Racing

Fans of classic aircraft take to the skies in Aces of the Air for the PlayStation. Pilot the vintage fliers in realistic 3D combat missions featuring old-school dogfighting techniques and ground combat. Each successfully completed mission earns players a new plane, all created with their own strengths and weaknesses. Those a bit nervous about the first flight will be happy to know a training mode teaches new fliers the basics of vintage aircraft control. Aces of the Air features realistic, 3-D flight simulation, with a focus on dogfighting techniques using vintage aircraft. Missions include aerial combat, strafing ground troops and materiel, and taking out heavily fortified enemy positions.

The first dodge ball game released on the PlayStation, All-Star Slammin' D-Ball features a horizontal view of the court as eight teams compete in one of two modes: Single Match and Tournament. Teams are individually rated from one to five in throwing, catching, dashing, and dodging abilities. Offbeat male and female characters of varying skill play for the Wild Cats, Pranksters, Heart Breakers, Ninjas, Snipers, Fireballs, Thunder Bolts, and Elementals. The game follows the general rules of dodge ball, in that the object is to knock out the opposing members of a team within a time limit. Players with the ball can aim right, left, high, or low. Thrown balls can be caught by the opposing team, which awards them points. These points can then be used to implement special throws such as the grenade, boomerang, and the screwdriver, making the balls more difficult to avoid or catch. Options include adjustable time limits for Single Matches and three levels of difficulty.

Simple 1500 Series Hello Kitty vol.3 Hello Kitty Block Kuzushi is a classic breakout game, in the style of the classic arcade game Arkanoid, in which the player controls hello kitty and has to destroy all the bricks in each level to advance to the next one. There are special bricks like in Arkanoid that allow the player to use speciall attack in the ball, like the slow effect, the fast attack, etc. The game got different levels depending of the player choices (in one you go through levels of letter C and in other in levels of letter B for example), each letter is divided into 5 different brick levels. After passing a level the player unlock a picture that he can later colour in the album mode.

Fantasy-themed Pinball game, which puts the player in control of a trio of heroes out to prevent the Lord of the Underworld from taking over the world. From the same developer as the Devil's Crush port for Sega Genesis/Mega Drive.

Deadheat Road is a classic racing game in which the player compete in a racing againts a computer player car. The races usually starts in the night and ends with the daylight. The game features different cars for the player to choose and different circuits (west and east ones). The cars can also be customized.

Suikoden is a Japanese-style role-playing game with several unusual additions. There are three kinds of combat in the game, the most common one being the traditional turn-based party combat (players can have up to six people in their active party). Magic runes can be equipped on the player's characters which allow limited usage of offensive and healing spells. There are also a few army battles, where the player must control whole units of fighters, archers, magicians, etc., and one-on-one fights (duels).

A neat drift-racing game ala Initial D that lets you choose among 15 cars and 5 courses. You can race against up to 5 cars in the arcade mode and there's also a story, time trial and practice mode (where you can train tricky parts of courses). Graphics and sound are passable but unremarkable (you can listen the 12 redbook tracks on your stereo) and the handling is a bit hard to get into at first as it feels a bit stiff with a digital pad. I'd recommened using the Negcon, which helps quite a bit. An obscure racing wheel, the "Cockpit Wheel" (SLHP-00024) is also supported. Sadly no multiplayer option, but all in all I'd say it's a nice little racer, albeit not quite up on par with the greats (Side by Side Special, Touge MAX G).

This value-minded release comes to North America courtesy of Tommo and A1 Games. Play as one of 12 racers competing for first-place finishes on seven different race tracks, which include pavement and frozen landscapes. Three modes of play include: Grand Prix, Time Attack, and Two-Player Versus. Use the drift technique and grab turbo capsules littering the race courses to give you a competitive edge.

Wipeout is a racing game that is set in 2052, where players compete in the F3600 anti-gravity racing league. The game allows the player to pilot one of a selection of craft in races on several different tracks. There are four racing teams to choose from, and two ships for each team. Each ship has its distinct characteristics of acceleration, top speed, mass, and turning radius. By piloting their craft over power-up pads found on the tracks, the player can pick up various weapons and power-ups such as shields, turbo boosts, mines, shock waves, rockets, or missiles. The power-ups allow the player to either protect their craft or disrupt the competitors' craft.

"The King of Fighters '99: Millennium Battle" is the sixth game in The King of Fighters series by SNK. Unlike in previous games of the series, there are four characters per team instead of three, with the fourth serving as a "Striker", a fighter whose function is only to enter a match, attack the opponent and leave without replacing their teammates. In total, there are seven teams, each containing four characters, four Team Edit characters and a boss.

Simple 1500 Series vol. 78: The Zero Yon is a street racing game in which the player takes the role of a driver that wants to become the king of king in the street racing, and to do that he will have to compete against other drivers in the town and win the different races to get the best score and be the first one in the ranking. The player can also buy new parts for improve his car (like tires, engine, etc.).

A touge racing game developed by Cave.

XS Airboat Racing is a racing game that let you test your racing skills through arcade tournament and time trial modes. Play as ten different characters. Three difficulty settings and various power-ups provide hours of gameplay and challenges. Up to nine different tracks that spread to five unique worlds.