PS1 Imports - PAL & Japanese Hidden Gems 

Episodes with Reggie are usually the ones I tune in for the most. Dude really picks out the kind of obscure titles I like to see.

Reggie is the best. I wish you and him did every video. I appreciate people who know what they are talking about with video game history and information.

I haven't heard of a couple of those. Awesome list. Panzer Bandit rules!

HELLNIGHT!! I've owned this game for years, but never heard of anyone else who's played it!

its been cool watching ur channel grow so much over the years, you seem like a really good guy and everytime I hear your name brought up with other you tubers i hear nothing but good things. you've got a lot of respect in the community, another great video. love reggie too

Yeah, I love those PAL cases :3 Don't be jealous about 5-10 exclusive games us Europeans got, you guys got lots of fantastic JRPGs that we never got! Still looking for so many of them and shipping plus taxes (on eBay at least) is so expensive T-T

Love when Reggie is on.

Those look like some badass games!

An Atlus game that only came out in Europe WHAT IS THIS SORCERY?

I've been enjoying all of your import videos. I hope there's still more to come!

Thank you MJR & Reggie for introducing me to some new Beat'em ups, and 2D Fighters that I haven't played yet/heard of.

Thanks for the shout out Reggie !!! I'm glad I can help out fella

always a pleasure to see Reggie on the channel!

Man, everytime I see Reggie I am always super happy. While you have a lot of cool guests, he definitely is the coolest of them all. Hope to see more of him in the future, maybe an own mini series?;)

MetalJesus and Reggie, one of my favorite duo's of this channel!

I LOVE YOU GUYS!!! You've helped me so much when it comes to deciding which systems and games to get. And I love how entertaining and genuine you guys are when it comes to presenting the material. My hats off to both of you and a very big thanks. Like I said whenever I'm considering a new system or new game it's like second nature to come here first and see what MetalJesus and Reggie have to say first. Its almost a religion!

Learned a lot about these hidden retro game gems. Thank you MJR and Reggie. You've earned a subscriber.

Love your videos, keep it up, guys! FYI about the notes pages in manuals: when printing, you have to have an even number of a set number of pages. If there isn't enough content to fill an even number of pages, publishers added "notes" pages at the end simply to fill out the blank pages at the end and even out the numbers. I don't think anyone really expected you to put down the controller and scribble notes in your manual!

Dont get to excited with the PAL cases, they do break pretty easily. And u cant replace them as easily as u can with a blank cd case. But i still like them better ;-)

Metal Jesus, one of the few RU-vidrs who really hit the nail on the had when it comes to vids I want to watch. keep up the ace work dude.

This is the first video I watched from this channel, and it made me subscribe. I love playing obscure videogame gems

i love the reactions you guys have to pal games about how thick the cases are etc

reggie always dropping gems never fails to impress

Thank you for these videos, they are really fun.

Vampire Bloodlines! I just started another playthrough talk about a hidden gem, with the unofficial patch it runs great damn good game too

Crisisbeat and VG advanced 1 & 2, I've been playing those games since my chilhood and I was really excited when you guys showed them :) . Also, I got Chaos Break the past year but I haven't found time to play it. Anyways great video and very very cool games you came up with Reggie.

I always watch your vids man, especially when Reggie is around. You guys rock.

I love Fridays, Metal always has something very awesome to watch!

Thank you! As an import collector myself, these videos alyways give me some new leads on great imports that somehow slipped past me.👍

Have to confess, I do love the PAL cases for PS1 games. Brought a few of mine with me when I moved to the States from England. Amazingly they are still intact. :-)

Great video guys, and a cracking selection there Reggie! Nekketsu Oyako (Hot-Blooded Family) is one I'm after on the Saturn , but it's pricey. Never heard of that Panzer Bandit, looks awesome. The reason that PAL PS1 cases are so large is that they had to fit really thick manuals in, as they have to be multilingual in Europe. Some of them are crazy thick!

always keeping me entertained, cheers metal jesus & crew!

Crisis Beat, yes!!! I love that game! My brother and I used to beat it together all the time when we were kids.

I really appreciated this video. I feel like I already posted this, but feel I have to post again, I just got a hold of a green debug PS One because I collect green systems....because I like green...because I'm a damn child. ANYWAY. I've had quite an annoying time tracking down decent lists of import PS1, 2, and Saturn stuff. Even if these videos drive up the value of some titles, you guys always help me track down some stuff I never would have otherwise heard of. It's always a blast playing a game that's brand new to me on old systems.

+MetalJesusRocks I've gotta say man your so good at what you do! I love watching ur videos cause I started my old school game collection a few years back and now I'm collecting some unique and different stuff and these hidden gem vids are great! I even got a Japanese ps2 and its like this vid catered to me!😂 Love ya man keep up the good work!!

Man Crisisbeat, i’ve been trying to find the name of this game for many MANY years. I played it a lot with my friends back when i was 9 or maybe 10 years old, god this brings back so many good memories. That’s why i love this channel and this whole hidden gems series, thanks a lot guys!

Back in NES days when you rented a game the notes pages on instruction book were usually filled with other peoples passwords, tips and tricks. That was awesome!

this is so interesting. I've always been jealous of what you guys get over there but when you turn the tables I see all these games at carboots on a regular basis, mad to think that !

Reggie is such a cool dude. He's also come a long way from when he first started on your channel. He seems really comfortable in front of the camera now.

Reggie is cool, I learn tons of stuff when you too are on. I owned an Atari when I was like ten. My best buds had an Amiga. And I played Team 17 games at their houses. Along with Psygnosis they were the masters of the machine and the computer gaming world at the time. Project X was quite a big deal when it came out, cause the graphisms came out of nowhere. Console cutlure seem to overshadow it but it was definitely something on the technical side. Didn't know there was a sequel. On the Playstation! Game hunting time.

Another great video by you and Reggie! must check out these gems!

Love the video MJ and Reggie, you guys are the best on here. Love the channel. I have to get some Japanese games for my PS1, of course it's the launch version PS1, SCPH-1002 please keep the PS1 videos coming guys

Another great review of PS one games, Reggie you know your stuff man!

Dude, thanks so much for mentioning Pu-Li-Ru-La! I could of sworn that I have heard of it before, and then I remembered that PBG made a top ten that had it in it years ago. Im gonna go and try to find it now!

The reason we had larger cases is because European versions of games very often had language options included in the build that's burnt on the disc (usually EFIGS - English, French, Italian, German & Spanish). Therefore the manuals also have to include all the language variants so they're much thicker - too thick to also act as the front artwork as well. This is true for cartridge games as well but they usually came in cardboard boxes anyway so it doesn't really matter how thick the manual is.

1:31 Hey Reggie I'm glad you picked up the AVGeo games they are awesome specially the 2nd I played it so much, the stories of the girls are interesting (cheesy in a way but cool old school JP stuff!) and got me attached to them even if I didn't understand everything and had to use a FAQ translation to learn about the characters. Very underrated 2D fighting games. 3:17 Panzer Bandit, awesome game, good choice, is definitely an underrated gem.

Great list! Got a few more games to add to my collection now. Also, you should try the original "Tombi" PS1 game its a really nice game with a nostalgic element even if you haven't played it before; and it has colourful vibrant levels. It's one of my favourites. It's quite scarce to get hold of but well worth it if you can find it for the right price! It's a PAL game.

I have to say I love reggie videos, the man is so passionate about his games.

Very cool PS1 Hidden Gems vid! I got an ePSXe on my PC, so it's always awesome to DL these games 'n play em for the 1st time. Recently, I've DL'd 'n played Advanced V.G. 1 & 2 and Chaos Break. Had Hell Night, but got stuck on the last level in the gigantic lab (Took a wrong turn 'n hit F1 at the wrong time... LOL That happens...). Gonna try out The Firemen 2 (looks interesting).

love your channel, Metal Jesus. All the best.

nice video man, keep them coming

so nostalgic video! I remember when I was a kid here in brazil playing SNES and PS1 games, most of them in JP version, i don't know how I could beat some of those games at the time LOL. I got this CrisisBeat one of my few ps1 games. Really good game for those who love Beat'em Up! good job +MetalJesusRocks

i love it when Reggie joins the show!!

I miss these episodes. Please do another one with Reggie!

reggie is great! always such interesting stuff

Glad your shedding some light on imported PS1 games. I played most of these a decade ago, great choice!

great to see reggie. thanks for the vid MJ

Always interesting when this dude Reggie is on the show. Never seen almost all these before - wow.

Love Reggie and his channel

Big Reg be droppin' gems.

Crisis Beat and Chaos Break look awesome. Def. gonna have to check them out. Thanks BasedReggie.

"Notes" pages in manuals are usually there because the printing process required a certain number of pages for the cutting/stapling to work, but sometimes there just isn't content for that many pages.

loved panzer bandit back in the day. putting it on my retropie now

I just love the music on the last blade and that CD has a bunch of extras of music, vocals and little videos with combos. you should say that just cause is weird get those extra bonus omake in CD games

MetalJesusRocks yess!!!! i have been waiting for this!!!! yay for more Reggie eps!!

Awesome recommendations. I definitely need to start building on my ps1 collection again lol.

Reggie is an awesome guest! He has really loosened up and now it feels very natural. Cool video guys!

you guys really missed out on the thicker PS1 cases we got over here in UK, europe and Japan, those boxes are super iconic to me :)

A lot of awesome looking games that I wish would have been localized. Nice video

Thanks for som great hidden gems, will check them out! Cheers from Sweden!

Actually picked up Hellnight a year back for abou $10, here in Norway. Haven't been able to try it out yet, though.

Maybe kind of late but have you seen PAL-Region Dreamcast games? Most of the NTSC cases I see look like regular jewel cases and we got those thick (0.8+ in) special Dreamcast-branded cases that are meant to hold multiple discs even if the release only had one. And they fit a pretty thick manual, usually around 130 -150 pages.

Yes! I love it when Reggie's on the show.

It's a credit to Reggie that you can see as the years go on how his confidence has grown in presentation

Panzer Bandit on PS1 is legit, bought it digitally on the Japanese PSN. Always love it when you have Reggie over, cool guy and great tastes in vidya.

crisisbeat is THE SHIT. Uses to play that it back in Vietnam.

bishi bashi special and hogs of war, you have to play these, great video guys! Being in the UK it's good to see some titles that I didn't know about in my own country!

Very good selection, actually! Good video.

I agree with Reggie last blade needs to be at the tournaments. it's my favorite fighter and have been playing it since neogeo arcade

There were a ton of shmups released here in Europe late in the PS2's lifespan as budget titles. Steel Dragon EX, Homura, Gunbird, Psyvariar, Castle of Shikigami 2. You can find most of them pretty cheap still.

I remember playing Pulirula with friends via MAME, short, wacky, and fun! Hell Night is also a favorite of mine... I don't really know why, but I like it.

Really enjoying the show, Ive been gaming since my spectrum and original NES and you are revealing games to me I didn't know existed... great stuff. You should do some Vita stuff. I know its current gen but I can't see it lasting much longer which is unfortunate, its a great console with some excellent games.

I loved Crisis beat as a kid, one of my favorite games.

When I went to Paris, it was a MUST to buy a few games over there. If anybody goes to Paris, the street with the gaming stores is Voltaire Boulevard and just south of Place de la République. All the games stores are there.

The notes in the back of the manual were there, so we could be able to write down passwords, and cheat codes. Basically keeps everything in one place, instead of using loose papers.

The "other" book in Pulirula is a players guide, it even has cheats for free play, small or big sprites, and some other cheats. I have it on Saturn and got it when it was around $40, both PS1 and Saturn versions are high due to limited press run (the Arcade Gears titles are all like this, all 4 of them). I also have all 4 of the PS2 Taito Memories collections that has Pulirula among the 100 total arcade titles.

i really love ur vids!!!! could u post more often please tho! try to post daily or every 2 days anyways ur vids are sick!

A really great PAL and JPN exclusive is the PS1 Wipeout 3 Special Edition. Lots more tracks and features in that one.

Seriously that's what she said 11:43. Great video! I'm pretty unfamiliar with many PAL exclusives.

Thank you so much for posting this ... I am a huge fan and I live in England - You he turned me on to some PAL games I did not know about. Also... I can confirm that we are jealous of a lot of NTSC releases

I never would of imagined an octopus wearing boxing gloves. Mind blown.

I added advanced vg 2 on the ps class and damn its fun planning to get the other games for it too thanks!!

Reggie = Best MJ Guest

Crisis Beat...I love that game...It was like City Hunter crossed with Fighting Force!

Hello MetalJ, long time watcher, love your stuff but I also love Reggie's content. Does Reggie have his own RU-vid Channel

Damm i found my memory ps1 game in this video I used to play when I was an kid, so nice to finally know the title of the game again!

Always cool to see Reggie. Anyway Liked seeing X2 very very very closely reminds me of Dead Moon on the TG16.

Terracon is a PAL only game I haven't seen anyone mention. It's a 3rd person shooter where you play as the last survivor of an alien race. It had amazing graphics for a PS1 game.

quite a few of these i want to try out especially chaos break and crisis beat

A great set of import games are the Bust-a-Move 1 & 2 Japanese vers. (Bust-A-Groove 1 & 2 NTSC vers.) games by Enix. They're a dance, button smash, and fighting game. Awesome music and great graphic for ps1 game.