5. ADVANCE WARS
Turn-based strategy gaming comes to the Game Boy Advance. Underneath the cute and cartoony graphics is a surprisingly deep strategy gameplay. Both the single-player and multiplayer modes are a hoot to play.
6. GRAND THEFT AUTO: VICE CITY
After successfully going full 3D with GTA 3, the open-ended, free-roaming city-wide simulator basks in the glory of the ’80s. With a Miami Vice-like atmosphere and an all ’80s soundtrack, Vice City is one of gaming’s finest moments
7. TOM CLANCY’S SPLINTER CELL
For the first time, Splinter Cell has made the stealth genre incredibly realistic and believable. Its hero, the taciturn Sam Fisher, literally has to hide in the shadows to evade the enemy or take them out as silently as possible.
8. BATTLEFIELD 1942
This groundbreaking WWII multiplayer shooter not only has Axis and Allied soldiers as playable characters, but also various pilotable vintage war machines. Adding to the authentic feel are expansive maps based on actual WWII battles.
