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    Default The Definitive List of U.S.-Released 2D Playstation Games

    For the past year or so I've been collecting 2D Playstation games. Unfortunately, it's hard to collect them when there is no definitive list to work from. I've slowly been compiling a list with the help of OPCFG and my own personal experience and research but I'm going to need your help to finally pull this together. So far I have 164 titles which I have I'm sure I'm still missing some, and there may even be some that don't belong here, but it's a start. One thing you may notice is that I have included several 3D remakes of classic games, and that is because they all include a "classic" mode (sometimes hidden) that is in 2D. Behold the list:

    EDIT: Now in 3 different categories!

    Pure 2D
    Activision Classic Games
    Adventures of Lomax, The
    All-Star Slammin' D-Ball
    Alundra
    Arc the Lad Collection
    Arcade Party Pak
    Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Atari Collection
    Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Atari Collection 2
    Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Midway Collection
    Arcade's Greatest Hits: Williams
    Asteroids (classic mode)
    Atari Anniversary Edition Redux
    Baldies
    Battle Hunter
    Beyond the Beyond
    Blades of Blood: Samurai Shodown III
    Blazing Dragons
    Bomberman Party Edition
    Breath of Fire III
    Breath of Fire IV
    Brigandine: The Legend of Forsena
    Bubble Bobble Also Featuring Rainbow Islands
    Builder's Block
    Bust-a-Move 2: Arcade Edition
    Bust-a-Move 4
    Bust-a-Move '99
    Buster Bros. Collection
    Castlevania Chronicles
    Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
    Centipede (classic mode)
    Cleopatra's Fortune
    Command & Conquer
    Command & Conquer: Red Alert
    Command & Conquer: Red Alert Retaliation
    Crossroad Crisis
    Dance Dance Revolution: Disney Mix
    DarkStalkers
    DarkStalkers 3: Jedah's Damnation
    Digimon World 3
    Discworld II: Mortality Bytes!
    Discworld, Terry Pratchet's
    Disney's Hercules
    Dragon Tales: Dragon Seek
    Final Fantasy Anthology
    Final Fantasy Chronicles
    Final Fantasy Origins
    Final Fantasy Tactics
    Gekioh: Shooting King
    Gex
    Grand Theft Auto
    Grand Theft Auto 2
    Grand Theft Auto Expansion Pack #1: London 1969
    Guilty Gear
    Heart of Darkness
    Hello Kitty's Cube Frenzy
    Herc's Adventures
    In The Hunt
    Intellivision Classic Games
    Jigsaw Madness
    JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
    Kartia: The Word of Fate
    King of Fighters '95, The
    King of Fighters '99, The: Millenium Battle
    Konami Arcade Classics
    Legend of Mana
    Lemmings & Oh No! More Lemmings
    Loaded
    Lode Runner: The Legend Returns
    Lunar 2: Eternal Blue
    Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete
    Machine Hunter
    Magic: The Gathering - Battlemage
    Marvel Super Heroes
    Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter
    Marvel vs. Capcom
    Master of Monsters: Disciples of Gaia
    Mega Man 8
    Mega Man X4
    Mega Man X5
    Mega Man X6
    Metal Slug X
    Mobile Light Force
    Mortal Kombat 3
    Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero
    Mortal Kombat Trilogy
    Mr. Driller
    Ms. Pac-Man: Maze Madness (classic mode)
    Namco Museum Volume 1
    Namco Museum Volume 2
    Namco Museum Volume 3
    Namco Museum Volume 4
    Namco Museum Volume 5
    Next Tetris, The
    Norse by Norsewest
    Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus
    Oddworld: Abe's Oddyssey
    Ogre Battle Limited Edition
    One Piece Mansion
    Pac-Man World (classic mode)
    Persona
    Persona 2: Eternal Punishment
    Philosoma
    Pifall 3D (classic mode)
    Pinobee
    Pocket Fighter
    Point Blank
    Point Blank 2
    Point Blank 3
    Pong: The Next Level (classic mode)
    Punky Skunk
    Puzznic
    Q*Bert (classic mode)
    Qix Neo
    Raiden Project, The
    Rampage 2: Universal Tour
    Rampage Through Time
    Rampage: World Tour
    Rayman
    Rayman Brain Games
    Re-Loaded
    Revolution X
    Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure
    Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV: Wall of Fire
    Romance of the Three Kingdoms VI: Awakening of the Dragon
    RPG Maker
    R-Types
    SaGa Frontier
    SaGa Frontier 2
    Saiyuki: Journey West
    Sheep
    Shooter: Space Shot
    Silhouette Mirage
    Skeleton Warriors
    Skullmonkeys
    Sol Divide
    Sorcerer's Maze
    Space Invaders (classic mode)
    Street Fighter Alpha
    Street Fighter Alpha 2
    Street Fighter Alpha 3
    Street Fighter Collection
    Street Fighter Collection 2
    Street Fighter: The Movie
    Strider 2
    Strikers 1945
    Suikoden
    Suikoden II
    Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
    Tactics Ogre
    Tales of Destiny
    Tales of Destiny 2
    Tarzan, Walt Disney Pictures Presents
    Tetris Plus
    Three Stooges, The
    Tomba!
    Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return
    Torneko: The Last Hope
    Turnabout
    Valkyrie Profile
    Vandal Hearts
    Vandal Hearts II
    Viewpoint
    Wild Arms
    Winnie the Pooh Kindergarten
    Winnie the Pooh Preschool
    Worms
    Worms Armageddon
    Worms World Party
    Xevious 3D/G+ (Xevious, Super Xevious and Xevious Arrangement)
    X-Men vs. Street Fighter
    X-Men: Children of the Atom

    2D Sprites on 3D Backgrounds:
    Azure Dreams
    Dragon Warrior VII
    Eternal Eyes
    Grandia
    Hoshigami: Ruining Blue Earth
    Star Ocean: The Second Story
    Thousand Arms
    Xenogears

    3D Graphics with Classic 2D Gameplay:
    Dance Dance Revolution
    Dance Dance Revolution Konamix
    Einhänder
    G Darius
    Johhny Bazookatone
    Klonoa: Door To Phantomile
    Pandemonium!
    Pandemonium! 2
    Parappa the Rapper
    R-Type Delta
    RayCrisis: Series Termination
    RayStorm
    Space Invaders
    Tekken
    Thunder Force V: Perfect System
    Um Jammer Lammy
    Wild 9

    Thanks!

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    Are you accepting Japanese games for your list?

    EDIT: Ok how about I go read the title again ... sorry.

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    Dance Dance Revolution
    Dance Dance Revolution Konamix

    And how about the Loaded games? Think those count?

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    How about Alundra?

    Also, I'm pretty sure Dragon Warrior 7 isn't 2D. Maybe during the battles, but it's got plenty of 3d elements...
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    If you have Command & Conquer you might want to add Civilization II.

    Fighters:

    Samurai Shodown III: Blades of Blood
    Samurai Shodown Warrior's Rage

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    R-Types
    R-Type Delta

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    Eternal Eyes - 2D sprites on 3D backgrounds. (like grandia)
    Tales of Destiny 2
    Brigandine: The Legend of Forsena
    Persona
    Persona 2: Eternal Punishment
    Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure
    Hoshigami: Ruining Blue Earth
    Wild Arms
    Wild Arms 2 (I think... actually not sure)
    Thousand Arms (2D battle sequences and dating scenes)
    Azure Dreams (2D sprites on 3D backgrounds)
    Xenogears (2D sprites on 3D backgrounds)
    Alundra


    Then there's a lot of games that use 3D models on prerendered 2D backgrounds like all the main Final Fantasy titles. Do those count?

    Cirrus: DW7 is 2D sprites on 3D backgrounds. It's a hybrid like most of the PSX titles.

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    Right, I'm seeing that a lot of the titles you mentioned are the same way.

    I don't really consider these to be real 2d games, such as metal slug, etc...
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    How about Heart Of Darkness? I believe there is a thread somewhere on the Roundtable with a mini-review/reccomendation. From what I've played so far, I'd reccomend it as well.

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    OK, I clearly need to narrow my definition of 2D. As Daria mentioned, DW7 and several other RPGs use 2D sprites on 3D backgrounds. Should these be included or not? Personally I'm leaning towards not, but I want this to be "our" list so I'll go with the general DP consensus.

    Quote Originally Posted by davidbrit2
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    I had left these out because the graphics are 3D and the gameplay is too abstract to really be classified as anything-D. Know what I mean?

    Quote Originally Posted by Flack
    Samurai Shodown III: Blades of Blood
    Samurai Shodown Warrior's Rage
    Aren't those the same game? I had left it out because it uses polygonal graphics, but is it a 2D fighter? This brings up a similar question to the one above, should games with 3D graphics but 2D gameplay be included? If not, that would rule out a lot of platformers such as Klonoa, Pandemonium, etc.

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    I'd just break them up into catagories. 2D titles, 2D on 3D, and 3D on 2D. That way the titles don't get mixed together but you still got a good idea of what's available.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Keir to the nth power
    Quote Originally Posted by Flack
    Samurai Shodown III: Blades of Blood
    Samurai Shodown Warrior's Rage
    Aren't those the same game? I had left it out because it uses polygonal graphics, but is it a 2D fighter?
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    How 'bout Wild 9?
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    Thanks for the clarification Scott!

    Quote Originally Posted by Daria
    I'd just break them up into catagories. 2D titles, 2D on 3D, and 3D on 2D. That way the titles don't get mixed together but you still got a good idea of what's available.
    Good idea! Done.

    Are you sure about Wild Arms though? You mentioned you weren't sure about Wild Arms 2, but I'm not certain either of them are 2D.

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    In pure 2d, you dont have GTA: London, while usually bundled with GTA1, it isn't always.

    In '3d with 2d gameplay' you should add Parappa The Rappa, and Um Jammer Lammy
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    Johhny Bazookatone is 3D with 2D gameplay.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Keir to the nth power
    Thanks for the clarification Scott!

    Quote Originally Posted by Daria
    I'd just break them up into catagories. 2D titles, 2D on 3D, and 3D on 2D. That way the titles don't get mixed together but you still got a good idea of what's available.
    Good idea! Done.

    Are you sure about Wild Arms though? You mentioned you weren't sure about Wild Arms 2, but I'm not certain either of them are 2D.
    I'm positive about Wild Arms. Everything except the battle sequances look like a very well done snes title (think Tales of Phantasia).The battles however are piss poor quality 3D. Looks really weird together.

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    I am not understanding...I considered Klonoa and Pandimonium 2d games on a 3d backround. The character seems to be on a 2d plane while the backround seems to move in a 3d fashion. Also R-Type Delta and Einhander would fall into this also. OH and Raystorm and Ray Crisis too?

    I considered games like Dragon Warrior VII and Xenogears to be 3d but then there are parts where classic 2d rpg gameplay comes in

    Doh its soo confusing...

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    fantastic idea, i always wanted to do this for the 3D systems (psx, n64, dc, gc, xbox, ps2)

    what about Mickeys Wild Adventures (remake of Mickey Mania for SNES) and Lost Vikings II, i know both were releases in Europe, no idea about the US
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    The Persona games, aren't those 2d on 3d? Or am I not remembering correctly...?

    Also, Star Ocean 2 is 2d on 3d for the fights, definitely. Also, 3d on the maps, and while flying...
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    Space Invaders (PSX) has a port of the original Space Invaders (Arcade) game, in all of its exclusively 2D glory. I notice that you have it in the "3D games with 2D gameplay" list, but I wasn't sure whether you'd want to also include it in the straight-up 2D game list.
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