The catchiness of each tune and the relatable pursuit of romance offset the game’s punishing difficulty and made it less taxing to have to restart frequently. It sounds too simplistic to be anything of substance, but PaRappa’s charm is that it was able to achieve a sort of cult status despite appearing so one-noted. Each of the six stages gets increasingly difficult, requiring fast fingers and a quick mind. As the titular rapper, players rap their way through six songs by following onscreen button prompts. In fact, the PS1 had one in PaRappa the Rapper, a music-infused romp crafted by music producer Masaya Matsuura. Rhythm games existed long before titles like Beat Saber and Rock Band. The t-rex certainly gives Nemesis a run for its money as survival horror’s peskiest pursuer.ġ8. What if Back to the Future, Jurassic Park, and Resident Evil had a baby? Players found out in 1999 with Dino Crisis, a dinosaur-driven survival horror experience from the creator of Resident Evil, Shinji Mikami.Ĭoming off the heels of Resident Evil 2, Dino Crisis had some pretty hefty shoes to fill, and while it stumbled in its pacing and convoluted plot, it certainly delivered on the dinosaur action and scares, with an equally beloved sequel released hot on its heels on the PS1.ĭino Crisis still has a cult following today, and while it never quite reached Resident Evil status, it’s impossible to deny its place in the survival horror pantheon.
Though a little clunky and ugly by today’s standards, the symbiote-driven storyline is worth putting up with the antiquated mechanics, especially for 90s kids who loved the cartoon that this game takes welcome inspiration from.
Spider-Man set the standard for the wall-crawler’s gaming presence, though most of its sequels, save for Mysterio’s Menace (Game Boy Advance) dropped the ball a bit.
Venom is far from Spidey’s only problem as villains like Rhino and Mysterio pop up to wreak havoc and cause trouble for the webhead. Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Backįar from the first or last Spider-Man game to hit consoles, the PS1 adventure stood out primarily for its satisfying web-swinging, expansive narrative featuring many of Spidey’s best friends and worst enemies and use of the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater engine.
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