Players take up arms as one of roughly a dozen modern-day samurai seeking to escape the corruption of their clan, and everyone plays for keeps. Each one-on-one bout takes place in a large, open arena situated on the grounds of a Japanese castle, where factors like elevation or groves of destructible bamboo shape your combat strategy. Every blade handles differently, and each character has their own weapon proficiency.
These tasks range from helping a pregnant lady reach the hospital before she goes into labor to finding cool bugs for a bunch of kids to preventing a death-laser satellite from wiping out all life on the island — yeah, the story escalates quickly. Oh, and the would-be villains of the piece, a family of Ghibli-inspired air pirates called the Bonnes, end up stealing the show.
As an early 3D action game, Legends feels a bit clunky at times. But its good-hearted dialogue strikes a rare balance between sincere and cloying that remains all too rare in video games, 20 years later. Tomb Raider became a massive hit right out of the gate, most notably on PlayStation. Tomb Raider 2 manages to build on the great ideas and mechanics of the original game without becoming bogged down in repetition or overloaded by elements grafted clumsily onto an aging game engine.
It is, in short, the optimal classic Tomb Raider experience. Tomb Raider 2 sends Lara Croft around the world, from the Great Wall of China to the canals of Venice to the drowned wreck of the luxury liner Maria Doria, and at every step it combines complex environmental puzzle solving with harrowing combat to present players with a perfectly paced adventure. Things would go quickly downhill for the series in subsequent games, but for this one adventure, Lara delivered on the promise inherent in her inventive but unpolished debut outing.
A true video game miracle. Somehow, though, Capcom managed to finagle the system into supporting an excellent rendition of its gorgeous, anime-inspired arcade brawler Street Fighter Alpha 3 with only a few compromises.
Only the most hardcore of enthusiasts noticed the few lost animation frames here and there, and even those fanatics were hard-pressed to deny the extraordinary depth this port offered over and above its coin-op incarnation. Sure, the Saturn and Dreamcast ports turned out better a few years later, but this was as good as 2D fighting got on PlayStation: rich in features, boasting dozens of beautifully drawn characters, and sporting a huge array of fighting styles to suit all tastes.
Klonoa is one of the best of those stealth efforts, a rock-solid run-and-jump action game that pretends to be a polygon-powered modern-day experience. But it all plays out in two dimensions, despite putting on a good show with its gorgeous 3D-looking environments, presented to dazzling effect by dramatic camera movements. All of this arrives in the care of a pulsing techno-EDM soundtrack worth listening to on its own. The PlayStation presented developers with an appealing combination of technical factors that had never been available before: a powerful piece of hardware with a massive audience and an inexpensive media format.
Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter is the sequel to that, and the game right before Marvel vs Capcom. Anyone who played this or any of these crossover fighters knows just how fantastic they are.
Why is it so expensive now? Depleted licensing agreements are one possibility. Batman Forever: The Arcade Game was one of the last games that developers thought photographing actors and digitally inserting them into a game was a good idea.
Was this technology impressive during the Bit era? Sure, but this game came out in for arcades first, so by that point, there were better-realized worlds in 3D on both consoles and in arcades.
Criticism of the visuals aside, it's also why the game is so much fun to play. Fun in a "sometimes annoying and a bit broken" kind of way. This box set collects the first three Spyro games together in one neat little package. This particular collection released a couple of years later in Because of its "package deal" style, it can fetch a pretty hefty sum in the modern-day. Tales of Destiny and its sequel are both worth a lot. The reason? It was a niche RPG with a low print run.
That's most likely why. It had nothing to do with the year, but maybe the graphics were a factor. It was in 2D, which in , was kind of a no-go. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is a manga that started all the way back in Throughout the years, there were various anime adaptions, but they were always specials or short OVAs.
In , it finally got a full-fledged series, which is still running to this day. This is a fighting game based on the anime by Capcom. It is a winner in my book, however, and Star Wars fans should certainly give it a try. German readers may well be wondering where the one-handed sword is or what part it could play in a spaceship game. Well, the name refers to the fighter jets large manipulator arm, giving it the impression of being a fencer reader to strike. While classed as 2. The ships are used by kamikaze pilots in a battle between a colony on the moon with a colony on the earth.
Players must square up against their own superiors in order to bring peace. Jumping Flash! Robbit the robot rabbit first bounced into our lives back in He, along with the game itself, are often credited as championing 3D gaming on home consoles. Whether you care about impressive accolades or not, Jumping Flash! Imagine, if you will, a first person Space Station Silicon Valley. The graphics might look a little dated now, but this was cutting edge stuff back in the day!
Critics praised the groundbreaking success of this game and the immersive action spread across each of the 18 levels. It still holds the world record for being the first true 3D platform game too.
One took me absolutely ages to find pictures and links for, so the least you can do is stick around to learn a little more about it. Just lots of singular PS1 games, and none of them One! On the contrary, One is an epic game that requires brains to beat. I always used to hate the long load times with PS1 games, though One never had that problem. It used asynchronous loading to keep gameplay flowing, leaving players to pump enemies full of lead and figure out clever ways of staying alive.
The main character wakes up with an arm missing. With only a tattoo of a barcode on his neck, players must try to keep the mysterious fighter alive long enough to find out who he is. One looks and plays like a PS2 game.
Bushido Blade takes the 35th spot on our list of the best PS1 games ever made! Square Squaresoft feature a heck of a lot in this article. Imagine Mortal Kombat with Ninja Swords. Matches in Bushido Blade are like playing a game of chess. A single move could prove fatal, and while the rounds may last a long time, the gory deaths are pretty quick and brutal to watch. Players feel every hack and slash in this game, as do the characters.
Unlike Mortal Kombat or Street Fighter, there is no time limit or health bar. One strike really is enough to defeat an opponent if timed right. Characters can be wounded with certain hits, leaving them to hobble or crawl. R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 is the perfect title for recreating arcade feels in the living room.
Players choose one of four imaginary teams and car makes from four different countries before going for gold in different races. As with titles such as Burnout and Need for Speed, new cars and upgrades are unlocked as players progress through the game. There are main cars to unlock in total, with a final car based on a certain famous dot-eating arcade character arriving as a bonus vehicle thereafter.
Where would I put them? Ridge Racer fans will already love the hi-octane corner taking and drifting past opponents, and PS1 fans in general should give this game a go. Find a JogCon and experience this game with total control.
Spider-Man wall-crawls into the 33th spot in our list of the best PS1 games of all time! As a marvel nerd anyway, anything with Spider-Man is usually on my radar. But playing as Spidey for the first time with voice actors from the original cartoon series — well that just blew my mind! Spideys out to clear his name after being mistaken for a criminal. Narration from the one and only Stan Lee, the opportunity to unlock comic book covers, swinging through cities; the Spider-Man video game has it all.
Compared to Miles Morales, one of the best PS5 games , this much simpler adventure feels more like a comic book outing and less like a motion picture.
Twisted Metal 2 takes the 32nd spot in our list. And when I put it like that, it suddenly becomes one of the best games ever, right? Ruined husks of Moscow, New York, Holland, and other countries around the globe serve as proving grounds in this no-holds barred battle game. Like current deathmatch games such as Fortnite, the last plater standing is the winner. Items and weapons are scattered around each of the battle arenas for players to collect. Nothing beats plowing over your mates in a tank…and I mean nothing!
As a self-proclaimed sci-fi nerd, the Phantom Menace game was like a dream come true. Wielding lightsabers on a federation ship, solving puzzles in Naboo, traversing the underwater Gungan city; it all happens in this epic playable version of the film. Fighting with Lightsabers in 3D was the closest I could come to being a Jedi back in One of the best bits about this title is how in depth each of the levels are.
Lucas Arts could well have made a simple Star Wars title, though they went to great efforts to add engaging NPC dialogue into the game and areas for players to explore. These explain what other characters may have been up to while other scenes were playing out. Rest assured, this is a cleverly made and well thought out Star Wars game for the ultimate Jedi-wannabe.
They should have renamed the console the PlaySquare! As with the other games in the canon, it champions turn-based battles and RPG plotlines that George R. R Martin could only dream of conjuring up. Featuring an unknown world, a futuristic sorceress, romance, action, and gigantic monster, FFVIII is a stunning game for players to sink their teeth into.
It has everything that one might expect from a Final Fantasy game. Spyro games have a timeless feel to them that make them popular with gamers everywhere. Watch his colour as he indicates how much life Spyro has left. Bottled butterflies act a little like a bottled fairy in Zelda, giving Spyro an extra life. The enemies, buildings, and scenery are quintessentially Spyro. Glide to hidden areas, ram bad guys, and get that perfect gem-collecting score on every level. Pilot all kinds of crafts from the Star Wars franchise including X-Wings as you take down Tie Interceptors in the heart of space.
This game rules! Chase phantom ties and defend Rebels from obliteration at the hands of the Empire. Unsurprisingly, the game was huge commercial success. Besides the gameplay, the game score was phenomenal and, true to every Star Wars film, had us humming and whistling along in no time.
The controls are a little skittish at times, but the PS1 port is like watching a 4K video compared to the PC version. Parasite Eve roars into the 27th spot on this list of the best PS1 games of all time, accompanied by Bring Me The Horizon playing at full volume!
Gameplay follows a similar pattern to Pokemon, albeit without the fluffy monsters and a load of burning bodies instead. Aya encounters battles at random while walking over certain areas and can dodge and attack in a turn-based system. Check out how good the graphics look too.
This game looks well ahead of its time and plays like a PS2 title. Still, playing the game again after completion brings a new mode with a new level filled with battles to test your wits against. Xenogears takes the 26th spot on our list, adding to the ever growing number of Square titles compiled here.
Players begin by exploring the world of Ignas, working alongside other characters and utilising information from NPCs to find, collect, and battle their way to victory. Turn-based battles are the name of the game in Xenogears. Gamers control Fei Fong Wong as he tries to remember who he is while teaming up with other interesting folk from different parts of the region. Expect reincarnation, magic, upgradable skills, and every other desirable trait one might find in a Square game.
Fans of Nintendo favourite F-Zero X will love the first game in our list. Wipeout has some incredible Star Wars inspired futuristic vehicles and is the second instalment of the series. This futuristic racer is faster and more dangerous than the original game.
The damage bar was introduced for the first time in this game. The graphics on this game are superb and the courses are well thought out and incredibly imaginative. The music really got you pumped up and added to the whole feel too. One of the only reasons that I used to agree to go bowling as a kid was so I could play Time Crisis in the arcade afterwards. This game was the coolest, and when a port came out for the Playstation, I could finally give up bowling altogether.
Standing behind the sofa with the GunCon Light Gun was amazing. It felt like I was really in the action, except for the fact that I was in a house and not a cavern filled with gun-toting enemies.
If it had simply done that, that would be one thing. But this version did so much more, adding new characters to complete the inclusion of the Super Street Fighter II cast, as well as a World Tour mode that allowed players to customize their characters via fighting challenges.
It felt absolutely stuffed with content back in , and remains satisfying for both lone players and those of a more competitive nature. Is it fair to say that Tenchu was one of the first authentic ninja games ever? We think so. While the shadowy assassins had never been short of videogame representation, they had typically appeared in action games. By requiring the player to exercise caution and stealthily assassinate targets, Tenchu really re-examined what ninja games should be, and played a part in the growing stealth-action genre.
The game offered a great deal of freedom in terms of carrying out your objectives, but was not for the impatient — observation was key as you tried to identify the perfect time to strike.
Getting it right is still a thrilling experience. Player expectations had changed by the late Nineties though, so Namco shifted its approach to the series to match.
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