When will the PSX die?

[ashbourn]

a portable PSX for around $50 -75 would be nice. The PSOne is still to big and cost alot for the screen + system.

[geelw]

the thing is, they're ONLY 10 bucks, so you're NOT gonna get freakin' final fantasy whatever. you will get a generally well-crafted, playable 10 dollar game experience with these:

ford racing (once you get past the slow-ass mini cars at the beginning!)*
grand theft auto*
grand theft auto 2*
ball breakers*
pipe dreams 3D*
crossroad crisis
grudge warriors*
board game top shop*
battle hunter*
eternal eyes*
blaster master: blasting again*
shooter space shot
shooter sanvien*
action bass*
creatures*
gunfighter: the legend of jesse james*
spec ops (series- play them with 2 players for maximum enjoyment)*
pro pinball: big race usa*
tennis
speedball 2100*
the italian job*
rainbow six: lone wolf
all-star slammin d-ball (NO it's not a porn game, lol! dodgeball!)
ihra drag racing
martian gothic*
rageball
card games
chess
worms world party*
burstrick! wake boarding
racing
hooters road trip (for pure kitsch value )*
no one can stop mr. domino (overstock reissue)*
saltwater sport fishing*
sno cross championship racing*
polaris sno-cross
spin jam*
v.i.p.
vanark*
40 winks*
kingsley*

there are a load more- that's just what i can recall off the top of my head...=^P

[RJ]

Hey geelw- what does the (*) denote in your list? I've seen most of those at a local retailer- I got Mr. Domino a few weeks ago & RC Helicopter today. I'll probably get a fishing game next. Most of the games are worth their low price- who doesn't have $10 to blow on a game? BTW, if you want a confusing yet challenging ResEvil clone, get Martian Gothic- it drove me NUTS!!!

Also, I hope Sony doesn't pull a Nintendo & make the PS1 different colors like "sunrise", "frostbite", "vomit", etc. That's just sad IMHO.

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

I've also seen Midway's Arcade Party Pak and South Park: Chef's Luv Shack (the latter of which I dearly, dearly love) turn up as reduced-price overstocks, FYI.

[geelw]

* means i played these and found them not bad at all- i forgot to put that at the bottom of my list!

martian gothic made me nuts- it works as a good adventure game, though...

darkstone is the deepest $10 game on the list- run it on a ps2 with the smoothing and disc speed turned on for maximum effect!

grudge warriors come highly recommended, as the manual doesn't tell you really fun stuff you can do. that, and it's a bit like red dog on the dreamcast (as far as the single-player game goes)..=^P

[RJ]

Anyone know if "Toobin" on Arcade Party Pak is worthwhile? The Funco guy said it'd run on PS2- WRONG!!! All the other games did though- but I bought it for Toobin! GRRR!!! (I didn't have my PSX handy)

geelw- you're right about DarkStone being deep- good Diablo clone w/ random dungeon goodness, multiple quests & 8 different characters! Is beating Draak as hard as it seems?

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

Toobin' on APP (Arcade Party Pak, not the Alan Parsons Project) is pretty good. Not arcade-perfect, but it's at least as good as playing it on MAME.

I picked up another one today that was new on me: "Builder's Block." Looks like an interesting take on a Tetris / Klax / High Rise-style puzzle block game, and it's got a split-screen two player mode - all for only ten bucks. It's got a 2000 copyright on it (with an original date of 1998 attributed to Taito, so I'm assuming this is probably a localization of a Japanese title), but I've never seen or heard of it before. Looks kinda fun, actually.

[Arcade Antics]

@PDF: Nice find! Builder's Block (aka Taito's "Landmaker") is an awesome puzzle game and one of the tougher PSX titles to track down. I think you'll enjoy it!

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

Anyone else need one? I saw at least a couple more for $9.98 - probably another example of a reissued overstock. I've been going over the manual and it looks interesting - I may sneak home, grab my PS1 and bring it back to work with me so I can play it. It's a slow night here, can you tell?

[gamingguy]

If companies keep producing cool games like Sheep and Sheep Raider (Wile E. Coyote game), the PSX will be around a long time! (Like the 2600.) I predict PSX will die when PS3 is released.

[Arqueologia_Digital]

Here in Argentina...NEVER!, because here is the kingdom of Playstation CD copies and hacks...so, the economical situation is bad and everybody prefers to buy copies instead of originals (not me, obviously) >)

[classicb]

Here comes an old topic:

I think the end must be near as game stores are attempting to clear out any ps1 stock. Are new PS1 games still being made?

[SirDrexl]

Just when you thought the end was near for the old PSX, we get:

[Mercerius]

Its been kickin since 1995. Thats a long time for a console to survive esp in this day and age with such competetion.

True. But what about the aging Neo Geo AES/MVS It's been like 14 years, and it's finally called it quits. Tho it put out some of the best fighters ever.

And I hear those homestarrunner guys want to put out Atari 2600 carts again. Oh boy....

[Buyatari]

Digging up an old thread...So what was the last game released for this system?
Fifa 2005?

Were there any overseas games made after this one?

[Tupin]

Yes, in Europe. It was Duel Masters: Senpai Legends! released in September 2006. This was the absolute last release, coming two years after Japan and North America had their last games for the system.

Funny that this thread comes up now, North America will get the absolute last PS2 game, MLB 2K12 in March 2012. Makes me wonder how long that Wii games will be in production, and how long it will take them to clear out stock.

I remember seeing PS1 games at Wal-Mart early last year, that was the first time in years I had seen them, probably since 2005 or so.

[Parodius Duh!]

I hope PSOne fans here have been heeding my (obvious to many) advice and have been picking up these "late release" titles as they come out. You have to realize that very few people are paying attention to this system's games and the releases are in extremely low numbers. Just about everything released now will be a RARE some day.

See if I'm wrong!

Well, Ten years later...... which late release titles are worth at least $40 or more dollars now?


Pretty sure people cant even hand out free copies of The Italian Job...

[Yorkie]

I went to the mall and snagged a sealed copy of Final Fantasy Origins for the PS1 from F.Y.E about a year ago.

It was literally the only PS1 game in the whole mall and probably a 25 mile radius.

Oh, and the craziest thing was, it was black label and published by Square Enix, not Square Soft.

Ive seen Greatest Hits copies that say Square Enix, but not black label copies.

I'm assuming this game came out before Square Soft merged with Enix, and the GH version came out after. The merger was going on around the time this game released in the states.

Does anyone elses black label copy say Square Enix on it? I sure as hell cant find any others online.