PS1 Import Game Recommendations!

[KoLAddict]

My girlfriend recently found an old PS1 she gave me. I ordered PS x Change Version 2 so I can play imports on it. My question is, what recommendations do you all have? RPGs are my favorite genre, but I'll play nearly anything. The only game I know of that I HAD to get was Tobal No 2.

[Kidpanda]

If you're into shmups, there's so many it will make your head spin.
Hermie Hopperhead is a fun little platformer.

[KalessinDB]

I had fantastic fun playing Vib Ribbon at an expo a few years ago, enough that I got myself a copy of it... but it's a rhythm game, so it may not be your cup of tea.

[Ghegs]

Man, that's a big question. There are tons of excellent imports of PS1. On the shmups side there's Gradius Gaiden, Dodonpachi, Harmful Park...from racing games Side By Side Special 2000 and Touge Max G...platformers like The Adventure of Little Ralph. Without narrowing it down a bit it's gonna be a long list.

[KoLAddict]

Man, that's a big question. There are tons of excellent imports of PS1. On the shmups side there's Gradius Gaiden, Dodonpachi, Harmful Park...from racing games Side By Side Special 2000 and Touge Max G...platformers like The Adventure of Little Ralph. Without narrowing it down a bit it's gonna be a long list.

Thanks everyone for the recommendations so far.

Ghegs, that's becoming quickly apparent, lol. RPGs, strategy games, and survival horror are my favorites.

[Exhuminator]

RPGs, strategy games, and survival horror are my favorites.

I'm not going to recommend any import JRPGs unless you can read Japanese.

As for import strategy games, I absolutely recommend this one:

Brigandine: Grand Edition

It has an English fan translation available.

Survival horror imports? These PAL region ones will do you nicely:

Hellnight


The Note


Chaos Break

Also see this page for more PSX era survival horror goodies:
http://www.dreamdawn.com/sh/reviews.php

A few other imports that you should get if you love yourself:

The Adventures of Little Ralph
(Excellent platformer.)


Korokoro Postnin
(Excellent platformer.)


Diver's Dream
(Underwater diving adventure game.)


Love & Destroy
(Really cool mech vs aliens battling.)


Rakugaki Showtime
(Fun as hell multiplayer battlin'.)


Slap Happy Rhythm Busters
(Nice cel shaded fighter.)


Gungage
(Fun third person shooter.)


LSD
(Lucid dream simulator basically.)


Front Mission Second
(Great mech turn based strategy.)
Has an English fan translation: http://frontmission.info/wiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Downloads


Rapid Reload
(If you enjoy Gunstar Heroes you'll enjoy this.)

ULTIMATELY based on the fact that you love RPGs, strategy, and survival horror, the number one game I can recommend to you is this:

Koudelka

It's an underrated quite fun hybrid of those genres with excellent atmosphere and a great story.

[KoLAddict]

Thanks for all the recommendations Exhuminator! I have a lot to look into.

[ninjainspandex]

if you like the Fire Emblem games you should get this game. Some of the developers of the Super Famicom Fire Emblem games left Nintendo and made a new game named Tear Ring Saga. It was so much like Fire Emblem that Nintendo sued them and won.

[Exhuminator]

Ah yes, I forgot about Tear Ring Saga. It also got an English fan translation:
http://www.romhacking.net/translations/1746/

[fastbilly1]

For horror:
The Note

For shmups:
Bokan to Ippatsu! Doronbo: Time Bokan Shirizu - based on the Tatsunoko Anime.

For beating the stupid USA price:
Team Buddies - No Japanese release, but the PAL one is cheap.

Edit:
Two others that I recently found out about:
Puchi Carat - Puzzle Bobble meets Arkanoid


Landmaker - Money Idol Exchange meets Rampart? It is really hard to explain