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Lesser known PS1 games you loved back in the day

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InfiniDragon

Member
Legend of Legaia was awesome (though I didn't think it was really lesser known).

Noa was my favorite, the idea of a 12 year old kicking people's asses (Her age was changed in US version to 14 for some reason) was just awesome. Her silly jokes, the stupid dancing in the minigames and the scene where she asks about what pimps are and then proceeds to beat on said pimp = best character. Added on top of that, she did ridiculous damage due to the earliest access to Miracle Arts at like level 30.
 
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neos

Member
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I've spent so many hours on this, and all is left is a overdisturbed audio cd record:(
 
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ConradCervantes

Banned
Chalk up another vote for Team Buddies. My friends and I would spend hours playing that game every Thursday night, and this was on my friend's PS3! We should dig it out and play again.
 
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PetriP-TNT

Member
ConradCervantes said:
Chalk up another vote for Team Buddies. My friends and I would spend hours playing that game every Thursday night, and this was on my friend's PS3! We should dig it out and play again.
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Is Team Buddies on PSN? It really should be, it's a blast. Best Worms+action+strategy hybrid around (with Hogs Of War)
 
joshwaan

joshwaan

Member
Love the topic I played the crap out of these games back in day gems IMO

Tenchu 1,2
Fear Effect
Nightmare Creatures
Future Cop

Sony what are you doing with PSN... sorry SEN lol where's half these classic game people are listing?

Where the hell is support for PS1 on my Vita it's awaiting this update dammit hehe :p
 
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Yjynx

Member
Turnstyle said:
This one is probably just rare in retrospect, I don't remember it being especially obscure at the time. Nobody ever talks about it these days though.

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Whatever happened to Gex? I put a lot of time into this game as a teenager!
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Dizzy-4U said:
Eretzvaju, also known as Evil Zone. A fighting game with only one attack button? Madness!!!
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Soooo good. Really solid fighting game.
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I don't know why but I spent entire weekends with this.
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Also, not posting Bishi Bashi since someone already did. Awesome game.
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arnoldocastillo2003 said:
I loved this game but not everyone did:

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NotebookJ2 said:
Yeah, I have absolutely no idea what was up with that, lol. I didn't even realize that was on there when I was younger.

Also, adding in some more.

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Pretty much they were car combat games like Twisted Metal, only they took place in the 1970s. I enjoyed them a lot more. Mind you, my first TM game was 3 which was apparently horrible. I also liked the character designs as well as the car themselves, though it would what you were expect from a game that takes place in the 1970s and a tad bit stereotypical, but it's kinda tongue in cheek in the first place, though the second game got a little weird what with time travel and
monkey
astronauts.
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Hulud said:
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^^^Holy crap, Polyphony Digital made this!?^^^

Also,
Tai Fu: Wrath of the Tiger
Tomba
Einhander
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NotebookJ2 said:
Oh god, Rollcage! How I loved going so fast.

This entire thread is like an unexpected nostalgia bomb for me.

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One of the first PS1 games I've played. I didn't actually like it much [tank controls in a platformer fff]. On the other hand, it was one of Phil Hartman's last roles. :(
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StarEye said:
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byropoint said:
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JazzmanZ said:
How did this topic go without mentioning this?

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I loved Tomba because of its rich 2-D graphics for its time and its platforming.
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Gamble said:
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used to play the SH*T outta these back in the day......*sigh* ps1 was and still is the greatest rpg console to date in my opinion......
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SSJ1Goku said:
That is a woman, she is just buff

Here are 2 more you guys did not mention:

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Destrega
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StormyTheRabbit said:
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Metalic said:
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Rocwell said:
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This game was awesome, it was the first game to feature dual analog controls and you capture monkeys using a light sab- err "stun club" a time net and a hula hoop. And Specter Boxing was the best mini game EVER.
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This thread is awesome! so many nostalgia......

I own some of this game while others played it at friend's house. Wonder how some of them doing....

How many of you play Punky Skunk?



The whole class is discussing this game (how to date karen, what gift, secret event) aaah good memories

 
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Night_Trekker

Member
Tsumu!

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From another thread:

Night_Trekker said:
You're a hamster driving a forklift. (Yeah, I dunno.) You have to pick up boxes and arrange them in the goal area so that the images on the sides of the boxes form one large animated image. This is easier said than done, of course. Level layouts make it difficult to rotate your forklift into the correct positions, and you have to plan ahead and pick the boxes up from the correct side so the images will be facing in the desired direction. The game is simple but a lot of fun. The music makes me happy.

I'm pretty sure you can find it for dirt cheap. I don't know the difference between Tsumu and Tsumu Light. I assume the latter is a demo or something like that
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Played the demo on one of the PlayStation Underground discs and fell in love with it. It's super low-budget, but it's a lot of fun.

Also, fans of Legend of Legia are awesome.
 
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BHK3

Banned
Lemme tell you guys about a man named...
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This was a very fun top down platformer game. You and your sister would fight off monsters as Swagmans demons have caused your parents to eternally sleep and turned your house into your worst nightmare. But, since the house is filled with dream elements, you and your sister can transform into different forms to fight off the horrible creatures of Swagmans domain. There's also some random fairy you have to rescue and stuff. The cutscenes were horrible but the artstyle and graphics were great and the soundtrack was fucking GREAT.

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I don't think you understand how fucking good the music is.
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beelzebozo

Jealous Bastard
LEGAIA!

has anyone replayed this lately? is it still pretty good? i used to stay up until 2 in the morning on school nights when i was a teenager playing it.
 
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Man-is-Obsolete

Member
Soooooooooo glad Rollcage was mentioned. Game was crack. Another great racing game that I wasted a ton of time on was Desctruction Derby.

Also has Colony wars been mentioned? It had to have been right?
 
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SadAli

Neo Member
Lard said:
I love this game, but the last level is absolute murder.
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Yeah I loved Incredible Crisis but I think we ended up having to do the last level two player - one person on controls and one person button pressing? All I remember now is that it was a world of pain compared to the rest of the game.

Also plus one to Super Bishi Bashi - was a random pick up and resulted in a lot of fun both gameplay and actually laugh out loud moments.

Not sure how well known this is these days?

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Actually a really fun puzzle game with a nice learning curve and some decent graphics.
 
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Ranger X

Member
Even if it was filled with some very bad exploits, if you were playing it without using them the game was fantastic. One of my favorite SRPG ever, a double story that could be seen through 2 different characters and a game where you craft everything from your weapons, to your spells and even your monster compagions.

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Excellent and hard platformer. This is a pure gem.

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7threst

Member
Ranger X said:
Even if it was filled with some very bad exploits, if you were playing it without using them the game was fantastic. One of my favorite SRPG ever, a double story that could be seen through 2 different characters and a game where you craft everything from your weapons, to your spells and even your monster compagions.

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Is this art made by the same guy who does the Final Fantasy art? Because it's pretty similar:

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da_stabbah

Member
is there anywhere online that one can obtain new PS1 games still? is EBAY the only choice? there is quite a few in this thread that i would love to get my hands on.
 
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Host Samurai

Member
WCW vs the World. Best wrestling game on the PS1 hands down and nobody ever talks about it. It developed by AKI and is a prequel to the N64 wrestling games like WCW VS NWO, Revenge, Wrestlemania 2000 and No Mercy. It was the first game to feature Hollywood Hogan and the roster was large filled with WCW and Japanese wrestlers from NJPW and other orgs, which is something that would never happen these days. I enjoyed this way more than the PS1 Smackdowns and the Acclaim games.

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Seik

Banned
bhlaab said:
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A solid sidescroller in the vein of Donkey Kong County. Except it's HARD AS SHIT. My palms get sweaty as the dickens (pardon my language) after about 5 minutes in the later stages. Cool music.
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This so much, one of the best platformer on this console imo.

The 'beans' video did blown my mind back then, we need more classic, humorous games like this.
 
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Tex117

Banned
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There were a few games I bought in anticipation of FFVII to scratch my gaming itch. This is one...and it was strangely good.

Beyond the Beyond, flawed and great.

Suikoden 1...though II gets all the love, I is awesome as well.

Wild Arms 1...Greatness.

Colony Wars...underrated...
 
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