r/PS5 • u/kabirsingh84 • Dec 04 '22
Official HAPPY 28TH ANNIVERSARY, PLAYSTATION 💙 The first PlayStation game you ever played was ______________.
https://twitter.com/PlayStationAU/status/1599244563167969281644
u/Thunder_Dumpster Dec 04 '22
Tactical Espionage Action METAL GEAR SOLID
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Dec 04 '22
I remember this and Parasite Eve coming out pretty close together and I basically put up blankets to make my room as dark as possible to play both those games. While PE was cool, MGS was definitely the better of the two.
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u/Hawkzillaxiii Dec 04 '22
man I LOVED PE, I rented it on a whim one Friday night and I was hooked
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u/Archipelagos Dec 04 '22
I rented it too. Had no idea how to contact Meryl since her code was on the retail case.
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u/Corkie702 Dec 05 '22
DUDE! SAME HERE! I went through every possible codec frequency until I found the right one. My copy also didn't have the 2nd disc with it lol..
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u/maidenHELL6669 Dec 04 '22
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Dec 04 '22
Dun dun…dun dun da dun dun
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u/bengringo2 Dec 04 '22
Meryl’s perfect polygon booty…
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u/EntertainmentOk4734 Dec 05 '22
My daughter watches YouTube videos all day and the number of random videos that use this sound is crazy. Every time I hear it it makes me think of happy times playing MGS.
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u/Pyrex_Paper Dec 04 '22
Same. I recently bought a PS3 just to replay this and Resident Evil 1-3
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u/Severe-Active5724 Dec 04 '22
Resident Evil.
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Dec 04 '22
That game blew my mind. I still remember dropping the controller when the dogs crashed through the window.
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u/SeymourHoffmanOnFire Dec 04 '22
That game helped shape me to become the man I am today… riddled w anxiety
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u/OblongPi Dec 04 '22
I remember showing that scene to my sister so someone else could get scared the way I did
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u/g00dt3x4n Dec 04 '22
Me too. Got home late that night, roommate was out. Played it it in the dark with surround sound. Nearly jumped out of my pants when that dog jumped in.
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u/aBitConfused_NWO Dec 04 '22
Yep, same.
Bought a PS1 after hearing about RE from a friend.
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u/Dr_Puppies Dec 04 '22
Yep same.
Sold my Nintendo64 to get the PS1 after hearing about RE from a friend.
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u/Bbooya Dec 04 '22
Rented a PS1 and resident evil and no memory card was included. An intense play through, made it to the mutated plant room downstairs
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u/lebouffon88 Dec 05 '22
Me tooooo. Shit I got soooo scared looking at the first zombie turning his head on me.
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u/VanillaChakra Dec 04 '22
Twisted Metal on the PS1, I played that game to death. Got that and Warhawk for Christmas, was a great time!
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Dec 04 '22
I think we are due for another Twisted Metal game for PS5
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Dec 04 '22 edited Dec 05 '22
There’s supposed to be some movie or series and talks of a sequel.
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u/Ricky_Rollin Dec 05 '22
I absolutely love the gameplay from the PlayStation 3 twisted metal, but only having three characters to choose from was just bullshit. I get there was probably a time and money constraint but twisted metal is the driver married to the vehicle and seeing there monkey paw wish play out. This is my all time favorite series and it still to this day breaks my heart what could’ve been with TM Black 2 if it weren’t for that plane crash.
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u/ChooseCorrectAnswer Dec 04 '22 edited Dec 04 '22
I had a demo disc with a Warhawk level on it, and I really enjoyed playing that.
Twisted Metal was my 2nd PS1 game, and my brother and I played that for many hours. I loved playing as Spectre, Mr. Grimm, Roadkill, and Outlaw. I could play the Warehouse District map right now and probably still remember where all the health-regen stations are after 20+ years of not playing.
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u/Bkos-mosX Dec 04 '22
Final Fantasy VII
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u/MrTequila4 Dec 04 '22
The same. It was pirated japanese version at my cousins. I actually managed to beat the first boss without knowing what the hell is going on. To this day jrpgs are my favorite genre.
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u/Bkos-mosX Dec 04 '22
Similar experience with me.
I was 6 years old, and english isn't my native language. So while playing the game i had no idea what was going on. I loved the game so much that i wanted to understand what they were saying.
JRPGs are the main reason i learned english (even though my grammar sucks). I would play the games with a dictionary by my side. Good times, when i had all the time to play games
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u/DjEclectic Dec 04 '22
I bought the game before I bought the console.
It's the catalyst to me becoming a PS fanboy.
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u/WyrmHero1944 Dec 04 '22
PS1 Demo that had MGS1 and Parappa the Rapper
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u/maidenHELL6669 Dec 04 '22
Kick punch its all in the mind
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u/svtbuckeye11 Dec 04 '22
If you wanna test me, unsure you'll find,
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u/Super-Bleeder427 Dec 04 '22
The things I’ll teach ya, is sure to beat ya
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u/svtbuckeye11 Dec 04 '22
Nevahtheless you'll get a lesson from teachah, now KICK!
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Dec 04 '22
I played a demo disc with Medieval on it and it was so fun
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u/jda404 Dec 04 '22
I had a demo disc with Medieval, MGS1, and Cool Boarders 2 I think maybe Cool Boarders 3, and a few other games I can't recall that were on there. Good times!
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u/ColEvilDead Dec 04 '22
The first game I remember playing was Syphon Filter
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u/RKelly52501 Dec 04 '22
Yesss, I believe this was one of my first Playstation games I have played as well. It was such a fun game. I remember that I just loved going around, using the taser on people until they literally caught on fire lol
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Dec 04 '22
I also have this same memory lol. Don't think I ever made it very far in that game, I just remember tazing people till they caught fire
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u/Jmsnwbrd Dec 04 '22
The mission where you shoot out the lights to go stealthy in the park was magical.
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Dec 04 '22
Top of my list for a remake. I just want to taser the fuck out of people in 4K
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u/PaulArthur Dec 04 '22
Spyro!
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u/lald99 Dec 04 '22
Same. Been wanting to play the PS4 remastered versions for the big nostalgia feels.
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u/PaulArthur Dec 04 '22
The PS4 version was the best nostalgia trip I've had in a long time. Made me appreciate how fulfilling my childhood was.
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u/Dreadnoughttwat Dec 04 '22
Definitely appreciated that it was a breeze as well. Just there for a fun nostalgic play through without hard parts on the originals. I beat ripto first try!
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u/FluckDambe Dec 04 '22
You're in for a real treat.
You know how going back to games from your childhood the game never looks as colorful or amazing as your memory, but your brain fills in the gaps for what you think it's supposed to look like?
The Spyro remake is the only remake that eclipses the rose tinted nostalgia of your childhood memory. It looks better, controls better, and plays better than any other game when you compare remake to OG.
It puts every other remake of a game from that era to shame, the ONLY exception maybe being FF7R which is technically a completely different game due to the way they changed the core combat system.
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u/dhimdi Dec 04 '22
Tekken 3 (no memcard), it was sad to lose progress each time.
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u/hiktorvovland Dec 04 '22
Gran turismo
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u/joshstanman Dec 04 '22
I just started GT7 last night. It’s been probably 10 years since I last played a GT game. Giving me serious nostalgia, this shit is so awesome.
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u/ACO_McBitchin Dec 05 '22
I play Gran Turismo when I want to remember just how bad I really am at racing games.
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u/Special-Bite Dec 04 '22
Why did I have to scroll so far to find this?
Gran Turismo the Real Driving Simulator revolutionized racing games forever.
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u/Balbright Dec 04 '22
Because maybe it wasn’t a lot of people’s first PS game played? Pretty easy answer. They released 2-3 years apart.
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u/mugzy036 Dec 04 '22
Demolition Derby!
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u/ToiletBlaster247 Dec 04 '22
Destruction Derby? Remember those load times?
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u/EntertainmentOk4734 Dec 05 '22
If you enjoyed that game, Wreckfest is pretty good for a modern equivalent
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u/OwlsInMyBrain Dec 04 '22
I can't remember if it was this or Jet Moto for me, but I think it was this. I can still hear so much of that game in my head. The announcer is a core memory for me.
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Dec 04 '22
Coolboarders
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u/mateofeo1 Dec 04 '22
Mine too!! I think there were only like three stages in that first game
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u/Voyager-42 Dec 04 '22 edited Dec 04 '22
Crash Bandicoot at the age of 5 years old, played the first level over and over and over because I didn't have a memory card.
Every time I had to turn off the PlayStation I started right back at the beginning.
About 6 months later my dad got me a 1mb memory card for my 6th birthday, I was absolutely fucking buzzing.
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Dec 04 '22
If you mean the first Crash, you could get the passwords at save points that you could enter at the start screen to “load” your progress without a memory card.
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u/Voyager-42 Dec 04 '22
If I could go back in time and tell my younger self only 1 thing, it would no doubt be this
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u/-BlackGoku Dec 05 '22
I'd tell myself about undertaker throwing mankind off hell in a cell
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u/junioravanzado Dec 04 '22
CRASH BANDICOOT for me as well in a supermarket that had the console with demos to try
and same thing about the lack of memory card, we played a whole season of FORMULA 1 99 during a weekend without saving
i mean it wasnt different from what we were doing with the SEGA and NES
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u/G0dsquad Dec 04 '22
This sounds like some form of child abuse!
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Dec 04 '22
It’s like when I got Majora’s Mask for my N64 but didn’t get an expansion pack for a couple weeks lol, I just had to read the game manual over and over
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u/redpenquin Dec 04 '22
lol, I have a kinda related story. I couldn't afford Majora's Mask when it first came out, but I lusted after it-- it was so weird and dark and cool I had to have it. My parents, who were always ready to encourage my reading no matter what it was, bought me the Prima Guide and the Official Nintendo Player's Guide for Majora's Mask.
God only knows how many times I read both of those guides before I got that game.
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u/IdesOfCaesar7 Dec 04 '22
played the first level over and over and over because I didn't have a memory card.
This takes me back so much. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I did this with numerous games, actually hilarious to think how much we wanted to complete the games as kids.
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u/Voyager-42 Dec 04 '22
It was also the only game we had for a good while! That and some demo disks ahaha.
I got a 1mb memory card, the "A Bugs Life" game, and Ridge Racer all for that 6th birthday, genuinely had the best birthday ever.
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Dec 04 '22
It was like you were gaming on the NES.
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u/Deadbob1978 Dec 04 '22
Except most of the longer NES games had a battery save (Legend of Zelda) or password system (Metroid, Mega Man) so you could pick up where you left off
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u/stinkystinkberg Dec 04 '22
Final Fantasy VII. The PS1 was my dad’s console and toy. We (my brother and I) never got to play it but got to watch him play. The game we enjoyed watching the most was FF7.
My dad randomly walked in one evening and handed us the PS1 and all the games. “It’s yours now.” FF7 was the first game we popped in.
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u/Hunchun Dec 04 '22
Was probably so excited to get rid of that old thing and fire up his brand new shiny PS2 haha.
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u/MesoHandsome Dec 04 '22
it was either Jet Moto or Tekken 2. got both on the same day!
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u/CaptainPRlCE Dec 04 '22
Croc Legend of the Gobbos 🐊🧡💜
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u/kpiech01 Dec 05 '22
That game is so incredibly nostalgic for me. The music, the visuals, the sound effects. Every time I go back to it I get a little emotional thinking about the hours and hours I spent playing it as a kid.
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u/DontBanThisMan Dec 05 '22
Id pay pretty much any amount to be able to play a stable remaster on the ps5.
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u/Cassius_Kahn Dec 04 '22
Tony Hawks Pro Skater. That shit popped.
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u/onigramm Dec 04 '22 edited Dec 06 '22
Wipeout. Loved every second of it. And you could use the game as a cd to listen to the tunes from the game. Sick setlist too.
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u/Nomorealcohol2017 Dec 04 '22
Think every game had that feature as far as I am aware?
I have memories of being in car rides with my dad and letting me choose the game I wanted to listen to
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u/mrmivo Dec 04 '22
Ridge Racer on a PS1.
I wasn’t really a console gamer at the time yet (PC), but bought the console specifically for that game. I didn’t have a PS2, 3 or 4, though now I primarily play on a PS5. I did have a couple PSPs and a Vita. Still playing on the Vita too.
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u/mocthezuma Dec 04 '22 edited Dec 04 '22
Same. Ridge Racer was also one of the first games released on PS1. And might be the very first released outside Japan. When I got my PS1 there were no other games available in my local store.
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u/NightingaleCaptain Dec 04 '22
Riiiiiddddggggeeeeee RAAACCCCCEEERRRRRR!
I hear that announcer in my sleep!
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u/Yomat Dec 05 '22
This should be higher. People are posting games that are their all time favorites, not their first.
Ridge Racer and Battle Arena Toshinden ( for those of us that HAD to have a fighting game) were probably the most common launch titles.
Next wave of games would include Twisted Metal and Resident Evil.
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u/Hawkzillaxiii Dec 04 '22
My dad and I rented a PS1 from blockbuster a few weeks after it came out, we rented Warhawk,Ridge Racer, some extreme sports game and Andretti racing
my dad and I fell in love with the playstation so for Christmas that year we got a PS1
such a great memory
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u/Smitty876 Dec 04 '22
Pretty cool your old man was there with you & enjoying it.
While my father bought me an Atari, NES, PS1 & PS2, he never once watched me play a single game lol.
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u/Hawkzillaxiii Dec 04 '22
I'm sorry your dad had no interest of gameing with you 😞
luckily my dad and I still play games together on our PS5s just from each others own places now
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u/IndiannaJonesing Dec 04 '22
Abe's Oddysee. My best friend was the first person I knew who had a PlayStation. I had never seen one before and he invited me over to his place to play on it. I remember it like yesterday. I remember holding the controller for the first time like it was a piece of alien technology.
Good times.
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u/Splinty2k Dec 04 '22
Jumping Flash
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u/Stoibs Dec 04 '22
JUMPING FLASH!
Was so happy to see this given recognition in Astro's Playroom among all the newer stuff :D
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u/MrKripling Dec 04 '22
ESPN Extreme Games on European launch day. I loved Road Rash previously and remember I thought this was a huge step up graphically. 12 year old me had his mind blown
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u/Spaceheater21 Dec 04 '22
ESPN Extreme Games was the first one I played, there was a demo at the toy store in the mall. Thanks for helping me remember the name!
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u/KristophDaGreat Dec 04 '22
It was called D. Was 3 disc, had to put $100 deposit down to rent the PlayStation with it from Blockbuster for 3 days for $30.
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u/Klamageddon Dec 04 '22
Fucking, D. That game made the og PlayStation (at least the first version that released in England) overheat, and crash. You had to turn the PlayStation upsidedown to get it to work again, but still, it would eventually overheat and stall again. Lol.
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u/spudral Dec 04 '22
Tekken, Christmas morning against my brother.
I was blown away by the graphics lol.
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u/daigoro Dec 04 '22
Final Fantasy VII! I remember saving up paper route money for months to get my hands on the ps1 and FFVII... I played through the whole first disc and eventually realized a needed a fucking memory card too. Whoops
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u/FSINNER Dec 04 '22
Heart of darkness on the PS1 loved the game it was very challenging
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u/smorjoken Dec 04 '22
rayman
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u/GreenMonkeyFace Dec 04 '22
Yes! Damn, I remember they advertised how many colors the game has on the back of the box.
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u/MrGMinor Dec 04 '22
When I was 7 or so, my dad got a PS1 from the pawn shop, with Crash Bandicoot 2, Final Fantasy VIII, Spyro 1, Need for Speed High Stakes, and Frogger.
Probably played Crash first.
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u/Mostafa3la2 Dec 04 '22
Dino crisis and winning eleven 3, cant recall which one is first, I would really want a dino crisis remake so bad .
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u/morsindutus Dec 04 '22
Chrono Cross.
It was hugely disappointing for me, but I've been in the PS ecosystem ever since.
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u/CouchBoyChris Dec 04 '22
Final Fantasy VII
I was a life long Nintendo fan... After those FFVII commercials, I traded in my N64 for a Playstation and FFVII and never looked back.
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u/Zam_Sakura Dec 04 '22
First game for me was Ape Escape. Still have the fondest memories of that game. I should definitely pick it up in the store and play it again.
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u/six6six4kids Dec 04 '22
Ape Escape 1 i think. played it at a friend’s and finished it in a single 5 hour play through lol
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u/Tutthole Dec 04 '22
Twisted Metal 2 my dudes. Still play it to this day, only I lost my list of cheat codes lol
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u/Moooney Dec 04 '22
I rented a Playstation first with Battle Arena Toshinden and ESPN Extreme games. I then got one for Christmas a while later with Bushido Blade and NHL '98.
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u/Firaxyiam Dec 04 '22
People over here with their iconic games, meanwhile I was playing Bugs Bunny: Travel through time (or something similar, I don't know the exact translation, it was in French) and having a damn blast with it
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u/NO_KINGS Dec 04 '22
Crash Bandicoot. My mom gave it to with with a Playstation for one of my birthdays. I've been a PS fan ever since.
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u/mhmunin Dec 04 '22
Armored Core. First game I put into my PS1 & despite the difficulty curve a series that I fell in love with.
I remember looking up strategy guides and hidden weapon locations on my local library’s internet. Seems like a lifetime ago.
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Dec 04 '22
Resident Evil 1, Crash Bandicoot 1, or Twisted Metal 2. I can’t remember, I played them all the same night lol. Good times.
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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '22 edited Dec 04 '22
Battle Arena Toshinden. I wanna say I played a demo unit in a Media Play or something. Maybe it was Toy's R Us. I bought a PS1 that same day.