![]() ![]() I had a PS1 for the last stretch of my high school years, but I never got around to playing any of the Tomb Raider games back then. AND NOW THAT WE’VE GOT ALL THE EXPLAINERS & DISCLAIMERS OUT OF THE WAY… HERE’S MY LIST OF 36 PLAYSTATION ONE GAMES THAT ARE STILL FUN TO PLAY TODAY: This is just a list of games that I still find personally enjoyable playing as an elder millennial in the 2020s & the ones that I find myself reaching for most often + it should be noted that I don’t really care much for fighting games or button-mashing beat ‘em ups or too-much-on-the-screen-at-one-time shooters or turn based strategy RPG games (no matter how ‘critically acclaimed’ they are on the Youtubes & Reddits). Please keep in mind that this list is not really in a ranked order and it is definitely not an attempt at creating a “best PS1 games ever” list ( so prepare to adjust your “how could you not include _?!” outrage appropriately). So, since I also did a lot of searching for “best ps1 games” or “most underrated ps1 games” or “ps1 games that are still worth playing today” or “hidden gem ps1 games” once I was done googling the same “how to hack a sega mini” queries that have been directing people to my blahg quite consistently, I figured I should put together some console specific lists too… because SEO, innit? More recently, I’ve been noticing that my most visited website pages, month after month, were my blog posts about retro video gaming (even though I am very clearly a ‘ not a music blog, not not a music blog’), and most of those visits were coming from Google’rs. I guess that’s why they say hindsight is 2020. And once one goes down that online retro video gaming rabbit hole, one eventually realizes that one could have been playing any old retro video game right on one’s old iMac the whole time. This was heavily influenced by me ordering a Sega Mini to hook up to the tv I won at a Super Bowl party right before the world went on a never-ending lockdown quarantine, but the thing that really kicked the new hobby up a notch was realizing that that Sega Mini could be hacked to add any old retro video game from any old retro video game console. And there are tons of different enemies in the game, so there are tons of abilities to play with.As I mentioned in my other top/fave retro video games lists, 2020 was the year I got back into playing retro video games from my youth. ![]() Each enemy has their own ability which the player can use by spending BP. ![]() ![]() The key mechanic of the game is the player’s ability to steal enemy abilities. Brave Fencer Musashiīrave Fencer Musashi is a game hat flies under the radar, but the people who know it love it. I would absolutely love to see a remaster or a sequel to this actual hidden gem. It could do with some balance tweaks and additional characters, but overall it’s a great foundation for a game. And since each character is so different, the real strategy comes from sending the right units which will have advantages over the ones your opponent has. If a unit moves next to an enemy unit, they have to option of entering into battle with them. Players spend money (called AUR) to buy units and activate special map abilities. Strategy Mode is a turn-based mode with a hex map. But on top of the basic fighting mode, there is Strategy Mode, and this is what takes the game from good to great. ![]()
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