All-Time Highest Rated Games Tagged 'Playstation, core, casual' on The Great Games Experiment All-Time Highest Rated Games Tagged 'Playstation, core, casual' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/css/logo.jpg All-Time Highest Rated Games Tagged 'Playstation, core, casual' on The Great Games Experiment en-us Worms Worms is is a classic strategy game where each player controls a team of four worms, trying to destroy each other. The worms have a wide array of weapons at their disposal, many of them which are subject to influences from wind and gravity.

Each game takes place on a randomly generated level in one of the ten available styles, ranging from forests and deserts to Candy land and the moon (complete with affected gravity).

The way the level looks at the start is never what it looks like at the end, since almost all weapons leave considerable marks in the terrains.
]]> 17 Feb 2007 06:23:42 You Don't Know Jack

You Don't Know Jack: the show where high culture and pop culture collide!


You Don't Know Jack is a series of quiz show-inspired computer games which combine trivia and comedy. The games are known for their humor and challenge, as well as simple presentation. The games rarely use graphics, relying heavily on voice acting and text.

The games have recently been revived at the YDKJ official website, where new episodes are released every weekday. These are developed in Flash and are available to play for free within your web browser.

Category: Quiz

Release Date: Varied

Developer: Jellyvision
]]> 26 Mar 2007 11:13:20 Rampage World Tour Rampage World Tour was a reinvention of the original arcade classic; created for Midway Mfg. by the original designers, Jeff Nauman and Brian Colin and the crew at Game Refuge Inc.

The game follows George Lizzy and Ralph as they smash and fight their way through hundreds of cities around the Globe. This update game added dimension to the characters andadvanced the storyline, but stayed true to the user-friendly "there's no wrong way to play it" gameplay mechanic of the original.

Though incredibly violent, the game treats all interaction with a cartoony, blood-free, tongue-in-cheek approach that keeps the action light-hearted and appealing to players of all ages.

This "Sequal" has spun off a number of additional "Rampages" on a number of platforms .. but many feel that RWT was the best of the lot.
]]> 12 Jun 2007 11:06:40 Ape Escape Ape Escape was the first game on Playstation to use both control sticks at the same time to move and attack.
In this 3D anime-style adventure, the un-named Professor has created a machine called the Peak Point Helmet, which increases the wearer's knowledge when worn. Unfortunately, he still needs to work some glitches out and a monkey called Specter has got hold of the prototype. Immediately deciding Earth would be a much nicer place if monkeys were the dominant species, with his army of helmet-clad chimps he hijacks the Professor's new time machine and begins to wreak havoc across time. Fortunately, the Professor's young friends Spike and Buzz are also sucked into the time vortex. Armed with a constant supply of gadgets at his disposal Spike now has to fight his way home, capturing monkeys as he goes, deal with a brainwashed Buzz and ultimately catch the now hyper-intelligent Specter with help from the Professor and his granddaughter.
As well as the main adventure there are also 3 mini-games to be unlocked including racing and boxing. The control sticks are used to move Spike around and operate his many gadgets and whatever useful devices he can get his hands on. The adventure sends Spike from the prehistoric era to the present day with over 100 monkeys to catch. Ape Escape proved to be so popular that it has spawned 2 sequels, 3 spin-offs (the Ape Academy series and the up-and coming racing game) a remake on PSP and even a brief cameo in the Metal Gear Solid series.
]]> 12 Feb 2007 04:48:40 Final Fantasy VIII In a time of both sophisticated technology and powerful magic, an evil sorceress corrupts the world's largest military power through manipulation and deception, enslaving mankind to do her bidding. Her goal is not something as simple as world domination; but to completely conquer all of space and time.

To counter the turn of events, various leaders head combat training schools, known as Gardens, that turn out elite fighting forces. Known as SeeDs, they defend, serve, and protect humankind from the sorceress. The sole purpose of these academies is to vanquish the sorceress and save humanity as we know it, although they take many other assignments for the right price.

A small, loose-knit group of SeeD graduates find themselves wrapped in a much bigger endeavor than simple military combat. Now, a gunblade specialist, together with a diverse group of young heroes, must set aside his fears, face the emotions he's run from, and become the leader that he never wanted to be.
]]> 14 Jan 2007 09:18:24 Megaman Legends Megaman's first move into 3D, Megaman Legends, or Rockman Dash in its native Japan was a unusual spin on the franchise turning it from a side-scrolling fast-paced shooter to an RPG-esque almost cartoon-like adventure.
Believed by fans to be set several centuries after the Megaman X series, Megaman Legends is set in 'a world covered by endless water.' In this world people must make a living on the tiny patches of land remaining above the sea, relying on Quantum Refractors to power their machines. These Refractors are located in ancient ruins underground and out at sea and tracked down by explorers called Diggers and their Spotters. One day after a successful dig, 14 year-old Digger Megaman Volnutt, his friend Roll, her grandfather Barrel Caskett and Megaman's robot monkey Data (don't ask, it's complicated) crash their ship, the Flutter, on a small island called Kattelox and soon have to contend with a band of sky pirates called the Bonne Brothers, Reaverbots (guardians of the ruins) activating of their own accord and the prophecy of a great disaster seeming to be coming to fruition. Now Megaman's left to deal with all thse problems, with help from his 'family' and the islanders and learn about his own mysterious past.
As always, Megaman is equipped with his Mega Buster, which can be upgraded with the many upgrades scattered around the island and he can also use a variety of special weapons, such as a mine-laying device, a giant cannon, and a drill just to name a few. These weapons aren't found whole however. Several items must be found first so Roll can put them together. The same process goes for upgrades for Megaman himself. For example, to get the Zetsaber, Megaman must first find a Broken Sword and Pen Light in the ruins or scattered around the island.
It looks a bit dated now, and some of the voice acting is pretty terrible but the story is enjoyable enough and the game is solid enough to have stood the test of time.
]]> 08 Feb 2007 03:43:29 Jade Cocoon Popping up in the height of the world's Pokemon craze, Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu is a 3D fantasy-based RPG adventure.
Early one morning the peaceful village of Syrus is attacked by a swarm of several forest minions called the Onibubu, the Locusts of Apocalypse. The dust they spreads plunges many of the villagers into a deep sleep which they cannot wake from, without the legendary Calabas Herb hidden deep in the massive forest. Since the resident Cocoon Master, Riketz, the Lion of Parel is no longer available, the village reluctantly sends his son Levant into the forest to retrieve the herb. His only hope of survival against the minions of Elrihm, god of the forest is to imprison the creatures in silk cocoons and tame them with the help of his childhood friend and young wife Mahbu, who is the only one able to purify the creatures. But eventually Levant finds himself involved in something much bigger than just saving his village...
]]> 17 Feb 2007 07:43:25 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
]]> 23 Jul 2007 09:56:26 Poke'mon
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