Tekdrudge | 126 Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 What are some of you all's underrated/hidden gem PS1 games. I'm a big fan of the "Strike" series. Such as Soviet Strike and Nuclear Strike. The controls take a bit to get used to, but they can be fun games. I also feel the Jett Moto series doesn't get enough love. One of the best racing series on the PS1 in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkTone | 984 Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 Hellnight is top of my list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,520 Editorials Team · Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 I absolutely adore Treasures of the Deep. Open map exploration stuff. Elemental Gearbolt is a really fun and unique light gun shooter. The Italian Job, based on the Caine movie, is Rockstar doing Driver, but better. Shades of their later GTA work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,317 Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 I am a huge fan of Nectaris - based on the old Turbografy Military Madness it offers a lot of often challenging gameplay for a strategy game - the basic mechanics are pretty simple so it is easy to get into for a strategy game. Echo Night is an slow paced (but interesting) puzzle game set on ghost ship - not really horror as it is sometimes described. The last few minutes changes to a race through the ship event to escape that is very at odds with the rest of the game. Brigandine is awesome(although I am not sure if it qualifies as hidden) - large scale srpg with lots of room to experiment with different types of armies- and you have 6 different countries to play as so you get a lot of replay value, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausden | 323 Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 30 minutes ago, Reed Rothchild said: I absolutely adore Treasures of the Deep. Open map exploration stuff. Cannot say enough great things about this game. Incredibly underrated and it has a fantastic soundtrack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammerfestus | 3,836 Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 In the Hunt is awesome. Even better 2 player I think. Intelligent Qube is a great puzzle game. Seems everyone’s played the demo and not the actual game. I always enjoyed Battlestations. There’s not much to it but I always got a kick out of it for what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amermoe | 150 Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Dragon Valor is a good one that not many talk about. It's an action RPG with fun gameplay. Galerians is also interesting, a survival horror game similar to resident evil, but with superpowers...its kind of hard to explain, reminds me of parasite eve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreaKBeatZ | 136 Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 A few that come to mind are: Torneko: The Lost Hope Spider Skullmonkeys Silhouette Mirage Incredible Crisis Jackie Chan: Stunt Master Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegularGuyGamer | 2,012 Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 21 minutes ago, BreaKBeatZ said: Jackie Chan: Stunt Master x2 from me. One of the few beat em ups in the library. It's strange it gets over looked. Maybe bc it's a game about Jackie Chan? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostLevel83 | 85 Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 N2O is a personal favorite that hasn’t been discovered as a “gem” yet. I really like like it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californication | 1,477 Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 At the moment Final Doom is my favorite console port of the original series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMR | 519 Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Silent Bomber One Apocolypse 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PII | 1,884 Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 I'm a big fan of Devil Dice in both it's single and multiplayer modes. I guess the game sold well, but I rarely see it in a store and nobody ever seems to remember it when I bring it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox | 1,667 Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Vandal Hearts - everyone talks about FF Tactics or Tactics Ogre, but this is a fantastic SRPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Startyde | 175 Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Bust a Groove 1 & 2. Rhythm fighting games before the dance off was even popular. Extremely fun and catchy. Raystorm. One of Working Designs non RPG ports and it's a fantastic vertical shooter with awesome presentation and extras over the arcade port. Chrono Cross. Many have written it off as "not Chrono Trigger 2" but if you stick with it to the end, it touches on some profound themes and has legitimate top 5 soundtrack in all of gaming. Capcom Vs SNK Pro. While ppl fawned over Mahvel, the CVS series was kicking ass across arcades and consoles. While paired down in many areas, like all Capcom PS1 fighter ports, the PS1 was the only way to play the Pro version of CVS in the US, and is worth the admission price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeganJoanne | 365 Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 My favorite, Deathtrap Dungeon, love just about everything about the game. It is extremely challenging, enemies are hard to beat, traps are super deadly and are everywhere, there are lots of hidden secrets to find, and the music is awesome. Because of the difficulty, getting good at it takes a while, and it's one of those action games where just can't just rush in, you have to be ever cautions where you step and take care with using your items at the right time and fight enemies smartly. Only thing that I didn't like was the ending, it really sucked bad, and this game had a nice intro, so it didn't make sense why they did what they did for the ending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDIRunner | 2,734 Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 (edited) PO'ed I rarely ever hear anyone talk about PO'ed. It's one of the most quirky first person shooters. It's a little dated by today's standards and predates modern first person shooter controls, but if you can get around that, it's actually a very fun game. It originated on the 3DO, but the PS1 version is far superior. Critical Depth Critical Depth is another fun game that few people talk about. If you enjoyed Twisted Metal 1 and 2, but wondered why the series started to suck after that, it's because the people who make TM1&2 had no involvement in the further sequels on the PS1. They ended making their own underwater vehicular combat game, and it plays very similar to the original 2 Twisted Metals. Vigilante 8 Speaking of vehicular combat, there are actually a surprising number of games in the genre on the PS1. Vigilante 8 is better than Twisted Metal in my opinion (I still love TM), but again, you hardly ever hear anyone talk about it. 2Xtreme 2Xtreme is also a fun game that gets very little credit. It plays very similar to Road Rash, but with skateboards, bicycles, etc. You can still punch and kick, but you can also do tricks in the air. Graphically, it doesn't look great today, but it's still fun. I mentioned this elsewhere, but this game is significant for me because it was the first brand new game I ever bought with my own money. Edited July 14, 2020 by TDIRunner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,776 Administrator · Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Hah, nice try. Like I'm sharing a curated list of games that are going to go up in price in the next year or so. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaMan52 | 2,443 Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Jersey Devil, Croc, Soul Blade, Tomba, and Rage Racer. These aren't really underrated, but people don't seem to talk about them much anymore. And they are good, even though they have flaws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreaKBeatZ | 136 Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 18 hours ago, RegularGuyGamer said: x2 from me. One of the few beat em ups in the library. It's strange it gets over looked. Maybe bc it's a game about Jackie Chan? Yeah, it seems like it would be a terrible licensed game, so I bet a lot of people don't give it a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tekdrudge | 126 Posted July 14, 2020 Author Share Posted July 14, 2020 8 hours ago, TDIRunner said: Vigilante 8 Speaking of vehicular combat, there are actually a surprising number of games in the genre on the PS1. Vigilante 8 is better than Twisted Metal in my opinion (I still love TM), but again, you hardly ever hear anyone talk about it. YES! Great game. Very underrated car combat game. I like it better than Twisted Metal 1&3, but I think TM2 is the game that solidified the genre. V8 is a close second however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tekdrudge | 126 Posted July 14, 2020 Author Share Posted July 14, 2020 7 hours ago, Gloves said: Hah, nice try. Like I'm sharing a curated list of games that are going to go up in price in the next year or so. MetalJesus does it every week! Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,776 Administrator · Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 3 minutes ago, Tekdrudge said: MetalJesus does it every week! Lol. Hey everybody Metal Jesus here, and I wanna let you know about these cool games I have stockpiled! 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumez | 2,947 Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Just went through my shelves, and off the top of my head, these are the ones that I feel generally don't get the attention they deserve. Hidden gems? Maybe not, but definitely stuff I feel like someone would be bound to miss. The top two are even some of my absolute favourites on the system. King's Field (not the japanese KF1, but the sequel, released as if it's the first game in the west) Shadow Tower Exhumed SaGa Frontier Spice World Martian Gothic Hellnight Discworld Noir Tetris With Card Captor Sakura Elemental Gearbolt Gamera 2000 Pu*Li*Ru*La Umihara Kawase @Gloves you better get your investors all up in this shit 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDIRunner | 2,734 Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 2 hours ago, Tekdrudge said: YES! Great game. Very underrated car combat game. I like it better than Twisted Metal 1&3, but I think TM2 is the game that solidified the genre. V8 is a close second however. The thing that I really enjoyed about V8 was that nearly everything in the environment could be destroyed, plus the mortar rounds put large craters in the ground that could damage your car. Back then, environment damage was still pretty new and that type of stuff was really cool to me. TW2 (the best TW game in my opinion) had a little of that, but not nearly what V8 had. Of course, TW always had the better story line for each character. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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