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Gen 2 is the best.

Pokemon Gold & Silver was the heavily anticipated second game in the Pokemon series. It’s difficult to sum up in this short paragraph the wealth of content that the second game brought to the series – 100 new mons, a huge main quest, new attributes, a day night cycle, Pokemon gender – the list goes on.

Welcome to Power Stone world!

Power Stone 2 can make a claim for being one of the best multiplayer games on the Dreamcast thanks to its madcap four player fighting action. It’s easy to learn, the stages are fully interactive and there are a ridiculous number of items to help you in your battles.

Or Jet Grind Radio, if you prefer.

Jet Set Radio was one of the most memorable games on the Dreamcast, thanks in large to its unique cel-shaded aesthetic, fantastic soundtrack and goddamn weird game world. You can get a new/sealed PAL copy on eBay for an absolute pittance.

One of the best-selling games on the micros, apparently.

Data East held the license for the RoboCop series when the film’s popularity was at its peak. They produced a somewhat decent arcade game, which Ocean ported to every micro under the sun. Data East USA published those versions in the US, which is where this ad originates.

More game, less challenge.

Pitfall II: Lost Caverns is the oft-overlooked sequel to the smash hit Pitfall! Harry’s second adventure is a lot bigger, but it also removes the time limit and life counter, making the experience a whole lot easier.

My first Ultima experience was IX…yeah.

Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny sees the Avatar summoned back to Britannia, which is in peril following the disappearance of Lord British and the rise of Lord Blackthorn, whose interpretation of the Virtues is a little extreme to say the least.

An oddball to say the least, but it is a Suda51 game.

Killer7 puts you in the shoes of an assassin with seven personalities of various professions, ethnicities and genders. You spend most of the game fighting bizarre invisible demons called Heaven Smiles. It’s kind of difficult to explain how it all comes together – it’s just better to go and play it.

I always wanted an Obelisk of Light for the front garden.

Command & Conquer (retroactively subtitled Tiberian Dawn) was a runaway success for Westwood Studios in 1995. It built heavily on the framework the company developed for their first real-time strategy game, Dune II, but brought the conflict into a near-future global terrorism scenario. This ad is for the Saturn and PlayStation release of the game.

Stop the zombie apocalypse with a water pistol.

Zombies Ate My Neighbours (or just Zombies here) was a collaboration between LucasArts and Konami. It was one of LucasArts’ earliest console specific efforts, mixing up classic horror tropes with LucasArts trademark comedy stylings. It’s a bit long in the tooth and quite unforgiving, but worth playing.

A mainstay during a misspent youth.

NBA Jam was a case of the right game at the right time. The popularity of basketball was at its peak and NBA Jam let you play as your favourite players (except the then temporarily retired Michael Jordan) and do all kinds of reality breaking dunks and lay ups. This ad is for the home release, which was wildly successful.