Playstation 1 classics

[Doclector]

Today I was just wandering around a local gaming store, and a saw something that made my nostalgia senses tingle like spiderman in the same room as mr t. It was a ps1 game named medievil, about a one eyed, lower jawless undead knight trying to reclaim his former glory. It took me back to those days of the ps1, my very first console, and my favourite games on it. Such as;

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40 winks: this brilliantly mad platformer meddled with the idea of dreams far before christopher Nolan started to mess with people's minds using bendy cities and spinning tops. Awesome powerups, brilliant puzzles, and varied levels. Awesome stuff.

Crash bandicoot 2: 'nuff said, to be honest. This was the first game I played and the first game I loved. Where did it all go wrong crash? WHYYYY!?

Hogs of war; okay, it's effectively a ww1 themed porcine worms clone.

But it's a damn good one. Really funny too.

So, what are your old ps1 classics?

 

[nickyv917]

Spyro 2, Crash 3, Descent (how big of a change in tone was that), Crash Team Racing, and Destruction Derby 1 & 2

 

[TimeLord]

Hogs of War[footnote]*cough*shameless plug [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/326.290866-TimeLord-Reviews-Hogs-of-War-PS1]*cough*[/footnote] and Worms Armageddon!

Both awesome fun games and timeless classics!

 

[FunKing]

H20....Bust a groove(and no not bust a move)...you know, i was all excited to post a reply untill i realised how long my damn list was gonna be....i could be here for hours

 

[gCrusher]

Robo Pit, Tomba! and SoulEdge.

 

[intheweeds]

Final Fantasy VII. Breeding Chocobos 'til 4 in the morning! YAY!

 

[Overmind78]

Colony Wars (still one of the best space ship shooters ever)
Tenchu: Stealth Assassins (you know you love the voice acting)
Tomb Raider (all of them)
Crash Bandicoot 2 (already mentioned)
Gran Tourismo 1 and 2 (love the soundtracks)
Syphon Filter (horrible AI)
Twisted Metal 2 (so much fun)

 

[The Hero Killer]

Final Fantasy VII-IX
Legend of Dragoon
Chrono Cross
Soul Reaver

 

[Saltyk]

If it had Final Fantasy in the name, I loved it. Actually, I really loved the PSOne's RPGs. Some of my favorite RPGs ever were on the system.

Here's off the top of my head:
~Final Fantasy 7
~Final Fantasy 8
~Final Fantasy 9
~Final Fantasy Tactics
~Breath of Fire 3
~Legend of Legaia
~Suikoden 2
~Wild Arms
~Brave Fencer Musashi
~Megaman Legends

Yeah, that seems like a good start.

 

[elbrandino]

Ape Escape
Spyro 2
Final Fantasy VII

 

[HardkorSB]

Apocalypse

 

[Mr. 47]

I had all of three games for my PS1, a digimon game (yeah...), Spider-Man , a damn good game , even if you could only go on rooftops and anything past the first few meters down from the rooftop were covered in fog, and NHL.

I didn't have them on PS1, but I loved Parasite Eve and Metal Gear Solid.

Just starting the Final Fantasy games for PS1 now actually.

 

[Doclector]

Spyro 2, Crash 3, Descent (how big of a change in tone was that), Crash Team Racing, and Destruction Derby 1 & 2

Spyro! How the hell did I forget that little purple guy! And croc! Agh god I could be here literally all night!

 

[emeraldrafael]

Some of my favorites were always Spyro 2, Sypro 3 (dont give me that look), Parasite Eve, Persona 1, both Persona 2s, Bushido Blade (I think was the name), and Soul Edge.

 

[Doclector]

Apocalypse

Saw that in the same shop, actually, had Bruce willis in it, didn't it?

I think I remember playing a demo of it, seemed pretty good.

 

[Sixcess]

the PS1 was my first proper console. To some extent it's my definitive gaming era.

Disruptor
Fear Effect
Fear Effect 2
Silent Hill
Resident Evil (especially the first)
Tomb Raider (especially the first)
Tenchu
Final Fantasy 7 - gets a lot of hate these days but to someone who'd never played a JRPG it was quite incredible back in the day
Wipeout - the only racing game series I've ever liked
Bushido Blade - the only fighting game I've ever liked
Deathtrap Dungeon - flawed but fun, all 40 levels of it
Time Crisis

...and some great ports of pc games...

Command & Conquer, and Red Alert
Civilisation II (really it could barely handle that game and ran incredibly slowly once things got complicated, but still...)
Duke Nukem 3D (best. soundtrack. ever.)
and Doom.

 

[Hiname]

Parasite Eve II
Legend of Dragoon
Tenchu: Stealth Assassins
Jade Cocoon

Thats my list for several fun days.

 

[mjc0961]

Crash bandicoot 2: 'nuff said, to be honest. This was the first game I played and the first game I loved. Where did it all go wrong crash? WHYYYY!?

Where? Right after Crash Team Racing, when Naughty Dog wasn't the developer anymore. Same thing with Spyro: Insomniac wasn't the developer anymore, and the games got worse and worse, and now we get this shit. [http://cdn1.gamepro.com/article_img/gamepro/4671-218191-2.jpg]

Anyway my PS1 classics? Well obviously Crash and Spyro to start. I must of course mention Ape Escape, another game that I want to know what the hell happened with now that Playstation Move Ape Escape is out and it's a damn rail shooter net swinger. Ape Escape 1 is still awesome though.

Can't forget about Twisted Metal 1 and Twisted Metal 2 either. And Twisted Metal Small Brawl was okay too, but the first two were better. And those are the only Twisted Metal games that exist for PS1. *glares at 989 Studios*

I guess I could mention Mega Man Legends, even though I never actually played them back during PS1 days. I got it and the second one later on, somewhere between PS2 and PS3, I think I might have already had a 360 at that point. I don't remember. Anyway, good games, even if they don't have that same classic "I played this way back when" feeling because of when I got them.

Grandia is a damn great JRPG on PS1. I don't care what all those FF lovers say: this is my favorite JRPG on PS1 and in fact one of my favorite JRPGs of all time. I really liked that IP bar thing they did for the battle system so it wasn't just another "you take your turn whacking the bad guys, the bad guys take their turn whacking you, repeat". If you played it right you could screw with the enemies and never let them do anything. It's like trolling the AI, except sadly they don't throw a hissy fit for you to laugh at.

And last but certainly not least, Tomba! Tomba is the shit. Tomba 2 was pretty good too, but I prefer the first one. I don't know whether to be happy or sad that Whoopee Camp went under, honestly. It could have been that there would be great new Tomba games today... Or it could have been that Tomba went the way of Spyro, Crash, and Sonic and started sucking large amounts ass.
The least Sony could do now though is release Tomba on the Playstation Store for people who want it so they don't have to spend who knows how much on eBay for a copy. Thankfully, I still have my PS1 copies right here to play at any time and no they aren't for sale and you can't borrow them. Get away from me.

Ape Escape

Right on! [http://thenextweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/hi.jpg]

 

[Swifteye]

Croc the legend of the gobbos? I dunno. I mean it got that fancy red border back in the day although it hasn't been re-released on the psn. But a bugs life has. Seriously.

 

[AetherWolf]

Spyro. Just... Spyro. The third one was always my favorite.

Oh, and Final Fantasy IX, I liked that one too.

And Spyro.