English Visit Shop

Sony Computer Entertainment · The Complete Library

All PlayStation Games

67 games in the museum — and growing

Genre

Showing 67 of 67 games

Square asked Nintendo to switch to CDs. Nintendo refused. Final Fantasy VII (1997, PlayStation) — the defection that decided

PlayStation

Final Fantasy VII

ファイナルファンタジーVII

Role-playing game · 1997

Final Fantasy VII (1997) is the game whose development decision defined a console generation. Originally planned for the…

Read more →
Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear Solid (PlayStation, 1998): the stealth game whose mission was never to fight, but to ask whether yo

PlayStation

Metal Gear Solid

メタルギアソリッド

Action-adventure / Stealth · 1998

Metal Gear Solid (1998) is the game that defined the stealth genre and demonstrated that video games could carry the nar…

Read more →
Capcom coined "survival horror" to market this game. Biohazard / Resident Evil (1996, PlayStation) — Shinji Mikami, ink ribbo

PlayStation

Resident Evil

バイオハザード

Survival horror · 1996

Resident Evil (Biohazard in Japan, 1996) is the game that created the survival horror genre — and named it. Directed by …

Read more →
Sony sent Crash to taunt Nintendo outside their Kyoto HQ. Crash Bandicoot (1996, PlayStation) — built to rival Mario 64, sold

PlayStation

Crash Bandicoot

クラッシュ・バンディクー

Platform · 1996

Crash Bandicoot (1996) was Sony's answer to a question the company had not yet solved: the PlayStation did not have a ma…

Read more →
Yamauchi could not drive when he started. Gran Turismo (1997, PlayStation) — five years, 140 licensed cars, the PS1 best-sell

PlayStation

Gran Turismo

グランツーリスモ

Racing simulation · 1997

Gran Turismo (1997) is the game that invented the modern racing simulation genre for home consoles. Designed by Kazunori…

Read more →
The game that named a genre: Metroidvania. Symphony of the Night (1997, Konami) — IGA took over mid-production. Japan PS1 has Uncommon

PlayStation

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

悪魔城ドラキュラX 月下の夜想曲

アクションRPG · 1997

Released on March 20, 1997, Symphony of the Night transformed the Castlevania series by fusing the exploration-heavy des…

Read more →
PlayStation's draw-distance limit accidentally became gaming's most terrifying fog. Silent Hill (1999, PS1) — Konami's landma

PlayStation

Silent Hill

サイレントヒル

Survival horror · 1999

Keiichiro Toyama entered the games industry in 1994 as an artist making computer graphics. “Soon after that, I was asked…

Read more →
Only PlayStation game ever to score a perfect Famitsu 40/40 — yet it sold modestly at launch. Vagrant Story (2000) — Matsuno' Uncommon

PlayStation

Vagrant Story

ベイグラントストーリー

Action RPG · 2000

In September 1998, five people at Square sat down to design a city. One of them was a wine enthusiast partial to Bordeau…

Read more →
Rejected as too dark for Final Fantasy VII. Budget ran out before disc two was done. Xenogears (1998, PlayStation) — Square's

PlayStation

Xenogears

ゼノギアス

Role-Playing Game · 1998

Released in 1998, Xenogears is one of the most narratively ambitious games Square ever produced. Weaving philosophy, psy…

Read more →
Printed in such small numbers that NA copies sold for hundreds of dollars. Suikoden II (PS1, 1998) — 108 recruitable characte Rare

PlayStation

Suikoden II

幻想水滸伝II

Role-Playing Game · 1998

Released in 1998, Suikoden II is the most beloved entry in the Suikoden series and is regularly cited among the greatest…

Read more →
Built by tri-Ace and released at the very end of the PlayStation era. Valkyrie Profile (1999, tri-Ace) — Lenneth collects fal Uncommon ▶

PlayStation

Valkyrie Profile

ヴァルキリープロファイル

Role-Playing Game · 1999

Released in 1999, Valkyrie Profile placed players in the role of Lenneth, a Valkyrie collecting the souls of fallen warr…

Read more →
Yoko Shimomura was told to make the score feel inhuman. Parasite Eve (1998, PlayStation) — Square's survival horror RPG set i

PlayStation

Parasite Eve

パラサイト・イヴ

Survival Horror / RPG · 1998

Released in 1998, Parasite Eve fused survival horror with RPG mechanics in a way no game had before. Set across six days…

Read more →
Yasunori Mitsuda says Chrono Cross is the score he is most proud of — more than Chrono Trigger. PlayStation, 1999. Over 40 pl

PlayStation

Chrono Cross

クロノ・クロス

RPG · 1999

Released in 1999, Chrono Cross is the successor to Chrono Trigger — a game that redefined expectations so completely tha…

Read more →
Uematsu wrote 160 tracks and called it his favourite. Final Fantasy IX (2000, PlayStation) — a return to swords and crystals

PlayStation

Final Fantasy IX

ファイナルファンタジーIX

RPG · 2000

Released in 2000, Final Fantasy IX was the series' deliberate return to its roots — a response to the urban, technologic…

Read more →
The harmonica motif was copied from Ennio Morricone. Wild Arms (1996, PlayStation) — a JRPG set on a dying frontier planet, b

PlayStation

Wild Arms

ワイルドアームズ

RPG · 1996

Released in 1996, Wild Arms blended the JRPG genre with a Western frontier aesthetic — gunslingers, deserts, ruins, and …

Read more →
Deliberately modeled on A Link to the Past — then added permanent villager deaths. Alundra (PlayStation, 1997) does not flinc Uncommon

PlayStation

Alundra

アランドラ

Action RPG · 1997

Released in 1997, Alundra is an action RPG following a young Dreamwalker who can enter and traverse the nightmares of ot…

Read more →
Faye Wong's 'Eyes on Me' was the first pop song commissioned for mainline Final Fantasy. Square's 1999 PlayStation RPG sold 8

PlayStation

Final Fantasy VIII

ファイナルファンタジーVIII

RPG · 1999

Final Fantasy VIII is the 1999 Square RPG, the direct successor to Final Fantasy VII on PlayStation. Players control Squ…

Read more →
Same month as Final Fantasy VII — June 1997. Matsuno's political RPG where Ramza wins the war but history records him as a he

PlayStation

Final Fantasy Tactics

ファイナルファンタジータクティクス

Tactical RPG / Strategy · 1997

Final Fantasy Tactics is the 1997 PlayStation tactical RPG directed by Yasumi Matsuno, set in the politically complex ki…

Read more →
Masaya Matsuura co-founded synth-pop band PSY·S before making PaRappa the Rapper (1996, PlayStation) — the game that invented ▶

PlayStation

PaRappa the Rapper

パラッパラッパー

Rhythm / Music game · 1996

PaRappa the Rapper is the 1996 PlayStation rhythm game created by Masaya Matsuura and developed by NanaOn-Sha — widely c…

Read more →
Sound director Sano fought to use big-beat music; series director Harada hated it at first. Tekken 3 (PlayStation, 1998) — 8.

PlayStation

Tekken 3

鉄拳3

Fighting · 1998

Tekken 3 (1998) is the apex of the PlayStation-era 3D fighting game — a title that sold 8.5 million copies worldwide and…

Read more →
Hideki Kamiya was 26 when the first Resident Evil 2 was scrapped and he rebuilt it from scratch. Two protagonists, two interl

PlayStation

Resident Evil 2

バイオハザード2

Survival Horror · 1998

Resident Evil 2 (1998) is the apex of the original PlayStation survival horror genre — a cinematic, dual-campaign action…

Read more →
Acquire was founded specifically to make this one game. Tenchu: Stealth Assassins (PlayStation, 1998) beat Metal Gear Solid t

PlayStation

Tenchu: Stealth Assassins

天誅 SHINOBI GAISEN

Stealth / Action · 1998

Tenchu: Stealth Assassins (1998) arrived the same year as Metal Gear Solid and established stealth gameplay on PlayStati…

Read more →
Square made a shooter exactly once. Einhänder (PlayStation, 1997) — a robotic arm steals enemy guns mid-flight. Never release Uncommon

PlayStation

Einhänder

アインハンダー

Shooter · 1997

Einhänder (1997) is the most unexpected title in Square's catalog — a side-scrolling 3D shoot-em-up from a company almos…

Read more →
Miss the recruit window and that character is gone forever. Suikoden (PlayStation, 1995) — 108 Stars, only the full set unloc Uncommon

PlayStation

Suikoden

幻想水滸伝

RPG · 1995

Suikoden (1995) is one of the PlayStation's most distinctive RPGs — a fast-loading, quick-battle system with 108 recruit…

Read more →
Camera tilts down at the jump apex so you see how far down the ground is. Jumping Flash! (1995, PlayStation) — gaming's first

PlayStation

Jumping Flash!

ジャンピングフラッシュ！

Platform / Shooter · 1995

Jumping Flash! (1995) is one of PlayStation's most original launch-era games — the first platform game built entirely in…

Read more →
Looked made for children. Ended with one of the PS1's most devastating reveals. Klonoa: Door to Phantomile (1997, PlayStation Uncommon

PlayStation

Klonoa: Door to Phantomile

風のクロノア door to phantomile

2.5D Platformer · 1997

Klonoa: Door to Phantomile is a 1997 PlayStation platformer from Namco that deceives with its cheerful exterior. Beneath…

Read more →
Sony America rejected it. MoMA later acquired it. Vib-Ribbon (1999, PlayStation) loaded into RAM — any CD you owned became a Rare ▶

PlayStation

Vib-Ribbon

ビブリボン

Rhythm · 1999

Vib-Ribbon is one of the most formally inventive games ever released on PlayStation. Designed by Masaya Matsuura — creat…

Read more →
Mega Man creator Tokuro Fujiwara left Capcom to make exactly this. Tomba! (1997, PlayStation) — now one of the priciest PS1 g Rare ▶

PlayStation

Tomba!

お～れ！トンバ

Action Adventure · 1997

Created by Tokuro Fujiwara — the Capcom producer behind Mega Man, Ghosts 'n Goblins, and Bionic Commando — Tomba! is a 1…

Read more →
Originally gorillas and snakes — Mikami switched to dinosaurs. Dino Crisis (PlayStation, 1999): panic horror where the T-Rex ▶

PlayStation

Dino Crisis

ディノクライシス

Survival Horror · 1999

Directed by Shinji Mikami — creator of Resident Evil — Dino Crisis is survival horror with the pace of a thriller rather…

Read more →
DualShock had been optional for two years. Ape Escape (1999, PlayStation) ended that — the first PlayStation game to require

PlayStation

Ape Escape

サルゲッチュ

3D Platformer · 1999

In the late 1990s Soichi Terada was running a small Tokyo label, Far East Recording, and had never written a note for a …

Read more →
Sting's drummer composed the soundtrack. Spyro the Dragon (PlayStation, 1998) — Insomniac's purple dragon built in seven mont

PlayStation

Spyro the Dragon

スパイロ・ザ・ドラゴン

3D platformer · 1999

Released in North America on September 9, 1998, Spyro the Dragon is the PlayStation 3D platformer that established Insom…

Read more →
Jazz piano in a fantasy RPG — Capcom's deliberate call. Breath of Fire III (PS1, 1997) — 3D environments, hand-drawn sprites,

PlayStation

Breath of Fire III

ブレス オブ ファイアIII

Role-Playing Game · 1997

Breath of Fire III, released in September 1997, was the first entry in the franchise to use three-dimensional environmen…

Read more →
Mega Man Legends 3 was cancelled after fans voted to greenlight it. The 1997 original (PlayStation) — first 3D Mega Man, open

PlayStation

Mega Man Legends

ロックマン DASH 鋼の冒険心

3D Action Adventure · 1997

Mega Man Legends — Rockman DASH in Japan — was the first fully 3D game in the Mega Man franchise, representing a radical…

Read more →
Uncommon

PlayStation

The Legend of Dragoon

ザ・レジェンド・オブ・ドラグーン

Role-Playing Game · 1999

The Legend of Dragoon, released in December 1999, was Sony Computer Entertainment's most ambitious first-party RPG of th…

Read more →
Staff slept in the Osaka office to ship it. Dewprism / Threads of Fate (PlayStation, 1999) — Square made a comedy after Xenog

PlayStation

Threads of Fate

デュープリズム

Action RPG · 1999

Threads of Fate — Dewprism in Japan — is a lighthearted action RPG following two protagonists with opposite personalitie…

Read more →

PlayStation

Ridge Racer

リッジレーサー

Racing · 1994

Ridge Racer launched alongside the original PlayStation in Japan on December 3, 1994, and became the console's defining …

Read more →

PlayStation

Gran Turismo 2

グランツーリスモ2

Racing Simulation · 1999

Released in December 1999, Gran Turismo 2 expanded Kazunori Yamauchi's vision of the 'Real Driving Simulator' to an unpr…

Read more →
Dragon Quest VII (PS1, 2000) holds no battles for its first 3–5 hours — a bold choice by Yuji Horii. Japan's best-selling PS1

PlayStation

Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past

ドラゴンクエストVII エデンの戦士たち

Role-Playing Game · 2000

Released in Japan on August 26, 2000, Dragon Quest VII: Warriors of Eden is one of the defining RPGs of the PlayStation …

Read more →
RE3 started as a spin-off before becoming a numbered entry. Nemesis follows Jill through doors — Resident Evil 3: Last Escape

PlayStation

Resident Evil 3: Nemesis

バイオハザード3 ラストエスケープ

Survival Horror · 1999

Released in Japan on September 22, 1999, Resident Evil 3: Nemesis — known in Japan as Biohazard 3: Last Escape — places …

Read more →

PlayStation

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater

トニー・ホーク スケートボーディング

Extreme Sports · 2000

Released in North America on September 29, 1999, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater created the skateboarding video game genre as a …

Read more →
800,000 copies in Japan — the highest for any Western game to that point. Crash Bandicoot 2 (1997, PlayStation) by Naughty Do

PlayStation

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back

クラッシュ・バンディクー2 コルテックスの逆襲!

3D Platform ·

Released in November 1997, Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back is widely regarded as Naughty Dog's finest achievement…

Read more →
Spyro hides in a loading screen. Crash Bandicoot: Warped (Naughty Dog, 1998) — PS1 trilogy finale with motorcycle races, bipl

PlayStation

Crash Bandicoot: Warped

クラッシュ・バンディクー3 ブッとび!世界一周

3D Platform · 1998

Released in November 1998, Crash Bandicoot: Warped is the final chapter of Naughty Dog's original PlayStation trilogy an…

Read more →
Zero asks what am I fighting for — and Mega Man X4 (1997, PlayStation) never answers cleanly. First time Zero got a full, dis

PlayStation

Mega Man X4

ロックマンX4

Action Platformer · 1997

Released in August 1997, Mega Man X4 is the first entry in the Mega Man X series on 32-bit hardware and the first to fea…

Read more →
Shoji Meguro's debut composition. Atlus put Jungian psychology into a 1996 PlayStation RPG — and called it Persona. Every seq Uncommon

PlayStation

Revelations: Persona

女神異聞録ペルソナ

RPG · 1996

Released in September 1996, Megami Ibunroku Persona was the first game in what would become the Persona series — a spin-…

Read more →

PlayStation

SaGa Frontier

サガ フロンティア

RPG · 1997

Released in July 1997, SaGa Frontier is the seventh entry in Square's SaGa series and its PlayStation debut. The game of…

Read more →
World map starts blank — you place artifacts to build it. Legend of Mana (1999, PlayStation) — Square's most experimental RPG

PlayStation

Legend of Mana

聖剣伝説 Legend of Mana

Action RPG · 1999

Released in July 1999, Legend of Mana is the fourth entry in Square's Mana series and the most experimental game the fra…

Read more →

PlayStation

I.Q.: Intelligent Qube

アイキュー インテリジェント キューブ

Puzzle · 1997

On the night of April 9, 1995, Masahiko Sato looked out of his window at the sky, and the idea arrived. He had spent sev…

Read more →
Hit a downed opponent and your own health depletes as punishment. Bushido Blade (1997, PlayStation) — Square swordfighting, n

PlayStation

Bushido Blade

ブシドーブレード

Fighting · 1997

Released in March 1997, Bushido Blade is Square's most unconventional fighting game — a 3D swordfight where there is no …

Read more →
In one stage, Lammy performs her way through hell to make it to the concert. Um Jammer Lammy (PlayStation, 1999) — NanaOn-Sha

PlayStation

Um Jammer Lammy

ウンジャマー・ラミー

Rhythm · 1999

Released in March 1999, Um Jammer Lammy is the spiritual sequel to PaRappa the Rapper — sharing the same visual world, r…

Read more →
Save data from Arc the Lad I carries into the sequel — one of the first RPGs to use transfer as a narrative device. Arc the L

PlayStation

Arc the Lad II

アークザラッド2

Strategy RPG · 1996

Released in November 1996, Arc the Lad II is the direct continuation of the original Arc the Lad — and one of the first …

Read more →
Bundled with a Final Fantasy VIII demo in Japan. Brave Fencer Musashi (PS1, 1998) — the Square action RPG many players discov Uncommon

PlayStation

Brave Fencer Musashi

ブレイヴフェンサー武蔵伝

Action RPG · 1998

Brave Fencer Musashi (1998) is Square's fast-paced 3D action RPG on PlayStation — a comedic adventure starring a miniatu…

Read more →
English voice acting became a beloved internet meme. Mega Man 8 (1996, PlayStation) — Capcom's 32-bit debut with anime cutsce

PlayStation

Mega Man 8

ロックマン8 メタルヒーローズ

Action Platformer · 1996

Mega Man 8 (1996) is the series' debut on 32-bit hardware — a PlayStation action platformer that introduced fully animat…

Read more →
Rare

PlayStation

Tail Concerto

テイルコンチェルト

Action / Adventure · 1998

Tail Concerto (1998) is CyberConnect's debut title — a 3D action-adventure set in a floating sky-island world populated …

Read more →
North America got Eternal Punishment but not Innocent Sin — leaving Persona 2 as a sequel whose first chapter was locked away Uncommon

PlayStation

Persona 2: Eternal Punishment

ペルソナ2 罰

RPG · 1999

Persona 2: Eternal Punishment is the second half of the Persona 2 story, released in December 1999 in Japan and in Septe…

Read more →
Uncommon

PlayStation

Persona 2: Innocent Sin

ペルソナ2 罪

RPG · 1999

Persona 2: Innocent Sin is a 1999 PlayStation RPG in which rumors spread through the fictional city of Sumaru City and p…

Read more →
Diablo — the PlayStation release of 1998 by Climax Studios for Electronic Arts. Its history, the people behind it, and what t

PlayStation

Diablo

ディアブロ

action role-playing game · 1998

Diablo is a PlayStation game released in 1998, developed by Climax Studios, published by Electronic Arts. It is a action…

Read more →
Tomb Raider (1996, PlayStation) — the grid-based 3D game that made Lara Croft possible. Every jump measured exactly two squar

PlayStation

Tomb Raider

トゥームレイダー

action-adventure game · 1996

Tomb Raider (1996) is a third-person 3D action-adventure game developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactiv…

Read more →
Myst — the PlayStation release of 1996 by Alfa System for Psygnosis. Its history, the people behind it, and what to know befo

PlayStation

Myst

MYST

graphic adventure game · 1996

Myst is a PlayStation game released in 1996, developed by Alfa System, published by Psygnosis. It is a graphic adventure…

Read more →
Command & Conquer: Red Alert (PlayStation, 1997) — alternate-history Cold War RTS with Frank Klepacki's iconic 'Hell March' s

PlayStation

Command & Conquer: Red Alert

コマンド＆コンカー：レッドアラート

real-time strategy ·

Command & Conquer: Red Alert is a 1997 real-time strategy for the PlayStation, developed by Westwood Studios, with music…

Read more →
Tomb Raider II (PlayStation, 1997) — made in nine months, but the composer got three. Nathan McCree turned time into characte

PlayStation

Tomb Raider II

トゥームレイダー2

action-adventure game · 1998

Released in November 1997 for PlayStation and Windows, Tomb Raider II sent Lara Croft around the world in pursuit of the…

Read more →
EA Canada partnered with Road & Track magazine to match real car data, gear shift sounds, and handling. The Need for Speed (1

PlayStation

The Need for Speed

オーバードライビンDX

racing video game ·

Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed (1994) is a racing simulation developed by EA Canada in collaboration with Roa…

Read more →
WarCraft II: The Dark Saga (PlayStation, 1997) combined two campaigns into one console package. Auto-build queues and sixteen

PlayStation

WarCraft II: The Dark Saga

ウォークラフトII ザ・ダークサーガ

real-time strategy ·

WarCraft II: Tides of Darkness is a 1996 real-time strategy for the playstation, developed by Blizzard Entertainment. It…

Read more →
Crash Team Racing (PlayStation, 1999) — Naughty Dog's eight-month kart racer built on chaining three-boost power slides. An h

PlayStation

Crash Team Racing

クラッシュ・バンディクー レーシング

kart racing game · 1999

Crash Team Racing is a 1999 kart racing game for the playstation, developed by Naughty Dog, with music by Josh Mancell. …

Read more →

PlayStation

Spider: The Video Game

Spider: The Video Game

Platform ·

Released in 1996, Spider: The Video Game is a 2.5D platformer developed by Boss Game Studios — an independent studio for…

Read more →

PlayStation

Tekken

鉄拳

Fighting ·

Tekken (1994) began in arcades as Namco's entry into 3D fighting, later brought home to PlayStation — the start of the f…

Read more →

PlayStation

Policenauts

ポリスノーツ

Cinematic Adventure · 1996

Released for PlayStation on January 19, 1996, Policenauts is a cinematic adventure game written and directed by Hideo Ko…

Read more →

PlayStation

Tokimeki Memorial ~forever with you~ Limited Edition

ときめきメモリアル ～forever with you～ 限定版

Dating Simulation · 1995

Released in 1995, Tokimeki Memorial ~forever with you~ brought the groundbreaking dating simulation to PlayStation. The …

Read more →
← Back to the PlayStation Browse the whole collection →