In early 1997 I traded in my Nintendo 64 for a PlayStation, due to disappointment in the N64 launch window games (and their prices) and in anticipation of Final Fantasy VII. In the lead up to FF VII I discovered a handful of games that would become among my all-time favorites, like Suikoden, Twisted Metal 2, Resident Evil, Ridge Racer Revolution, and the original Persona. But the game that was most aligned with my FF VII hype was Wild Arms.
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I will never be able to get over the fact that Camelot released Hot Shots Golf on PS1 the same year they released the first Shining Force III scenario for the Saturn in Japan. These days Camelot just seems to be a Mario sports factory, but there was a time in the 90s when they were one of the most interesting developers in Japan.
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These days Sony is best known for their sprawling, single-player cinematic adventures. I love many of those games, but there’s soooo much more to PlayStation’s 30+ years of history in regards to first-party releases. A week or so ago I started work on a top 100 list, similar to what I did for Nintendo and Sega. I quickly realized that I was woefully unprepared.
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The era of CD-based “multimedia” games and software in the early-to-mid-90s was a wild one. Combine this with the “coolness” of PlayStation, the experimentation of the Japanese game industry, and the popularity of psychedelic imagery and electronic music and you get Baby Universe.
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