Simple 2000 Series for PS2

[Cryomancer]

Anyone seen these? Apparently it's a series of budget titles that have been ebing made since the PSX days, you can get them on import sites for 25 bucks even. They have very interesting game ideas, some are simple stuff like cards or billiards, and then they have games where you pilot a helicopter and try to stop a giant bikini girl from smashing the city. Anyone played these, have suggestions as to which ones to get?

I've played Vol. 68, which as far as I can tell is basically steal a car on the highway, find your "target" and crash him and steal the breifcase that he drops. Sounds like a cheap GTA, which it sort of is, but the fact that each car has a different speedometer and gas gauge is really cool, and yeah, gas matters in the game. Sometimes you'll steal a car and it's almost out of gas, or if you crash too much you start leaking gas. You don't see fuel concerns in car games much, it's pretty cool.

http://www.d3p.co.jp/s_20/s20_g.html This site has covers and screens for 1-68

[Funk Buddy]

I have 7 or 8 of them now, most are ok and some are really good. I like Love Upper & Mahjong, The Oane Chan Bara (girl in a bikini, cowboy hat with a sword!) and The Chikyuuboueigun (giant ants and space ships attack, tons of weapons to choose from).

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I like the 3 on 3 basketball too.

[ClubNinja]

Yep. I love the Simple 2000 series. I always include at least one with any purchase I make from import sellers.

[Ed Oscuro]

So d3p is the creator of these? According to this page (http://www.d3p.co.jp/english/GALLERY1.htm) the series sold 7 million copies from October - November 2001! Wow.

They also have a "publications" page (http://www.d3p.co.jp/english/GALLERY2.htm) which holds the Simple 1500 Useful (as opposed to the regular Simple 1500 series, I believe those are just games) software titles for regular PlayStation.

Looks nice, very nice.

[Funk Buddy]

Well, I think they just publish most of them for other companies.

Here are some of the names on my games:

HuneX
Tamsoft
ALU
Sandlot
Bimboosoft
Vingt-et-un Systems
Bestmedia
Daft

[Keir]

Some of those look awesome.

http://www.d3p.co.jp/image/game/s_2000/64j_07.gif

[max 330 mega]

im gonna bump this topic from the grave...
i wanted to see if anyone has any other recommendations of good games in this series, ive been wanting to start buying some of them because they look really bizarre and fun, especially one called zombies vs. ambulance or something similar (does anybody have this one?)

let me know which ones are your favorites!

[VACRMH]

especially one called zombies vs. ambulance or something similar (does anybody have this one?)

I know Archmagus of Roo bought this one recently. Not sure if it arrived yet but i'll see what he thinks :)

[Iron Draggon]

Vol 33: The Jet Coaster

This is the sequel to Jet Coaster Dream and Jet Coaster Dream 2 on the Dreamcast.

Also known as Rollercoaster World in the UK.

[KJN]

For those who wants to play some of the games in english, a lot of Simple 2000 games have been released in Europe. Here is a list of most of the euro releases.

SIMPLE 2000 SERIES


JP NAME EU NAME EU PUBLISHER
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vol02: The Party Game Forty 4 Party 505 Game Street
vol05: The Block Kurushi Hyper Bust-a-Bloc Midas
vol07: The Boxing Boxing Champions Midas
vol08: The Tennis Tennis Court Smash Agetec
vol10: The Table Game Sekai Hen Ultimate Mind Games Midas
vol11: The Off Road Buggy Dirt Track Devils Midas
vol12: The Street Golfer Street Golfer 505 Game Street
Vol14: The Billiards Billiards Xciting Agetec
vol16: The Sniper 2 The Sniper 2 Midas
vol18: The Party Sugoroku Twenty 2 Party 505 Game Street
vol20: The Dungeon RPG Eternal Quest Midas
vol23: The Puzzle Collection Puzzlemaniacs 505 Game Street
vol24: The Bowling Hyper Bowling Xciting Agetec
vol28: The Bushido Katana Action 505 Game Street
vol26: The Pinball Pinball Fun 505 Game Street
vol30: The Street Basketball Basketball Xciting Agetec
vol31: The Chikyuu Boueigun Monster Attack Agetec
vol32: The Sensha Tank Elite Agetec
vol33: The Jet Coaster Rollercoaster World Midas
vol35: The Hellicopter Radio Hellicopter 505 Game Street
vol37: The Shooting Double Shienryu Steel Dragon EX Midas
vol41: The Volleyball Volleyball Challenge 505 Game Street
vol42: The Iju Kakutoukan World Fighting 505 Game Street
vol47: The Battle Sekigahar Shogun's Blade 505 Game Street
vol48: The Taxi Driver Taxi Rider 505 Game Street
vol49: The Dodgeball Dodgeball 505 Game Street
vol50: The Daibijin Demolition Girl 505 Game Street
vol51: The Battleship Iron Sea 505 Game Street
vol53: The Camera Kozo Paparazzi 505 Game Street
vol54: The Daikiju Deep Water 505 Game Street
vol55: The Catfight Fighting Angels 505 Game Street
vol57: The Pro Yakyuu 2004 Baseball Mania 505 Game Street
vol61: The Oneecebara Zombie Zone 505 Game Street
vol63: The Suieitaikai Party Girls 505 Game Street
vol64: The Splatter Action Splatter Master 505 Game Street
vol65: The Kyonshi Panic Zombie Attack 505 Game Street
vol68: The Tousou Highway - Nagoya Tokyo Car Racing Challenge 505 Game Street
vol72: The Ninkyou Yakuza Fury 505 Game Street
vol78: The Uchuu Daisensou Space War Attack 505 Game Street


SIMPLE 2000 SERIES ULTIMATE


JP NAME EU NAME EU PUBLISHER
================================================== =============================================
vol03: Saisoku! Zokusha King Maxxed Out Racing Midas
vol06: Love Upper Hearbeat Boxing Agetec
vol07: Saikyou! Shiro Biking Security Police Police Chase Down Agetec
vol08: Gekitou! Merio King Maze Action Agetec
vol09: Bakusou! Manhattan Runabout 3 neoAGE Runabout 3 neoAGE bam! Entertainment
vol13: Kyouso Dansha King Motorbike King 505 Game Street
vol15: Love Ping Pong Pink Pong 505 Game Street
vol16: Sengkou Vs. Gendai Deadly Strike Midas
vol18: Love Aerobics Fitness Fun 505 Game Street
vol21: Kenka Joutou! Yankee Banchou Street Boyz 505 Game Street
Vol23: Project Minerva Professional Project Minerva Midas

There is also vol28: Tousou! Kenka Grand Prix Drive to Survive but it is Mashed: Fully Loaded, originally a European game that was later released in Japan.


SIMPLE 2000 HONKAKU SHIKOU SERIES


JP NAME EU NAME EU PUBLISHER
================================================== =============================================
vol03: The Chess Master Chess 505 Game Street
vol06: The Card Ultimate Casino 505 Game Street


And as a bonus here are the GBA and DS series as well.

SIMPLE 2960 TOMODACHI SERIES


JP NAME EU NAME EU PUBLISHER
================================================== =============================================
vol02: The Block Kurushi Brick 'em All 505 Game Street
vol04: The Trap Funny Cards 505 Game Street


SIMPLE DS SERIES


JP NAME EU NAME EU PUBLISHER
================================================== =============================================
vol02: The Billiards Billard Action 505 Game Street
vol03: The Mushitori Oukoku Beetle King 505 Game Street

[max 330 mega]

cool, when you hear back about zombie vs. ambulance let me know, it looks cool as hell.

[Spartacus]

im gonna bump this topic from the grave...
i wanted to see if anyone has any other recommendations of good games in this series, ive been wanting to start buying some of them because they look really bizarre and fun, especially one called zombies vs. ambulance or something similar (does anybody have this one?)

let me know which ones are your favorites!


I don't recommend Vol. 95 The Zombie VS Kyuukyuusha. It was very disappointing
for me and I have been having rather good luck with Simple 2000 games lately.
I was getting ready to write up a brief review of it along with Vol. 64: The
Splatter Action, which I did enjoy.

[mb7241]

I myself have Gatchaman: The Shooting (Vol. 08 from the Simple 2000 Series on PS1). From the looks of it, I may have to give it a whirl (looks like a decent shmup). And sure enough, it has D3's name on it, as well as Bandai's.