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Ristar

[This post is part of a collaborative Sonic retrospective based around the games on Sonic Mega Collection Plus. To read more, please head over to the central post!…

“Sponsor’s obligations” – Need for Speed: Underground 2

[My journey through 2004 ends here with another guest post. I’m pleased to hand over again to Alexander Sigsworth, who you can find blogging at alexsigsworth.wordpress.com and who…

“Alien bastards” – Halo 2

The list of UK #1s in the year of the sequel, 2004, ends with a triple hit of sequels to the biggest breakthrough games of the decade to…

“Respect +” – Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

In my journey through 2000, I talked about the unprecedented achievement of the game Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in selling one million copies in the UK….

“Some great action in this game” – Pro Evolution Soccer 4

A little tweak here and there, some more evolution, and the best football sim around got better still. If there’s one detail to pick on to illustrate what…

“Reckon you’re about an 8 or a 9” – FIFA Football 2005

FIFA Football 2004 spent five weeks at the top of the UK charts, consolidating the position of the series after its early 2000s wobble. Particularly with a new…

“Take a legion” – Star Wars: Battlefront

Amidst the year of sequels, Star Wars: Battlefront still provides something of a first in the list of UK #1 games. Online multiplayer has been a prominent component…

“Live mode” – The Sims 2

The Sims 2 took the series forward in its simulation of life and death. The death part was straightforward and nothing new for games at all. Many of…

“Some distant conflict” – Conflict: Vietnam

Contemporary reviews of Conflict: Vietnam mention its position as part of a wave of games based on the Vietnam war, alongside Vietcong: Purple Haze and Shellshock: Nam ‘67,…

“Mediocre display” – Athens 2004

I’ve talked previously about 2004’s status as a year of sequels, when all the most successful games were built on established franchises. None were more established than this…