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[battlerager]

Mega Man Legends 2
Tomb Raider
Ronin Blade

[Schoq]

Crash Team Racing is a masterpiece I'm not kidding

Why does everyone I know love that game, IMO ctr was boring... battle mode was pretty fun though

The only people who say this are those who don't know how to powerslide and jump ledges to maintain a constant boost

[jiitype]

The only people who say this are those who don't know how to powerslide and jump ledges to maintain a constant boost

But I do know how to do that

[s0]

vagrant story

really awesome art style and color palette. game itself is jank tho

vagrant story is perfect in every conceivabl way

[Alevice]

ya vs is not yank, ur mom is jank

[OttselKnight]

Its a tough contest between Crash 2 and FF9 for me. Probably leaning towards Crash since the original reignited my passion for gaming in 5th/6th grade. My house was broken into and our NES & Genesis stolen with everything else. I went without games (Minus the GameBoy pocket and 2 games I had with me in school that day) for a couple years since we couldn't afford a new system.

An honorable mention would be Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time. Im so happy to see someone else mention that game on here! I dont think Ive ever known anyone else who played it, haha

[Golds]

Tenchu: Stealth Assassins

I'd love to play more third person + grappling hook platformery combat stealth stuff in the modern era. I also liked how the levels seemed very open and non-corridory in a sort of Mario 64 way

[baconman]

Okay, so "Blasto!" is basically a mutant lovechild of Duke Nukem, Johnny Bravo, and Space Ghost. That's three good fucking reasons to love this game. Not to mention: 3D game with semi-seamless, BIG levels, and actually good level design; it's not just using the tits to pull you in.

I am SO SAD this never got sequeled, even though literally everything else did.

Another contender is Street Fighter Alpha 3; it's just sad that it's the most inferior version of the game to date, give or take the arcade original (with 25 charas). I like how they at least made the extra animations/winposes work in mirror matches. Beats letting them go to waste.

[SirNiko]

Brave Fencer Musashi is my hands down favorite.

[arkamedus]

I can't believe no one said Legend of Dragoon! The story was about war, power, friendship, and DRAGON/HUMAN hybrids!



The art was great, the story was compelling, and the battle system was interesting (even though the combos were just timed button presses) (and walking back and forth around the map to grind was a bit obnoxious at times)

Also, perhaps one of the most fun kart racers of its time, Walt Disney World Quest Magical Racing Tour (yes, that is the actual title)

[Carrion]

my favorite ps1 games arent necessarily v good but they are def. worth checking out for one reason or another

digimon world

ok this game is jank as fuck and also really obtuse but when you get down to it it's got a LOT of really interesting mechanics and a progression/worldbuilding system that no other game has really approached

vagrant story

really awesome art style and color palette. game itself is jank tho

breath of fire 3

one of the few older jrpgs i've actually had the patience to finish (and thats saying something)

breath of fire 4

prob the best looking ps1 game ever. pixel art in this game is immaculate, prob the best in any game ever. never actually bothered beating the game tho. the camera pissed me off.

xenogears

more games need to have 2d sprites with 3d backgrounds tbh. got bored after the first disc

^Literally the same.

[Conker534]

driver 2

lmao i didnt play the ps1 much

[Jondog]

Spyro 2 and Tomba 2.

I know there's a hell of a lot of good RPGs I need to check out on the PS1 though.

[dragonslumber]

Probably Metal Gear Solid. It's such a cliché, but I felt that game did a lot of amazing things, like Psycho Mantis analysing your memory card and controller port, the character development was really well done, the gameplay mechanics were well executed... I think it's a brilliant game.

[Carrion]

Aside from what John said, I have a few other favorites seeing that ps1 consumed most of my childhood.



Obviously if you've played ffVII, it's going to be on your list. It's impossible to overrate a game this groundbreaking. Being a bored nine year old and opening a game case to be met with three discs sends chills down your spine. Like I said, if you grew up with this game, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about.




No explanation needed.



Speaking of games with multiple discs, here's this beauty. I beat Abe's Odyssey more times than I can count so I was really excited to try Exodus. Once again, being a bored teenager and finding out the sequel to one of your favorite games is too big for one disc gets you pumped. I also fondly remember the stickers and awesome swag this game came with. Oddworld Inhabitants cared about their community a lot back then, and still do.

Some games I didn't play until I got older and had an emulator on my hands.



LSD Dream Emulator is literally my happy place.



Astronoka



Moon: Remix RPG Adventure is likely the most thoughtful PS1 title ever made and one of my personal favorite games of all time. It was developed by Love-de-Lic, a company that housed some of the greatest talent in Japanese game development. In the course of their existence they made three spectacular games and then sadly split apart. You might know Love-de-Lic as the place where Kenichi Nishi (creator of Chibi Robo) came from.

It's a game about games, and has beautiful art and an even better

.

[rj]

i'd never heard of moon: remix and i'm looking this fucker up asap because that one screenshot is all i needed to convince me

[MrBones]

I can't believe no one said Legend of Dragoon! The story was about war, power, friendship, and DRAGON/HUMAN hybrids!

this game
this fucking game is one of my favorite games of all time

[SirNiko]

Does Moon: Remix have an english translation yet? All I found was a thread on romhack.net about a translation project starting in 2012 with no new posts since November of 2013.

[Carrion]

Does Moon: Remix have an english translation yet? All I found was a thread on romhack.net about a translation project starting in 2012 with no new posts since November of 2013.

Unfortunately no, this and obsessively watching videos and researching the game is the closest you can get to fully experiencing the story. Or you can go hardmode and learn moonspeak.

The creator of the game has shown great interest in both translating the game and even making a sequel, but money and a very limited fan base is a huge problem on that front.

There's still hope.

[baconman]

Probably Metal Gear Solid. It's such a cliché, but I felt that game did a lot of amazing things, like Psycho Mantis analysing your memory card and controller port, the character development was really well done, the gameplay mechanics were well executed... I think it's a brilliant game.

Psycho Mantis was terrific. He found my DDR savegames, and my scores on them, and was like "WHERE THE FUCK DID YOU GET THAT!?" XD Priceless.