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!
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Soul Reaver, Castlevania: SOTN and Suikoden 2 are my personal faves.
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.
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
Anyone ever play a game called Team Buddies?
Thanks for all the suggestions! It is clear that this is a library of games I certainly slept on. I’m looking forward to finding them to play!
I went through the comments and tried to tally up what people suggested and here was the list of games in no particular order, just based on the most tallies. I also combined series entires, for example Tony Hawk’s Pro skater series were all the tallies for the single entry. Here is what I see:
- Metal Gear Solid
- Final Fantasy VII
- Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater (series)
- Final Fantasy IX
- Ape Escape
- Spyro the Dragon (series)
- Crash Bandicoot (series)
- Crash Team Racing
- Silent Hill
- Tekken 3
- Wipeout 2097/XL
- Xenogears
- Final Fantasy Tactics
- Syphon Filter
- Parappa the Rapper
- Gex (series)
- Gran Turismo 2
- Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
- Ridge Racer / R4
- Tomb Raider (series)
- Resident Evil (series)
- Medal of Honor
- Dino Crisis
- Mega Man Legends
- Die Hard Trilogy
*Here were a list of games that were mentioned a few times, but didn’t reach the list: * MediEvil (1 & 2) Herc’s Adventures Monsters, Inc. Scream Team Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s/Sorcerer’s Stone Future Cop LAPD
*Here were games mentioned once: * Driver 2 King’s Field (1 & 2) Rapid Reload (a.k.a. Gunner’s Heaven) Jumping Flash! Bishi Bashi Special Vanark The Misadventures of Tron Bonne Tail Concerto Silent Bomber Namco Museum (Volumes 1–6) Tempest X3 Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver Chrono Cross Pitball Valkyrie Profile Fear Effect Vigilante 8 G-Darius Incredible Crisis Tenchu Rakugaki Showtime Trap Gunner The Unholy War Ghost in the Shell Return Fire Star Ocean: The Second Story Blast Chamber N2O: Nitrous Oxide Threads of Fate Disney’s Hercules Blood Omen (Legacy of Kain) Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit R-Type Delta Omega Boost Wipeout 3: Special Edition Bushido Blade Arc the Lad III Parasite Eve Jade Cocoon Azure Dreams Legend of Dragoon Tomba (a.k.a. Tombi) Rayman 2 Soul Blade Spider-Man (Neversoft) Dead or Alive Frogger 2 Jet Moto Rugrats: Search for Reptar Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo Toy Story Racer Hogs of War Worms Armageddon Hydro Thunder Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee/Exodus Jackie Chan Stuntmaster Colin McRae Rally 2.0 Front Mission 3 Grandia Grand Theft Auto 2 DDR / DDR Konamix Vib-Ribbon Team Buddies Tales of Phantasia Suikoden II Hugo Legend of Legaia Breath of Fire III Guardians Crusade Brightis Love & Destroy Intelligent Qube (a.k.a. Kurushi) Scrabble Devil Dice (a.k.a. XI)
I have certainly played a few from the top 25, and interestingly for what little of PS1 I played, I played a fair bit of ones only mentioned once or twice. I recall playing a demo for Meidevil and having a blast, same with Tenchu, Valkyrie Profile, Blood Omen, and Harry Potter.
What do you think?
Very curious to me that FF9 made the list but not FF8. FF7 is a given, a seminal game. But I was a kid/teenager when both FF8 and FF9 came out and I remember FF8 being more of a hit than 9. I am sure part of it was that 9 came out more on the eol of the PS1 while the 8 was on the prime years. I think I read something about 9 becoming a cult classic over the years but I am not sure. Maybe also with the years 8 didn’t fare as well and maybe the early praise when first launched came in part trailing how well was 7 that everyone wanted for 8 to be good.
Personally I did play a lot of 8 but I think only halfway through instead of completing like I did 7 and when 9 came around I wanted to play but never ended up playing it.
The majority of Square’s games from the era are some of the best they’ve ever put out, like Chrono Cross, Parasite Eve (1 and 2) and Threads of Fate (aka Dewprism), so they’re always good choices.
Mega Man X4 is also one of the best of the X series. X5 is still good, avoid X6, it’s very clear how rushed the game is once you start playing.
I’d put Jackie Chan Stuntmaster in place 25 of Die Hard Trilogy and Soul Reaver on 16 in place of Gex, though every in game cutscene of Soul Reaver is unskippable, but the voice acting is pretty much the very best of the console and holds up well even today.
Silent Bomber decidedly deserves a playthru, as does C12 Final Resistance
PS: really hard to read the “mentioned once” list, it’s all a single line without commas or anything
Crash Trilogy. Spyro Trilogy. Tekken (I’d get Tekken 3 if I were you) Crash Team Racing FFVII Tony Hawk Pro Skater (the first one is the only one exclusive to PlayStation 1, THPS 2 and 3 came out on PS2) Syphon Filter Metal Gear Solid Medal of Honor Driver 2 Gex 2 Tomb Raider
Tony Hawk Pro Skater (the first one is the only one exclusive to PlayStation 1, THPS 2 and 3 came out on PS2)
Hi! I’m an 0Ld Tony Hawk player, so let me break it down. Mouseover the acronyms for full titles if your client supports it.
THPS1 and THPS2 were PS1 first, and then ported to Dreamcast, N64, and PC. THPS2 also got a weird Xbox port with THPS1 levels in it. That’s not counting the portable versions and later HD remakes.
THPS3, THPS4, THUG1, THUG2, and THAW were all PS2/Xbox/GameCube first, and eventually PC too. The PS1, N64, and GBA got demakes of some of these games using the THPS2 engine, and they don’t feel right. THUG1’s PC port was exclusive to Australia and New Zealand 🤨. THUG2 has a PSP port. THUG2 PC mod THUG Pro is where the THPS community lives now. THAW has fantastic ports on DS and 360.
THP8 and THPG were 360/PS3-exclusive, but THP8 was eventually ported to PS2.
THPG and THDJ for DS were actually pretty good. Only the DS versions though.
We don’t talk about Robomodo’s games.Great list.
No one gonna mention ape escape? Tsk tsk.
Essential game if you are playing with an original dual shock for sure
Most of the best games gave been re-released or remade over the years, but Xenogears stands out as a great RPG that was only re-released once, for the PS3 in 2011. It’s totally unavailable (legally) on modern hardware. It does have the very unfortunate flaw of basically becoming a visual novel once you hit the second disc due to them running out of time and money, but the game is still great as long as you know what you’re in for. The best way to play it, as usual, is via an emulator, and you can even play it in widescreen that way.
Having played through this recently (via PS1 classics on a PS3):
Very important game to the genre. Absolutely fucking miserable to play in places.
Very slow paced, long load times, awful platforming dungeons. But fascinating plot and characters. And then disc 2 happens and it’s completely batshit but also barely a game. And there’s sequences like the prison that just drag on forever. It’s worth playing but you’re gonna need patience.
The funny thing about it is that despite it being revered as a classic but nearly everyone, it’s also unlikely to ever get a remake or remaster because it’s blatantly unfinished and Tetsuya Takahashi left the company decades ago to found Monolith Soft and make different Xeno games.
King’s Field 1 and 2.
No King’s Field, no Demon Souls and basically every other game that has made From a household name.
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
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile is a fantastic 2.5D platformer with a great story.
An important thing to know beforehand is that there is a limited number of lives in the game and no way to replay levels until completing the game. This can be a big deal because you may find yourself unable to complete later levels on only a single life. This isn’t an issue with the later Wii (not recommended) and Phantasy Reverie (recommended) versions since they allow replaying levels.
Lots of great games already listed. Here’s the one I would add:
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
Fuckin Parappa the Rapper, baby
I want to recommend a game that I know wasn’t that great, but is lots of fun: Pitball. It’s like alien space basketball with gambling. If you like old school sports games with janky controls, give it a shot.
I’ve seen no love for Chrono Cross yet? Shame.
