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[Merlin]

I mean the first year, before it really became really mainstream. The ones that are mostly forgotten today.

I always loved this game - Assault Rigs:

It was a sort of 3D virtual reality battle game with brilliant music and I think it actually ran at 60fps! Very atmospheric too.

There was also a cool tank game called Shellshock.

 

[Tarazet]

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[SolidSnakex]

I don't know why but I really loved that game. I don't like any of its sequels, but that one kicked ass.

 

[jgkspsx]

Twisted Metal.
Jumping Flash.
Warhawk.
Ridge Racer.

Spoiler

ESPN Extreme Games and Toshinden oi oi oi

Edit: At least I'm not the only one!

 

[callous]

Nothing new here really.

Ridge Racer
Twisted Metal
Raiden
Jumping Flash

 

[borghe]

Battle Arena Toshinden
ESPN eXtreme Games
Jumping Flash

 

[Leatherface]

Toshinden
Ridge Racer

 

[zmet]

Raiden Project
Mortal Kombat 3
Ridge Racer
Warhawk
Jumping Flash
Air Combat
Bust a Move 2

 

[Soul4ger]

Same.

Raiden Project
Jumping Flash
WipeOut
Ridge Racer
Warhawk

 

[Matlock]

I dunno about early, but my first two PSX games were Crash Bandicoot and Ridge Racer Revolution.

 

[Zaphod]

WipeOut
Toshinden
Raiden, I still play that one
Warhawk

 

[Brofist]

 

[BuckRobotron]

The Raiden Project and Philosoma.

The latter has obvious deficiencies as a 2D shooter, but is still fun (and varied) and was one of those high-production value showcases for early PS1 prerendered movies.

 

[Vashu]

I got the PSOne a few months after release, but my favorite games were

Toshinden
Tekken
Suikoden
Twisted Metal

 

[Blatz]

You guys forgot Wipeout and Silpheed

 

[ram]

Destruction Derby 1

 

[AndreasNystrom]

Ridge Racer, Wipeout, and Ace Combat 1.

the games i pre-ordered my console for.

 

[jetjevons]

Anyone remember Konami's Broken Helix. What a crazy game that was. Bruce Campbell voice over. Time based events going on simultaneously on all floors. Multiple endings.

 

[blahness]

Warhawk
Twisted Metal
Loaded

 

[May16]

Intelligent Qube
Space Griffon
Wild ARMs
Fighting Force (haha, yeah, it was fun at first...)

 

[jgkspsx]

Intelligent Qube
Space Griffon
Wild ARMs
Fighting Force (haha, yeah, it was fun at first...)

Um, early?

I didn't know how early wipEout was, but that too.

 

[GDGF]

I really dug Jumping Flash, Warhawk, and Twisted Metal.

 

[Gattsu25]

Hell yeah! I own like...3 copies of that (one is in bad condition, two for serial link play)

edit: Ridge Racer, Jumping Flash, Loaded, TM, Warhawk.

 

[GitarooMan]

Come on no mention of Rayman yet??

Hard as shit, but awesome, I was blown away by the 2d visuals at the time, I think this came out like the first or second week after PS was released. I really liked Warhawk, Ridge Racer, and Jumping Flash! too.

 

[scissorfight]

Rayman
Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain (that was pretty early, wasn't it?)

 

[silenttwn]

Does Colony Wars count? I really got into that series. Please revive it Sony!

 

[GDGF]

Rayman
Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain (that was pretty early, wasn't it?)

I forgot about that one! Truth be told, I never actually played it, but I really enjoyed watching my friends play it.

 

[VictimOfGrief]

JET MOTO GOD DAMMIT!

 

[Callo Merlose]

Jumping Flash and Mortal Kombat Trilogy. MKT should be released since the horrendous loading won't be an issue.

 

[User 406]

In the first year I had a ball with these games:

Battle Arena Toshinden
ESPN Extreme
X-COM: UFO Defense
Warhawk
Twisted Metal
Jumping Flash
Destruction Derby
Wipeout
Lemmings 3D
Zero Divide
Assault Rigs
Street Fighter Alpha (I've since learned better. )
Descent
Resident Evil
Battle Arena Toshinden 2
Darkstalkers
Fade to Black
Jumping Flash 2
Die Hard Trilogy (Technically this was released in the second year, but only by a few days and I wanted to list it because it's so awesome. )

Some great classic stuff.

 

[HooDoo]

Toshinden
Ridge Racer

Ditto

 

[Merlin]

Fade to Black

I loved that one. ^_^

 

[Brandon F]

A friend and myself were convinced we liked Loaded that weekend we rented it.

Project Overkill wasn't too bad for a console-fied Crusader ripoff.

Raiden Project was the best launch game not called Ridge Racer.

 

[jgkspsx]

X-COM: UFO Defense
Die Hard Trilogy (Technically this was released in the second year, but only by a few days and I wanted to list it because it's so awesome. )

Indeedy.

What should count as early, though? I did launch + 1-2 months. First six months?

 

[Amadeus]

it was one of the very first games i've played on the japanese playstation and i remember it being very funny and i was amazed by the graphics (back in these days ).


btw. does anybody know if polyphony will make a sequel on the PS3 to this?

 

[cubicle47b]

Legacy of Kain was late '96.

NFL Gameday (Kelly Flock!), Ridge Racer, and Resident Evil all owned.

 

[SolidSnakex]

it was one of the very first games i've played on the japanese playstation and i remember it being very funny and i was amazed by the graphics (back in these days ).


btw. does anybody know if polyphony will make a sequel on the PS3 to this?

You've probably got a better shot of a PSP version than a PS3 one.

 

[User 406]

What should count as early, though? I did launch + 1-2 months. First six months?

Well, the OP said the 1st year, so I just went by that.

 

[Jiggy]

Wild ARMs. If only battles had been sped up by quite a bit, I'd probably still own it today... Excellent soundtrack and good Zelda-style dungeons.

 

[Ash Housewares]

Raiden Project

 

[Eric Hall]

Rayman & MK3 for me

 

[SonicMegaDrive]

EARLY PS1?

My favorites are Gex, Rayman, Darkstalkers, Jumping Flash, Street Fighter Alpha, and Raiden Project. Just about everything else from 95-96 was experimental, ugly, 3D rubbish. Though, I'm sure Japan was loaded with cool games in 1994 and '95.

 

[xexex]

Ridge Racer
Raiden Project
Air/Ace Combat
Tekken
Warhawk

 

[Beer Monkey]

Jumping Flash and Motor Toon.

 

[Teddman]

Battle Arena Toshinden

However it's aged, it was awesome looking at the time and pick up and play fun during college parties.

 

[AndreasNystrom]

Battle Arena Toshinden

However it's aged, it was awesome looking at the time and pick up and play fun during college parties.

yeah.. but it looked way better then virtua fighter 1 on saturn...

 

[Gek54]

RidgeRacer, Warhawk and NFS made it near impossible to resist the PSX at the time but my Nintendrone loyalty held strong until GT. I still get sad when thinking of all the fun I could have had if I got a PSX earlier on.

 

[Foil]

Twisted Metal. I still play the game today.

 

[Benedict]

The first games I bought were Wipeout and Jumping Flash.

Otherwise:

Johnny Bazookatone.
Thunderhawk
Rapid Reload (never finished the game...) AKA Gunner's Heaven
Total NBA '96 (amazing)
Warhawk
Alien Trilogy
Disruptor
Street Racer
Actua Golf
Micro Machines 3D
Fade to Black
MK 3
Die Hard Trilogy
Supersonic Racers
Crash Bandicoot
Suikoden
Wild Arms
Extreme Games
Defcon 5 (One of the best intros ever)
Xcom UFO
Xcom Terror from the deep (released quite quickly after first Xcom.
Bust'a'Move 2

 

[Forgotten Ancient]

No love for this? It's quite possibly in my top 5 Playstation games, period.