Defunct Games's video: Electronic Gaming Monthly s Top 25 PlayStation Launch Games 30th Anniversary

Right now, as we speak, Sony is making big plans for the 30th anniversary of the PlayStation. That’s right, Sony originally debuted their 32-bit console in Japan in 1994, kicking off a hugely successful brand that has seen more than 500 million units sold and tens of thousands of games created across five different generations. But not so fast, American gamers. For us, the thirtieth anniversary isn’t until next year. For now, we’re just going to have to spend the day celebrating the PlayStation’s 29th birthday, which just doesn’t have the same ring to it. No matter the number, all this talk about Sony made me wonder what Electronic Gaming Monthly thought of the PlayStation three decades ago. What was their favorite launch game? As it turns out, the PS1 launched with a total of 12 games on the 9th of September, 1995, with EGM reviewing all but four of them. However, I thought it might be more fun to look at the full launch window, which includes high profile games like Mortal Kombat 3 and Jumping Flash, titles that were released a month or two after the consoles debut. For the sake of argument, I’m just going to include everything that launched on the PlayStation through the end of 1995, which brings our list up to 25 games. From massive hits to under-the-radar games you’ve probably forgotten about, what we’re going to do today is countdown the best and worst PlayStation launch games using nothing more than Electronic Gaming Monthly’s own words and scores. There’s no editorializing here, we’re just going to see what the critics said back when these games first came out. Get ready to find out if (e)NOS lives, because this is what happens when EGM Ranks the PlayStation Launch! 0:00 – Introduction 2:01 – Commercial: PlayStation Launch Commercial 2:23 – Total Eclipse Turbo (PlayStation) 3:10 – Kileak: The DNA Imperative (PlayStation) 3:46 – Road Rash (PlayStation) 4:10 – Zero Divide (PlayStation) 4:50 - Viewpoint (PlayStation) 5:26 - Gex (PlayStation) 6:00 – 3D Lemmings (PlayStation) 6:31 - Loaded (PlayStation) 7:03 – Commercial: PlayStation Launch Commercial 7:37 – Battle Arena Toshinden (PlayStation) 8:11 – NBA in the Zone (PlayStation) 8:35 – NBA Jam: Tournament Edition (PlayStation) 9:04 – The Raiden Project (PlayStation) 9:37 - Discworld (PlayStation) 10:14 - Rayman (PlayStation) 10:46 – Mortal Kombat 3 (PlayStation) 11:20 – Jumping Flash! (PlayStation) 11:53 – Goal Storm (PlayStation) 12:22 – Commercial: PlayStation Launch Commercial 12:55 – NHL FaceOff (PlayStation) 13:19 – PGA Tour 96 (PlayStation) 13:45 – Ridge Racer (PlayStation) 14:12 – X-COM: UFO Defense (PlayStation) 14:43 – NFL GameDay (PlayStation) 15:09 – WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game (PlayStation) 15:39 - Warhawk (PlayStation) 16:11 – Twisted Metal (PlayStation) 16:53 – Commercial: PlayStation Launch Commercial 17:23 – Question of the Day Join our brand-new Discord Server: https://discord.gg/d5Y7r787tv Defunct Games is on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/DefunctGames Defunct Games is on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/defunctgames Defunct Games is home to thousands of reviews, articles, comedy pieces, podcasts, features and more: www.defunctgames.com