Simple Series 1500 for PS1

[zakthedodo]

So,... in japan while the original playstation was still running strong, a series of games were released at a budget friendly price point of 1500¥.
A publisher D3 ran a series of games by different developers that harken back to the Atari 2600 titles.
Gripping and imaginative games like "The Tennis", "The Shooting", "The Bike Race", "The Dungeon RPG"...and so on.
Even Hello Kitty had a handful of games in this series.

Many, but not all saw releases in North America as late as 2003 for the original playstation at a price of 10 bucks.

To hell with it, I picked up a few and even though they're not the deepest games, they're surprisingly fun.
Some are clunkers, but some are great for their price.
The retitled "The Shooting" was "Space Shot and for what it is...kind of a poor man's Einhander, it's not bad.

They also ran a series for the PS2, Some of which are just updated versions of the original PS1 titles.
This time however, North America didn't get these titles but Europe got plenty of them.:angry:

Has anyone gotten into the games?
If you take them for what they are, not a great series or bad series Just charming games in most respects.
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Here's a list of the Japanese for the PS1 from D3's site http://www.d3p.co.jp/s_15/s15_main_g.html
And for PS2 http://www.d3p.co.jp/s_20/s20_g.html

I have no idea why I have an odd interest over these games.
Should I have my head examined or just finish the damned collection?

[JohnnyA]

I tried out a few of these on the PS2, and I thought they were great. It's fun to play low-budget games sometimes!

[recorderdude]

If you're going to get ANY of these, make it the cameraman. It's a far cheaper port plus of the rare/pricey TG16 game Gekisha Boy (by irem) with a 2P mode and extra level....and while you're at it, check out the PS2 sequel as well. Gekibo/Gekisha Boy is IMO one of the most underrated series in gaming and definitely one of the most unique.

[JakeM]

I played The Shooting :/.....

[Scissors]

I once considered going for a complete set of the PS1 games, but there were just too many games I can't see myself ever playing in the set. I think what I found most appealing was the consistency of the packaging design, but that wasn't a good enough reason for me to collect over 100 games. I did pick up a few of them though. I agree with recorderdude that The Cameraman is the best of the lot.

[Guyra]

I'm actually going to get me some of the PS2 ones. Might already have some without knowing as they usually have different titles outside of Japan, so I have to look that up.

In any case, some of these look like a lot of fun! :)

[Az]

Great series indeed. I recommend V24: The Gun Shooting and V22: The Pro Wrestling.

The Gun Shooting is a cool little light gun game, if I remember correctly it supports both the Guncon and the Justifier (or whatever you want to call the regular light gun).

The Pro Wrestling is WWF: Smackdown minus the license and the bells & whistles. I don't mean kinda like Smackdown but rather it actually is Smackdown. Same exact developer using the same graphic and gameplay engine.