Playstation 1 suggestions

[LaZboy77]

Originally Posted by TC_Halogen

- Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee

Yes! An HD remake of the game called New 'n Tasty came out just recently. That doesn't happen for just any game.

Let's not forget about it's sequel, Abe's Exodus. Improved commands (ditching the whistling and adding an "All a ya" command) made it much easier to guide your friends to safety. Also, QUICKSAVE!! My cousin and I used to have a tradition of beating this game every summer.

So yeah.

- Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
- Oddworld: Abe's Exodus

My suggestions.

[Mahou]

Originally Posted by _.Spitfire._

Kula World (Addicting as fuck)
Metal Gear Solid VR (It's its own game but it's basically extra missions and training for Metal Gear Solid, had a fucking blast with this one)
Skull Monkeys
T'ai Fu: Wrath of the Tiger
Vagrant Story
Wild 9 (badass game, really fun platformer)

WipEout games are cool too

Also highly recommend some of the games that others already mentioned like Heart of Darkness, Oddworld, Resident Evil series and Silent Hill series.

Metal Gear Solid. Hmm, I definitely need to find that. I love a good platformer too, so I will definitely take a look into Wild 9 as well. (Never heard of the game).

Originally Posted by TC_Halogen

- The Legend of Dragoon
- Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
- Heart of Darkness
- Tony Hawk Pro Skater (2 and 3 are the best, imo)
- Coolboarders (most of the games are fun)
- Resident Evil (1/Director's Cut, 2, 3; Survivor is an interesting game if you want a more in-your-face take being first person)
- Tomb Raider (all of the games are great, reasonably difficult)
- Crash Bandicoot 1, and Crash Bandicoot 3 (CB2 is a little too easy for my tastes/enjoyment)
- Crash Team Racing, Crash Bash (separated because they're not platformers)
- Gex (awesome platform fun that not a lot of people realize)
- Dino Crisis (interesting game)
- Fatal Frame (pls)

god I can keep going with the suggestions, I was a PSX/PSone fanatic and had an absolute monster of a collection growing up, haha

I have gex for the n64.
I just recently bought the first Tomb Raider as well since it was fairly cheap in this other vintage store. (CGX)
My friend owns Tony Hawk Pro skater 2 for the PS1. We share games so I practically own it. Such a good a game<3
I still can't find a copy of Crash Team Racing in any store at the moment. I'm really starting to believe that I may have to buy this online.

Originally Posted by adlp

colony wars is the best PS1 game in existence

I've never heard of it. Definitely will look into it.

Originally Posted by MarioNintendo

Wasn't that the goal of your thread? To learn about good lesser known ps1 games?

Yeah, I know what you were trying to do, but I think I would've liked it why told me a bit why you enjoyed these games. A name doesn't really speak out to me unless I've heard, or seen it from somewhere else. I apologize if my post seemed to be bitter.


Recent purchases to my PS1 collection:
Spyro 2
Tomb Raider 1

[choof]

LEGEND OF LEGAIA

story is kinda eh but the combat system is gr9

[ballet dude]

Lots of what I was think has already been mentioned on this thread. don't know if you are into fighters but a classic fav' was Bloody Roar II. Me and my cousins mastered all the special moves for all the characters xD Another trip down memory lane would be Brave Fencer Musashi. I hear they made a 2nd 3D for PS2.. but meh'

[Toxophilis]

Everything listed here is worth playing; I'll add to the list

A Bug's Life
Bloody Roar
Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time
Croc 2
Disney's Hercules
Disney's Tarzan
Pandemonium
Rayman
Rugrats: Search for Reptar

[MarioNintendo]

Well ok mahou, here are short comments:

Beyblade - i remember liking this as a kid
Chrono Cross - considered underrated rpg by some, sequel to chrono trigger
Einhander - an horizontal shoot em up by Square, definitely in my top 5 of all time. Pick it up if shmups are a genre you enjoy, it is worth tracking down. Phenomenal.
Final Fantasy Tactics - turn based strategy game, interesting take on final fantasy
Final Fantasy VII - needs no introduction. Legendary.
Final Fantasy VIII - not my favorite, but not a bad rpg either
Final Fantasy IX - my second favorite final fantasy game. The story is amazing in particular.
Front Mission III - turn based strategy game by square, but with mechs! Pretty cool
Gran Theft Auto 2 - before gta was mainstream, fun gem
Gran Turismo - simulation racing game
Intelligent Qube - the most epic puzzle game you'll ever play. And I do mean epic!
JetMoto 2 - fun racing game showing off ps1 graphix
MediEvil - fun 3d adventure game with a spooky theme
MediEvil II - its sequel
Mortal Kombat 4 - mk in 3d!!!!!!!!!!!
Mortal Kombat Trilogy - the best version of mortal kombat I played, recommended
Parasite Eve - an interesting rpg by square
The Raiden Project - a compilation of raiden 1 and 2, shoot em ups. Classic
Raycrisis - a shoot em up by taito, the sequel of raystorm
Raystorm - a shoot em up by taito. A really like this series, check it out, along with rayforce (arcade, saturn, ios)
Resident Evil 2 - survival horror, needs no intro lol
R-Type Delta - a brutal shoot em up, almost as good as einhander. Interesting mechanics.
Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage!
Spyro: Year of the Dragon (x2)
Tales Of Destiny II - sprite based rpg in the tales of series, why not!
Vandal Hearts - turn based strategy game by konami
Xenogears - cool rpg

[TC_Halogen]

Originally Posted by MarioNintendo

Raystorm - a shoot em up by taito. A really like this series, check it out, along

YEScaps

[Elite Ninja]

Well lots of people have mentioned some games that I woulda suggested but I'm really sad no one said anything about the Megaman X games =(

Megaman X4 was probably the best out of the other ones for the PS1 (X5 and X6) but if you enjoy X4 then you will definetly want to check out X5 and X6 too.

[MixMasterLar]

Alot of good titles in here. here some some of my favorites

RPG: Xenogears, Star Ocean 2, All of the Final Fantasy games,
Racing: Ridge Racer R4, Crash Team Racing, Rally Cross
Adventure/Platformer: Strider 2, Crash Bandicoot 3, Frogger (it's an easy play through for an adult, but was fun as hell when I was like 13 and it has it's charm even today)
Action/War: Metal Gear Solid, Medal of Honor: Underground, Dino Crisis 1/2
Fighting: Soul Edge, Bushido Blade, Tekken 1-3, Darkstalker 3 (although if you can import, the PS2 collection of Vampire Saviors kicks the shit out of owning any of the PS1/dreamcast games)
Puzzle: Bust-a-Move 4, Namco Museum vol 3 (for Phozon dear God love that game)
Sports: Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2/1, NFL 98 (989 studios), NFL Blitz 2000, Cool Boarders 3
Guncon Games: Revolution X, Time Crisis

I know I am forgetting great games but that's it for now

Originally Posted by Elite Ninja

Megaman X4 was probably the best out of the other ones for the PS1 (X5 and X6) but if you enjoy X4 then you will definetly want to check out X5 and X6 too.

IDK I liked X6 the best. Also X6 PS1 >>>then the version that was on PS2

Originally Posted by TC_Halogen

- The Legend of Dragoon
- Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
- Heart of Darkness
- Tony Hawk Pro Skater (2 and 3 are the best, imo)
- Coolboarders (most of the games are fun)
- Resident Evil (1/Director's Cut, 2, 3; Survivor is an interesting game if you want a more in-your-face take being first person)
- Tomb Raider (all of the games are great, reasonably difficult)
- Crash Bandicoot 1, and Crash Bandicoot 3 (CB2 is a little too easy for my tastes/enjoyment)
- Crash Team Racing, Crash Bash (separated because they're not platformers)
- Gex (awesome platform fun that not a lot of people realize)
- Dino Crisis (interesting game)
- Fatal Frame (pls)

THPS 1 is at least equal to 3, and Fatal Frame was an early PS2 game. Still an awesome game though

[ItsOnlyDanO]

I am surprised no-one as said Hogs of War yet, that game was awesome, too bad its stupid hard to find now. (good thing I still have my copy, cheapest I have seen one go for here is around £15)

Also if you can find a guncon and have a CRT then all three Point Blank games are great, and are something different to other guncon shooters.

[_Zenith_]

Originally Posted by LaZboy77

Yes! An HD remake of the game called New 'n Tasty came out just recently. That doesn't happen for just any game.

Let's not forget about it's sequel, Abe's Exodus. Improved commands (ditching the whistling and adding an "All a ya" command) made it much easier to guide your friends to safety. Also, QUICKSAVE!! My cousin and I used to have a tradition of beating this game every summer.

So yeah.

- Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
- Oddworld: Abe's Exodus

My suggestions.

To my knowledge, I've learned that there's an entire 'nother Oddysee, Spaceman's Oddysee or something like that, even though it was on the PS2, if you have played the PS1 Abe's Oddysee, then you should pick it up because they are both a part of Oddworld yet do not have relatively anything in common.

I saw in MN's post about Vandal Hearts, that is a game work grabbing as well. It's short in my opinion, only takes about 16 hours to beat if you're a subpar turn-based strategist. Haven't tried Flames of Judgement yet (2nd in the series) but I saw and heard it was at least decent but still couldn't live up to the Original.

I say this often when regarding anything PS1, but the Suikoden series is a masterpiece, ESPECIALLY the PS1 versions (1, 2, and 3 I believe are only on PS1) and they all take roughly 40 hours to get an ~70% run complete, and there's 108 characters [Stars of Destiny] that you need to gather in order to see hidden content and other various things.

Twisted Metal was an amazing pre-had-to-be-on-an-official-track racing game, where it didn't really consist of winning races, but absolutely obliterating your competition using missiles and guns.

Syphon Filter was a great game, one of the earliest shooter games I have ever played/owned, but you had to be already decent at recognizing who is an enemy in the snow/fog and where you had to go, not even including that hidden bombs are around the maps that if you happen to shoot in that area, you'll most likely lose the mission/die.

I saw Crash Bandicoot being named and just yes.yes.yes.yes.yes.gifs

Rayman, the ORIGINAL, just Rayman. This game was so much fun as a kid, even a teen when I picked it up again, and it possessed that Rayman feel of exploring levels and saving pink lums, yet it had such a hard mechanic to it and that was realizing what was a boundary and jumping down onto a platform was impossible.

This is just a list of some games that I would definitely pick up and play if I bought a PS1, but I have 4 of them

[Jimmymi]

Klonoa: Door to Phantomile
Bomberman World

And lets be honest here, the second installment of Parasite Eve was the better one.

[Moogle-master]

Originally Posted by choof

LEGEND OF LEGAIA

story is kinda eh but the combat system is gr9

This. I have it on the PS3 and it's pretty fun.

[DaBackpack]

o Ape Escape
o Metal Gear Solid
o Final Fantasy 7
o Final Fantasy 8
o Final Fantasy 9
o Final Fantasy Tactics
o Silent Hill
o Street Fighter Alpha series
o Azure Dreams

[LongGone]

WHY HASN'T ANYONE MENTIONED MEGAMAN LEGENDS 1 AND 2 YET OMGG

;~;

I hate you all

[Elite Ninja]

Originally Posted by LongGone

WHY HASN'T ANYONE MENTIONED MEGAMAN LEGENDS 1 AND 2 YET OMGG

;~;

I hate you all

Because I didn't play those on the PS1 (Played on N64)

[_Zenith_]

Originally Posted by LongGone

WHY HASN'T ANYONE MENTIONED MEGAMAN LEGENDS 1 AND 2 YET OMGG

;~;

I hate you all

I own Megaman Legends 2, not the first sadly :[

And I remember running into a difficult point in my younger years so I haven't played it

[MixMasterLar]

Originally Posted by _Zenith_

Syphon Filter was a great game, one of the earliest shooter games I have ever played/owned, but you had to be already decent at recognizing who is an enemy in the snow/fog and where you had to go, not even including that hidden bombs are around the maps that if you happen to shoot in that area, you'll most likely lose the mission/die.

I remember this game, played it alot with my brother and dad back when we use to play single player games together (those where the days; I think I had more fun passing the controller with people then playing actual mutiplayer games). I remember it being hard only because there where parts where just everything was constantly shooting at you , but I haven't popped in a copy in a long time though.


Also I didn't play Rayman until I was well into my 20s and I just....eh..don't like it. I don't even think I would have really cared for the pacing of the game back as a kid. But trust me, I'm well aware that the majority of the world disagrees with that lol

[Mourningfall]

I just remembered this

the game's Irritating Stick. I broke a controller or two as a kid trying to finish it.

And for the love of everything Ps1, don't overlook bmah's suggestion.

Originally Posted by bmah

And I really doubt you can obtain this one anytime soon, but if you ever happen to come across LSD: Dream Emulator, go get it for a one-of-a-kind, extremely weird sandbox game experience. It contains all the essences of Japanese weirdness and is basically exploring an acid trip of the game developer's dreams as he described in his dream journal. The most accessible way to play this game is via a PSX emulator, but finding an actual copy is very hard.

That game's truly an experience. and if you happen to have a bag of weed sitting next to you, an experience you'll never forget (but probably wish you could)

[Mahou]

Been awhile since I have updated this thread. The only games I have bought from this date were

Beyblade
Crash Team Racing
Tekken 1
Twisted Metal 1-2
FF7 (I didn't get the misprinted version. Just a normal copy)