My Playstation Games

Genre: Racing
Company: 989
ESRB: E

Description: "3-D racing like never before. Extreme all-terrain racing on ten treacherous new tracks. Master new obstacles, catch more air, and perform challenging stunts in the most intense racing experience ever. 10 new unrelenting tracks--Race through canyons, national parks, roller coasters and more. New obstacles to conquer--Corkscrews, waterfalls, volcanoes and bottomless pits. One and two player racing--Both horizontal and vertical split-screen racing. Improved polygonal graphics."
Playability: Extremely playable and replayable.
Ease of Save: Saves your progress from track to track.
Other comments: My absolute favorite of my original PS games, though I never thought I'd be interested in a racing game like this.

**Highly Recommended**

Genre: Racing
Company: 989
ESRB: E

Description: "Harness the blurring speed of 11 ultra-realistic, all-terrain jet hover bikes. Feel the bone-smashing action of 19 treacherous, obstacle-ridden environments including suberranean graveyards, ancient cities, alien worlds and the wildest, most thrilling stunt tracks ever designed. Experience an all-new blazing-fast 3D engine with realistic MotoPhysics handling. Jostle, sideswipe and rip it up in 1-player and 2-player competition. The rush is back!"
Playability: Extremely playable and replayable.
Ease of Save: Saves your progress from track to track.
Other comments: Not quite as great as the second in the series, but some improvements that make it well worth checking out if you liked the second.

Genre: Racing
Company: 989
ESRB: E

Description: "Harness the blurring speed of 11 ultra-realistic, all-terrain jet hover bikes. Feel the bone-smashing action of 19 treacherous, obstacle-ridden environments including suberranean graveyards, ancient cities, alien worlds and the wildest, most thrilling stunt tracks ever designed. Experience an all-new blazing-fast 3D engine with realistic MotoPhysics handling. Jostle, sideswipe and rip it up in 1-player and 2-player competition. The rush is back!"
Playability: Extremely playable and replayable.
Ease of Save: Saves your progress from track to track.
Other comments: Not as good as either of the other two games, and all the tracks in this can be found in the second game, with the improved graphics of that version. If you were to only buy one of the three games, I'd recommend the second of the series.

Genre: Platform
Company: GT Interactive Software
ESRB: T

Description: "Once you were just a slave laborer in a horrid meat-processing plant...Now you're next on the menu. In a lush world of diabolical danger where everyone wants to eat you, you're the skinny guy with no weapons. Run, jump, hide, scramble and talk your way past the ugliest bunch of carnivorous crustaceans ever created. Unlock Abe's special powers then figure out your foes, and your might save your race. Don't and you're dinner! Enter Oddworld's surreal, sensory overload of pure gaming and claim your destiny. Savior. Or Salami."
Playability: A fairly playable platformer, though several levels get quite complex.
Ease of Save: Saves to the beginning of the level you are on.
Other comments: One of my favorite of my original PS games, surprisingly complex for the platform, and definitely a lot of fun. This and Exoddus are pretty much equally playable, though the third was only available on X-Box, I believe.

Genre: Platform
Company: GT Interactive Software
ESRB: T

Description: "ODD things are happening at SoulStorm Brewery. It seems that the greedy Glukkons are using Mudokon tears as a key ingredient in their best-selling beverage, SoulStorm Brew. And they'll stop at nothing to get them, for torturing the Mudokons is their preferred lifestyle! Once again, it's up to Abe to save his race, with just his loin-cloth, chants, and wits. Not to mention a bad case of gas. Sound ODD? Welcome back to Oddworld."
Playability: A fairly playable platformer, though several levels get quite complex.
Ease of Save: Saves to the beginning of the level you are on.
Other comments: One of my favorite of my original PS games, surprisingly complex for the platform, and definitely a lot of fun.

Genre: Puzzle/Arcade
Company: Infograms
ESRB: E

Description: "Puzzle players unite! Ballistic is the exciting new action puzzle game everyone's talking about! it's simple to play and offers endless hours of fun. your goal is to keep the balls from reaching the center gate. Rotate the launcher and shoot the balls into the constantly growing string of balls. Matching 3-of-a-kind creates a 'chain reaction' and makes them disappear. Combine multiple chains for even more points!"
Playability: Like most puzzle games, very replayable, and fairly easy to pick up at the beginning. Can get a bit dull if you overplay.
Ease of Save: No need to save.
Other comments: Good, brainless puzzles, but gets repetitive after a while.

Genre: Trivia
Company: Sierra interactive
ESRB: T

Description: "The supersonic trivia dogfight. So, think you know everything from The Big Bang to Wu-Tang? Well, think again because YOU DON'T KNOW JACK. Buckle up, baby, because the game show where high culture and pop culture collide takes you from the green room to sonic boom so fast you just might get whiplash. Behind the wheel is one hilarious host, and when he kicks it up to Mock 2, your TV will never be the same."
Playability: Like most trivia games, replayable, but with an increasing chance to repeat trivia the more you play.
Ease of Save: No need to save.
Other comments: Fun trivia, but gets repetitive after a while, and definitely more fun with several players.

Genre: RPG
Company: Midway
ESRB: T

Description: "Out of conflict, legends are born. Arm yourself and a friend for adrenaline-drenched action to combat evil forces! Use powerful sorcery, exotic power-ups and 'Items of Legend' to save the realm! Choose from the 4 classic characters, (Valkyrie, Warrior, Wizard, Archer) and unlock four hidden ones! Over 20 in-game quests with related cinematics! Save your characters for future battles or to take to a friend's house!"
Playability: Easily replayable, but repetative.
Ease of Save: Saves between levels.
Other comments: This version is all right, but you're limited to two players. The later PS2 Gauntlet Dark Legacy game has everything this game has with much more playability. If you only intend to get one, that is the one to choose.

Genre: Arcade
Company: Namco
ESRB: E

Description: "Turn your home into an arcade with 6 classic hits! Namco Museum Vol 3 offers up the most exciting titles found in our massive arcade archives. Galaxian, Ms. Pac-Man, Pole Position II, Dig-Dug, Phozon, and the Tower of Druaga--all preserved in the Namco time-capsule so you can enjoy them today on the PlayStation game console."
Playability: Depends on the player, but all of the games are easily replayable, so long as you like them.
Ease of Save: No need.
Other comments: These Namco titles are a toss-up. But they're good on days when you just want something simple to play.

Genre: Platform
Company: Eidos
ESRB: T

Description: "An Epic Egyptian Adventure! Laura embarks on a journey of discovery across Egypt, where she must overcome the most ingenious puzzles and infernal traps ever devised, and face terrifying evil from beyond the grave... With more twists and turns than an Egyptian labyrinth, this is heart stopping action-adventure; a Tomb Raider that truly offers... The Last Revelation."
Playability: I think for the right player, this could be fairly replayable, but I never got into it quite enough.
Ease of Save: Saves between levels.
Other comments: While I like the idea of this, I never really got into this series, and really, I tried to too late.

Genre: RPG
Company: EA Games
ESRB: E

Description: "Hogwarts Term Begins... Be Harry Potter in a magical adventure filled with wizardry, fun, and danger."
Playability: I wasn't impressed with the game play in this one. The redone PC version is much better.
Ease of Save: Save-points throughout the game.
Other comments: I played this through the first few levels, but then I hit potions class, and was unable to get past a certain puzzle due to the difficulty level of the puzzle. If you play this one, I highly recommend the newer version of the PC game, which removed said puzzle.