Curated playlist
2003 video games
- Hyper Street Fighter IIHyper Street Fighter II, released by Capcom in 2003 for the PlayStation 2, contains only 17 unique characters. Yet those fighters appear in 65 different versions, each one carried over from an earlier arcade game. That number turns a…
- SNK vs. Capcom: SVC ChaosTwo fighters born in SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos later joined other games. Violent Ken and Serious Mr. Karate outlived it.
- Silent Hill 3In Silent Hill 3, a roller coaster kills 17-year-old Heather Mason, who then wakes in a mall.
- Manhunt (video game)Manhunt, a stealth game from Rockstar North, reached the PlayStation 2 in November 2003 with a premise that few players had met before. You control a death row inmate who is forced to star in snuff films, killing gang members while cameras…
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of TimePrince of Persia: The Sands of Time reached stores in the autumn of 2003, and its central trick was a kind of mercy. Miss a jump, fall onto spikes, and the game lets the player take it back. The Prince carries a magic Dagger that can turn…
- Final Fantasy Tactics AdvanceFinal Fantasy Tactics Advance was first planned for the PlayStation 2. It ended up on the Game Boy Advance.
- Final Fantasy X-2Final Fantasy X-2 built its costume-changing battles from magical girl anime and Charlie's Angels.
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (video game)Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic sold 250,000 copies in its first four days on the Xbox. That made it the fastest-selling game the console had seen up to that point. The figure is striking for a game that did not feature a single…
- Donkey Kong CountryDonkey Kong Country made its public debut at the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago, which ran from the 23rd to the 25th of June 1994. Nintendo of America chairman Howard Lincoln saved it for the finale of the company's presentation. He…
- Star Wars GalaxiesIn Star Wars Galaxies, players had to make the blasters before anyone could fire one. Cities elected mayors.