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I was more of a Nintendo guy and probably would have passed on the system if not for FF7. Thank god for that though, the ps1 has many of my favorite games.
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The PS1 changed the gaming landscape forever. What game(s) won you over?
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twentytwo22
Member
I remember playing Jet Moto and Crash Bandicoot first and not thinking they were that great (I already had Wave Race and Mario 64 at home). However, I loved Tekken.
But once I played FF7, I was in. And then came Suikoden, SaGa Frontier, Vandal Hearts, FF Tactics, stuff like RE, RE2, MGS, etc etc. So many good memories with the PSX.
But once I played FF7, I was in. And then came Suikoden, SaGa Frontier, Vandal Hearts, FF Tactics, stuff like RE, RE2, MGS, etc etc. So many good memories with the PSX.
Son Of Sparda
Member
Resident Evil 3 - My first horror title. Nemesis scared the crap out of me.
Gran Turismo - Suzuki!!!
Crash Bandicoot
Gran Turismo - Suzuki!!!
Crash Bandicoot
longdi
Banned
I didnt really like PS1. The ugly 3d pixels and long-ass load times. SNES was better from a play-ability stand point, it even have as good audio.
But MGS, Xenogears, Sotn, PES, Vagrant Story. Yeah those were very good games.
FF7 was over-rated and disappointing af though, coming from FF6.
But MGS, Xenogears, Sotn, PES, Vagrant Story. Yeah those were very good games.
FF7 was over-rated and disappointing af though, coming from FF6.
Berserking Guts
Member
Back in '98 when I was 13 I went over to a friends house a day before I was leaving on vacation. And he had a PSX. We played Resident Evil and Alien Trilogy, and I was floored.
After that I knew I needed a playstation. So I begged my grandparents all holiday if I could get one. A few months later, on my birthday, my grandma got me a PSX with Resident Evil: Directors Cut (not the crappy dual shock version with inferior music) Alien Trilogy, Demo Disc One. And to my astonishment Resident Evil 2.
After that I knew I needed a playstation. So I begged my grandparents all holiday if I could get one. A few months later, on my birthday, my grandma got me a PSX with Resident Evil: Directors Cut (not the crappy dual shock version with inferior music) Alien Trilogy, Demo Disc One. And to my astonishment Resident Evil 2.
SegaManAU
Gold Member
Tekken and Resident Evil
Used to play Tekken at the arcades and couldn't believe it when I finally had it at home to play.
I have so much nostalgia for the PSOne.
there is just something about gaming from the 90's that was special. I'm not sure if it's nostalgic goggles or the fact that the graphics weren't as amazing as today but I prefer gaming back then!!
Favourite games off the top of my head
Tekken series
Crash Bandicoot series
Tomb Raider series
Wipeout
Fifa 98
NBA Live 98
Spyro
Used to play Tekken at the arcades and couldn't believe it when I finally had it at home to play.
I have so much nostalgia for the PSOne.
there is just something about gaming from the 90's that was special. I'm not sure if it's nostalgic goggles or the fact that the graphics weren't as amazing as today but I prefer gaming back then!!
Favourite games off the top of my head
Tekken series
Crash Bandicoot series
Tomb Raider series
Wipeout
Fifa 98
NBA Live 98
Spyro
cartman414
Member
That generation was the 2600 of 3d. The PS2 was when the form reached a decent point of maturation. There are some games that hold up, but not that many. And sadly the PS1 was too short on RAM to do modern 2d games proper justice. Just saying, because while the system trumped the Saturn for the most part, the latter had the better 2d ports. (Imagine if the PS also had a port for RAM carts. Would that not be awesome?)
PdotMichael
Banned
Stuff like Legend of Mana or Tales of Eternia looked pretty good in my eyes.
Also I will never lose my softspot for 3D games with 2D sprites like Grandia or FFT.
Melchiah
Member
I had been playing on C64 and Amiga in the 80's and early 90's, but quitted gaming altogether in 1993. I just lost interest in it due to the nature of games back then. Five years later, a friend of mine brought a PS1 to my place, and it got me interested in games again. When I saw Resident Evil I just had to get one as a birthday present for myself, when I turned 23. That, and games like Silent Hill, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, FFVII+VIII, WipEout 2097, and Tomb Raider I+II reignited my love for gaming, and I'm still enjoying the hobby as much as I was 18 years ago, if not more. So, thanks to the little grey box, that brought me back.
Funnily enough, I was so accustomed to playing with joysticks due to my past with C64 and Amiga, that I had to buy this to play the games.
I used it for everything I played during the first year (RE, Tomb Raider and WipEout), until I learned to play with the pad.
Funnily enough, I was so accustomed to playing with joysticks due to my past with C64 and Amiga, that I had to buy this to play the games.
I used it for everything I played during the first year (RE, Tomb Raider and WipEout), until I learned to play with the pad.
royalroyal
Member
Honestly, everything.
hersheyfan
Member
Battle Arena Toshinden.
Looking back now, its kind of a naff game, but back then it looked absolutely amazing... I never even considered getting a Saturn after playing this (although I did cop one later down the line).
Looking back now, its kind of a naff game, but back then it looked absolutely amazing... I never even considered getting a Saturn after playing this (although I did cop one later down the line).
Lil'DigiOp
Member
Oh my god, the PS1 was the ultimate look but don't touch item in my childhood home. My dad was a monster. 30 min play sessions weeks apart, until one day free reign!!
The games made me who I am lol
Crash & CTR
Spyro
Ape Escape
Tomba 2
Tekken 3
Brave Fencer Musashi
Ergheiz
Bloody Roar
The games made me who I am lol
Crash & CTR
Spyro
Ape Escape
Tomba 2
Tekken 3
Brave Fencer Musashi
Ergheiz
Bloody Roar
solid mike
Member
When my dad and brother and I got home from buying the PS1 at the store and setting up at our living room, I will never forget how we stayed up until late just to play all the games that we had bought along with the console. The PS1 was the most memorable console for me because I was just old enough -- the SNES and N64 were used more by my older cousins.
Three games won me over:
Twisted Metal 3
Rampage World Tour
Tekken 3
This is in contrast to my older brother who thinks the Japanese RPGs and Crash Bandicoot are what defined the system.
Three games won me over:
Twisted Metal 3
Rampage World Tour
Tekken 3
This is in contrast to my older brother who thinks the Japanese RPGs and Crash Bandicoot are what defined the system.
Saint of Killers
Member
A playable demo disc of Tekken, or Tekken II.
A couple friends and myself played the shit out of the demo disc for a month or two, until I was finally able to afford the real thing. They didn't know I'd bought it, so when they arrived at my place on the day, I made sure I was in the middle of a match between the 2 fighters (demo was limited to those 2. Um, an Asian cop and a blonde female?) we'd been playing as/against for the last few weeks. Seeing that they just assumed it was the demo. I can still see the confusion on their faces when, after the match ended and we were back at the character select screen, I was able to scroll through *all* the players and was not just limited to the ones on the demo disc. xD
A couple friends and myself played the shit out of the demo disc for a month or two, until I was finally able to afford the real thing. They didn't know I'd bought it, so when they arrived at my place on the day, I made sure I was in the middle of a match between the 2 fighters (demo was limited to those 2. Um, an Asian cop and a blonde female?) we'd been playing as/against for the last few weeks. Seeing that they just assumed it was the demo. I can still see the confusion on their faces when, after the match ended and we were back at the character select screen, I was able to scroll through *all* the players and was not just limited to the ones on the demo disc. xD
Infernal Monkey
Member
That opening airport level in Die Harder absolutely blew me away. You could break just about everything in the environment!
GamerMax73
Member
It might be a cliched response, but...The first Tomb Raider. There was just nothing else like it at the time and everyone wanted to play it and was talking about it.
Nothing in my previous 8-bit or 16-bit gaming experience properly prepared me for what I was about to experience (well maybe Flashback, a little). Controlling a real life 3D character. Doing handstands. Jumping back and shooting bats with two guns. Exploring the caves. Solving puzzles. Then...there was...the T-Rex!!!
The other games that meant a lot to us at the time, but all pretty much after Tomb Raider, included Pandemonium, Crash Bandicoot, Die Hard Trilogy, Gran Turismo, Soul Blade, Tenchu: Stealth Assassins, Abe's Oddysee, Resident Evil, Final Fantasy VII and Bushido Blade (to name but a few).
In more recent years, as a dedicated retro gamer, as with the NES, I have since rediscovered groundbreaking games for the the console that I'm really sorry I mist the first time round. The big three for me are Medal of Honor, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, and the frankly impressive Silent Hill.
Still from an historical perspective, it was Tomb Raider that sold the system and redefined, for me, what gaming could (should) be.
Nothing in my previous 8-bit or 16-bit gaming experience properly prepared me for what I was about to experience (well maybe Flashback, a little). Controlling a real life 3D character. Doing handstands. Jumping back and shooting bats with two guns. Exploring the caves. Solving puzzles. Then...there was...the T-Rex!!!
The other games that meant a lot to us at the time, but all pretty much after Tomb Raider, included Pandemonium, Crash Bandicoot, Die Hard Trilogy, Gran Turismo, Soul Blade, Tenchu: Stealth Assassins, Abe's Oddysee, Resident Evil, Final Fantasy VII and Bushido Blade (to name but a few).
In more recent years, as a dedicated retro gamer, as with the NES, I have since rediscovered groundbreaking games for the the console that I'm really sorry I mist the first time round. The big three for me are Medal of Honor, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, and the frankly impressive Silent Hill.
Still from an historical perspective, it was Tomb Raider that sold the system and redefined, for me, what gaming could (should) be.
I've never owned a Sony console, but I was a huge fan of metal gear games on the nes (yes, including snakes revenge), so when I heard Mgs was coming out, I lent my friend my n64 and he lent me his psx along with his copy of MG's.
Did the same with mgs3 and the ps2, just borrowed it for that game, heh (played mgs2 on PC)
Did the same with mgs3 and the ps2, just borrowed it for that game, heh (played mgs2 on PC)
cireza
Member
I agree with OP that PS1 changed the landscape, getting new players to the world of gaming.
Personally, I never liked the console and those new kind of games. Did not buy the console. So its games did not attract me at all.
I stuck with Sega till the end, and eventually started buying pretty much all consoles :
Sony : PSP, PS3, PS Vita, PS4
MS : Xbox, 360, Xbox One
Nintendo : everything starting from GBA (already had a NES)
Even today, I still don't like much the video-game landscape, and all those western, realistic games (that represent the wider part of AAA games we get). That's not my cup of tea.
Hope this wasn't too off topic
Personally, I never liked the console and those new kind of games. Did not buy the console. So its games did not attract me at all.
I stuck with Sega till the end, and eventually started buying pretty much all consoles :
Sony : PSP, PS3, PS Vita, PS4
MS : Xbox, 360, Xbox One
Nintendo : everything starting from GBA (already had a NES)
Even today, I still don't like much the video-game landscape, and all those western, realistic games (that represent the wider part of AAA games we get). That's not my cup of tea.
Hope this wasn't too off topic
I grew up wiith the PS1. There's a lot of games I loved, but here's some of my favourites.
Crash Bandicoot 1/2/3
PaRappa the Rapper
Vib Ribbon
Jumping Flash 1/2
Croc
I went back and tried to play these again recently. I loved them too, but god have they aged baaaaaaad.
Crash Bandicoot 1/2/3
PaRappa the Rapper
Vib Ribbon
Jumping Flash 1/2
Croc
I went back and tried to play these again recently. I loved them too, but god have they aged baaaaaaad.
Oyashrio-Sama
Member
The PS1 was the first console that was truly mine. Its still to this day my favorite console. And it started my love for PlayStation.
joey_bone_bomb
Member
It might be a cliched response, but...The first Tomb Raider. There was just nothing else like it at the time and everyone wanted to play it and was talking about it.
Nothing in my previous 8-bit or 16-bit gaming experience properly prepared me for what I was about to experience (well maybe Flashback, a little). Controlling a real life 3D character. Doing handstands. Jumping back and shooting bats with two guns. Exploring the caves. Solving puzzles. Then...there was...the T-Rex!!!
The other games that meant a lot to us at the time, but all pretty much after Tomb Raider, included Pandemonium, Crash Bandicoot, Die Hard Trilogy, Gran Turismo, Soul Blade, Tenchu: Stealth Assassins, Abe's Oddysee, Resident Evil, Final Fantasy VII and Bushido Blade (to name but a few).
In more recent years, as a dedicated retro gamer, as with the NES, I have since rediscovered groundbreaking games for the the console that I'm really sorry I mist the first time round. The big three for me are Medal of Honor, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, and the frankly impressive Silent Hill.
Still from an historical perspective, it was Tomb Raider that sold the system and redefined, for me, what gaming could (should) be.
The game in your screenshot wasn't released for another 11 years, though ;-)
3 titles sold me on the PlayStation and 3D videogames in general.
Tomb Raider
Tekken 2
Resident Evil
The first time I saw Tomb Raider footage on my TV was during a videogame charts segment of a popular German TV show. I was blown away. I waited a week for the next episode of the show and recorded the VG charts segment knowing Tomb Raider would be featured again (turns out it was still in first place and would be so for the rest of the year). I must have spent several weeks just replaying those 15 seconds of gameplay on my VCR until my parents finally put a PlayStation in my room when I was on a school trip in England. Didn't leave that room for a couple of days when I came back.
Crazy days for videogames, the mid/late 90s. Everybody was talking about Lara Croft. She was everywhere. Even my grandmother knew who she was.
The other female video game character that was hugely popular with all the boys at my school was Nina Williams (Tekken 2). That's when my obsession with that series started.
Toshinden.
This is basically me the first time I fired the game up:
Totally! I remember begging my mom to rent the PS1 at Blockbuster Video.
Pull_Shapes
Neo Member
I bought my first psone with resident evil 2, tekken 3 and final fantasy 7.
Hooked from the very start
Hooked from the very start
Yautja_Warrior
Member
Arcades were still pretty popular back then so getting a PS1 and loading up Ridge Racer and Tekken for the very first time and getting full on arcade experiences at home, that was the game changer and it just got better and better from there.
Lightning_Roller
Banned
Ape Escape. The introduction of the Dualshock controller and the gameplay revolving around it made the PS1 an experience for me. As well as Resident Evil 2.
shark sandwich
tenuously links anime, pedophile and incels
When the news broke that FF7 would be on PlayStation, that was what convinced me to choose PSX as my machine for the generation.
What really won me over, though, were Namco's games. Ridge Racer and Tekken 2 to be specific. This was the first time you could get a legit arcade-quality experience at home. It felt like such a great time to be a gamer.
What really won me over, though, were Namco's games. Ridge Racer and Tekken 2 to be specific. This was the first time you could get a legit arcade-quality experience at home. It felt like such a great time to be a gamer.
Was in college when the PS1 came out, couldn't afford it for a couple of years then one night I won >$1000 at a casino.
SO being the responsible college student I was, I went out and blew the money on a weekend, then the following week bought a PS1 with Tomb Raider, whatever year NFL Gameday game that was out and Resident Evil Director's Cut.
Tomb Raider was fun, but Resident Evil was great.....loved it.
SO being the responsible college student I was, I went out and blew the money on a weekend, then the following week bought a PS1 with Tomb Raider, whatever year NFL Gameday game that was out and Resident Evil Director's Cut.
Tomb Raider was fun, but Resident Evil was great.....loved it.
thelastcrusader
Banned
Dad got it for me for Megaman 8. Later Resident Evil and Jade Cocoon.
xamidoxhua
Member
Syphon Filter - when I went to a friends place when I was like 8-9 years old and we were playing the first mission, and he got the taser and tazed an enemy until he lit on fire. Then I knew I had to have one.
Jawmuncher
Member
Dino Crisis and Metal Gear Solid were the highlights. With everything else in between being a great time as well.
That opening airport level in Die Harder absolutely blew me away. You could break just about everything in the environment!
Would pay good money for a Die Hard with a Vengeance segment remake, spent more time with that taxi game than some full price retail driving games
Same here. I was too young during the PS1 era to be into the more adult titles/games. I didn't play them until the PS2 era.