EVERY Marvel PS1 Game Ranked & Reviewed | Sean Seanson

[@Specter227]

As a 90's kid who grew up with PlayStation, I have to say you are honestly one of my favorite KZbin discoveries. Please never stop making PSX-related content, it's so good.

[@SeanSeanson]

Don't worry from one 90s kid to another, I've got 100s more PSX games to keep me busy for a while 😁 Thanks for the kind comment!

[@ppgranja3]

Agreed! Your PS1 content is top notch!

[@RWSCOTT]

the Hulk Pantheon Saga section kills me 😂 just needs the green girl from cybermorph saying 'where did you learn to fly?'

[@cc-ei4zf]

I know yer just starting out,but please keep making these videos. They are of a quality far above what would generally be expected of someone just getting into the youtube old school games scene (which is apparently a thing?) This is my first youtube comment in about 15 years and i feel dirty for making it,but please continue making these videos bud,they are consistently excellent.

[@SeanSeanson]

Whoa first KZbin comment in 15 years? I'm honored! Seriously though thank you for the kind comment, I really appreciate it!

[@cargorunnerUK]

And I just realised that was 1h38mins ! Damn that went quick ! Shows it was great content !

[@PatKerleyVA]

Man professor Xavier as a fighter is such an incredible idea! But man I didn't realise how many marvel fighting games where out there for the ps1! Though I'm most curious about the fantastic four game, simply based on that soundtrack, my God it sounds delightful! Great video man, really enjoyed watching that!

[@SeanSeanson]

Over half the games are fighters! Truly the golden age for the genre. Glad you enjoyed it man, thanks as always for watching!

[@Mister_Clean]

Careful, he might run over your toes

[@venomsnigle44]

My name is similar and every time I find one of your videos, I realize I'm not alone thanks dawg

[@Terracorrupt0]

Remembering that in school I ran a service to unlock all the characters in Mutant Academy 2 for the lads in my class for a tenner, they'd just have to give me their memory card and itd be done by the next week. Should have stayed in that industry smh

[@SeanSeanson]

Genius!

[@PatientZeroSub]

top tier content, I can see the effort. RESPECT.

[@Randomgamingprd]

Great channel

[@DarthLee117]

Hmmm would definitely like to try that Blade game, never thought much of it as I played the ps2 one first which wasn't great, this one looks fun though.

[@no64256]

Came for the Capcom games, but it's always fun learning about some old licensed jank. But I do want to add on some things to your coverage of the Capcom games (even if this video is like 2 years old) MvC1 had a mode that let you get a good approximation of the arcade game and it's tag mechanics, as long as both players used the same two characters (less to load into RAM). I believe you could still choose different assists though Marvel VS Street Fighter & Marvel VS Capcom (not sure about XMvSF) had some exclusive mechanics, such as being able to cancel special moves into supers, or even a super into another super! MvC1 also has some changes to the assists, such as letting you use yout "tag" partner like an assist, or picking an assist character as your partner and having no limits to how many times you could call them out (which is apparently pretty OP). You could also do a meterless Alpha Counter, which just seems ridiculous. While technically inferior to their arcade counterparts, I think it's fair to call these two a bit of a remix of the original, with their own brand of busted gameplay I also kinda wish you had mentioned the secret characters in MvSF and MvC1. Sure most of them were just pallet swaps with some different characteristics and moves, but it's still six more characters in each game This last one I'm not sure if it was exclusive to PS1 or just the console releases in general, but you could actually unlock one of Onslaught's attacks as a super for Mega Man, which I just think is neat The Japanese version of Marvel VS Street Fighter has an exclusive character named Norimaro, who was created and by the japanese comedian Noritake Kinashi. No idea why was made, but if you wanted to play as a scrawny japanese nerd in a Marvel game, he exists Sorry for making such a wall of text, I ain't good at compressing information

[@SeanSeanson]

Appreciate the info, thanks for sharing :)

[@olivefuzzball5797]

That outro was pure gold 🤣! Oddly enough after considering my personal experiences (minus Blade) I have to agree with the rankings. I’ll definitely have to check out Blade now!

[@julskechap]

I appreciate the hard work you put in making these videos. I just discovered your channel now and I'm enjoying going through your playlist. Live long and prosper 🖖🏽

[@SeanSeanson]

Appreciate the comment friend! Thank you 🖖🏽

[@niamhlouisewallis2747]

Thank you Sean Seanson, for giving me a reason to put off doing Ringfit for another hour and 40 minutes. It's really cool to see more about the original games that have evolved into such staples of gaming today. Granddaddy Spider Man and there's, what, 8 Marvel vs Capcom games now? So really cool to see you presenting video game history like this. But more wheel plz.

[@SeanSeanson]

Thank you! Dun worry, the wheel is on its way 🙏

[@JackKuchiki]

So many Spider Man PS1 memories coming back!!! What a treat. I can’t say I’m much of a Marvel fan, but this video was hugely enjoyable nonetheless. Thank you!!!

[@Steadysphere]

Oh man, had some serious Spider-Man nostalgia, even Spidey 2 despite it not being as memorable, that plane bit though was like repressed trauma coming back! It's a shame about the Capcom ports, though hey, still better than the Acclaim efforts, right? I can tell you put a ton of time and effort into this one, and really enjoyed it mate! Makes me want to dig out that cheap copy of Blade I got, as it sounds up my alley :)

[@SeanSeanson]

Thanks for watching man! Yes! Blade deserves more love 👀

[@Tempora158]

X-Men: Children of the Atom on the PS1 is an Acclaim effort, which is why it was ported by Probe. Capcom seriously did not want to do ports of their CPS2 games to PS1, so they either contracted it out or licensed the PS1 publishing rights away.

[@Fonzi89]

That first Spider-Man game on PS1 was absolutely top notch. The gameplay, the story, characters. Not to even mention the unlockables, great game.

[@RippahRooJizah]

1:08:05 Wow... I just noticed the grammatical error of "Will the Hulk and the Fantastic Four will crime-fight for food?"

[@vahlok1426]

In Mutant Academy 2, if you try to grab Professor X it does a unique animation. Since his rigging is unique, he doesn't get grabbed like normal, and instead plays an animation where he counters your grab with his own. However, the character that initiated the grapple breaks free of the influence and Superman punches X in the face instead. Such a great round ender.

[@andersdenkend]

Haha man, that Spiderman remix. Pretty damn amazing, imagine this being done these days. Studio execs would throw a fit.

[@JeromeDoyle]

my local bowling alley had a few of these gems as arcade cabinets. good vaguely related memories.

[@ssjin3dibujosmangaanime878]

i need the same video to playstation2 3, nes, snes!!, etc cool video!!, and DC?

[@rustkitty]

Spidey to Mysterio: "Right now you're thinking it only you'd taken that giant act in Vegas instead" OMG Spider-Man predicted the Las Vegas Sphere!!

[@jediknightgeo]

Great video. Just a slight correction on playable characters in X-Men Children Of The Atom as the PS1 version allowed you to play with Juggernaut & Magneto exclusively in the VS mode, you just have to input a code to unlock them. With that being said the Saturn version is still the way to go if anyone wants their Children Of The Atom fix as the Saturn version plays better and has the exclusive modes of Survival & Team Battle.

[@mundanehatred]

Good video, hoping to see you cover the ps2 marvel games! ❤️

[@mario-mario822]

Right when I saw the title of the video I couldn't wait to hear someone talk about how messed up they did in The Hulk and Fantastic Four. 😋Always love informative videos on games not often talked about l.like the horrible "Invasion From Beyond"? Haha

[@owlbearwithwizardlevels8312]

is that Cam Clarke (Liquid Snake) voicing professor x at 1:20:15? I've tried looking up the VAs for the game but nowhere lists the professor's va for some reason

[@KingLich451]

Thank you for your services, Mr. Superseanson

[@kiriki4558]

You videos are really good. I'm binging your series and are really helpful to decide what to play. As a side note: sheeesh! The exagerated boot/butt irks me normaly but the poligonal low res makes it ridiculus. Almost like a parody.

[@fictionalmediabully9830]

There were indeed some decent Spider-Man games before the PS1 outing. Unfortunately, they were few and far between. If you want to see how many of them were worse than average, I recommend checking out Farlands Design Den. It's a KZbin channel ran by a former Ubisoft game designer, and his ranking video series of Spider-Man games is a great time-sink. The Eastern European accent is the cherry on top. He also reviewed the PS1 game and gave it a good 78/110. And rightfully so, it's a fun game.

[@Kinda_ANastyDude]

The amount of times i played through that first spiderman game is too damn high. One of my all time favorite games.

[@adamdyer6515]

I'm 41, your list ties in with the head cannon of a Saturn fan back then. (I got a PlayStation for Resi 2)

[@thomaskrogh1244]

So this explains why marvel is constantly having their heroes fight each other.

[@cargorunnerUK]

Great and really thorough analysis ! And yeah even after watching lots of your videos in a row, the missing H still catches me out on every video...."the terd game on my list...."

[@SeanSeanson]

Every time I write a script for these videos, I can't believe how many times the number three and all it's variants appear. My plan to say that number as little as possible is not going well 😅

[@RootVegetabIe]

@@SeanSeanson Don't let yanks bully you into not using words because of your accent. We have to listen to theirs enough.

[@SeanSeanson]

@@RootVegetabIe don't worry lad, I'd upset a million americans before I'd say the number properly and upset the entire Island of Ireland.

[@nekoeko500]

Just three things to say 1. CAPCOM's flashy 2D fighters were peak PS1 games. 2. This channel is criminally underrated. 3. H is the most overrated letter in the english alphabet.

[@Electrohead92]

I remember having a conversation about games that have aged poorly with a friend and using Spider-Man as the best example I could think of. It was excellent at the time and probably one of the best games I owned for the console, but now it’s very frustrating to play. It’s too bad all the politics around Marvel’s game rights are so complicated. If Activision still had Toys For Bob as a functioning studio, seeing them remake it would be cool.

[@Cattigan619]

Ah lad, love the ps1 Spider-Man games, they were my childhood. Also Marvel vs Capcom(which I played to death XD) and X-Men Mutant Academy 2. I thought I was the only one who remembered the Hulk game on ps1, I remember a cousin of mine had it and yeah I recall it being a load of shite. Only played X-Men vs Street Fighter on the arcade, Great video altogether mate and some nice information about each game.

[@SeanSeanson]

Appreciate the comment pal, thanks for watching! 😁

[@Cattigan619]

@@SeanSeanson no prob lad, i never gave Blade a proper go on ps1, as I felt the same as ya and heard it was pretty bad. Might end up getting it at some point to see for myself. I do have the Gameboy Color version of Blade which was side scroller beat em up.

[@SeanSeanson]

@@Cattigan619 I have that version too, it also had those fun lil shooting sections inbetween the sidescrolling parts. It's surprisingly good!

[@RyumaXtheXKing]

@@Cattigan619 It was made by Kirby developers HAL!

[@FirepitGaming]

Great channel by the way bro! Love the Irish accent 😎🤘🍻🤝

[@SeanSeanson]

Thank you 😂 Appreciate you watching! ❤️🙏

[@ppgranja3]

I'd love to see a video of you ranking all Capcom fighting games on the PS1. Keep up the great work! Love your videos

[@TheGoodWillSpreader]

>the plane level on Enter electro I have memories of just, webbing the rotor blades of it and calling it a day.

[@TimedRevolver]

In the game, Blade was voiced by Redd Pepper (Richardson Green). He also voiced Shadow Man.

[@Gatorade69]

Redd Pepper is such a badass name. I have a doctor whose last name is pepper... Thus making him Dr. Pepper.

[@joeydecesari8211]

Im surprised you didn't mention the what if mode when talking about the first spiderman game

[@SeanSeanson]

Gotta leave some mysteries for people to find themselves

[@TonySpike]

4:25 ....doomguy?

[@retrovideogamejunkie]

01:07:15 Blade with the shadow man's voice?

[@obscuracrimepodcast]

That Hulk game has AWFUL graphics for the time. Like Vectorman on the Mega Drive looks so much better and that’s 16 bit.

[@obscuracrimepodcast]

Fantastic Four is like the visual representation of PS1 jank. Re: Sound issues in multiple games. I find that issue a lot with psx games. Frequently I have to drop the music or sound effects down and crank up the vocals. It’s like they didn’t know how to sound mix back then. Spider-Man 2 is a good example of how sometimes heart beats out everything else. You can just feel how inspired the first Spider Man is.

[@Gatorade69]

To be fair I still find myself turning down the Music/SFX and cranking up the vocals in modern games too.

[@RyumaXtheXKing]

The buff whale will haunt my dreams. I don't care much about fighting games, but they are very pretty. Wish other action games with that sprite work. What's up next? Looney Tunes, Warner Brothers, bande dessine?

[@SeanSeanson]

Glad I could share the buff whale with others so it may haunt their dreams too. Oh some good ideas. Looney Tunes was certainly one I was thinking about, Star Wars was another but I have the next one in the pipeline should hopefully be fun. We'll keep it as a surprise for now 👀

[@Rackatiakka]

I don't understand. Blade looks really fun. I'm gonna check it out now.

[@fredcasdensworld]

Just realized I own over half the games on this list.... with the exceptions of IRon Man/X-O, Fantastic Four, Children of the Atom, Blade and Mutant Academy 2

[@FullchainAnimation]

hahaha...whenever I see that clip of Psylock punching herself cuz of Prof. X i just....hahaha...

[@NewGabeOrder]

You forgot about Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 and 3. Those games have hidden Marvel Comics characters as playable skaters.

[@mercurysorbit5138]

1:36:52 I tink you mispronounce words to troll the English speaking audience.

[@frankybuster]

Blade seems like a game that could be redeemed by overclocking in emulation to remove the lag, looks super fun!

[@SeanSeanson]

little did we know!

[@Vopyr]

How did you grab Carnage?! I didn't even know it was possible to grab enemies in the game.

[@SeanSeanson]

It's been a while but I think all the grab commands are tied to the circle button?

[@Imout06]

I really want to play marvel vs capcom but copies are so expensive nowadays

[@WWammyy]

The PS1 Capcom Japanese games are worth playing. 1 if you are like me and sometimes prefer not having the tag mechanic. or 2 the EX special moves where you can link your super combos I'm not sure if they in the Western release but Xmen vs Streefighter Ex Marvel vs Streefighter Ex Marvel vs Capcom EX Are all worth going back to because actual all the versions are the same but the PS1 version is totally different to the others. In other games the Single player mode without tagging is an option.

[@TheLastoftheFourMKs]

1:20:00 "you need more practice" No I need a beer because I got beat up by a dude in a wheelchair

[@lurkerrekrul]

Spider-Man - I played the Windows version, which was a bug-ridden mess. Even looking beyond the bugs, I HATED the way you could only turn in 45 degree increments. Trying to run along the beams of a building under construction was pure frustration. Even trying to aim for the right building or something like a crane while swinging was annoying as hell. I found the controls so awkward that I quickly came to the conclusion that trying to complete the various challenge levels would end with me putting my fist through my monitor screen out of pure rage. Then there's the web usage, which required you to press a button and a direction at the EXACT SAME TIME. I can't count the number of times I fell off of something because I was trying to fire a web ball and ended up running forward instead. Would it have killed them to implement a slight grace period where you could press the button first and THEN a direction? I was fine with the simplistic visuals and more primitive gameplay, but I absolutely HATED the game engine. Spider-Man: Enter Electro - A while back someone found and dumped a pre-9/11 copy of this game, with the twin towers intact. I believe the only real difference is in the cutscene leading up to the final level. Anyway, it's not too hard to find a copy and it can be played in emulators or modded PS1s.

[@lurkerrekrul]

After viewing a video comparison, the changes between the pre and post-9/11 versions of Enter Electro are; Four stage names were changed to eliminate references to aerial situations. Part of the cutscene before the final level, showing the twin towers, was blanked out. A bridge was added between the two rooftops to make it seem like one building. The window textures were changed to be more generic.

[@SoliderBoy]

pc port had many bugs if played with uncaped framerate but the rest sounds like skill issue

[@lurkerrekrul]

@@SoliderBoy The turning in 45 degree increments made the game much harder than it otherwise would have been. For example: You're on a girder on a building under construction, but none of the available angles directly match the angle of the beam. So you take a few steps in one direction, then have to change direction, take a few steps in that direction, change direction, etc. You end up zig-zagging all over the place like you're drunk.Or you end up constantly falling off the edge. If you're trying to swing to a smallish target like a crane, you can't line up the swing before you jump. You have to do the same sort of zig-zagging, but in the air. Then there were the times where you'd crawl up the wall, transition onto the ceiling, then back onto the wall, back to the ceiling, back to the wall, etc. All because of the perspective change causing your controls to change. And did the mid-level cutscene in the Catch Venom mission ever work right on any system? It screwed up when I played the Windows version such that I had to install the game on a slower system, load a save, play that level, save the game and then go back to my other system. I've also played that level in the PS1 version and gotten stuck inside the building at the end of the cutscene. Plus, I'm pretty sure I've seen videos of it screwing up on the Dreamcast and N64 versions as well.

[@SoliderBoy]

@@lurkerrekrul well that skill issue was a joke but i really dont remember having any problem with controls when i played it About bugs that bug during venom chase when spidey is running into wall after that inside building cutscene is related to the frames per second i remember two more bugs one when spidey was supposed to jump of the box hanging from a Crane but he didnt (when helikopter chased you) and second one which maybe was more rare cause i dont remember it that good but it happened during Daily Bugle scorpion cutscene before fight maybe spidey missed the window i dont remember basicaly if ur pc is too good u have to limit framerate If u have problems with pc games check pcgamingwiki there are always fixes for most known bugs

[@lurkerrekrul]

@@SoliderBoy I don't remember those other two bugs, but I had plenty of others. I wasn't running it on a super-gaming system either. It was a 1.8Ghz Pentium 4 with Windows 98SE and a Geforce 4 (really, I think people said it was a Geforce 3 or even 2 in disguise) video card. I experienced; Random crashes. Sometimes the game would just stop responding to the controller and Spider-Man would keep moving in the last direction I pressed. This seemed to happen most often when I was on walls or the ceiling. If the game found a config file, it would load in EXTREME slow motion. By that I mean that it was like I was running it on a 30Mhz system. Just the opening logo would take a couple minutes to display, It would take several more minutes to get to the main menu and then when you pressed anything, it would take 30-45 seconds before anything happened. I had to delete the config file and then remap the controls every single time I ran the game.

[@saketmadabhushi8029]

Why is no one talking abt the amazing intro

[@Nathan-rb3qp]

There was a cancelled 2D Ghost Rider game for PS1 that was being developed by both Neversoft and Crystal Dynamics and would've played like Super Castlevania 4.

[@starryknight5555]

Idgaf if this is an older video this topic should get more eyes

[@dakotarice1849]

Alot of fun Marvel Games

[@Malamockq]

For Blade, if you're playing on emulator, there's probably an emulator core on Retroarch that can overclock the emulated CPU to fix the framerate problems.

[@Malamockq]

I just checked and it looks like the Beetle PSX core has an emulation hack that allows the emulated CPU to be overclocked, should fix all the performance issues in Blade!

[@striderskorpion]

Comic Book Guy voice: "Mecha-Akuma"? I do believe you mean Cyber-Akuma or Mech-Gouki.

[@JukeHighwalker]

Subscribed! This is what I'm talking about...

[@oliverlowenherz835]

This Video made me switch from 720p to full hd to understand the pattern of your beard.... somehow there is none?! =)

[@PinkyJustice]

When you say "home systems," you mean PC as well? Cause... Iron Man XO Heavy Metal came out on PC.

[@noaht2005]

A lot of the fighting game ports are disappointing. I’m not expecting them to be as good as the originals or the Saturn but I’d have expected better

[@RavenblackWood-fk8hm]

Spider-Man 2000 PS1 you can play it on your PS2 and 3

[@-PVL93-]

Pretty unfortunate that even though PS1 got the nearly full Capcom crossover fighting game lineup except mvc2, the versions for this console are objectively inferior - input lag, lack of features, gameplay changes to accommodate weaker hardware, unstable framerate, some characters straight up not playable If you want to experience these titles proper, Dreamcast was the way to go as those ports are considered arcade or near arcade perfect, at least if you don't want to go to the real arcade bar or mess with platforms like FIghtcade

[@accountname-tu2om]

i would watch you review wooden footwear. which are better: træsko, klomp, clogs or holzschuh? i had no idea marvel were bankrupt, thats hilarious.

[@TheJacklikesvideos]

da panty-0n saga 34:00 i swear Cyclops is exclaiming, "Jesus Christ!" you overlook one of the worst things about X-Men vs. Street Fighter: you only get to play as X-Men and Street Fighter characters. no other Marvel or Capcom characters.

[@kingstarscream3807]

A great game never stops being a great game, or else it wasn't a great game in the first place. Spider-man PS1 is excellent.

[@rorschach1985ify]

As bad as the Hulk game was I wish you talked about the music at least since that was possibly the only good aspect about it.

[@SeanSeanson]

Yeah I dunno how I overlooked that in the script tbh, the music was really good.

[@rorschach1985ify]

@@SeanSeanson Wow never expected the quick response but thanks for agreeing mate. Hopefully you talk about that one day in another video if you can. Maybe a Hulk Retrospective where you revisit it only for a little bit as a historical note in video games made about the Hulk.

[@daniellion5291]

Every marvel game on ps2?

[@shocknawe]

What about Ghost Rider?

[@SeanSeanson]

Wasn't aware of it at the time of the video, but either way that game was pre-pre-pre alpha so we didn't miss much.

[@shocknawe]

@@SeanSeanson yeah, I double checked cuz I thought it was one I missed but it was just in beta. You're right! Cheers.

[@thelastchoi6217]

12:36 as sad as it was… def cured the depression lolol

[@thelastchoi6217]

1:19:09 goddamn… 😂😂😂

[@fredcasdensworld]

Also I think you were too harsh on the PS1 ports of Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter and Marvel vs Capcom, because there is some nutty things that can be done in them that make them extremely fun and incredibly broken games in terms of head to head play against a second player

[@Nathan-rb3qp]

Hammerhead Studios is actually made up of a bunch of Ex-Travelers Tales employees.

[@Diarmoosen]

I cannot pin what county your accent is, I’ve a cork accent when I’m home but it’s been too long

[@SeanSeanson]

A weird south Dublin accent is the best way I can describe it 😅

[@Diarmoosen]

@@SeanSeanson i can NEVER guess Dublin anyway!!

[@SunChipss]

Tree-D 😂

[@stolensentience]

nice try, Sean Seanson, but I’ll never share my tots with you

[@FirepitGaming]

The game is played from a turd person perspective

[@MasterFhyl]

tree is not a number...

[@SeanSeanson]

In my country it is

[@westerling8436]

Do your fans know you play these games on an illegal emulator?

[@SeanSeanson]

Bar the multiple times I've said it in my videos, I'm sure they could already tell from my reputation of being a bad boy. Ps. everybody should emulate, don't pay a smelly nerd 500 quid for a game ever. Take your girl/boy for a nice dinner instead.

[@cavauro]

turd person perspective

[@SeanSeanson]

great commment, very unique.