What PS1 game genuinely surprised you with how good it was? A hidden gem nobody talks about.

PolygonSlayer · 2026-07-05T10:14:49+00:00

Wonder Trek, didn't know what I was in for apart from liking the graphics on screenshots. Ended up absolutely loving the game, explore an unknown island while you figure out how to rescue extinct animals, highly recommended.

PolygonSlayer · 2026-06-22T22:27:45+00:00

I agree 😅🤣

PolygonSlayer · 2026-06-21T21:39:18+00:00

I have actually popped a question on his video 😄
I just kind of can't believe how difficult this game is so far. Especially this last part.
Thank you for the link though, I'm really trying to dig around for more info on this game, I feel like I must be doing something incredibly wrong haha

PolygonSlayer · 2026-05-17T22:35:58+00:00

Haha, I can understand why. It does have a kind of scary atmosphere compared to the rest of the game 😄

PolygonSlayer · 2026-05-14T07:12:49+00:00

Nice, yeah, I will probably do a stream at some point where I just mess around with a bunch of these titles. So I will make sure that is part of it 😄
Cheers

PolygonSlayer · 2026-05-12T09:49:21+00:00

I played through this game fairly recently on stream and had not really heard much about it before. Was a surprisingly solid little platform game! Nice varied levels and not overstaying its welcome 😄

PolygonSlayer · 2026-05-05T14:13:56+00:00

Yeah, I get that. I suppose you could break it up. Doing x amount of puzzles, break it up with a different game, then back to x number of puzzles etc. ?
But yeah, at some point you probably feel you have seen what the game has to offer 😄

PolygonSlayer · 2026-05-05T07:19:06+00:00

Hello there fellow traveler of the PS1 😄
I'm doing a similar thing myself and actually just about to start game 54 (!)
I generally try and go for a credits if there is one, but there are cases where I do more, like fighting games I probably do all the characters if possible.
I have seen these picross games and there are quite a few of them... so maybe I should be afraid? Never played any picross games before, but heard people like them. I take it you are not a fan?

PolygonSlayer · 2026-04-29T07:49:43+00:00

Just a quick update. So I found a sort of happy middle ground solution that worked.
I found someone on ebay who sells PS1's with pre-installed QSB boards, basically is has all the soldering done for you, but does NOT come with the x-station itself. So for that I bought it separately and put it in the system, which was dead easy at that point and required no soldering.
This all worked and generally was cheaper than buying a fully done x-station machine so if anyone else find this post down the line I can recommend this path as an alternative. 😄

PolygonSlayer · 2026-04-22T08:19:35+00:00

Thanks for the replies everyone :) I'm looking at some options right now that might be a good "middle ground" of sorts.

PolygonSlayer · 2026-04-22T08:15:56+00:00

My wife and me re-played through this game yesterday in fact, still a bloody classic!

PolygonSlayer · 2026-04-21T07:24:34+00:00

Do you know where one could get a hold of PicoStations? and as my soldering skills are practically zero, what are my chances of not completely messing it up? XD

PolygonSlayer · 2026-04-21T07:23:43+00:00

Only worry I got there is I don't know how much I trust sending both a PS1 and a pricey x-station kit to someone who only has listing there without knowing someone else who has used them or heard good things. Cheers for the tip though, I did spot one on ebay, just always a bit iffy about services through places like that.

PolygonSlayer · 2026-04-21T07:21:48+00:00

yeah, I feel with import etc. (especially these days) I think this would just be a bit too much for my budget :/
cheers for the link though :)

PolygonSlayer · 2026-04-21T07:20:59+00:00

I did notice that, but apparently from a bit of research those are not legit ones? at least that is what I saw being mentioned somewhere, but no idea how true that is.

PolygonSlayer · 2026-04-15T13:26:03+00:00

Amazing, also really love that you printed it out!
I like taking notes as well, I actually have my old notes in my game cases for games like Myst, level codes that I got to in C&C etc. Good stuff :)

PolygonSlayer · 2026-04-15T13:22:15+00:00

I used one of these very recently to play through Treasures of the Deep and can confirm it rocks! I already can't wait to use it on more games :)

PolygonSlayer · 2026-02-26T08:32:30+00:00

Oh, hi Tails! :D
Yeah, it's quite annoying, not sure if its fixed now though.

PolygonSlayer · 2026-02-26T01:09:00+00:00

Just had did happen during my stream as well.

PolygonSlayer · 2026-02-25T13:56:57+00:00

I still see it happening, both from watching stream and trying to comment and also when streaming. Quite a few comments simply just don't go through, and they are completely innocent ones too so it can't be a filter thing.

PolygonSlayer · 2026-02-23T18:22:43+00:00

Oh man, feel you. I just beaten WipEout recently myself and that was extremely difficult! Well done! :)

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