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At some point in your all-star gaming career, you've no doubt come across this skull-faced, farm equipment-wielding fiend who tries to deplete your reserve of extra lives. Check out the Dime's list of the Grim Reaper's most recent primetime game appearances.
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Death Jr.This pint-sized death-dealer wields a sickle bigger than he is and buys his tiny black robes in the "Lil' Morbid Boys" department at Reapers-R-Us.
Publisher: Konami
Release Date: 2005.08.16
Platform: PSP
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MediEvil ResurrectionThe Grim Reaper is traditionally more PO'ed than Eminem, but in this game, he goes all Bono on you. And just like Bono, Grim wants to bring peace, love, and chic eyewear to all of Gallowmere...
Publisher: SCEA
Release Date: 2005.09.13
Platform: PlayStation, PSP
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Conker: Live & ReloadedDie and you'll find yourself chatting with a Reaper named "Gregg." Gregg will inexplicably rant about how much he hates cats before letting you return to the world of the living. If Tyra Banks can have her own talk show, so can this guy.
Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios
Release Date: 2005.06.21
Platform: Xbox
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Devil May Cry 3: Dante's AwakeningThe "Hell Vanguard" looks like a reaper, smells like a reaper...but he calls himself the Hell Vanguard. You can try to reason with him. And when you meet the Hell Vanguard in the game's third level, you will 1) soil yourself and 2) take this hard-as-nails disc back to the game store, pronto.
Publisher: Capcom
Release Date: 2005.03.01
Platform: PlayStation 2
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Maximo Vs. Army of ZinMaximo and the Grim Reaper were sworn enemies in the first game, but in the sequel, they cozy up together. They got along fine during the making of the game, but we recently learned that Maximo came home one day and found the Reaper in bed with the nanny.
Publisher: Capcom
Release Date: 2004.01.20
Platform: PlayStation 2
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Twisted Metal: Head-OnMr. Grimm is a chaps-wearing skeleton who rides around on a flaming, rocket launcher-equipped motorcycle. In other words, he's a Metallica album cover come to life.
Publisher: SCEA
Release Date: 2005.03.24
Platform: PlayStation, PSP
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Resident Evil 4Imagine a whole gang of reapers bearing down on you with scythes, chanting in Spanish. The game calls them "Los Illuminados," which in Spanish means, "Get the hell out of our way; we're a bunch of weird-ass reapers."
Publisher: Ubisoft
Release Date: 2005.01.11
Platform: PC, PlayStation 2, GameCube
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The Lord of the Rings: The Third AgeWith their hooded faces and skeletal fingers, the Nazgul are Grim Reapers done Tolkien-style. And their screams are almost as annoying as Dakota Fanning's howls in War Of the Worlds...
Publisher: EA Games
Release Date: 2004.11.02
Platform: PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, Xbox
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Castlevania: Curse of DarknessNo self-respecting Castlevania game can call itself a Castlevania game unless it features a showdown with the Grim Reaper at some point. In Curse of Darkness, you play a guy named "Hector." Hector? Is this a game about vampires? Or is it about a pretzel cart vendor in Queens?
Publisher: Konami
Release Date: 2005.11.01
Platform: PlayStation 2, Xbox
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WWE Day Of Reckoning 2The Undertaker, a.k.a. The Dead Man, is indeed the Grim Reaper of the WWE. His body-slams and elbow-drops aren't scary. What is scary is the idea of that just motor-oiled coiffure touching you. Dude, put that thing up in bun or something!
Publisher: THQ
Release Date: 2005.08.29
Platform: GameCube
