I’m not big fan of games of released on the first 3D consoles. I often dislike their “3D everywhere” rigid gameplay.
Nevertheless, the Playstation 1 has some good games that I enjoy, but they were not especially block busters. The following list contains my own selection, only NTSC games (60HZ).
This page may be updated from time to time.
Last edited on : 27.02.2024
| Game | Type | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Ridge Racer | Racing | The first game of the console |
| Ray Tracers | Racing | |
| Gunner heaven | Run & gun | Known as Rapid Reload in Europe. |
| Gamera 2000 | Shoot'em up | Only released in Japan |
| Nanotek Warrior | Racing / Shoot'em up | A mix of FZero and Nanostray. |
| Castlevania - Symphony of the night | Action | There is a nice hack by paul_met that enhances the game |
| Einhander | Shoot'em up | |
| Side by side special | Racing | |
| R-Type delta | Shoot'em up | |
| Ridge racer type 4 | Racing | |
| Moto racer | Racing | |
| Crash team racing | Racing | |
| Crash bandicoot - Warped | Platformer | The first black label versions have lenticular cover |
| Heart of darkness | Action / die and retry | A worthy successor of "Another World" in the same genre |
| Harmful park | Shoot'em up | Maybe one of the most overpriced game of the system. |
| N20 Nitrous Oxide | Shoot'em up | More precisely, it's a tunel shooter |
| Motor Toon Grand Prix 2 | Racing | 2 players mode needs 2 playstations with the special link cable |
| Cool borders 3 | Sport | |
| Die hard trilogy | Misc | The playstation version is smoother than the Saturn one, but also a bit more laggy on the controls |
| Nuclear Strike | Shoot'em up | Sequel to Strike series from 16 bit era that started with Desert strike |
| Soviet Strike | Shoot'em up | Sequel to Strike series from 16 bit era that started with Desert strike |
| One | 3D Run & Gun | |
| Rage Racer | Racing | It could have been named Ridge Racer 3 |
| RC Helicopter | RC Simulation | |
| Road Rash 3D | Racing | You my prefer the PC version if you manage to run it |
| Rockman X4 | Action / plateformer | |
| Rockman X5 | Action / plateformer | |
| Rockman X6 | Action / plateformer | |
| Star wars: Rebel assault II | FMV shooter / Shoot'em up | |
| Crash bandicoot 2 | Platformer | Considered the best of the trilogy by some people. The first black label versions have lenticular cover |
| Spyro 2: Ripto's rage | Platformer | Probably the most balanced of the trilogy |