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!
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:
*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