PlayStation Classic - launching December 2018 - The Bear and Badger

Wookienopants

Jaco wrote:

Solid list of titles. Surprised there's no Wipeout in there though. I seem to remember Syphon Filter being tremendous fun – probably aged terribly mind.

So have we to be fair

Jaco

Speak for yourse... Yeah, fair point.

JonB

PS1 is one of my favourite consoles, with dozens of real classics. Only about 4 or 5 are on that list and most of the rest of it is filler. I mean, Toshinden? Rayman? Rainbow 6? The first Twisted Metal and Destruction Derby rather than sequels?

If you've got a list of 40-50 to work with you can get away with stuff like that. With 20 they pretty much all need to be the top games on the system. The mini SNES got away with it.

regmcfly

*kicks chair* where's Tony hawk

Roujin

*flips table* WHERE AM TEKKEN 3?

Oh... wait...

*flips cat* WHERE AM METAL GEAR?

Oh...shit...sorry Jonesy

Okay this time for real *runs out into the street and flips a random nanna* WHERE AM FINAL FANTASY VIII?

*random nanna replies from the deck through shattered dentures* B-b-b-but FVII is the best one

*BRUCE LEE SQUEAL OF RAGE AND TWO FOOTED NECK STOMP. JIMMY EAT WORLD PLAYS IN THE BACKGROUND*

davyK

That's a decent list. Intelligent Qube aka Kurushi deserves a wider audience. Excellent game.

And anything that spreads the web of Mr Driller has to be commended too.

R4 is a great pick as is Puzzle Fighter.

It's not for me though - unless it can be hacked for playing the PS1's surprisingly great 2D shooter library.

ChopperByrne

It's very much a "not arsed with anything that may have licensing issues" and big publishers didn't want to provide games they can still re-release.

Symphony of the Night should be a shoe in, but it's just had a PS4 re-release so no way Konami are giving up that money.

Playstation and Wipeout go hand in hand, but not featured at all.

Resident Evil 2 is about to get a remake, so no dice from Capcom on that one.

Puzzle Fighter is good, but nobody remembers the Playstation for Puzzle Fighter.

Crash Bandicoot and the Mega Man X games too have had recent remakes/ports so they're out.

Spyro is getting a remake.

Only one Final Fantasy is surprising.

PaRappa the Rapper is excluded too.

poprock

Mr Driller is the best thing on there, and it’s an arcade conversion.

davyK

Parappa and Vib Ribbon are sinful exclusions. Although Vib Ribbon's greatest feature would be unusable due to the absence of a CD drive.

And Wipeout should be there too. Wipeout 3SE is still a fine looking game.

If SOTN is left out they could have inc. Chronicles.

No shooters - no RType Delta or the superb Gradius Gaiden.

mistercrayon

Would have been awesome to see a football game on there.

davyK

No Bishi Bashi - they could release a custom built mini with just those games.

poprock

Just out of interest, here’s the top 20 sellers on the PS1 worldwide. Only three of them made the cut.

Gran Turismo
Final Fantasy 7
Gran Turismo 2
Final Fantasy 8
Crash Bandicoot 3
Crash Bandicoot
Metal Gear Solid
Final Fantasy 9
Tomb Raider 2
Crash Bandicoot 2
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
Resident Evil 2
Spyro
Tekken 3
Tomb Raider
Dragon Warrior 7
Rayman
Tomb Raider 3
Resident Evil 3
Pyro 2

Moot_Geeza

Rayman sold like hotcakes when I worked in Electronics Boutique. Was never keen on the way the original played, but it was surprisingly popular for an 'old hat' 2D platformer with a crappy character and a mean streak.

JonB

Moot_Geeza wrote:

Rayman sold like hotcakes when I worked in Electronics Boutique. Was never keen on the way the original played, but it was surprisingly popular for an 'old hat' 2D platformer with a crappy character and a mean streak.

Indeed. Helped that it looked nice and got an early release before better stuff came around. But it never played well.

Diluted Dante

Bold is my yes list, either games I love, or havent played but really want to.

Battle Arena Toshinden
Cool Boarders 2
Destruction Derby
Final Fantasy VII
Grand Theft Auto
Intelligent Qube
Jumping Flash
Metal Gear Solid
Mr Driller
Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee
Rayman
Resident Evil Director’s Cut
Revelations: Persona
Ridge Racer Type 4
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
Syphon Filter
Tekken 3
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six
Twisted Metal
Wild Arms

equinox_code

I'm guessing games like Wipeout and Gran Turismo didn't make the list due to some licensing issues with the soundtracks.

hylian_elf

Hmmmm. Not a list that does much for me. Oh well.

Yossarian

equinox_code wrote:

I'm guessing games like Wipeout and Gran Turismo didn't make the list due to some licensing issues with the soundtracks.

Switching up the music almost certainly wouldn’t have been that difficult.

EvilRedEye

I would expect it to be a launch-oriented list given the lack of analogues. Maybe they'll do a DualShock-oriented one later - they don't have many consoles they can do as little system-on-a-chip emu things.

mistercrayon

Yossarian wrote:

equinox_code wrote:

I'm guessing games like Wipeout and Gran Turismo didn't make the list due to some licensing issues with the soundtracks.

Switching up the music almost certainly wouldn’t have been that difficult.

But if people are being sold a nostalgia product it’s not really a good thing to do.

regmcfly

*Kicks bin*
GIVE ME APE ESCAPE AND DUAL SHOCKS YOU COWARDS

Diluted Dante

mistercrayon wrote:

Yossarian wrote:

Switching up the music almost certainly wouldn’t have been that difficult.

But if people are being sold a nostalgia product it’s not really a good thing to do.

Aye, for a re-release its one thing, but for a product like this you can't do it.

equinox_code

Beyond Oddworld, Tekken and Final Fantasy i dont find any of the games appealing, and even the games i do find appealing probably wont be much fun to go back to. I reckon the PS1- although a great console at the time- is not particularly well-suited for a re-release. The first generation of 3D games are going to be janky as fuck today.

regmcfly

davyK

Looking through my modest PS1 collection - forgot about Devil Dice and Power Diggerz which would have been interesting inclusions.

Too many PS1 games have recent updates that make the originals redundant. MGS and the VR mission pack is probably still worthwhile though. Wipeout3 and R4 would make the grade too.

Wookienopants

I’m stupidly excited about this.
On the other hand my Retropie is sitting there untouched. Perhaps I could see if the PlayStation titles work nicely on it?

mistercrayon

davyK wrote:

Looking through my modest PS1 collection - forgot about Devil Dice and Power Diggerz which would have been interesting inclusions.

Too many PS1 games have recent updates that make the originals redundant. MGS and the VR mission pack is probably still worthwhile though. Wipeout3 and R4 would make the grade too.

Devil Dice is on the Japan version.

Olimite

Disappointed with the lineup. I'm out.

cockbeard

No VibRibbon

Diluted Dante

cockbeard wrote:

No VibRibbon

Not without a CD drive.

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