When the PlayStation first launched, Tekken was its breakthrough title.
Pit against Sega’s pitiful attempt at original Virtua Fighter, Tekken made the PlayStation look damn good. So what if its loading screen was so long that you could play Galaga while you waited, it was still a cool game.
With Tekken 2, Namco fortified its hold upon the PlayStation and was the pinnacle of all third party developers at the time. With a recent rash of new games, including Point Blank and Time Crisis, Namco is back in full force. But Tekken 3 is their current crowning achievement, producing one of the most diverse, and downright fun, fighting games of all time.