The PlayStation is 15 Years Old Today

These are some pretty shocking numbers:

• Over 377 million PlayStation brand console have been sold worldwide.
• Over two billion games have been sold on PlayStation platforms.
• In the US alone, over $62 billion in revenue has been generated by the PlayStation family, accounting for 40% of all game sales since 1995.

I have to admit that's pretty good for a brand that began by accident and has overcome several silly mistakes by its parent company. Despite not being completely historically accurate, I think I will always remember the PS1 for Symphony of the Night, Resident Evil, and Tomb Raider (thus the not completely accurate part). Ironically, none of those even wound up exclusive for that generation, but that is where I think of them as "home."

Ironically, in 2010 3D older than about 2007 looks like shit, so the PlayStation catalog to me today consists almost solely of the Darius and R-Type games if we're talking domestic releases. Everything else of import has been redone better somewhere else. Hell, even Tomb Raider and Resident Evil were remade from the ground up and 100% for the better in both cases.

And Mega Man Legends sucks balls. Always did; always will.

I can't say I agree about the amount of stuff worth playing in 2010 on the Playstation.

These are all still great and don't have superior versions elsewhere:

Elemental Gearbolt
No One Can Stop Mr. Domino
The Adventure of Little Ralph
Suzuki Bakuhatsu
Xenogears
Zanac Neo
Policenauts (maybe slightly better on Saturn but there's no translation)
Umjammer Lammy
Vandal Hearts (I haven't tried the remake but it looks like shit)

I'm sure there are a bunch more I'm forgetting.

I specified domestic, so that wipes out about half your list. Of what's left, I'm on board with Vandal Hearts... maybe. I'm afraid it would taint my fond memories.

Well, you also mentioned "everything else of import has been redone better somewhere else" so i included imports. I also left out games that probably have aged fine but I haven't played in years so I'm not sure, like Parasite Eve and Evil Zone.

Import... as in importance... not as in Japanese. ;) Otherwise Dodonpachi is at the top of the list.

buy psx dodonpachi, play it on MAME.

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Originally Posted by Yoshi

Import... as in importance... not as in Japanese. ;)

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Ah, I see. And I'll assume you missed out on Gearbolt as I can't picture any gun game fan not liking it.

PSX is still the best system for the three genres that matter: SRPGs, arcade racers, and Omega Boost.

Yeah! Vagrant Story!

I rented a PS when it came out, and Destruction Derby will always hold a warm place in my heart for that.

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And Mega Man Legends was so good I swore off PC gaming for like five years just to recover.

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I totally understand where you're coming from.