Underrated PS1 Hidden Gems You Should Play

[@CulturedVultures]

Here are some PS1 games that were way, way ahead of their time: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHjEdItjo9x3rbs

[@VirtualBilly]

Stop saying "actually," you fucking chode. You're not 14 anymore.

[@F1ghtGam3r]

I heard Fighting Force was originally planned as Streets of Rage 4

[@TChighbury]

That is correct

[@neoyaku]

And I like to still think of it as that

[@F1ghtGam3r]

@@neoyaku I'm surprised no one has made a mod to make it more like SOR

[@mctapoutos7426]

For me Due Hard Arcade is even better then Fighting Force but they are both classics for me

[@TirantWhite1]

It was Pitched as Streets of Rage 4 by Core Design to Sega. Sega turned them down. Another Saturn era fail by them.

[@shoeflaps]

Footage of Fighting Force as a Streets of Rage game exists out the somewhere, one of the VHS preview tapes they used to run in Game/EB in the nineties has it on.

[@ExGamer1994]

Tai Fu - Wrath of the Tiger for me it was extremely fun and enjoying action platformer. A bit short, but on the other hand filled with asian mythology, great story and charismatic main character. To this day im waiting for sequel...

[@thomas_dries]

Jet Moto! I remember playing it with my older sister in the early 2000’s, it’s such a fun albeit niche racing game.

[@colonelradec5956]

I loved them games. Mortal kombat, twisted metal and jet motor ate up most of my time until ff7 came out lol.

[@TimothyMcNaughton]

When I was a kid, probably about 98, I went to my mates birthday party/sleepover/whatever where we basically drank coke and played Playstation all night. He rented a couple of games from his local video shop - Fighting Force 2 and Rival Schools. I've seen a bit about the Fighting Force games online but after that night I never saw another copy of Rival Schools ever again. I live in Australia so I'm not sure it was even officially released here but I'm sure the version we played was in English. Pretty fun fighting game though, I loved the cartoonist graphics and the team-up mechanic.

[@LukeEganLyrics]

Rival Schools was released in Australia (I was lucky to get a copy myself) but I believe they distributed only a small number of copies. Aussies got shafted in terms of fighting game distribution back in the day. Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter had to be imported from the UK, and even Street Fighter Alpha 3 got a small release in Aus.

[@Tserriednich_ll]

Wild9 is my childhood gem. Glad I was able to played it. It's funny that we used to called it "Will 9" since english is not my first language.

[@slyblackdragon]

For me, Tale of the Sun. 10 year old me was so fascinated by this game that I rented it whenever it was available.

[@Retro_Spike]

I loved Galerians and the whole Bloody Roar Series. Cant wait to try Tail Concerto.

[@papiloteBoy]

Galerians was awesome!

[@AlmostCoolGuys]

I bought Wild 9 on sight at my local Retro store! No idea anything about it but damn its WILD!

[@craggl0rd]

Spider: The Video Game. 2.5D Action Platformer where you play as a cybernetic spider who can use weapons attached to its legs. Always thought this was awesome as a kid, but not played it since the early 2000s! 😅

[@mikedl1105]

Digital Anthrax sounds like an awesome cover band

[@stashmerkin9576]

Great list! LSD was made by a madman surely. It gets scary when you start having bad dreams too. My honorable mentions: Bushido Blade, Ghost in the Shell, and Omega Boost.

[@CulturedVultures]

Bushido Blade 👏

[@dumbstruckempire]

Can't be sad to see Tail Concerto here. I had to write about it recently and had completely forgotten this utterly charming game.

[@chappy2121]

Porsche Challenge. I got it with my PS1. Brilliant fun. The graphics and handling of the cars was really good. If I'm not mistaken, the soundtrack was good as well.

[@LukeEganLyrics]

A truly superb and underrated PS1 gem was Blast Radius by Psygnosis. Wikipedia calls it a "space combat simulator" lolol, but it is actually a 3rd-person arcade-style shooter in a sci-fi setting, with some RPG elements (upgradable ship) and some shamelessly awesome arcade tropes (when you destroy an enemy ship, it drops a collectible item to replenish your shield/fuel/ammo, lol). The analog aiming controls are smooth and the hard difficulty is a good challenge.

[@ORA96]

The last game style reminded me of a game I used to play, Tron bonne. Also there was future cop LAPD which was another gem I played on the ps1

[@ORA96]

I say gem loosely considering I was so young when I played these games 😂

[@CulturedVultures]

Do you still have Tron Bonne? $$$

[@ORA96]

@@CulturedVultures I'm not too sure I've moved a lot since we did keep a lot of gaming stuff safe but I have no idea where it all could be 🤷🏼‍♂️ I know I still got the consoles somewhere might need to dig around for it 😂

[@ORA96]

I have just went to look through some stuff I have Tron bonne disc only in one of those folders that you can store games in along with 40 winks that LAPD game I was on about... crazy

[@knighTeen87]

Covert Ops: Nuclear Dawn (action - adventure), Echo Night (adventure), Demolition Racer (car combat & racing), Kensei: The Sacred Fist (3D fighting), King's Field 2 (First person RPG), The Expert (FPS), Imadoki no Vampire - Bloody Bride (J-RPG), Hokuto no Ken: Seiki Matsukyu Seishi Densetsu (action), Captain Tsubasa J: Get in the Tomorrow (anime soccer), Warhammer: The Dark Omen (strategy). They are all hidden gems for the system and you should definetely check them out if you will make another hidden gem video. I had a great time with playing them all!

[@n8ivegogo1]

Psychic Force 1&2 are extremely fun to play & I find it disappointing that they never get mentioned in Fighting Games history

[@YaMomNem]

Yes❤ wild 9. I'll be 32 in a few days and ive been trying to find this game since childhood. It didn't scare me but it made a long lasting memory, couldn't remember what it was called. I just tried it out a few days ago and i still think its a solid game and have been playing it. Finally finding it achieved nostalgia in an awesome way.

[@superbn0va]

Ninja: shadow of darkness, Rising Zan: Samurai Gunman, Jackie Chan Stuntmaster, Ghost in the Shell.

[@Carlos.Rodriguez]

OMG you did mention Legend of Legaia, (my all time favorite RPG game) I've been saying for years that this game is super underrated, I had watched a lot of lists and none of it included this gem, thank you for that🙏

[@GamerDude2010]

Do you recommend playing it in 2024

[@Carlos.Rodriguez]

@@GamerDude2010 Absolutely 🙌

[@stwenty5758]

Love the list, and there's some stuff here I hadn't even heard of and now I wanna try, but I gotta correct you on one thing. All of the Saturn's games were on disc; it had zero cartridge based games. The cartridge port on top of the Saturn was for saves and a memory expansion module that was required for some games. You should look into underrated Saturn games, too, BTW. There are some definite bangers on that system. I had one and loved it.

[@Jackpot00]

Good shout on Legend of Legaia. Combat system was really unique and pushed the boundaries.

[@OwtDaftUK]

Urban Chaos was a great PS1 game that no one talks about.

[@Phiidyn]

Psychic Force was SWEET! I used to own it for Dreamcast.

[@nicolasromani3523]

I agree wholeheartedly with Bloody Roar. I remember playing the heck out of it when i was a little kid. Fox was my favorite character back then.

[@wavemantha4th]

Gundam Battle Assault 2 is an underrated ps1 gem

[@keymo9480]

I loved Fighting Force! It had such a great replay value.

[@DOUGHBOIMUZIK]

Mine is Jackie Chan Stunt Master! That game is criminally underrated and possibly the best beat em up on the system!

[@92boss604]

Fighting force is one of my favorite games of all time. I used to love that game as a kid

[@Zaxbox]

I still have Tobal #1 and Tobal 2. Erhgiez and many more imports. I wish that I still have Battle Arena Toshinden!

[@michaeljodon]

Bushido Blade 1 and 2. Some of the best fighting games ever made. I prefer Bushido Blade 2's faster arcade, less technical but still deep fighting system. Bushido Blade 1 built to reword not killing opponents and disabling them. From what I remember, you only get the best ending in the game if you only kill the final boss. I could never learn the techniques to disable the opponents and ended up playing 2 more. I wish 2 had the high-medium-low fighting system like 1, but still having the bounce back mechanics to counter after a block.

[@clintonhumphries9329]

Tobal no1 was the first game I got for the ps1 awesome game particularly the quest mode,really need to play it again

[@Metal-Josh]

My buddy had Tobal no. 1. I think because we were all caught up in the Final Fantasy 7 hype. And where Tobal came with the FF7 demo, one of us needed to pick this game up. Turned out, I preferred Tobal over FF7

[@Dukefazon]

Galerians has a kickass soundtrack as well!

[@virtualbunksie5117]

Battle hunter, I believe it was called, a tile dice strategy game.

[@ogasbogas7800]

Your videos are great

[@FletchMo7]

Heart of Darkness! Was a brilliant game

[@CulturedVultures]

We put it in our hardest PS1 games list! Kicked our arse

[@deadsharkisart]

"the psx had the best fighting library in gaming history" dreamcast, saturn, and neogeo have entered the ring.

[@torque9889]

Loved wild 9, absolutely great game

[@iamkieras1146]

Fighting Force was so popular among my friends that I wouldn't ever think it can be considered as hidden gem :D Also was super disappointed when Fighting Force 2 came out and was a single player game.

[@CulturedVultures]

it was super popular at my childminders, haha! but I haven't heard it even being mentioned in about 15 years

[@dumbstruckempire]

Eagerly waiting for this one. Can't wait to see what was chosen.

[@justincastro8964]

Saturn didn’t use cartridges my guy. I think there was like 3 games in Japan that require a cartridge exclusive to the game (packaged with it) and a handful of fighting games that utilized the ram expansion carts but zero cart based games.

[@JYZProductions]

My gem I overlooked for years without a doubt is Tomba 1 and Tomba 2. I've 100% both of them twice. Looking back on fighting force 1 I laughed my ass off, too bad fighting force 2 was so forgetful. I remember even back around 2001 it was quite difficult to get it. However, Tobal no. 1 my brother adored. I wanted a final fantasy 7 demo that it was included in the disc, he ended up loving tobal no 1. He was able to go to the bottom of Udan's dungeon with Mufu spamming the 4 kick combo over and over again. You get a useless robot version of Akira Toriyama for doing so.

[@jfajzullin84]

Ooh what’s the name of the game after @ 0.52s (after silent gran’)

[@Maxim.Nazarenko]

I think we will have next remasters announced this or next year: Final Fantasy Tactics Xenogears Parasite Eve And Final Fantasy IX Remake.

[@GhibliNova]

Dodonpachi and In The Hunt are so great

[@gregatrongaming]

Power Shovel is my favorite PSX game that I don't see listed a lot

[@jacobbeyer1800]

Intelligence Qube (IQ) was a fun simple gem imo. :)

[@ignacioalcalde1403]

my top hidden gem for ps1 is trap gunner, and havent seen it in any hidden gem top

[@anthonykufta2197]

Had Bloody Roar at my arcade!

[@pharmcat8484]

When are you going to fix the last video and random video slots?

[@CulturedVultures]

Shows for us man! Are you blocking javascripts or something maybe?

[@pharmcat8484]

@CulturedVultures I don’t think so. I am on an iPhone…

[@pharmcat8484]

Legend of Legaia was the favorite game of one of the first streamers I ever followed. He dropped off the face of the earth last year.

[@Lwous]

Psychic force!!! Broo i was loking for this for yeeeaerss

[@nicolasromani3523]

Gotta love Pirate Vulture

[@deadsharkisart]

before i watch: mine are xenogears, nanotek warrior, and i would say psychic force but i know what channel I'm on by now lol.

[@deadsharkisart]

Let's say vigilante 8 because I'm obsessed with having 3.✌️

[@AnimeBrosAMV]

Ps1 was so ahead of its time it is insane!

[@lesleygerrits4725]

hahaha ahead of its time, why??? only game console ahead of its time its the sega dreamcast

[@CragusMaximus]

​@@lesleygerrits4725 facts

[@Maxim.Nazarenko]

Just give us Legend of Legaia Remastered.

[@xx7secondsxx]

SPACE GRIFFON was an AMAZING GAME!!! I have a Japanese version they did for Dreamcast that they did up the graphics a lil better! Sucks cause I dint speak Japanese soooo I get lost and cant read anything

[@rockkiall]

Tai Fu: Wrath of the Tiger.

[@CulturedVultures]

Another Tai Fu stan? There are two of us!

[@ReviewedbyBobby]

Bloooody Roarrrrr lfg what a gem

[@scottriddell3514]

Yugioh forbidden memories is a highland for card game fans So why not had that game remade? The creator of yugioh had his death in 2022

[@jimbillyjenkims]

Haha, legend of legaia was amazing and wild 9 was a trip. No brave fencer musashi, though?

[@CulturedVultures]

We might be cooking up a second list...

[@JesusBleach]

good vid🤓

[@CulturedVultures]

thanks Jesus

[@datboymateo9852]

The fact team buddies didn’t make the list…makes me question your credibility 😏 Jk jk Team buddies tho is a gem if you’ve never played it!

[@randyharris4902]

YES, Bloody Roar!

[@kendallmasterssank369]

I must play TOBAL

[@spreadthevegemite8064]

Taste the Pain , Wu Tang. Clan

[@pharmcat8484]

Pirate vulture made me lol

[@ohmy4275]

What's a steam random key?

[@CulturedVultures]

What you could win!

[@MrMeloLucas]

Ape escape, best PS1 game

[@stevehalle77]

Nanotek Warrior

[@nickst2797]

Best console ever - for me.

[@adamjenkins190]

Bushido blade 1 and 2

[@mjdf122]

PS1 Vulture game time

[@rockkiall]

Both Pandemoniums

[@CulturedVultures]

Yes!

[@BeardTech]

Omega Boost

[@IcoKirov]

What's wrong with emulation?

[@yousifdelvalle4162]

RC d go!!!!!

[@geoffnolan1053]

BRIGANDINE

[@ThisGuy-hz9xl]

Blasto

[@sarper9016]

to be honest your video is boring

[@CulturedVultures]

thank you very much haunted Victorian ghost