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[Matlock]

Already own:

Final Fantasy Tactics
Symphony of the Night


I know I'm going to get Crash Team Racing.

Anything else?

edit: I'm looking mainly for platformers and shooters.

 

[Tarazet]

Already own:

Final Fantasy Tactics
Symphony of the Night


I know I'm going to get Crash Team Racing.

Anything else?

OH SHIT HERE IT COMES

Seriously, you could go broke getting all the great games on the system.. but I'll just give you one. Grandia is a great choice if you actually have a PS1, because it notoriously crashes PS2s.

 

[Jeff-DSA]

Twisted Metal 1&2
Strider 2 (MUST HAVE)

 

[crunker99]

a game that never seems to get mentioned

and i have no idea why

PARASITE EVE

 

[Straightballin]

FF VII

 

[monchi-kun]

if you could play import games then may I suggest Vib Ribbon. It's a rhythm/platformer in that the types of jumps/actions you need to make are determined by the music CD you put in the game. yes, it turns your CD collection into virtual levels.

 

[Musashi Wins!]

Einhander
Incredible Crisis

 

[GitarooMan]

Just looking at some of my collection, here's a few really good ones (there's obviously tons more...)

Alundra (ARPG)
Colony Wars series (space shooter)
Speed Punks (especially if you like CTR)
Klonoa (platform, very highly recommended)
Parasite Eve series (RPG)
R-Type Delta (shooter)
Silent Bomber (action-shooter)
Syphon Filter 1 + 2 (action)
Tomba! (platformer)
Vagrant Story (ARPG)

 

[RevenantKioku]

Einhänder
Parasite Eve
Persona 2: Eternal Punishment
Silent Hill
Valkyrie Profile

 

[Udde]

I could list the tipical "best psx games", but I won't. Someone will do it.

Yoyo's Puzzle Park

Einhänder

Tail Concerto

and well,

RAGE RACER

ACE COMBAT 3 JP

 

[OpinionatedCyborg]

G-Darius: a well-reviewed shooter that pits you against monstrous fish-like robots.

 

[Amakusa]

Einhänder
Parasite Eve
Persona 2: Eternal Punishment
Silent Hill
Valkyrie Profile

Good pick, Man I really miss Einhander

Crono Cross
Final Fantasy Tactics
UmJammer Lammy
FF7
Mega Man Legands 1 & 2

Those are just the ones I own

 

[D2M15]

What they said, and Gungage, Internal Section, Elemental Gearbolt, Jumping Flash and Ghost in the Shell.

And even if it's not a platformer or shooter, No-One Can Stop Mr. Domino.

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

G-Darius: a well-reviewed shooter that pits you against monstrous fish-like robots.

Took my pick.

Also, Raiden Project, if you haven't played them out. Really good versions of both Raiden I and II, far better than any other console port I know of.

Tempest X is also a cool, different shooter.

Platformers: Spyro the Dragon 1 and 2 are a bit easy, but *incredibly fun to play*. I think Spyro 1 may be my favortite 3D platformer (a genre that, admittedly, I do not love).

Not in your favorites, but Abe's Oddysee (and Exxodus) are great games, too.

 

[MrAngryFace]

 

[BojTrek]

Abe's Oddysee and Abe's Exodus

 

[Docpan]

How about a list, as we can't even tell what the majority of those games stacked up in the middle are?

 

[lyre]

Most of the best games on the PSX are already listed here already, so there's no point in me recommending you anything.

Obvious, ignore N64 games and anything you're not interested in.

Though the lack of Layer Section is disturbing.

 

[BuckRobotron]

Quick batch of choices before heading out:

Einhander
Vandal Hearts
R-Type Delta
Parasite Eve 2 (or 1)
Rage Racer
Silent Hill
Dino Crisis 2

 

[MrAngryFace]

If you can figure that shit out on your own DocPan, you are a big fuckin idiot.

 

[ziran]

a few greats:

dino crisis 2
super puzzle fighter
sf pocket fighters
sf alpha 3
breath of fire3
ridge racer 4
rage racer
einhander
r-type delta
ffvii
soul edge
klonoa
darius

 

[Tsubaki]

RPGs

Growlanser

Rhythm/Music:

Bust a Move Dance & Rhythm

Platform:

Umihara Kawase

Shooter:

Get a Saturn?

 

[M3wThr33]

Megaman Legends
Megaman Legends 2
Misadventures of Tron Bonne
MMX4
MMX5
MMX6
MM8

 

[argon]

23 posts in and no mention of Metal Gear Solid? Are you guys insane?

 

[Jacobi]

I'm playing MGS right now. If you are German, get the German version, it's hilarious.

 

[Jacobi]

Oh, and SILENT HILL ! It is so good, it deserves it's own post (so I didn't edit the last one).

 

[GitarooMan]

23 posts in and no mention of Metal Gear Solid? Are you guys insane?

I think most people are trying to stay away from the obvious ones, because, well, they're so obvious....

 

[Idioteque]

Best RPG on PS1.

 

[Reilly]

Best RPG on PS1.

liar

 

[BuddyC]

Ghost in the Shell.

Seriously. It's like, Panzer Dragoon's targeting/firing system meets Spider-Man's ability to climb on walls and ceilings. Plus it's free-roaming 3D, not on-rails a la Panzer Dragoon or Rez ...though it does have the invisible walls so prevelant of that era.

 

[ram]

incredible crisis - freaking awesome action game

wipeout xl - best wipeout game ever! even today it looks top notch.

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

wipeout xl - best wipeout game ever!

Pure beats it. But then again, I though that 3 beat it. I hate XL's forced rank order-per-lap.

The AI in XL is all fakey crap. Pure and 3 get it right, althogh 3 is a bit plain looking. 3 also has the Elimination mode, which is fun, and not in any other Wipeout.

 

[clearacell]

I still play Marvel vs. Capcom for the PS1, if only to perfect Roll.

 

[Teddman]

Silent Bomber

 

[Ganondorf>Link]

Metal Gear Solid

 

[Jiggy]

Star Ocean 2.
FFIX.
Lunar 2: Eternal Blue.
Ogre Battle, but only if you never played the original SNES game, which didn't suffer from absurd slowdown.
Tactics Ogre.

I won't recommend Valkyrie Profile only because it's ludicrously expensive to find right now and has no replay value anyway due to extreme linearity and two to three dozen unskippable 15-30 minute cutscenes if you actually want to get all the characters.

 

[evil ways]

Einhander
Strider 2
SoulBlade
Alundra
Resident Evil 2 Dual Shock Ver.
Silent Hill
Final Fantasy 7

 

[Mr_Furious]

Harmful Park:

 

[P90]

Parasite Eve
Grandia

 

[argon]

I think most people are trying to stay away from the obvious ones, because, well, they're so obvious....

Oh.. then I suggest Parappa The Rapper

 

[slade]

Omega Boost. Underrated shooter by Polyphony Digital.

 

[Jumpman Jr.]

Harmful Park:

God that looks awesome.

 

[Mr Jared]

PaRappa the Rapper
Um Jammer Lammy
Tail of the Sun
Klonoa of the Wind
Machine Hunter
Colony Wars
Wipeout XL
Final Fantasy IX
Slap Happy Rhythm Busters
Tobal 2
Ridge Racer Revolution
Street Fighter Collection (For Alpha 2 Gold)
Resident Evil: Directors Cut
Resident Evil 2
Destruction Derby 2

Just off the top of my head :X There are a ton of great PSOne games, but the problem is wether or not they stand the test of time well enough to be playable. For example, I loved R4 when it came out, but it's really painful to go back to it now. 3-D graphics just don't age as well as 2-D.

 

[evilromero]

Oh.. then I suggest Parappa The Rapper

That's typically one of the first to get mentioned. And all the lame square games.

 

[Ranger X]

Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver

 

[Spazbiohaz]

Don't Hate.

 

[DarknessTear]

Wild ARMs

 

[lyre]

I should actually contribute and not just cop out like my last post here. A short list of shooters:

 

[elostyle]

 

[Mzo]

I still play Marvel vs. Capcom for the PS1, if only to perfect Roll.

If anything, get it on Dreamcast, the PS rev is horrible.

I question some of these "great" games that have been mentioned (like, say, Tail Concerto). Good, yeah, but great? Not hardly.

I thought I really liked Klonoa until I realized it was slow, plodding, and boring. Go figure.