Top 10 Must-Own PSone Classics For The Vita

Awesome to see Vagrant Story get a mention--if you love the tactical side of RPG combat, that was a definite gem.

FF:T should be on that list--pretty much a perfect portable game.

I also remember loving Syphon Filter, but I have no idea how well the game aged or if it was even good to begin with.

Awww... you're not that old, Daniel! :P

Syphon Filter...you pretty much have to play just for the story now. The gameplay is still uniquely different, but will take some getting used to. I've impressed myself by beating 1 and 2 on my PSP, but 3 is still really hard. All-in-all, no, its looks and feel didn't age well, but the nature and story is still good.

I played the demo for the first one a lot before we actually bought the game, and then went back and played it a bunch more after I beat the actual game. So I've kinda got an emotional attachment to it. Definitely play the first one, and then if you thought that was good, get the second. If you're wanting to know the rest of the story, try playing 3. Don't be expecting improved gameplay as you move up, though. It's all still a lot of "hold down crouch and target lock," and "if you have an air taser, use it."

Oh man, the air taser. More people should know about that.

One of my favorite things about Syphon Filter was setting people on fire with tasers.

I'm very disappointed that Crash and Spyro games don't work on Vita. I wanted Crash 2 and Spyro 2 on mine more than any other PSone games.

Oh well, I'll get one of the Patapons instead.

Only thirteen more hours before I get my hands on that sweet thing. :D

BLASPHEMY!
I replay through both trilogies at least once a year and still have a lot of fun.
Okay, Spyro 1 didn't age that well, but it aged much better than, say, Soul Reaver and Silent Hill. I love both those games to bits, but the antiquated controls are a major turn-off.

And I'm playing CTR right now. It's still the best karting game ever made thirteen years later.

Only the first Crash Bandicoot really sucked. The rest of that and all of the original Spyro are still fun as ever. The first Spyro might not have the same gameplay appeal as the others, but its world and tone as so flaming magical and gorgeous, it has to be my favorite. The simplicity is part of what makes it good.

Crash 1 would be almost as good as the others if it wasn't for that horrendous save system. I seriously don't know what Naughty Dog was thinking.

A great list except for FFVIII, that game was mediocre at best. The story was steaming pile of nonsensical gibberish that only makes sense if you're one of the people that believe Squall actually died early in the game and the rest of storyline was him hallucinating on his way to the afterlife. The game world couldn't decide if it wanted to be medieval or futuristic and it turned out to be a horrible bastardization of both. Some people are into that sort of thing, but it doesn't work for me. Finally, the combat system managed to simultaneously be overly complicated and painfully limiting. The only two bright spots of the entire game were the card game (which eventually got ruined if you managed to spread the wrong rules to a new region), and the song "Eyes on Me".

Agreed. They should remove that and replace it with Parasite Eve.

All Final Fantasy stories are steaming piles of nonsensical gibberish that can't decide if they want to be medieval or futuristic. What's your point, exactly?

You hit the nail on the head as far as the number one spot is concerned. Metal Gear Solid is the ONLY PS1 game I still love to play on a regular basis. MGS was the reason I bought a PS1, MGS2 was the reason I bought a PS2, and MGS4 was the reason I bought a PS3. There has not been a better gaming series in my opinion, despite the hiccups that were presented in MGS2.

Very well said, though i disagree that MGS2 even had hiccups. Everything that people hated about 2, i loved. It doesn't deserve the bad reputation (compared to the rest of the series) it has.

Spyro's gameplay still holds up well and it still really enjoyable. I rebeat Spyro 2 a winter or two ago, and still had a blast with it. Also spent a day at my friends college a year or two back playing Spyro 1, and had a blast with that too.

I think Parasite Eve should have been on there. The mitocondria say so. I agree with FF VIII. I had/have more fun playing that instead of VII.

nerdboner.

Not spam, just sayin' reading this gave me a nerdboner.

Just realized that every single PSOne game I ever owned is not playable on Vita.
Crash 1-3 / CTR, Spyro 1-3 and Chrono Cross are incompatible and MediEvil II isn't even on the PSN.
I would have gladly paid again to be able to play them on my Vita, even though I still have the discs and play them regularly on my PS3. Guess I'll keep those sixty-five dollars and ninety-one cents, since Sony clearly doesn't want them. Wink wink.

This whole thing is really annoying me. I'm trying to download psone classics that i already paid for on the ps3, and while some of them work (metal gear solid, CTR) others don't (FF VII and VIII). it goes straight to my download list and says (this game is not compatible with playstation vita, even though it's in the list. help?

For a lot of them, you have to connect them to the PS3 and then import them, like you would on to PSP.

that's a horrible system, but i never did that on PSP. The only classics I ever downloaded onto my psp were MGS and FFVII, neither of which needed to be imported, just downloaded. But for some reason FF won't do that on Vita

what cable do i use to connect them anyway? never had a reason to until now and im not even sure if i have the cable

Are you talking about how to connect your Vita to the PS3? The charger cable! Unplug it from the charger brick and into the PS3 USB port.

Ivory_Soul, you're kindness will not be forgotten.

Where is Parasite Eve :(

I agree. I like Parasite Eve better than any Final Fantasy.

I'll be downloading Parasite Eve 1 and 2 to go along with The 3rd Birthday, as well as Resident Evil 1 and 3, since I already have 2, Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy VII-IX, Silent Hill, and many more soon enough... PSOne games seem to be more fun to play than some of the newer games I have that I can't get through cause I ADD before I finish them...