Must have PS1 games?

[Leon Retro]

My main point of interest with the PS1 was Namco games- but recently I have been buying some of the more obscure titles such as Incredible Crisis.

Bishi Bashi Special is a great games like WarioWare. It had a Pal release which can still be found!




Loads of great mini-games make this a riot of fun!

[venom743]

Here's my list of faves:

FFVII
R-Types
R-Type Delta
Thunderforce V
Gradius Gaiden
Raiden Project
Raystorm
Ray Crisis
Einhander
Parodius (Deluxe Pack)
Sexy Parodius
Gunners Heaven
The Adventures of Little Ralph
Streetfighter EX Plus Alpha
Streetfighter Alpha 3
Castlevania SOTN
Metal Gear Solid Integral
Time Crisis
Point Blank games (Any)
Vib Ribbon

[Corrupt Rose]

I'm not sure whether it was critically acclaimed or not (as I didn't own a Playstation during it's generational span), but I picked up Silent Bomber dirt cheap a couple of months back, and thought it was really enjoyable.

I'd certainly recommend it, anyway.

[Mad Gear]

Well i've gone mad and bought a mass of PS1 games.
They are:-

Street Fighter Alpha 3
Medievil 2
Lemmings and Oh no more Lemmings with mouse
Circuit Breakers
Oddworld Oddysee/Exodus
Cleopatra Fortune
Lost Vikings 2
Magical Drop 3
Kurushi Final
Beatmania with Turntable
Space Invaders
Metal Gear Integral
Supersonic Racers
Kagero 2
Incredible Crisis
Raystorm
Namco Smash Court Tennis
Silent Bomber
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King of Fighters 95
Discworld Noir
Bust A Groove
Real Bout Fatal Fury
Pocket Fighter

Missed out on Zanac, Geppy and Panzer Bandit though.

[Sketcz]

Pandemonium

Created by one of my favourite developers, Toys For Bob, who also made Star Control 2.

You may also be interested to know, that they actually bothered to optimise Pandemonium for the PAL market. Meaning it runs full speed, full screen. Yup, NO BORDERS.

At least my version did. PAL copy running on a PAL PS2.

Brilliant game, with some astounding music. I was very surprised by it running full speed.

[nekroxide]

Am I right in thinking that you can't mod a PS1 to give a 60 hz signal like you can Saturn etc?

[C']

no, the region of the disc is all that matters.

If you run a US/JPN disc on a PAL machine it will run at 60hz.

[Bus-stop Boxer]

Well i've gone mad and bought a mass of PS1 games.
They are:-

Street Fighter Alpha 3
Medievil 2
Lemmings and Oh no more Lemmings with mouse
Circuit Breakers
Oddworld Oddysee/Exodus
Cleopatra Fortune
Lost Vikings 2
Magical Drop 3
Kurushi Final
Beatmania with Turntable
Space Invaders
Metal Gear Integral
Supersonic Racers
Kagero 2
Incredible Crisis
Raystorm
Namco Smash Court Tennis
Silent Bomber
D
King of Fighters 95
Discworld Noir
Bust A Groove
Real Bout Fatal Fury
Pocket Fighter

Missed out on Zanac, Geppy and Panzer Bandit though.

Nice haul of games there, MadGear. Which region(s)?

Zanac is definitely worth it - the original game is a bit tame (but then it does come from the NES) but the update is great fun.

[Kubrick]

I've been picking up some PS1 games lately too.

Some of my favourites:

R-Types
R-Type Delta
Einhander
Dino Crisis 2
Night Raid
Minna no Golf 1 & 2
Parappa
Um Jammer Lammy
WipEout XL
Strider Hiryu 1 & 2

Plus, not in my posession yet, but these have all been acquired recently:

Harmful Park
Salamander Deluxe Pack
Densha De Go!
Super Pang Collection
Umihara Kawase Shun
All Biohazards

Little Ralph looks great. I need to get that...and dozens more. PS1 is a great console

[Bus-stop Boxer]

Little Ralph looks great. I need to get that...and dozens more. PS1 is a great console

It's well worth it, trust me.

Did you get the US version of Pang or the Jp one?

[Kubrick]

Japanese version.

[Hohum]

Am I right in thinking that you can't mod a PS1 to give a 60 hz signal like you can Saturn etc?

Nope you can't, the game region determines the setting used. I remember having a boot cd-r a good while back however that would let you choose 60hz setting for PAL games, 50hz for NTSC etc.

[UnclePadda]

Although it's not so rare anymore, I adore my copy of Metal Gear Solid, especially since it's the original version and not some silvery-thingy platinum ****e.

[Sketcz]

Unholy War - really good mix of strategy and action, again by TFB. PAL optimised too!

Treasures of the Deep - painfully overlooked underwater game. I love diving games like this and Everblue. Good action too.

Tail Concerto - Platformer, but it reminds me of the Laputa anime, and to a lesser degree SoA.

[johnkiddier]

Overboard is a fun pirate ships game.

I've played this to death and it's one of the only PS1 games I still play.