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[GhostWriter24]

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?

 

[nynt9]

Medievil, intelligent Qube

 

[RobotVM]

In a heart beat.

 

[Hattori]

Rival Schools

 

[inner-G]

I'd add:

Dragon Warrior VII
Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style
Coolboarders 2
Vib Ribbon
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2
Jumping Flash
Ore no Ryouri
Incredible Crisis

 

[Sidewinder]

Colony Wars should be in it.

 

[Kjell]

Ridge Racer

 

[suddenlyissoon]

Rally Cross!

 

[GhostWriter24]

Colony Wars should be in it.

You're right, I'm not sure how I forgot about this one. Amazing game.

 

[NMFried]

Spyro?

 

[Clipse]

Bust-A-Groove

 

[The Flash]

The only decent Crash game aka CTR.

 

[Patryn]

Colony Wars, Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete, and Star Ocean 2.

 

[Rellik]

Kula World or no buy.

 

[Mesoian]

How is Wipeout 3 not on this list?

 

[smoothj]

Megaman Legends

 

[CEJames]

I read Sega for some reason......disregard.

Just came from the Valkyria Revolution thread.


lol

 

[chrominance]

Not a single Wipeout game? Come on man.

Also, this is precisely why I'd much rather they restore PS1 backwards compatibility on future devices/PS4. If the VITA can emulate PS1, what excuse does the PS4 have?

 

[Temascos]

For licencing purposes it would be easier to go with mostly first party releases, despite how unhappy it would make some people.

1 to 3 - Crash Series
4 to 6 - Spyro Series
7 - Twisted Metal 2
8 to 9 - Wipeout 2097 and Wip3out
10 - Silent Hill
11 - Metal Gear Solid
12 - Tomb Raider 2
13 - Parappa The Rapper
14 - Kula World
15 - G Police
16 - Colony Wars (Either Vengeance or Red Sun)
17 - Gran Turismo 2
18 - Overboard!
19 - Medieval
20 - Destruction Derby 2

 

[Mesoian]

1) Skies of Arcadia
2) Skies of Arcadia
3) Skies of Arcadia
4) Skies of Arcadia
5) Skies of Arcadia
6) Skies of Arcadia
7) Skies of Arcadia
8) Skies of Arcadia
9) Skies of Arcadia
10) Skies of Arcadia
11) Skies of Arcadia
12) Skies of Arcadia
13) Skies of Arcadia
14) Skies of Arcadia
15) Skies of Arcadia
16) Skies of Arcadia
17) Skies of Arcadia
18) Skies of Arcadia
19) Skies of Arcadia
20) Skies of Arcadia

...not a playstation game but okay.

Not a single Wipeout game? Come on man.

Also, this is precisely why I'd much rather they restore PS1 backwards compatibility on future devices/PS4. If the VITA can emulate PS1, what excuse does the PS4 have?

 

[Trevelyon]

1) Skies of Arcadia
2) Skies of Arcadia
3) Skies of Arcadia
4) Skies of Arcadia
5) Skies of Arcadia
6) Skies of Arcadia
7) Skies of Arcadia
8) Skies of Arcadia
9) Skies of Arcadia
10) Skies of Arcadia
11) Skies of Arcadia
12) Skies of Arcadia
13) Skies of Arcadia
14) Skies of Arcadia
15) Skies of Arcadia
16) Skies of Arcadia
17) Skies of Arcadia
18) Skies of Arcadia
19) Skies of Arcadia
20) Skies of Arcadia

huh?

 

[Dynomutt]

Not a single Wipeout game? Come on man.

Also, this is precisely why I'd much rather they restore PS1 backwards compatibility on future devices/PS4. If the VITA can emulate PS1, what excuse does the PS4 have?

PS4 should be cable of playing PS1, PS2, and Vita Games no problem.

 

[inner-G]

I read Sega for some reason......disreagard.

Ummmmm... lol


Edit: Ah dang, you must have edited right before I quoted you!

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

This would be expensive and super difficult to put together as sony has no ownership of 98% of the classic games.

But you said any:

1) Breath of Fire 3
2) Breath of Fire 4
3) Castlevania : Symphony of the Night
4) Suikoden
5) Suikoden 2
6) Vanguard Bandits
7) Vandal Hearts
8) Vagrant Story
9) Dragon Quest VII
10) Grandia
11) Metal Gear Sold
12) Star Ocean 2
13) Azure Dreams
14) Wild Arms
15) FFVII
16) FFVIII
17) FFIX
18) Alundra
19) Soul Edge
20) Street Fighter Alpha 3

PSX=RPG

 

[smoothj]

A Tenchu game as well!

 

[Marcel]

 

[kadotsu]

A PS1 mini would be a licensing nightmare because Sony's 1st party sucked in that generation.

 

[Waddle Dee]

Crash 3, Spyro 1 & 2, Pro Skater 2, and CTR would all be mandatory.

 

[TwoDurans]

Lot of 3rd party in your list, OP. It'd either never happen with that list, or would cost a fortune.

 

[TheGhostSix]

Very personal list:

1. Final Fantasy VII
2. Metal Gear Solid
3. Crash Bandicoot
4. Casltevania: Symphony of The Night
5. Xenogears
6. Crash Team Racing
7. Final Fantasy Tactics
8. Mega Man X4
9. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
10. Resident Evil
11. Marvel vs. Capcom
12. Suikoden 2
13. PaRappa The Rapper
14. Dino Crisis
15. Tomb Raider
16. Ape Escape
17. Twisted Metal 2
18. Spider-Man (it was bad, but I loved it)
19. Winning Eleven 8 (Pro Evo 9)
20. Street Fighter Alpha 3

 

[BrendanSinclair]

Battle Arena Tohshinden
Ace Combat 2
Klonoa
Metal Gear Solid
Tekken 3
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy Tactics
Intelligent Qube
Oddworld: Abe's Oddyssey
PaRappa the Rapper
Twisted Metal 2
Rayman
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
Resident Evil
Resident Evil 2
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Tomba!
Tomb Raider
King's Field

Edit: Looked at others' lists. Gotta get Colony Wars and Wipeout in there. Probably ditch Rayman and one of the Resident Evil games to make room.

 

[black070]

Final Fantasy VIII..

Spoiler

i.e. the best FF.

 

[DecoReturns]

Digimon World as well

 

[potatohead]

Without g police is it even worth the time though?

 

[Marcel]

Final Fantasy VIII.

You can leave that one out when the one before it and the one after it are both better.

 

[mebizzle]

Syphon Filter

 

[Waddle Dee]

A PS1 mini would be a licensing nightmare because Sony's 1st party sucked in that generation.

The problem is that Nintendo (and to a lesser extent, Sega) is the only company that primarily relies on First Party games. Sony still has them, but probably not enough to make a list of 20 great games for any of their systems.

 

[brawly]

 

[Jawbreaker]

I would hope they released such a thing to at least partially satisfy their customers by continuing to produce them instead of as a marketing tool like Nintendo's doing.

 

[Mutagenic]

Needs more Valkyrie Profile love.

 

[xaosslug]

no Jumping Flash!? WTF, op?

 

[MrHoot]

20 times Bubsy 3d

 

[BocoDragon]

I'd add:

Dragon Warrior VII
Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style
Coolboarders 2
Vib Ribbon
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2
Jumping Flash
Ore no Ryouri
Incredible Crisis

Coolboarders 2 and THPS2 are crucial picks that I think a lot of core gamer types would overlook. They were incredibly popular in their day, and they are what would get a lot of lapsed gamers to pick the thing up.

Kind of the equivalent of Tecmo Bowl on NES mini.

 

[Aters]

Realistically, it's gonna be a bunch of mediocre first party games. SE will not put FFVII on it. They'd rather sell it on Steam. Same with other 3rd parties.

 

[pete_clarf]

Raiden Project

 

[Papo Swing]

No Vagrant Story, no Parasite Eve, NO SALE!

Those two games are masterpieces that have not seen a lot of future releases.

 

[zephervack]

Toshinden
Jumping Flash
Magic Carpet

 

[sixteen-bit]

SotN and the Suikodens are a must, but then again FucKonami

 

[Stilton Disco]

Narrowing it down to just 20ish is impossible.

The sheer volume of quality games on that system is astonishing.

I'd kill every one of you for a PS1 mini with pretty much any list in this thread so far though.

 

[Santiako]

As long as I get these two (Devil Dice, Rollcage) I'm good:

(Tomba and CTR too)