Blog:My Top Ten Favorite PlayStation 1 Games

The PlayStation 1 is easily one of the greatest gaming consoles of all time and one of the best things about the mid to late 1990s. It also holds a very special place in my child and let's countdown my favourite PS1 games.

Die Hard Trilogy


Kicking off my list is a fantastic movie licenced game, Die Hard Trilogy. Its a third-person shooter, on rails shooter and a driving game all in one package now that is awesome. That has a kickass soundtrack, great difficulty, bloody combat and nice graphics that have detailed environments and digitised sprites even for 1996 standards.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone


I was such a huge fan of Harry Potter back in the day and a friend of mine willingly let me play the game. That is a fantastic and well made Zelda clone with great gameplay and a fantastic challenge. I recommend this to Harry Potter fans every where.

Alien Trilogy


This is a must buy for many Alien fans and a fantastic Doom clone for the Doom fans. Great musical score, various weapons for you're character to use, the graphics do a good job recreating environments from the film's and a brutal difficulty evenly on the easiest.

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back


Funny and hilarious, Crash Bandicoot 2 is everything that a video game sequel should do: improve the controls, upgrade the graphics and fix the errors of the previous game. It holds a special place in my heart and without I wouldn't have enjoyed platform games as a whole. Crash Bandicoot is even more hilarious and Cortex is still as villainous as he is.

Ape Escape


This is Sony's answer to Super Mario 64. A game that flat out tells to use the DualShock controller, now that's awesome, and is fun game with the gadgets you use to capture the monkeys. Lots of different worlds to explore and the overall cuteness of the game is spectacular.

Gran Turismo


Fantastic racing simulator with smooth controls and realistic graphics that push the PS1 beyond its limitations. The soundtrack is fantastic and memorable.

Resident Evil 2


Resident Evil 2 greatly improved on the original with better weapons, more dangerous enemies and more interesting environments. It does everything a sequel should do and also introduces us to Claire Redfield and Leon S Kennedy who must survive the zombie outbreak in Raccoon City. Offering more to the player and staying true to the survival horror aspects.

Tekken 3


This is easily the best of the original Tekken PlayStation 1 trilogy and does everything great. High quality cutscenes, graphics that look like a PS2 game, a wide variety of characters to play and no more delayed controls that make the game damn near flawless. Easily my favourite fighting game growing up as a kid.

Metal Gear Solid


It's a game, for one, told players not to in guns ablazing, but instead relied on stealth and plan you're strategies carefully. Thanks to the man himself; Hideo Kojima, he made it in a way that you are watching a movie while playing a video game at the same time.

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