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Late Holiday Gift Guide for Gamers Under Twenty Bucks.
One of the major reasons why this site has been a bit stale as of late is because of the rush and bustle of Christmas and other assorted winter holidays. One of the hardest gifts to get was for my good friend BBQ. It can be hard to get a good gift for video gamers who sort of have everything so I have some gift suggestions and good practices.
Good Ideas
1. Take a high resolution digital picture of what their games library is. That way you get to know what they already have
2. Ask what system they prefer.
3. Include a gift receipt just in case they already have that one.
4. If you are going to get a gift card for them go to Goodwill and get a Atari or Nes games for a buck that you can include as a gag gift.
Now on the the list of sure fire games for the Sony Playstation2
Jak 2 I am a sucker for cartoony games.
Mad Catz PS2 MicroCon Control Pad one of my favorite game pads
Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando I am still a sucker for cartoony games.
Space Channel 5: Special Edition for girl gamers or guys who like Disco.
Atari Anthology! Kick it old-school
Auto Modellista a fun very cool driving game
Katamari Damacy Japanese Rolling Ball Insanity
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King One Ring to rule them all...
Maximo vs Army of Zin I just love Ghost and Goblins.
Midway Arcade Treasures 2 It has NARC, ATB and Mortal Kombat 2. That is enough for me.
PS2 Afterglow Pro Controller For the raver in all of us.
R-Type Final Old School Space Ship Shooting with a 128-bit graphics engine.
Simpsons: Hit and Run Like GTA but no shooting and with the Simpsons.
Sonic Mega Collection Plus a billion 2d hedgehog fans can't be wrong.
SSX 3 Snowboard fun on a really really big fake mountain.
Viewtiful Joe Henshin a-gogo Baby!
Virtual on Marz This would kick ass on the PS2 joysticks.
Sony PlayStation 2 Memory Card 8MB Because some times you just need more space.
For those cool enough to have a Nintendo Gamecube.
Mad Catz GameCube MicroCon Control Pad A staple in my dojo
1080: Avalanche Nintendo Snowboarding at it's best
Animal Crossing A stupid yet addictive game. Girls and Kids would love it.
GameCube Afterglow Controller You know .. for ravers.
Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Giant Monsters Attacking Tokyo!! Oh!!!
Harry Potter Quidditch World Cup Still more fun than a foot ball game. The kids would love it.
Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker Make sure they don't have it but it is a classic.
Skies of Arcadia Legends A really good Sega RPG
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle The Dreamcast's finest on Gamecube
Super Mario Sunshine If they don't have it this is still a must. It's a me Mario!
Super Monkey Ball 2 Sega + Monkeys = Fun
Viewtiful Joe I love this game.
Misc crap
GameStop Universal System Selector This lets you hook up a whole bunch of video games to one TV, I have three selectors but then again I have a problem
There is four days until Christmas/Kwanzaa and Ramadan and Hanukkah was not that long ago.
Jake at December 20, 2004 
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Comments
Nice list there, though I noticed a lack of X-Box, GBA and PC titles in the lineup.
Makes me want to buy my brothers Gamecube for sure...
Posted by: Matt at December 21, 2004 1:03 AM
Well I don't have an Xbox anymore and I don't really play PC games. There really are not the slection of abundant value games for the GBA that stand out from the normal selection of games.
Posted by: Jake of 8bitjoystick.com at December 21, 2004 11:57 PM
A great list! The Greatest Hits section for PS2 has really shown a lot of great titles this year. And I have to agree with you on the MicroCon, I love it!
But you might want to put a space between Jak II and the I on your first post, it makes it look like you're promoting Jak III, which is still $40. Although, still an awesome game :)
Posted by: Mici at December 22, 2004 7:16 AM
"Animal Crossing A stupid yet addictive game. Girls and Kids would love it."
Um, excuse me... I don't think I qualify as a girl or a kid but I still love Animal Crossing!
Posted by: Riley at December 27, 2004 3:06 PM
