Someone posted a bit ago about the super station one fpga system and i decided to preorder one. Now I’m curious, what would all of your essentials be for the playstation system?
No need to give me a whole list, but if you can share me some of your standouts and why, id appreciate it.
i’ve played very little of ps1 and didn’t even realize it was a system until the ps2 came out!
It would be a crime to forget Metal Gear Solid on the list.
Bushido Blade is also fantastic.
I’ve seen no love for Chrono Cross yet? Shame.
Hear me out:
Monsters, Inc. Scream Team.
For a PS1 game it was ahead of its time. Fleshed out 3D levels that are actually navigable, decent camera angles, solid platforming + puzzles, and level revisiting that does not feel excessively repetitive. The difficulty is also not a god-awful sudden cliff like some PS1/2 games of the era. It’s one of the few, maybe the only PS1 game I’ve played multiple times through.
As a plus the soundtrack is banger.
There are so many! I haven’t seen these mentioned yet.
Future Cop LAPD Jackie Chan Stuntmaster Colin McRae 2.0 Abes Oddysee/Exodus
- Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
- Final Fantasy VII/IX (not VIII)
- Tales of Phantasia (has a PSP remake with a lot of extra content but that’s JP-only…)
- Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1/2
But have you considered FFVIII, the best of the PS1 RPGs?
IX over VIII, my brother/sister
I’m currently replaying all of them via emulator the last few weeks, and I have to say I respectfully disagree.
IX’s combat system just feels simplified compared to the depth that VIII had.
Could you absolutely cheese the draw system…of course. But if you avoided the temptation, the almost limitless mechanics of stat pairing was fun to play around with when taking on different enemies.
I was gonna say Star Ocean: Second Story, because it’s incredible.
But “Second Story R”, the recent remake, is incredibly good and clearly made by people who understand and love the original. I’d go so far as to say “objectively superior version.”
Even the soundtrack I’d call “enhanced” instead of “changed.” I’m continually impressed and loving every minute of it. Especially since I got really stuck on the PS1 version and never beat it.
So here’s one I’m not sure I’ve seen here yet!
Dragon Valor. It was a really neat fantasy beat 'em up by Namco, with some cool ideas and presentation, fun combat, really slick aesthetic, and a Castlevania-esque storyline of playing various characters through a family legacy.
It was really neat. And when I had trouble with a gimmick to beat the final boss, Namco’s support email kindly replied to me back in the day with a hint. That was pretty cool. :D
Toy Story 2
Final Fantasy VII
Kingsley’s Adventure
Gran Turismo 2
Jackie Chan Stuntmaster
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone
Rugrats: Search For Reptar
Tomba
Tekken 3
Rayman 2
R4 Ridge Racer
Soul Blade
Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped
Final Fantasy Tactics
Spyro The Dragon
Digimon World 2003
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3
Tomb Raider 3
Guardians Crusade
Metal Gear Solid
Crash Team Racing
Spider-Man
Dead Or Alive
Ape Escape
Mega Man Legends
I know you said you didn’t want a full list but thought it’d be an interesting exercise for me to do one anyway. If these were the only PS1 games I could play, I’d still be very happy with few that I’d truly miss that’s not on here (which would mostly be games from series that I put here, spyro etc.)
list away! i just didnt want anyone to feel obligated to type it all out! I did get your entries in my count :)
Nice to see some love for Tomba. Loved Tomba 2. Just heard it’s getting a remake released this year.
I never played it properly as a kid but I had a demo that I used to play all the time. I never even finished the demo as a kid. To me the world just felt so mysterious and massive.
Grandia.
And Ridge Racer has been mentioned, but I would go with Ridge Racer 4 which is arguably the pinnacle of the series.
WipEout XL, Spyro 1-3, Crash 1-3, Monster’s Inc Scream Team, Crash Team Racing, Frogger 2, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s stone, JetMoto, Herc’s Adventures, Rugrats Search For Reptar, Parappa The Rapper, Ridge Racer, Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo, The Tomb Raider games, Twisted Metal, Toy Story Racer. There’s a lot more but those are some of my favorites.
Aside from the more well-known greats people have already mentioned, I have to nominate Herc’s Adventures and MediEvil 1 and 2.
How we haven’t seen a new MediEvil game in the age of souls likes baffles me. Souls combat with Dan’s goofy comedy in an open, interconnected Gallowmere? Please take my money.
I also wouldn’t mind seeing a new game in that style LucasArts used for Herc, Zombies Ate My Neighbors, and Ghoul patrol. But with them under the mouse, it’s probably as likely as another Monkey Island.
Tetris Plus - Still my favorite version of Tetris. Has some really unique mechanics.
Wild 9 - A 2.5D platformer where you throw enemies into obstacles with an electric glove.
Hugo
Siphon Filter
Parappa the Rapper
GexNobody said GTA 2 yet. Lost so many hours to that one. The last top down GTA I think.
Also of course MGS, FFVII, FF Tactics, FFIX, THPS2. DDR konamix was decent. Oh and tekken. I had tekken 2 but I think 3 might’ve been on PS1 as well. Yoshimitsu was always my favorite and I was stoked when he was put into soul calibur with his moveset intact.
Not quite the last - we also had Chinatown Wars for DS, in I think 2008?
Some more I haven’t seen mentioned yet, maybe just outside the top 25:
- Rapid Reload/Gunner’s Heaven - Gunstar Heroes-inspired platform shooting chaos
- Jumping Flash! - Low poly early FPS series with a robot bunny that jumps really high
- Bishi Bashi Special - Compete with your friends in WarioWare-like rapid-fire three button minigames
- Vanark - Basically Star Fox 64 for the PS1, but went almost entirely unnoticed
- The Misadventures of Tron Bonne - Mega Man Legends spinoff starring goofy pirates and their adorable robot henchmen
- Tail Concerto and Silent Bomber - CyberConnect2’s first two games; both are hidden gems of 3D action
- Gran Turismo 2 Combined Disc - Both discs combined into one oversized disc by Silent, creator of SilentPatch for the Grand Theft Auto games
- Namco Museum (all six volumes) - I wish later Namco compilations had the first-person museum segments from the PS1 games
- Tempest X3 - Back in my day, “Jeff Minter” was a euphemism for mind-altering drugs
