Hidden Gems: Playstation Edition

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It looks like shovelware for little girls but it's actually a fun and challenging collectathon platformer.

>>3609342
> spyro
> hidden

It's pretty well known about dude

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I don't know about gem. But I remember playing this a lot and liking the character concepts and running round giant kitches, bathrooms, gardens etc. The controls were a bit janky iirc.

basically its a top down racing game.

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a tps vein of something like MDK but it has vehicles you could drive and allies you could summon.

Power Shovel

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>>3609282
Gud game OP, I remember loving the CIS Tank because the turba laser can launch enemies across the map.

My vote is for the first Gex. Honestly it doesn't get enough praise. Hilarious quotes, great choice of voice actor (Dana Gould), and the level design is pretty sweet.

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>>3609342
>>3609479
>>3609528

Seriously? These are "MediEvil" levels of hidden gems.

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Love the design of the tracks in this one.

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>>3609530
Gex1 never gets talked about...

Hot wheels turbo racing is a surprisingly great racing game. The stunts are sweet and the tracks are over the top crazy. The soundtrack reminds me of The Chemical Brothers sometimes.

>>3609348
Woosh

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>>3609541
Ah, damn, I read that too fast. I'm sorry. I didn't see "first Gex".

Chemical Brothers, eh? You might like this one then.

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Namco Anthology 2

Upgraded version Valkyrie no Boken. Its fucking amazing.

>>3609530
Is this a 'hidden turd' thread? Hidden & Dangerous on PS1 is so fucking shit. Stay hidden.

>>3609348
>>3609530
Don't ever change, /vr/

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maybe not so hidden amongst horror fans, but I don't see it mentioned in playstation threads

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not super obscure but i was the only one who had and loved this game as a kid. same people who made tomb raider

>>3609282
>not the Dreamcast version

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>>3609573
>Psychic Force

My nigga.

Really want legit copies of 2012 on DC and the collection they released on PS2, also Puzzle Taisen, they're a nightmare to get hold of though.

PF2012 has the most depressing plot I've ever seen in a fighting game, literally every end is bad end. The soundtrack is Zun's finest work, I love Darius but I think the PF series beats it out for music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qyktH_bDgY

>There was a Project Psychic game in development for the PS3 but it got canned when Taito started doing bad business

It hurts.

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This game was like Metroid Prime years before it was even a thing.

Tempest X3

>>3609478
It's shit. The weapons all feel the same. The level design and objectives are dull.

>>3609541
2 tracks were done by Chemical Bros AFAIK. You can also play it like a regular audio CD, and rip the tracks to mp3.

>>3609654
damn, I never knew pal cases were so thick

>>3609478
Good call. Love this game. It's samey in how the levels play out but the art and music is beautiful, the controls are solid, and for a movie im tie-in it's exceptional compared to other choices. It's like Harry Potter and the Sorcerors Stone in this regard.

>>3609282
Huh, I've been trying to play every Star Wars game, good or bad, and only barely remember seeing this on Wikipedia.

>>3609657
Ah yes, the American box art was garbage so I never played it until recently. Good game, easy 7/10.

>>3610190
I wish Japanese FPS games were more of a thing because I really dig seeing what those games are like from a different perspective.

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>>3609342
I think this counts as a hidden gem

>>3611251
>my nigga

One of the best RPGs on the system.

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Vampire Hunter D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwCWyOTs2R8

pre-Onimusha with great atmosphere and voice acting.

Gameplay is tons of fun once you get the hang of it. It's all about keeping a balace between the health bar, the vampire bar (strength) and the magic bar.
Combat is more about "dodge first, then attack".

The story takes a lot of inspiration from Resident Evil in the way it works: meet certain people in certain areas first, or doing certain things, will change the course of it.

>>3609282
BROTHER
This game takes me back. I spent eons playing this when my bro and i got it.
Wish theyd put it on PSN

>>3611348
Those boss battle themes are pretty good too.

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Rhythm N' Face. Rhythm game by Osamu Sato.

It's a Simon Says-type thing where you have to create faces on a grid by following both the CPU's lead and the rhythm of the level. Shapes correspond to the PS1 face buttons, so everything is made of triangles, circles, and squares.

Black ops's Bond games are pretty good. Short enough for a quick play through.
https://youtu.be/ACniBgfYYU4

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Legend of Legaia

not super rare or anything, but definitely less well known and appreciated than it should be.

>>3611360
What's with /vr/'s obsession with this guy's games?

>>3609282
To be fair, a lot of the Star Wars games are surprisingly good. This is coming from someone who hates Star Wars.

If you like shooting things, Rapid Reload and Gungage.

>>3609528

>Don't talk to me or my radical son ever again

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true story right here

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ESPN Extreme Games aka 1Xtreme when ESPN license rand out. Also called ESPN Street Games in Japan.

It's basically Road Rash but with roller skates, skateboard, luge, and bicycles. Punch and kick the shit out of people, hop through money gates to earn dosh. Use dosh to buy faster rides. Choose from different characters that have different stats and preferred discipline. You need to maintain acceleration with each discipline like pedaling on a bike. Unlike Road Rash, you get full two player splitscreen. Still the same shitty but less funny FMV, but the player grunts are still funny.

>>3609540
Glorious 480i game.

>>3614872
(You)

>>3609282
When Star Wars makes a vehicle combat game, then you know everyone else will stop making vehicle combat games.

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>Real Bout Fatal Fury Special: Dominated Mind

The PS1 isn't known for good 2D fighting game ports, but this adaptation in particular is excellent.

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Don't know if this is hidden but I never see it on here.

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>>3609282
My favorite Playstation game hands down

>>3616519
Great soundtrack by Barry Leitch!
https://youtu.be/5SfgValwhDg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y9nwXIL5TU

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>>3616506
SF Alpha 3 and X-Men vs Street Fighter are pretty good ports desu

>>3609541
I have the N64 version. Is the PS1 version any better other than the music?

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>>3609282

>>3618768
No.

>>3618768
No

But I tortured my self by playing it all the way to the endand I actually enjoyed it.

>>3609594
Just remembered this one, thanks anon, just ordered.

>>3616551
Every time i want to say Square always sucked i remember this game and get nostalgic.

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>>3616459
almost everyone

>>3609478
>Remember seeing an add for this when watching Small Soldiers VHS

>Really hyped, wanted to play it.

>Never did.

>>3620751
Is the chinktoon any good?

>>3609541
>Gex1 never gets talked about...
yeah, kids on /vr/ don't talk about it. but it was popular as fuck.

>>3611360
Rhythm game by Osamu Sato.

Osamu bin Saton

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>>3609282

Net Yaroze Games.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsTC_ogJ4mc

>>3622806
most of the games on there are either not good or just stupid crap. i remember enjoying a third person ship dodging game and that top down puzzle adventure game. i cant remember if there was anything else.

>>3622806
>>3622846

Net yaroze was indie games before indie games became popular.

Actually, Net Yaroze games remind me of early to mid-90s DOS games.
There is an interesting F-Zero clone that I think might be the most impressive Yaroze game, doesn't have nearly enough control depth, but still impressive for a Yaroze game.

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Not exactly hidden, but I rarely ever see it mentioned on here

>>3622846

I liked "Adventure Game" and "Blitter Boy". They are both hidden gems. There was enough shovelware that could be considered worse.

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>>3609282

Burning Road.

Was not popular back in the day but i enjoyed this game. Daytona USA clone.

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

>>3609282
I loved Star Wars V8. The only game outside of Battlefront 2 that made shooting things in that tank fun.

>>3622902
The third one is mentioned even less for some reason, and it had some really fucking good ideas.

>>3609350
This one probably flew under everyone's radar due to the shitty Fox Kids thing.

This is pretty much Micro Machines on foot, it's fun as hell.

>>3616065
Holy shit, can't believe someone else knows of this game and is also actually recommending it

Used to play it constantly with my sibling. Videos were hilarious, Amazon level with the temple is the Fucking shit.

>>3622797
One of the few games on this planet where the intro is straight up porn.

>>3622864
That's Hover Racing you're thinking of, and I'd argue it has nearly as much control depth as the games it emulated (wipeout and f-zero), but in a different way since you mostly turn using the four boosters on the sides of your car.

I have a copy of an old Playstation Underground demo that has it (it's on Volume 2 Issue 2). I was pretty thrilled to find such a complete game on a demo disc, it has 3 tournaments, a practice mode, unlockable cars and multiplayer. I'm not great at it but there are some impressive videos of people who have mastered the controls on youtube.