It's so rare to find these days, get it while you can!

I bought tomba used.
... When I bought the game I expected the whole game what I got was just a demo tape. I was very upset when I found out. Sellers should let people know if a game is a demo or not before buying....I love to play Tomba but I will be more careful when buying anything from the market place sellers. So buyer beware what you are buying used from the market place sellers.thank you.

Tomba
Ive like tomba for about three years. I have beaten every event (hardest one being gold metal) I must of played this game about 6 time but i never owned it i just rented it from a videostore.Now its getting rarer i wanna own it!But it is hard and Challenging i sometimes had to go online and get the cheats. I own tomba 2. Thats a great game also.

Fun for a 7 year old or a 21 year old
First, I have to say that I love this game.My little brother (he is 7, I'm 21) discovered the game on a demo disk that came with our Playstation.As soon as we got it we both had to start a game.The game is simplistic enough that he could play on his own but challenging enough that I never lost interest in the game.The individual "events" that you have to clear can sometimes be a little difficult to figure out, but usually the supporting characters that you "talk" to in the game give you enough hints to work out the solution. ... Read more

Features

• Learn new spells, undertake new quests, make new friends, and challenge new adversaries
• Also available for PC, Playstation2, Xbox, Game Boy Advance and Game Boy Color
• For 1 player
• Be Harry Potter in his second year in Chamber of Secrets
• Dare to Return to Hogwarts for more magic, friendship, and danger

Reviews (14)

The Chamber of Secrets has been opened.
The game Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets for the PS1 is very fun. Now I'm a master at video games but when I got this game 3 years ago, it was very difficult (and it still is). I beat this game like 2 years ago, and I still play it. The Harry Potter and the Prisiner of Azkaban game is way much easier than this. That game took me 2 weeks to beat it. This game took me nearly a year beat!The graphiics may stink (It's PS1 and not Xbox) but this is still a really hard and fun game. You can drive the flying car, go to Ron's house, play quidditch, find secret passage ways, explore Hogwarts, and duel other people. Doesn't all that sound like fun to you even though the graghics stink. This game is way much better than Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Don't you think so?

Good...but not great.
This game was fun, but I didn't like the loads(they took WAY too long.)Also,the camera was a little strange.I did like all the secrets and passages.Overall, it was good, but not great.

Jump from platform to platform to platform to platform . . .
If you have the Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets DVD and watched the preview of the video game on the extras disk, THIS IS NOT IT; that's the Playstation 2 (or "better") game you're seeing. This one is a pale imitation. You mostly run around Hogwarts, shoot little balls of light out of your wand, and face sequential challenges, all of which seem to revolve around precision-jumping from one platform to another.

It's not a BAD game; it has it's moments. But it shows that even the irrepressible Harry Potter can't escape the Curse of the Movie-Spinoff Video Game.

Yes, It's Fun the First Time...
When I drove home with the game, I searched the instructions at the beginning, noticing exciting changes like the increase in the size of Hogwarts. Now that I think about it? Big whoop.

To be frank, I cannot see for the life of me why, if you have a better gaming platform, you get a better game. I played my friend's version for Playstation 2 and there is SO much more to do. Hogwarts seems to be based off the movie version, as it is huge and has things you would actually see. In the PSX version, you are in corridors that do not follow Hogwarts standard (maze-like) The worst part, in my opinion, is the Gryffindor Common Room. One would just love to have a look around, right? Hah. In this game you have very little to do.

I guess I'm more or less a stickler for roleplaying, and was hoping the game had a more realistic tone to it. Repeating what An Amazon.com Customer said, 'Prof. Lockhart looks like someone hit him with a can opener. Dobby looks like a rat. Colin Creevey is tiny, and Ginny Weasley looks like a pig.' It's all too true. I would love to have moving staircases, secret passages only avaliable with certain spells and more prefects roaming the hallways at dark...it adds a sense of adventure to the entire thing. Oh, by the way, even though Harry FINALLY TALKS, his mouth never moves (or if it does, the inside of his mouth is the same color as his face)

Great game, but rather short
All in all, I loved the game HP and the CoS.It was fun and not so difficult that you get frustrated enough to throw the controller at the screen, while at the same time not so easy that you felt you were playing something for five-year-olds.However, it was pretty short.I finished the game in one day, in about twelve hours.I've seen a lot shorter games, but I think they could have added more and made it longer.It only took me that long to get one hundred percent completion, including accessing the Founder's Tower--the contents of which, I must say, were rather pointless and disappointing--with no help from the internet or friends.I feel it necessary to add that I am no expert--I'm no more than mediocre.

My favorite parts:

Fighting Aragog
Looking for Wizard Cards
Fighting the Basilisk (which, in contrast to Quirrel of SS, was overly easy)
Dueling

My advice to the makers:

Make the next game a little longer, a tad bit more challenging, but not overly so, and make the Duelling a side game for two players so that you can challenge one another.That would be wicked! ... Read more

Amazon.com Product Description

Hackers have cracked into Digimon Online--can you stop their plans for world domination and save all of mankind? This game features your favorite Digimon from all three seasons of the Digimon: Digital Monsters television show. Twenty original Digimon are brought to life in a story line that crosses between the real and digital worlds. You will watch your Digimon grow as you train them in the Digital World. You can input special codes to get rare items, customize your Digimon troops, and choose when to digivolve during battles for strategic superiority. ... Read more

Reviews (57)

Hours of fun
This game is great even if you've never seen the show before. It has a pretty good storyline and great gameplay, however, the graphics can be a bit annoying at times (especially considering almost all of the Magic attacks look exactly the same).

Although it doesn't take really long to beat (around 50-60 hours), it will take you a VERY long time to complete (max out all of your Digimon's stats, get everything, ect.); I'd say 500+ hours. So even after you've beaten it, you'll still have PLENTY to do.

Best Game Ever !!!!
this game is the best digimon game ever. you get to explore and raise your digimon's levels.this game is so fun.

DMW3: One Great RPG
I liked this game a whole lot.You start the game by choosing 1 of 3 Digimon packs based on their stats and unique characteristics.Unlike Digimon World 1 you have 3 digimon plus they do not die.As you progress through the game, you will earn different digivolutions some due to level others are secret and obtained other than leveling up.All in all its like my personal favorite game Final Fantasy 7 so it makes for a great one player.

TOO COOL FOR WORDS
Pros:See your digimon grow and eventually turn into megas
Cons:none
IF YOU'RE READING THIS BUY THE GAME!!!!!!!!

Funnest digimon game made!!!!!!!!!1
You start out as a kid you get to name then you get a choice of wich 3 digimon you want. The only problem about this game is that you can not capture any of the digimon that you see, but overall this game is really fun! ... Read more

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Strikers 1945
Tnis is the ultimate shooting game. there are so many enemies such as aircraft carriers that break in half and one half becomes a crab with cannons and guns all over it, zepplins that can spray bullets like a hose sprays water (literally in that same pattern), giant tanks that will shoot you out of the sky, submarines that sink and come back up as a scorpion with a giant cannon fora tail and guns all over it, buildings that open up and have three AA cannons inside them, not to menchion the trains with armor and usually pull giant tanks. But along with this the plane YOU choose has things as good if not better than those such as one plane can launch a giant nuclear missile 10x bigger than you at the enemy that will destroy anything underneath it, another will call in two stealth bombers ( even though they are a little early for their time) that will bomb the crap out of any enemy, another plane will call in a plane glowing white that looks just like a concor and i haven't figured out what it does. Another plane will call in a giant bomber almost as big as the screen that can shoot in every direction, and another p,ane can call in an army of planes that will destroy everything!So if you like shooters then get this game ASAP
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A question
when are you going to have it back to sell on amazon

i'm 30
This game was kool in the arcade, I always stuck in a few tokens. Getting it home was cool too. Its fast paced and the levels are too short, unlike raiden which is well paced and longer. It seems to have a better smart bomb than the aracde did and the graphics are generally kool for a shooter. Its a great shooter if you are a fan, its way better than philsoma, what a let down that was, not as good as r-type or raiden, but offers 2 player shooter action unlike r-types, you can play it with your girlfriend (always a plus) so buy it if you are a shooter fan, otherwise go wow yourself with some over produced rpg.

Ok..5 Stars for this??
I recently bought PSOne with LCD screen, and play this game vertically just like arcade (ok, only available in import version).And I just can't help myself from being awed at this old game, where graphic looks so much better than certain newer games out there.Of course, you might say the newer games have better graphics(yes indeed, games like Silpheed), but look at them objective.They have this 'uneasy' feel to it, just using computer to make up all the enemies, special effects, and all that.However, Strikers 1945 boasts much more realistic, looks like hand-drawn graphic, believable explosion.

Of course, I wouldn't say this is the best shooters out there right now, however, when this particular genre is disappearing,

OWNING THIS TIMELESS CLASSIC itself is worth 5 Stars.

Yes, this game does have its own flaws, such as kind-of unlimited continues (but you won't be able to beat it in one sitting, like some other shooters out there with real-time unlimited continues..so unwise..what's the point of beating the game in one sitting?? THINK!!), certain enemy attacks are nearly impossible to dodge (ok, may be it's just me who just can't seem to dodge them when other people are having no time doing that), however, its merits are way greater than its flaws. You wanna talk strictly about shooter games with having Radiant Silvergun as the standard for experience?You wanna talk about Shienryu/Galatic Attack as best typical vertical shooters as the standard for fun factor? You wanna talk about Silpheed as the standard for graphic? You wanna talk about Ray Storm as the standard for music and best ending? You wanna talk about Bangaioh as the standard for creativity? Then 5 Stars doesn't make sense for Strikers 1945.May be 3 1/2 or 4? However, this is good enough, to receive 5 Stars at this time, where shooter is dying genre.I fully enjoyed it and play time to time again and again.I try not to use those special attack as I play more and more, and that itself is awarding enough.

Whether you like shooter or not, with this priceline and the fact you are here to own near perfect arcade shooter, it's priceless, at least, it's priceless for me.Please Enjoy It!!!

Quality gameplay, but is weaked by it's short length
The Playstation version of Strikers 1945 is a near-perfect port of the arcade game.Basically, it's an old style overhead-view shooting game with a theme loosely based on World War 2. There are several different aircraft to choose from, each with their own attack style and bomb shots...but the levels are just way too short. It only takes about 20 minutes to beat from start to finish, and the whole game just has a "rushed" feel to it. The enemy design could use some work in a few places also (giant humanoid mechs do not belong in a WW2 setting). Despite it's short-comings, Strikers 1945 is still worth a look if you like the old shooting games like Twin Eagle and Raiden. As with all games of this type though, play it in 2-player co-op mode with a friend if you want to get the most out of it. ... Read more

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Spyro is back for his third PlayStation adventure. Jump down the rabbithole to recover all the eggs stolen from Dragon World by the evil sorceressand her henchmen. The cartoonish look, the goofy sounds, and thescavenger-hunt gameplay will be familiar to anyone who has adventured withSpyro before. New to the series is the ability to play as Sheila, thekangaroo; Sergeant Byrd, the flying penguin; Bentley, the Yeti; and Agent 9,the space monkey. In Year of the Dragon, Spyro still has all of hissignature moves--as well as the special moves he learned in Spyro theDragon 2--and can control such vehicles as tanks, submarines, andspeedboats. There are over 30 levels in which to recover 150 eggs andseveral minigames that complement the standard gameplay, includingboxing and skateboarding. ... Read more

Reviews (138)

PERFECT!
I am a die-hard Spyro fan who is really into role-playing games. This is probably the best and I mean the BEST game ever made for the Playstation 1! It has wonderful senery and neat new characters.But listen to me and listen to me well, If you want to buy this game, you must buy the GREATEST HITS version with a bright green bar where it says Playstation. If you don't there is a bug on a speedway level which prevents you from completing the game. I suggest that you get it at a retail store to be sure that you get the right one.

Gr8!
I playd this game at a friends house and it is brill. Try it for yourself!

awesome!
spyro is sooooooooooooooo cool anyone anywhere should get it.i play it everyday and my brothers are obsessed with it.its all they ever talk about.

Go Spyro
My son and I have beaten both Spyro 1 & 2 and got 3 this Christmas. We love it. Spyro can do more things and the "areas" are great. We haven't tried Spyro 4 yet and after reading many reviews I am tempted to not try it at all. This game was worth waiting for the price to drop.

spyro!
one day my dad came home he had a surprise!it was spyro year of the dragon.i made him play it three times!these days i know howto do it myself. i know headbash jump headbutt good look flame glide hover and swim.if you like spyro get this vidio game! p.s.plays ps2 to,and you shoud see what happens to moneybags at the end when you headbutt him. ... Read more

Product Description

Get behind the wheel of a cherry Ford Torino, grab you .357 Magnum and go for the ride of your life in this over-the-top action game. ... Read more

Features

• ESRB Rating: Teen
• Genre: Action/Adventure
• Mission: The boys from the 70's classic are back for more joyriding

Reviews (16)

THE GAME SUCKZZZZZZZZZZZZ
I GOT THE GAME FROM (kohls)!!!! I should have known a CLOTHING STORE only has crap video games. It is soooooooooooooooooo boring and lame. do NOT get this game.i repeat DOOOOOOO NOTTTTTTTTT GETTTTTTTTT THIISSSSSS GAMEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

idon't really have it
i don't really have this game and i just want to ask any one thats reading this that has this game and are going to review it. um can you get out of the car? or do you just ride around in the car the whole game? cause im a hard core gamer but i have read the reviews andevery one says it is fairly easy.this game would be perfect for me if you could get out of the car.

Great Game
This is a very flashy, very fun car chase shooting game. You get over 20 different vehicles and guns. The TV-like gameplay makes for a good story line. There's hardly any dialogue in the cut scenes, but this was one of the first PS2 games. Gran Theft Auto:$50. Driv3r:$30. Starsky and Hutch: priceless.

Fair Warning: Rent it before you buy
Being a Starsky and Hutch fan since I was a kid, I was looking forward to playing this. The graphics are "cartoon" horrible and the need for "VR" points becomes annoying after awhile. The bad guys are like something from a Chinese Kung Fu movie, you can shoot at them accurately and it takes all day to kill them...and that's with playing with a PS2 gun (I can't imagine shooting with a controller) which makes you lose the mission because you are down on "VR" points. The dialog gets annoying too and you can't skip hearing it either.

Good for beginners, too
We just got a PS2 after having no game system at all since the old Atari I had when I was 13. So learning all the "new fangled" controls is a bit tricky.Starsky and Hutch, as well as being a fun game, is straight-forward enough that the learning curve was easy and enabled me to get right into the action without having to die a thousand times just to learn how to maneouvre. As I get better with the controller, the game is still proving to be fun and challenging without being frustrating. ... Read more

Reviews (2)

AWSOME
Even thought it is fun it is very hard (sometimes). I would reccomend this game all the way. it takes alot of time and tries to get used to this game but its worth it. BUY IT YOU WONT BE SORRY!!!!!!

An awesome shooter!Though VERY hard.....but fun!
Thunder for, in my opinion, is one of the best shoot'em up's ever created. It should not be compared to other games (like Einhander, even though people think that this is better, which I disagree) of it's type. All those who have ever played the other games of the series know that even though the game can be EXTREMELY HARD, it is NEVER cheap. It demmands ultimate concentration, just as Working Designs implies. The graphics may not be the best ever seen, but they are pretty ... good anyway. I recommend this game, but be warned, you must be up to the challenge. ... Read more

Product Description

Play as either Sally or Ted and visit the wacky, humorous world of Dr. Seuss. Face off in various challenges against Seuss characters such as Thing 1 and Thing 2, the Onceler, Sylvester McMonkey McBean and that infamous, trouble-maker, the Cat in the Hat. ... Read more

Features

• Only Cat in the Hat game for the original PlayStation
• Requires memory card for save games
• For 1 player
• The Cat in the Hat, Thing One, and Thing Two are ransacking your house
• You, Sally, and her brother have to use a red clean-up machine to cover the evidence of that Cat's chaos

Reviews (2)

Poor everything
There is no voice for the "Cat in the Hat" or any other game figure. Just this annoying music. I found it hard for me to complete the first level. I would recommend no earlier than 10 yrs. old.

Awesome game
Santa brought this game for my 4 yo for Christmas.It has been his favorite ever since.The graphics are incredible, and it is tons of fun.There are some areas where my son requires adult help, but hey...he is only 4.I highly recommend this game for hours of fun! ... Read more

Features

• Lots of colorful, fast-paced action
• Cool interface
• For 1 player
• Help rescue Baby Smurf and his pals
• Game split between adventuring and caring for Virtual Baby Smurf

Reviews (7)

This is a pretty good game
The "It's a Piece of Cake" game is soooo easy. There are lots of different levels and is really more about exploration than game skill. That's what's great about it for kids...they will love it and can actually play it. The "It's No Picnic" game also has lots of levels and was really more challenging than I expected. It took me quite a while to master the jumping and stuff. You can only use the directional buttons on the controler to move Hefty, and it takes a while to get the hang of it. I was very surprised and it was more difficult than I expected. Alot of times it just feels like the Smurf is NOT doing what you commanded it to, but precision and learning the timing of Hefty's movements is key to mastering this game. Practice makes perfect in this game. Game play was quite fun, but the end where you beat Gargamel was not as challenging as I expected compared to the rest of the game. The end was a bit disappointing. My 5 yr old can play the first two levels of "It's No Picnic", so even the harder portions of the game are good for kids as well as adults. I think you'll be happy with this game. It's not the greatest, but it's definitely not the worst. It has some great things to offer.

For the other guy/girl who is confused...
Well, this game is good; just buy it. For the fella who could not pass the "smurf-eating" flower at Level One: Just jump ON (not over!) the flower's head to kill it (timing and rythm is critical to do it successfully).

Also, if one turns on the game but do not hit "start", one can see the demo mode of the game, which reveals quite a bit of how to play the game.

Don't listen to folks who might have told you this is a hard game. From what I have seen: Easy level is too easy for a 4-year old kid; Hard level is also winnable to him, who has managed to finish about > 50% of the game by himself (after watching a grown-up play).

Just buy the game, you won't regret.

Good luck & have fun.

OK
The "It's a Piece of Cake" level is was too easy, I think it might be for toddlers and in the "It's No Picnic" level I can't get past the first level because I can't find out how to get past the huge plant. When I try to jump over him he eats me. Rent this game before buying it and if you get past the plant can ya tell me how?

Buy this game. Buy this game. Buy this game NOW!
This game belongs to the top 5% of all arcade/adventure games for kids, in my humble opinion.

Based on the same storylines in the famous comic series about the smurfs, this game involved a smurf who went on a journey from his village, day and night, across the mountains, down the valleys, into the caves, under the water, fighting snakes, monsters, etc..., to save his fellow smurfs, and ultimately the baby smurf. His final goal, of course, is to defeat Gargamel, his wicked opponent.

No violence. To beat your "obstacles", just jump on/over them (no shooting or hitting involved). Players learn to estimate the distances to jump across obstacles, which is probably a good thing for kids who play the game. BEAUTIFUL 3-D graphics and animation, great game plan, great playability, great music, and more.

In brief, "FIVE-STAR!". Strongly recommended!

smurfs
Hello, I purchased this game for young children and found that it was easy to understand, and non violent(on the most part).My 5 year old sat forhours and loved it.She found that she could do the levels by herselfwhich made her very happy.Most games are hard for the little ones of thehome, but this one is a + for the younger children.My older kids arestill playing it too and think it is okay.Very cute pictures.Wouldrecommend for the smaller playstation users. ... Read more