I was looking to buy a PS3 soon and wanted find what were the best games I could download on to it since I don't have a lot of space for physical storage of games. While there are plenty of great games to come out this generation there are also some great PS One games to get. Since I proudly had an N64 during that generation (still have it now) I had no idea what were the best games for the original Playstation. Luckily IGN and Gamespy have each made lists of what they consider the top 25 games for the system. After looking over the lists and checking there availability PSN Store I have made this chart below that compares the lists and shows whether you can go download it now. Some interesting notes I found:- Both lists have "Metal Gear Solid" at 1 and "Castlevania: Symphony of the Night" at 2. A testament to how great they must be.
- Both lists have a "Gran Turismo", "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater" and "Ridge Racer" but they disagree over which in each series is the best
- The Tomb Raider, Crash Bandicoot and Spyro franchises seemed to get so much hype during that generation yet Lara Croft and Crash only had one entry on the two lists. Spyro had nothing.
The chart is ordered by Gamespy's rankings since they did the whole annoying one item per page thing and I'm saving people the trouble of clicking through it just to get the order. IGN on the other hand put all 25 on one page so I'll just give the link rather then relist them all.
The bold games are the ones on both lists. If you know of any other respectable PS One lists leave a link in the comments and I'll incorporate it.
| Gamespy Rank | IGN Rank | Game | On PSN Store as of October 13, 2010 |
| 1 | 1 | Metal Gear Solid | Yes |
| 2 | 2 | Castlevania: Symphony of the Night | Yes |
| 3 | 11 | Tekken 3 | No |
| 4 | - | Gran Turismo | No |
| 5 | - | Klonoa: Door to Phantomile | No |
| 6 | - | Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 | No |
| 7 | - | Ridge Racer | No |
| 8 | 6 | Vagrant Story | No |
| 9 | 13 | Wipeout XL | No |
| 10 | 18 | Final Fantasy VII | Yes |
| 11 | 16 | PaRappa the Rapper | No |
| 12 | 24 | Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo | No |
| 13 | 14 | Resident Evil 2 | Yes |
| 14 | 8 | Ape Escape | No |
| 15 | 14 | Silent Hill | Yes |
| 16 | - | Soul Blade | No |
| 17 | - | Tomb Raider | Yes |
| 18 | 9 | Street Fighter Alpha 3 | No |
| 19 | - | Um Jammer Lammy | No |
| 20 | - | WarHawk | Yes |
| 21 | 23 | Final Fantasy Tactics | Yes |
| 22 | - | Twisted Metal 2 | Yes |
| 23 | - | Intelligent Qube | No |
| 24 | - | Tomba | No |
| 25 | - | Point Blank | No |
| - | 17 | Grandia | Yes |
| - | 19 | Syphon Filter | Yes |
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