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What PS1 hidden gems would you recommend?

Corderlain

Corderlain

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Hey fellas. With all the craziness going on outside most of us are going to be sitting around the house for an extended period of time. It goes without saying that if there's time to lay about there's time to go back and play stuff that came out in what some would consider the golden days of gaming.

The PS1 was a revolutionary console that had just a massive selection of good games that no one person would be able to play in a childhood and what better time than now to revisit it. Let's hear some of your personal favorites. Slap on the nostalgia goggles, fire up your totally not emulated PS1, and let's here what was your bag baby back in 90s-y2k.

I'll start. Everyone remember Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Crash Bandicoot, Gran Turismo, FF7, Twisted Metal, Tony Hawk, Spyro, and maybe even Toomba. Who remembers that port of Space Hulk? Who remembers Einhander? Gex? Blasto?
 
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DunDunDunpachi

DunDunDunpachi

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Puzzle games usually end up being de facto "hidden gems" for a number of reasons, so I'll add a few:



Cleopatra's Fortune -- definitely a weird puzzle game (not sure what I'd compare it to). You can clear lines by filling up a horizontal row, but you can only clear gems and sarcophagi by "entombing" them with puzzle pieces. Also available on PS2 Taito Legends 2 collection.



Builder's Block / Landmaker -- technically two games in one, the original arcade port plus a PS1-exclusive sequel. Would probably appeal to Puzzle Bobble fans. You shoot colored blocks up to form 2x2, 3x3, 4x4 etc blocks and then "pop" them by hitting a same-colored block on one of the protruding corners.



Puzzle Star Sweep -- fairly easy to "survive" but scoring well is a challenge. You can rotate and place blocks anywhere on the screen but they still fall according to gravity.



Money Puzzle Exchanger -- a slightly-slower version of Magical Drop, but more complex. You exchange coins into higher denominations and combos result in special bubbles that give effects (either attacks or removing stuff from your side).

I love all of these so I can't just recommend one. Each one is 1,500x better if you can play it Versus with a friend.
 
Corderlain

Corderlain

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See that's what I'm talking about. Most of what people are posting is stuff that comes up in a google search for ps1 games. I wanna see the weird shit man
 
Mista

Mista

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Corderlain said:
See that's what I'm talking about. Most of what people are posting is stuff that comes up in a google search for ps1 games. I wanna see the weird shit man
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You asked for hidden gems, why are you complaining now? Those are hidden gems that I played. Not some google shit
 
Sub_Level

Sub_Level

wants to fuck an Asian grill.
Corderlain said:
See that's what I'm talking about. Most of what people are posting is stuff that comes up in a google search for ps1 games. I wanna see the weird shit man
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I have just the game for you.

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Don't read or look up anything about it. Just play.
 
Sub_Level

Sub_Level

wants to fuck an Asian grill.
BTW lets talk some real shit for a second.

I play a ton of FPS games on high difficulty modes. I could not beat Alien Resurrection on NORMAL difficulty.



"oh well its just hard cuz of PS1 contro-"

No. It supports dual analog AND IT EVEN SUPPORTS MOUSELOOK NATIVELY (yes the ps1 had a mouse)

This game will fuck you.
 
DunDunDunpachi

DunDunDunpachi

Patient MembeR
Some more:



Magic Carpet. Not a bad port of the PC game. Hybrid strategy / city building / tower-defense game. Way ahead of its time.



Trap Gunner -- reminds me of an old NES game called "Spy vs Spy". Each character choice has their own style which makes it highly replayable.



Frogger 2 -- as long as you enjoy the core gameplay of Frogger, this is the Donkey Kong '94 of the series. Tons of levels.
 
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Lelcar

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Brave Fencer Musashi is also my goto answer to this question. The music is incredible, and it’s a very fun Zelda-like adventure with secrets and Final Fantasy elements. The camera is definitely of the era though.

also, Star Gladiator is a pretty cool unknown 3D fighting game from Capcom.
 
greencoder

greencoder

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Corderlain said:
See that's what I'm talking about. Most of what people are posting is stuff that comes up in a google search for ps1 games. I wanna see the weird shit man
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I don't how weird it is, but play Einhander. It's horizontal shoot 'em up.

Also, you would do us a favor if you wrote what games of the console you have already played.

Just remembered: Heart of Darkness
 
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thicc_girls_are_teh_best

thicc_girls_are_teh_best

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Juggernaut (pretty long, some "eh" spots here and there but some genuinely cool things especially towards the last 3rd of the game)

Galerians (cyberpunk Resident Evil; even has an anime movie and PS2 sequel that wasn't as good)

Fear Effect 1 & 2

Love and Destroy (looks REALLY good and quite a showpiece for PS1-era graphics)

Tobal 2

Moon RPG Remix (if you can find that translation)

Loaded (Robotron-style fun)

UmJammer Lammy (everyone seems to only praise Parappa but honestly UmJammer is just an INSANELY BETTER game and has way more content)

LSD Dream Simulator (for the sheer weirdness)

Kowloon's Gate (no translation sadly, but seems really interesting)
 
TTOOLL

TTOOLL

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Maybe you guys can help me with this one. There was a game in which you would put a lot of traps in a castle to fight mobs or something like that. I was pretty young and the game was in Japanese so I had no idea what I was doing/playing. It was kinda fun but the language killed it for me.
 
Laconian Sword

Laconian Sword

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Great thread since I really missed out on PS1. I was too much of a Sega/Nintendo/PC snob at the time and I felt Sony was an interloper. Didn't help that there was so much gimmicky hype around full motion video too; I remember being disappointed by FF7 without actually playing it due to all the cutscenes. Funny to think about that now.
 
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israel cesar

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TTOOLL said:
Maybe you guys can help me with this one. There was a game in which you would put a lot of traps in a castle to fight mobs or something like that. I was pretty young and the game was in Japanese so I had no idea what I was doing/playing. It was kinda fun but the language killed it for me.
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it must be deception 1 or 2, from tecmo
 
Northeastmonk

Northeastmonk

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TTOOLL said:
Maybe you guys can help me with this one. There was a game in which you would put a lot of traps in a castle to fight mobs or something like that. I was pretty young and the game was in Japanese so I had no idea what I was doing/playing. It was kinda fun but the language killed it for me.
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Deception? I recommend the 2nd and 3rd Deception. King’s Field II is great (aged, but still good). Elemental Gearbolt is good, also great if you have a Guncon. I really like Panzer Bandit. Devil Dice is awesome and needs an updated or at least a port somewhere. There’s a sequel (Xi Jumbo 2)and a PS2 version (Bombastic).

Vagrant Hearts has a cool sound effect when someone gets killed. The Adventures of Lomax is fun. It’s part of the Lemmings universe.

One game I’ve been interested in, but never actually owned was Discworld. Apparently they did incredibly well in the UK.
 
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TTOOLL

TTOOLL

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israel cesar said:
it must be deception 1 or 2, from tecmo
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Northeastmonk said:
Deception? I recommend the 2nd and 3rd Deception. King’s Field II is great (aged, but still good). Elemental Gearbolt is good, also great if you have a Guncon. I really like Panzer Bandit. Devil Dice is awesome and needs an updated or at least a port somewhere. There’s a sequel (Xi Jumbo 2)and a PS2 version (Bombastic).

Vagrant Hearts has a cool sound effect when someone gets killed. The Adventures of Lomax is fun. It’s part of the Lemmings universe.

One game I’ve been interested in, but never actually owned was Discworld. Apparently they did incredibly well in the UK.
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Yeah!! It's KAGERO: Deception II!!
Thanks, guys!!

 
Alexios

Alexios

Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
Echo Night 1 & 2 are unique adventure games with a cool setting, gameplay that's mostly puzzle solving but also has some dangerous situations and pretty damn great atmospheric and detailed polygonal environments. The 2nd even fixed up the character textures that are too crude in the 1st.
 
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