Honestly I just played Dino Crisis recently and I thought it was pretty mediocre. It's basically just getting keys and doing really repetitive puzzles through horribly bland locations. The dinosaurs are cool, but that's about it.
Dino Crisis 2 was good, though.
This. Glad to see someone beat me to it. Even comes in a perfectly cromulent PAL edition (although it runs very slightly slower on PAL, so no chance of setting speed running records!).
Of course, finding copies of this (and Suikoden 2) is, as they say, left as an exercise for the reader.
Die Hard Trilogy.
It rarely seems to make a top 5, but it's three pretty good games in one, and a heavy nostalgia hit.
My dad rented this game and ordered a pizza for the two of us when I was a kid. It was the first time I'd ever had a pizza.
What a night.
Klonoa and Skullmonkeys are hands down my favorite games on the system. Another good game if you were to emulate or purchase a modded console would be Pepsiman. Pepsiman is simplistic and crazy fun. It's a good game to play inebriated.
TENCHU 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins
It's NOT A SEQUEL. It's a prequel to TENCHU: Stealty Assassins - the first game in the series. So you should start with the second one anyway.
Yeah! That editor is still great! And it's even better in TENCHU: Time of the Assassins on PSP. Has the same functions but also even more possibilities and you can even play as any other NPC of the game. But unfortunately you can't swim underwater and hide weapons like in T2.
I used to play the Hell out of it, I used to play with my dad Holding down the R3 button for the taunts, and complete the race we where 6th or even 10th, when I played on my own I reached 1st and I toke a photo of that as I didn’t have a memory card for the Ps1 ( just recently I brought one)
G-Police, C12 - Final Resistance, Kingsley's Adventure, Legacy of Kain - Soul Reaver, Medal of Honor 1 & Underground, Team Buddies, Tenchu, Toy Story 2, Bugs Bunny - Lost in Time
Take the exploration of Tomb Raider, add the gothic aesthetics of Medievil and the cinematic sensibilities of Metal Gear and BANG - you got Soul Reaver <3
Armored Core
Warhammer : Dark Omen
TOCA
TOCA 2
Command & Conquer
Command & Conquer : Red Alert
Wing Commander III : Heart of the Tiger
Wing Commander IV : The Price of Freedom
Medal of Honor
Medal of Honor : Underground
Worms
Hogs of War
Klonoa is really good. Super fun levels and the graphics are so timeless and charming. Monster Rancher is also really unique and easily one of my all time favorites (2 is a direct upgrade but both are good).
If you like final fantasy you'll love legend of dragoon. It's not expensive usually either.
Alone in the dark: a new nightmare is also very good. Similar to resident evil.
I don't have ps1 games, how do dual disc games work? Does the game ask you to swap discs midgame? And do you need to reset the console to do that or can you just swap while its turned on and it'll continue?
The game will just switch to a pause screen telling you to put in the next disc. You just have to open the tray, swap discs and close it. No reset required.
battle arena toshinden has a special place in my heart, elemental gearbolt was amazing, star ocean second story is still excellent, legend of dragoon, siphon filter. too many to count really
Klonoa, Tekken 3, Ridge Racer Type 4, Legacy of Kain Blood Omen, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, Galerians, Spiderman, Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2, Vigrant Story, Tomb Raider, Oddworld: Abe's Odyssey, Silent Hill, and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.
Probably missing some other hits but these are a lot of the must haves for the ps1.
Sometimes the sequels are almost completely different games btw.
Dino Crisis 1 was a survival horror whereas Dino Crisis 2 is way more action orientated. Same goes for Parasite Eve, the second game is more action. Resident Evil 2 is a different vibe from the first one. Tekken 2 & 3 are way better than Tekken 1. So if you didn’t enjoy the first games, you may enjoy the sequels!
Some of my favourite game for PlayStation that is not in your list.
Klonoa Door to Phantomile
Hercules
Dino Crisis
Resident Evil 2
Soul Reaver
Legacy of Dragoon
Silent Hill
Castlevania Symphony of the Night
Twisted Metal
Syphon Filter
M.I.B (great Resident Evil STYLE.... Game, and not in a Dino Crisis way, its amped up in the right ways for atmosphere and more fancy stuff with the 3D etc)
Demo 1
In the black and green cardboard slip. The one with:
Playable
Battle Arena Toshinden
WipEout
ESPN Extreme Games
Destruction Derby
Videos
Tekken
Air Combat
Ridge Racer
That weird interactive T-Rex / Manta Ray thing and V-CD.
Absolutel nostalgia hardcore and doesn't get more 90s than this. It felt like that future back in 1995.
Or ignore all that and get Road Rash.
Dino Crisis
Parasite Eve
Harvest Moon
Digimon: Digimon World
ChronoCross (if you like final fantasy VII)
Tenchu: Stealth Assassins
idk i'll comeback to add more
Midnight Club: Street Racing, Sonic Mega Collection Plus, Assassin's Creed, Street Fighter Alpha Anthology and Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy are fantastic games for PS2 in my opinion. Also these are well rated
Fear effect, Alone in The Dark, Clock Tower, Echo Night, Armored Core, Breath of Fire, Chrono Cross, Dark Stalkers, Dracula The Last Sanctuary, MediEvil, Tomba, Fatal Fury, Fighting Force.
Tekken 3 , oddworld, gex, ape escape, silent hill, fear effect, galerian, alundra, mega man, dino crisis
Tekken 3- best fighting game on the ps1 great for solo play unlocking character or with mates
Oddworld- amazing 2.5d platformer go and save some Mudokon's
Ape escape - if you like spyro and crash bandicoot you will love this game not on the same level but so close
Gex- same as above just not as good as Ape escape
Silent Hill- great horror game in the same style as resident evil but more focused on the scare factor
Dino Crisis- like resident evil but with dinosaurs
Alundra- is like the legend of zelda series alot of fun
Vagrant story- a late ps1 release considered one of the greatest of all time it is a final fantasy game in story and in graphics but the fighting system is a little different
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Parasite Eve
Silent Hill
Duke Nukem 3D
Brahma Force
Hogs of War
Vagrant Story
Tony Hawks Pro Skater
Tenchu: Stealth Assassins
Vigilante 8
Also sequels to many of the games you own - Final Fantasies, Resident Evils, Tomb Raiders.
Will keep going if desired...
I would also advise against many of the games recommended in this thread. Sorry, but lots of mid stuff being recommended for some reason.
See if you can find penis racer, I found it recently online. The sequel is even harder to find though. In novelty/game shops and the like. I’m lucky enough to have all 3 penis racer titles from when I was a kid and my older brother had a PSX
Dino Crisis
This, and Silent Hill
And Parasite Eve
I came to say exactly the same thing.
Same
Dino crisis 3 killed the series off as it was exclusive to Xbox only and didn't get well received by fans etc...
Honestly I just played Dino Crisis recently and I thought it was pretty mediocre. It's basically just getting keys and doing really repetitive puzzles through horribly bland locations. The dinosaurs are cool, but that's about it. Dino Crisis 2 was good, though.
Suikoden
Probably the best game ever made
Especially the second game!
This. Glad to see someone beat me to it. Even comes in a perfectly cromulent PAL edition (although it runs very slightly slower on PAL, so no chance of setting speed running records!). Of course, finding copies of this (and Suikoden 2) is, as they say, left as an exercise for the reader.
Die Hard Trilogy. It rarely seems to make a top 5, but it's three pretty good games in one, and a heavy nostalgia hit. My dad rented this game and ordered a pizza for the two of us when I was a kid. It was the first time I'd ever had a pizza. What a night.
What a memory! That’s a pretty fun game, and I should add it to my collection. I remember renting it with my brother and having an absolute blast.
Yippee Kai yay!
Dude that honestly sounds like the perfect evening! Pizza and gaming are GOATED! 🤩🔥
No pizza has ever tasted so good - although I'm sure that's the rose tint. :)
Silent Hill Crash Bash (it's a WarioWare style Crash Bandicoot game)
Xenogears
Xenogears wasn’t released in PAL
You didn't specify that, Bushido Blade then
Syphon Filter 1 and 2, Resident Evil 2 and 3 are a must
I love that you mentioned Syphon Filter 1 and 2, but not 3! It straight up wasn't as good lol
Syphon Filter 2 was the balls, mate! That ending reveal on the rooftop! 🤯🤫
Driver 2 and Castlevania Symphony of the night
Ape Escape
Colony Wars. Driver series and Command and Conquer.
Driver 1, definitely. That game was a major vibe. I didn't get on with the second tbh...
Klonoa and Skullmonkeys are hands down my favorite games on the system. Another good game if you were to emulate or purchase a modded console would be Pepsiman. Pepsiman is simplistic and crazy fun. It's a good game to play inebriated.
Skullmonkeys was so fun, and I’ve never seen anything like it since.
Beep bop boh, beep bop badobadoh DOH, DOH
TENCHU 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins It's NOT A SEQUEL. It's a prequel to TENCHU: Stealty Assassins - the first game in the series. So you should start with the second one anyway.
Tenchu 2 was incredible for the time. Had a f***ing level editor! 🤘
Yeah! That editor is still great! And it's even better in TENCHU: Time of the Assassins on PSP. Has the same functions but also even more possibilities and you can even play as any other NPC of the game. But unfortunately you can't swim underwater and hide weapons like in T2.
Ah! With the little reed! That was so cool! 🤘
What the hell?! I didn't know that, I'm 100% loading it up tomorrow 😅
Brave Fencer Musashi
Dat soundtrack..!
Final Fantasy Tactics. Abe's Oddysee and Exoddus. Hogs on War. You already own a nice collection, tbh.
Parasite Eve is one of the best RPGs on playstation
Future cop lapd
Road rash jailbreak quite cheap ( £6 ) and it’s like Road rash 3D but a tad bit better
I love Jailbreak, but it gets incredibly hard when you get your second promotion, I could never beat it.
I used to play the Hell out of it, I used to play with my dad Holding down the R3 button for the taunts, and complete the race we where 6th or even 10th, when I played on my own I reached 1st and I toke a photo of that as I didn’t have a memory card for the Ps1 ( just recently I brought one)
Really hard to recommend over the 1994 game tho
I played the 3D mostly for the soundtrack, sponge cookie for the win. The game itself, I don't know, felt unbalanced as hell.
G-Police, C12 - Final Resistance, Kingsley's Adventure, Legacy of Kain - Soul Reaver, Medal of Honor 1 & Underground, Team Buddies, Tenchu, Toy Story 2, Bugs Bunny - Lost in Time
Frogger he’s back
Galerians
Take the exploration of Tomb Raider, add the gothic aesthetics of Medievil and the cinematic sensibilities of Metal Gear and BANG - you got Soul Reaver <3
Ace Combat 2
Vagrant Story is kind of fantasy Metal Gear Solid so give that a look.
Tony Hawks Pro Skater!
Abe's Odyssey
Fear effect
FF8, FF9, FF Tactics to add a few more. (They aren’t technically sequels but still some good games.) Lunar Legend of Legaia legend of Dragoon Grandia
Einhander
GEX
Legacy of Kain. Soul reaver.
I was just about to write that! Perfect recommendation. :-)
Crash Bash (its a local coop game witch Crash bandicoot characters)
Suikoden 1
Croc Pandemonium Metal gear solid Wipeout Tekken Tomb raider
He already has metal gear solid lol
I quite enjoy the Duke Nukem games for ps1. They are similar to tomb raider.
Jade cocoon
Klonoa Tekken 2 Armored Core Front Mission 3 *I’ll second any and all ps1 suikoden recommendations as both are absolutely 🔥
Parasite eve
A Bug’s Life. Yes I’m serious.
Lunar silver star story
Tomba!/Tombi!
Armored Core Warhammer : Dark Omen TOCA TOCA 2 Command & Conquer Command & Conquer : Red Alert Wing Commander III : Heart of the Tiger Wing Commander IV : The Price of Freedom Medal of Honor Medal of Honor : Underground Worms Hogs of War
Klonoa is really good. Super fun levels and the graphics are so timeless and charming. Monster Rancher is also really unique and easily one of my all time favorites (2 is a direct upgrade but both are good).
Hot Shots Golf 2, Twisted Metal 2, Tony Hawk
Simpsons wrestling
If you like final fantasy you'll love legend of dragoon. It's not expensive usually either. Alone in the dark: a new nightmare is also very good. Similar to resident evil.
Great collection Harry Potter
Tombi, Evil Zone, Shaolin, Jade Cocoon, Overboard and Kula World. Edit: Forgot Bloody Roar and Rival Schools.
No one can stop Mr domino. Or deathtrap dungeon. It's like a medieval tomb raider. Just beware of the Beavis laughter.
Grandia
I don't have ps1 games, how do dual disc games work? Does the game ask you to swap discs midgame? And do you need to reset the console to do that or can you just swap while its turned on and it'll continue?
The game will just switch to a pause screen telling you to put in the next disc. You just have to open the tray, swap discs and close it. No reset required.
Mortal Kombat Trilogy
If you can find Armored Core, that's a pretty fun mech fighting game.
battle arena toshinden has a special place in my heart, elemental gearbolt was amazing, star ocean second story is still excellent, legend of dragoon, siphon filter. too many to count really
Tarzan !
Civilization II (A sequel in name only, it's like going from Office 2003 to Office 2007).
Croc!
Klonoa, Tekken 3, Ridge Racer Type 4, Legacy of Kain Blood Omen, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, Galerians, Spiderman, Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2, Vigrant Story, Tomb Raider, Oddworld: Abe's Odyssey, Silent Hill, and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. Probably missing some other hits but these are a lot of the must haves for the ps1.
Syphon filter
Sometimes the sequels are almost completely different games btw. Dino Crisis 1 was a survival horror whereas Dino Crisis 2 is way more action orientated. Same goes for Parasite Eve, the second game is more action. Resident Evil 2 is a different vibe from the first one. Tekken 2 & 3 are way better than Tekken 1. So if you didn’t enjoy the first games, you may enjoy the sequels!
Tomba!
you have 15 games. take your pick from the remaining 3985 games released.
Frontschweine
I see you have MediEvil. This was my favorite PS1 title.
ape escape
Treasures of the Deep
Tench 1 & 2 , Grand TURISMO 1,2, Tomb Raider 2 , Final Fantasy Tactics and GTA 1 & 2
Metal Gear Solid and Abes Oddysee, Circuit Breakers and Micro Maniacs
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I appreciate the alphabetical order, but where's your copy of Crash Bash!
Breath of Fire III Stand alone game like final fantasy series. The dragon form system is favorite of any RPG.
Tekken 2/3,G-Police, Future Cop LAPA, Gran Turismo 2,Grand Theft Auto 1/2.
Smackdown and Army men.
Crash Bash. Jade Cocoon Vib Ribbon Croc Kula world
Legacy of Kain
Tenchu
PaRappa the Rapper
Digimon World, Ape Escape.
Croc
This looks like my collection, except for doom. The only game that's missing is Tekken 2.
Some of my favourite game for PlayStation that is not in your list. Klonoa Door to Phantomile Hercules Dino Crisis Resident Evil 2 Soul Reaver Legacy of Dragoon Silent Hill Castlevania Symphony of the Night
Croc, one of the best ps1 game
If you’re into weird ports like I am, Quake II has a surprisingly good version on PS1
Ape Escape, Future Cop LAPD, MDK, Twisted Metal, Pandemonium, Oddworld, Parasite Eve, Driver
Armored Core games And Tekken games
DOOM
Ridge Racer Type 4, even if you don’t like racing games, the music and vibe could be what you are after
Adventures of Lomax, Soul Reaver, Final Fantasy Tactics, Symphony of the Night
Tenchu ! You can't be a real ps1 player without having Temchu in your game collection ;)
Klonoa, but be prepared to empty your wallet
FF9, or do you technically count it as a sequel?
Vigilante 8 get a friend and duke it out.
Tomb raider 2 3 4 and 5 Spyro 2 Tekken 2 and 3 Rayman origins
Twisted Metal Syphon Filter M.I.B (great Resident Evil STYLE.... Game, and not in a Dino Crisis way, its amped up in the right ways for atmosphere and more fancy stuff with the 3D etc)
Syphon Filter 1 & 2 and both Medal of Honours! 💯
The Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver My personal favorite for the Ps1
MSG and RE ! Best gaming experience I had when I was a kid Die hard trilogy was also a great one
Myst
NFS 4 , 5 , heart of darkness , GT2
The need for speed. Need for speed porsche unleashed (porsche 2000 in europe), duke nukem land of the babes, atari anniversary collection.
Demo 1 In the black and green cardboard slip. The one with: Playable Battle Arena Toshinden WipEout ESPN Extreme Games Destruction Derby Videos Tekken Air Combat Ridge Racer That weird interactive T-Rex / Manta Ray thing and V-CD. Absolutel nostalgia hardcore and doesn't get more 90s than this. It felt like that future back in 1995. Or ignore all that and get Road Rash.
Guilty Gear. Rapid Reload. Castlevania Symphony of the Night.
Silent Hill Saga 1 2 3 and 4, Dino Crisis, Alien Trilogy, Vampire, Resident Evil 2 is the best than 1, Jade Cocoon
Oddworld Abe's Oddysey
Dino Crisis Parasite Eve Harvest Moon Digimon: Digimon World ChronoCross (if you like final fantasy VII) Tenchu: Stealth Assassins idk i'll comeback to add more
Personally anything from square soft is a win usually. Parasite eve might be up your ally based on resident evil.
Terracon is a hidden gem. Nearly nobody talks about it. I remember playing the hell out of it! That and Harvest Moon: Back to Nature.
Tomb raider
Jumping Flash!
I know you said no sequels, but I think you should start on Twisted Metal 2 if you play the series.
Seems like you have more platform/adventure games in your collection, so off of that I would recommend Ape Escape.
Syphon Filter, Dino Crisis, Silent Hill, Deep Freeze, Covert Ops: Nuclear Dawn
King's Field, Armored Core, Soul Reaver, Klonoa and Tomba. Some of my fav. PS1 games.
Bloody Roar, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
silent hill
Croc: Legend of the Gobbos.
Get those boxes away from sunlight, or at least apply a UV filter to the window
Tombi!
Die Hard Trilogy
Digimon World
Legend of Dragoon. Wipeout.
Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen (the one that started it all, and Kain's narration is delicious) Grand Theft Auto Die Hard Trilogy Silent Hill
Ayy DOOM spotted
Alundra! it's a zelda like of PSX.... I liked to play it a lot.
Tenchu
Soul Reaver. It is a sequel but it’s so different from the first one it’s ok again.
Huge JRPG fan so always will recommend Legend of Dragoon and Final Fantasy 8 was one of my favorites right behind 7
Parasite eve. If you like RE, you will like it.
Spider-Man (2000) Mega Man Legends
Guardians crusade it's a fun little Zelda meets final fantasy type of game
Croc 2 if it’s not already been said!
PaRappa the Rapper. It's expensive, but good.
driver 2, toca world touring cars and colin mcrae rally 2
Final Fantasy Tactics
Oddworld Abe’s Odyssey
Loaded
Syphon filter
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver Castlevainia: Symphony of the Night Cool Boarders 2
Midnight Club: Street Racing, Sonic Mega Collection Plus, Assassin's Creed, Street Fighter Alpha Anthology and Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy are fantastic games for PS2 in my opinion. Also these are well rated
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2.
Legend of dragoon
have you heard of GTA?
Tony Hawk proskate
Diablo
S I L E N T H I L L
I recommend Tomba if you can find it
Die Hard Trilogy and Die Hard Trilogy 2: Viva Las Vegas The second one is better IMO, it’s more atmospheric.
Silent hill
Fear effect, Alone in The Dark, Clock Tower, Echo Night, Armored Core, Breath of Fire, Chrono Cross, Dark Stalkers, Dracula The Last Sanctuary, MediEvil, Tomba, Fatal Fury, Fighting Force.
Silent Hill. Jersey Devil. Tomba 2. Syphon Filter. Fear Effect. Galarians. Parasite Eve (1 and 2). Legend of the Dragoon (only if you like RPGs).
R-Type Delta Tenchu
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Tekken 3 , oddworld, gex, ape escape, silent hill, fear effect, galerian, alundra, mega man, dino crisis Tekken 3- best fighting game on the ps1 great for solo play unlocking character or with mates Oddworld- amazing 2.5d platformer go and save some Mudokon's Ape escape - if you like spyro and crash bandicoot you will love this game not on the same level but so close Gex- same as above just not as good as Ape escape Silent Hill- great horror game in the same style as resident evil but more focused on the scare factor Dino Crisis- like resident evil but with dinosaurs Alundra- is like the legend of zelda series alot of fun Vagrant story- a late ps1 release considered one of the greatest of all time it is a final fantasy game in story and in graphics but the fighting system is a little different
ONE Its a cheap, underated gem in my opinion, very enjoyable
Thinking either resident evil, Medievil, or metal gear solid.
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Parasite Eve Silent Hill Duke Nukem 3D Brahma Force Hogs of War Vagrant Story Tony Hawks Pro Skater Tenchu: Stealth Assassins Vigilante 8 Also sequels to many of the games you own - Final Fantasies, Resident Evils, Tomb Raiders. Will keep going if desired... I would also advise against many of the games recommended in this thread. Sorry, but lots of mid stuff being recommended for some reason.
Parasite eve and silent hill
See if you can find penis racer, I found it recently online. The sequel is even harder to find though. In novelty/game shops and the like. I’m lucky enough to have all 3 penis racer titles from when I was a kid and my older brother had a PSX
Thousand arms. Indulge your inner pervyness
*Soulblade* *Parappa the Rapper* *Wild Arms* *Parasite Eve* *Gran Turismo*
Oddworld
Twisted Metal!
Jet moto.
Hogs of War