CLOCK TOWER - 1997
CATEGORY: Horror, Point and Click, Hidden Gem
HIGHLIGHTS: Tense chases, classic slasher horror, goof and over the top.

SYNOPSIS:A sequel to Clock Tower: The First Fear, Jennifer, the surviving victim of the Barrows Mansion murders, is being treated at a university when murders start happening once again. The Scissorman is back.

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CROC: LEGEND OF THE GOBBOS - 1997
CATEGORY: Platformer, Collect-a-thon
HIGHLIGHTS: An admittedly flawed but relentlessly cute and pleasant platformer. Croc is so babey... I love Croc sm... You literally can't feel bad while playing this.

SYNOPSIS: Save the Gobbos!! Save them!! Let them out!! Help them!!!

ECHO NIGHT - 1998
CATEGORY: Horror, Puzzle, Adventure, Hidden Gem
HIGHLIGHTS: Nicely paced first-person exploration, interesting story, manages to be quite eerie.

SYNOPSIS:Explore disparate areas across time, interacting with and freeing ghosts to reveal an unfolding story revolving around a strange artifact.

GALERIANS - 1998
CATEGORY: Sci-fi, Resi-Like, Cult Classic, Hidden Gem
HIGHLIGHTS: A unique take on classic "survival horror" gameplay, with an unusual combat system. Creepy, but not too scary. (Sometimes frustrating.)

SYNOPSIS:Rion wakes up strapped to a table, being pumped full of "Psychic Power Enhancement Chemicals," unable to remember anything, but using his psychokinesis he can escape and uncover the truth.

GEX - 1998
CATEGORY: Platformer, Collect-a-thon, Comedy
HIGHLIGHTS: An odd take on similar platforming collect-a-thons of the time, fun, bouncy movement.

SYNOPSIS: A sequel to Gex (I never played the original haha), Gex has retired, but is once again tasked with defeating Rez. His adventures have a TV channel-hopping, pop culture theme.

GEX - 1999
CATEGORY: Platformer, Collect-a-thon, Comedy
HIGHLIGHTS: Similar to Enter the Gecko, if you like Enter the Gecko, you'll probably also like Deep Cover Gecko! (I slightly prefer Gex 3.)

SYNOPSIS: Look, it's always the same. Rez is back. Gex has to get back in action. You jump through television themed portals to go to different worlds.

KOUDELKA - 2000
CATEGORY: Horror, RPG, Turn-based, Resi-Like, Hidden Gem
HIGHLIGHTS: Incredible cutscenes, atmosphere, and characters. A truly unique experience, I adore this game.

SYNOPSIS: An unlikely trio meet at a decaying monastery, and must solve the mysteries of the place, and fight the evil that threatens to spill out into the world beyond.

MEDIEVIL - 1998
CATEGORY: Hit Classic, Hack and Slash, Collect-a-thon, Comedy, Adventure
HIGHLIGHTS: Ridiculously fun combat, fun and creative level design, hectic and hilarious, with a cute Halloween vibe. Utterly charming and delightful.

SYNOPSIS: Sir Daniel Fortesque, the fallen, non-hero of the kingdom (despite being propped up as such after his embarassing death), is resurrected when the evil wizard, Zarok, returns. Time to live up to his false reputation and destroy Zarok once and for all!

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PARASITE EVE - 1998
CATEGORY: Horror, RPG, Cult Classic, Real Time Tactics
HIGHLIGHTS: Moody, interesting graphics and cutscenes, a good thriller, fun battle mechanics (semi-real time).

SYNOPSIS: Aya Brea, an NYPD officer, attends an opera, but when people begin to spontaneously immolate, she's pulled into a dangerous mystery.

PARASITE EVE II - 1999
CATEGORY: Horror, RPG, Cult Classic, Real Time Tactics
HIGHLIGHTS: Cool environments, awesome cutscenes, same battle mechanics from original. (Basically, if you enjoy the first, you'll likely enjoy this one too!)

SYNOPSIS: Aya, now in the FBI, is up against a new type of creature, ones that can now pass as human...

SILENT HILL - 1999
CATEGORY: Hit Classic, Horror
HIGHLIGHTS: Intense atmosphere, stressful exploration, surreal and oppressive. Deserves 100% of its fame.

SYNOPSIS: Harry Mason looks for his adopted daughter in the town of Silent Hill, where he faces off against unimaginable horrors and unravels its dark secrets.

SKULLMONKEYS - 1998
CATEGORY: Platformer, Collect-a-thon, Hidden Gem
HIGHLIGHTS: This game's art is entirely done with real-life claymation, and it looks stunning. The gameplay is fun, and can be pretty tough.

SYNOPSIS: Sequel to The Neverhood, the events follow the exile of Klogg, who begins his new plot to destroy the Neverhood, using the Skullmonkeys as lackeys, and Klaymen must stop him.

LEGACY OF KAIN: SOUL REAVER - 1999
CATEGORY: Hack and Slash, Puzzle, Platformer, Hit Classic
HIGHLIGHTS: Fun combat that uses the environment and objects creatively, exploration revolving around shifting between planes, and an epic, kickass story.

SYNOPSIS: Raziel is betrayed by his creator, Kain, when he grows wings, and is thrown into the Lake of the Dead. Kain is resurrected as a 'soul reaver,' and tasked with killing Kain to restore Nosgoth.