Criminally Underrated PS1 Games

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  • Stuck on what to play or what to buy? Join TVGS as I list and discuss ten of the most over looked and underrated PS1 games the system ever received. Many lesser known games released for the Playstation home console so let me know your top 10 obscure under rated PS1 games down below!
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Komentáře • 326

  • @Philroq7
    @Philroq7 Před 3 lety +27

    The whole gimmick about Vib-Ribbon is that you could use any music cd and pop it in your Playstation. The obstacles in the game are then made out of the beats of the music that you had inserted into your PS keeping the experience fresh all the time.

    • @connorshann3249
      @connorshann3249 Před 3 lety +3

      Audiosurf before Audiosurf

    • @Philroq7
      @Philroq7 Před 3 lety +2

      @@zubazub66 yeah kinda surprised this wasn’t mentioned in the video considering that was the main feature of Vib-Ribbon. Ace of Spades by Motorhead would make a great candidate for the toughest level 😂

    • @crunchybee
      @crunchybee Před rokem

      I didn't know of any other game that used that besides monster rancher. I had so much fun seeing what monsters different music made.

    • @demonclaws3000
      @demonclaws3000 Před rokem +4

      I was baffled that none of this was mentioned in the video, it was the whole point of the game!

  • @masterlasheron
    @masterlasheron Před 3 lety +61

    I didn't even know most of these games exists, thanks for the recommendations

    • @thatvideogamesshow
      @thatvideogamesshow  Před 3 lety +7

      Glad you found the video helpful!

    • @SaturdayMorningProps
      @SaturdayMorningProps Před 3 lety +3

      Same definitely throwing these on the emulator for streaming 😂

    • @Agus-wp2cc
      @Agus-wp2cc Před 3 lety +2

      Same, finally something different.

    • @bobafett4265
      @bobafett4265 Před 3 lety +1

      Yeah like Star Gladiator, which I only heard of thanks to Capcom acknowledging it's existence and putting in content in the crossover RPG Project X Zone 2.

    • @skyuru
      @skyuru Před 3 lety +2

      The one that i remember too is Koudelka :3
      (The prequel of Shadow Hearts series for PS2)

  • @Munishin
    @Munishin Před 3 lety +36

    Crazy timing! Literally just bought another PSOne about an hour ago.

    • @thatvideogamesshow
      @thatvideogamesshow  Před 3 lety +9

      Nice!

    • @garysharkey17
      @garysharkey17 Před 3 lety

      @john roberts what if he bought it online and hasn’t shown up yet?

    • @Munishin
      @Munishin Před 3 lety

      @john roberts 🤡🎈

    • @JoshuaJacobs83
      @JoshuaJacobs83 Před 3 lety

      @Michael Kachura What sort off deranged sociopath says something that stupid?

    • @JoshuaJacobs83
      @JoshuaJacobs83 Před 3 lety

      @john roberts I feel sorry for everyone in your life. You must be a horrible person to be around.

  • @dstorm3907
    @dstorm3907 Před 3 lety +36

    Evil zone needs a part 2. Who would buy it?

    • @thatvideogamesshow
      @thatvideogamesshow  Před 3 lety +7

      I’d be straight on it!

    • @QueenViolet8
      @QueenViolet8 Před 3 lety +4

      Me😉

    • @Tenpouin
      @Tenpouin Před 3 lety +2

      I would

    • @lonewolffang
      @lonewolffang Před 3 lety +3

      Everyone I try to get to play Evil Zone with me hated it. It's still one of my favorites.

    • @haloslayer255
      @haloslayer255 Před 3 lety +2

      I still play that game with the xstation on my 5501. Disk split in half a few years ago from one tiny crack. This is why we have backups Sony!

  • @puroresuraa
    @puroresuraa Před 3 lety +6

    Who’s the artist for Tiffany in the thumbnail

  • @jonathany6359
    @jonathany6359 Před 3 lety +17

    Keep these comiiiiiiiing! Your channel is a blissful nostalgiathon!

  • @cultofdis
    @cultofdis Před 3 lety +17

    When I was a kid and got my Playstation for Christmas, the first games I got were Star Gladiator and Motor Toon Grand Prix (totally random picks by my mother, I'm sure). I loved those games but over the years never met anyone who had played them or heard anyone talk about them. I started to think "maybe I just liked them because I was a dumb kid and they were the games I had, so I had to like them". But I've grown to realize they really are just criminally underrated, and your including them on this list validates that!

    • @omegaweapon116
      @omegaweapon116 Před rokem

      Yea. There weren't too many of us that had Star Gladiator. Loved the game and the soundtrack. Used to pop out in my CD player all the time

  • @Tenpouin
    @Tenpouin Před 3 lety +19

    I love Evil Zone and Dragon Valor. "One" was a great action game back in the day as well

    • @Chingy42069
      @Chingy42069 Před 2 lety +1

      One was quite the 5-day video rental for me, lol

    • @He-Man_Master_of_the_Universe
      @He-Man_Master_of_the_Universe Před 2 lety

      One was great but hard as hell too.

    • @markcollins2704
      @markcollins2704 Před rokem

      Ones only problem imo is the first level. It's just not a good opening level. It's cool, but if the game opened with the second level it would have pulled in more people, the rest of the game is awesome.

  • @tiagodinis7757
    @tiagodinis7757 Před 3 lety +8

    You didn't mention Vib Ribbon's best feature - the fact that it generates a stage based on the music cd you input for it. Great video as always!

    • @IllusoryMaze
      @IllusoryMaze Před 3 lety +1

      It wasn't just the best feature, it was THE feature. The fact that they didn't mention it makes me think they didn't even play the games and just filled up a top 10 from internet articles.

  • @andrewdowell6474
    @andrewdowell6474 Před 3 lety +8

    Motor Toon Grand Prix will always be a part of me.

  • @pmera
    @pmera Před 3 lety +7

    Evil Zone or Eretzvaju is one of my favorite fighting games! ♥️♥️
    So simple to pick up and play!

  • @KyudoKun
    @KyudoKun Před 3 lety +11

    I don't know I'm so addicted with your videos.

  • @Sinn0100
    @Sinn0100 Před 2 lety +34

    There's something I have wanted to say about this channels presentation for a very long time. From the intro to the smooth musical score everything is sublime and it also helps that I truly enjoy the topics you cover. Thank you for producing an amazing show and please keep up the good work. ;)

    • @thatvideogamesshow
      @thatvideogamesshow  Před 2 lety +2

      Thanks Sinn, I really appreciate that comment 🙂 Plenty more videos on the way!

  • @WatZyAnAmE
    @WatZyAnAmE Před 2 lety +1

    they say consistency is key and you have been consistently forming great hidden gem lists. thanks for the content!

  • @Assassin0Ninja
    @Assassin0Ninja Před 3 lety +67

    Criminally under rated CZcams gaming channel : That video games show

  • @geminielectro
    @geminielectro Před 3 lety +40

    The game i love and i've never seen in any ps1 video is "Ghost In The Shell". It's a great action game with awesome FMV's and the best techno soundtrack.

    • @thatvideogamesshow
      @thatvideogamesshow  Před 3 lety +13

      Covered it on a previous episode. Such a great game!

    • @SaturdayMorningProps
      @SaturdayMorningProps Před 3 lety +5

      I'll have to grab this!

    • @jangobango2847
      @jangobango2847 Před 3 lety +1

      Reggie has talked about it alot as well

    • @geminielectro
      @geminielectro Před 3 lety +1

      @@jangobango2847 Reggie from the Metal Jesus team?

    • @romeolajh1602
      @romeolajh1602 Před 3 lety

      best soundtrack while game is more or less nothing special..anime is one of the best to watch

  • @goodold1724
    @goodold1724 Před 3 lety +2

    Another top quality video,I did wonder if Azure Dreams or Nightmare Creatures get a mention on this one!,classic games

  • @biffwellington7577
    @biffwellington7577 Před 3 lety +6

    Been dying for a new rival schools. That and Destrega.

  • @LaNwamNi
    @LaNwamNi Před 2 lety +3

    It's worth adding that music is an important element to Vib Ribbon; the rhythm of the music is an important cue for hitting the buttons at the correct time. Also the the game is infinitely re-playable thanks to the fact that you can generate new levels simply by putting a music CD of your choice into the PS; you get as many new levels as there are tracks on the CD (all of differing difficulty)! Kind of like the Bar Code Battler of music. I love this game (try playing it to some free jazz for an extra challenge).

  • @skins4thewin
    @skins4thewin Před 3 lety

    So glad to see you put Rival Schools on here. I owned that game back when it first launched & me & my friends absolutely loved it!

  • @1up_chava627
    @1up_chava627 Před 3 lety +1

    Very nice list all the games look great

  • @arodtheanxious780
    @arodtheanxious780 Před 3 lety +4

    Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring would be another one that I'd love to see make a return.

  • @WhatAboutZoidberg
    @WhatAboutZoidberg Před 3 lety +2

    Great video as always. Still hoping to see The Unholy War one of these days on some channel. Its a super fun arena fighting game with a super 90s cast that doesnt get any love.

  • @Rackatiakka
    @Rackatiakka Před 2 lety

    man you've got the best channel for this kind of thing I'm tellin' ya. thanks man, it's gold Jerry.

  • @josephcampbell9298
    @josephcampbell9298 Před 3 lety +15

    Finally someone mentions ONE!!!

    • @TheExplosiveGuy
      @TheExplosiveGuy Před 3 lety +1

      I've never seen ONE before now, but it really reminds me of Apocalypse, the game engine and game play look identical. Another great game...

    • @wizard0357
      @wizard0357 Před 3 lety

      Literally, I was looking for this game for YEARS from my childhood but could only remember vague details. Today I finally found it, and will be playing it

  • @superbn0va
    @superbn0va Před 3 lety +5

    One reminds me of Assault on the Ps1 and obviously Apocalypse starring Bruce Willis. Assault is very cool, allows 2 player coop like contra games

    • @bobafett4265
      @bobafett4265 Před 3 lety +1

      Funny I actually played Apocalypse a bit last year, almost beat it. Very fun little Arcade Shooter by the team that would later make Spider-Man 2000 and Tony Hawk's Pro-Skater.

  • @elhafo6925
    @elhafo6925 Před 3 lety

    Exelent video, thanks for sharing!

  • @wolves_blade4788
    @wolves_blade4788 Před 3 lety +6

    Elemental Gearbolt would make a great one.

  • @scotts9691
    @scotts9691 Před 3 lety

    Good list, literally only played one, thanks m8

  • @fFireheart
    @fFireheart Před 2 lety

    Evil Zone! That was literally one of the first games I had on PS1. Loved it,. Simple but Fun.

  • @NegativeGamer418
    @NegativeGamer418 Před 2 lety

    Thank you for the video I started collecting retro games recently and I have huge list of ttitles. Glad to add Silhouette MIrage to the list

  • @thrice1987
    @thrice1987 Před 3 lety +1

    Wow I didn't even know about One and it looks so much fun!

  • @eaguirre3570
    @eaguirre3570 Před 2 lety

    Images shown are from Motor Toon GP 2, which is a great game!
    You can disable the cars’ ugly deformity when turning in the options menu. It improves substantially the gameplay. I love your videos by the way.

  • @RichardCraig
    @RichardCraig Před 3 lety

    Great vid! Just a suggestion, if you're going to run the games in hi-res then you may as well use an emulator like Duckstation with PGXP enabled to get rid of texture warping and polygon jitter. It's pretty sublime to see PS1 games in such great quality, so if you're not gonna go the authentic route then may as well go all the way!

  • @ozzyo5711
    @ozzyo5711 Před 2 lety

    Nice selection of games, another game that is also underrated is Omega Boost one of my favorite games back in the day. The shire rush, game play and graphics are fantastic.

  • @farizshadier6324
    @farizshadier6324 Před 3 lety

    Nice video 👍👍👍

  • @maidenlessnerdz5558
    @maidenlessnerdz5558 Před 3 lety +1

    Cyborg kuro chan,brigandine,jade cocoon,monster rancher,bakusou kyoudai eternal wing,ape escape,army men

  • @taciturnwanderer2195
    @taciturnwanderer2195 Před 2 lety

    I remember playing Raiden DX in my local arcade.. cannot pass beyond second level such hard game.. such good memories.

  • @blue_ex3852
    @blue_ex3852 Před 3 lety +1

    Love all these videos

  • @AquaShibby3000
    @AquaShibby3000 Před 3 lety +4

    Is One really unknown/underrated? damn, that's a shame, it's such a great game.

  • @lilb4git02
    @lilb4git02 Před 2 lety +1

    Rival Schools is awesome, it even has minigames where you can the sports of the characters. Quality game!

  • @TheNickAyer
    @TheNickAyer Před rokem

    HOLY SHIT! I've been trying to remember the name of a game I played a bunch as a kid for the past couple of weeks. It's been all I can think about, but I just couldn't remember the name. Your video is what helped me put it together. It was Silhouette Mirage! Thank you so much

  • @jymfiskburk2256
    @jymfiskburk2256 Před 3 lety

    Great video mate, sorry for the inactivity on discord been far from home, still waiting for thatbsega saturn video tho hahaha

  •  Před 3 lety +5

    Loved seeing some games that I played back in the day (Rival Schools, Silhouette Mirage and One) and learned about some new ones to try out (Evil Zone and Raiden DX). Cool video! Thanks!

  • @edgarlozada3858
    @edgarlozada3858 Před 2 lety

    I love that I know all the Fighting games present in this video. The others didn't know of them. Hehe.

  • @blockbusterlatefees7713

    silhouette mirage added to my wishlist thanks!

  • @chowsu944
    @chowsu944 Před 3 lety

    amazing list. didnt know a few of them

  • @kcnnetwork8396
    @kcnnetwork8396 Před 3 lety

    Some of these I'm considering doing game streams with on my channel. Thanks for the ideas. :)

  • @gulyasdavid6170
    @gulyasdavid6170 Před 3 lety +1

    many great titles One, Evil Zone and Dragon Valor, Silhouette Mirage.... i was playd many of them.. and still a great titles... Rival School one of my all time fav fighting games.... Evil zone too!!! and also cool " 90's anime " :P
    nice list man! and other " criminally underrated " but cool games:
    Viper
    Apocalipsy ( same as one... and starring Bruce Willis ! )
    Einhander
    Hearth of Darkness
    Omega Boost
    Vargrant Story
    Gungeon
    Kingsley
    Glover
    Frenzy

  • @bossmanfucktheworld
    @bossmanfucktheworld Před 2 lety

    When I was younger we literally had 100s of PS1 and PS2 games (copies) and I never heard of most of these. Nice one!

  • @Friggle_Dee
    @Friggle_Dee Před 3 lety +2

    2 of my favorite games on PS1 are Crime Killer and Pinobee. Im sure they'll eventually be on future episodes.

    • @bobafett4265
      @bobafett4265 Před 3 lety +2

      Funny I actually picked up Crime Killer a while back, cause I was unfamiliar with it and the fact it's a Car Combat ish game, but with Cops sounded awesome, so yeah I'm looking forward to dusting off the PS1 I have to eventually playing that and the Dozens of other PS1 game's I acquired over the years. XD

  • @andrewarren4157
    @andrewarren4157 Před 2 lety

    I'm glad someone acknowledges Evil Zone, I've play this game alot growing up and I agree that it's very underrated.

  • @jiraiya0698
    @jiraiya0698 Před 3 lety +1

    excellent list. Especially for Evil Zone.

    • @fumomofumosarum5893
      @fumomofumosarum5893 Před 3 lety +1

      glad to read there are actual fans of Evil Zone!
      the game often got bashed back when it came out ^^;

    • @jiraiya0698
      @jiraiya0698 Před 3 lety

      @@fumomofumosarum5893 I know, maybe we are not many, but we definitively are passionate.

  • @moshimoshi1
    @moshimoshi1 Před 3 lety

    Awesome list yet again!!!!

  • @VOIDCRIX
    @VOIDCRIX Před 3 lety +1

    As a big fan on Raiden trad I love seeing dx for the first time

  • @nicnew
    @nicnew Před 3 lety

    I am so happy to see Star Gladiator here!

  • @theultimateninja
    @theultimateninja Před 3 lety +2

    I was lucky to own Rival School. That game has so much replayability with unlockables and minigames.

    • @bobafett4265
      @bobafett4265 Před 3 lety +2

      Yeah that game is awesome and it's a shame that game didn't get the love and fan fare that Tekken or Street Fighter got, maybe someday Capcom will bring it back, even a port for modern systems would be nice, at least one's that don't feel like crap...

  • @SwoleCalibur
    @SwoleCalibur Před 3 lety +1

    You can swap the Vib Ribbon disc with your own music cd and use your own music in the game.

  • @xreev0x
    @xreev0x Před 3 lety

    Rival School was the only one I knew about, despite having a pretty large PS1 collection back in the day (thanks to tons of bargain hunting when the PS2 took over the market).

  • @Crown977
    @Crown977 Před 3 lety

    Man i SO would've loved to know these games when i was i kid!

  • @gkingk9800
    @gkingk9800 Před 3 lety +6

    Evil zone and rival schools ❤️ yes son!!!

  • @dragerien2
    @dragerien2 Před 2 lety

    Star Gladiator was my first T rated game as a kid. When I saw it on the shelf at my local game store, I had to pick it up. That, and a copy of Brave Fencer Musashi.

  • @galihcd
    @galihcd Před 2 lety

    Raiden DX was my favorite. Spend good amount of time playing it

  • @tomasdelcampo2
    @tomasdelcampo2 Před 3 lety +1

    Where were PS1 recommendation videos when I was like 6 lol

  • @Hadiyaaaaaaa
    @Hadiyaaaaaaa Před 2 lety

    Rivals Schools

  • @wizard0357
    @wizard0357 Před 3 lety +1

    ONE IS THE BEST GAME THIS CHANNEL IS THE BEST BY FAR, REALLY OUT HERE WORKING FOR THE PEOPLE

  • @michaelscott9231
    @michaelscott9231 Před 2 lety

    I loved Star Gladiator & ONE!

  • @severintw
    @severintw Před 3 lety +1

    You think you might be able to add if these games are available in the Western/Japanese PSN store for future videos?

  • @Edos512
    @Edos512 Před 3 lety

    vib ribbon got a reference in astro's playroom and that made me happy xD

  • @robbelk1982
    @robbelk1982 Před 3 lety +1

    Great I love hidden gems

  • @SerpentNight
    @SerpentNight Před 3 lety

    Managed to snag 'Samurai Shodown: Warrior's Rage' recently. Plays great.

  • @Vulkan477
    @Vulkan477 Před 2 lety

    Runabout or Felony 11-79 is a criminally underrated game, only three tracks but the driving handling in that game felt ahead of the time and could even rival to the likings of car handling in games like GTA V, which is very rare to even no other games for driving games from the PS1 era.

  • @josh.h.
    @josh.h. Před 3 lety +2

    This channel is quality

  • @hairy-bastard
    @hairy-bastard Před 3 lety

    Finally someone is mantioning rival schools l. Haven't heard anyone talk about that game in over 10 years. Wow blast from the past

  • @G14Classified
    @G14Classified Před 3 lety +2

    What about tobal.1?

  • @techsequence1195
    @techsequence1195 Před 3 lety +1

    Future Cop L.A.P.D. - for me it's 9/10. Story is really cool where multiplayer (even vs bot) is extremely enjoyable.

  • @stonerdemon
    @stonerdemon Před 3 lety +2

    Silhouette Mirage is to the PS1 what Mischief Makers is to the N64.

  • @bloodnchocolate
    @bloodnchocolate Před 3 lety

    Here I was, a cynic, thinking "Pffft, another list telling me about Brave Fencer Musashi, Tomba, etc." I sir, stand corrected; I didn't know about the existence of most of these games, and I definitely spent 1996-2001 fervently playing my PSX. Great job!
    May I finish with a slight recommendation? In the future, these list videos become easier to navigate if the video is timestamped. Other than that, I think you've plenty of well-deserved growth coming your way!

  • @UsaM
    @UsaM Před 3 lety +2

    plus they run and play very nice on the Vita.

  • @QueenViolet8
    @QueenViolet8 Před 3 lety +1

    I still play my original copy I bought from Circuit city of Evil Zone wish they had made a 2nd game 😉

  • @Nicomanism
    @Nicomanism Před 2 lety

    I found Rival Schools at a shop recently.
    Picked it up. No regrets.

  • @obe1withtheforce785
    @obe1withtheforce785 Před 3 lety +1

    I think Tobal 2 is worth a mention..

  • @andrewvigeant8018
    @andrewvigeant8018 Před rokem

    Motor toon grand prix!!!!! I haven't thought about that game in over 20 years. Wow.

  • @Gruntvc
    @Gruntvc Před 3 lety

    I remember One. Looks really fun and reminds me of that Bruce Willis Apocalypse game.
    One is available digital on PS3 if I recall correctly.

  • @PitsuMiwus
    @PitsuMiwus Před rokem

    Dragon Valor... Yeah i remember it, i never completed it as i was stuck in ancient ruins. If i remember correctly it was michael. First level in his scenario was Zomas estate.
    Great game id like to play it again in my 30s 😂

  • @Ryo-aryai
    @Ryo-aryai Před rokem

    Last game rival school was my first ps1 game and first CD i bought 😍
    This game has other kind of games inside itself not only fighting

  • @wizard0357
    @wizard0357 Před 3 lety

    you have great taste in BGM, what is the bgm at 10:45 - 12:20 ??

  • @darksider9534
    @darksider9534 Před 3 lety

    Vanguard Bandits deserves a shout. Actually of a lot of JRPG's do, Grandia, Jade Cocoon, Suikoden etc.

  • @leeartlee915
    @leeartlee915 Před 2 lety

    I actually owned Star Gladiator strangely enough. Picked it up back in the 90s because it was dirt cheap. I agree, it is underrated.

  • @nilkilnilkil
    @nilkilnilkil Před 3 lety +1

    Star gladiator just has so much style

    • @KayMayhem777
      @KayMayhem777 Před 2 lety

      Play the one for the sega dreamcast. Top notch.

  • @TylerDurden-oy2hm
    @TylerDurden-oy2hm Před 2 lety

    Medievil and medievil 2 rocked my world...the most fun ive had with a console...

  • @caiquejd2
    @caiquejd2 Před 2 lety

    I used to play Rival Schools when I was a kid and played after adult some time ago, pretty fun game btw.

  • @jimmypage9283
    @jimmypage9283 Před 3 lety

    Some new games to me, thanks😃

  • @Godeias
    @Godeias Před 2 lety +1

    Evil Zone and Rival Schools were my shit as a kid!

  • @SeekerLancer
    @SeekerLancer Před rokem

    Evil Zone is such a weird game. I really enjoyed it despite how janky some of the presentation was. It reminds me a lot of Tech Romancer in its gameplay and the way it presents its story like episodes of an anime.

  • @businesschicken8699
    @businesschicken8699 Před 3 lety

    Motor Toon Racing Grand Prix was probably my all time favorite ps1 game, tied with Twisted Metal 4.

  • @Jaroartx
    @Jaroartx Před 3 lety +1

    time to hunt some classics

  • @miaouew
    @miaouew Před 8 měsíci

    my favorite boxer in the thumbnail :]

  • @greedkingcobalt200
    @greedkingcobalt200 Před 3 lety +1

    Threads of Fate/Dewprism is another underrated game.

  • @Gojiraking
    @Gojiraking Před 2 lety

    Great video but I have to say you missed one. Perhaps the most unknown, underrated ps1 game of all time. Destrega! I’ve never known anyone who doesn’t just know it from the demo haha