22 years ago...The Games of 2004! How Many Did You Play?

A look at 100 games that were released in 2004! Like 1994, 2004 was another stellar year for gaming! Some absolutely all-time great titles like Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Burnout 3 and Ninja Gaiden. Consoles were still going strong as the XBox and PS2 hit their stride - even the GameCube was getting some amazing titles like Metroid Prime 2: Echoes and Pikmin 2. And of course the PC received Half-Life 2 ... UT2K4, Rome: Total War ... the list goes on. And then of course, there's the behemoth that was (is still?) World of Warcraft. However, in a marked difference from 10 years earlier, many of these games were newest additions to existing franchises. Metal Gear Solid 3! The Sims 2! Tekken 5! Hitman: Contracts! All solid additions to their franchises. There were, of course, some new franchises starting out - Far Cry revolutionized the FPS genre; Fable brought action-RPGs to console gamers; Red Dead Revolver kicked off the western franchise and Star Wars Battlefront's latest iteration is still getting played today! (Still waiting on that sequel for Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines though...) 2004 was indeed an amazing year! But was it better than 1994? If you were a gamer 21 years ago, you probably played a few of these; what were your favorites? As usual, there is a Steam Key hidden somewhere in the video! If you claim it, please post a comment and let us know what it was! COMPLETE GAMELIST: ================== 001 - Syphon Filter: Omega Strain 002 - Call of Duty Finest Hour 003 - Fable 004 - Metroid Prime 2 Echoes 005 - Halo 2 006 - Metal Gear Ac!d 007 - Fire Emblem The Sacred Stones 008 - Resident Evil Outbreak 009 - Metroid Zero Mission 010 - Pokemon Fire Red/Leaf Green 011 - Mario vs. Donkey Kong 012 - Killzone 013 - Xenosaga Episode II Jenseits von Gut und Bose 014 - Jak 3 015 - Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War 016 - Dragon Quest VIII - Journey of the Cursed King 017 - Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne 018 - Metal Gear Solid 3 - Snake Eater 019 - Alien Hominid 020 - Bloodrayne 2 021 - GoldenEye: Rogue Agent 022 - Lord of the Rings, The - The Third Age 023 - Suffering, The 024 - Silent Hill 4 The Room 025 - WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 026 - Dragon Ball Z Budokai 3 027 - Star Wars - KOTOR II 028 - Need for Speed Underground 2 029 - Pro Evolution Soccer 4 030 - Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow 031 - Sly 2 Band of Thieves 032 - Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 033 - Mortal Kombat Deception 034 - Def Jam Fight for NY 035 - Leisure Suit Larry - Magna Cum Laude 036 - Megaman X8 037 - Prince of Persia: Warrior Within 038 - The Legend of Zelda - The Minish Cap 039 - Evil Genius 040 - Grand Theft Auto San Andreas 041 - Onimusha 3: Demon Siege 042 - ESPN NHL 2K5 043 - Chronicles of Riddick Escape from Butcher Bay 044 - Monster Hunter 045 - Lumines: Puzzle Fusion 046 - Second Sight 047 - SRS - Street Racing Syndicate 048 - The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures 049 - Paper Mario - The Thousand Year Old Door 050 - Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance 2 051 - Doom 3 052 - Psi-Ops - The Mindgate Conspiracy 053 - Tony Hawk's Underground 2 054 - Kingdom Hearts - Chain of Memories 055 - Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes 056 - Katamari Damacy 057 - Champions of Norrath 058 - World of Warcraft 059 - 007: Everything or Nothing 060 - Crash Twinsanity 061 - Suikoden IV 062 - Samurai Warriors 063 - X-Men Legends 064 - Madden NFL 2005 065 - Fight Night 2004 066 - Spider-Man 2 067 - Star Wars: Battlefront 068 - Viewtiful Joe 2 069 - Burnout 3: Takedown 070 - Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal 071 - Super Mario 64 DS 072 - Half-Life 2 073 - Ninja Gaiden 074 - Unreal Tournament 2004 075 - Rome: Total War 076 - Gran Turismo 4 077 - Tekken 5 078 - Far Cry 079 - Pikmin 2 080 - Dawn of War 081 - Counter-Strike Source 082 - Warioware Twisted 083 - Vampire: The Masquerade- Bloodlines 084 - Sid Meier's ~ Pirates! 085 - Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 086 - Lord of the Rings, The- The Battle for Middle-earth 087 - Battlefield Vietnam 088 - Tribes Vengeance 089 - Painkiller 090 - Medal of Honor Pacific Assault 091 - FlatOut 092 - Hitman Contracts 093 - Chris Sawyer's Locomotion 094 - Driv3r 095 - FIFA Soccer 2005 096 - Red Dead Revolver 097 - NBA Live 2005 098 - Full Spectrum Warrior 099 - The Sims 2 100 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban