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Lemmy’s essential 25 PS1 games (self.retrogaming)
submitted 1 day ago by comfyquaker to c/retrogaming
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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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[–] comfyquaker 10 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (3 children)

(Firstly, Apologize for formatting of this post)

(As of 2/26 2:00pm ish Pacific) 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:

  1. Metal Gear Solid
  2. Final Fantasy VII
  3. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater (series)
  4. Final Fantasy IX
  5. Ape Escape
  6. Spyro the Dragon (series)
  7. Crash Bandicoot (series)
  8. Crash Team Racing
  9. Silent Hill
  10. Tekken 3
  11. Wipeout 2097/XL
  12. Xenogears
  13. Final Fantasy Tactics
  14. Syphon Filter
  15. Parappa the Rapper
  16. Gex (series)
  17. Gran Turismo 2
  18. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
  19. Ridge Racer / R4
  20. Tomb Raider (series)
  21. Resident Evil (series)
  22. Medal of Honor
  23. Dino Crisis
  24. Mega Man Legends
  25. 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?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

I was looking for Frogger! Didn’t know they made a Frogger 2… I’ll have to play it sometime…

[–] coriza 1 points 3 hours ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 22 hours ago

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