Most Popular PlayStation Games
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Crash Bandicoot
- GameSpot Score
- 6.8
- fair
- Release Date: Aug 31, 1996
Players looking for an old-school platform game with uncanny visual effects will certainly find it here.
- Genre: 3D Platformer
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Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
- GameSpot Score
- 8.9
- great
- Release Date: Oct 2, 1997
Quite possibly the best 2D action side scroller ever.
- Genre: 2D Platformer
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Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped
- GameSpot Score
- 8.9
- great
- Release Date: Oct 31, 1998
This time the game takes place across a great expanse of time and space, making for greatly diverse level designs, which in turn keep the game fresh.
- Genre: 3D Platformer
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Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
- GameSpot Score
- 8.6
- great
- Release Date: Oct 31, 1997
Crash Bandicoot 2 is a topnotch platform game.
- Genre: 3D Platformer
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Spyro: Year of the Dragon
- GameSpot Score
- 8.4
- great
- Release Date: Oct 23, 2000
The third game in the Spyro series is an obvious rehash, but when a game is as well produced as Year of the Dragon is, such a thing is easy to forgive.
- Genre: 3D Platformer
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Spyro the Dragon
- GameSpot Score
- 8.3
- great
- Release Date: Sep 10, 1998
Yes, it's taken some time, but there's finally a proficient, fully 3D platform game for the PlayStation.
- Genre: 3D Platformer
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Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus
- GameSpot Score
- 9.4
- Editors' Choice
- Release Date: Oct 31, 1998
If you hated the first one, it's likely because of the lack of save points, so you should definitely consider giving this series another try.
- Genre: 2D Platformer
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Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!
- GameSpot Score
- 8.6
- great
- Release Date: Oct 31, 1999
Spyro 2 injects a dose of soul and variety into a game that was already pretty fun to play.
- Genre: 3D Platformer
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Rayman
- Release Date: Sep 1, 1995
- Genre: 2D Platformer
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Mega Man X6
- GameSpot Score
- 7.0
- good
- Release Date: Dec 4, 2001
It's still Mega Man, and the gameplay is still entertaining, making X6 an attractive package for hard-core Mega Man fans.
- Genre: 2D Platformer
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Disney's Hercules Action Game
- GameSpot Score
- 7.6
- good
- Release Date: Jul 1, 1997
Hercules is a game not to be missed.
- Genre: 2D Platformer
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Mega Man X4
- GameSpot Score
- 7.0
- good
- Release Date: 1997
Some video games cater to hard-core fanatics of a specific genre.
- Genre: 2D Platformer
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Castlevania Chronicles
- GameSpot Score
- 6.1
- fair
- Release Date: Oct 8, 2001
If your first encounter with Castlevania was Symphony of the Night or even some of the Super Nintendo games, you'll be disappointed by the dated graphics, static gameplay, and lack of replay value.
- Genre: 2D Platformer
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Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
- GameSpot Score
- 8.4
- great
- Release Date: Aug 31, 1997
Abe's Oddysee balances its action and puzzle elements perfectly.
- Genre: 2D Platformer
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