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If Sony Released a 'PSX Mini' with 20 Games (no disc drive), Which Would You Include?

Bluenoser

Member
1) Crash Bandicoot 2
2) Metal Gear Solid
3) Tomb Raider 2
4) Final Fantasy VII
5) Resident Evil Director's Cut
6) Parasite Eve
7) Twisted Metal 2
8) Legacy of Kain
9) Tekken 3
10) Street Fighter Alpha 2
11) Legend of Dragoon
12) Final Fantasy IX
13) Suikoden II
14) Resident Evil 2
15) Ape Escape
16) Command & Conquer: Red Alert
17) Grand Theft Auto
18) Gran Turismo 2
19) Breath of Fire 3
20) Wild Arms

It is really hard not to load this list with RPG's because that was the genre that dominated PS1. Lots of games I didn't add that deserve to be there, but oh well, this is my dream list....
 
They probably should have done this with their surplus Vita chips instead of the Vita TV. Would have flown off the shelves in a retro PlayStation casing. Hard to make a game list that isn't half Square titles, though.
 
Geez that's a tough one.

Street Fighter Alpha 3
Tekken 3
Soul Blade
Ridge Racer Revolution
Gran Turismo
Metal Gear Solid
Crash Bandicoot 2
Klonoa
Jumping Flash 2
Tomb Raider 2
Wipeout 2097
Colony Wars Vengeance
Warhawk
Need For Speed 3
Castlevania SOTN
Final Fantasy VII or VIII
Front Mission 3
Legend Of Dragoon
Bust A Groove
Um Jammer Lammy

Maybe swap out some for Resident Evil 2, Silent Hill, Raystorm, JP Ace Combat 3, FIFA 98, Devil Dice, Omega Boost or Nuclear Strike.
 
Goddamn OP I love the SNES and so many games that came out for it, but I think your list kills the SNES mini and you didn't even pick all of the best PSX games.
 
I'd love to have one full of just JRPGs:

1. FF7
2. FF8
3. FF9
4. FFT
5. Vagrant Story
6. Legend of Mana
7. Chrono Cross
8. SaGa Frontier
9. Xenogears
10. Dragon Warrior 7
11. Front Mission 3
12. Legend of Legaia
13. Suikoden
14. Suikoden 2
15. Star Ocean 2
16. Valkyrie Profile
17. Parasite Eve
18. Tales of Eternia (Destiny 2 in US)
19. Tales of Destiny
20. Breath of Fire 3

I specifically did not include any games that debuted on another system (Grandia, Lunar).
 

FingerBang

Member
I'm reading all the posts and I honestly find it impossible to choose 20.

...so, since we know Sony is reading and now a PSX mini is definitely going to happen, how about some kind of huge poll where people can vote so that we make it easier for them?
 
Austin Powers Pinball
Kiss Pinball
Patriotic Pinball
Revolution X
Spec Ops: Ranger Elite
Spec Ops: Covert Assault
Spec Ops: Stealth Patrol
Bio F.R.E.A.K.S.
Bubsy 3D
Razor Racing
Razor Freestyle Scooter
1xtreme
2xtreme
3xtreme
Rugrats: Search for Reptar
Ford Truck Mania
Tennis
Billiards
Dragonball Z: Ultimate Battle 22
Skydiving Extreme
 
I've got an idea. How about a PSX mini, shaped liked the original PlayStation, which has 15-20 games from launch to 1997. And then there's a PSone mini, which has 15-20 games from 1998 to EOL.
 

Strings

Member
Paring this down to just 20 would be a nightmare, as the PS1 library is my GOAT, and would be weird for some series (can I include Spyro 2 or 3 by themselves?).

But like, I'd definitely include...
FF7
FF9
Kartia: The Word of Fate (a personal favaourite)
CTR
Crash 3 (even though I personally prefer 2)
Tekken 3
MGS
Vagrant Story
Xenogears
SOTN
Bushido Blade
Parasite Eve 2
Suikoden 2
Front Mission 3
Spider-Man
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
Silent Hill
Resident Evil 2 (then again, getting the remake soon-ish)
Rival Schools
Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo

Games that should be there, but have superior other versions:
Star Ocean: The Second Story (PSP)
Persona 2: EP (PSP)
Valkyria Profile (PSP)
FFT (PSP)
Tactics Ogre (PSP)
 

massoluk

Banned
A lot of these are third party games that are still making bank on Steam and PSN. Don't know how they can make this work
 
Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete
Arc the Lad Collection
Vagrant Story
Final Fantasy Tactics
Monster Rancher
Legend of Mana
Intelligent Qube
Valkryie Profile
Blast Chamber

Umm...I don't want to list more RPGs, but I can't think of any other games that I love.
 

Aters

Member
I'd love to have one full of just JRPGs:

1. FF7
2. FF8
3. FF9
4. FFT
5. Vagrant Story
6. Legend of Mana
7. Chrono Cross
8. SaGa Frontier
9. Xenogears
10. Dragon Warrior 7
11. Front Mission 3
12. Legend of Legaia
13. Suikoden
14. Suikoden 2
15. Star Ocean 2
16. Valkyrie Profile
17. Parasite Eve
18. Tales of Eternia (Destiny 2 in US)
19. Tales of Destiny
20. Breath of Fire 3

I specifically did not include any games that debuted on another system (Grandia, Lunar).

Square Enix should release a "JRPG box" where you can play all the SNES and PSX RPGs they made.
 

Pachinko

Member
With 20 games eh ? Well following Nintendos lead I'd expect half of them to be first party games. As well atleast half of those again would probably be early games. So you might end up with Twisted Metal 2 , Jet Moto , Loaded , wipeout maybe even 3xtreme. Moto toon GP , crash bandicoot , syphon filter , legend of dragoon , jumping flash... hell maybe Philsoma, hot shots golf. Then for third party games - CSOTN , FF7, resident evil , Tekken 3 , MGS1, spyro , SF alpha 2 gold , maybe a version of puzzle bobble/bust a move ?
 
1. Metal Gear Solid
2. Final Fantasy Tactics
3. Tekken 3
4. Castlevania Symphony of the Night
5. Resident Evil 2
6. Einhander
7. Megaman X4
8. Megaman Legends
9. Megaman Legends 2
10. Wild Arms
11. Hotshots Golf
12. Soul Blade
13. Final Fantasy 9
14. Jumping Flash 2
15. Intelligent Cube
16. Gran Turismo 2
17. Street Fighter Alpha 3
18. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
19. Destruction Derby 2
20. Twisted Metal 2

I omitted games like Crash and FF7 because there are better versions of those games on ps4 and wanted games we don't have immediate access to.
 
They should work in PS1 on PS4 functionality instead of introducing useless,quickly outdated junk collectibles.

Well... it's not like this is going to happen either way, so just have fun with the topic.

My List would be:

1. Final Fantasy VII
2. Ridge Racer Type-4
3. Klonoa
4. Crash Bandicoot 2
5. Spyro
6. Wipeout 3
7. Resident Evil 2
8. Tomba!
9. Wild Arms
10. Legend of the Dragoon
11. Castlevania Symphony of the Night
12. Tenchu
13. Twisted Metal 2
14. Final Fantasy Tactics
15. Parappa the Rapper
16. Tekken 3
17. Metal Gear Solid
18. Ape Escape 2
19. Gran Turismo
20. Medievil

Have not even played some of these but that would be my list out of pure variety. As a mainly RPG player in those days I would have a list of 60+ hour RPGs too but that don't seem realistic if this ever did happen lol. I'd just settle for these being playable on PS4.
 
Tomba
Tobal
Bushido Blade
Einhander
Silent Bomber
Intelligent Qube
Crusader No Remorse
Tactics Ogre
Blood Omen
Devil Dice
MDK
Bust a Move 4
Alundra
Grandia
Trom Bonne
Symphony of the Night
Jumping Flash
Star Ocean 2
G Police
Blast Chamber
Die Hard Trilogy
 

Vanadium

Member
I'd say storage limited to 8-10 games. You'd need about 8gb of internal memory at least and maybe no more for cost reasons.

The obvious in no order:

MGS
Crash Bandicoot
Twisted Metal 2
Tekken 3
GT2
SFA3
FF7
Castlevania: SotN
 

-hadouken

Member
I had a PS1 at launch and to be frank, I can't think of 5 games that I'd actually want to play. Old Nintendo stuff is charming - just can't get excited for 32bit jank.
 

dtcm83

Member
1. Metal Gear Solid
2. Final Fantasy Tactics
3. Tekken 3
4. Castlevania Symphony of the Night
5. Resident Evil 2
6. Einhander
7. Megaman X4
8. Megaman Legends
9. Megaman Legends 2
10. Wild Arms
11. Hotshots Golf
12. Soul Blade
13. Final Fantasy 9
14. Jumping Flash 2
15. Intelligent Cube
16. Gran Turismo 2
17. Street Fighter Alpha 3
18. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
19. Destruction Derby 2
20. Twisted Metal 2

I omitted games like Crash and FF7 because there are better versions of those games on ps4 and wanted games we don't have immediate access to.

Nice choice!
 

Drac84

Member
My personal list would also include Tenchu Stealth Assassins, FF8, FF9, NFS Hot Pursuit, Tomb Raider, Broken Sword, Croc Legend of the Gobbos, Silent Hill, Dino Crisis, Harvest Moon Back to Nature
 

Havok1313

Member
I know these are fantasy lists but they would never give you like 15, 60+ hour JRPGs, haha.

Honestly I don't think there are even 20 PS1 games that I would want to play again in the original version. PS1 and N64 just don't hold up that well compared to the systems around them.
 

Schnozberry

Member
By the time they sorted out how much all the licensees wanted to be paid for software, they'd have to charge too much to be worth it.

That said, it's a great idea and I'd love to see it happen.
 

KaYotiX

Banned
Id stay away from alot of the older 3d stuff because that stuff hasn't aged well at all.

I'd mostly want all the big RPGs though :)
 

z0m3le

Banned
It's a pipe dream, but if I were able to get the licensing for any number of PSX classics and have them on this machine, it would be:

1. Metal Gear Solid
2. Final Fantasy VII
3. Castlevania: SotN
4. Tekken 3
5. Chrono Cross
6. Gran Turismo 2
7. Xenogears
8. Crash Team Racing
9. Resident Evil 2
10. Parasite Eve
11. Legacy of Cain: Soul Reaver
12. Street Fighter Alpha 3
13. Vagrant Story
14. Twisted Metal 2
15. Oddworld: Abe's Odyssey
16. Final Fantasy Tactics
17. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
18. Breath of Fire IV
19. Super Puzzle FIghter II Turbo
20. Um Jammer Lammy

Additional titles: Colony Wars, Ridge Racer Type-4, Cool Boarders 2, Jet Moto 2, Valkyrie Profile.

Which would you include?

Thing is, you only list 1 first party game I think. I don't think business wise, it would make them a lot of money because the games people want are from Capcom, Konami, square soft and Namco mostly. The Snes has 6? 3rd party games, the nes might have been double that, but there was 30 titles there... A psx mini would make more money for square than Sony.

Yep. Just give me all the Square games and IQ (with analog stick support for the early games), and I'm good to go.

Oh and maybe Hellnight, which we never got in the US.

Honestly, it's probably smarter for Square to release their own mini console with 50 games and sell it for 80. They wouldn't even need to be tied to 1 platform, you could have the best of square through the first 20+ years.
 
Oh Jesus. Let's try.

1) Metal Gear Solid
2) Final Fantasy VII
3) Final Fantasy VIII
4) Final Fantasy IX
5) Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
6) Gran Turismo 2
7) Tekken 3
8) Crash Bandicoot: Warped
9) Crash Team Racing
10) Spyro: Ripto's Rage
11) Resident Evil 2
12) Chrono Cross
13) Tomb Raider
14) Silent Hill
15) PaRappa the Rapper
16) Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
17) Twisted Metal 2
18) Syphon Filter
19) Wip3out
20) Bubsy 3D
 

KageMaru

Member
In no real order

1. Metal Gear Solid
2. Tomb Raider
3. Warhawk
4. Twisted Metal 2
3. Wipeout 3
4. Final Fantasy 7
5. Megaman Legends
6. Grandia
7. Parasite Eve
8. Resident Evil
9. Fear Effect
10. Dino Crisis
11. Crash Bandicoot 2
12. Armored Core
13. Silent Hill
14. Blood Omen Legacy of Kain
15. Soul Reaver
16. Suikoden 2
17. Ridge Racer 4
18. Tekken 3
19. Tobal 2
20. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
 
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