Criminally Underrated PS1 Games

[@Philroq7]

The whole gimmick about Vib-Ribbon is that you could use any music cd and pop it in your Playstation. The obstacles in the game are then made out of the beats of the music that you had inserted into your PS keeping the experience fresh all the time.

[@V1ktorVaughn]

Audiosurf before Audiosurf

[@Philroq7]

@@zubazub66 yeah kinda surprised this wasn’t mentioned in the video considering that was the main feature of Vib-Ribbon. Ace of Spades by Motorhead would make a great candidate for the toughest level 😂

[@crunchybee]

I didn't know of any other game that used that besides monster rancher. I had so much fun seeing what monsters different music made.

[@demonclaws3000]

I was baffled that none of this was mentioned in the video, it was the whole point of the game!

[@masterlasheron]

I didn't even know most of these games exists, thanks for the recommendations

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Glad you found the video helpful!

[@SaturdayMorningProps]

Same definitely throwing these on the emulator for streaming 😂

[@Agus-wp2cc]

Same, finally something different.

[@bobafett4265]

Yeah like Star Gladiator, which I only heard of thanks to Capcom acknowledging it's existence and putting in content in the crossover RPG Project X Zone 2.

[@skyuru]

The one that i remember too is Koudelka :3 (The prequel of Shadow Hearts series for PS2)

[@Munishin]

Crazy timing! Literally just bought another PSOne about an hour ago.

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Nice!

[@garysharkey17]

@john roberts what if he bought it online and hasn’t shown up yet?

[@Munishin]

@john roberts 🤡🎈

[@JoshuaJacobs83]

@Michael Kachura What sort off deranged sociopath says something that stupid?

[@JoshuaJacobs83]

@john roberts I feel sorry for everyone in your life. You must be a horrible person to be around.

[@Assassin0Ninja]

Criminally under rated KZbin gaming channel : That video games show

[@josh.h.]

Here here 🙌

[@budaroddy]

Ikr!

[@Pridetoons]

Agreed!

[@budaroddy]

I totally agree

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Thanks n_finite! ❤️❤️

[@Sinn0100]

There's something I have wanted to say about this channels presentation for a very long time. From the intro to the smooth musical score everything is sublime and it also helps that I truly enjoy the topics you cover. Thank you for producing an amazing show and please keep up the good work. ;)

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Thanks Sinn, I really appreciate that comment 🙂 Plenty more videos on the way!

[@jonathany6359]

Keep these comiiiiiiiing! Your channel is a blissful nostalgiathon!

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Thanks Johnathon!

[@cultofdis]

When I was a kid and got my Playstation for Christmas, the first games I got were Star Gladiator and Motor Toon Grand Prix (totally random picks by my mother, I'm sure). I loved those games but over the years never met anyone who had played them or heard anyone talk about them. I started to think "maybe I just liked them because I was a dumb kid and they were the games I had, so I had to like them". But I've grown to realize they really are just criminally underrated, and your including them on this list validates that!

[@omegaweapon116]

Yea. There weren't too many of us that had Star Gladiator. Loved the game and the soundtrack. Used to pop out in my CD player all the time

[@KyudoKun]

I don't know I'm so addicted with your videos.

[@thatvideogamesshow]

I appreciate it!

[@dstorm3907]

Evil zone needs a part 2. Who would buy it?

[@thatvideogamesshow]

I’d be straight on it!

[@QueenViolet8]

Me😉

[@Tenpouin]

I would

[@lonewolffang]

Everyone I try to get to play Evil Zone with me hated it. It's still one of my favorites.

[@haloslayer255]

I still play that game with the xstation on my 5501. Disk split in half a few years ago from one tiny crack. This is why we have backups Sony!

[@wizard0357]

ONE IS THE BEST GAME THIS CHANNEL IS THE BEST BY FAR, REALLY OUT HERE WORKING FOR THE PEOPLE

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Thanks wizard! Really glad you enjoy the content!

[@tiagodinis7757]

You didn't mention Vib Ribbon's best feature - the fact that it generates a stage based on the music cd you input for it. Great video as always!

[@IllusoryMaze]

It wasn't just the best feature, it was THE feature. The fact that they didn't mention it makes me think they didn't even play the games and just filled up a top 10 from internet articles.

[@andrewdowell6474]

Motor Toon Grand Prix will always be a part of me.

[@Tenpouin]

I love Evil Zone and Dragon Valor. "One" was a great action game back in the day as well

[@Chingytello]

One was quite the 5-day video rental for me, lol

[@markcollins2704]

Ones only problem imo is the first level. It's just not a good opening level. It's cool, but if the game opened with the second level it would have pulled in more people, the rest of the game is awesome.

[@josephcampbell9298]

Finally someone mentions ONE!!!

[@TheExplosiveGuy]

I've never seen ONE before now, but it really reminds me of Apocalypse, the game engine and game play look identical. Another great game...

[@wizard0357]

Literally, I was looking for this game for YEARS from my childhood but could only remember vague details. Today I finally found it, and will be playing it

[@puroresuraa]

Who’s the artist for Tiffany in the thumbnail

[@geminielectro]

The game i love and i've never seen in any ps1 video is "Ghost In The Shell". It's a great action game with awesome FMV's and the best techno soundtrack.

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Covered it on a previous episode. Such a great game!

[@SaturdayMorningProps]

I'll have to grab this!

[@jangobango2847]

Reggie has talked about it alot as well

[@geminielectro]

@@jangobango2847 Reggie from the Metal Jesus team?

[@romeolajh1602]

best soundtrack while game is more or less nothing special..anime is one of the best to watch

[@That_Handle]

Going for an XStation here..... 9:24 - Vib Ribbon ... wasn't that one of the PS1 games you could swap out for a music CD after a stage had loaded and was paused for the swap so you can listen to your own music during the stage/map when you unpaused the game? If so, how can music disc swaps be handled on the XStation ODE for PS1? There were a number of games that supported it including, IIRC, environmental effects upon the music - i.e., when hovering through tunnels in Wipeout you get an echo/delay for all of the effects in the game but it also applies it to the music as if you are hearing it reverberate in the tunnel. I believe R4 Ridge Racer Type 4 and possibly others in the series, one or two maybe more of the Twisted Metals, it might very well apply to all of the Wipeout series among others.

[@pmera]

Evil Zone or Eretzvaju is one of my favorite fighting games! ♥️♥️ So simple to pick up and play!

[@biffwellington7577]

Been dying for a new rival schools. That and Destrega.

[@Rackatiakka]

man you've got the best channel for this kind of thing I'm tellin' ya. thanks man, it's gold Jerry.

[@goodold1724]

Another top quality video,I did wonder if Azure Dreams or Nightmare Creatures get a mention on this one!,classic games

[@arodtheanxious780]

Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring would be another one that I'd love to see make a return.

[@LaNwamNi]

It's worth adding that music is an important element to Vib Ribbon; the rhythm of the music is an important cue for hitting the buttons at the correct time. Also the the game is infinitely re-playable thanks to the fact that you can generate new levels simply by putting a music CD of your choice into the PS; you get as many new levels as there are tracks on the CD (all of differing difficulty)! Kind of like the Bar Code Battler of music. I love this game (try playing it to some free jazz for an extra challenge).

[@1up_chava627]

Very nice list all the games look great

[@bloodnchocolate]

Here I was, a cynic, thinking "Pffft, another list telling me about Brave Fencer Musashi, Tomba, etc." I sir, stand corrected; I didn't know about the existence of most of these games, and I definitely spent 1996-2001 fervently playing my PSX. Great job! May I finish with a slight recommendation? In the future, these list videos become easier to navigate if the video is timestamped. Other than that, I think you've plenty of well-deserved growth coming your way!

[@WatZyAnAmE]

they say consistency is key and you have been consistently forming great hidden gem lists. thanks for the content!

[@TheNickAyer]

HOLY SHIT! I've been trying to remember the name of a game I played a bunch as a kid for the past couple of weeks. It's been all I can think about, but I just couldn't remember the name. Your video is what helped me put it together. It was Silhouette Mirage! Thank you so much

[@wolves_blade4788]

Elemental Gearbolt would make a great one.

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Great suggestion, I’ll have to try it out!

[@skins4thewin]

So glad to see you put Rival Schools on here. I owned that game back when it first launched & me & my friends absolutely loved it!

[@maidenlessnerdz5558]

Cyborg kuro chan,brigandine,jade cocoon,monster rancher,bakusou kyoudai eternal wing,ape escape,army men

[@Friggle_Dee]

2 of my favorite games on PS1 are Crime Killer and Pinobee. Im sure they'll eventually be on future episodes.

[@bobafett4265]

Funny I actually picked up Crime Killer a while back, cause I was unfamiliar with it and the fact it's a Car Combat ish game, but with Cops sounded awesome, so yeah I'm looking forward to dusting off the PS1 I have to eventually playing that and the Dozens of other PS1 game's I acquired over the years. XD

[@superbn0va]

One reminds me of Assault on the Ps1 and obviously Apocalypse starring Bruce Willis. Assault is very cool, allows 2 player coop like contra games

[@bobafett4265]

Funny I actually played Apocalypse a bit last year, almost beat it. Very fun little Arcade Shooter by the team that would later make Spider-Man 2000 and Tony Hawk's Pro-Skater.

[@Godeias]

Evil Zone and Rival Schools were my shit as a kid!

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Solid games!

[@gulyasdavid6170]

many great titles One, Evil Zone and Dragon Valor, Silhouette Mirage.... i was playd many of them.. and still a great titles... Rival School one of my all time fav fighting games.... Evil zone too!!! and also cool " 90's anime " :P nice list man! and other " criminally underrated " but cool games: Viper Apocalipsy ( same as one... and starring Bruce Willis ! ) Einhander Hearth of Darkness Omega Boost Vargrant Story Gungeon Kingsley Glover Frenzy

[@edgarlozada3858]

I love that I know all the Fighting games present in this video. The others didn't know of them. Hehe.

[@jiraiya0698]

excellent list. Especially for Evil Zone.

[@fumomofumosarum5893]

glad to read there are actual fans of Evil Zone! the game often got bashed back when it came out ^^;

[@jiraiya0698]

@@fumomofumosarum5893 I know, maybe we are not many, but we definitively are passionate.

[@NegativeGamer418]

Thank you for the video I started collecting retro games recently and I have huge list of ttitles. Glad to add Silhouette MIrage to the list

[@nomorenames5568]

I can't help but feel that the relatively new indie game "Vividlope" is inspired heavily by Vib-Ribbon. Both games star a dancing bunny tasked with vibing to the rhythm

[@blue_ex3852]

Love all these videos

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Thanks Blue!

[@bobafett4265]

Same here, great work. 🤘

[@fFireheart]

Evil Zone! That was literally one of the first games I had on PS1. Loved it,. Simple but Fun.

[@Harold1986]

Finally someone is mantioning rival schools l. Haven't heard anyone talk about that game in over 10 years. Wow blast from the past

[@lilb4git02]

Rival Schools is awesome, it even has minigames where you can the sports of the characters. Quality game!

[@WhatAboutZoidberg]

Great video as always. Still hoping to see The Unholy War one of these days on some channel. Its a super fun arena fighting game with a super 90s cast that doesnt get any love.

[@thrice1987]

Wow I didn't even know about One and it looks so much fun!

[@nicnew]

I am so happy to see Star Gladiator here!

[@andrewarren4157]

I'm glad someone acknowledges Evil Zone, I've play this game alot growing up and I agree that it's very underrated.

[@severintw]

You think you might be able to add if these games are available in the Western/Japanese PSN store for future videos?

[@AquaShibby3000]

Is One really unknown/underrated? damn, that's a shame, it's such a great game.

[@theultimateninja]

I was lucky to own Rival School. That game has so much replayability with unlockables and minigames.

[@bobafett4265]

Yeah that game is awesome and it's a shame that game didn't get the love and fan fare that Tekken or Street Fighter got, maybe someday Capcom will bring it back, even a port for modern systems would be nice, at least one's that don't feel like crap...

[@dragerien2]

Star Gladiator was my first T rated game as a kid. When I saw it on the shelf at my local game store, I had to pick it up. That, and a copy of Brave Fencer Musashi.

[@galihcd]

Raiden DX was my favorite. Spend good amount of time playing it

[@gkingk9800]

Evil zone and rival schools ❤️ yes son!!!

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Haha cheers Gaz! Nice to know somebody else knows about evil zone haha

[@gkingk9800]

@@thatvideogamesshow still got my original copy 👍

[@fumomofumosarum5893]

so much yes !

[@darksider9534]

Vanguard Bandits deserves a shout. Actually of a lot of JRPG's do, Grandia, Jade Cocoon, Suikoden etc.

[@eaguirre3570]

Images shown are from Motor Toon GP 2, which is a great game! You can disable the cars’ ugly deformity when turning in the options menu. It improves substantially the gameplay. I love your videos by the way.

[@TylerDurden-oy2hm]

Medievil and medievil 2 rocked my world...the most fun ive had with a console...

[@obe1withtheforce785]

I think Tobal 2 is worth a mention..

[@CassiusZedaker-pr7kc]

Tobal 2 was only released in Japan.

[@Hadiyaaaaaaa]

Rivals Schools

[@thatvideogamesshow]

One of my favourite fighting games!

[@Gojiraking]

Great video but I have to say you missed one. Perhaps the most unknown, underrated ps1 game of all time. Destrega! I’ve never known anyone who doesn’t just know it from the demo haha

[@RichardCraig]

Great vid! Just a suggestion, if you're going to run the games in hi-res then you may as well use an emulator like Duckstation with PGXP enabled to get rid of texture warping and polygon jitter. It's pretty sublime to see PS1 games in such great quality, so if you're not gonna go the authentic route then may as well go all the way!

[@agentorangecb1]

Saw Tiffany on the thumbnail, clicked the vid, saw Pocket Fighter on the 1st screen... Think maybe this vid will appeal to my tastes

[@andrewvigeant8018]

Motor toon grand prix!!!!! I haven't thought about that game in over 20 years. Wow.

[@Nicomanism]

I found Rival Schools at a shop recently. Picked it up. No regrets.

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Such a solid fighter!

Loved seeing some games that I played back in the day (Rival Schools, Silhouette Mirage and One) and learned about some new ones to try out (Evil Zone and Raiden DX). Cool video! Thanks!

[@scotts9691]

Good list, literally only played one, thanks m8

[@davidv4018]

Is there a compilation of gmes that includes "On the Hunt" and "Raiden dx"? I remember playing both games, but never had a ps.

[@Ozzmosisf35]

Brave Fencer Musashi is CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED!!!

[@techsequence1195]

Future Cop L.A.P.D. - for me it's 9/10. Story is really cool where multiplayer (even vs bot) is extremely enjoyable.

[@blockbusterlatefees7713]

silhouette mirage added to my wishlist thanks!

[@moshimoshi1]

Awesome list yet again!!!!

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Thanks!

[@moshimoshi1]

@@thatvideogamesshow Thank YOU for your hard work on your channel!

[@elhafo6925]

Exelent video, thanks for sharing!

[@ozzyo5711]

Nice selection of games, another game that is also underrated is Omega Boost one of my favorite games back in the day. The shire rush, game play and graphics are fantastic.

[@chowsu944]

amazing list. didnt know a few of them

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Glad you found something new!

[@stonerdemon]

Silhouette Mirage is to the PS1 what Mischief Makers is to the N64.

[@PitsuMiwus]

Dragon Valor... Yeah i remember it, i never completed it as i was stuck in ancient ruins. If i remember correctly it was michael. First level in his scenario was Zomas estate. Great game id like to play it again in my 30s 😂

[@leeartlee915]

I actually owned Star Gladiator strangely enough. Picked it up back in the 90s because it was dirt cheap. I agree, it is underrated.

[@miaouew]

my favorite boxer in the thumbnail :]

[@josh.h.]

This channel is quality

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Thanks Josh!

[@Ryo-aryai]

Last game rival school was my first ps1 game and first CD i bought 😍 This game has other kind of games inside itself not only fighting

[@Vulkan477]

Runabout or Felony 11-79 is a criminally underrated game, only three tracks but the driving handling in that game felt ahead of the time and could even rival to the likings of car handling in games like GTA V, which is very rare to even no other games for driving games from the PS1 era.

[@MurdockRicoy]

thanks for reminding me Rival School is a great game!

[@jymfiskburk2256]

Great video mate, sorry for the inactivity on discord been far from home, still waiting for thatbsega saturn video tho hahaha

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Haha no worries man! In the works mate 🙂

[@greedkingcobalt200]

Threads of Fate/Dewprism is another underrated game.

[@kcnnetwork8396]

Some of these I'm considering doing game streams with on my channel. Thanks for the ideas. :)

[@SwoleCalibur]

You can swap the Vib Ribbon disc with your own music cd and use your own music in the game.

[@Maxim.Nazarenko]

08:04 - I remember I have played a lot of One, literally in one (no pun intended) session, played few days later and never finished.

[@alvinromo]

What's the name of that game?

[@Maxim.Nazarenko]

@@alvinromo Xenogears.

[@UsaM]

plus they run and play very nice on the Vita.

[@taciturnwanderer2195]

I remember playing Raiden DX in my local arcade.. cannot pass beyond second level such hard game.. such good memories.

[@farizshadier96]

Nice video 👍👍👍

[@G14Classified]

What about tobal.1?

[@caiquejd2]

I used to play Rival Schools when I was a kid and played after adult some time ago, pretty fun game btw.

[@wizard0357]

you have great taste in BGM, what is the bgm at 10:45 - 12:20 ??

[@QueenViolet8]

I still play my original copy I bought from Circuit city of Evil Zone wish they had made a 2nd game 😉

[@tomasdelcampo2]

Where were PS1 recommendation videos when I was like 6 lol

[@SerpentNight]

Managed to snag 'Samurai Shodown: Warrior's Rage' recently. Plays great.

[@cuiff62]

you didn't mention the main interest of vib ribbon, playing your own cds, a feature that is "the star of the show" 😉

[@monkeymanbob]

I remember there being a lot of positive noise about Vib Ribbon - couldn't you replace the game disc with an audio cd and the line Vibri travelled changed accordingly?

[@michaelscott9231]

I loved Star Gladiator & ONE!

[@VOIDCRIX]

As a big fan on Raiden trad I love seeing dx for the first time

[@whos_there.]

While I've never heard of most of these games (which means you've suggested some REALLY underrated games), I think that a game that goes by the name of MegaMan Legends is CRIMINALLY underrated as well. It's basically Ocarina of Time, before Ocarina of Time (if that makes sense). Be sure to check it out someday!

[@xreev0x]

Rival School was the only one I knew about, despite having a pretty large PS1 collection back in the day (thanks to tons of bargain hunting when the PS2 took over the market).