Recommend me some good PS1 games!

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

Vagrant Story, Parasite Eve 1 and 2, Silent Hill, Medievil 1 and 2, Spyro series, and Suikoden are pretty good.

The Final Fantasys on the PS1 are pretty good too, and Chrono Cross too....

There's a lot of good games on the PS1 now that I think about it.

 

[Andy Shandy]

Hogs Of War, MGS, Spyro, Crash, Tombi, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater...especially 2 And countless others that others will undoubtedly list

 

[krazykraig]

Odd world: Abe odyssey
Abe Exodus, i think that was the name of the second game
silent hill 1
there are more but cant think of any right now

 

[TwitchierGuitar]

Spyro and the Crash Bandicoot series. I loved them so much...

 

[Shoggoth2588]

Final Fantasy VII, VIII, IX and, whatever collection it is that has Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy IV.

FF-Aside:

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Dino Crisis 2
Grand Theft Auto + London (need 1 or 2 for London)
Megaman Legends (I can't remember the actual title for it...it had a N64 port which was good so the PSX one must be great)
Nightmare Creatures
Resident Evil
Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 3
Twisted Metal
Twisted Metal 2

I know there are more but I was an N64 kid by virtue of a poor mom who got me the PSX with few games and a dick Dad who had the N64 at his house but let me use it from time to time in a passive aggressive sort of way, the jerk.

 

[emeraldrafael]

Am disappoint at no mention of Persona or Persona 2.

 

[GaemzDood]

http://dookiecakes.blogspot.com/2009/04/ps1.html this article should cover it, I could name a bunch more if you want me to.

 

[NinjaDeathSlap]

Hogs of War

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Yes! This! So much this!

Hog's of War may well be one of the funniest games you will ever play. It even managed to do the impossible and make turn based combat good, I know right! So if you're cool with a ball-breakingly hard final level and and some good-natured piss taking of racial stereotypes then you needed Hog's of War YESTERDAY!

 

[Arqus_Zed]

Final Fantasy IX and James Pond 2 are the only ones I can think of that haven't already been mentioned.

Nobody mentioned Final Fantasy IX? Okay, Final Fantasy IX. Somehow, it's underrated.

[sub]also Wip3out and Vib-Ribbon.[/sub]

Well Final Fantasy IX, that being the only FF game on the PSX I actually liked (even then I never bothered to beat it), and speaking of JRPGs...

Tales of Destiny and Tales of Eternia. I haven't played either, but I played their successors, which are absolutely amazing, and I've heard that ToD and ToE are pretty damn good too. (Note: Eternia was named "Tales of Destiny 2" in its Stateside release. Then Japan made an actual Tales of Destiny 2... Funny how shit like this works.)

Seeing all these mentions of Final Fantasy IX warms the cockles of my heart...

So yeah, I'm gonna recommend that one too, big time.

As for other RPGs:

Legend of Legaia
A nifty little RPG that many people seem to have forgotten. It has a very entertaining trun-based combat system and some very nice monster designs. The dialogue is a bit tacky at times, but the story about Seru and Mist is very entertaining.

Final Fantasy VII
FF IX is still my most favorite by far, but I suppose you can't argue with the classics. Not as good as many people would make you believe, but the materia-system did spur a small evolution int the use of abilities within RPGs.

Final Fantasy VIII
A bit harder to recommend, some love it, others hate it. The main reason for this is the extremely paradoxical Junction-system.

Also: Chrono Cross, Xenogears, Legend of Dragoon and Jade Cocoon.

As for non-RPGs:

Spyro the Dragon trilogy
Seriously, all the Spyro titles made by Insomniac are fantastic. The first one created a magnificent and lively universe filled with classic platformer action. The sequels kept building on this concept and introduced more engaging stories, new characters, . In the second and third title, every level does not only sport its own theme, but also its own unique enemies and NPCs.

Crash Bandicoot trilogy
The original Crash Bandicoot hasn't aged all that well, but it's sequels are still very potent. Crash Bandicoot is all about silly, shameless platformer fun.

Rayman 2: The Great Escape
From the overly colorful Rayman to the dark and grimy - but still fantasy filled - Rayman 2. Silly humor, fun platforming action and mechanical pirate ninjas (yes, you read it right).

 

[GraveeKing]

If you're after an RPG with a good story: Suikoden 2 (do the first one as well if you don't mind REALLY old games) definitely Crash Bandicoot games, resident evil 2 and 3.
Aaaand worms.

 

[OceanRunner]

Breath Of Fire IV. I can't praise it enough. The characters, story, battle system, mini-games and so on are unique and engrossing. WHY IS IT NOT ON PSN?!?!?!

 

[Eisenfaust]

the syphon filter series! it's awesome

 

[Rex Fallout]

Legend of Dragoon

Love that game. All these years later I went and bought a new copy off of Amazon cuz i wanted to play it so bad.

 

[deathninja]

Thrasher: Skate and Destroy was easily my favourite on the console. Worth it for the soundtrack alone (Grandmaster Flash/Sugar Hill Gang/Afrika Bambaataa/RUN D.M.C...)

Other favourites were 40 Winks, Midevil and FF7.

 

[Condor219]

What? No mention of Valkyrie Profile or Legend of Dragoon yet? Community, I am disappoint.

 

[GartarkMusik]

Spyro series, the Tomba games, Ape Escape, those are the ones I remember off the top of my head. Great games, all of them.

 

[mgrier123]

Croc: the Legend of the Gobbos, Rayman, Gex, Metal Gear Solid. All i can think of for now.