/vr/ - Retro Games

my personal favorites

If you like kind of weird, unique stuff, go with Tail of the Sun and Aquanaut's Holiday.

Forget the last part. You are welcome

>>2046810
You good sir, you are a patrician.

Only game I currently have.

>>2046802
As far as starting out, games like Metal Gear Solid, Crash Bandicoot 1-3 (especially 2 and 3 due to various refinements), CTR, Spyro 1-3, Castlevania Symphony of the Night are all good ones to start looking for, and usually not too expensive on an individual basis either. Also both Oddworld games if you don't have them or Steam or something already.

If you like JRPGs, there's some good ones to watch out for as well. That said, some can be rather expensive, so keep that in mind. A pair I really enjoy on the system are Wild Arms 1 and 2, and thankfully neither is too expensive either ($16-25 each where I live).

Looking at the list in this post >>2046823 will also likely prove useful for ideas.

Crash Bandicoot series
Spyro the Dragon series
Oddworld Abe's Oddysee and Abe's Exoddus
Tomb Raider series (Mainly 1-3 though)
Kurushi / IntelligenceQube
Ape Escape
Parappa the Rapper and Um Jammer Lammy
Overboard! / Shipwreckers!
Rayman 1 and 2
Klonoa
Tomba/Tombi 1+2
Bugs Bunny Lost in Time and Bugs and Taz Time Busters
Tekken series
Metal Gear Solid

I'm missing a bunch, I'll need to thing. And I know a bunch are multiplats but I just played them on PS1.

my faves

Final Fantasy Tactics
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Suikoden 1 and 2
Metal Gear Solid
Silent Hill
Valkyrie Profile
Azure Dreams
Resident Evil 1 and 2
Tenchu 1 and 2
Bushido Blade 2
Tobal 1 and 2
Vandal Hearts 1 and 2
Saga Frontier
Kings Field 2
Wipe Out XL
Roll-cage
Koudelka
Slap Happy Rhythm Busters
Brave Fencer Musashi
Threads of Fate
Tail of the Sun
L.S.D.
Final Fantasy 7 and 9
Einhander
Floating Runner
Jumping Flash 1 and 2
Grandia
King of Fighters 98
Persona 1 and 2
Sexy Parodius

As if there was any doubt

>>2046802
http://pastebin.com/csp0kf2H

>>2046810
Nice choices

I aways recomend Soul of the Samurai when I see one of these threads
I never played Onimusha but people say it's similar to that

Apocalypse.

>>2046938
You've got real good taste Anon

>ctrl+f "Ghost in the Shell"
>0 results

step it up, /vr/ PS1 fans.

This one was made by the same devs who created Jumping Flash. Very unique, fun to replay for high score, and has god tier OST.

>>2047028
>ctrl+f
>for a 10 post thread
Also Oddworld

>>2046950

back at ya man. DC 2 is a blast.

>>2047028

you need to Ctrl+F a thread that doesn't even have 20 posts?

The Legend of Dragoon

mods on this board are such losers

>>2047057
If anything IN MY HUMBLE AND PERSONAL OPINION this game is one of the most overrated ps1 games.
The main character is very dull, the villain isnt memorable and the encounter system is ridiculously annoying (you start walking and a triangle above your head will start changing color hue once it hits red you battle). The CGI scenes and the battle system are good though but cant save this game from its dullness.

Final Fantasy (1-9) dude, I still cry everytime I go back to them, they keep me away from real world, in a way only lovers understand (tactics included)

Jumping Flash
Battle Arena Toshinden (with manual)

>>2047075
I'll agree with this partially. Lloyd is a bad FF bad guy clone, that's pretty true and we all know it. I found Dart dull except for a few places, but I think that might be half the fault of the localization. That was all over the place.

It's strange, but in it's defense I liked how LoD unashamedly hugged it's fantasy setting cliches tight as hell. There actually weren't very many RPGs that did that on PS1. Suikoden did it in a way and far better though.

Man do I wish Haschel was the protagonist sometimes. Based old guy.

>>2047081
I almost wish they put FF3 on the PS1, so someone could have all nine on the system. Just for novelty.

Speaking of which, the Namco Museum games are pretty GOAT. Damn tight ports, almost as good as MAME and in a couple cases better (Phozon etc).

What's a good place to buy USA PSX games for an eurofag?

>>2046802
If you were going to force me to get rid of all my ps1 games except... 10?

In no particular order...
Dino Crisis 2 (1)
Megaman Legends (2)
Final Fantasy Tactics (3)
Parasite Eve (4)
Final Fantasy 8 (5)
Resident Evil 3 (6)
Kings Field (7)
Strider 2 (8)
Castlevania Chronicles (9)
Megaman X4 (10)

Realistically you could replace Resident Evil 3 with any other Resident Evil (or Dino Crisis), Any of the X games on PS1 are decent (except maybe 6). Most people would pick SotN over Chronicles because they're casual as fuck. Legends could be easily replaced wtih legends 2. FFT has no substitute imo.

>>2047045
>>2047054

I not only ctrl+f'd but also checked if the game was on >>2046823

and it wasn't.

>>2047185
see
>>2046950

>>2047204
I missed that pastebin, good.

>>2046810
too bad tenchu and fear effect play like shit

>>2047150
Also, what JAP games you can play without knowing moon? I'm thinking about things like Tenchu Shinobi Gaisen.

>>2047028

Aside from the original movie, everything from that franchise has sucked.

Get over it.

Gotta show some love for the armored core series. If you like mechs at all you'll love these games, tons of customization and really solid gameplay once you get over the learning curve for the controls.

They're all still pretty cheap, the original is my favorite but the two sequels have an arena mode that adds a lot to the game. Really an underrated series back in the day but I think they've gained a lot of love over the years.

>>2047221

I'm not that big of a fan of GITS as a franchise. The main reason I liked the video game was because of the gameplay, I already loved Jumping Flash which is from the same devs.

>>2047224

I actually never played the original but I was absolutely obsessed with Project Phantasma and Master of Arena.

>>2047213
To start:
Gradius Gaiden
Gunner's Heaven
Salamander Deluxe Pack Plus

>>2047075
>(you start walking and a triangle above your head will start changing color hue once it hits red you battle).

The fuck am I reading? It's just like any random encounter system, except LoD lets you know exactly when it's gonna happen.

>>2047239

PP and MoA are like supplementary disks to the original. There are features you can only unlock in the original, that can be carried over to the later games.

>>2047221
First Movie > Season 1 > Innocence = Season 2 > Solid State Society > Arise

>>2046823
This has to be a joke. R4 isn't on there?

>>2047317
Oh, and more importantly, Wipeout. That racing section is quite poor.

Roll away is a great puzzle game.
Speed Punks is a very good kart racer.

>>2046823
>>2047319
> no Wipeout 2097/XL

List is useless. Start again and see how you get on.

>>2047338
>Roll Away
>not Kula World

Why do murkans ruin everything.

>>2047317
R4 is my fav racing game of all time. Too bad they screwed up the sequels. The PSP games could have been good, if the drifting would have been like R4, but they choosed to make it way too easy.

I have also a soft spot for Rage Racer. Finished it years ago and recently replayed it. God, this is fkn hard compared to other RR games.

>>2047587
Wipeout 3 SE
V-Rally
Colin McRae Rally
are missing too imo.

>>2046810
>Dino Crisis 1
>Resident Evil 2
disgusting

There was a thread a couple of days ago by someone looking for a japanese PSX game. There was a magazine scan and some anon knew the game. Anyone knows the name of that game ( I think it was starting with an O like oto oto or something) or if that thread is archieved somewhere?

>>2047638
Someday I will find those responsible for changing artwork, titles, music etc in region conversions and do ugly things to them.

>>2047787
Did you not like 5? I'm a pretty big ridge racer fan and 5 was still pretty faithful to the psx series, after that everything turned into this nitro boost easy modo bullshit.

>>2047265
>Gunner's Heaven

aka Rapid Reload in PAL that shits in english yo

>>2047820
I didn`t play that much, because I only had the PAL game, which was very poorly converted from NTSC and it doesn`t work properly in PCSX2.

>>2047827
Why I need to get another ps2

>>2047820
The annoying commentator ruined the game for me (ENJOY RACING TO THE MAX WOOO).
It`s not possible to turn him off even when the voice is set to 0 in the sound settings it`s still audible.

>>2047793
>tfw Wipeout 3 SE was never released in the US

Colin McRae was pretty great. I never got to play 2.0 though.

>>2047787
And a surprisingly good story in some teams to boot.

Anyone played Need For Speed: Porsche Unleashed (Porsche 2000 in Europe) on the Playstation?

Definitely my favorite NFS game but I've only played it on the computer

>>2046802

I can't believe that no one mentioned this.

>>2048060
Silent Bomber is overlooked as hell. Damn fun.

I think the reason why might be that it's apparently impossible to emulate so you need a physical copy or nothing.

>>2048069
I played it in epsxe a while ago. I didn`t noticed any issues with it-

>>2048069

Not like it's that expensive or rare

>>2048152
Really? I heard it worked like shit. But those things are always improving anyway.

>>2048060
Such a gem! Game is gold!

>no Syphon Filter
I'm extremely disappointed in you supposed PS1 fans.

>>2047057
Putting my cards in with this guy.

>>2047075
Lloyd was a shit villain, yes. But everything in between is good. Lloyd isn't even IN the game for most of it.
Dart is boring as hell most of the time, also true. The rest of the party at least makes up for his slack. Him being forced in everything got old.
Random encounters are random encounters, and always suck horribly. This just had a timer.
Then again, this was the first game I played growing up, so nostalgia is a good bit of my reasoning.

>>2046802
Crash 1-3 + Racing
Spyro 1-3
Final Fantasy 7-9 + Tactics
Suikoden 1-2
Breath of Fire 3-4
Ape Escape
Wipeout 1-3
MediEvil 1-2
Legend of Dragoon
Arc the Lad 1-3
Azure Dreams
Vandal Hearts
Xenogears
Chrono Cross
Vagrant Story
Grandia
Wild Arms 1-2
Tomba 1-2
Silent Hill
METAL GEAR

>>2047014
Where did you get that poster from?

>>2049559
By the way it's folded,, it looks like it came with one of the games

>>2049560
Thanks. It's strange I never got one with my copy.

My favourite PSOne game and my favourite game of all time OP, I love it that much I even have a sealed copy of the game and the strategy guide

There are no good PSX games. All first generation 3d and optical media based games are awful.

>>2050382
>>>/v/

>>2050382
>implying there are only 3D games on the ps1
>implying there aren't some beautiful sprite games
>implying all games from a certain time period are bad
>implying all games on CDs/DVDs/BluRay are bad
>being this much of a cunt

I can't even

>>2046823

>no dragon warrior 7

I can't even look at you right now

>>2050382
Underage or troll?

>>2050418
whynotboth.jpg

PS Steam locomotive go

My collection. Small, but there isn't a single game I dislike. Add Wild Arms 2 since I just bought that, after I took this photo.

>>2047787

Ridge Racer 5 was basically Ridge Racer 4 physics but prettier graphics.

Everything after the PSP Ridge Racer uses the new drift system.

I dig the new system, but it would be nice to be able to play another arcade Ridge Racer that was similar to the older style.

If you are a classic RR fan you should check out Ridge Racer 2 for the PSP (grab a European UMD or .iso if you're in the US), it features every track in the Ridge Racer series up until that time, even the arcade only Rave Racer.

Rage Racer was a lot of fun. You're right though, hard as hell. Designing my own logos was pretty awesome, I wish that would come back.

>>2050545
Out of focus/10

>Hot Shots Golf
Best golf games ever, no contest. Fucking love these games.

>>2050562
didn't 4 have the best music though?

>>2050563
True dat. I've fritted away dozens of hours of my life on HSG 2 & 3 and I don't regret it one bit.

>>2050567

Type 4 had some pretty good music.

Honestly though, at the time I was really into playing it my roommate and I had like four TVs in our living room so I had the PS1 and PS2 hooked up to the TV's speakers, but the Xbox (which was filled with music) hooked up to the boombox speakers that were on either side of the TV. This way I could turn the music off in-game and play our own music through the Xbox while still getting the game audio from the TV.

>>2050578
I got the one released on Vita when I bought it just on an impulse, and I loved it. Then I went back and played the originals and loved the whole series.

I'm honestly glad I bought a Vita just because it introduced me to the series.

>>2047028
Its not really anything like the series is it? Do you play as Mokoto? I want to believe.

>>2048030
love the atlus logo there, the amusment never gets old

>>2050545
>LoMana
>LoDragoon
>Chrono Cross
>MM Legends/2
>Based Tictacs

My fucking nigga

>>2046802
I will list a couple hidden gems that I rarely see mentioned even in /vr/

Action/Adventure:
Trap Gunner
Current Ebay price: $20

RPG:
Kartia
Current Ebay price: $13

Fighter:
Gundam Battle Assault
Current Ebay price: $8

Strategy:
Team Buddies
Current Ebay price: $71

Puzzle:
Intelligent Qube
Current Ebay price: $30

Racing:
Speed Punks
Current Ebay price: $7

Space combat:
Colony Wars
Current Ebay price: $4

Music/Rhythm:
Vib-Ribbon (import or emulate)
Current Ebay price: $22

>>2050545
>No Oddworld
I hate to be that guy but honestly, if you have ever owned a ps1 and didnt even play Oddworld, you never truely owned a ps1.

My favorites.

>>2050894
stuntmaster? was that good? tell me about this jacky chan game

>>2050904
I really liked it, its a pretty good beat em up.

Not exclusive, but seriously? No one?

>>2046802
Wipeout xl/ 3 se
Gradius gaiden
Castlevania chronicles
Harmful park
Einhander
Sanvein
Ridge racer 4

My faves on the system although some of the fighters i can stomach on the psx but are generally inferior ports.

>>2047787
V is really awesome you should hunt it out.

>>2047906
He doesn't even speak that often, don't be an autismal fanny.

>>2051915
Perhaps people just assume it's so good and universally liked, that it's pretty much just a given.

Also, I forgot it was on the PS1 since I played it on the N64.

Fantastic game, fantastic series.

>>2051915
>tfw no qt elissa steamer waifu

>>2046802
>buying a PSX when you can just emulate the games easily

Fuck even phones can emulate that shit check my 5

What is the best way for me to burn ps1 games onto a CD-R using my blu ray drive(it burns cds, dvds)?
Id like to replay my old classic games without paying jewish prices and since the original developers wouldnt get compensated anyways who cares?

>>2051915
N64 version is on top. Still a good playstation game.

>>2053225
The N64 version offered nothing more than compressed songs cut down to a hilarious degree. Most of them were 20 second loops.

>>2051815
Better than you'd think, true to Jackie Chan, you can pick up random shit around the level and use it to beat people up. Nothing like eating people up using brooms and stuff.

>>2053214
I use the program imgburn
>download rar
>extract rar
>should have bin and cue in one folder
>open imgburn
>write image to disc
>select cue file
>select lowest burn speed
Enjoy ps1 games using disc swap method. I would love to have a chipped ps1/ps2 but have no idea where to find one in 2014.

crash team racing, but make sure when you turn corners you hit RI to jump, turn into it, while holding r1 and whenver the smoke from your exhaust turns black you hit L1 for power boosts you fucking pleb. and medievil, destruction derby, road rash games, action bass, GTA2, AND ESPECIALLY driver 1 and 2

>>2053976
and pro skater 2 and MGS1 what the hell am i thinking

>>2053964
Huh really? Thats what ive been doing. Guess im shit at the swap trick good thing im getting a gameshark off ebay.

>>2054280

Well to be fair the swaptrick works better on saturn.

>>2054280
Yeah, sometimes when you download a rar, it isn't necessarily good. Azure Dreams from isozone didn't work, but the same game from coolrom did. Also, as far as the disc swap method goes, this guy is exactly right- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fguZREKtUks
read the info and watch the video. Good luck.

Little gem for the PS1 (not exclusive, but the best version). The second is also fucking brilliant.

Do not get the European version because both the American and European regions include two different dialogues for the main character. The American edition being better.

Gradius Gaiden
R-Type Delta
Gaia Seed
Zanac X Zanac
X-Multiply
Soukyugurentai
Policenauts

If you want gems, get a chip to play import games with.

Hidden Gems: Team Buddies
Legend of Mana
Digimon World 1

>>2050758

It's based on the manga, all the cutscenes and art work in the game have the Shirow's style, rather than the movie designs.
And no, you don't play as Makoto, but you receive orders from her. You play as a rookie and are in control of a Fuchikoma.

from left to right: Makoto, Fuchikoma, Rookie.

It's an original story based on the manga, all the cutscenes and art work in the game have Shirow's style, rather than the movie designs.
And no, you don't play as Motoko, but you receive orders from her. You play as a rookie and are in control of a Fuchikoma.

from left to right: Motoko, Fuchikoma, Rookie.

>>2050758
It's an original side-story based on the manga, the story and art design was all done by Masamune Shirow.
And no, you don't play as Motoko, but you receive orders from her. You play as a rookie and are in control of a Fuchikoma.

from left to right: Motoko, Fuchikoma, Rookie.

>>2050382
Take your console war faggotry back to >>>/v/

>>2046802

>>2054317
Fuck yeah Team Buddies. Fun as hell game few realized existed until later.

>>2046918
You left out Vagrant Story, Jade Coccoon, Legend of Mana, Gradius Gaiden and R-Type Delta, but elsewise your list is fucking perfect.

(Maybe Dino Crisis too)

>>2046802
Is there a torrent that contains all PS1 iso's? I remember downloading multi-part torrents from underground gamer, but they are incomplete.

Is there any hope to finish these torrents?

>>2046802
how no one has said this yet is beyond me

>>2048610

>you, son, of, a...(BOOM)

Great game for its time, totally made me feel like an operator and the good old days when cursing every five seconds wasn't considered dialogue. I love how the word "bitch" was always replaced by the explosion of your grenade.

That said, the sequel wasn't fun for me, it felt like too much trial and error.

>>2049595
Came with a version i bought on ebay from Italy.

>>2046918
>>2056060
>no Thunder Force V

The PSX is fucking full of hidden gems, especially if you're willing to dip into the JP-only side.

>don't need to know moon
Pepsiman
Harmful Park
iS: Internal Section
Pop'n Tanks
Umihara Kawase Shun
Nekketsu Oyako
DoDonPachi
Choro Q Jet
Hyper Crazy Climbers
Chippoku Ralph no Daibouken
Panzer Bandit
Ore no Ryouri
LSD: Dream Emulator
Soukyugurentai
GeGeGe no Kitarou
Kyuiin
Slap Happy Rhythm Busters
Magical Drop F

>need to know moon
Forget Me Not: Palette
PoPoLoCrois Monogatari
Twilight Syndrome
London Seirei Tanteidan
Boku no Natsuyasumi
TearRing Saga
MOON: Remix RPG Adventure
Silver Jiken
Langrisser IV & V: Final Edition
G-O-D Pure: Growth or Evolution
Shin Megami Tensei if...
Ore no Shikabane o Koete Yuke
Atelier Marie Plus

>>2057681
>iS: Internal Section
This looks totally like Rez.

>>2057723

Visually it's very similar, but gameplay-wise it doesn't have any rhythm elements and is a more straightforward rail shooter

Yet there is no love for one of the best side scrollera on the PS1 motherfucking WILD 9!

Torturing your enimies, challenging gameplay, one liners.
Probably my favorite non sony game on the PS1

>>2047973

>Wipeout 3

Do you mean Wip3out?

>>2058853
Based Shiny.

Oddworld or LSD dream emulator, anyone played this? Veey weird but addictive.

>>2058853
that MUSIC

I, too, hit the jackpot today and found a PSX (SCPH-1001) at my local thrift shop. Is it really necessary to get a modchip or a gameshark/AR if I'm not satisfied with the swap method? I don't expect many if any softmods to exist given its age and lack of PC-recognizable ports, but I figured I'd ask here first.

----------------MY FAVORITE PICKS!----------------

>RPG: Final Fantasy Origins

>Racing: Crash Team Racing

>Action/Adventure: Metal Gear Solid, (My personal favorite ;D)

>Survival Horror: Resident Evil 1 for nostalgia/2 for action/3 for a good story

>>2061247
>AND ALSO SILENT HILL 1

>>2061182
Aren't the 1001's supposed to be unreliable as far as lasers go?

>>2061253
It is. They only had one game in the shop, and this unit has problems with the FMV intro (though the game itself works just fine).

Damn shame. Guess I have to return it.

>>2056008
yea if your Japanese it might me a little bit fun but i wouldn't recommend it

>>2061253
I believe replacement laser assemblies are pretty cheap

Croc, and Spyro 1, maybe 2, but definitely 1. those were god tier ps1 games.

>>2061296
Also ape escape. it's great fun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJFnsRSuuaU&list=PLnRqFvHq3sLmcjDwf2ofNCsaa1RCa69Lg

This game Castlevania : Symphony of the Night

Does anybody know anything about playing burned games on a playstation? I'm using the gameshark method, but having little success. The games I burned seldom work, and when I do they have very long load times, even for ps1 standards. Any suggestions?

>>2047818
Omega Boost is fucking great. Found a copy recently for $2 bucks. It's in perfect condition, has the instruction manual, and had a damn subscription ad for Playstation Underground inside.

>>2047338
>>2047638
What the fuck is the ntsc pic real? It looks like absolute shit in every way, and the name is just ridiculous. Never knew it had a different name in the us.

>>2047212
Git gud.

>>2056008

>>2064969
Install a mod chip.

>>2046823
>no Tales of Destiny in RPG
>mfwnf
The rest is good.

the fuck is this? 141 posts and not one mention of monster rancher?

If you are going to build a huge psx collection and not have this game don't even bother. Monster Rancher 2 is generally considered to be the best version of the game to ever exist on any system but the first one is also really good.

>>2068516

I never cared for it, but I have a friend who was a big fanboy of Monster Runcher. To this day I still bug him about it, hehe.

Destruction derby raw was always fun even tho the physics werent the best

>GPU:
>no hardware floating point so polygons twitch and jerk as they snap from position to position in a grid like fashion
>affine texture mapping, so if there's a straight line in the textures it zig-zags and twitches with the polygons as the camera/model moves around
>no hardware texture filtering whatsoever

>CPU:
>shitty ancient MIPS R3000A CPU from fucking 1988 running at 33MHz
>in 1994, 6 years later

>CD:
>failure prone unit that wasn't fixed until later revisions, near the end of the console's life

>Memory Card:
>128KB
>128KB / 16 "blocks" = 8KB/block
>1 "block" taken for system use
>15 "block" static size of usable space
>games will take up a minimum of 1 "block", even if they use less than 8KB of space
>no official memory card greater than 128KB, system cannot make use of cards greater than 128KB
>some games take half or all of the memory card
>only way around it is to use glitchy 3rd party cards with a page switch

Could Sony have used a shittier parts and design choices?

Hidden Gem, I think.

Blast Chmaber

http://youtu.be/4gDSlP__tNk

>>2069119
I grow tired of you. Make your own thread so it can be deleted again.

>>2071221
He isn't wrong though. The PSX was a great console, but certainly not because of its hardware.

>>2071234
>no hardware floating point so polygons twitch and jerk as they snap from position to position in a grid like fashion
Assertion with needless commentary, the console operates on a 2D plane so drawing using floating point values would make little sense.

>affine texture mapping, so if there's a straight line in the textures it zig-zags and twitches with the polygons as the camera/model moves around
The same, you can't do perspective correct mapping if you don't have internal Z coordinates.

>no hardware texture filtering whatsoever
Cool, let's add something that costs a lot of money and will make debugging even worse and ruin 2D games.

The graphics were amazing for the time it came out, PC could barely draw the same graphics with Pentiums and the Saturn had the same (obvious) limitations.

>shitty ancient MIPS R3000A CPU from fucking 1988 running at 33MHz
33MHz on consumer eletronics in 1988? Wow. Bet they were cheap. Since the 3D is done by another processor 33MHz is more than enough for game logic.

>failure prone unit that wasn't fixed until later revisions, near the end of the console's life
Every CD drive is basically failure prone. Reading-heavy games like Crash Bandicoot only accelerated that failure, but at least you could ask for a new unit. Anyway, this complaint is legit.

>Memory Card
PS1 didn't have a big ass cartridge slot to save your games. 128KB also cut costs.

PS1 was a great console BECAUSE of its hardware, which was the easiest to develop for and had the least bottlenecks, unlike N64's only mapping through texture cache, or the Saturn only being able to draw quads and having two processors. That post is just bitter complaining for the sake of it.

>>2071285

Not retro but PS2 was a worse clusterfuck than N64 and Saturn together, and it still had a great catalogue thanks to Sony's marketing.

PS1 was not good spec-wise, the only advantadge it had over N64 or Saturn was the video codec (I think onlythe CDi had a good video codec, all other consoles with CD from that time had rather poor video capabilities).
Sure from a developer's point of view, PS1 was easier to develop for (although with lots of limitations too, but yeah,e asier than N64 or Saturn), but we're talking as users, not developers.
And yessss, PS1 had a great catalogue, but it isn't the best console specs-wise.

NES was the best console of 3rd gen, but we all know Master System was better in hardware.

>PSX

>>2057681
The translation for MOON is actually almost done. There was an update on it a while ago. I'm hyped for it.

>>2071367
>PS1 was not good spec-wise
It was as good as it needed to be. It didn't do arcade perfect ports, no. But the system could do some things more efficiently than its competitors, being "good" spec-wise is more relative than factual.

>but we're talking as users, not developers.
As a user you're not supposed to give a damn about the specs. At least not on /vr/ when console wars aren't supposed to be endorsed.

>NES was the best console of 3rd gen, but we all know Master System was better in hardware.
Yeah but the NES is a console from 83, and it featured a heavy use of memory mappers in cartridges so that it could even scroll the screen while the MS from 86 did everything on its own.

>>2071371

Is that like Endless Duel?
Loved that one.

>>2071405
Endless Duel was SNES, Battle Assault 2 is a different beast entirely.

Way more mecha, but it plays completely different and feels a lot more like you're controlling a huge robot.

>>2046806

dis

People might disagree, but Tempest is still great on the PS1.

N2O is something like it too, but trippier.

>>2071687

What I liked about Endless Duel was that it felt like a sort of fast paced fighting game with Gundams, some fo them felt pretty heavy but were still pretty good, while others are lighter and faster.

So Battle Assault feels more mecha than fighter?

>>2050545
wpeout 2 my big

JP gal ge

Guys....guys....how about..the lewd games?

the game is Yakyuuken Special

>>2071951

>Ms Pac Man

There were more on Sega Saturn

like >>2071993

>>2072001
i used the sega saturn cover but the Ps1 version had more girls
I don't think there's more lewd games for the Ps1 besides that one, hell i don't know lewd games for the ps2 except for leisure suit larry

>>2072007

The king of lewd (and porn) games is FM Towns Marty.

>>2071853
I would say so. It's a lot slower paced in comparison, and the game tries to emulate how heavy and bulky a giant robot is with that.

It's still a fighting game first, but if you come in expecting Street Fighter with Gundam (more or less Endless Waltz, though it did it very well) you're going to be dissatisfied.

>>2072021
What's the price for a Marty? Does it play ANY game in the Towns library?

>>2071285
>Assertion with needless commentary, the console operates on a 2D plane so drawing using floating point values would make little sense.
All GPUs translate 3D objects to 2D space, which is the framebuffer.
Using floating point numbers would give better polygon coordinate precision instead of rounding up/down the values, which gives the twitchy polygon effect.

>The same, you can't do perspective correct mapping if you don't have internal Z coordinates.
This wouldn't be a problem if Sony hadn't been incompetent with their choice in GPUs.

>Cool, let's add something that costs a lot of money and will make debugging even worse and ruin 2D games.
Who said it had to be forced on 2D games?
You do realize texture filters can be turned on and off right?
And before
>but N64 forced it!
Remember we're talking about the PS1 and Sony's incompetence, not the N64 and Nintendo's incompetence or the Saturn and Sega's incompetence.

>33MHz on consumer eletronics in 1988? Wow. Bet they were cheap.
Not really, but by 1994 they were pretty cheap.

>Since the 3D is done by another processor 33MHz is more than enough for game logic.
Considering the CPU also had to handle T&L, rotations, etc along with the game logic, not so much. T&L wasn't available on GPUs till the late 90s though, so you had to have a good CPU to handle T&L.

>PS1 didn't have a big ass cartridge slot to save your games.
I don't see why you would need one.

>128KB also cut costs.
So they shouldn't have offered 256KB, 512KB, 1MB, etc models to people who could afford them?

>PS1 was a great console BECAUSE of its hardware
Actually it was due to marketing and the fact that everyone and their brother was developing for it.

>which was the easiest to develop for
See above.

>and had the least bottlenecks
I'll give you that. Even though the hardware was complete shit, at least you didn't have to do some crazy programming techniques to draw textures and so on.

>>2072812
programmer here, PSX hardware was by no means shitty

overall it was better designed and more balanced than saturn and N64

>>2072826
>programmer here
Same

>PSX hardware was by no means shitty
>had literally the shittiest graphics, ports, and hardware of the whole generation

>overall it was better designed and more balanced than saturn and N64
Since when were we talking about the Saturn and N64? We're talking about Sony and the PS1.
If you ask me, they all managed to fuck up their respective consoles in one way or another.

Does anyone happen to know if the swap method works on the model SCPH-5552? I'm not having much luck getting it to work, it just hangs at the playstation logo.

Have a model 1 ps1 but it started to die so picked another up with a guncon for £5, it plays copied games and imports so that's a nice bonus.
Playing air combat 2 atm, it's fun just wish there was a tiny bit more complexity to it though

>>2072846
Okay it turned out I burned a bad file. Now I can boot up Crash Bandicoot but it freezes right after the intro. I'm gonna keep trying for a while.

>>2072876
Burn your games at the lowest speed your drive supports (For me it was 4x). I discovered this through trial and error. Anything over 8x doesn't really work, and few drives go below 8x writing speed. If yours is one of the ones that don't go below 8x, look around for an older IDE CD burner and try it, I use an "HP CD-writer plus" from an old HP pavilion and it burns perfect PS1 CDs.
Also, don't use shitty cheap CD-Rs, grab some Verbatim branded CD-Rs. (I got 5 for around $3 from Office Depot I think)

I didn't have to adjust the potentiometer on my laser to get it to read CD-Rs, but you may not be as lucky and will have to adjust your laser to read CD-Rs and black retail disks.

Gran Turismo 2. I spent so damn many hours with that game. No GT since then has held my attention like GT2 did.

Also, Driver 2, Einhander, Silent Hill, Resident Evil 2 & 3, Soul Reaver, Fear Effect, Tekken 3, Galerians, and Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare

My recommendations
Ridge Racer Type 4
Grand Turismo 1 and 2
Driver
Tekken 3
Tobal
Alundra
Hercules
Heart of Darkness
Rival Schools
Star Gladiator
Street Fighter EX Alpha and 2
SoTN
Parasite Eve
Lemmings
Blood Omen
Crash
Spyro
CTR
Soul Blade
Square games
DQ 7
Star Ocean
G Darius
Raiden Project
MGS
Slyphon Filter
Pong
Namco Museum

>>2072812
>I want companies to make hardware the way I want it
>>2072836
>lol who cares it's shit

This is not by any means constructive criticism. Please fall back to >>>/v/ if you want to mindlessly bash on something without adding anything to the discussion but shit the world already knows with some extra belittling. You come off as insufferable.

>80% of the library consists of JRPGs
I want to own one but there's not a lot of variety in there.

>>2072918
>DW7

I keep hearing about this a lot, and at the same time I hear that it takes forever to get anywhere. Does this game really feel like the hard long slog that I'm imagining?

>>2073575
PS1 has a lot of variety. If you don't like JRPGs there's a fuckton of other stuff.

Crash
Spyro
Bust-A-Move
Nearly every arcade fighter at the time.
Namco Museum
Twisted Metal
DOOM
R4

Etc.

Toy Story Racer is the greatest game I've ever played for the PS1. Spend so many hours in it and never felt boring.

>>2073647
>Bust-A-Move
Oh man, PS1 had some GOAT puzzles. >Intelligent Qube
>Devil Dice
>Mr. Driller
>Deception
>Alundra
>Super Puzzle Fighter

>>2072812
>if Sony hadn't been incompetent with their choice in GPUs.
The PSX GPU is a custom design based on Kutaragi's experience with real-time broadcast TV graphics.

>>2057681
>Pepsiman
PEPSIMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN

>>2057681
>Magical Drop F
I've been meaning to play this.

>>2073668
Not to mention the GPU only controls 2D textures and the framebuffer, 3D is done by another custom chip inside the CPU. Guy doesn't have a clue what he's talking about.

>>2046802
Echo Night
Herc's Adventures
In the Hunt
Monkey Magic
Skullmonkeys
The Unholy War

>>2073571
>I want companies to make hardware the way I want it
No I'd just like it if they put a little forethought into the design of the system.

>pls go back to /v/
in other words
>waaaaaaaaahhhhhh i don't like it when people post facts about incompetent companies

>>2073641
Not sure but people keep telling me to play it >>2073647
>nearly every arcade fighter
not really most 2D fighting games play better on the Saturn but yeah 3D fighters were also good on the PS1 like Tekken and Tobal

>>2068520
>not playing it and raising a full-stat, 12 y/o Mocchi so you could destroy his Joker gently

>>2046802
Castlevania Symphony of the Night
FF Anthology
FF Origins
MGS
Persona 2
RE1
RE2
Silent Hill
Tekken
Tenchu
Tomb Raider
Xenogears

>>2046823
No warcraft 2? That was a very good port.

I personally recommend Armored Core and Gran Turismo 1.

Wild arms 2 is good. Some of the exposition is mistranslated so a walkthrough is necessary.

Game Informer had a pretty great walkthrough for it.

Quick question, I wanna play my PS1 games again, but all I have is a PS2, should I just play the games on the PS2? Or is the quality worse?

>>2077043
If you have an unchipped PS2 then not only are the games are virtually identical (save for a dozen unsupported titles) but you can enable fast disc speed and texture filtering which looks amazing, but they both might break a few titles, so if you're having problems disable the disc speed boost and the texture filtering for some 2D titles.

>>2077141
I never knew the PS2 had these options?
Is it just in the bios in the beginning?

>>2077146
At the main screen press triangle then select Playstation Driver and press triangle again.

These settings are reset every time you turn off the console so be sure to remember enabling them any time you want.

>>2077163
Thanks!

can all model ps1s output s-video? i was going to add 1 to the collection for the shmups but on racketboy it said only certain models had s-video. if you justget an s-video playstation cable will it still work on the later models that had the port removed?

>all these Tenchu lovers
And people say/vr/ isn't the best board.

>>2046802
>Legend of Dragoon

Digimon World all up in here.