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September 9th means different things to different types of gamers. One camp can easily go the 9-9-99 route and spend all day pining over the life and death of Sega’s Dreamcast. It’s an honorable day of mourning for sure, but the other path is a bit peppier and perhaps leads to fonder memories of a machine that lasted for nearly 10 active years. That’d be the original PlayStation, which launched on 9-9-95 to almost immediate success.
Looking back, what were the system’s standout titles? Most of them are obvious inclusions, as they’ve spawned sequels even into present day, but others have since faded into nothingness and deserve a special anniversary shout-out. And if you feel this list is missing your favorite game (say Legend of Dragoon, Persona or Abe’s Odyssey), blame the rest of the GR staff who took vacations/sick days this week and left me to come up with this alone. It’s their fault XXXXX isn’t on here – I love XXXXX just as much as you!
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The adventure genre should probably get the award for best ghost pirate of all time (Monkey Island's LeChuck), but the award for most prolific use of both ghosts and pirates in a genre has to go to RPGs. RPGs were overdoing the pirate thing well before pirates were overdone as a general fad. And any RPG fan knows that it's not a real quest until you've encountered a ghost ship as either a dungeon or a boss. Naturally, these two mainstays overlap from time to time...
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Even in the comparatively small realm of videogame music there are "holy grail" soundtracks that are known and cherished around the world. Obviously songs from Mario, Zelda, Mega Man, Castlevania and various Final Fantasies make up this list, but right up there with 'em is this much-loved but nearly forgotten sequel to Chrono Trigger.
Song and bonus video embedded after the jump!
If you were to look at the PlayStation Network a few years ago and compare it to its competitors, there wouldn't be very much to say. “It's free” was usually the best argument you could offer. With time, however, Sony's online gaming network has come into its own, adding in features and content that have helped to make it – if not exactly a match for the likes of Xbox Live – at least a worthy contender.
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