Watching those guys on Sky One and then playing as them right after was how I spent pretty much every Saturday morning. Pile-driving opponents through tables, brawling in the carpark; this was the real deal!
Tables, ladders, and chairs matches were the best, as were tag-team matches with mates. Well, players control a chap named Rion who has suddenly developed psychic abilities. Rion has zero weapons apart from his Psychic powers. Colony Wars takes the 44th spot in this list of the best PS1 games of all time! This game is one for the Rogue Squadron fans out there.
Wield EMP cannons, fire torpedos, and blast enemy fighters out of the sky as you bring peace to the galaxy. As with Lylat Wars, different actions result in different paths between levels. Year of the Dragon boasts mini games for the first time. Yes; Spyro in a mini game; obviously I lost my freaking mind when this came out! The third and final game in the original bunch came with groovier music, slick graphics, and tonnes of new characters and features for gamers to sink their claws into.
And instead of just following the same form as the first two titles, Year of the Dragon felt more like a Nintendo platform game. Play as different characters, complete missions, and trade items for gems with Moneybags the Bear. Will you reach high with Sheila the Kangaroo or take Spyro for a swim without fear of drowning? Take a trip back to where it all began with the next title on our list of the best PS1 games — Resident Evil.
Step into Racoon City, a city swarming with zombies and horrifying creatures that would like nothing better than to eat you alive. Ok, so it might look a little raw these days. Players take control of a special operative sent to determine what happened to the city. Enter Jill Valentine and Chris Redfield, the chosen characters who must uncover what really went down in a secret genetics laboratory.
If one thing Resident Evil is known for is its zombies, then the other is its array of guns. Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped takes the 41st spot in this list of the best PS1 games ever made! Released in , this is perhaps one of the toughest Crash games in the series. Warped follows straight on from the events of Crash Bandicoot 2. Dr Neo Cortex and the vengeful Aku Aku are back to cause havoc once again, and Crash has to stop them from getting crystals and enslaving the minds of the people.
Play as Crash or Coco as you leap over holes, collect apples, spin enemies, and try to stay alive. The music still sets my feet tapping and puts me in a great mood. How insane is that. Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assasins takes the 40th spot on our list of the best PS1 games of all time! Well, this prequel to the original classic title sees players controlling the trained killers as teens. The story follows Rikimaru and Ayame while learning their craft from Ninja Masters. Like many of the following third-person PS1 games in this list, stealth is the key to both winning and surviving.
Tenchu 2 has a great level editor too. If you liked Mario Maker but want to see lots more swords and blood, then creating your own stealth-based ninja-battle levels should prove to be pretty fun! The game follows a plot line very similar to the film. All of the same bad guys and many of the same places feature, though gamers can now use Mace Windu and unlock other characters such as Captain Panaka and Darth Maul.
Many levels have jumping puzzles to overcome, putting those midichlorians to the test while traversing different stages. Some levels require piloting crafts, and most involve using R1 to deflect and take down Droidikas and other enemies from the film. It is a winner in my book, however, and Star Wars fans should certainly give it a try. German readers may well be wondering where the one-handed sword is or what part it could play in a spaceship game. Well, the name refers to the fighter jets large manipulator arm, giving it the impression of being a fencer reader to strike.
While classed as 2. The ships are used by kamikaze pilots in a battle between a colony on the moon with a colony on the earth. Players must square up against their own superiors in order to bring peace. Jumping Flash! Robbit the robot rabbit first bounced into our lives back in He, along with the game itself, are often credited as championing 3D gaming on home consoles. Whether you care about impressive accolades or not, Jumping Flash!
Imagine, if you will, a first person Space Station Silicon Valley. The graphics might look a little dated now, but this was cutting edge stuff back in the day! Critics praised the groundbreaking success of this game and the immersive action spread across each of the 18 levels. It still holds the world record for being the first true 3D platform game too. One took me absolutely ages to find pictures and links for, so the least you can do is stick around to learn a little more about it.
Just lots of singular PS1 games, and none of them One! On the contrary, One is an epic game that requires brains to beat. I always used to hate the long load times with PS1 games, though One never had that problem.
It used asynchronous loading to keep gameplay flowing, leaving players to pump enemies full of lead and figure out clever ways of staying alive. The main character wakes up with an arm missing. With only a tattoo of a barcode on his neck, players must try to keep the mysterious fighter alive long enough to find out who he is.
One looks and plays like a PS2 game. Bushido Blade takes the 35th spot on our list of the best PS1 games ever made! Square Squaresoft feature a heck of a lot in this article. Imagine Mortal Kombat with Ninja Swords. Matches in Bushido Blade are like playing a game of chess. A single move could prove fatal, and while the rounds may last a long time, the gory deaths are pretty quick and brutal to watch. Players feel every hack and slash in this game, as do the characters. Unlike Mortal Kombat or Street Fighter, there is no time limit or health bar.
One strike really is enough to defeat an opponent if timed right. Characters can be wounded with certain hits, leaving them to hobble or crawl. R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 is the perfect title for recreating arcade feels in the living room. Players choose one of four imaginary teams and car makes from four different countries before going for gold in different races. As with titles such as Burnout and Need for Speed, new cars and upgrades are unlocked as players progress through the game.
There are main cars to unlock in total, with a final car based on a certain famous dot-eating arcade character arriving as a bonus vehicle thereafter. Where would I put them? Ridge Racer fans will already love the hi-octane corner taking and drifting past opponents, and PS1 fans in general should give this game a go. Find a JogCon and experience this game with total control.
Spider-Man wall-crawls into the 33th spot in our list of the best PS1 games of all time! As a marvel nerd anyway, anything with Spider-Man is usually on my radar. But playing as Spidey for the first time with voice actors from the original cartoon series — well that just blew my mind! Spideys out to clear his name after being mistaken for a criminal. Narration from the one and only Stan Lee, the opportunity to unlock comic book covers, swinging through cities; the Spider-Man video game has it all.
Compared to Miles Morales, one of the best PS5 games , this much simpler adventure feels more like a comic book outing and less like a motion picture. Twisted Metal 2 takes the 32nd spot in our list. And when I put it like that, it suddenly becomes one of the best games ever, right?
Ruined husks of Moscow, New York, Holland, and other countries around the globe serve as proving grounds in this no-holds barred battle game.
Like current deathmatch games such as Fortnite, the last plater standing is the winner. Items and weapons are scattered around each of the battle arenas for players to collect. Nothing beats plowing over your mates in a tank…and I mean nothing! As a self-proclaimed sci-fi nerd, the Phantom Menace game was like a dream come true.
Wielding lightsabers on a federation ship, solving puzzles in Naboo, traversing the underwater Gungan city; it all happens in this epic playable version of the film. Fighting with Lightsabers in 3D was the closest I could come to being a Jedi back in One of the best bits about this title is how in depth each of the levels are. Lucas Arts could well have made a simple Star Wars title, though they went to great efforts to add engaging NPC dialogue into the game and areas for players to explore.
These explain what other characters may have been up to while other scenes were playing out. Rest assured, this is a cleverly made and well thought out Star Wars game for the ultimate Jedi-wannabe.
They should have renamed the console the PlaySquare! As with the other games in the canon, it champions turn-based battles and RPG plotlines that George R. R Martin could only dream of conjuring up. Featuring an unknown world, a futuristic sorceress, romance, action, and gigantic monster, FFVIII is a stunning game for players to sink their teeth into. It has everything that one might expect from a Final Fantasy game. Spyro games have a timeless feel to them that make them popular with gamers everywhere.
Watch his colour as he indicates how much life Spyro has left. Bottled butterflies act a little like a bottled fairy in Zelda, giving Spyro an extra life. The enemies, buildings, and scenery are quintessentially Spyro. Glide to hidden areas, ram bad guys, and get that perfect gem-collecting score on every level. Pilot all kinds of crafts from the Star Wars franchise including X-Wings as you take down Tie Interceptors in the heart of space.
This game rules! Chase phantom ties and defend Rebels from obliteration at the hands of the Empire. Unsurprisingly, the game was huge commercial success.
Besides the gameplay, the game score was phenomenal and, true to every Star Wars film, had us humming and whistling along in no time. The controls are a little skittish at times, but the PS1 port is like watching a 4K video compared to the PC version. Parasite Eve roars into the 27th spot on this list of the best PS1 games of all time, accompanied by Bring Me The Horizon playing at full volume!
Gameplay follows a similar pattern to Pokemon, albeit without the fluffy monsters and a load of burning bodies instead. Aya encounters battles at random while walking over certain areas and can dodge and attack in a turn-based system. Check out how good the graphics look too. This game looks well ahead of its time and plays like a PS2 title. Still, playing the game again after completion brings a new mode with a new level filled with battles to test your wits against.
Xenogears takes the 26th spot on our list, adding to the ever growing number of Square titles compiled here. Players begin by exploring the world of Ignas, working alongside other characters and utilising information from NPCs to find, collect, and battle their way to victory. Turn-based battles are the name of the game in Xenogears.
Gamers control Fei Fong Wong as he tries to remember who he is while teaming up with other interesting folk from different parts of the region.
Expect reincarnation, magic, upgradable skills, and every other desirable trait one might find in a Square game. Fans of Nintendo favourite F-Zero X will love the first game in our list. Wipeout has some incredible Star Wars inspired futuristic vehicles and is the second instalment of the series. This futuristic racer is faster and more dangerous than the original game. This one dispenses with the high budget 3D spectacle and sci-fi leanings of mainline PlayStation counterparts like Final Fantasy VII and VIII, instead offering up more complex battles featuring 2D characters on isometric 3D stages, with job classes that call back to the more traditional fantasy roots of the series.
As well as these more complex and expansive arenas, the second game in the series introduced some iconic vehicles such as Axel and Mr Slam, as well as a co-op mode that allowed players to tackle the tournament together. The only downside was missing out on the endings, which could only be viewed by solo combatants — they remain memorably, deliciously evil today. This PlayStation version is an excellent likeness for the arcade classic, but what really puts it over the top is the inclusion of a totally original second scenario set in a hotel, which is exclusive to this version.
It justifies the purchase of a G-Con gun by itself. Reflections might have accidentally created one of the hardest tutorial stages ever, but getting past it was well worth it.
Inspired by the great car chase movies of the Seventies, Driver gives you plenty of different driving missions to take on as an undercover cop, from getaways to tailing other cars. What makes Driver unique on the PlayStation is that its four city environments — Miami, San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York — are proper open worlds with plenty of freedom to choose your own route, which is crucial to making your evasion of the cops feel organic and satisfying.
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Get the best gaming deals, reviews, product advice, competitions, unmissable gaming news and more! Betrayed and murdered, a freshly-resurrected Raziel embarked on a journey to slay the father who had left him for dead at the bottom of the Lake of the Dead. An epic odyssey that saw him battle and murder his own brothers, Soul Reaver became a cult classic for its dark atmosphere, stylish visuals, and puzzles stretched across the material and spectral plains of existence.
A mature game for its time that helped herald a shift in what the medium was capable of, the Legacy of Kain series would see three more games released before it went back into its tomb for a--so far--uninterrupted period of hibernation. There had always been a fine line between the worlds of video games and the film industry, but Metal Gear Solid blurred those borders in with its stellar combination of stealth espionage action and its cinematic storyline.
A sequel to the classic NES games that Hideo Kojima had worked on, Metal Gear Solid was a wildly ambitious experience that threw players for a loop with its discussions on morality, nature vs. Years later, it's still amazing to see just how far ahead of the game Metal Gear Solid was with its ideas, hiding layered and inventive ideas beneath its stealth gameplay facade. Filled with incredible boss fights--who can forget those Psycho Mantis and Liquid Snake showdowns--Metal Gear Solid was a benchmark in design that raised the bar for the entire gaming industry when it was first released.
While the first Resident Evil game took its time in establishing an atmosphere of dread inside of the Spencer mansion, its first sequel decided to take the zombie bull by the rotting horns as it increased the action, intensity, and scope of its viral apocalypse with big-budget showdowns against Umbrella Corporations bioweapons.
That's not to say that the game had lost its horror roots though, as there were plenty of moments filled with pure body horror nastiness that was lurking in the shadows. Even better, Capcom redesigned the game to offer added value during a second run where the decisions made in your maiden completion of the game could result in drastically different outcomes. Leon and Claire's journey through a devastated Racoon City was the stuff of nightmares, but at least it played like a dream.
Horror games usually relied on tried and true blood and guts to get your heart pumping, but Silent Hill was a departure from that gory formula. It still had moments of visceral shock horror to dole out, but this was a game that worked to keep you on your toes by attacking your psyche with its unique blend of unknowable terror.
With your mind filling in the gaps of nightmarish scenarios thanks to the creepy fog that obscured everything, novel use of the DualShock controller to send some haptic chills down your spine, and nightmare fuel creatures, the first Silent Hill was a horror classic.
The first Spyro game was already a heap of fun to play, but its first sequel gave the adorable purple dragon a heart and soul that the first game was largely lacking. Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage was a lengthy adventure with plenty of charm, new secrets to uncover, and a soundtrack put together by none other than The Police's former drummer, Stewart Copeland. All ingredients that when combined, made for a tasty sequel.
Street Fighter's PlayStation swan song in the Alpha series of games was pure arcade action at its finest in The fighting mechanics had never felt better, the art design made every attack an eye-popping masterpiece of graphical grappling, and the inclusion of multiple new characters made for a roster that was bursting at the seams.
Like other fighting games of the era, Street Fighter Alpha 3 was also filled with all manner of extra content, including the underrated World Tour mode that added character customization options if certain goals were achieved. While the years after launch would bring a handful of Street Fighter crossover games, a shift into the 3D space with Street Fighter EX, and cuter brawling titles in the Pocket Fighter series, Street Fighter Alpha 3 kept the competitive flame of the franchise burning strong and just long enough for a second golden age of fighting games to kick off.
Third-person stealth action in an industry that still had a Metal Gear Solid hangover? That was a tall task for any game in , but superspy Gabe Logan was up to the task in Syphon Filter, a superb secret agent mix of espionage and action that wore its influences on its black ops sleeve. All the charm of a James Bond adventure mixed with cunning enemies and excellent replay value, made for an impressive debut at the time; even with several sequels following in its wake, fans still patiently wait for the day that Gabe returns to action.
If you ever lost a friend in the late s, chances are that you could lay the blame at Tekken 3 and the day that your chum decided to play as Eddie in the brawling threequel. Bandai Namco's previous Tekken games had been good, but Tekken 3 elevated the experience to a new level with its fresh cast, buttery-smooth graphics, and hard-hitting action.
Everything about Tekken 3 screamed refinement, making this particular sequel the go-to fighting game to have on the PlayStation.
More than just the definitive Tekken of its era, Tekken 3 was also stuffed with extra content, unlockable mini-games, and the surprisingly excellent Tekken Force that provided addictive beat 'em up action. Neversoft's massively successful follow-up to the original Tony Hawk's Pro Skater helped make skateboarding cooler than ever when it successfully landed a sequel Ollie in Thrusting the extreme sport into the mainstream with a combination of gravity-defying tricks, unlockable skaters, and imaginative locations to gleam the cube in, all of this was wrapped up with a licensed soundtrack that still stands as an all-time classic selection of punk rock energy and rebellion.
If the first THPS game set the bar, then its sequel surpassed it with gnarly attitude, polished gameplay, and a chance to grab some air as Spider-Man.
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