PS1 or PS2?

Hey, I'm new on these boards and wanted to introduce myself. I've been playing PlayStation since 1996 and haven't gave up on it since but just to break the ice:

Who in here has owned or bought a Playstation, what version (PSX, PSone, Slim, etc.), and what games do you remember playing for it?

Just a little history, I owned all consoles except for the PSone. I've played the classics like Crash Bandicoot, Doom, Tekken, Test Drive, and Resident Evil for PSone; SOCOM, Gran Turismo, Madden, Ghost Recon, Burnout and the Need for Speed: Underground series for PS2. I did have a PS3 for the next gen but I sold it down the road for the PS4.

If you have any questions, thoughts, or opinions just comment down below, Thx.

@roughlife:

I had both and I got to see the evolution of lots of old games like Twisted Metal, Metal Gear, Silent Hill, Crash Bandicoot and Tekken. It's been fun watching them grow through the gens.

@killered3: Yeah, PlayStation has been good to us over the years, I hope they never stop making good games like GoW4 and Ghost Recon

I've had ever Playstation console (not the handhelds lol) and I eevn had the XB and XB360 for a limited period, along with the N64 and GC, again, for short periods.

Sony is definitely the best console manufacturer over a period of the last 20 years. The ps2 being the pinnacle of console gaming. It's been a bit downhill since then.

Have owned PS1, PS2, PS3 and PS4. Was w/ Playstation at the very start. There have been great leaps, but also significant step backs over the years. PS2 was the best of the 4. My concern is the possibility of Sony not continuing the make of new consoles. Partly in due part to this....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdh4TqWFfX4

It's a probable exaggeration, but it provides the point of continuous, significant advancements in gaming.

@roughlife: My fondest memory on PS1 were numerous JRPG's, countless of school hours spend with Vagrant Story, FFVII, Legend of Dragoon, Breath of Fire 4, etc.

For the PS2 era - cinematic games started to show their strengths and I still remember Metal Gear Solid 2 and my favorite Snake Eater, Resident Evil 4 was superb, Shadow of Colossus and ICO were excellent emotional drives, God of War II and Dragon Quest VIII were excellent... It truly was the best console when it comes to well done games, Silent Hill 2, Persona 4, Gran Turismo 4, Kingdom Hearts II.. The list can go on for a while.

I had a decent time with the PS3 and today the PS4 provides good selection but it's still not where the PlayStation 2 was and I doubt it will ever capture it. Nevertheless, it's a great machine that I use almost daily.

@Sokol4ever: Still wish I had my PS2 tbh, miss playing SOCOM. But unfortunately I never played online on the old gen console

I had the big PSX. So many good times.

BTW, Why did you name the title of this topic PS1 or PS2 though?

I've owned all the playstations, only have ps3 and ps4 out of the boxes right now though. I believe I threw away my original psx as my son put cheerio's in it and I gave my small (silver) ps2 to my daughter to use as a dvd player, large ps2 went to my son and is never used. My girlfriend has a ps1 and 2 in the closet somewhere though, both the smaller versions I believe.

Instead of hooking up those old systems I'm a big fan of keeping a collection of digital ps1 and ps2 games on ps3 and ps4.. and to be honest I think I'm beginning to enjoy ps2 on ps4 MORE than new ps4 titles.

As for my gaming history I was a Nintendo-exclusive fan up until final fantasy 7 came out for ps1, after which I've been buying ever Nintendo console (and handheld) and ever sony console (no handhelds). I've never been able to let go of Nintendo although I've wanted to many times, there's always at least 1 game I have to have on their systems.

Had PS1 from the launch, and loved it. Gran Turismo, Doom, Tekken, FF7, Resident Evil, Tomb Raider... Massive amount of great games.

PS2 brought along GTA3 and lotsa driving games. Oh yeah, driving was what I did most on PS2. Shooters and other stuff was mainly on PC, but for driving games, PS2 was the machine to have.

Still have most of the games from those eras, and occasionally play them.

Owned the PS1 from around 1997-2001, the first game I ever played for it was Tomb Raider and my favorites were Tony Hawk Pro Skater, Spyro, Gran Turismo and the Test Drive games. Played my first PS2 game (GTA III) in 2003 and was completely blown away by the graphics and sheer freedom of it, it was amazing. A big change from the top-down GTA's. After that I bought a heap of PS2 games, probably over 300 by 2008, my favorites were Flatout 2, Enter The Matrix, Socom, MGS3, Shadow Of The Colossus, Splinter Cell, Hitman etc. I eventually bought both consoles back and still play them to this day.

I played PS1 in 2002. I have first goal at Thiery Henry :)

I have owned the original playstation one, games I've played on this system:

• Gran Turismo.
• Resident Evil.
• Resident Evil 2.
• Resident Evil 3; Nemesis.
• Resident Evil: Survivor.
• Dino Crisis.
• Dino Crisis 2.
• Parasite Eve 2.
• Driver.
• Syphon Filter.

there other games I have played but these that come to mind on the PS1.

Ps2 Games:

• Metal Gear Solid 2 :Sons of Liberty.
• Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater + Subsistence.
• Resident Evil : Code Veronica X.
• Silent Hill 2.
• Silent Hill 3.
• Onimusha : Warlords.
• Onimusha 2 : Samurai's Destiny.
• Onimusha 3 : Demon Siege.
• Prince of Perisa : Sands of Time.
• Prince of Persia : Warrior Within.
• Devil May Cry (1,2&3).

I enjoyed most of my gaming on the PS2 to be honest. when I got the PS1 the PS2 was just around the corner, bought the original PS2, had problem with the infamous Read Disc Error multiple times till I bought the Slim which I still have and continued on to buy the PS3 and finally the PS4.

I remember reading EGM and the pre battle articles on the PSX and Saturn. It was clear that the PSX was going to be the better option from the very first article. I had lots of fun with the pack in game Ridge Racer. I beat the black and white special cars, a big gaming accomplishment for me back then. I had twisted metal and just soaked in the open world (for back then) gameplay. I had jet set moto, the first crash bandicoot which I sucked at. Lets see, hard for me to remember a lot of them, Area 51, Destruction Derby, tekken, some motocross game, Tomb Raider, gran turismo, resident evil, Revolution X ( Aerosmith became popular again in the mid 90's didnt they ). I rented a lot of these games and my friend down the street had some as well. I rented MGS1 and didnt get it at first, when I did, I decided it was too technical for me, back then at least. I tried playing snes rpg's but could not get into them, that happened with 7. I missed out on all the great psx jrpg's back then, I need to get a ps2 and play some.

I have a hard time remembering a lot of the less memorable psx games I played. I'm pretty sure its bc the launch models all fell apart after a short time. It started with the disc drive hub, the plastic snap pieces started to break off one by one. The console lasted just long enough for me to beat FF7, which I got when it first released and played everyday until I beat it. The console had to be placed on its side when I was playing FF7, shortly after I beat ff7 it wouldnt work at all. I have read now that the next step was to turn it completely upside down. That never crossed my mind back then, thats just too bizarre for me.

So I had a short but intense run with the psx. When the N64 came out I was all about that and my psx was broken. So I have fonder memories of my N64 that generation.

I've had all the PlayStation consoles, and I've loved them all. For those of you interested in the original PlayStation, I actually recommend grabbing a PS Vita before it completely dies at retail - the reason is that it has a reasonable library of original PlayStation games available for download, and they look great on the Vita screen. :D

So far in this generation, PS4 is my most-played console. In the previous gen, my most-played was probably the Xbox 360 (although the PS3 was still a great console, and I still play it these days).

@roughlife: sup Roughlife? Coolyfett missed most of gen 5 and 6. So he really can not answer which is best. PlayStation did a lot for the video game industry. The RPG genre grew a ton, but many of Coolyfetts favorite genres were during the Gen 3 and 4 days. Coolyfett was working on his rap songs back in those days.