PlayStation Classic: Full List and Trailer
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Good list, a decent mix of genres with more focus on JRPGs than expected. Some big omissions on there, personally, but some make sense due to licensing (THPS, Gran Turismo, I think the later Wipeout games) or re-releases (Medievil, Crash, Spyro, SotN). Genuinely surprised to not see a single Tomb Raider game on there, unless Square Enix have got bigger plans for the classic games. Doubt it, though.
The real crime is the lack of any real Mario kart competitor.
I guess they cant do TCR if that's the next game getting remade after spyro
I guess they cant do TCR if that's the next game getting remade after spyro
I'm going to look at this from a positive view: this should be the first time the original Resident Evil has been re-released with the original music, right? (Other than the DS port.)
After thinking, I've just cancelled my preorder. Apart from Tekken 3 I am not interested with any game on that list. There are so many big hitter games on PS that is not there.
Even if one of MediEvil, Spyro, Crash Team Racing or Kula World made it, I would have kept my preorder. There are other PS1 games I want on there, but they're all 3rd party and had no chance.
Even if one of MediEvil, Spyro, Crash Team Racing or Kula World made it, I would have kept my preorder. There are other PS1 games I want on there, but they're all 3rd party and had no chance.
I personally think games that are remastered don't need to be on this. So things like Resident Evil, Final Fantasy 7 don't need to be part of this list.
Persona 1 was a good idea as that series is popular now it would be a good way to get people to check it out. In fact they should have released more games that would have got a 2nd look at due to the franchise being more popular. I would have gone with Xenogears due to Xenoblade being bigger.
Persona 1 was a good idea as that series is popular now it would be a good way to get people to check it out. In fact they should have released more games that would have got a 2nd look at due to the franchise being more popular. I would have gone with Xenogears due to Xenoblade being bigger.
I typed out the Japanese PlayStation list in alphabetical order with their English localized titles:
• Arc the Lad
• Arc the Lad II
• Armored Core
• Battle Arena Toshinden
• Devil Dice
• Final Fantasy VII
• G-Darius
• Gradius Gaiden
• I.Q.: Intelligent Qube
• Jumping Flash!
• Mr. Driller
• Metal Gear Solid
• Parasite Eve
• R4: Ridge Racer Type 4
• Resident Evil
• Revelations: Persona
• SaGa Frontier
• Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
• Tekken 3
• Wild Arms
• Arc the Lad
• Arc the Lad II
• Armored Core
• Battle Arena Toshinden
• Devil Dice
• Final Fantasy VII
• G-Darius
• Gradius Gaiden
• I.Q.: Intelligent Qube
• Jumping Flash!
• Mr. Driller
• Metal Gear Solid
• Parasite Eve
• R4: Ridge Racer Type 4
• Resident Evil
• Revelations: Persona
• SaGa Frontier
• Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
• Tekken 3
• Wild Arms
I bought it at launch and thought it was amazing for the time. I mean, it was before Soul Edge existed and actually had some nice music.
IMO the problem of this selection isn't what game in a sereis was picked but the absence of some of the most iconic franchises for PS1.
No Mega Man, Resident Evil 2, Grandia, Brave Fencer Musashi, Einhander, or a Breath of Fire?
It's like they went out of their way to not get any of the games I associate with the PSX except FF7 and MGS. Hard pass.
It's like they went out of their way to not get any of the games I associate with the PSX except FF7 and MGS. Hard pass.
Exactly my thoughts. No Silent Hill or Die Hard Trilogy, no buy.
Edit: I'll be damned though, watching that trailer and seeing those graphics hit all the right nostalgia notes from when I played on my brothers PlayStation back in the day.
On the bright side, you won't have trouble finding these in stores cause nobody is scalping these
I think Tactics had a better shot due to being a totally different type from FFVII, since FFVII is guaranteed a slot in this kind of thing.
A late gen gem from another series like Chrono Cross (or Xenogears) would have been pretty cool though. But JRPGs did already get a number of slots so that probably wasn't doable without complaints from US non-JRPG fans. There's so many I'd want lol.
Yeah I kind of love it being one of the totally out of left field choices. I quite liked that game.
Exclusive to Japan:
• Arc the Lad
• Arc the Lad II
• Armored Core
• Devil Dice
• G-Darius
• Gradius Gaiden
• Parasite Eve
• SaGa Frontier
Exclusive to North America and Europe:
• Cool Boarders 2
• Destruction Derby
• Grand Theft Auto
• Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
• Rayman
• Syphon Filter
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
• Twisted Metal
Included in both versions of the PlayStation Classic:
• Battle Arena Toshinden
• Final Fantasy VII
• I.Q.: Intelligent Qube
• Jumping Flash!
• Mr. Driller
• Metal Gear Solid
• Persona (Revelations: Persona)
• R4: Ridge Racer Type 4
• Resident Evil
• Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
• Tekken 3
• Wild Arms
• Arc the Lad
• Arc the Lad II
• Armored Core
• Devil Dice
• G-Darius
• Gradius Gaiden
• Parasite Eve
• SaGa Frontier
Exclusive to North America and Europe:
• Cool Boarders 2
• Destruction Derby
• Grand Theft Auto
• Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
• Rayman
• Syphon Filter
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
• Twisted Metal
Included in both versions of the PlayStation Classic:
• Battle Arena Toshinden
• Final Fantasy VII
• I.Q.: Intelligent Qube
• Jumping Flash!
• Mr. Driller
• Metal Gear Solid
• Persona (Revelations: Persona)
• R4: Ridge Racer Type 4
• Resident Evil
• Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
• Tekken 3
• Wild Arms
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Is cool boarders 2 any good? I was expecting Tony Hawk or 3xtreme.
And why not Twisted Metal 2?
From the EU list, there are like 7 games I'm interested in, so, not bad.
And why not Twisted Metal 2?
From the EU list, there are like 7 games I'm interested in, so, not bad.
WAIT JAPAN GETS PARASITE EVE?
I completely missed that in the OP. Japan gets Parasite Eve and the US gets ... Rainbow Six?
I completely missed that in the OP. Japan gets Parasite Eve and the US gets ... Rainbow Six?
Yeah, thinking about it more, there's Crash Team Racing, WipeOut and Driver missing among others. Die Hard Trilogy was never realistic probably, but there's some shocking omissions imho. I do expect to pick it up though.
I know it's going to he hard to have only 20 PlayStation games due to so many great PS1 games, but this is not a great list. Not having atleast one Crash game is like not having Mario 64 on the N64 classic.
During PS1 and PS2 era, Sony did not have a lot of great fully owned IPs which they invest significantly during PS3 era and flourished during PS4 gen. Third party licenses can be costly, which is why Nintendo can have more variety of great games for their NES Classic, SNES Classic and likely N64(Rare issue) classic due to owning most IPs on those systems.
Edit: Not one Tomb Raider game? There's more defining PS1 games they missed that were very popular on that system. I hope people who are new to the PS1 system(younger gamers mostly who might be interested in learning more Playstaion history) understands that PS1 has a much richer history than this.
During PS1 and PS2 era, Sony did not have a lot of great fully owned IPs which they invest significantly during PS3 era and flourished during PS4 gen. Third party licenses can be costly, which is why Nintendo can have more variety of great games for their NES Classic, SNES Classic and likely N64(Rare issue) classic due to owning most IPs on those systems.
Edit: Not one Tomb Raider game? There's more defining PS1 games they missed that were very popular on that system. I hope people who are new to the PS1 system(younger gamers mostly who might be interested in learning more Playstaion history) understands that PS1 has a much richer history than this.
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I still get the feeling we'll see a PSOne Classic next year if this does well, with many of the missing games besides the ones that are obviously not here for licensing reasons
A PS2 Classic is probably some ways away if they want it to be affordable, so a stop-gap system makes sense, and they could throw in DualShocks too.
also for what it's worth, growing up in the UK these games were way more prevalent than a lot of the games that people are citing. I didn't even know Symphony of the Night existed until a decade after it came out.
A PS2 Classic is probably some ways away if they want it to be affordable, so a stop-gap system makes sense, and they could throw in DualShocks too.
also for what it's worth, growing up in the UK these games were way more prevalent than a lot of the games that people are citing. I didn't even know Symphony of the Night existed until a decade after it came out.
This list...
I'm gonna call a spade a spade, this list is pretty awful. The original PlayStation is one of my favorite consoles ever, so I guess I was bound to be disappointed by the final lineup.
No Xenogears, Symphony of the Night, WipeOut, Gran Turismo, Alundra, Final Fantasy IX, Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete, Chrono Cross, Vagrant Story, SaGa Frontier, Grandia, Suikoden 2, Final Fantasy Tactics, Parasite Eve, Dragon Quest VII, Front Mission 3, Vandal Hearts, Mega Man Legends?
The list can go on and on. I am surprised they managed Tekken 3, but this list frankly sucks. They should call it PlayStation B-Sides, not PlayStation Classic.
I'm gonna call a spade a spade, this list is pretty awful. The original PlayStation is one of my favorite consoles ever, so I guess I was bound to be disappointed by the final lineup.
No Xenogears, Symphony of the Night, WipeOut, Gran Turismo, Alundra, Final Fantasy IX, Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete, Chrono Cross, Vagrant Story, SaGa Frontier, Grandia, Suikoden 2, Final Fantasy Tactics, Parasite Eve, Dragon Quest VII, Front Mission 3, Vandal Hearts, Mega Man Legends?
The list can go on and on. I am surprised they managed Tekken 3, but this list frankly sucks. They should call it PlayStation B-Sides, not PlayStation Classic.
Crash sold great. Spyro is upcoming. Oddworld is an older remake and not one whose sales may be affected.
That's a disappointing list. I was excited about it and expected way more. No way I'm buying this now.