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Cool thread. Yeah I really like quite a few of the early Ps1 games, I said it before but Ridge Racer and WipEout were a couple of my favorites early on.
Other early Ps1 games I liked were, the 1st Sony/Psygnosis Formula One game and another vote for Crash Bandicoot. So many cool games came out for the Ps1.
I played Tony Hawks 2 the other day and the game feels every bit as perfect as it did in 2000.
My first game on the PS1: Twisted Metal
It might not look like much now, but it was amazing back in 1995, especially the split screen multiplayer.
The first Metal Gear Solid is still the best IMO, and I like Parasite Eve more than Resident Evil. I hated that they gave the sequel those stupid tank controls. There are lots of good memories from that era. If not for the awesome games, high school might have done me in.
I haven't EVER had a problem with camera angles in Mario 64.
What is wrong with playing the game and getting good at it?
Oh must be the CRAPPY controller....yeah that's the ticket....
There are such a thing as USER ERROR, it applies to many issues greatly.
Maybe the games just to advanced for some people.
If the 64 was the only system out at the time there wouldn't be a soul who complained.
Not one OEM controller have I ever said, this is flawed.
Although there are some pretty unplayable games due to control engines on the 64.
Mario just happens to not be in that group.
If you play it and learn the engine physics, you can make Mario do what you want, when you want, how you want.
I love the original PS game pad.
My wife and I still play this on Dreamcast. Great game.Quote:
Originally Posted by cleeg
Back on topic: I'm drawn to the early and (often) trashy PS1 library for sure. Steel Harbinger, Krazy Ivan, Philosoma...great stuff. I want to get X-Com: UFO Defense.
It doesn't. But thats not the best that the Saturn has to offer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gogogadget
I praise you for remembering to mention that.Quote:
Originally Posted by spiffyone
Remember people, if guys wanted to make 3D games on these consoles, they had to use these:
http://i.imgur.com/hwqlj1D.png
Ugh... right. Terrible post :|Quote:
Originally Posted by Gogogadget
Anyway, i loved the whole "atmosphere" during the early days of PS1. Countless hours playing with those demos from the European Demo 1 disc. Had Wipeout, Ridge Racer, Die Hard Trilogy, a NBA game demo with awesome music, Extreem Games, Jumping Flash, Lifeforce Tenka and some others... also the T-Rex graphics demo.
I'm not a huge fan of 1st gen PS1 in general, but Jumping Flash is a lot of fun.
1st gen PSX games weren't very good, but they did have personality.
Kileak was one of the first video games I ever played on a rented PSX from Blockbuster.
I was so scared when I opened a door in the first level. I started down the hall and when something started beeping (incoming message or something), I turned the PSX off from the anxiety. The next day I'd try again but fail again.
4-year-old me: What happened to the people in that helicopter? What does died mean?
Defcon 5 was a unique and interesting game though.
I really dug the not-distant future/gloomy setting of many of these mid-90s games. 'Shelford Pitts. Grade 6 cyberneer from our cybernetics division.'
Tomb Raider looked great, though I never played it.
Descent was fun, but doesn't really count as it was a PC game first.
YES.Quote:
Originally Posted by JumpingRyle
I got an NTSCU PS1 with MK3 (big player of the arcade version BITD) and Twisted Metal. At the time, the levels were expansive and downright amazing, like the suburbs and the one where you jump from building to building. The atmosphere made it almost feel real, as hard as that might be to imagine today. Genuinely fun 3D game, especially for one appearing so early. I never did get to try Warhawk.
Doom was another, and coming straight from the 32X version (which was still solid IMO), it was incredible with all the coloured lighting and ambient sound going on.
Off World Interceptor by Crystal Dynamics was another early release I picked up, or was that for Saturn? I really can't recall, but either way it wasn't very good...
Off World Interceptor is for 3DO. ;) Off World Interceptor Extreme is for both Saturn and Playstation. The "Extreme" version has some gameplay changes, but I have no idea if it's for the better or for the worse.Quote:
Originally Posted by OverDrone
That's the word right there, there were a lot of new experiences back then, stuff we'd never seen before. I remember playing a game at my then brother in law's house where some people in a sort of top down / high angle perspective were running along an airship platform of some sort (any clues anyone?). The clouds' graphics and special effects were just so much better than anything I'd ever seen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Soulis
The other main thing I remember from this era is the sound, it was all so real for once.
I can also remember playing Virtua Fighter with my brother on his Saturn WITH SCART! I turned to him and said "Graphics will never get better than this, how can they?!"
I was right too.
For me, the two games that made me wish I could have a Playstation were WipEout, and Warhawk. Racing hovercars, while blasting your opponents around high-speed(ish) tracks to the sound of electronica beats. Diving and weaving your way through open arenas, tights buildings, and long canyons, while watching horrifically cheesy FMV. It was damn fun stuff.
I love the ps1,i especially like that it had a lot of experimental/art games which is something you dont see anymore outside of PC
If you gave me the choice of a ps4 or a ps1 id pick the ps1 any day.