The PS1 is overrated

I don't know what's so great about the PS1. It's a mediocre console.

I don't know what's so great about the PS1. It's a mediocre console.

AMGMercedes

I guess you weren't around when we were playing games like Metal Gear, Gran Turismo 2, Resident Evil 2, Tenchu 1 and 2, and Castlevania.

Oh well, your loss.

wait, what?? PSOne had so many great games! Vagrant Story, Valkyrie Profile Silent Hill, 3 FF games, Parasite Eve! Resident Evil 1 2 3! Those FF anthologies and chronicles are worth it too. Chrono Cross! Star Ocean: The Second Story! Lunar and Lunar 2! Arc the Lad! I'm sure there are non RPGs on it too....Torneko! ...damn thats an RPG too...Allicrombie

[QUOTE="Allicrombie"]wait, what?? PSOne had so many great games! Vagrant Story, Valkyrie Profile Silent Hill, 3 FF games, Parasite Eve! Resident Evil 1 2 3! Those FF anthologies and chronicles are worth it too. Chrono Cross! Star Ocean: The Second Story! Lunar and Lunar 2! Arc the Lad! I'm sure there are non RPGs on it too....Torneko! ...damn thats an RPG too...shadowchronicle

It's a mediocre console.

AMGMercedes

I don't know what's so great about the PS1. It's a mediocre console.

AMGMercedes

If you were around 15yo when during the PS1 era you would think the total opposite. By your comment i assume you are a teen now...

Current gen was total shit compared to the days of the PS1 and PS2.

If you were around 15yo when during the PS1 era you would think the total opposite. By your comment i assume you are a teen now...

Current gen was total shit compared to the days of the PS1 and PS2.

ManatuBeard

It doesn't matter whether one was a gamer during its generation, i started gaming in '06, and played the PS1 first time in '08. It's not overrated at all -

You got JRPGs that still dwarf anything in later generations (cream of the crop right here, imo):

• FF IX
• Valkyrie Profile
• Xenogears
• Suikoden II
• Parasite Eve
• Lunar: Silver Star & Eternal Blue Complete
• Grandia
• Persona 2: Innocent Sin and Eternal Punishment
• Brave Fencer Musashi
• Alundra
• Tales of Destiny II
• Vagrant Story
• Wild ARMs I & II
• Threads of Fate
• Arc the Lad Collection
• Star Ocean 2
• SaGa Frontier

You got 2D/3D platformers still fun as hell to play (cream of the crop right here, imo):

• Crash Bandicoot 2 & 3
• Spyro The Dragon 1,2 & 3
• Ape Escape
• Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus
• Klonoa: Door to Phantomile
• Tomba 1 & 2

You got action/unique/shmups/etc. (2D/3D) games still fun as hell to play (cream of the crop right here, imo):

• Metal Gear Solid
• Einhander
• Parrapa The Rapper
• Fear Effect 1 & 2
• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
• Strider 2
• Crash Team Racing
• Um Jammer Lammy
• Thunder Force V
• G.Darius
• Silent Hill
• MediEvil
• Elemental GearBolt
• Megaman X4, 5 & 6
• Panzer Bandit
• Gunner's Heaven
• Harmful Park

And let's sprinkle some quality fighting games:

• Street Fighter Alpha 3
• Rival Schools
• Tobal 2
• Tekken 3
• Bushido Blade 2

Any system with 55 excellent games, is a magnificent system in my book.

you guys sure take some easy bait

*Chuckles*, children these days say the craziest things.LittleMac19

If you were around 15yo when during the PS1 era you would think the total opposite. By your comment i assume you are a teen now...

Current gen was total shit compared to the days of the PS1 and PS2.

ManatuBeard

System Wars: 1996 edition.Stinger78

The original Sony Playstation debuted on December 3rd 1994 lasted until March 26th 2006 selling a staggering 103.5 million consoles. This was the first console to successfully use CD-Roms as the medium for videogames. Plus the tons of great games that the first Playstation had. Destroying the competition from Nintendo and Sega as well as others. 

Now we are about the open the 4th era of Playstation. But it started with Sonys grey 32-bit CD Rom console in 1994. The original Playstation is hardly overated.  

Don't you dare trash my childhood console...

[QUOTE="LittleMac19"]Did I offended your parents?

[QUOTE="ManatuBeard"]

If you were around 15yo when during the PS1 era you would think the total opposite. By your comment i assume you are a teen now...

Current gen was total shit compared to the days of the PS1 and PS2.

AMGMercedes

System Wars: 1996 edition.Stinger78

I agree, it wasn't ready for 3D graphics even though Sony forced them, 3D games looked absolutely awful and hurt my eyes. Also gamers had to compromise a lot when we settled for CDs over cartridges. It fooled millions of children into thinking games were good because they showed fancy cutscenes in the commercials instead of gameplay. There were some good 2D games though. DaBrainz

I agree, it wasn't ready for 3D graphics even though Sony forced them, 3D games looked absolutely awful and hurt my eyes. Also gamers had to compromise a lot when we settled for CDs over cartridges. It fooled millions of children into thinking games were good because they showed fancy cutscenes in the commercials instead of gameplay. There were some good 2D games though. DaBrainz

If you can appreciate games based on the time and system they released on, then graphics are never a problem.

Mechanically, a LOT of games on the PS1 has aged well, and are really fun to play.

This thread is mediocre.

[QUOTE="LittleMac19"]*Chuckles*, children these days say the craziest things.AMGMercedes

I agree, it wasn't ready for 3D graphics even though Sony forced them, 3D games looked absolutely awful and hurt my eyes. Also gamers had to compromise a lot when we settled for CDs over cartridges. It fooled millions of children into thinking games were good because they showed fancy cutscenes in the commercials instead of gameplay. There were some good 2D games though. DaBrainz

lol "choosing CDs over carts"?YoshiYogurt

I don't know what's so great about the PS1. It's a mediocre console.

AMGMercedes

They're the Mercedes AMG's of the console world; decent but not the best.

Well a lot of people overrate it simply because they were bought one when they were younger because parents generally only knew about the Playstation in the late 90's - 2005. Look at the original XBox for example. It cost more than a PS2 and was a brand new console at the time so obviously most kids wouldn't have even known what it was or been bought one so that's why people trash it and say it was the worst of the gen or one of the worst of all time. XxR3m1xInHDn3D

No.

FF7, FF9, Metal Gear Solid, Tom Raider II, Resident Evil 2, WWF Smackdown, so many great games.

I quite enjoyed my PS1.  The only reason it's not still hooked up is because of the backwards compatability of my PS2.

[QUOTE="XxR3m1xInHDn3D"]Well a lot of people overrate it simply because they were bought one when they were younger because parents generally only knew about the Playstation in the late 90's - 2005. Look at the original XBox for example. It cost more than a PS2 and was a brand new console at the time so obviously most kids wouldn't have even known what it was or been bought one so that's why people trash it and say it was the worst of the gen or one of the worst of all time. YoshiYogurt

That's not true, at all. You've said that before, despite the fact that i've shed some knowledge on its library of exclusives.. I had an opinion similar to your own, actually i thought the OG Xbox is worthless if you have a PC. Until i actually bought one, and hunted its quality games down.

All things aside, you need to try out these exclusive games for the OG Xbox.

• Panzer Dragoon Orta
• Jet Set Radio Future
• Dead or Alive Ultimate
• Metal Wolf Chaos
• Outrun 2
• Shenmue II
• Ninja Gaiden Black
• Otogi: Myth of Demons
• Otogi 2: Immortal Warriors
• Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge
• GunValkyrie
• Buffy The Vampire Slayer
• Project Gotham Racing 2
• RalliSport Challenge 2
• Steel battalion

They easily rival any exclusive on the Gamecube. For example, Outrun 2 is one of the best arcade racing games i have ever played in my life, it's so polished, so much fun and chock full with content/unlockables, it easily rivals another favorite of mine that i've played extensivelly - F-Zero GX.

Then there's the cell-shaded brilliance of the sandbox platformer Jet Set Radio Future, the beautifully atmospheric japanese fantasy Otogi, the adrenaline pumping experience that is one of the best mech games Metal Wolf Chaos, and so on.

I love the Gamecube, man, but the OG Xbox and SEGA's last creative brilliant stand is of equal quality to the Gamecube.

[QUOTE="YoshiYogurt"][QUOTE="XxR3m1xInHDn3D"]Well a lot of people overrate it simply because they were bought one when they were younger because parents generally only knew about the Playstation in the late 90's - 2005. Look at the original XBox for example. It cost more than a PS2 and was a brand new console at the time so obviously most kids wouldn't have even known what it was or been bought one so that's why people trash it and say it was the worst of the gen or one of the worst of all time. Lucianu

That's not true, at all. You've said that before, despite the fact that i've shed some knowledge on its library of exclusives.. I had an opinion similar to your own, actually i thought the OG Xbox is worthless if you have a PC. Until i actually bought one, and hunted its quality games down.

All things aside, you need to try out these exclusive games for the OG Xbox.

• Panzer Dragoon Orta
• Jet Set Radio Future
• Dead or Alive Ultimate
• Metal Wolf Chaos
• Outrun 2
• Shenmue II
• Ninja Gaiden Black
• Otogi: Myth of Demons
• Otogi 2: Immortal Warriors
• Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge
• GunValkyrie
• Buffy The Vampire Slayer
• Project Gotham Racing 2
• RalliSport Challenge 2
• Steel battalion

They easily rival any exclusive on the Gamecube. For example, Outrun 2 is one of the best arcade racing games i have ever played in my life, it's so polished, so much fun and chock full with content/unlockables, it easily rivals another favorite of mine that i've played extensivelly - F-Zero GX.

Then there's the cell-shaded brilliance of the sandbox platformer Jet Set Radio Future, the beautifully atmospheric japanese fantasy Otogi, the adrenaline pumping experience that is one of the best mech games Metal Wolf Chaos, and so on.

I love the Gamecube, man, but the OG Xbox and SEGA's last creative brilliant stand is of equal quality to the Gamecube.

A lot of xbox games just aren't for me, a lot being racers/fighting or sequels to game series I just haven't delved into yet. No games seem very unique or must have to me and is the same problem I have with the Saturn. YoshiYogurt

If you're ever interested in picking up one OG Xbox game, get Outrun 2. (do not get Coast 2 Coast, despite what people may say, it's not as good, it also has worse graphics, and it's much more expensive and hard to find)

Outrun 2 has modes that differentiate itself from every single racer on Earth, it's a very unique experience. Basically, actually racing against other cars is the last thing you'd do in Outrun 2. The game is less than 4 bucks these days, on Amazon you can find it for like 1$. It's also BC with the 360.

Right, PS1 sucks. It was just BY FREAKING FAR the best selling system that generation. It has a massive and varied library of games. It started many genres in the 3D realm. It has some of the most legendary RPGs ever made. Entire franchises and development companies we still enjoy today started on the system.

...this just leads me to question what about it exactly sucks to you? And if you say graphics, you could complain that about any old system, plus I'd have to question whether you're really a classic gamer or not. But back when PS1 came out, it was cutting edge tech that wowed the masses.

Right, PS1 sucks. It was just BY FREAKING FAR the best selling system that generation. It has a massive and varied library of games. It started many genres in the 3D realm. It has some of the most legendary RPGs ever made. Entire franchises and development companies we still enjoy today started on the system.

...this just leads me to question what about it exactly sucks to you? And if you say graphics, you could complain that about any old system, plus I'd have to question whether you're really a classic gamer or not. But back when PS1 came out, it was cutting edge tech that wowed the masses.

Emerald_Warrior

[QUOTE="Emerald_Warrior"]

Right, PS1 sucks. It was just BY FREAKING FAR the best selling system that generation. It has a massive and varied library of games. It started many genres in the 3D realm. It has some of the most legendary RPGs ever made. Entire franchises and development companies we still enjoy today started on the system.

...this just leads me to question what about it exactly sucks to you? And if you say graphics, you could complain that about any old system, plus I'd have to question whether you're really a classic gamer or not. But back when PS1 came out, it was cutting edge tech that wowed the masses.

Jakandsigz

Dude, get over yourself. I'm not trolling you. I wasn't even talking to you. I guess me and the other 100 million trolls who bought a PlayStation did it just to piss you off. :roll:

[QUOTE="Lucianu"]

[QUOTE="YoshiYogurt"] lack of games is the reason the xbox pales in comparison to the GC and PS2. There are maybe a whole 5 games I'd collect for it.YoshiYogurt

That's not true, at all. You've said that before, despite the fact that i've shed some knowledge on its library of exclusives.. I had an opinion similar to your own, actually i thought the OG Xbox is worthless if you have a PC. Until i actually bought one, and hunted its quality games down.

All things aside, you need to try out these exclusive games for the OG Xbox.

• Panzer Dragoon Orta
• Jet Set Radio Future
• Dead or Alive Ultimate
• Metal Wolf Chaos
• Outrun 2
• Shenmue II
• Ninja Gaiden Black
• Otogi: Myth of Demons
• Otogi 2: Immortal Warriors
• Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge
• GunValkyrie
• Buffy The Vampire Slayer
• Project Gotham Racing 2
• RalliSport Challenge 2
• Steel battalion

They easily rival any exclusive on the Gamecube. For example, Outrun 2 is one of the best arcade racing games i have ever played in my life, it's so polished, so much fun and chock full with content/unlockables, it easily rivals another favorite of mine that i've played extensivelly - F-Zero GX.

Then there's the cell-shaded brilliance of the sandbox platformer Jet Set Radio Future, the beautifully atmospheric japanese fantasy Otogi, the adrenaline pumping experience that is one of the best mech games Metal Wolf Chaos, and so on.

I love the Gamecube, man, but the OG Xbox and SEGA's last creative brilliant stand is of equal quality to the Gamecube.

[QUOTE="Emerald_Warrior"]

Right, PS1 sucks. It was just BY FREAKING FAR the best selling system that generation. It has a massive and varied library of games. It started many genres in the 3D realm. It has some of the most legendary RPGs ever made. Entire franchises and development companies we still enjoy today started on the system.

 

...this just leads me to question what about it exactly sucks to you? And if you say graphics, you could complain that about any old system, plus I'd have to question whether you're really a classic gamer or not. But back when PS1 came out, it was cutting edge tech that wowed the masses.

Jakandsigz

I think that too.

It was impressive for the time and consoles but not "cutting-edge" tech.

You needed to pay a visit to the arcades to see that tech. (i.e. Sega Model 2, 3)

Still, PS1 running Tekken 3 close to arcade was quite impressive.

Namco basically used the PS1 tech for their System 11 so arcade ports were easy and looked faithful.

Later on, PS1's lack of texture smoothing, perspective correction and anti-aliasing started to become more obvious once consoles like the N64 and Dreamcast came out. (as well as PC's "3D accelerators" )

[QUOTE="Jakandsigz"][QUOTE="Emerald_Warrior"]

Right, PS1 sucks. It was just BY FREAKING FAR the best selling system that generation. It has a massive and varied library of games. It started many genres in the 3D realm. It has some of the most legendary RPGs ever made. Entire franchises and development companies we still enjoy today started on the system.

...this just leads me to question what about it exactly sucks to you? And if you say graphics, you could complain that about any old system, plus I'd have to question whether you're really a classic gamer or not. But back when PS1 came out, it was cutting edge tech that wowed the masses.

Emerald_Warrior

Dude, get over yourself. I'm not trolling you. I wasn't even talking to you. I guess me and the other 100 million trolls who bought a PlayStation did it just to piss you off. :roll:

[QUOTE="Emerald_Warrior"]

[QUOTE="Jakandsigz"] It wasn't cutting edge tech, but it was impressive, it had- First of all, this is clearly troll bait best to end it here before making another page.Jakandsigz

Dude, get over yourself. I'm not trolling you. I wasn't even talking to you. I guess me and the other 100 million trolls who bought a PlayStation did it just to piss you off. :roll:

Sorry then. But you quoted me, not the TC, so it made it look like you were calling my post troll bait.

[QUOTE="Jakandsigz"][QUOTE="Emerald_Warrior"]

Dude, get over yourself. I'm not trolling you. I wasn't even talking to you. I guess me and the other 100 million trolls who bought a PlayStation did it just to piss you off. :roll:

Emerald_Warrior

Sorry then. But you quoted me, not the TC, so it made it look like you were calling my post troll bait.

[QUOTE="YoshiYogurt"][QUOTE="XxR3m1xInHDn3D"]Well a lot of people overrate it simply because they were bought one when they were younger because parents generally only knew about the Playstation in the late 90's - 2005. Look at the original XBox for example. It cost more than a PS2 and was a brand new console at the time so obviously most kids wouldn't have even known what it was or been bought one so that's why people trash it and say it was the worst of the gen or one of the worst of all time. Lucianu

That's not true, at all. You've said that before, despite the fact that i've shed some knowledge on its library of exclusives.. I had an opinion similar to your own, actually i thought the OG Xbox is worthless if you have a PC. Until i actually bought one, and hunted its quality games down.

All things aside, you need to try out these exclusive games for the OG Xbox.

• Panzer Dragoon Orta
• Jet Set Radio Future
• Dead or Alive Ultimate
• Metal Wolf Chaos
• Outrun 2
• Shenmue II
• Ninja Gaiden Black
• Otogi: Myth of Demons
• Otogi 2: Immortal Warriors
• Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge
• GunValkyrie
• Buffy The Vampire Slayer
• Project Gotham Racing 2
• RalliSport Challenge 2
• Steel battalion

They easily rival any exclusive on the Gamecube. For example, Outrun 2 is one of the best arcade racing games i have ever played in my life, it's so polished, so much fun and chock full with content/unlockables, it easily rivals another favorite of mine that i've played extensivelly - F-Zero GX.

Then there's the cell-shaded brilliance of the sandbox platformer Jet Set Radio Future, the beautifully atmospheric japanese fantasy Otogi, the adrenaline pumping experience that is one of the best mech games Metal Wolf Chaos, and so on.

I love the Gamecube, man, but the OG Xbox and SEGA's last creative brilliant stand is of equal quality to the Gamecube.