PS1 exclusive must haves

I'll list 3 for now: 

Chrono Cross

Final Fantasy IX

Metal Gear Solid

The Unholy War

Spyro the dragon, ripto's rage and year of the dragon

Gran Turismo 2

Ape Escape

rc de go

tiny tank

Crash bandicoot 3, crash team racing

Action/Adventure:

• Armored Core
• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (exclusive in the U.S.)
• Medievil 1 & 2
• Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro
• Syphon Filter 1-3
• Tenchu: Stealth Assassins

Fighting Games:

• Bloody Roar 1 & 2
• Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter (exclusive in the U.S.)

Platformers:

• Crash Bandicoot 1-3
• Pac-Man World
• Spyro The Dragon 1-3

RPGs:

• Brave Fencer Musashi
• King's Field 1 & 2
• Legend of Dragoon
• Legend of Legaia
• Parasite Eve 1 & 2

Shoot-Em Ups:

• Einhander
• G-Darius
• Thunder Force V

Other:

• Intelligent Qube (fantastic, addicting, original puzzle game. But also VERY hard to find, unfortunately)
• Twisted Metal 1 & 2 (vehicular combat)
• WWF Smackdown 1 & 2

My favorite PS1 game is Twisted Metal 2 - it's a sequel that improved upon everything from the first game. Each vehicle was unique, as were the drivers, and there were nice animated cutscenes progressing the story for each of them. I beat the game multiple times with each character just to watch their endings repeatedly. There were 2 hidden characters/vehicles (both had 'ending movies'), and 3 hidden tracks, along with cool 'special moves' like Freeze and Shield. The only thing it lacked was System Link cable support to allow 2 tv's, 2 games, and 2 systems to do LAN matches. If you've ever had any kind of interest in 'cars with guns' you need to check it out.

I don't want to go off-topic, but since you said you have a PS2, and related to TM 2 is Twisted Metal: Head-On - Extra Twisted Edition, as it's the direct sequel that Twisted Metal III and Twisted Metal: Black weren't. TM Head-On was a port from the PSP launch title - with quite a few extras. If you do enjoy vehicular destruction, you should also check out MotorStorm: Arctic Edge for PS2, though it's more racing-focused, though it also happens to be available on PSP.

• Intelligent Qube (fantastic, addicting, original puzzle game. But also VERY hard to find, unfortunately)
• Emerald_Warrior

I'd like to add Tale of the Sun. Not everyone's game (research it, to be sure) - it would be fun to still have!

metal gear solid

Action/Adventure:

• Armored Core
• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (exclusive in the U.S.)
• Medievil 1 & 2
• Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro
• Syphon Filter 1-3
• Tenchu: Stealth Assassins

Fighting Games:

• Bloody Roar 1 & 2
• Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter (exclusive in the U.S.)

Platformers:

• Crash Bandicoot 1-3
• Pac-Man World
• Spyro The Dragon 1-3

RPGs:

• Brave Fencer Musashi
• King's Field 1 & 2
• Legend of Dragoon
• Legend of Legaia
• Parasite Eve 1 & 2

Shoot-Em Ups:

• Einhander
• G-Darius
• Thunder Force V

Other:

• Intelligent Qube (fantastic, addicting, original puzzle game. But also VERY hard to find, unfortunately)
• Twisted Metal 1 & 2 (vehicular combat)
• WWF Smackdown 1 & 2

Emerald_Warrior

Resident Evil 1&2, Final Fantasy 7, Final Fantasy Tactics, Tekken 2&3. Those are just off the top of my head, at least for games not mentioned already.

For Resident Evil 1, I would recommend the non-Director's Cut long box version. Directors Cut made the game too easy, and it takes a lot out of the Survival aspect IMO.

Resident Evil 1&2, Final Fantasy 7, Final Fantasy Tactics, Tekken 2&3. Those are just off the top of my head, at least for games not mentioned already.

For Resident Evil 1, I would recommend the non-Director's Cut long box version. Directors Cut made the game too easy, and it takes a lot out of the Survival aspect IMO.

RossRichard

The Resident Evil games are some of the best games on the system, without a doubt. But they're not exclusive. Saturn, N64, Dreamcast, and GameCube all have ports of PS1 Resident Evil games. That is unless you're counting Resident Evil: Survivor. There's a reason it hasn't been ported to any other system, though.

I'm just gonna go ahead and avoid the typical games that always get reccomended, so here's some moderately known games that are well worth it imo. Fear Effect Fear Effect 2 O.D.T. Colony wars Colony Wars Vengeance Vagrant Story Dino Crisis Dino Crisis 2rilpas

Both dino games are multi plat.

[QUOTE="rilpas"]I'm just gonna go ahead and avoid the typical games that always get reccomended, so here's some moderately known games that are well worth it imo. Fear Effect Fear Effect 2 O.D.T. Colony wars Colony Wars Vengeance Vagrant Story Dino Crisis Dino Crisis 2AMD655

Both dino games are multi plat.

[QUOTE="AMD655"]

[QUOTE="rilpas"]I'm just gonna go ahead and avoid the typical games that always get reccomended, so here's some moderately known games that are well worth it imo. Fear Effect Fear Effect 2 O.D.T. Colony wars Colony Wars Vengeance Vagrant Story Dino Crisis Dino Crisis 2rilpas

Both dino games are multi plat.

PC too :P

There's reall no such thing as a must have. It really comes down to what genre you like to play.

From the perspective of a guy that got a PS1 for the first time in 2008, here's my must have games -

• Spyro the Dragon 2 & 3
• Crash Bandicoot 2 & 3
• Metal Gear Solid (best in the series, by far)
• Xenogears (long as hell, be prepared for a slow start)
• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
• Vagrant Story
• Suikoden II
• Parasite Eve
• Klonoa: Door to Phantomile
• PaRappa the Rapper
• Crash Team Racing
• Tomba! 1 & 2
• Strider 2 (2D action/hack 'n slash)
• MediEvil 1 (second one isn't as good)
• Valkyrie Profile
• Brave Fencer Musashi (magnificient action RPG with a ton of charm)

Every single one of them are absolutely amazing games.

Spyro the Dragon trilogy, Crash Bandicoot trilogy, Final Fantasy IX.

Xenogears (long as hell, be prepared for a slow start)Lucianu

FF VII, FF Tactics, Metal Gear Solid, Legend of Mana, and some lesser known ones like Wild 9, etc. I haven't played most of these games in years but I can say for sure the original MGS and FF VII have stood the test of time.

There's reall no such thing as a must have. It really comes down to what genre you like to play.

BuryMe

the issue of "exclusitivity" is quickly becoming moot, given that so much stuff has been handheld ported, re-released in package bundles, or offered on PSN etc as downloadable.
(not to mention that some stuff is only "exclusive" to certain regions; ex. "symphony of the night" was on Saturn in other regions)

anyhow, my PS1 "must haves" are:

- final fantasy VII
- silent hill
- metal gear solid
- castlevania symphony of the night
- lunar silver star story & eternal blue (there are older segaCD versions, but they don't compare favorably)

• Final Fantasy IX
• Final Fantasy VII
• Crash Team Racing
• Vagrant Story
• Metal Gear Solid
• Resident Evil 1,2 and 3
• Tekken 3
• Klonona
• Crash Bandicoot 2

- lunar silver star story & eternal blue (there are older segaCD versions, but they don't compare favorably)TheKungFool

[QUOTE="TheKungFool"]- lunar silver star story & eternal blue (there are older segaCD versions, but they don't compare favorably)rawsavon

Jet Moto, Jet Moto2, Twisted Metal 1 and 2,  Crash Bandicoot games, Metal Gear Solid, Wipeout, Ace combat 1, 2, and 3  (the first is called Air Combat fyi)

Pandemonium! I & II

Pandemonium! I & II

MonkeySpot

[QUOTE="BuryMe"]

There's reall no such thing as a must have. It really comes down to what genre you like to play.

AtelierFan

[QUOTE="MonkeySpot"]

Pandemonium! I & II

Jakandsigz

They're not exclusives, so I didn't list them.

:D

[QUOTE="Jakandsigz"][QUOTE="MonkeySpot"]

Pandemonium! I & II

MonkeySpot

They're not exclusives, so I didn't list them.

:D