PS1 Games That Will Always Be Enjoyable - Retro Bird 

Games played: Metal Gear Solid (0:04), Mega Man X4 (0:19), Rayman (0:28), Resident Evil 2 (1:05), Final Fantasy VII (2:04), Ape Escape (5:29), Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (7:04), Raiden Project (7:20), Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Omega Boost (10:30)

Parasite Eve, SoulBlade, RE2 and Tekken 3 are still some of my personal favorites.

PS1 had the holy grail of race car games with Gran Turismo 2

The PS1 Spyro games (especially the third one) are my all time favorite games and they'll never not be enjoyable for me to play. They're pretty much timeless for me.

Ape Escape is an incredible game. Has a amazing soundtrack as well. In my top fifteen favorite games.

Let’s be honest… the fact tables, computers, chairs and boxes all explode in goldeneye is amazing!

Ridge Racer 4 holds up very well. One of the most beautiful games ever.

That thumbnail 😂

Your scripts are insanely good, Retro Bird. The stuff you find to joke about and the callbacks you make within videos are really impressive.

Mega Man Legends might be my all time favorite PS1 game. I played it soooo much as a kid.

Been playing the ps1 since september of 1995 and still colllect for it regularly. Just picked up a sealed ps1 controller and opened it brand new here in 2023. Also rayman is amazing and needs a new game on ps5 or switch. That was one of the first games i ever played on the system and holds a special place in my heart.

Surprised you didnt mention Bread Clip Manager 98. To this day the most impressive bread clip simulator I've played.

thank you for keeping up the consistent quality and upload schedule, its the perfect way to kick off the weekend

That Spice Girls joke was executed perfectly

I would say Ridge Racer Type 4 and Einhander. R4 has such a great vibe overall that is timeless to me, and the graphics really still hold up. I play it on my Vita to this day quite often. Einhander is also a classic shooter with so many unique gameplay elements that I think makes it still feel fresh.

Metal Gear Solid, Tekken 3, Ape Escape, Crash Bandicoot Trilogy, Soul Reaver, Twisted Metal 2, Point Blank are just a few of my all time favorites! Good video. Glad you brought back Ape Escape from the depths into the light.

You are genuinely hilarious. I love your comedy, while keeping the focus on great games. Keep it up!

WOOOOO!!! APE ESCAPE!!! Heck yes, R. Bird! God bless you for your terrific taste 🙌

I've come around to really loving the look of the PS1's low-poly 3D games. I think it comes from being so familiar with the limitations. It's almost like a Lego sculpture. When you see it done really well with a unique style, it doesn't seem like a hindrance, but a benefit. A lot of Squaresoft and Namco's later games for the PS1 look particularly great. I'm glad more people have access to Klonoa 1 now, but I don't think the remake looks nearly as charming without the creative blend of simple 3D models and low resolution pre-rendered sprites.

Resident Evil 3 is actually my favorite of the PS1 era titles in that series

The ones i still really enjoy are : Symphony of the Night, Final Fantasy Tactics, Tekken 3, Tony Hawk Pro Skater, Einhander, and Suikoden

Nothing better than 12 hours of sleep and a new Retro Bird video!

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver is also a pretty fun PS1 3D action/adventure game. Granted, the visuals are kind of rough for being early 3D, but the atmosphere more than makes up for it. It might take some getting used to if you're used to modern 3D titles, but it is one of those games you want to see through to the end. In the same vein, I would recommend MediEvil. It is a bit rough being an early 3D action title, but the atmosphere and humor definitely are worth some clunky controls and dated graphics. It also has an underappreciated soundtrack for a PS1 game. It feels almost like a Tim Burton film with Danny Elfman orchestration!

Prerendered backgrounds were absolutely amazing I always thought they looked super realistic back then and I still very much enjoy a good prerendered background. A lot of adventure games on PC took advantage of them at the time too.

Anytime I see a new Retro Bird video, you know its gonna be a good day

Just want to appreciate the comedic aspect you bring in these videos. It is hilarious, keep up the good work.

MGS, Megaman X4, Rayman, RE2, Ape Escape, SOTN and Omega Boost are all games you can replay every year and never get bored of them. Throw in Doom, G-police and any point blank and you've got a good desert island playlist.

Silent Hill (Fantastic atmosphere and clever puzzles. If you love Resident Evil give this one a try) Crash Team Racing (Excellent designed tracks and boost mechanics) Rapid Reload (If you love run 'n gun games check this one out)

Twisted Metal 2 is still pretty fun.

The Metroidvania debate is an interesting one, the maker of Castlevania tried to coin Ludovania I think? Which is even weirder. But the maker of Metroid coined the term "Search Action", which as lame as it sounds, is also the only one that seems to actually describe it perfectly

Great game choices pal. Absolutely love the channel and keep up the great work!

I still absolutely love your channel. Seen every video and still can't wait for the next one after all this time 😂. Thanks for all you do

I will never get tired of Spyro the Dragon. I was always blown away by that game when I was a kid. Its a lot of fun to run around as the dragon saving his friends. The final fantasy game was decent. That’s the first PS1 game I tried at a blockbuster so that memory makes me a bit biased.

The writing gets better and better. Love you BIRD!!!!

MegaMan X4, Final Fantasy Tactics, Alundra, Castlevania Chronicles, Intelligent Qube, Klonoa, NBA Showtime, NFL Blitz, Policenauts, Robotron X, Sexy Parodius, Nuclear Strike, Strider 2, Tempest X3, Tiny Tank, Jumping Flash, Jackie Chan Stuntmaster, Gunners Heaven, FMV games - Road Blaster, Chopper Command, Time Gal, and Revenge of the Ninja

Thanks RetroBird, I enjoy your videos and I appreciate your effort. Keep up the good work ^_^

Can't wait to see what you recommend, it's not a system I have played much.

Love your humor and style of videos. Keep doing what you're doing.

You have a GREAT selection of games on this video! The PS1 is full of bangers, but in addition to those games, I would add Tomba!, Soulblade, Tomb Raider 2, Bushido Blade and Tekken 3.

Always love your content!

Ape Escape, fun gameplay BANGER ost!

Nice to see The Raiden Project, one of my favorite games. I remember buying SOTN at a discount, ( I remember it well, because it was a special case that day, I asked for a discount actually) it had been on the store shelf a "long" time without anyone buying it. It had just been shuffled around it seems, I bought it partly because I knew that the old Castlevanias was pretty good games, it was a good buy, it is one of my most favorite games ever, a pleasant surprise, and I did not know about the reverse castle until I had completed it several times, it suddenly was a whole new game, that really got me addicted to find everything in the game. Times before the internet.. (For me atleast) And it looked really good later on the PS2 with enhanced graphics on. I also like Crusader No Remorse, The Street Fighter Games, Future Cop and several other, I played Need for Speed Road Challenge a lot, it is still fun, but witout a bigger CRT it is kind of hard to see where you go... On a modern screen the picture can get relatively blocky. Maybe I was just used to it back then? I did play it a couple years ago, some of them are probably nostalgia, but back then I could not afford all the games, so I could try more games now, than back then. WarCraft 2 plays pretty good on the PSX also, good game. Many good games, the PSX was a great console.

There really is nothing quite like coming back to a game over and over again, getting a little further each time and finally beating it after years or even decades. So many of the really tough old-school platformers made us become retrogamers without even trying just because we couldn't get all the way through them when they first released.

Thank you for showing a fine sample of my favourite console of all time. That little screen just pops with colour. I still need to get one before they go extinct.

I swore I wouldn't buy any more PS1 games until I completed my collection of all the Crash Bandicoot and Spyro titles. I finally reached that goal about a month ago, and finally bought a PS1 game that isn't Crash or Spyro -- Warhammer Shadow of the Horned Rat. Fun fact: the PS1 hosts a library of 7918 titles. That is insane (the PS2 has a relatively paltry 4218).

Those are some fine games but compare nothing to the sheer creepiness of the original Tecmo's Deception. That game still haunts me.

Love these videos, you have a unique perspective, which I really enjoy...and super bonus..my daughter makes fun of me every time I say nanners instead of bananas now.

9:38 I was genuinely thinking that.

One of my favourite lesser known hidden gems on the PS1 is Silent Bomber, i love this game, and would advise anyone with even a passing interest in PS1 games to check it out...they may even have a little fun along the way.

Ps1 gem I NEVER hear mentioned is "Brigandine" Turn based, high fantasy, rpg, conquest game

I’m glad to see The Raiden Project get some love. I played the heck out of Raider 2 at my summer job growing up that had that arcade, and it is a blast to play.

People who say the PS1 has bad graphics probably didn't grow up with the console. Sure some graphics look "wobbly" due to the early 3D engine limitations, but that only happens with some 3D games, most games look perfectly fine and aged very well. Silent Hill, Tekken 3, Driver, Point Blank and Time Crisis are at the top of my favorite PS1 games.

I would add Xenogears, Symphony of the Night is my all time favorite game.

It's been a longtime. 4:09- LOL 😆

Great video!

Another great video Bird!

Let's take a moment and appreciate the thumbnail for this video! ⭐️

Ape Escape and Symphony of the Night are still some of my favorite playstation games ever so I agree with you. Some of my picks would be Pac-Man World, MegaMan Legends/X4, SpongeBob Super sponge, and resident evil games

Great choices! Even though I'm not great at the Raiden games, I've always liked The Raiden Project, and feel it's a great conversion for its time. Ape Escape is awesome, and one I had a ton of fun with as well, and of course Symphony of the Night is an absolute classic. That game just might have my favorite video game soundtrack of all time. It's definitely top 3. A PS1 game I always find fun is Syphon Filter, and by extension, Syphon Filter 2. I replayed those a couple years back, and still had a blast. Also, cool to see Omega Boost there at the end - another great one!

Not sure how I missed being able to go through Dracula's Castle as Richter Belmont in SOTN, but now I'll have to find another copy just for that! Thanks, Nanner Man!

There are 10,000 shades of banana color alone.

I'm very glad to see Symphony Of The Night here. Soooooo fun. I love that you're doing Richter mode.

You have a great list. But let us not forget the PS1 was a haven for RPGs. So many great titles that still stand the test of time. Final Fantasy VII Final Fantasy VIII Final Fantasy IX Final Fantasy Tactics Chrono Cross Alundra Jade Cocoon Dragon Quest/Warrior VII Vagrant Story Thousand Arms Rhapsody Lunar Silver Star Story Complete Lunar II Eternal Blue Complete Legend of Dragoon Wild Arms Arc the Lad Collection Brave Fencer Musashi Threads of Fate Legend of Mana Saga Frontier Saga Frontier II Suikoden Suikoden II Vandal Hearts Vandal Hearts II Persona Persona 2 Eternal Punishment Persona 2 Innocent Sin (patched) … just to name a few.

Final Fantasy VII and Tekken 3 are 2 of my top 3 favorite games of all-time with Shenmue II being 2nd. Tekken 3 is definitely more replayable than FF7 and Shenmue II. I played Tekken 3 constantly for 3 straight years (1998-2001). Not to brag but I'm the best Tekken 3 player I know. I once defeated my cousin and college friend 56-0 back in 2000 while I was stoned while using mostly Mokujin (random select character). I mastered Lei Wulong's Ha-Ha steps thanks to CrazyLegs (Tekken Tag world champion). Once I had it, my cousins would rarely beat me. I could be in a zone that made me practically unbeatable. I'll always love Tekken 3 but I don't play it as often as before. Top 3 1. Final Fantasy VII 2. Shenmue II 3. Tekken 3 ^ This can change though. I'm very fickle with my all-time favorite rankings because I equally love a lot of games. Last year, I could've said my top 3 all-time are NBA Street Vol. 2, Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, and Ridge Racer (PSP) were my favs. My most replayed game is really Super Mario World and more recently SF2 games. Right now, the games I keep replaying the most as of late are Super Street Fighter II (MAME) and Street Fighter II': Special Champion Edition (Genesis) on my modded Vita 2K and modded PSP 2K. I play those two a lot because it can kill anywhere between 2 to 20 minutes and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Street Fighter II games similar to Tetris are perfect to play while sitting on the toilet. The range of killing time between a few minutes to 20 is perfect for someone always on the move or waiting in line. My favorite SF2 character is Sagat. Yeah, I know he can be cheap and overpowered. You can be a cheeser using him. But I love playing fishing with him. Meaning I love to bait my opponent with low projectives especially a slow one. Then when the opponent jumps up, I love my final blow is the strongest Tiger Uppercut. I laugh like Sagat laughs during his winning pose when I catch my opponent with a Tiger Uppercut. There is this amazing satisfaction each time I do that no matter if I did it a thousand times. Sagat did get kinda nerfed by SSF2. His uppercut doesn't hit as hard like in CE and Turbo.

Saw the confident walk, subbed.

I set up the ps1 emulator specifically for Symphony. I didn't have the PS1 as a kid, so going back and playing the games has been mostly misses. Then I played this one. Holy moly!

Some of the best retro gaming content on RU-vid.

I really enjoy playing R-Type Delta. Glad I still have it! :)

This is very good, you have a nice sense of humour.

dude just checked out the entire video. You're hilarious. it was entertained the entire way keep goin

One of my all-time favorite consoles! Especially For RPGs. Suikoden 1 & 2, Legend of Mana, Chrono Cross, all the 32-bit Final Fantasy games, Azure Dreams, PaRappa the Rapper, Breath of Fire 3 & 4, Brave Fencer Musashi, SaGa Frontier 1 & 2, and the Bubsy 3D RPG that I invented in my head.

This thumbnail is a banger.

I can’t believe I’m only the 2nd person to mention Strider 2. I used to only own a PS1 to play Symphony of the Night then I bought Strider 2. Now I own a PS1 to play 2 games.

Doom, Gran turismo, spyro, syphon filter, front mission 3, air/ace combat, dino crisis, descent, Soviet & nuclear strike. I gotta go play some ps1 now

my pick would be the legend of dragoon, ff ix, the suikoden games, wild arms, grandia and the lunar games.those are some of my favorite jrpg on the machine. Sure, some of them have graphic which haven't aged well, but they make up in other aspect.

great vibe dude! i just got the ps1, i picked up rayman, ridge racer and tekken 2:) back to the 90s baby

My PS1 collection consists almost entirely of licensed children's games of varying quality. I really need to get some of the classics for it, I feel like I missed out. Definitely gonna be looking into Ape Escape, the little snippet of gameplay you showed off spoke to my nostalgia even though I've never played the game, I love those low quality 3D cartoon worlds.

The Ministry of Silly Walks approves of this video.

I recently picked up the Playstation Classic and I am blown away by the game catalog.

I love ps1 and its graphics. The first system I got on Christmas in 97 I think

Glad to hear other people also stop games right before the final stage, just because they don't want it to end! It gets to the point where I say things like "yeah, I beat Persona 5 three times!" when in reality, I got to the final boss 3 times & stopped 😅

Medievil 2 is the first that springs to mind.

Spice Girls had a lot of great songs that I loved back then and still love to listen to, but back in ‘97 when I was in high school, I wouldn’t dare go around telling people that.😂

Mr Driller - a game whose rules, mechanics and beautiful graphics are so original that so far there have been many reissues on other consoles, the title is still a lot of fun - even on PS4, Xbox One and Switch

7:21 that sega/playstation controller is crazy

I bought on original play station last year and still haven't got 1 game for it. Good CD player. And this video is helpful.

The PlayStation One was known for JRPGs from Japan 🗾 unlike the PS2 which was known mostly for first person shooters

So many great memories from amazing games

I thought up a replacement term for "Metroid-vania" since I've also never been crazy about the term. "Access Platformer". Its a platformer where you start out only being able to access a small portion of the total world, but as you progress and gain new power-ups, you become able to access more and more of the world.

To this day, I still play Spyro the Dragon, Crash Bandicoot, Tomb Raider, Soul Reaver, Medievil, and Apes Escape on my PlayStation. I don't care if they haven't aged well. They're nostalgic to me

*mentions ape escape* ah, I see you are a man of culture

For when Eric eats a Bannana an amazing transformation occurs, he is.....Bananaman!. Up there with Danger Mouse...(but...Danger Mouse is better)

My favourite Ps1 game is Oddworld. Such a great game.

Brother, I really enjoy these videos.

Games have gone down hill since we abandoned pre-rendered backgrounds.

I never really got into the PS1, but I still enjoy learning about these games and I can appreciate how good they are. BTW. Still waiting for your top 5 banana-centric games. 😁

Ridge Racer Type 4, Wipeout 3, GT2 , RE2 and RE3, Parasite Eve, Crash bandicoot games… amazing console.

I already knew you had good taste, but selecting the Raiden Project for this video over some of the usual typical must play PS1 games only confirms it.

Props for using the Sega Saturn controller!! My favorite console and controller!!👍👍

Vagrant story, Metal Gear Solid, Crash Bandicoot, Duke Nukem a time to kill, Syphon Filter, Dino Crisis 2, Mega Man Legends 2, Resident Evil 1-3 are some of my Ps1 favorites.