I've had a sudden interest in PS1 games and I wanted to know what titles you guys thought were MUST HAVES.

I have these so far :
GT 1 & 2
Final Fantasy Tactics
FF 8
Parasite Eve
Vagrant Story
Metal Gear Solid

What type of games are you into? That should make the recomendations easier.

I see that you are into RPG so I will recomend FF7 (a must have). Also Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is one of my favorite games in the PS1.

thanks for the suggestions

I'm really looking for ANYTHING good, regardless of genre

For RPG
Sikoden 1&2- 2 is my fave RPG for PS1, and since it is almost a direct sequel (about 1/3 of the characters overlap) might as well get 1 as well.
Xenogears
Grandia

For a space shooter
Einhander

ooo

einhander is pretty sweet. Thats a squaresoft make, right?

chrono cross and vagrant story are the two best ps1 rpgs that get looked over because final fantasy isnt in the title. castlevania sotn, tekken 3, silent bomber, fear effect 1 and 2 are all worth looking into.

i thought Tekken 3 was for ps2? better look into that


I actually got Chrono Cross last night, and have Vagrant Story, though I haven't played those yet.

I think my brother has Fear Effect, but I should really look for Fear Effect 2, I suppose

What is Silent Bomber?

Aside from those already mentioned:

Syphon Filter
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo

Soul Calibur 3
Virtual Fighter 4

Resident Evil 1-3

Tenchu 1-2 (stealthy ninja games)

Alundra (very reminiscent of Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past) Avoid Alundra 2 though because it is garbage.

Dino Crisis 1-2 (it is basically Resident Evil with dinosaurs instead of zombies)

Crash Bandicoot series

Syphon Filter series

yup.

Dayum, i completely forgot about puzzle fighter!

I'm making a list of all the games I don't yet have yet. Hopefully these won't be too hard to locate

Unfortunately, some of the games listed above are hard to find and you may have to go the Ebay route and pay a lot of money in order to get it. For example, check the price for Suikoden or better yet Tactics Ogre.

i actually had Tactics Ogre, but sold it 3 months ago for 25 bucks.


Should have kept it

Just $25??? I thought that game was going for a lot more last time I checked.

well, it was


but I couldn't find the book + case, so I had to sell it CD only. My brother just called over the weekend stating that he found the case + book. Obviously, I wasn't too excited haha

theres a sealed tactics ogre on ebay going for 120+ already

What? That much? I think i still have that game somewhere....

The only games i can quickly recall when PS1 is mentioned are:
FF7
Metal Gear Solid
Vandalhearts (spell?) Oh, i loved that game, loved it when you tag along a rookie char with you and have him/her destoy an "already" weaken enemy or heal a high rank ally, watch the rookie char's level soars in one turn!

These are PS2 games, he's looking for PS1 games, and Tekken 3 is a PS1 game.

Puzzle games:

Devil Dice
IQ

For RPGs, I'll have to take a look at what I have and get back to you.

Legend of Lagoon
Sypro series

Silent Hill

Some of my favorites that still hold up:
Point Blank series
Parappa the Rapper
Ape Escape
Dance Dance Revolution Disney Mix

another vote for Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

Twisted Metal 2. Great game back in the day.

RPGs

Chrono Cross
Dragon Warrior VII
Final Fantasy Anthology
Final Fantasy Chronicles
Final Fantasy Tactics
Final Fantasy VII
Grandia
Legend of Dragoon
Legend of Legaia
Lunar II: Eternal Blue
Lunar: Silver Star Story
Parasite Eve
Parasite Eve II
Star Ocean
Suikoden
Suikoden II
Vagrant Story
Valkyrie Profile
Wild Arms
Wild Arms 2
Xenogears

Others

Ape Escape
Builder's Block
Bushido Blade
Medal of Honor
Medal of Honor Underground
Medievil
Omega Boost
Resident Evil 2
Soulblade
Tomba