Re-Volt

Re-Volt is a racing video game developed by Acclaim Studios London and published by Acclaim Entertainment for Microsoft WindowsNintendo 64PlayStation and Dreamcast.

In October 1999 Acclaim Entertainment released the Re-Volt Car Editor which allowed players to export and edit, or create new cars for the PC version using 3D studio. The editor was simply discovered in the Acclaim Studios London office and as such was released as an unapproved and unsupported piece of code.[5]

In early 2000, a sequel titled RC Revenge was announced and later changed to RC Revenge, and was released in August 2000 for the PlayStation, followed by an enhanced port of the game a few months later called RC Revenge Pro for PlayStation 2.

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Fighting Force

Fighting Force is a 1997 3D beat ’em up developed by Core Design and published by Eidos. It was released for PlayStationMicrosoft Windows, and Nintendo 64. Announced shortly after Core became a star developer through the critical and commercial success of Tomb RaiderFighting Force was highly anticipated but met with mixed reviews.

The four characters have various reasons for taking on Dr. Dex Zeng, a criminal mastermind with an army at his command who predicted that the world would end in the year 2000. After New Year’s Eve 1999, Dr. Zeng believed that there was an error preventing the apocalypse, so decides to correct it by destroying the world himself. The action starts with a police cordon around Zeng’s office skyscraper, moving to such locales as a shopping mall, subway and Coast Guard base before finally ending at the top of Zeng’s island headquarters.

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Resident Evil 3: Nemesis

Resident Evil 3: Nemesis is a survival horror video game developed by Capcom and released for the PlayStation in 1999. It is the third installment in the Resident Evil series and takes place in two parts, before and after the events of Resident Evil 2. The story follows Jill Valentine and her efforts to escape from a city infected with a biological weapon. Choices through the game affect the story and ending. The game uses the same engine as its predecessors and features 3D models over pre-rendered backgrounds with fixed camera angles.

Originally planned as a spin-off featuring a different protagonist, Resident Evil 3 was designed to have more action-oriented gameplay than previous Resident Evil games. It features a larger number of enemies and introduces the Nemesis creature, which periodically pursues the player. Accompanied by a major marketing campaign, Resident Evil 3 received positive reviews and sold more than three million copies worldwide. Critics praised the game’s detailed graphics and the Nemesis as an intimidating villain, but some criticized its short length and story. Resident Evil 3 was ported to DreamcastWindows and GameCube to varying success. A remake of the game was released for PlayStation 4Xbox One, and Windows in 2020.

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Tekken 3

Tekken 3 is the third installment of Namco’s premier 3D fighting game franchise. Converted from the arcade to the PlayStation, Tekken 3 ran on the technology called the System 12 board. It is a step better than Namco’s System 11 board, which is nearly identical to the PlayStation. The trick was to pull off a conversion to fit with the console’s architecture and technology, and they did just that.

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