Playstation 1 Must Have's

Myrddin

Ok lads, Im going on a mission to procure some much needed games, starting with PS1. I have next to none of the classics, or the "must have's". Can you throw me so help here as to what I should be looking for - these are the must have's, not just good games - Ill get to them later

So far in the list is;

Resident Evil (any/all of the saga from PS1)
Silent Hill (any/all etc)
Wipeout (sequels?)
Destruction Derby (sequels?)

There are literally hundreds more no doubt, and thats why this thread is here

So throw a few out there please!

amacachi

Hogs of War, great multiplayer game.
Also I couldn't agree more about Destruction Derby.

Jack burton

Bushido Blade anyway

But i'll look through my games and make a list

too many to name off the top of my head

Melion

Metal Gear Solid 1
Twisted Metal
Final Fantasy VII
Wipeout 2097

Doyler92

Army Men : Lock n Load

ghostchant

Came up in one of the other threads the other day, Silent Bomber is amazing.

Myrddin

Appreciate the suggestions lads, keep 'em rolling

ghostchant

Wild 9 is fun, though don't know if it's considered a classic or anything, and i second Bushido Blade, haven't played that in a good while now!

sandleman1979

My personal favourties have to include
Gran Turismo 2
Tomb Raider 2

justbrian

Parasite eve 2, second to none the best survival horror on ps1.

weeder

driver 1 and 2, fantastic in their time but they havent aged well

Joneser

Crash Bandicoot
Destruction Derby 2
Tomb Raider
Gran Turismo
Final Fantasy VII + VIII + IX :P
Metal Gear Solid

Retr0gamer

OK where to start:

Um Jammer Lammy
Parrappa the Rapper
Wipeout 2097 and Wipeout 3
Tobal 1 and 2
Tombi 1 and 2
Ape Escape
Silhouette Mirage
Klonoa
Tail Concerto
Resident Evil (all of them)
Final Fantasy (all of them and especially FF Tactics)
Metal Gear Solid
Future Cop LAPD
Skullmonkeys
The Megaman X games
Megaman Legends 1 and 2
Rapid Reload/Gunners Heaven
Castlevania Symphony of the Night and Chronicles
Silent Bomber
Strider 2
Einhander
G-Darius
R-type Delta
Gradius Gaiden
Harmful Park
The Parodius games
Raystorm
Zanac X Zanac
Suikoden 1 and 2
Vagrant Story
Front mission 3
Grandia
Chrono Cross
Dragon Warrior VII
Breath of Fire 3 and 4
Valkyrie Profile
Persona 2 (Persona 1 is best on the PSP and get the second part of Persona 2 with a translation patch)
Alundra
Team Buddies
Tactics Ogre
Devil Dice
No one can stop Mr. Domino
Vib Ribbon
Dino Crisis 1 and 2
Colony Wars series
Rayman 2
Spider-man
Rollcage 1 and 2
The Divide
Bushido Blade
Incredible Crisis
Soul Blade
Point Blank
Vandal Hearts 1 and 2
Alien Resurrection
Silent Hill
Parasite Eve (PE2 is a bit crap)
Lunar 1 and 2
The Oddworld games

Might have forgotten some but that should keep you lit.

FortuneChip

Echo some earlier mentions, FF & MGS

Vagrant Story is my favourite PS1 Game. Great music, great story. I loved the gameplay as well, and it's even better in the 2nd play through

Tekken 2, I've lost interest in Tekken since, loved this one.

Myrddin

Cheers Lads, and Retr0...lit? Im on fire

Augmerson

I don't think anybody has mentioned:

V-Rally
Jade Cocoon
ISS Pro Evolution

monkeyfudge

Ape Escape is where it's at!

Retr0gamer

monkeyfudge wrote: »

Ape Escape is where it's at!

Such an entertaining game

justbrian

But ape escape 2 sucks.

Fidelis

Retr0gamer wrote: »

The Parodius games

Retr0, you hero. I had completely forgotten about the Parodius games. I normally don't care much for that genre of game, but Parodius is a gem.

Retr0gamer

Love me some shoot'em ups and the PS1 really has a lot of great ones. The Parodius games really are fantastic.

o1s1n

Too lazy to read back through..so...

VIB RIBBON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

<--- see my Avatar.

Also The Raiden Project. As Raiden 2 is still unplayable through emulation. And it is quite possibly one of the greatest shooters of all time.

whackball

I loved the original ridge racer on PS1 as pulling of the drift around the corner became fairly easy on the PS1 joypad.

chopperbyrne

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 is the best in the series and one of the best games in general on the PS1.

Both X-Com games. Bit of a chunky interface, but still absolute classics.

The first Gran Turismo is still the best in the series for me.

Myrddin

o1s1n wrote: »

Too lazy to read back through..so...

VIB RIBBON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

<--- see my Avatar.

Also The Raiden Project. As Raiden 2 is still unplayable through emulation. And it is quite possibly one of the greatest shooters of all time.

AAHH I see! I figured you were mad into astrology or something :P:pac:

Retr0gamer

He's not gay :P

Myrddin

Retr0gamer wrote: »

He's not gay :P

Well I know that, but to a stranger, reading some recent tags he's been given might make 'em wonder

For the record, I've seen o1s1ns' gf folks so cancel red alert :pac:

Mr. Presentable

G-Police

Dr Bob

Legacy of Kain. It's zelda with fangs ,and completely different from its sequals (tomb raider with fangs) but it's worth it for the story and the voice acting.

Kings field (think this was jap only), a 3d rpg game made by masochists (look the first save point that I could find was 30 minutes in , and hidden behind a false wall.Every creatre is lethal , Snails can kill you ...SNAILS!!).For all that its suprisingly good.
see also
The Tekkens, Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiidge racer,soul blade,castlevania SOTN and skullmonkeys.

Retr0gamer

Would love to give the Kings Field games a go. I heard they are the spiritual predesecors to Demon's Souls and that game is far and away my game of this generation.

o1s1n

EnterNow wrote: »

Well I know that, but to a stranger, reading some recent tags he's been given might make 'em wonder

For the record, I've seen o1s1ns' gf folks so cancel red alert :pac:

Thank you for publically clearing that up. I could take the slut, temptress and queen, but astrology was one step too far.

I would imagine Atavan will now be devestated though.

There'll always be a space for you in my heart man. Always!!!!!

Creepyness aside, Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain is brilliant. The voice acting in it really puts so many other ps1 games to shame.

Lloyd Christmas

I dont think we can forget Abe's Odyssey and Abe's Exodus.

Classics!!

Myrddin

Some great suggestions folks, from reading up, there were some real gems I wasn't aware of. I shall now begin the long put off process, of acquiring some really badly needed games for my retro console collection

Retr0gamer

These should make your credit card weep and your bank manager happy. Unfortunately most of them are pretty damn essential:

http://www.racketboy.com/retro/sony/ps1/2008/04/the-rarest-and-most-valuable-playstation-ps1-games.html

Dr Bob

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Would love to give the Kings Field games a go. I heard they are the spiritual predesecors to Demon's Souls and that game is far and away my game of this generation.

I'll have a copy with me on Saturday , sure I'll bring the modded PS as well
(provided I have the car that is , I'm loading myself up with games and controllers like a pack mule at this stage!)

Mr. Presentable

MDK. The very interesting bomb was hilarious.

Retr0gamer

It kind of sucked on the PS1 compared to the PC version.

Myrddin

Retr0gamer wrote: »

These should make your credit card weep and your bank manager happy. Unfortunately most of them are pretty damn essential:

http://www.racketboy.com/retro/sony/ps1/2008/04/the-rarest-and-most-valuable-playstation-ps1-games.html

Damn you Retr0 - once something is rare I automatically want it. Doesnt matter if its poo or not, rarity = want, for me anyway. Yes its a disease. Retr0 you might know, is the original pc version of Resident Evil (appaling graphics) worth anything. I seen a comment on Toms Hardware ages ago that somone sold one for $100 or something nuts like that. I tried to price it, but cant find it anywhere for sale.

Retr0gamer

It might well be especially a Power VR edition. There weren't many copies of it made so it's worth checking out.

Myrddin

Retr0gamer wrote: »

It might well be especially a Power VR edition. There weren't many copies of it made so it's worth checking out.

I only have the disc, but cant find any refernce photos of the disc itself. Mine is this:



Sorry for the blurry pic. OT but hardly worth its own thread...

Retr0gamer

Hmm... Collectors aren't fans of disc only games.

Myrddin

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Hmm... Collectors aren't fans of disc only games.

Ah So worth zilch? (presuming it was worth anything in the first place )

Retr0gamer

Not much I'd say.

Anthony Walsh

Syphon Filter - Don't think it has been mentioned yet and I can't believe it such a great game, kinda wish i coul play it now

CiDeRmAn

Looking at that site of rare PS1 games gave me a buzz, I seem to have a few of them,
Kurushi (that intelligent cube game is the jap edition), Klonoa, Herc's Adventure, CastlevaniaSOTN, Return Fire, Syndicate Wars, so plenty of rare titles there.

Only thing is, when will I ever really play them again?
I mean, I'm likely to give one or two a 5 minute go some afternoon, but beyond that I'll never get stuck into Syndicate Wars or Klonoa.

Pity really.

Retr0gamer

So very true. You might as well give them to me so.

Really love having a mint copy of Suikoden 2 that I paid exactly nothing for

Myrddin

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Not much I'd say.

Boo! There goes my retirement plans

amacachi

Heh, just saw Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories on the list, pity it's the premium one they mean. :pac:

CiDeRmAn

Retr0gamer wrote: »

So very true. You might as well give them to me so.

Just because I don't get to play them doesn't mean I love them any less!

My collection means, at any time, if the mood takes me, I can nip up and in 2 minuted be playing Super Metroid, or Duckhunt, or Streets of Rage

o1s1n

Funnily enough I've just started playing Syndicate Wars again after getting that ps1 mouse.

It's proving a bit awkward to figure out. From what I can tell you use the pad in one hand and the mouse in the other. It's kind of cool. The D pad lets you move the screen around while you use the mouse to point. Kind of like a keyboard WASD/Mouse combination.

CiDeRmAn

I want a PS mouse so I can sh1te myself playing Alien Resurrection! I can play it on the joypad but knowing there's a mouse option makes me wait.
Also the game makes me crap myself when I play it in the dark, almost to Silent Hill 2 levels.
Anyone else think Silent Hill 2 was the scariest game ever? Sorry to hijack the thread!
I do have Silent Hill for the PS and have yet to turn it on, worth it having played the follow up?