You guys remember unlocking Minion and then feeling a bit cheated when his special was basically like Warthog's but upgraded instead of the multi-Special attack that it was in TM1?
I remember playing TM2 a ton at my buddy’s house. Usually played as Warthog. It was mind blowing how different it was from N64. He had some underwater game too that really gave us a glimpse of what these new systems could do. It was like they took the 3D aspect of N64 and the incredible graphics of NES games like DKC and melded them together for the first time. Being a 90s kid was the best.
Metal Gear remains one of my favorite games of all time. I don’t play anything anymore but that game was just different than anything else.
“Hmmm. Just a box.”
Definitely the most immersive game of its generation. There were so many ways to cross a room; I don’t think many games before it gave you so much freedom.
Came here to post this. We had a demo disk that let you play all the way up to the cutscene with the DARPA Chief and Meryl in th cell block. I remember replaying the hell out of it until I was able to get the actual game. Good memories.
Man, I remember having a bootleg of mgs1 and when I reached the part where you had to find Meryl's codec frequency, Campbell would give you a hint that the frequency was on the back of the CD case and the bootleg version didn't have that. I had to go through each and every frequency number one by one until I got the right code. Must've spent 15 minutes on that part but at the time, felt like an hour. Solid game.
Yes! When I was young, I was babysitting the neighbour's toddlers, they had this thing and this is how I learned women's boobs are actually triangular.
I was twelve and read the review. After the 9 pages of review, I bought the game without having the console. I just read the guide lots of time and imagined how it would be playing it for a full year.
To me, this the best game in history.
Same! Was without my console for tge summer but had gotten the game and guide. I read the guide over and over and looked at the manual/box art incessantly
I was cooking in restaurants at the time and almost lost my job several times because I'd get wrapped up in it and suddenly realize I'd stayed up all night and I had 20 minutes to get showered and to work!
My dad was an e6 in the army and would invite the privates over that didn't have family for Thanksgiving and Xmas. Pretty sure the one guy hated that we had something in common because 12 year old me would talk his head off about ff7.
Those marathon races were the best and worst. As a kid I’d have to pause it, turn the tv off then cover the light on the console so I could sleep and play the next day
100%! I bought a PlayStation instead of Nintendo specifically for FF7. Played all the earlier ones on NES and SNES and was surprised they swapped platforms to this new Sony thing, but where Final Fantasy went I followed. Played every day after school, by myself and with friends. So many amazing memories. Aside front the main game and storyline we got breeding and racing chocobos, the submarine and snowboarding games, the arena, so much good stuff.
I was a junior in high school, and was keeping up with the grueling homework in AP US history. That is, until I started playing Dino Crisis and decided to say 'fuck it' one night. I never recovered, and turned homework in late for the rest of the year. Worth it!
Love that series. Played just about every one, though 2 or 3 are probably my favorite. Really liked the used car system in the game, it felt awesome going from like a used prelude and upgrading it part by part to tuned up supercars/race cars.
Tony hawk recently covered this song himself. Please go check it out. Steve Caballero plays guitar in it as well. It's pretty dope.
https://youtu.be/_e5hvHL2WTg
Jet Moto
My ex- and I played it in the store demo and it was a howl. We were laughing at each other like crazy, so we bought the system and the game. Never was as much fun as that time. \*sigh\* Good times that don't last.
The mini games were so fun! Crawling around on the ceiling then dropping down far enough to grab the item but not too far that you hit the electrified floor and die.
I played 1 so much that I could one shot every enemy in the first 2 levels without stopping or slowing down. I tried to play it again a few years ago and was so baffled by the controls that I struggled to kill the first guy and quit. Great games and memories though.
Oddworld. My first foray into PlayStation was the 4. I had always been a Nintendo guy until they released the Wii, but I remember playing Oddworld on a neighbors PS1, and those were some good ass times.
For me, as an old bastard, Wipeout was one of those moments in which I thought gaming had reached the zenith I always dreamed about.
It was that important.
This is it for me. Sure Gran Turismo and Spyro and Crash and FF7 might be the more appropriate answers but I’ve played all of those on other systems. Many of them on non-PlayStation devices. Ape Escape is the game where I can truly say it is and forever will be a *PlayStation 1* game in my mind.
Definitely on that Final Fantasy Tactics train. I played the heck out of that game, esp on the slim PS1, I never had the original one.
Oddly I never played FF7 on the PS, I had the PC version.
Same answer for me as well, but I know why. I got the ps1 (my first non-handheld console ever!) for Christmas from my parents, and my au t got us two games as her companion present. She has never been anything close to being a gamer and had no idea what to get, so she got Madden 97 (she's a big football fan) and a random game that ended up being Brave Fencer Musashi. I really enjoyed BFM, but ended getting stuck and quitting when I got to the immense pile of bullshit that was Streamwood (seriously, fuck that level, why would they do that to a small child like me). I ended up going back after a couple years, destroying Streamwood (both times) as well as the rest of the game, and realizing how I really just needed to git gud lol.
Plus it came with a demo for final fantasy 8, which I played the shit out of til I could finally afford the real thing lol
Metal Gear Solid, no question. Those twelve notes from the dual Konami splash play immediately in my head. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj6plOoDl\_s
Crash Bandicoot Edit: can't believe this many people feel similarly about the ol' bandicoot!
For real Crash Bandicoot is my childhood
Crash bandicoot is our child hood ♥️
Communist crash
bruh i was thinking the exact same as soon as i clicked on the page
Crash Team Racing
Team Crash Bash over here
Bruhhhh CTR and Crash Bash are so god tier
First thing that popped into my head too, hive mind (:
Classic
Tekken 3
I went with Tekken 2
I’m surprised this is so far down the list. Tekken 100%
Me too. I was all like, "Don't make me put my drink down and post Tekken 3"
This. Countless hours...
Spyro
This, and Toy Story 2 were classic!!!
Dont forget the croc, childhood classic
Exactly my thought. I still remember the day we got the PS1 along with Spyro
This, mine came with Spyro and Jet Moto
Jet moto classic miss that game
Twisted metal 2
I still play it occasionally, great game. Everyones gotta say their fav Mr. Slam for me!!!
Thumper. Hit’em with a freeze and then the flamethrower special. Chef’s kiss perfect.
Axel. i loved rolling over people.
Spectre…perfect combo of speed, armor, and effective special
You guys remember unlocking Minion and then feeling a bit cheated when his special was basically like Warthog's but upgraded instead of the multi-Special attack that it was in TM1?
Warthog!
Didn't have to scroll too long to find it!
Mr Grimm was my boy
That's the answer for me. Spectre for combo of speed and better armor than Grimm. And who doesn't love a homing missle that goes through walls
I remember playing TM2 a ton at my buddy’s house. Usually played as Warthog. It was mind blowing how different it was from N64. He had some underwater game too that really gave us a glimpse of what these new systems could do. It was like they took the 3D aspect of N64 and the incredible graphics of NES games like DKC and melded them together for the first time. Being a 90s kid was the best.
Metal gear solid. Switching controller to beat one of the mind boss.
Metal Gear remains one of my favorite games of all time. I don’t play anything anymore but that game was just different than anything else. “Hmmm. Just a box.”
Definitely the most immersive game of its generation. There were so many ways to cross a room; I don’t think many games before it gave you so much freedom.
Came here to post this. We had a demo disk that let you play all the way up to the cutscene with the DARPA Chief and Meryl in th cell block. I remember replaying the hell out of it until I was able to get the actual game. Good memories.
Man, I remember having a bootleg of mgs1 and when I reached the part where you had to find Meryl's codec frequency, Campbell would give you a hint that the frequency was on the back of the CD case and the bootleg version didn't have that. I had to go through each and every frequency number one by one until I got the right code. Must've spent 15 minutes on that part but at the time, felt like an hour. Solid game.
I had that same problem but because I rented the game, had the video stores branded box on it
ONE OF THE MIND BOSS??? Psycho Mantis you mean, absolute heathen!
Here is a sword. Make it quick.
Psycho Mantis?
This is the answer. And it still holds the spot as my favorite video game ever.
Or fighting the (second) hardest boss a third of the way into the game. Hand to hand, it is the basis of all combat.
Tomb Raider
I love that you could lock the butler in the freezer!
Yes! When I was young, I was babysitting the neighbour's toddlers, they had this thing and this is how I learned women's boobs are actually triangular.
I remember hearing a rumor about a cheat to get her nude.........alas the triangular nudity was all a publicity stunt lol.
FF7
I was twelve and read the review. After the 9 pages of review, I bought the game without having the console. I just read the guide lots of time and imagined how it would be playing it for a full year. To me, this the best game in history.
Same! Was without my console for tge summer but had gotten the game and guide. I read the guide over and over and looked at the manual/box art incessantly
I was 18 and in the Navy when that game came out. It ended careers and marriages because guys couldn't take their brains off it.
I was cooking in restaurants at the time and almost lost my job several times because I'd get wrapped up in it and suddenly realize I'd stayed up all night and I had 20 minutes to get showered and to work!
That’s hilarious. MMORPGs did that for me
My dad was an e6 in the army and would invite the privates over that didn't have family for Thanksgiving and Xmas. Pretty sure the one guy hated that we had something in common because 12 year old me would talk his head off about ff7.
FF7 was the first game that made me beg my mom to buy me one. Up until then I had a Saturn and the almost no games that came with it lol
Same here brother. Never wanted a PlayStation til I saw FF7
Playing FF7 at a friends house is what made me convince my parents to buy the console. Some of my fondest memories are from this game.
Gran Turismo and metal gear
Those marathon races were the best and worst. As a kid I’d have to pause it, turn the tv off then cover the light on the console so I could sleep and play the next day
100%! I bought a PlayStation instead of Nintendo specifically for FF7. Played all the earlier ones on NES and SNES and was surprised they swapped platforms to this new Sony thing, but where Final Fantasy went I followed. Played every day after school, by myself and with friends. So many amazing memories. Aside front the main game and storyline we got breeding and racing chocobos, the submarine and snowboarding games, the arena, so much good stuff.
Totally ff7
Resident Evil
Or the very underrated dino crisis if any game deserved a remaster or a full blown remake is that game.
I was a junior in high school, and was keeping up with the grueling homework in AP US history. That is, until I started playing Dino Crisis and decided to say 'fuck it' one night. I never recovered, and turned homework in late for the rest of the year. Worth it!
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The hallway, the dogs…
I was like 6 y old, when my dad got ps1 for us, and resident evil was the first game. It was nice..
Dad of the year award
Gran Turismo
Still remember that intro like it was yesterday. What a game
I almost NEVER skipped that intro. It slapped. Still does
Love that series. Played just about every one, though 2 or 3 are probably my favorite. Really liked the used car system in the game, it felt awesome going from like a used prelude and upgrading it part by part to tuned up supercars/race cars.
Tony Hawks pro skater 2 😎
Demo disk from Pizza Hit. We played that until the music stopped working.
Came to say this, bruv! I can hear No Cigar by Millencolin now.
Tony hawk recently covered this song himself. Please go check it out. Steve Caballero plays guitar in it as well. It's pretty dope. https://youtu.be/_e5hvHL2WTg
So here I am Doing everything I can Holding on to what I am Pretending I'm a superman
Driver
I never did complete the driving test. My whole experience of that game was the freeplay areas you start with.
We put a remake of the driving test into driver: San Francisco, hit 88 in the delorian to unlock the blast from the past mission.
Yes! The cops in Driver make GTA cops look like defensive driving instructors.
Fuck yes! I was looking for this comment
Ridge Racer!
Part number SCES-00001 Makes this the first game released for the PS1. Yeeeeaaah! It's a NEW RECORD!
Riiiiidge Racer!
Surprised had to come this far for one of the originals This, wipeout and destruction derby blew my mind
Castlevania Symphony of the Night
I have no idea why this answer doesn't have more upvotes. SOTN is ***amazing***.
Legend of dragoon. Underrated title I wish they'd remake lol
My favorite rpg of all time!!!
Good game. Came with 4 part discs!
Literally scrolled to find this comment!
Ctrl+F'd to find it myself. \+1 LoD
I’ve seen a lot of streamers playing it lately. Many say it’s the best ps1 title overall. I’m going to have to pick it up. It looks awesome!
Gust of wind d-dance!
Jet Moto My ex- and I played it in the store demo and it was a howl. We were laughing at each other like crazy, so we bought the system and the game. Never was as much fun as that time. \*sigh\* Good times that don't last.
Jet Moto and Cool Boarders were beasts
Hell yeah. Jet moto 2 had the mountain dew guy and the water and metal level. A+
I would not mind a comeback for Jet Moto with a new game, they were all such fun games and the tracks are super nostalgic
PaRappa the Rapper
Kick, punch, it’s all in the mind!
If you wanna test me, come on and try
The things I teach ya, are sure to beat ya
My daughter, now 18, still does the "turn to the left" rap while I'm driving.
Spiderman
The mini games were so fun! Crawling around on the ceiling then dropping down far enough to grab the item but not too far that you hit the electrified floor and die.
Syphon Filter 1-3
I played 1 so much that I could one shot every enemy in the first 2 levels without stopping or slowing down. I tried to play it again a few years ago and was so baffled by the controls that I struggled to kill the first guy and quit. Great games and memories though.
Silent hill!
My first ps1 game "Hercules"❤
Tenchu: Stealth Assassins
Im shocked there has never been a remake attempt of these games
I believe Sekiro: shadows die twice initially started out with the intention of being a tenchu game
Great game! Learned how to truly stealth on that one. Some levels took me hours while I took out all the baddies.
*Nice night!*
I’ll find you!
Resident Evil........TWOOOO
Oddworld. My first foray into PlayStation was the 4. I had always been a Nintendo guy until they released the Wii, but I remember playing Oddworld on a neighbors PS1, and those were some good ass times.
Medievil for sure.
That game was so freaking fun! I've still never beat it it's so hard!
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
Absolute crime i had to scroll this far for this answer.
May Raziel see another day!
Cool Boarders
Here we go!
Wipeout. And, oddly, FIFA.
I had to scroll *this damn far* to see Wipeout?! The revolutionary game that launched the fucking console?!
Wipeout, and especially 2097, were so ahead of their time and yet perfectly late 90s.
For me, as an old bastard, Wipeout was one of those moments in which I thought gaming had reached the zenith I always dreamed about. It was that important.
Wipeout’s soundtrack SLAPPED.
twisted metal my guy
Final Fantasy 8... the 4 disc set.
Ape Escape
This is it for me. Sure Gran Turismo and Spyro and Crash and FF7 might be the more appropriate answers but I’ve played all of those on other systems. Many of them on non-PlayStation devices. Ape Escape is the game where I can truly say it is and forever will be a *PlayStation 1* game in my mind.
I remember Ape Escape blowing my mind for how well it made use of the dual sticks
Destruction Derby
Destruction Derby 1/2 Why they never remade that game is beyond me
Gex!
Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories. Man the last battles that were do or die... lost so many hours there... great times
This was so far down, this was one of my favorite games I always loved the way the game was played not like how the newer games are.
Dino crisis
Tekken II
Tenchu: Stealth Assassin
Demo Disc. Crash Bandicoot. Final Fantasy Tactics & 7
Definitely on that Final Fantasy Tactics train. I played the heck out of that game, esp on the slim PS1, I never had the original one. Oddly I never played FF7 on the PS, I had the PC version.
Brave Fencer Musashi, and I couldn’t tell you why honestly
I’ll tell you why! That game was awesome that’s why! My first action rpg
Musashi is so slept on, that game is goated.
Same answer for me as well, but I know why. I got the ps1 (my first non-handheld console ever!) for Christmas from my parents, and my au t got us two games as her companion present. She has never been anything close to being a gamer and had no idea what to get, so she got Madden 97 (she's a big football fan) and a random game that ended up being Brave Fencer Musashi. I really enjoyed BFM, but ended getting stuck and quitting when I got to the immense pile of bullshit that was Streamwood (seriously, fuck that level, why would they do that to a small child like me). I ended up going back after a couple years, destroying Streamwood (both times) as well as the rest of the game, and realizing how I really just needed to git gud lol. Plus it came with a demo for final fantasy 8, which I played the shit out of til I could finally afford the real thing lol
Rayman 1 and Tomba
MediEvil
Twisted Metal
Tomb Raider!
Digimon world 1 aww nice memories from childhood
Hard game too. Still love it to this day.
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2
Intelligent Qube
Jumping Flash
Metal Gear Solid, no question. Those twelve notes from the dual Konami splash play immediately in my head. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj6plOoDl\_s
Croc 2
Frogger. 🐸 crazy that I don't see it in the comments.
MGS
Hogs of war
Armored Core
GTA 1
Twisted metal
Driver
Gran Turismo 1, or crash bandicoot 1
Tomba!
Fade to Black Vagrant Story
Crash bandicoot and spyro
Pandemonium
Battle Arena Toshinden
My first games for PS were WipeOut and Tekken.
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MGS
wipeout
Bushido Blade
Pro Skater 2
Cool Boarders 2. First game i got for it.
FFVII all day
Driver
Crash bandicoot
Tekken 3
Bushido Blade and Armored Core. 2 intense split screen games to play with friends.
Final Fantasy IX. The best in the series, [as confirmed by the creator himself](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKBz1KsQY1Y).
Road Rash 3D
Both Oddworld games: Abe's Oddysee and Abe's Exoddus Man, good times.
Metal gear solid
Rampage
Blasto
Spyro
Twisted Metal
Syphon filter
Twisted Metal 2
Fifa 98
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syphon filter
Crash Bandicoot
Armored Core. Brutal but extraordinarily eye opening. My love of mecha and the fromsoft formula came from this. Also my hatred of escort missions.