PS1

[Anonymous No.1365592]

Growing up a Sega fanboy and a Nintendo kid, I never really played the PS1 as a kid except at friends house. I have one now (several actually), and I have played several of the well known games, the final fantasies, Tomb Raiders, Gran Turismos, Oddworlds, Parasite Eve etc.

What are some lesser known PS1 games that are just oh so good?

[Anonymous No.1365596]

Check out the Jumping Flash games. They're super trippy platformers that ooze that blocky 90s 3D charm.

[Anonymous No.1365601]

Trap Gunner, but I'm pretty sure nobody else agrees with me that it's actually good.

[Anonymous No.1365604]

LSD, the dream simulator.
it's really... something.
just avoid the man in the trenchcoat

[Anonymous No.1365603]

>>1365596

I'll give em a shot, thanks

[Anonymous No.1365612]

>>1365604
I'd love to have a physical copy of this game

[Anonymous No.1365632]

Alundra is a great Zelda-type game with really good hand-drawn visuals. The game is very challenging and filled with some tricky puzzles, so it makes for a refreshing playthrough. The game is pretty cheap all things considered (25-30 bucks).

Silhouette Mirage is an odd platforming run-n-gun, but it is very enjoyable. Made by Treasure, of Dynamite Headdy and Gunstar Heroes fame. Game is similar in that it's a lot of boss fights and new things thrown at you. Price varies because it's Treasure and Working Designs, but careful searching will usually net you a copy in the $30 range.

I'd be remiss without mentioning an excellent shooter RayStorm, which is a great-looking PS1 title. Its sequel, RayCrisis, I like more, but it's a very cerebral game that not as many people get in to. RayStorm is still fantastic - an epic, sweeping scope and fun boss fights to keep you entertained. Usually $30 or cheaper.

[Anonymous No.1365678]

>>1365601
I played that with friends and it was agreed it's awesome.

[Anonymous No.1365703]

>>1365592
Tomba! is the shit (called Tombi in Europe). It's a really quirky sidescrolling adventure platformer game (I guess). The gameplay is pretty fast paced and the controls very crisp. The fighting is unusual but very fun. The whole game has this RPG style "event" system that moves the story along (with tons of sidequests) so it all feels very catchy. It had a sequel called Tomba! 2, but I never got around to playing it.

Klonoa is also a platformer, but the gameplay has a different pace. As I remember it's split up into levels and has a lot of puzzle elements for collecting items in the levels (not really necessary unless you want to 100% it). It's very charming and known for it's music.

Einhander is a great sidescrolling shmup. It's in 2.5D and the controls are really slick. The soundtrack is great as well, the weapons, the maps, the designs, everything about it is just great. The story takes place in the future after the Moon has been colonized. The Moon has more sophisticated technology than the Earth and it sends down pilots on suicide missions to destroy Earth infrastructure. You are one of these pilots. There's also some crazy metaphors in German relating your strikes to the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.

Silent Bomber is a third person .. not quite hack and slash. The controls are very responsive. You have this weapon attached to each arm that locks onto targets and shoots bombs onto it. The bombs stack and you can detonate them remotely. There's three different types of bombs you get that have different effects and you can change the stats of your weapon by picking up hidden chips throughout the game.

I'm actually in the process of modding a PS1 so I'm going to be playing through a bunch of games I missed out on at the time as well. Tail Concerto, Omega Boost, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, and MediEvil are up there on my list, I don't think I can write a review for any of them myself since I haven't played them.

[Anonymous No.1365881]

not lesser known, but Soul Reaver is the shit

[Anonymous No.1366219]

Thanks everyone, all the suggestions are now on my Amazon wishlist, and I am downloading ISOs to try them out.

[Anonymous No.1366235]

>>1365632
>RayStorm
You, sir, are my nigga.

[Anonymous No.1366249]

Vagrant Story is a Japanese RPG, that isn't too weeb, so if you like that sort of thing I would recommend it. It's a long game so of you don't think it will hold your interest then maybe not, but I really liked it.

[Anonymous No.1366258]

Touge Max G

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSWhDYoLcVM

second tomba 1 and jumping flash

trap gunner is like what metal gear online would have been like on ps1

[Anonymous No.1367073]

The first Tenchu is a somewhat flawed but very rewarding stealth ninja game. With the cheats you can have a lot of fun meta-gaming ways to kill guards.

[Anonymous No.1367140]

>>1365592
Maybe not all of them are lesser known but:

Xenogears. Really good JRPG, kind of loses it's magic toward the end but still a great game.
Omega Boost is a great 3D shoot up with 360 degree combat and awesome music
Dino Crises is basically Resident Evil with dinosaurs although the second game is more action orientated.

And there's always the recommendation wiki which has quite a few forgotten games on it.

[Anonymous No.1367181]

You heard the man! DRINK.

Play Pepsiman.

[Anonymous No.1367224]

My favorite game on PSX is Dino Crisis 2.

[Anonymous No.1367563]

>>1366219
Some of these games are pretty rare and expensive nowadays OP. Valkyrie Profile and Rez for example.

[Anonymous No.1367591]

everybody knows them, but all the spyro games are awesome.

[Anonymous No.1367668]

Ghost in the Shell, made by the same developers as Jumping Flash games.

Play it even if you never watched GitS (you should though)