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. The damage bar was introduced for the first time in this game.
The graphics on this game are superb and the courses are well thought out and incredibly imaginative. The music really got you pumped up and added to the whole feel too. One of the only reasons that I used to agree to go bowling as a kid was so I could play Time Crisis in the arcade afterwards. This game was the coolest, and when a port came out for the Playstation, I could finally give up bowling altogether.
Standing behind the sofa with the GunCon Light Gun was amazing. It felt like I was really in the action, except for the fact that I was in a house and not a cavern filled with gun-toting enemies. The duck and reload element of Time Crisis is what made the Arcade game so exciting.
That and the mega bosses you had to face up against too. The PS1 port is amazing and great fun to play with a friend.
As the player, you make your way through various stages kicking bad-guy ass. There are various objects to hide behind while you reload, and you have to tactically pick off the enemies one by one to move to the next stage. The arcade-style time limit is what keeps this game addictive and your nerves on edge.
Time Crisis will never win an award for the best storyline in a game, but it is one of my favourite titles and a nostalgic one at that. This next title in our list of the best PS1 games is one that many of you will remember. Big-eared wonder-kid Klonoa and his pal Huepaw are the stars of the show in side-scrolling platform game Klonoa: Door to Phantomile.
Does that make it 2. The whole game kind of reminds me of Goeman: Mystical Ninja. Maybe he and Klonoa could team up for a sequel! A lot of retro games tend to revolve around a dream world, but this game does it superbly without rehashing old ideas. There are bosses to fight at the end of some stages, and the grunts throughout the game provide just the right level of difficulty. You can pick up and throw enemies as weapons or turn them into springboards to reach new areas.
Still, once you get a hang of it, Door To Phantomile is a cracking game. Fans of Crash and Mario? Give this a go! If you need introducing to the Mega Man Legends , then you must have been living under a rock for most of your life! Mega Man seems to flit between consoles more than I have hot dinners, making him a well-known gaming icon no matter where your gaming allegiances lie.
Legends was later ported to the N64 as Mega Man 64 catchy title. The PS1 title went on to spawn two sequels. Mega Man Legends 2 looks better visually, but I prefer to play the game that kickstarted his PlayStation career. The game is set in the year 80XX, whenever the hell that is. Humans have been replaced by fast-breeding cyborg imitations, and most of the planet is underwater. Mega Man has to deal with a host of antagonists during the course of the game.
Pit your skils against the meddlesome Reaverbots, the fourty-one Servbots, and the Bonne pirate family. The characters are a motley crew, but they helped to make the game an instant hit amongst fans of the blue boy-wonder. Did you know that Spielberg first created these games. This was his first game in the series, the series that has gone on to span multiple platforms and different time frames over the years. Patterson battling Nazis and saving rural France from German control.
As you might expect, all of the weapons are guns from the WWII era. Listen, this is a bona fide classic without a shadow of a doubt. Squaresoft have made some of my favourite ever titles for the PS1.
FF IX is based on a war in the made-up realm of Gaia, which is the Greek primordial deity of the Earth for any history buffs out there. The story is far too complex for me to fit into these short paragraphs, as is the case with every FF game. You play as bandit Zidane Tribal awesome name , as well as controlling a number of other characters that you pick up throughout the game.
FF IX has a new item reveal system, a little like the noise that appears in Links Awakening to tell you that there are hidden secrets nearby. The game has a top-down perspective for most of the exploration, with close up 3D battle scenes that boast some cool looking monsters and enemies.
The next title on our list of the best PS1 games is Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver , an underworld themed action-adventure game of epic proportions. Set years after Blood Omen, the first game in the series, Soul Reaver brings Dark Souls style fun with some demonic characters and blood-thirsty battles.
He used to be mates with Kain until the great Vampire Lord bumped him off. This game was a classic and gave a nice twist to the kind of gothic gameplay you find in the Castlevania series but in a 3D world.
Soul Reaver was, however, a little repetitive. Give it a shot and let us know your thoughts! I always thought that the makers of Wario Ware: Smooth Moves might have taken inspiration from this game. The bright visuals and quirky theme are super addictive. Get a good score and progress to the next round. The whole game revolves around PaRappa having to rap against teachers to reach the front of the line for the bathroom. Then you go on to compete in a rap battle to profess your love to a female pooch named Sunny.
Street Fighter Alpha 3 takes the 18th spot in our list of the best PS1 games of all time! Everyone knows about Street Fighter. There have been so many different games on multiple consoles, and the series is so popular that it can even be recognised by its individual characters.
The Alpha series is a sub-series following Street Fighter 2 and one of the best PS1 fighting games to date. The game largely follows the same mechanics but has a couple of differences.
The graphics look a little more cartoony albeit more put together, and the game has some new characters added to the roster. Alpha 3 brought back Street Fighter favourites such as Ryu, E.
Honda, and Blanka. It also featured new characters such as the Zangief-obsessed R. Mika, who would go on to become a firm fixture in future games. Alpha 3 also brought in a new feature that allowed gamers to change fighting styles. Street Fighter Alpha 3 is great for multiplayer madness with your friends. I love the plot in Chrono Cross because it deals with parallel worlds in a very clever way.
You play as a boy named Serge who died in an alternate reality. You and your companions must try to avoid that other world and work out the truth of how the realities are intertwined. As with other RPGs, conversing and exploring are the keys to success.
The turn-based combat works well, and the different abilities that the characters possess complement each other nicely. The characters backstories all help to draw you into their world and the levels are all richly textured. Driver is the first thrilling car game that I can remember playing.
Bust a Groove USA. Bust a Groove 2 USA. Bust-a-Move '99 USA. Bust-a-Move 4 USA. Buster Bros. Collection USA. Butagee de Linja Nai Japan. Buttsubushi Japan.
Cadillac Japan. Caesars Palace USA. California Surfing Europe. California Watersports Europe. Capcom vs. Captain Commando Japan. Card Games USA. Cardinal Syn USA.
Carmageddon Europe. Carnage Heart Disc 1. Carnage Heart Disc 2. Casper USA. Castlevania Chronicles USA. Cellophanes Japan. Centipede USA. Champion Wrestler Japan. Championship Bass USA. Championship Manager Quiz Europe. Championship Surfer USA. Chaos Break Japan. Checkmate Europe. Checkmate II Europe. Cheesy Europe. Chess USA. Chicken Run USA. Chiisana Kyojin Microman Japan. Chill Europe. China: The Forbidden City Europe.
Chocobo Racing USA. Chocobo's Dungeon 2 USA. Choro Q 2 English v0. Choro Q 3 English Translation v0. Chou-Kousoku Gran Doll Japan. Choujin Gakuen Gowcaizer Japan. Chris Kamara's Street Soccer Europe. Cindy's Caribbean Holiday Europe. Cindy's Fashion World Europe. Circuit Breakers USA. Cleopatra's Fortune USA. Clock Tower USA. Clock Tower: The First Fear. Codename: Tenka USA v1. Colin McRae Rally 2. College Slam USA. Constructor Europe. Contender USA. Contender 2 USA. Cool Boarders USA.
Cool Boarders 2 USA. Cool Boarders 3 USA. Cool Boarders 4 USA. Cosmic Race Japan. Cosmowarrior Zero Japan. Courier Crisis USA. Cowboy Bebop Japan. Crash Bandicoot USA. Crash Bash USA. Crazy Climber Japan. Creative Camp USA. Creative Isle USA. Creative Journey 1 USA. Creative Voyage USA. Creatures USA. Cricket Europe. Crime Killer USA. Crisis Beat Europe. Critical Blow Japan.
Critical Depth USA. Criticom USA. Croc 2 USA. Crossroad Crisis USA. Crypt Killer USA. CT Special Forces Europe. Cyberbots: Full Metal Madness Japan. Cyberia USA. CyberSled USA. CyberSpeed USA. CyberTiger USA. Dalmatians 2 Europe. Damdam Stompland Japan.
Dance Dance Revolution Japan. Dance Dance Revolution 2nd Remix Japan. Dance Dance Revolution 3rd Mix Japan. Dance Dance Revolution 5th Mix Japan.
Dance Europe Europe. Dance: UK UK. Dancing Stage Euromix Europe. Dancing Stage Fever Europe. Dancing Stage Fusion Europe. Dancing Stage: Party Edition Europe. Dangan Japan. Danger Girl USA. Darius Gaiden Japan. Darklight Conflict USA. Darkstalkers 3 USA. Darkstone USA. Davis Cup Complete Tennis Europe. Dead in the Water USA. Dead or Alive USA. Deadly Skies Japan. Debut 21 Japan. Deep Freeze Japan. Demolition Racer USA.
Descent USA. Descent II Europe. Destrega USA. Destruction Derby USA. Destruction Derby 2 USA. Destructo 2 Europe. Detana Twinbee Yahho! Deluxe Pack Japan. Deuce USA Beta. Developer's Demo CD. Devil Dice USA. Dezaemon Plus Japan. Diablo USA. Digical League Japan. Digimon World USA. Digimon World 2 USA. Digimon World 3 USA. Dino Crisis USA v1. Dino Crisis 2 USA.
Dinomaster Party Europe. Dinosaurs Europe. Discworld II: Mortality Bytes! Discworld Noir Europe. Disney Learning: Mickey Europe. Disney Learning: Winnie the Pooh Europe. Disney's Dinosaur USA. Disney's Tarzan USA v1. Disney-Pixar Monsters, Inc. Disruptor USA. Diver's Dream Europe. Dodge de Ball! Dodgem Arena Europe. DoDonPachi Japan v1. DonPachi Japan. Doom USA. Doraemon 2: SOS! Otogi no Kuni Japan. Double Dragon Japan.
Double Eagle Japan. Douga de Puzzle Da! Puppukupuu Japan. Doukyuu re-mix: Billiards Multiple Japan. Dragon Seeds USA. Dragstars Europe. Bishi Bashi Special is a compilation of Super Bishi Bashi and Hyper Bishi Bashi, containing 85 different button-bashing challenges with a variety of bizarre themes, ranging from kicking mobsters to chucking custard pies at your wedding guests.
If it had simply done that, that would be one thing. But this version did so much more, adding new characters to complete the inclusion of the Super Street Fighter II cast, as well as a World Tour mode that allowed players to customize their characters via fighting challenges. It felt absolutely stuffed with content back in , and remains satisfying for both lone players and those of a more competitive nature.
Is it fair to say that Tenchu was one of the first authentic ninja games ever? We think so. While the shadowy assassins had never been short of videogame representation, they had typically appeared in action games. By requiring the player to exercise caution and stealthily assassinate targets, Tenchu really re-examined what ninja games should be, and played a part in the growing stealth-action genre.
The game offered a great deal of freedom in terms of carrying out your objectives, but was not for the impatient — observation was key as you tried to identify the perfect time to strike. Getting it right is still a thrilling experience. Player expectations had changed by the late Nineties though, so Namco shifted its approach to the series to match. Where the original was a loud, colorful game that you played for a good time, not a long time, Ridge Racer Type 4 offered a relaxing contrast with pastel-colored skies and a more relaxed soundtrack.
The excellent drift-heavy racing remained though, and the game had some fun stories, plus more cars and tracks to play with than any of its predecessors.
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