My Top 10 Sony PlayStation Games

The games I enjoyed the most on Sony's very first console.
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Episode Notes:
1. All games captured from real hardware.
2. I supported the PlayStation all the way up until the PS2 launched.
3. NFL GameDay remained the platforms most popular NFL title until around 2001 when Madden began to pass it in sales and quality.
4. Symphony of the Night and Resident Evil saw ports to the Saturn, but I played them far more on the PlayStation.
5. I don't feel the Saturn would have had any real trouble doing any of these games had a strong developer been attached to them, but as something like Symphony of the Night indicated, that would not have always been the case.
6. The PlayStation was on the market and supported with new releases for more than a decade. It's longevity was unreal considering this was Sony's first console attempt.

[@anglo-saxonconnor817]

This console generation has the best memories for me. The tech and specs are weak by now but the experience and memories of that generation were irreplaceable. The first time being awed by the graphics. The first time some people recieved it as a gift or buy it from their first salary. The games you enjoyed were made by developers who were young at that time. Fighting with your siblings over games until the house roof went down.Playing with friends or convincing your parents who arent gamers to play with you before they passed away etc. All these feelings and memories that were missing in the latter generations.

[@gamerslounge67]

I couldn't have put this better myself. You know, every time I listen to any music from my favourite games - VF1 and VF2, Tekken 1 and 2, Toshinden 1 and 2, Cyber Speedway on Saturn, the list goes on - it just takes me back to the old living room where my mum and auntie were sat behind me, just watching and sometimes commenting on how incredible these games looked back then. I was in my late twenties at the time - 56 now - but if mum and auntie were here now, they'd struggle to tell what was a game and what was real. But still, Saturn and Playstation to this day, have such significant meaning in my life and I still play those games I loved so much then and still love now. Does anyone get the same atmospheric vibes when that music from Tomb Raider starts playing from the first game, the minute you spot the body of water in the second level - the part with the swinging blades? Priceless!

[@blackwaterproduction289]

Oh man you don't say, those are the best memories 🥲

[@gamerslounge67]

@@blackwaterproduction289 aren't they just? I was playing Toshinden 2 a few days ago, & those tunes...so good. Oh & Critical Blow by Banpresto - what a game! 😁❤️🎮

[@blackwaterproduction289]

@@gamerslounge67 Oh man, those were the times man I get nostalgic just by looking at one of those old games 🥲♥️

[@gamerslounge67]

@blackwaterproduction289 tell you what - I used to buy countless games magazines back in the day & now you can get all that amazing nostalgia. Visit Out Of Print Archives & download to your heart's content. It's all free & my faves of CVG, Mean Machines, & Maximum are all up there. Maximum issue 5, I think, has the greatest Tekken 2 showcase - it's the one with Heihachi on the cover. Let me know what you think. 😁❤️🎮

[@RichDuckKing]

I tried to shun the PlayStation because I was such a diehard Saturn fan. I bought SotN for my brother’s PS1, but it wasn’t until Metal Gear Solid came out that I finally broke down and bought my own. MGS & Parasite Eve were the games I picked up alongside it, and I could no longer deny what a phenomenal console it was.

[@48hourrecordsteam45]

I was a die hard myself .! Played the psx because all my friends was into it. But I kept away…I didn’t join the next generation yet in 1997 I was still playing my sega genesis & snes . The guys would bring over the psx , saturn ,64x jaguar n. I was hanging in the sidelines. But then the psx started swinging major blows. Street fighter alpha2 Need for speed hot pursuit 2 Tekken 2 then 🤯 tekken 3 Final fantasy 7 🤯 Resident evil & 🤯resident evil 2 Metal gear solid & final fantasy 8 Driver , tomb raider 2, 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Just did it . The memory card Sony the controller was on a roll. It’s a shame they didn’t just make a 64 bit system. Because X-men vs street fighter was a BIG DISAPPOINTMENT.!! When the Dreamcast launched I got rid of that psx to get the dc day one .!!! But I still remember the greatest that was the psx.

[@scifyry]

Damn that's a solid 3 to start with. I'll add RE2 in there that really sold me on it.

[@xxcrysad3000xx]

The early days were interesting but Sony just dominated the latter half of that generation, it wasn't even close. In 95-97 you could be forgiven for thinking the playstation was just another console, but it really became special after that, in it's latter years.

[@PicksterTG]

I quite possibly could have fallen into the same pattern. However 97 or 98 my family got a modern PC and most of my tastes could be catered to via the N64 and the PC so PlayStation stayed on the bylines for me. (I gave my Saturn at the time to my brother, so I still had access) Rather than spend money on a console I spent money on a 3D accelerator and that did it for me. The Voodoo, who do, what you don't dare do, people 🍻

[@48hourrecordsteam45]

@@xxcrysad3000xx sure did .! Dual shock , memory card, churning out games and just making a game out of everything, like 16bit days . If it was up to n64 there wouldn’t. Be new categories and genres . The greatest hits &19.99 game was 😍

[@hellboundTX333]

I got a PS1 and Tomb Raider in 96. I was blown away. Not since my first play of Legend of Zelda had I been so impressed and engulfed.

[@foreverhungry84]

same, moving from a mega drive to tomb raider on the ps1 was a mind blowing experience.

[@roberto1519]

Played Tomb Raider on the Saturn and for sure, a 11yo kid couldn't be happier, great game!

[@legendsflashback]

Ps1 vs Saturn top 10 video , Tekken 3 vs vf2, soul edge vs fighters megamix, resident evil vs deep fear, grand t vs Sega rally, crash vs nights, metal gear vs die hard, mech vs burning rangers, ssf2t vs sfa2 4mb, Doom vs duke nukem or powerslave, ff vs shining force 3...idk seems Saturn might win theres guardian heroes, panzer dragon, Virtua cops, shmups, etc decathalon

[@palaceofwisdom9448]

What I most remember about Tomb Raider after the T-Rex was the final boss. I had hoarded so many health packs over the course of the game but spent every last one of them to survive that battle.

[@kenterminateddq5311]

I wonder if Sega Lord X will make a future "My Top 10 Sony Playstation 2 Games" if he's a fan of both Dreamcast and PS2.

[@legendsflashback]

Ps1 vs Saturn top 10 video , Tekken 3 vs vf2, soul edge vs fighters megamix, resident evil vs deep fear, grand t vs Sega rally, crash vs nights, metal gear vs die hard, mech vs burning rangers, ssf2t vs sfa2 4mb, Doom vs duke nukem or powerslave, ff vs shining force 3...idk seems Saturn might win theres guardian heroes, panzer dragon, Virtua cops, shmups, etc decathalon

[@miikasuominen3845]

Playstation 1 was a fantastic console. So many good memories there.

[@ShonenJump121]

I played Silent Hill about a year or two ago for the first time and its still haunting. I can think of few games where the technological limitations made the experience better in such a way that if it was made today it seemingly wouldn't be the same. The way the fog is used around you and encloses all your surroundings, the sound design itself has not aged one bit. Simply incredible for the time.

[@hollllllllz]

Amen!

[@SegaLordX]

I'd agree. That one was special.

[@MasterRoshi8974]

Double Amen

[@darkman4811]

I highly agree. I've played my fair share of survival horror games, but Silent Hill was the only one to give me a foreboding sense of dread and anxiety, and put me on constant edge like that game does. Plus, the low polygon count on the enemies made them seem more creepy and otherworldly because you didn't know what you are looking at. I'll never forget how scared I was with my journey to the elementary school for the first time. Silent Hill is truley an amazing game.

[@brynwhitlock62]

​​@@SegaLordX I had a PlayStation console and I have played almost all Silent Hill games up until this console generation. The first time I experienced Silent Hill was on a special demo disc basically revolving around horror games and similar games like that. And man, I can't begin to tell you how spooky and utterly the gameplay was. Right now, as I am typing this reply to you, I can tell you Konami really tried extremely hard to make me scared during the entire playthrough of that demo and they succeeded and then some! I eventually found the game a few years later and the most challenging part of the game?: the puzzles.🧩 I also enjoyed the various the amounts of time that you ran into the fog and found monsters and all sorts of different items scattered throughout the game as well. I am so grateful for the effort Konami put in and making all the locations and the monsters you would find and encounter them in. All the bosses were extremely tough too, though I found that you could change the game's difficulty from easy through to hard: I mostly played the game on the easy setting the first time I played through the whole game. I have yet to beat the game in hard mode so if you could tell what your experience was with the game in hard mode, I would greatly appreciate that opinion on how to tackle the game. AWESOME VIDEO SLX, this is an awesome top 10 PlayStation games list! I always watch your videos whenever they are uploaded and I have been playing video games since I was a little boy so I really enjoyed this video!! I've played all sorts of different consoles for over 26 years and I will continue to do so, because as it happens, I also enjoy all the retro content and I especially love playing vintage rare videogames from the 70's 80's and the 90's! Again awesome video dude, thankyou so much for these wonderful PlayStation games memories!!😊😊😎 Can't wait to see what your video is! :)

[@eponymous7910]

Loved Wipeout XL, Tony Hawk 2 and Crash Team Racing. The 5th and 6th console generations were something else!

[@captain_redpill8983]

Two games that I absolutely loved were urban chaos and parasite eve. Parasite eve was amazing and urban chaos was stupid fun!

[@GeordiLaForgery]

Street fighter EX plus alpha was my go to, and Parappa the Rapper. Kick punch it's all in the mind.

[@Naltddesha]

Pro Skater 2 and Crash Team Racing were indeed great games

[@Nick_Nightingale]

Wipeout XL is awesome. I still have the game from 1996.

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

Was playing POed and MDK really remembered how fuckin dope the PS1 is damn powerful for 1995

[@masterluke1986]

I loved Armored Core. The mechs, arcade action, customization (where most of your time is spent) soundtrack - such a great game.

[@zerocal76]

Have u checked out the newest one, Fires of Rubicon? Looks like the greatest mech game ever imo 🤓

[@krono5el]

As a Sega kid for life i gotta admit i had some good fun with warhawk, it was a solid game.

[@Fattydeposit]

The Greatest Console Of Them All

[@Chaz4543]

Yeah because it was the absolute peak of SquareSoft.

[@yeahyeahwowman8099]

​@@Chaz4543yeah also because of Namco, Capcom, Konami, Sony computer entertainment themselves.

[@mrterrychaos]

I got a console bundle that came with 2 controllers (the ones without analog sticks) and Crash Bandicoot 2, Tekken 2 and Gran Turismo. The memories of the startup sound and enjoying those games will live with me forever.

[@Aragorn7884]

Rival Schools is an honorable mention to me.

[@reggiebrown9508]

Silent Hill is the one game that truly scared me.

[@VicVein]

This channel always brings nostalgic charisma that many other retro gaming channels dont have.

[@Supersayainpikmin]

I'm really glad Silent Hill made the list. One of the absolute bests of the fifth generation.

[@MSorge13]

Agreed! It’s my favourite series.

[@troyshilanski380]

I was already 25 when it came out and saw it at my friends house. He only had tekken, blew me away as i had just blew 3000 bucks on a pentium. Sigh.

[@kingbaby8761]

Resident Evil, Metal Gear Solid, FF7, and so many other games on the system moved the bar so damn far up it will probably never be quite reached again. I think it was greatest system ever, and that's saying something.

[@graalcloud]

I mean N64 was doing things that were leaving those games in the dust, but I get what you mean... I think.

[@gameshack1985]

@@graalcloud you mean leaving them in the fog that the N64 displayed its games in? 😂😂

[@graalcloud]

@@gameshack1985 Silent Hill used the fog more than any game anyone has ever seen

[@MrSerpico145]

haha, for example? @@graalcloud

[@legendsflashback]

Ps1 vs Saturn top 10 video , Tekken 3 vs vf2, soul edge vs fighters megamix, resident evil vs deep fear, grand t vs Sega rally, crash vs nights, metal gear vs die hard, mech vs burning rangers, ssf2t vs sfa2 4mb, Doom vs duke nukem or powerslave, ff vs shining force 3...idk seems Saturn might win theres guardian heroes, panzer dragon, Virtua cops, shmups, etc decathalon

[@bencox5994]

Great video. I absolutely love seeing PS1 gameplay. Just something about it. Those chunky polygons, those textures. Love it

[@polycube868]

They have a charm to them, PS1 games have a really sharp clean look on a good CRT with S video.

[@roberto1519]

When video games didn't need to be "serious" and ultra realistic, some games tried but most just looked like fun video games.

[@graalcloud]

It looks pretty bad

[@HollowRick]

​@@graalcloudnot on a CRT

[@vacantseaofplanets]

Or a retrotink with a crt filter

[@jpa8880]

I always had respect for how you selected games to showcase in your videos, and once Rage Racer was shown early on, it solidified my respect for your channel. That game is I my top 5 favorite games of all PS games; sound direction, music the gritty graphics, and fun gameplay makes it the best in the series. Keep up the great work 👍

[@ldmun]

My favorite ps1 game of all time is and will always be Ridge Racer Type 4. I love everything about this game especially the soundtrack which i still listen to this day

[@Gatorade69]

Probably the best arcade racer on the system.

[@Leosworld1993]

Honestly SLX that was a brilliant video!! I literally just came downstairs after playing Ridge Racer on the PS1 put KZbin on and this video was waiting here for me! You picked some great games for your top 10 and I have to say I agree with your top pick resident evil!!! What a game!!! Awesome vid, all the best from the UK 🇬🇧

[@cwing1028]

Re1 is such a classic, I love everything about it, even the acting. I played this so many times when I first got a ps1……..because I didn’t have a memory card lol. The music too, gives me goosebumps.

[@Mrpartyallnight101]

NFS Hot Pursuit 3 is my all time fav NFS game. Played it so dang much!

[@lonreed9743]

Wow, I got mine day one. I also picked up MK3, Ridge Racer, and Battle Arena Toshinden. I loved all of them along with all the demo discs my friends and I played. My top 10-Silent Hill, Air Combat, Ridge Racer (series), Tekken, MK3/Trilogy, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Resident Evil, Philosoma, and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.

[@mich722]

My first games for the PSX were Street Fighter Alpha and Resident Evil. Going from the Mega Drive to this was mind-blowing at the time. Such a huge leap in graphics and sound. And a bit later when I played FFVII it felt like I was playing a character in a movie, I'd never experienced something so immersive like that before.

[@brianstollings6416]

Driver and Tenchu: Stealth Assassins were my personal favorites. My cousins and I played those games constantly.

[@HelghastMerc]

The great thing about the PS1 and it's massive library of great and solid titles, is that there are still games to try out that have stood the test of time. A couple of months ago, I tried out Star Ocean: The Second Story. I was instantly hooked and I played the game all the way to the end. Next month, the remake for Star ocean The Second Story will be coming out and I intend to purchase the game as soon as it is available.

[@roberto1519]

The PS just have a massive library and many of us need to dig that, specially many Japan exclusives and even PAL/US games that were released much later during the 00's to 02's craze that are hardly mentioned today. It also has many 2D games that are exclusive to the console.

[@HelghastMerc]

@@roberto1519 There are some fan translations, for some PS1 games. I am currently playing a fan translation of Tales of Phantasia, the PS1 version. I feel that the best JRPGs were from the PS1 era, and the second best era of JRPGs are from the Playstation 2 era. There was something special about JRPGs, from the PS1 years.

[@roberto1519]

The PS1 picked up right from where the SNES/SFC left off, this is the true SNES successor and all sequels went to the PS1 while the N64 went its separate ways. Yeah, that era is not only great for RPGs, but the best arcade, new genres and experimentations that went beyond what the industry is willing to take on from the PS3 era onwards. The PS2 continued the PS1 trend, sometimes it's hard to tell the PS1/PS2 apart from one another, they feel like extensions of each other, if we take into account that the PS2 can play all the PS1 library and consider that the PS3 (specially the fat original) is backwards compatible with these two previous consoles and you can play them in modern TVs in HDMI with a wireless controller, then this is probably the peak.

[@kpsk8031]

The Playstation was the necessary slap in the face for Nintendo and Sega. Thanks to the PS we received a lot of quality JRPGs in Europe. Nintendo and Sega did not care for RPG fans in Europe.

[@sonicmania9993]

Enjoyed the video! I always enjoy personal top 10 lists like this, and I see quite a few in the comments as well, which are fun to read. Though Saturn & Dreamcast have always been my favorite consoles, the fact that each of them was short-lived means that the long-lived PS1 has (in my opinion) the best game library of any single console. So much to play, and I still go back to PS1 just as often as I do to Saturn/Dreamcast today. My Top 11 PS1 list only shares two games with SLX... couldn't figure out which game to drop to get down to 10. Alphabetically: - Ape Escape - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - FF7 - FF9 - Klonoa - R4: Ridge Racer Type-4 - Spyro 1 - Suikoden II - Tomb Raider - Wipeout XL - Xenogears My other two favorite genres, shmups and fighters, don't have any PS1 games that measure up to my Top 11 list. My fave PS1 shmups are Raystorm & Einhander; favorite PS1 fighters are Soul Edge/Blade and Tekken 2|3 -- they're all Top 20 or 30 on PS1.

[@ElricSowrd]

I like the first Resident Evil, but I choose the original RE2 over RE1 for how well the Story Events were properly executed. Since the original RE2, I like how peoples' story point of view are happening at the same time, including games like Tenchu 2.

[@MarMaxGaming]

Awesome Top 10 idea, exciting stuff!

[@eoumii]

I thoroughly enjoyed watching this video. Your presentation of the games, narration, and allowing for gameplay to be watched really brought this whole video together. Great job!

[@turismofoegaming8806]

I played and beat silent hill the summer it came out when I was 14 years old! To this very day, it is one of my most nostalgic memories in gaming just for the sheer fact of being absolutely blown away for the capabilities of that game at the time as well as the shocking tone and atmospheric artistry at work!! But it was the absolutely eerie feeling of isolation and being alone and scared that that game gave you while playing it late at night by yourself in your room in the dark, that made it all too memorable.. No wonder a black label copy goes for over $200

[@kevins8071]

I know it’s not in your list. But I recommend Alundra. A very underrated Zelda like JRPG.

[@cwells7285]

looking at all these gems on a 4k tv makes me long for my old CRT

[@SegaLordX]

This generation of consoles almost demand a CRT with real hardware. You can upscale 8 and 16-bit games to look fine on modern displays, but this early polygon stuff doesn't come off the same. Upscaling and modern tech almost make them look worse because they show every crappy texture, funky polygon, and the countless jaggies clearer than ever.

[@HollowRick]

​@@SegaLordXmy thoughts exactly

[@blknmild]

4:07 Man oh man, them sweet sweet jungle beats! Great list dude! ALSO, thanks for giving Silent HIll 1 its flowers! So many people overlook that game in favor of part 2

[@Slowgroovin]

Probably about time to branch out into other classic systems more. Covered just about everything Sega related. Personally, I enjoyed multiple systems back in the day. They all had their pros and cons.

[@HollowRick]

Same especially during the 6th generation playstation 2 Xbox and Gamecube all had something different to offer

[@cloudtx]

Great to see some love for the PS1 from you man. The PS1 is my favorite all-time console and I love your content so this is a match made in heaven for me! Great picks btw! RE1, RE2, Ace Combat 2 and Silent Hill are all absolute classics. RE1 is my favorite as well! I hope you consider doing more stuff PS1-related in the future.

[@mich722]

Great selection!

[@GeorgeWeeman]

If Resident Evil, and Final Fantasy had a baby, they would of created Parasite Eve. What a great blend of horror, and fantasy! I played the Hell out of it when I was a teenager, and it still looks great today. Of the Final Fantasies, my favorit one was the one you didn't mention, and that was Final Fantasy VIII. I remember booting that up for the first time, and how the opening movie and song really grabbed me, and gave me cold chills! Still my favorite opening movie to and RPG! As far as favorite RPG for the PS1, I have 2 that I can't decide which is my favorite, and them being Lunar SSSC, and Brigandine. Lunar had such a beautiful story, and soundtrack! Still today, it's the only game that made me tear up at the end! I've always been a fan of tactical rpgs, and nothing scratched that itch quite like Brigandine did. You had 5 countries to choose from, so it gave you lots of reasons to replay it. The stories were kind of shallow, but it made up for it with very addictive combat, and strategic gameplay. If you are into tactical rpgs, similar to Fire emblem, or Shining Force, and you mix a little Risk in there, then you will know what to expect. For it's time, there was really nothing like it!

[@MasaCheez]

It's almost like your birthday when Sega Lord X posts a new video 😁😜

[@mybrainmelted]

FFIX is really an underrated gem. the amount it pushed the hardware for in-game graphics was astounding.

[@LM-en4hz]

underrated? thats the wrong word to use. its one of the highest rated PSX games of all time and sold a shit ton of copies. Suikoden, Wild Arms, Brave Fencer Musashi, those are underrated gems.

[@mybrainmelted]

@@LM-en4hz nobody talked or cared about it until the past few years

[@58jharris]

@@mybrainmelted 9 has nice graphics but 7 has a better story and better characters. I do like 9 better than 8 though. I don't care much for that one.

[@Jukeboksi]

Agreed. FFIX came out right at the end of the PSX’s lifespan and shortly after the PS2 and FFX would be out leaving IX in the dust a bit. Hard to say if it’s still underrated, but it’s so easy to come back to it once a year or so and replay it and fall in love again.

[@mybrainmelted]

@@Jukeboksi yeah underrated was more of a figure of speech, the ratings were good. i meant under-appreciated, since it has always lived in the shadow of vii. and the sales are dwarfed in comparison to x which as mentioned was released shortly after. i was not a big fan of viii either but i think there is so much to appreciate about ix, i love it a lot and always have. obviously i love vii too, spent many nights up late in 7th grade racing and breeding a good chocobo but never beat ruby/emerald weapons, lol.

[@markula_4040]

Some games I want to mention not highlighted in this video are the Medal of Honor, Tenchu, Driver and Mega Man Legend (plus X4) games. I also played many different Street Fighter games including the underrated EX1 to death on the PS1 seeing how close they came to arcade perfect.

[@brianstollings6416]

Tenchu was so damn good. I bought a PS1 again in 2021 just to be able to play that game.

[@aceassn716]

I dont like sports…. No one does…

[@jamesdayton2598]

medal of honor was soooooo much fun!!!! Miss it.

[@Granulum]

Good list and props for pointing out Rage Racer which is truly an underrated gem. But man, how is Vigilante 8 not the GOAT car combat game?

[@IkariMetalSlugger]

What's really cool about the PS1 library is that it has so many great games that it's allowed people to have different experiences from it. So you can see people making top 10 game lists for PS1 that are different but still composed of games where you're like 'yeah, I can definitely see why somebody would put that in their top spots.'

[@anglo-saxonconnor817]

I love the tecmo deception series on the ps1. Kagero was real fun on it.

[@roberto1519]

Almost no one talks about these games, they had a sequel for the PS2 and I believe the Vita/PS4 also had two more, I think some of these are Japan-only, though.

[@GeorgeWeeman]

Tecmo Deception was so underrated! I played the Hell out of that game!

[@de-smikkelbeer]

So nice to see rage racer get some love. Fantastic game, absolutely loved the ost. That menu music😍

[@SegaLordX]

I spent hours in the paint mode making my own emblems. I had a Batmobile, a 49ers themed ride, and even a Sega Saturn sponsored car.

[@de-smikkelbeer]

​@SegaLordX How nice! I tried to make the emblem of my favorite soccer team too. Didn't do too well though...😅😅 Also loved formula 1 '97 and destruction derby. So many memories. Thank you for all the fine content and all the best from the Netherlands.

[@DrBizz]

This is awesome to see Gerry, great stuff man. Totally understand the excitement of getting it going for the first time, and it looks like it took an impressive amount of work. Cheers man.

[@BB-te8tc]

You're absolutely right that the branching paths in Resident Evil were a huge part of the appeal, especially back in the day when the internet wasn't mainstream. I played the game back in the day on the Saturn strictly with a Bradygames walkthrough book and I had no idea you could do things like not rescue the other character until I got confident enough in my abilities to play the game on my own.

[@stephenschenider4007]

Born in 86 the Genesis was my first console but honestly the PS1 came at a better time for me maturity wise. I was old enough to start to really appreciate games better. And man o man what a time to come of age playing games. I'm sure many in the chat have similar experiences. I will never forget the wow factor playing Tomb Raider 1.

[@gcforreal]

Same born in 87 first console was hand me down nes, then genesis shortly after and a few years later a PS1, twisted metal , Tekken , crash bandicoot, gran Turismo tomb raider 2 ,tony hawk man the ps1 was golden

[@HollowRick]

I was born in 92 but the PlayStation 1 holds so many memories for me.. watching my older brother play resident evil 2 and metal gear solid when I was 6 years old and he was 14 it's still as clear as day me watching him run out of the labs as the timer was going down. Or when he unlocked the biker outfit and seeing him the fight liquid snake on top of the metal gear in hand to hand combat was epic as hell

[@britneyspearsvillarosa]

I was born in 1985. My first two gaming consoles were the NES and super NES my dad knew somebody at Nintendo of America back in 1990 so I got them cheap and I got the SNES a year before it was released here in the US

[@mich722]

Similar for me, the jump from Mega Drive to PSX was mind-blowing at the time! Going from Sonic to something like Resident Evil is hard to describe today.

[@davidglad]

'85 myself. So my parents started us on the NES and SNES, while 92 was the best Xmas ever getting the Genesis. Wanted the Saturn, but parents of course got the N64 which truthfully was a ton of playable games. Though between PSX being popular while I was in middle school and starting high school, was only a matter of time until I bought the PSX and embraced many of those games and even get the PocketStation handhelds. While the final gaming console I will probably ever get was the dreamcast. Actually after it was quite cheap on eBay WITH a keyboard and mouse in the one I successfully bid on

[@bazdaniels7420]

Great to hear your report on your fav PS games! FFIX has my favorite FF music although I've never played that game (yet). I love that Twisted Metal 2 made the list!! That shit was SOOO much fun, I always used the pink convertible flame throwing BADASS !

[@Gatorade69]

In my Opinion FFIX is the best Final Fantasy. It's a definite love letter to the older games in the series. Graphics, music and story were all great. I do really enjoy 7 too but 9 edges it out.

[@FrMZTsarmiral]

Glad to see RE1 in the first place. While not my all time PS1 favorite, I feel like way too many times it gets overlooked by its remake and RE2. Quake, Mario 64 and Tomb Raider were great but RE1 was also genius with how it made such a complete experience during the early days of 3d console gaming.

[@NaikaVideo]

A fantastic Top Ten Mel. Hope you'll do reviews of each of these games at some point. Cheers!

[@Qba86]

A side note. Alone in the Dark usually only gets mentioned nowadays as the less successful predecessor to Resident Evil. As far as survival horros go, that's probably true. However, in the 90s it also spawned an whole host of atmospheric tank control adventure games. Most of them are now forgotten, but there are some real gems there, like Knight's Chase, Time Commando, The City of Lost Children or one of my all-time favourites, Little Big Adventure.

[@NinjaxShadowXx]

I love the PlayStation 1 in another life I would have loved to see SEGA and Sony team up for the PS1 after the deal with Nintendo fell through. Just imagine a system that was a Sega Saturn/PlayStation 1 device Sega would most likely still be around after that success for sure.

[@lazarushernandez5827]

I can imagine on that timeline; -Sega does not release the 32X, -Sega does not spend as much in the hardware arena because Sony is splitting the cost with them. -Sega would have provided some input into the hardware design that Sony missed; like having more built in memory so it didn't suffer with certain ports (Marvel vs Streetfighter for example) -Sega would have applied its pioneering work with 3d in the Arcade with console as well...

[@innercritic5879]

All the games chosen I remember fondly and agree with. Great choices and great video. Makes me want to replay them all.

[@parappatherapper4141]

Surprised you didn't even mention the Crash Bandicoot trilogy, some of the best playing and looking games ever made for the system. Nice video as always, I grew up with the console and didn't expect some of them in a top 10 list.

[@Revenant_Knight]

I loved Rage Racer. Still play it from time to time.

[@TacoDiceCosas]

This is my favorite console of all time. Such an amazing library, a list like this is gonna be so much different depending who you ask. A lot of amazing games. Certanly, you can do not wrong with any of the other consoles. What an amazing generation.

[@roberto1519]

Being your favorite of "all time" actually means you went ahead to the end of time and came back and you're 100% no other piece of hardware can ever surpass your favoritism for the PS1? That's amazing!

[@gipgap4]

@@roberto1519you had to be “that” guy didn’t you.

[@MrThunderwing]

Resident Evil 2, Tekken 3 and (the visually superior version of) WipEout 2097 were the games that eventually made me jump ship from the Saturn to the PS1 and, even though I was a die hard Sega fan, I didn't regret the decision one bit. Later games like Metal Gear Solid, R-Type Delta, Wip3out and Ridge Racer Type 4 just made me love Sony's console even more.

[@Nemo71340]

This was my favorite as a kid. I had a n64 and a Saturn as well, but so many great games on playstation. I played it way more than even the n64 I had.

[@ShadowXeldron]

I've recently nabbed myself a PSX and the only two games I have for it are Rayman and FF9. I've ordered a memory card so that I can actually play the latter.

[@vladimirdolapchev2226]

I would always put the original Resident Evil over RE 2. Atmosphere is way better, there's a sense of mystery and there's always a shortage of amo, unlike in the next games, as they became more action oriented.

[@Logan912]

Resident Evil 1 gives you more than enough ammo to kill every enemy. Granted, it's still not as ridiculous as RE2's ammo though.

[@streetmagik3105]

Being a SEGA kid I got the Saturn during the May 95 early release and the PS wasn't even on my radar until about a month before it released. I did get it at launch after playing a couple games on a Japanese system at a local game shop.

[@jayesun3420]

Here's that outside of the box episode ideas that I love from you.keep up the amazing work

[@Psmgamer]

Metal Gear Solid definitely was a experience when I played the game as a teenager. Silent Hill was my time playing a survivor horror on PlayStation since my mom wouldn't let me buy Resident Evil cause of the cover. Needless to say Silent Hill was scary where to go into the school and get attacked by ghost children with knifes and the bathroom stall where you hear a scream.

[@peterbruin5154]

Ace Combat 2 is arguably my favourite Ps1 and soundtrack. You need to change the controls to 'expert' to get the most out of it however. Allows you to roll rather than yaw side to side.

[@mbizzlesnizz]

I too was wooed initially by MK3. I was totally an arcade / mall rat, and I longed for “arcade perfect” ports. When I saw the game boxes on the shelf at my local mall’s “Electonics Boutique” I knew I’d have to have one. I worked for months at my dad’s tv repair shop to earn enough money to buy one and my parents stepped in and bought me one for my birthday (in exchange for about $150 worth of hours I worked at my dad’s shop) and mk3. I had it early on and was a early unpaid hype man for my peer group - showing off the system to my teenage friends.

[@spursdynasty7378]

I was a big Saturn fan till I saw NFL GameDay at my brothers house. That game blew anything Madden had ever released, in fact that was the only year Madden didn’t bother to release a football game till this day ! I’ve been a big PlayStation fan since with the PS1 being my favorite system before 2000 ! My favorite games are the NFS series,Crash series, Metal Gear, Tekken & Ridge Racer series and Point Blank series as my favorites . Tons of great fight games as well especially Bloody Roar, Dead or Alive, Nightmare Creatures, Tomba,Einhander, Tenchu,Syphon Filter and Ace Combat, Metal of Honor series great racing games like Road Rash, Grand Turismo,Jet Moto , Driver and Porche Challenge.Didn’t play any rpgs at the time !

[@maroon9273]

Sony used the snes and genesis 3rd party gaming library strategy and gave us one if the greatest video games of all times.

[@fedupN]

FFIX! YESSSS! My overall favorite of the series. Got me through some periods of depression in my life. Also love a few others on your list like Twisted Metal 2 and Symphony of the Night. Throw on Soul Reaver for me, even if took me coming BACK to it and Blood Omen years later to buy them and actually make progress.

[@xestore]

good video, good picks. I think many of us would like to see more vids with your take on ps1 related stuff.

[@rickylovesyou]

Should do more ps videos, it was the most influential and important era for modern gamimg, the creativity and innovation still echoes to this day.

[@mattb6522]

The fifth console generation was truly amazing! Sony knew they were in for an uphill battle against Sega and Nintendo, but they really became a force to be reckoned in the gaming industry! I loved the PS1 and still it has such a vast library of incredible games that I still enjoy! I know many of the 3D games may not have aged particularly well and feel quite clunky now, but a lot of them are still quite fun despite all that! The only thing is SCEA did make that bone-headed decision in the early years of the PS1 to try and prevent 2D games from releasing on the console. I know they were trying to show off the 3D capabilities of the system, but I would have loved to see more 2D games on the PS1 over here in the US. Thank goodness there were exceptions and the US was able to at least get such 2D gems as Castlevania SotN and Mega Man X4!

[@miamimagicians]

Really in 1995 nobody was playing the PlayStation or the Saturn. Everybody was still madly in love with the Sega genesis and super Nintendo. Should I think the super Nintendo and Sega genesis should’ve really going on until at least 1997 they were on such a good run and could’ve handled games, like street fighter, alpha, etc..

[@SegaLordX]

I can tell you unequivocally that everyone I knew was playing both the Saturn and Playstation in 1995. And that includes co-workers that gamed.

[@megavolt67]

@@SegaLordX Actually, the sales numbers support what miamimagicians is saying, at least for the US and Japan combined (don't know about Europe and other regions). No doubt a lot of people were playing Saturn and Playstation, but 16-bit game sales were still dominating in 1995 and SNES was the best selling console over Playstation and Saturn. In 1996 the 16-bit console sales dropped off and gaming sales were more split. Then by 1997 the 32-bit gen had fully taken over every which way.

[@SegaLordX]

I'm aware of the numbers but 100's of thousands of new owners isn't what I'd label as "nobody".

[@Adamtendo_player_1]

I was still playing my Mega Drive back in 1995 but I definitely wanted a Saturn or PlayStation at the time because the Mega Drive was extremely dated and obsolete at this time but I would eventually choose the PlayStation when it became clear the PlayStation had the better games snd its price point pretty much sealed Sega’s fate in that generation not that I didn’t play any Saturn games as I knew 2 people who owned one but most people I knew had a Nintendo 64 or PlayStation.

[@heavyaccept]

Nice video! I have many great memories by this great game console! NFS III, Driver, GTA, Metal Gear Solid, Gran Turismo, Resident Evil, Tekken, Tomb Raider and many other great Games...

[@itskittyme]

Coming from the cartridges era, with lots of playtime on the SEGA MEGADRIVE, suddenly owning a Playstation was like entering a whole new world, it were epic times. It felt like such a big revolution overnight.

[@bigdoggy6650]

Top 10: Vagrant Story Front Mission 3 Tekken 3 Megaman Legends 2 Nightmare Creatures Dragon Valour Crash team racing Rival Schools Metal Gear Solid Metal Slug X.

[@legendsflashback]

Ps1 vs Saturn top 10 video , Tekken 3 vs vf2, soul edge vs fighters megamix, resident evil vs deep fear, grand t vs Sega rally, crash vs nights, metal gear vs die hard, mech vs burning rangers, ssf2t vs sfa2 4mb, Doom vs duke nukem or powerslave, ff vs shining force 3...idk seems Saturn might win theres guardian heroes, panzer dragon, Virtua cops, shmups, etc decathalon

[@fatherdom7619]

Some of the games on ps1 were amazing looking. Especially for a 32bit console. It was definitely rivaling the n64 in graphic fidelity.

[@graalcloud]

It definitely wasn't.

[@robmoye7373]

Yeah the blurry filtered textures looked like ass on the N64.

[@graalcloud]

@@robmoye7373 PS couldn't even render them as well as Saturn, the textures look all wobbly

[@robmoye7373]

@@graalcloud none of them looked great, but N64 looks especially bad. Just my opinion, not fact or anything. Just game consoles ffs.

[@graalcloud]

@@robmoye7373 Yeah I would have to disagree, Playstation looks worse than anything else out there. N64 having texture filtering put it ahead of PC hardware at launch even.

[@bradnimbus4836]

Hey, man. Just wanted to come by to say that even though I don't comment or like every video, your stuff is very appreciated. Keep up the good work.

[@SegaLordX]

I appreciate that! Thanks.

[@wizzgamer]

Great list liked the fact you put ypur own stamp on it.

[@dapperfan44]

My top ten PS1 games (couldnt be more obvious what my favorite genre is) 1. Crash Bandicoot 2 2. Spyro the Dragon 3. Klonoa Door to Phantomile 4. Ape Escape 5. Parappa the Rapper 6. Crash Bandicoot 3 7. Spyro the Dragon 2 8. Armored Core 9. RayStorm 10. Intelligent Qube

[@PhilipMarcYT]

Surprised he didn't mention Crash or Spyro, they were the mascots of PlayStation.

[@dapperfan44]

@PhilipMarcYT I didn't expect him to because I think he prefers arcade style games, like the Saturn's general library.

[@polycube868]

@dapperfan44 your favorite genre is my favorite genre as well.

[@sonicmania9993]

Nice! Sypro, Klonoa, and Ape Escape are in my top 10 as well, and Spyro 2 and Raystorm in my top 20. Crash games fun as well. So many great games in your favorite genre during 5th and 6th gen...

[@dapperfan44]

​@sonicmania9993 Facts. My favorite PS1 games that don't quite hit the top ten are Spyro 3, Crash 1, Team Racing and Bash, Croc 1, Pong, Um Jammer Lammy, Tomba, Tekken 3, Rayman 2* *although I prefer the PS2 version. I just wanted to give a shout out to Rayman.

[@stephenschenider4007]

1. Metal Gear Solid 2. Final Fantasy VII 3. Tomb Raider. 4. Tenchu Stealth Assassins 5. Gran Turismo 6. Tekken 2 7. Twisted Metal 8. Crash Bandicoot 9. Lunar Silver Star Story 10. Courier Crisis (Its a long story)

[@thecunninlynguist]

well actusllllly lunar 2 is eternal blue

[@stephenschenider4007]

You are right haha. Sorry its been two decades. @@thecunninlynguist

[@thecunninlynguist]

just messing with you EB is fun, but i loved SSSC@@stephenschenider4007

[@legendsflashback]

Ps1 vs Saturn top 10 video , Tekken 3 vs vf2, soul edge vs fighters megamix, resident evil vs deep fear, grand t vs Sega rally, crash vs nights, metal gear vs die hard, mech vs burning rangers, ssf2t vs sfa2 4mb, Doom vs duke nukem or powerslave, ff vs shining force 3...idk seems Saturn might win theres guardian heroes, panzer dragon, Virtua cops, shmups, etc decathalon, Daytona, last Bronx

[@Adamtendo_player_1]

Favourite PS1 games 1 Ridge Racer 2 Smackdown 2 Know your Role 3 Street Fighter Ex Plus Alpha 4 Destruction Derby 5 Doom 6 Tekken 1 7 Tekken 2 8 Wrestlemania The arcade game 9 Ridge Racer Revolution 10 Mortal Kombat Trilogy I wasn’t into RPGs or any other genres.

[@spankrocketgaming294]

the best console from the 90s besides the genesis. i still play some ps1 games emulated on duckstation. it just goes to show that gameplay is better than graphics anyday

[@rambledogs2012]

I remember back when I was house sharing and one of the lads had bought a PS1 that had just come out in the UK. He had an NBA game playing and I was gobsmacked at how realistic it looked, especially being able to see the reflection of the players in the shiny floor. I was hooked from there, bought one and spent many hours playing FFVII until 5 or 6am, going to bed for two hours then heading to work. Resident Evil was also a standout especially the first time the dogs come crashing through the pictures hung on the wall, iirc. Good times.

[@Virus_of_positivity]

First, and to this day, I'm surprised Bandi Namco hasn't brought Tekken 3 to modern consoles. It's the best of the old school Tekkens

[@williamg3165]

FINAL FANTASY 7 DIDN’T MAKE THE TOP 10? Bro, what gives?

[@RyuAkiga]

Loved the Playstation and Sega saturn Era! Awesome episode!

[@HisVirusness]

I've always preferred Red Asphalt over the Twisted Metal games. People have said that it's just a metal and D&D version of Mario Kart, and... that's why.

[@KesMonkey]

If you were aware of the PSX, then it was "on your radar". That's what the expression means. :)

[@SegaLordX]

Meaning to buy and support it.

[@clearspira]

Controversial opinion time: I do not think that PS1 games have aged as well as SNES and Genesis games have. And I think the problem is two-fold. 1) Those early polygon graphics were rough and nasty in a way that perfected sprite graphics were not and 2) The early CD technology had atrocious loading times. Anyone who grew up in this era knows that ''loading bar'' was code for ''get up and have a piss.''

[@thecunninlynguist]

the PS sprite games are lovely

[@joeyjo-joshabadu9636]

I'm not sure that's a hot take these days lol

[@clearspira]

@@joeyjo-joshabadu9636 You're probably right lol. But i'm old, I remember the days when civil wars were started over ''bits''.

[@matthewmangan6251]

Disagree, it’s mainly the dull and awkward games that look ugly, low-poly graphics done right have a lot of charm Pixel Art is an entirely different aesthetic

[@sonicmania9993]

I personally love the early polygon (and fake polygon) aesthetic of PS1 and other contemporary games. Looks great to me, and I always associate it with such joyful times gaming ... and to this day prefer it to late PS2 and PS3 era graphics (which for me were less joyful times gaming, with fewer games I loved). That being said... I understand the standard argument that these graphics haven't aged well. I think you'll find most people would agree with you.

[@Soynereh]

Love the ps1. 2d, 3d, long adventures, quick arcades. Excellent library.

[@gameshack1985]

Really unique top 10. Completely different to what mine would be but that’s the beauty of gaming!

[@DrMuhannad86]

What is your top 10?

[@gameshack1985]

@DrMuhannad86 would need time to compile it.....but it would no doubt be dominated by RPGs along with MGS and GT/GT2.

[@Trancymind]

The first console that I bought from my pocket in 1998 with Resident Evil and Tomb Raider. What a great 3 picks. Fun fact- Before I bought Resident Evil and Tomb Raider, I never saw any previews nor advice from anybody. The only thing I forgot to buy was the memory card. Lol! I currently own 13 consoles. My favorite game for the PS 1 is Metal Gear Solid.

[@Wetwilly87]

It’s funny that when you remember certain things like for example playing certain games like MG1, Twisted Metal 2, Gran Turismo, you also remember what type of music you were listening to back then. I remember vividly listening to Korn, Limp Bizkit albums over and over again on my boom box while playing these games, and when I see gameplay of these games now I start thinking of those bands songs.

[@mekman4]

Great Stuff, as always!

[@yvangascogne]

Excellent playlist !

[@neilthomas6042]

Owned both and preferential the Saturn, but this video made me realise what good games were on the system. The trouble is that I can’t remember what I played bar a few titles.

[@Tweaked818]

I was a baby when i was gifted the ps one (slim model). I was still rocking the ps1 even though the ps2 was out

[@mtshark7]

Nice picks man!

[@Kordian459]

My PSX experience was made mostly by fighting games. Tekken 2 and 3, Kensei and Dead Or Alive. But probably the two games I loved most were Bushido Blade and Tenchu.

[@martindominka]

As a PS1 kid I am really happy that you made this video and included NFS3,which is such an underratted game.

[@bmac2814]

That was the first need for speed I played all the time. I played the 2nd NFS on PS1 a good bit, but I poured hours into Hot Pursuit. I was a Nintendo 64 kid but I loved my Playstation 1. NFS, Mega Man 8. Resident evil 1 and 3 (2 I had on n64), I played those about as much as I did any of the n64 games I had.

[@martindominka]

Nice man :) I always wanted to have N64 when I was a bit older but never got it until about 2 years back when I finally purchased it :) And I am also glad to hear that you are a Resi Evil fan as well :)@@bmac2814

[@joeschmoe6908]

It's a great game, I think nfs 4 is even better though. People seem to love nfs porsche unleashed but to me it was unplayable.

[@martindominka]

Yeah I agree that the 4th part was even better.Porsche was okay but nothing special to me@@joeschmoe6908