The first PlayStation took Japan by storm in 1994, and since then the PlayStation brand has remained in the heart of many Japanese gamers. But what are the games that got them hooked?
The prominent research firm Goo Ranking held a survey to see which are the original PlayStation games that remained in the hearts of the Japanese.
Here's the result:
- Final Fantasy VII
- Resident Evil (Series)
- Boku no Natsuyasumi
- Final Fantasy Tactics
- Ridge Racer
- Dance Revolution
- Parappa the Rapper
- Arc the Lad (Series)
- Tokimeki Memorial (Series)
- Suikoden
- Monster Rancher (Series)
- Crash Bandicoot
- PoPoLoCrois
- Xenogears
- ChoroQ
- SaGa Frontier (Series)
- Valkyrie Profile
- Atelier Marie: The Alchemist of Salburg
- Digimon World
- Ace Combat
- Wild Arms
- Revelations: Persona
- Chocobo Racing
- Theme Park
- Mega Man Legends
- Gunparade March
- The Conbini Ano Machi o Dokusen Seyo
- Front Mission (Series)
- Warriors of Fate
- Ore no Shikabane wo Koete Yuke
- Chocobo Stallion
- Tokyo Majin
- King's Field II
- Policenauts
- Burger Burger
- Klonoa: Door to Phantomile
- Kagero: Deception II
- Brave Fencer Musashi
- Linda Cube: Again
- Tecmo's Deception: Invitation to Darkness
- Double Cast
- Tobal (Series)
- Astronōka
- Carnage Heart EZ: Easy Zapping
- Einhänder
- Circadia
- The Legend of Dragoon
- Shadow Tower
Predictably, Final Fantasy VII is at the top, but there are many masterpiece of our adolescence/childhood mixed in the list, alongside quite a few games that are probably unknown to most western gamers.
The poll is the aggregation of the results of a questionnaire by Research Plus. 500 respondents (250 men and 250 women) participated between April 7th and April 10th.
Do you recognize yourself in those results? Or maybe there are other games on the Original PlayStation that captured your heart?