A Look At EVERY Psygnosis PS1 Game | Sean Seanson
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- Who ordered the overly long vanity project where I talk about 63 PlayStation games from the big UK owl company over the course of two hours....? Nobody? Oh well... I made it anyway so here ya go.
A Look At EVERY Psygnosis PS1 Game | Sean Seanson
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-Timestamps for each part of the video.
0:00 - Intro
2:40 - Format
4:17 - Wipeout
8:30 - 3D Lemmings
10:32 - Novastorm
11:46 - Discworld
13:17 - Defcon 5
14:56 - Destruction Derby
16:31 - Krazy Ivan
18:14 - Assault Rigs
19:53 - Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors
21:23 - Adidas Power Soccer
22:55 - Formula 1
24:46 - Wipeout 2097
26:45 - Lomax
28:26 - Myst
29:50 - Chronicles of The Sword
31:06 - Destruction Derby 2
33:01 - Riot
34:15 - Adidas Power Soccer International '97
35:17 - Speedster
36:25 - The City of Lost Children
37:57 - Sentient
40:16 - Lifeforce Tenka
42:19 - Discworld II
44:06 - Formula 1 '97
45:43 - Overboard!
47:27 - G-Police
49:47 - Monster Trucks
51:38 - Rosco McQueen
53:15 - Colony Wars
55:10 - Alundra
56:17 - Adidas Power Soccer 2
57:37 - Shadow Master
59:23 - Rascal
1:01:05 - Newman Haas Racing
1:02:38 - Spice World
1:04:43 - Adidas Power Soccer '98
1:06:26 - Blast Radius
1:07:29 - Roll Away
1:09:17 - Sentinel Returns
1:11:29 - O.D.T
1:13:15 - Formula 1 '98
1:14:40 - Colony Wars: Vengeance
1:16:14 - Psybadek
1:17:47 - Lemmings & Oh No! More Lemmings
1:19:31 - Eliminator
1:21:48 - Retro Force
1:23:13 - Rollcage
1:24:54 - Global Domination
1:26:58 - Pro 18 World Tour Golf
1:28:42 - Attack of the Saucerman!
1:30:10 - G-Police: Weapons of Justice
1:32:16 - Kingsley's Adventure
1:34:09 - Wip3out
1:36:47 - Formula One '99
1:38:33 - Rollcage Stage II
1:40:13 - Colony Wars: Red Sun
1:42:05 - Destruction Derby Raw
1:44:39 - Wipeout 3: Special Edition
1:48:08 - Team Buddies
1:50:06 - Formula One 2000
1:52:09 - Formula One 2001
1:53:33 - Formula One Arcade
1:55:09 - Firebugs
1:57:24 - Outro & Patreon Shout Outs
- Additional Gameplay footage
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I think we deserve a 5 hour video covering every single video game character named Brian.
Brian Fury is #1
@@Lifesizemortal I agree. * Laughs in " → → 1" **
especially Metroid series with Mother Brian
@@Tocy777isback0414 😂
Agreed 😂
Sean - a great compilation! Firstly, thanks for all the kind words and big-ups… very much appreciated! 🙏
And secondly, thanks for building a virtual C.V. for me. Although I didn’t work on all these games, there were enough included here to make it seem like I did. 😂
Glad you enjoyed the video! Thank you so much for checking it out.
Hey! You made my favourite song from all WipeOut2097. The name was "Body in motion", I remember every bit of it, great track from my childhood. I still listen to it from time to time, really love it.
Thank you so much for so many great memories!
@@mikelarrutiromero9430 my fav. was "Xpander"! I still listen to it sometimes
@@leonefurlan137 Great track too! The whole game is full of great music
@@mikelarrutiromero9430 The cool thing about that game was you can play the disc in a regular CD player and it just plays that killer soundtrack... probably my favourite game soundtrack of all time, what a time for electronic music (when rave culture moved in to more cerebral headphone territory...) I actually copied the game disc music to a MiniDisc(!!) and used to listen to that walking around
The mad man actually did it!
Psygnosis seemed to have developed every obscure yet memorable "game I played as a kid".
It's kinda like some bands like The Prodigy or Jamiroquai, just randomly rediscover some of their creations decades later and thinking "Man, was it them as well?"
Interesting fact about 'Rascal'. Initially, as its prototype demonstrates, it was going to have play control similar to 'Super Mario 64' in that you would control the character relative to the camera. It was changed to tank controls late into development because the higher-ups at Psygnosis wanted to capitalise on the massive success of 'Tomb Raider', and the lead designer, Jon Burton, didn't have the energy to argue otherwise having been burnt out on developing 'Sonic R' on the Sega Saturn. So, basically, publisher interference at its strongest.
On another note, the copy of Wipeout 3: Special Edition I own is the one with Destruction Derby 2, as it was far cheaper and close to Christmas time. Had it for nearly two years, and I couldn't be any happier.
Oh wow thats interesting! I can imagine working on Rascal and Sonic R around the same time would have been VERY draining.
It's extremely important to do one of two things if you are in charge of the existence of a project. It doesn't matter if you're writing a law, trying to get a game published, construction, or anything else. You need to A. Have such a deep knowledge of the subject that the only reason that you have employees is because of your lack of spare limbs. B. You are willing to stay out of the way of the person you hired that does have the knowledge required to get the job done. You'd never ask their opinion on money or marketing, so why in the world are you giving them unsolicited opinions about game design? I wish any corporation, ever, would learn this. It's how products people actually want to buy are made.
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While you aren't necessarily wrong, I'm not going to say Psygnosis were idiots for the decision. This was still very early in the days of 3D gaming, and initially the Nintendo 64 was all the public had if they wanted full 3D movement. 'Tomb Raider' just happened to be the most popular example of a 3D PS1 game, both critically and financially, so Psygnosis looked at that and requested a change thinking it would improve sales and suit the PlayStation better.
Of course now, we can look back and say it was a misguided decision that lead to terrible results, but it was a marketing decision in a time when there was no consistent blueprint. That's the most Psygnosis have going for them, compared to modern publishers that request changes due to unapologetic greed.
Oh yes sir. I'm HERE for this. Let me finish of pretending to do my job and I'll get this bad boy on!
@1:51:39 Forget just how good some of the really late PS1 games looked. Not even an F1 fan but with a little pixel smoothing and anti-aliasing these could look like an early PS2 games. Psyde note; a return to G-Police in VR would be a dream I never knew I wanted.
It almost looks as good as the F1 PS2 games
Sean continuing to raise the bar for retro gaming TH-cam content as a whole
been digging through the ps1 library with a group of friends and have found so many excellent recommendations through this channel - thanks sean!!
Oh wow thank you so much, you're too kind!
I was blown away when you said that the ps1 versions of Darkstalkers came from Psygnosis. They did a great job. Porting this highly detailed and fast 2d fighting game must have been quite a challenge, but they powered through it and I respect them for that.
It certainly was as it was delayed for some time before being released in time for Hallowe’en 96 or 97 in the uk. One magazine reviewed it and gave Darkstalkers a glowing appraisal even though it was later found to be barely finished.
There are so many titles here that I'd like to play that have a PC version. They could have a Steam or a GOG re-release, but since Psygnosis and its IPs were accquired by Sony it's unlikely that will ever happen.
Sony ignores some of its older, lesser known games and doesn't even bother re-releasing them on the PlayStation Store. It's a damn shame.
Sony is bringing their former PS4 exclusives to the PC while sleeping on the PC titles of entries they acquired. Sadly the PC titles most coveted would be a pain to sell for Sony cause they have copyrighted music in the soundtracks like Wipeout and Rollcage Stage II (Rollcage 1 on PC had an original soundtrack, and it's extremely slept on tbh)
A lot of these games I remember but forgot the names of and a lot of these I just have never seen before. Man, the PS1 had everything and I remember seeing that owl logo everywhere. When you saw that logo, it meant that you were at least going to have a unique time with the game. Thank you for shaking my memory a bit and for the video!
Thank you for this! The amount of IP Sony is sitting on is massive, and truth be told I can only see Wipeout making a comeback. Stranger things have happened though like Shadow of the Beast so here's hoping Firesprite (arguably Psygnosis successor) ushers in a a new golden age.
Awesome vid, Colony Wars looked freakin' incredible! Technical wizardry
Wipeout 3 Special Edition ^^ The best Wipeout game and easily in the top ten PS1 games. What a gem.
I clicked this video because it had a cool thumbnail, it was about the PS1, and it was two hours long. And it did Not disappoint. You got yourself a new sub mate, I even turned on the notifs.
59:23 - Rascal always gets such hate, it’ll always hold a fond place in my heart. Also your accent is just 🤌🏻🤌🏻.
This was a pure joy to watch! Man, it really shows how vast and different games where back then! Would love to see ODT come back, I have a soft place for that game!
Plenty of ODT fans out there! Glad you enjoyed it man :)
In some early prototypes of Rascal the controls were analog and not tank. The reason the game has tank controls was because Psygnosis themselves mandated Traveler's Tales to put them in because they were "trendy" at the time.
Kula World is one of the best games ever made. Having got through every level a few times, it's incredible. Roll Away might be a dumb name but they did get a bug fix for one level. In Japan, Kula Quest got the full experience as there's a few hidden levels that are not in the original or were, but inaccessible.
1:34:21 - Just love the branding and signage used for Wip3out.
It did the minimalist thing before it was overused, so pulled it off well.
I still think that 2097 has the best physics. But wip3out made the wipeout universe believable for me.
You didn't have missiles capable of destroying city blocks, or silly childish barrel rolls or loops. No overly forgiving absorb weapon option.
But things were done in a more realistic way - While weapons caused damage, they were reasonable.
all designed by the sheffield studio, 'designers republic'👌
I'm a linguist (as a hobby) and I love the accent man, actually your tweet about people trying to "correct" you brought me here and I had a blast with the video, having had a ps1 as a kid. Great job
Appreciate the kind words, thanks for watching!
Again in 1999, at one of the Euro Demos, I had the opportunity to play both Retro Force and Rollcage... an excellent entry into the futuristic pre-Y2k world.🤩👍
In the days when a decent pile of euro demo CDs was the most available for the PS1, the Psygnosis brand was really a very important and frequent thing for every gamer (in Europe) at the time.
Whenever someone discovers what kind of performance enhancing drug Psygnosis was on in the PS1 era, it’s all over.
Three PS1-style Indie games I recommend are Delta-Gal, Covert Critter, and Hypnagogia.
I'll check em out. Thank you!
Their ps1 games are one of the main reasons why I love them so much, so many good games I enjoyed in my teen years
Such a varied, imaginative and generally high quality range of games. Even more interesting considering I thought their 16-bit games were mostly pretty looking garbage. Great video Sean.
My freaking god, Sean, you just keep em coming, I love these long developer/publisher focused videos. Amazing summary, content and amount of footage, it must have taken so much time and effort. It's so much appreciated, my man, our PS1 hero. Also Psygnosis' logo just come up in my mind anytime ps1 is mentioned, what a variety of games. Hope you're doing well, take care and I'm looking forward to another video of yours.
Thank you so much! :)
Fun Fact - Lomax was named after videogame reviewer Ed "Pink Ed" Lomas. He worked for CVG and Mean Machines Sega magazines. A fan of Pink Floyd and would write with a pink pen apparently lol.
Amazing video, I can't imagine how much time this took to research and edit. The TH-cam algorithm lead me here, but I made sure to recommend this to all my retro gaming friends, criminally underrated channel. Came for Wipeout and Colony Wars, stayed for the thoughtful examination of PS1 deep cuts I'd never heard of.
Lead tester for Destruction Derby (plus PC version and Sega Saturn conversion!). Great memories.
Great video. I was expecting to watch this in a few sittings over the weekend, but ended up watching the whole thing in just a couple this afternoon. Top notch presentation as always. I really like these showcases and I hope you'll do more. This one has added a few more games to my backlog that I'd never heard of.
Epic video, so much info and great story telling & love the ole Irish sense of humor, never gets old haha. Seriously I thoroughly enjoyed watching this from start to finish with so many cool games, many of them I have played & consider to be among my all time fav's with the Destruction Derby & Wipeout series but I lot of games I overlooked or just wouldn't play back in the day, or more likely did play but didn't take to them at the time as I was always playing Resident Evil & games like it but after seeing these games again, I can now see them from a different perspective & having the positive outlook to try the games & give them a chance is worthwhile & makes me want to go back & revisit them which I intent to do.
This video is just another great example of the great qualities of the PS1 and its massive library of games as they presented an atmosphere & unique vibe that I really have never witnessed with any other console I have played games on or owned over the years & I still own a lot of consoles. Again another fantastic video Sean, will look forward to the next one for sure, Keep them coming. Epic!
1:19:31 I played Eliminator all my childhood on my cousin's pc, with those cdroms with lots of demos and flash games.
I've never seen other people talking about this game, amazing how very good it is, many good memories with it
I've been really enjoying your videos. Hope this channel gets recognition it deserves.
Chronicles Of The Sword was incredible, I wouldn't be surprised if we saw a major big budget TV series based on it. And perhaps a Broadway musical.
I’m glad you covered Rollcage, I would’ve picked it (more specifically Stage 2) instead of Vanishing Point, but I knew that it had an active fan base so somebody would probably bring it up, and also here it is! I actually originally learned about it because I got a game called GRIP in 2018 or 2019. GRIP was released in 2016 and turns out is the fourth entry in the Rollcage series, unofficially anyway. It was spearheaded by Caged Element and Wired Productions and is one of my favorite racing games of all time. Also there is some confusion around it being the fourth game in the Rollcage series…
Guys, we don’t talk about Firebugs, we just don’t…
Still I’m glad that stuff like this is still being made by devs who grew up and worked on games during this era (shoutout to Redout, Pacer, and Antigraviator)
When you said Rollcage Jesus I swear I had severe ptsd of some of the tracks in GRIP. My lord I don’t remember the name of the city planet by my god are all of its tracks hard
Glad to have the day off, playing some classics and watching this today!
Assault Rigs was the first video game I bought for myself, and I looooooved it. I was obsessed with that game for a while, and those songs are legendary. Just wish the multiplayer stuff didn’t require the link cable
Wipeout 3 was one of the coolest games I ever played as a kid.
I always dreamt of a G-Police remake. The only thing that was extremely frustrating to me, was the popping due to the technology limitations, and the short distance of the sight. With the current processing power, flying through all those immense buildings, that Blade Runner-esque environment, huge buildings in the distance... oh boy, it would be amazing. Imagine maps the size of Skyrim, but in this cyberpunk environment, flying, taking down enemies in cities full of life. I loved this game.
1:08:21 The answer is yes. It happened to me with Dark Side, for the ZX Spectrum. I loved the game, but I was a kid, and I had no fkg idea of what was all about or what to do and why. I just loved to navigate the maps and the strange sci fi far future vibe of it.
What a fantastic nostalgia trip, great work. I know that must have taken a while and you nailed it. Appreciate the WipEout love, a personal favourite.
I know that Psygnosis was pretty active on the PSX, but 63 games? Jesus.
Extremely interesting video! I just got back into PS2 and each day I'm learning about new PS1 and PS2 games I never heard about but will defi try out.
This video alone supplied me with many new ones. Already have your PS1 fan translations bookmarked to watch later as well.
I love how sean always tries to pitch games to you like he wants you to play every single one
Amazing video! One of the best documentary for videogames. Please, if you can, do it more!
Omg the city of lost children!! I didn’t know there was a game, but the movie was some absolute trip.
Daaamn! Good job, great vid. 2 hours of oure bliss. Seeing all those games again just gave me the nicest of feelings.
Lomax in Lemmingland really is one of the most gorgeous looking 2D titles on the console with that incredible pixel art by Henk Nieborg. And Wipeout 3 is imho the absolute pinnacle of hover racing (and wipeout for that matter). Everything just perfectly came together in that one. The absolutely maxed out and tweaked engine, the more mature graphic design by TDR and that soundtrack. Oh man. So many great classic by Psygnosis, it's actually really incredible.
Thank you for such hard work.
This is such a helpful list for someone who wants to collect all psygnosis PS1 games 🙏🙌
hey man, lovely video! thank you for making it! sentinel returns is one of the weirdest games i've ever played in my life but it's crazy memorable for what it is
I loved Destruction Derby as a kid. Had it on PC, played it all the time. Still haven't played the sequel, need to do that soon. Wipeout is amazing, so many great memories. I miss the Psygnosis icon and name.
always great to stumble across a high quality irish channel
discovered a many new games i added to my list thanks to your video! thank you!
absolutely love this overview, and all your ps1 content! i never had any sort of playstation growing up so its really fun to look back at this side of gaming history i missed out on
Ay thank you for watching, glad you enjoyed!
Two things I'd like to add about Rollcage and by extension, GRIP:
The PC version of Rollcage 1 does not feature a licensed soundtrack, but it's not something to scoff at. ATD's in-house composer at the time was clearly on a Jungle and Breaks trip cause it's banger after banger, especially the song used on the first snow track (they do not have names, but I like to call it "Velocity" due to the only vocal sample used)
Whoever played Rollcage 1 and enjoyed Offworld's track with the 3 towers and the tunnel that had a ship fly under? The very first mars-like track you run in GRIP's Career mode pays homage to that segment of the track almost 1:1
A well spent 2 hours. I didn’t even realize how long it was until I finished it today.
I am weirdo who loves the PS1s janky graphics. Warping textures. Lo res polygons. It was the last era that required a little imagination to see the games the way the developers intended. But that is just my opinion..
Thank You for this list. British Video Games are a very important and very playable part of Video Game history.
well, moderately playable
@@nepdisc3722the British created some of the biggest gaming IP of all time, and some of the best games of all time
@@fandangobrandango7864 yes I know about dizzy
this was just so perfect. Thank you. Help me discover games I will absolutely play on my grey box.
Another great video, thanks for all of the effort you clearly put into these
Outstanding video. Like always. I will say it again - these collection-videos of yours are super addictive.
Obviously love the video but also the way the last words about the game transit into the music of the next one, just a nice style for this long kind of videos that keeps the flow going
Epic video, man. I was impressed by Colony Wars: Red Sun back in the day when I played a demo. Such a stunning graphics! The first Psygnosis game I played was Destruction Derby on my old Pentium II, and Destruction Derby 2 was the fisrt game I played on my original PlayStation. I still play WipeOut Pure on my PSP sometimes.
I coming in from video cover, because I am keep finding some "90's jungle and drum and bass" music,
then I can understand "game I played as a kid" about Psygnosis, like the user "salokin" say.
Thank you Sean Seanson.
Fantastic vid Sean. I love the owl and it's many games.
exceptional collosal review here sean! Also, really glad you highlighted ballistic ng as it's almost criminal how underrated it is. looking forward to hunting down these gems. thank you !
This was great Sean, no company embodied the PlayStation quite like Psygnosis. I read that Formula 1 '98 was offered to Reflections, who declined to prioritise the development of Driver instead: Visual Sciences had a few months (at most) to work on it and the game released in conjunction with the last race of the F1 season, hence it feeling utterly unrefined, having minimal commentary and looking a mess. Agree with you on G-Police's controls, I thought they were fine. If you're interested, there's a similar looking game called Crime Cities that came out in 2000 and is on GOG.
Oh Crime Cities looks right up my alley! I'll check that out
Thanks for watching Tom!
Played many of these back in the day. So many stand out. G-Police, was EPIC.
Thankyou for makeing this video I think it's very interesting watch I had no idea they did myst or destruction derby 2 😊
"I hear there's a Chris Kamara game on the PSX, Chris?"
"I don't know Jeff, is there?"
REALLY good video. Thanks for your efforts.
Great vid, some proper classics and ones I've never heard before coming out of the cracks. Good job!
Thanks for the great vid my man! Much appreciate the effort put into every video!
What a highly underrated channel.
Well produced video, smooth irish voice, i dig it.
I was literally thinking about this topic about a month ago and today TH-cam blesses me with this video
This video is Excellent! Thanks take care
I have just discovered this channel and I am blown away. Thank you! Now to cancel this weekends plans and get me a PS1.
So glad I found your channel.🙂
ODT is such a throwback bloody fohot about it until now. Stunning work on this the massive views and growth well deserved 👌🔥☘
Really appreciate it man, just got lucky with the algorithm I guess 😅
Thank you v much - this is awesome!
Would love more content on Colony Wars trilogy and G Police. Both a whole ass vibe
Amazing video man!
Well this sounds utterly fantastic - I'll be enjoying this over the weekend for sure! Hope it was as enjoyable to make as I'll find it to watch!
Could have done without the heatwave mid way into the process, but it was a fun one to make! ^_^
@@SeanSeanson Christ yeah I can imagine that made the vocal recording even hotter haha!
Finally caught up on this glorious Psygnosis themed marathon. Loved it Sean and credit to you for another great video. What pleased me the most was the glowing report you gave to ODT. One of my favourite PS1 games and definitely something of a hidden gem for the system. A very interesting title with lots of neat ideas.
Thank you! A game like ODT is one that can be very easy to dismiss, especially if the person playing isn't super comfortable with early 3D third person games. But its a really interesting game with some cool systems and a really dense atmosphere, definitely something I think a lot of people would like if they gave it a chance.
I have been dreaming about this day and owl time has well and truly smashed those expectations! Absolutely amazing work you’ve done Psygnosis proud
Psygnosis are still around as part of XDev. They made the Wipeout Omega Collection along with assisted on other games.
Really nice TH-cam recommend me this channel, you have earned a new sub, excellent video
Oh my fuck what a beautiful video to come out right as I'm about to put my phone down to sleep. This will be a lovely one to fall asleep to!
I remember thinking, when I was a kid, if I ever saw the Psygnosis logo on a game I knew it was gonna be good. Also, Rollcage is one of the main reasons I fell in love with electronic music as a kid. (I played it before I ever played the Wipeout games. Sacrilege, I know.) This was a fun retrospective of a great studio, and definitely opened my eyes to some series I never played that I wanna check out now (Colony Wars and G-Police).
Omg the man with the loveliest voice on youtube doing the PS1's best DevTeam? Must be Christmas
Aw thank you!
You are one of my favourite TH-camr keep up the good work
Another excellent video, brother! Thanks for all the great suggestions for us psx lovers, got some new ones added to my list!
With a time stamp?? U are a legend man
That PSM art in the thumbnail!! PSM was a very close second on my list of favorite gaming publications. I'd recognize Adam Warren's art anywhere.
The Y2K aesthetic is just so _good_. Minimalism done right, with flair and fancy effects that make everything feel sleek and futuristic.
Also I just love that owl logo. Of course, I love owls in general.
Although I was late to the PS1 party, many of these games look very interesting. At least some of Psygnosis's influence lives on in other modern games.
i screenshotted the image of the saturn devouring the dreamcast and sent it to my friend because i knew it would annoy her and it did
Thx for this!
love to see it man keep it up
Now this is a great video. I had no idea Psygnosis put out so many games. Roll Away is one of my favorites and a must-try for anyone who hasn't played it.
The crime, though, is that they didn't port classic Lemmings to the PS1 until 1998. That should've been the one that came out in '95, instead of Lemmings 3D.
Well, I actually made a list and I can say I have played 14 games on this list (Although there are a few I did plan on getting to eventually). I do miss Psygnosis even if I wasn't able to appreciate them back when they were around. But my first demo disc did have Colony Wars.
Sasha and Digweed are some of my favorite djs ever.
wipeout 2097 is absolutely amazing, I remember it was on a playstation stand, in i think it was HMV in tottenham court road London upon it's release.
I was playing for ages and a small crowd gathered behind me for my awesome skills and the banging sound track lol
I was probably around 17 years old.
Also G Police is brilliant.
Great video.