

The formats capacity for storage and cheap production costs meant the PS1 would often be chosen by game developers over Nintendo’s N64, often due to its lower capacity cartridge format. Just scroll through the video and you'll see what I mean.In the mid 90’s, Sony launched their PlayStation console, its CD-Rom video game format was new and exciting. Some look decent, but most of them are either hilarious or absolutely terrifying. Oh, and the best/worst thing about the game are the NPC faces. Just be prepared to get lost soemtimes and don't expect to beat it on your first try. It's surprisingly complex for the time and if you are into these weird games, definitely give it a go. It kind of feels like an early (or maybe even better) version of Radiant AI that Bethesda made for Oblivion. It's a big space station with loads of NPCs that have routines that they follow, so they wander around and have places to be and even have conversations with each other. As you can see in the video, you talk to people by constructing sentences with topics you have picked up along the way, almost like a point&click adventure. So it's up to you to take care of this mess, or you'll eventually crash into the sun and it's game over. The player's performance through the game determines which of the nine endings they receive." Which members of the crew are spoken to and what they are told plays a strong part in the plot's development. The player's actions in the early part of the game determine which path they will travel through later on. To make matters worse, Icarus is on a collision course with the Sun and nobody is able to correct the station's course. After arriving at the station, it becomes apparent that radiation is only one of many problems the captain is dead and a power struggle has ensued. "There has been a breakout of radiation sickness on Space Station Icarus, and Garritt Sherova has been sent to investigate. Stopping to mess with the potions all the time is so annoying.Īnyway, I wanted to talk about a super weird game that I never see mentioned anywhere.Īnd to be honest, maybe there's a reason for that. Every time I play through Diablo 2 I get annoyed that they didn't take that feature from PS D1. My favorite thing is that it has dedicated potion buttons that even burn through the potions that are in the inventory and go through the belt last so you can see when you're running out.
#PS1 HIDDEN GEMS ACTION PC#
Yes! It plays so much better than you'd imagine coming from the PC version. Vib Ribbon.c'mon what's not to like? It's Vib Freakin' Ribbon!

#PS1 HIDDEN GEMS ACTION MOVIE#
This 1999 PSX adaptation of the 1998 Saturn classic includes a number of gameplay additions, including new characters, stages and movie clips. It's a Roguelike RPG where you explore a giant tower, battle gruesome monsters and search for answers.

It's very open-ended and freeform and probably appeals best to kids who grew up playing the 8-bit and 16-bit home computers of the 1980s.īaroque is apocalyptic, scary as hell, packed with ominous atmosphere and one of the greatest horror games ever made. You play a caveman who wanders around a vast world, fights animals, hunts for food, seeks to build a tower of mammoth tusks to the sun, and occasionally takes a nap. Tail of the Sun is another weird and unique game that got little attention. I do strongly advise not to play this videogame if you're seriously drunk, because it will send you to the toilet. The visuals are given an extra hit of acid and color, with lots of wild effects. Droid, which is supposed to fight enemies on his own and not merely follow you. I know Yak hates this version because it completely wrecked the A.I. This was one of the very few Playstation games that I owned circa 1997. Tempest X3 is a fairly loose translation of Jeff Minter's Atari Jaguar masterpiece. Definitely a product of the experimental Generation 5, and I do wish Sony would finally get around to reissuing it here in the USA, complete with the dream journal, of course. It's quirky and experimental and I often tend to gravitate towards that, especially where imports are involved.
#PS1 HIDDEN GEMS ACTION SIMULATOR#
LSD Dream Simulator is probably the first thing that comes to mind for PS One hidden gems.
