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How should I play these games?

OG hardware with OG game discs 7 58.33%
 
Emulate on XBSX Dev Mode 2 16.67%
 
Steam Deck 2 16.67%
 
PlayStation Online Sub Se... 1 8.33%
 
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IcaroRibeiro on 29 September 2025
Veknoid_Outcast said:

@firebush03 if you're considering pirating these games, please don't. Don't be part of the problem. There are plenty of ways to purchase and experience PS1 games legally, whether digitally on PS3, PS4, PS5, and PSV, or physically on the original hardware. Some of the best PS1 games are also available via modern collections, like Suikoden I & II HD Remaster, Metal Gear Solid Master Collection, and Castlevania Requiem.

It's completely ok to pirate those games. The companies responsible for them have already recoup all costs and made profits. Many of them just use them as quick extra money grabs. Nobody related to the original development will lose a job for a pirated version of a game 30 years after its release



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IcaroRibeiro on 29 September 2025
BraLoD said:
Veknoid_Outcast said:

@firebush03 if you're considering pirating these games, please don't. Don't be part of the problem. There are plenty of ways to purchase and experience PS1 games legally, whether digitally on PS3, PS4, PS5, and PSV, or physically on the original hardware. Some of the best PS1 games are also available via modern collections, like Suikoden I & II HD Remaster, Metal Gear Solid Master Collection, and Castlevania Requiem.

There is no problem to be part of by emulating 5th generation 1990s games in 2025, the money they invested got its return back then.

I don't use emulators myself, pretty much since the PS3 I've decided to not touch emulators and invest in original hardware and physical copies of the games, but that is expensive, messy and a horrible way to just try some old games.

I do recommend trying to buy the rereleases over emulation, but trying the game first and buying it later if you liked it seems a lot easier and would result in zero harm to the industry.

Media should be all be public domain after a few decades. But 70 years is too much for games, it should be 40 or less since consoles don't last more than 10 years in market, everybody depends on companies goodwill to keep them available digitally with ports 

If the company that owns the copyright of a game go extint or is bought by another there are odds you never will see that game available for purchase again 



LudicrousSpeed on 29 September 2025

Some amazing games have already been recommended. I didn’t see Street Fighter EX+ Alpha, play that if you like fighters.

Also check out the first Medal of Honor, amazing FPS with some cool missions.

Also Twisted Metal 2, Vigilante 8, and Rogue Trip. Great car combat games.



firebush03 on 29 September 2025
Veknoid_Outcast said:

@firebush03 if you're considering pirating these games, please don't. Don't be part of the problem. There are plenty of ways to purchase and experience PS1 games legally, whether digitally on PS3, PS4, PS5, and PSV, or physically on the original hardware. Some of the best PS1 games are also available via modern collections, like Suikoden I & II HD Remaster, Metal Gear Solid Master Collection, and Castlevania Requiem.

Thank you for the note, Veknoid. However, hear me out: if these PS1 games were available on cartridge at no more than the original MSRP, then I would more than happy to take the safe and easy route of simply purchasing them. But these are discs (meaning that scratching and other wear makes purchasing more of a gamble) that would be purchased 2nd-hand (meaning it would make no difference to the OG dev teams) at potentially marked up prices running on a console produced two or three decades ago (meaning wear may make these devices unusable). IMO emulation in this context would not be an instance of unethical pirating, but a taking advantage of the preservationist aspect of gaming emulation.

That said, however, you do also suggest searching after official emulators. This is an option I would prefer to take as it would be significantly less cumbersome for me to set up…the only downside? Where can I purchase these games in an uncompromised manner? Are the original Spyro and Crash trilogies (not the remakes but the OG releases) available on Steam, PS, or Nintendo? And as far as I’m aware, Insomniac Game and Naughty Dog developed these two trilogies, yet Microsoft would be the one receiving all the profits…what would be unethical about simply “pirating” these games when there is no way to support any of the original devs behind the projects?

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Louie_86 on 29 September 2025

Not Blasto, ill tell you that much



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xl-klaudkil on 29 September 2025

Ff7
Ff8
Ff9
Diablo
Suikoden
Jade cocoon
Blaze and blades
Breath of fire 3



Veknoid_Outcast on 29 September 2025
firebush03 said:
Veknoid_Outcast said:

@firebush03 if you're considering pirating these games, please don't. Don't be part of the problem. There are plenty of ways to purchase and experience PS1 games legally, whether digitally on PS3, PS4, PS5, and PSV, or physically on the original hardware. Some of the best PS1 games are also available via modern collections, like Suikoden I & II HD Remaster, Metal Gear Solid Master Collection, and Castlevania Requiem.

Thank you for the note, Veknoid. However, hear me out: if these PS1 games were available on cartridge at no more than the original MSRP, then I would more than happy to take the safe and easy route of simply purchasing them. But these are discs (meaning that scratching and other wear makes purchasing more of a gamble) that would be purchased 2nd-hand (meaning it would make no difference to the OG dev teams) at potentially marked up prices running on a console produced two or three decades ago (meaning wear may make these devices unusable). IMO emulation in this context would not be an instance of unethical pirating, but a taking advantage of the preservationist aspect of gaming emulation.

That said, however, you do also suggest searching after official emulators. This is an option I would prefer to take as it would be significantly less cumbersome for me to set up…the only downside? Where can I purchase these games in an uncompromised manner? Are the original Spyro and Crash trilogies (not the remakes but the OG releases) available on Steam, PS, or Nintendo? And as far as I’m aware, Insomniac Game and Naughty Dog developed these two trilogies, yet Microsoft would be the one receiving all the profits…what would be unethical about simply “pirating” these games when there is no way to support any of the original devs behind the projects?

Here's a good place to start: https://store.playstation.com/en-us/category/8056ad23-7f30-485c-a628-b99f9d5aec5d/

There are also plenty of games on the eShop. Here's Final Fantasy VII on sale for $6.39: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/final-fantasy-vii-switch/. Here's MGS for $19.99: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/metal-gear-solid-master-collection-version-switch/. Tomb Raider I-III for $29.99: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/tomb-raider-i-iii-remastered-starring-lara-croft-switch/

I don't want to debate piracy and derail the thread. But just know that a lot of these games are at your fingertips, and you don't need to steal to play them.



firebush03 on 29 September 2025

Veknoid_Outcast said:

Here's a good place to start: https://store.playstation.com/en-us/category/8056ad23-7f30-485c-a628-b99f9d5aec5d/

There are also plenty of games on the eShop. Here's Final Fantasy VII on sale for $6.39: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/final-fantasy-vii-switch/. Here's MGS for $19.99: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/metal-gear-solid-master-collection-version-switch/. Tomb Raider I-III for $29.99: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/tomb-raider-i-iii-remastered-starring-lara-croft-switch/

I don't want to debate piracy and derail the thread. But just know that a lot of these games are at your fingertips, and you don't need to steal to play them.

I’d rather just purchase the physical copy and then emulate. I don’t see anything ethically wrong with that. (Unless you believe it is unethical to purchase second-hand copies of games...) I like collecting physical, even if the disc doesn’t work. I appreciate the resources!



freedquaker on 29 September 2025

I can only recommend you my favorite ps1 games:

Crash Bandioot Series ( 1, 2, 3, and Crash Team Racing)
Spyro Series (1, 2, 3)
Kula World (Roll Over)
Bloody Roar 1 and 2
Dead or Alive
Duke Nukem Time to Kill
Ehrgeiz
Fighting Force
Klonoa
Medal of Honor (1 and 2: Underground)
Quake II for split screen multiplayer
Soul Blade
Tank Racer
Tekken 2 & 3
Time Commando
Tobal 1 & 2




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SvennoJ on 29 September 2025
firebush03 said:

Veknoid_Outcast said:

Here's a good place to start: https://store.playstation.com/en-us/category/8056ad23-7f30-485c-a628-b99f9d5aec5d/

There are also plenty of games on the eShop. Here's Final Fantasy VII on sale for $6.39: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/final-fantasy-vii-switch/. Here's MGS for $19.99: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/metal-gear-solid-master-collection-version-switch/. Tomb Raider I-III for $29.99: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/tomb-raider-i-iii-remastered-starring-lara-croft-switch/

I don't want to debate piracy and derail the thread. But just know that a lot of these games are at your fingertips, and you don't need to steal to play them.

I’d rather just purchase the physical copy and then emulate. I don’t see anything ethically wrong with that. (Unless you believe it is unethical to purchase second-hand copies of games...) I like collecting physical, even if the disc doesn’t work. I appreciate the resources!

If you want to experience the PS1, you really need to get the original hardware and an old CRT. Emulation doesn't recreate the experience. But yeah you do have the risk now of faulty disks and memory cards.

Dunno if emulation on CRT is available, but the games were made for interlaced CRT. Just not the same on modern displays :/ Same with PS2, looks horrible on modern 4K tv :/