What are some good PSX games to get?

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I never really got into the PSX in it's heyday (I only had an N64 at the time) and I missed out on practically the entire PSX library. As a result, the PSX is kinda a new system to me. I've started to build up a small PSX collection a year or so ago.

I already have:

Final Fantasy Origins
King of Fighters '99
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Suikoden
Ridge Racer Type 4
Strikers 1945
Battle Hunter

I prefer turn-based strategy, shoot em' up, fighting games, and JRPGS. Any genre is fine though. I'm also looking for some obscure, underrated, or cult classic games.

PSX as in playstation 1, 2, or 3 games?

breath of fire 3
breath of fire 4
grandia
wild arms
wild arms 2
adventures of alundra
alundra 2 (even tho it has nothing to do with the first one)
azure dreams
blaze and blade (maybe, this is not for every one)
saga frontier 2 (i love this one)
granstream saga
star ocean the second story
suikoden 2
shadow madness (i found this kind of meh but its ok really)
legend of legaia
arc the lad
arc the lad 2
arc the lad 3
xenogears (the only game I've played where i can see exactly when they ran out of money while making it)
the various final fantasy's
megaman legends 1 and 2 was also quite good
legend of dragoon

Ape Escape
Crash Bandicoot 1
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped
Crash Bash
Crash Team Racing
Gex
Gex 2: Enter the Gecko
Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko
Medievil
Medievil 2
Megaman 8
Megaman X4
Spyro
Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage
Spyro 3: Year of the Dragon

Disruptor
Ehrgeiz
Einhänder
Intelligent Qube
Loaded
Metal Gear Solid
PaRappa the Rapper
Philosoma
Resident Evil 2
Spider
Syphon Filter
Tekken 3
Twisted Metal 2
Wipeout 3

Rayman - great 2D graphics - its really hard

I was obsessed with Digimon so Digimon World, Digimon World 2003 and Digimon Rumble Arena where somewhat decent games

Tomb Raider 1, 2, 3

Tomba

Klonoa 1

Final Fantasy 7, 9 wasn't a big fan of 8...

Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain and Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver.

Although it was already mentioned, I'll say it again.

PARAPPA THE RAPPER!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRJPPn5LB_E[/youtube]

Future Cop L.A.P.D.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW5eyvQ00Fg[/youtube]

I have a biiiiiig list.

Fighting:
King of Fighters '95
Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition
Street Fighter Collection
Street Fighter Alpha 3 <must buy
Tekken 3 < must buy
Darkstalkers 3 <must buy
Star Gladiator
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Battle Arena Toshinden 2 and 3
Ehrgeiz
Destrega
Wu-Tang Shaolin Style
Bushido Blade 1 and 2
Soul Blade
Rival Schools <must buy
Gundam Battle Assault 2

RPG:
Breath of Fire III and IV <must buy
Legend of Legaia
Beyond the Beyond <same developers as Shining Force and Golden Sun
Dragon Warrior VII
Chrono Cross
Final Fantasy Anthology
Shadow Madness
Star Ocean 2
Diablo
Azure Dreams
Chocobo's Dungeon 2
Eternal Eyes
Final Fantasy Tactics
Grandia
Darkstone (Diablo clone)
Tactics Ogre
Saga Frontier 1 and 2
Legend of Mana
Koudelka (only if you wouldn't mind a crappy battle system; Koudelka's story is really good)
Wild Arms 2
Suikoden 2
Persona 1 and 2 (2 is split up into 2 games, Eternal Punishment came out here for PSX but not Innocent Sin, at least not until the PSP anyway)
Guardian's Crusade
Final Fantasy VII and IX
Digimon World 1 and 3
Mega Man Legends 1 and 2
Legend of Dragoon
Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete and Eternal Blue Complete

Platforming:
Rayman 1 and 2
Pandemonium
Spyro the Dragon
Tomba 1 and 2
All three Crash Bandicoot games
Gex
Castlevania Chronicles
Castlevania Symphony of the Night
Mega Man X4
Mega Man 8
Strider 2 (which includes the first Strider as well)
Pinobee

Puzzle:
Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo
Buster Bros. Collection
Tecmo Stackers
Magical Tetris Challenge

Racing:
Crash Team Racing
Walt Disney World: Magical Racing Tour
Jet Moto
Wipeout
Speed Punks
Gran Turismo
Twisted Metal 1 and 2 (technically these aren't racing, but rather car combat)
007 Racing

Horror:
Any and all Resident Evil games

Shooting:
Loaded and Re-Loaded
Project Overkill
Einhander
R-Types
R-Type Delta
Mobile Light Force (actually a port of the original Gunbird arcade game)
Raystorm/Raycrisis
Thunder Force V
Syphon Filter 2
Sol Divide
007: Tomorrow Never Dies

Misc:
Parappa the Rapper
No One Can Stop Mr. Domino
Gekido (has a Power Stone-like fighting mode but the story mode is a side scrolling beat em up)
Dark Delusion: Deception III (clever game where you build and lay traps to kill people who come into the main character's mansion)
Bomberman: Party Edition
The Misadventures of Tron Bonne (a game where you play as an antagonist from the Mega Man Legends games. It's similar to MML except with more minigames)

Imports:
All the Capcom Generation games (there are 5 of them, each have arcade games on them)
Mega Man Battle & Chase (racing game)
Panzer Bandit (side scrolling beat em up)
Gunners' Heaven (shooting, very similar to Gunstar Heroes, except no 2 player mode. Depending on region this game has a different name: Japan: Gunners' Heaven, Europe: Rapid Reload)
Mad Stalker: Full Metal Force (side scrolling beat em up, a remake of a PC Engine game)
Silhouette Mirage (platformer/shooter. The Japanese version is MUCH better than the English version for many reasons)
Chippoke Ralph no Daibouken/The Big Adventure of Little Ralph (platformer)
Persona 2: Innocent Sin (the other half of Persona 2: Eternal Punishment. It only came out in Japan for PSX, but later made its way here on PSP)
Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden (strategy RPG)

Watch out for the first Resident Evil, it's tricky (at least in the US). The original release doesn't have autoaim, but the Director's Cut is often a "with Dualshock controls!" and doesn't have the original music soundtrack.

No one has mentioned LSD yet, so I will put it foward. It's has, in the past few years, become a cult game. Nothing really happens apart from you walk around exploring a colourful world and interesting music, but it does freak a few people out to the point where they cannot sleep.

Alundra great PSX game.

Any of the Tales-series of games. i.e: "Tales of Destiny".

The 'Lunar' series remakes.

I found FFVIII to be fantastic personally

Tempest X: A rip-off of Jeff Minter's masterpiece Tempest 2000 which was based off the Atari arcade game from the '80s, Tempest