Weird PS1 games you loved that weren't smash hits?
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I agree, but I think now the difference is alot of these games might be multi platform if made today. And some digital only.
Yeah, that's true! The indie developers are definitely carrying this "legacy" now, too. That's where we find a lot of those little and niche / obscure title these days.
In a lot of ways PS1 was the first console platform for indie games, with things like Net Yaroze and Sony opening the floodgates for so many smaller publishers and developers to release expiramental games on the system.
Chase the Express, known in North America as Covert Ops: Nuclear Dawn.
Finished this game over 20 times.
Finished this game over 20 times.
and Fade to Black
Well that was quite the rabbit hole i fell into..
I remembered playing the game as a kid, so i You-Tubed it to reminisce, read the comments and found out he was voiced by Phil Hartman of SNL & Simpsons fame, looked him up on Wikipedia and found out he was murdered by his Wife who then shot and killed herself.
Damn.
I don't have any pictures but as a kid I didn't get many videogames but when I did it was ones that were on sale.
One game I enjoyed for a while due to mostly only having that and Rahman was Bug Riders.
It was a kind of racing game where you flew through rings and raced giant flying bugs.
One game I enjoyed for a while due to mostly only having that and Rahman was Bug Riders.
It was a kind of racing game where you flew through rings and raced giant flying bugs.
Azure Dreams & SaGa Frontier. Absolutely loved those two, I've replayed them over and over. Sad part is that if SaGa Frontier was ever re-released, we wouldn't be able to use the debug menu to build our dream teams. So emulation would be the best bet. I do still have my PSX with the "Game Hunter" (GameShark knockoff) and fire it up from time to time.
Came to post Alundra. It was hard.
Special shoutout to Blood Omen.
Vandal Hearts is a great SRPG, the mechanics are kind of a fusion between Fire Emblem and Final Fantasy Tactics, where turns are structured player phase->enemy phase and the class system is relatively simple, but battles take place on an isometric grid with elevation and positioning. The main thing it has going for it is the extremely inventing map design, some of the highlights are a map in a desert with a giant sandworm than changes the landscape as it emerges from the sand, and a battle on a moving train where every few turns the last car is detached from the train.
These two are great mentionsAzure Dreams & SaGa Frontier. Absolutely loved those two, I've replayed them over and over. Sad part is that if SaGa Frontier was ever re-released, we wouldn't be able to use the debug menu to build our dream teams. So emulation would be the best bet. I do still have my PSX with the "Game Hunter" (GameShark knockoff) and fire it up from time to time.
Haha, it's a very underrated SRPG for sure. I would recommend it to any fan of the genre tbh. Shame that the sequel abandoned so much of what made the original great, though the simultaneous turns idea was interesting (though kind of lacking in execution).
This is what I thought of. I agree that this game could actually be really amazing now!Y'all know what's up
This would be amazing as a remake with online multiplayer.
Fun time.
I could never get all the way through 2. Love 1 to this day though.
Since Digimon World (best game ever) has already been mentioned I'll say
Monster Ranchers 2
If you are into monster training, mixing and raising, stats building und winning tournaments this game is worth your time. You get new monster by inserting old cds and other ps1 games into your ps1, really unique and fun.
Ah and one more game.
The original Oreshika.
I have never played it since its only in Japanese but it's apparently better than Oreshika 2 and I loved 2.
Monster Ranchers 2
If you are into monster training, mixing and raising, stats building und winning tournaments this game is worth your time. You get new monster by inserting old cds and other ps1 games into your ps1, really unique and fun.
Ah and one more game.
The original Oreshika.
I have never played it since its only in Japanese but it's apparently better than Oreshika 2 and I loved 2.
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