List of Games Turning Twenty (20) Years Old in 2026
Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War (i'm happy for you, AC fans! The pagan ritual worked!)
Ape Escape 3 (maybe these guys need to do a pagan ritual next...)
Atelier Iris 2: The Azoth of Destiny
Black (the first-person shooter the put a lot of emphasis on making the guns look cool)
Bomberman: Act Zero (the one where Bomberman looks like a rejected Master Chief design)
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
Contact (a really quirky and cute RPG for the DS made by Grasshopper, the guys who would go on to make No More Heroes)
Crash Boom Bang! (a party-centric Crash Bandicoot game for the DS. For all intents and purposes, it was not very good.)
Daxter (a spin-off of the Jak and Daxter series where you play as Daxter.)
Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 (this game refused to leave my PS2 for years)
Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime
Drakengard 2 (the only game in the series that Yoko Taro had no involvement in)
Drill Dozer (a decent platformer made by Game Freak)
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Elite Beat Agents (a really fun rhythm game for the DS)
Excite Truck (a truck-centric spin-off of Excitebike)
Family Guy Video Game! (they wanted this to be for Family Guy what Hit & Run was for The Simpsons)
Far Cry: Vengeance (a spin-off for the Wii that used motion controls. It was not very good)
Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII (a sequel to Final Fantasy VII where you play as Vincent Valentine)
Final Fantasy III (the remake for the DS that was ironically harder than the Famicom original)
Final Fight: Streetwise (the last entry in the series as of this post)
Genji: Days of the Blade (the game was where the giant enemy crab meme came from. I think it's also where "target the weak point for massive damage" came from)
Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure (for those wondering, Marc Ecko is a fashion designer)
Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter
God Hand (the game that is worse than Imagine: Baby Party, according to IGN)
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
Grandia III (the first two games have since been made available on modern platforms, but not this one.)
Guilty Gear: Dust Strikers (a spin-off for the DS)
Guilty Gear: Judgment (a spin-off for the PSP)
.hack//G.U. Vol. 1//Rebirth (yes, that is actually how the title is spelt out)
Jaws Unleashed (an adapation of the movie)
Kingdom Hearts II (in North America)
Left Behind: Eternal Forces (an adaptation of that one rapture book. It was not very good)
The Legend of Heroes: Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch (when are the PSP LoH games going to be ported?)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth II
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth II - The Rise of the Witch-King (I think this holds the title for longest game official game title ever)
Magical Starsign (allegedly, this game not selling well was the reason why Mother 3 didn't release in NA)
Mario Hoops 3-on-3 (with music provided by Masayoshi Soken, who would go on to make the music for Final Fantasy XIV)
Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis
Mega Man: Maverick Hunter X (a remake of Mega Man X for the PSP)
Mega Man: Powered Up (a remake of Mega Man 1 for the PSP)
Mega Man Battle Network 6: Cybeast Gregar/Cybeast Falzar (the last games of the Battle Network series)
Mega Man ZX (a follow-up to the Mega Man Zero series)
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence (a version of Snake Eater with more stuff in it)
Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops
Metal Saga (idk if you guys know what the Metal Max series is, but the was the first time that series released in North America)
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
Monster Hunter 2 (on the box, it says Monster Hunter Dos. It also never released in NA)
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon (the Smash Bros Ultimate of Mortal Kombat)
MS Saga: A New Dawn (a Gundam RPG. the MS in the title stands for Mobile Suit)
Mushihimesaga Futari (a manic shooter that is the subject of several "Hardest Games of All Time" lists)
Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island
Odama (a pinball game for the GameCube that used the GameCube Microphone)
Okami (who's ready for the sequel???)
Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams (who's ready for the sequel???)
Orcs & Elves (a first-person fantasy game for the DS made by id software, the guys who made Doom, Quake, and Wolfenstein)
Pac-Man World Rally (Mario Kart, but with Pac-Man characters)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow (an Uncharted-esque game that serves as a prequel to the first movie)
Pokemon Trozei! (a puzzle game spin-off)
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red/Blue Rescue Team (which version did you guys get? I got Red)
Prey (sort of related to the 2017 game of the same name)
Rayman Raving Rabbids (these little fuckers...)
Resident Evil: Deadly Silence (a version of the original game for the DS)
Ridge Racer 7 (RIIIIIIIDGE RACERRRRRRRRRR) (seriously guys, go watch the E3 2006 conferences. They are a trip)
Rule of Rose (a horror game that is considered one of the most sought-after games for the PS2. A pre-owned copy on Ebay can run at $500 at the cheapest)
Scarface: The World is Yours (a sequel to the movie that changes the movie's ending)
Scruge: Hive (somehow, this game got ported to modern platforms. I've never heard of it before I started doing research for this list)
Shadow Hearts: From the New World (the last game in the series)
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner - Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army (got re-released last year as "Raidou Remastered: Mystery of the Soulless Army)
Sneak King (a stealth game where you play as the Burger King himself)
Sonic '06 (be honest, is this game actually that bad? I've been curious)
Sonic Rivals (an on-foot racing game for the PSP)
Splinter Cell: Double Agent
Spongebob Squarepants: Creature from the Krusty Krab (I remember being so excited for this. This game is the reason I have trust issues)
Spy Hunter: Nowhere to Run (there was supposed to be film adaptation of this starring Dwayne Johnson. It got canceled after the game got bad reviews)
The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning (a gritty reboot of the Spyro the Dragon series starring Elijah Wood as Spyro)
Star Fox Command (this game wasn't even bad. People were just mean)
Star Wars: Lethal Alliance
Suikoden V (the last entry of the series as of this post)
Summon Night: Swordcraft Story (and also Swordcraft Story 2)
Super Monkey Ball: Touch & Roll
Super Monkey Ball Adventure
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz (big year for monkeyin' around)
Super Princess Peach (a spin-off of Mario where Mario gets captured and Peach has to save him. We love women in STEM)
Superman Returns: The Game
Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror
Tales of Phantasia (the remake for the Game Boy Advance)
Tales of the Abyss (I know that BamCo is re-releasing older Tales of games now, but why was this not the first one they put out?)
Tekken: Dark Resurrection (a version of Tekken 5 for the PSP. Some people actually prefer this version over the console version)
Tetris DS (it's Tetris on the DS with Nintendo characters sprinkled throughout)
Tomb Raider Legend (a soft reboot of the original series)
Total War: Medieval II (fitting, since Medieval III just got announced)
Trauma Center: Second Opinion
Urban Chaos: Riot Response (the first game from Rocksteady, who would go on to make the Batman: Arkham series)
Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth (a remastered version of the original for PSP. This version was also re-released on the PS4 and PS5)
Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria
Xenosaga Episode III: Also Sprach Zarathustra
Yakuza (in North America)
Yggdra Union: We'll Never Fight Alone
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