10 Hardest PS1 Games of All Time

These super hard PS1 games drove some kids crazy back in the 1990s, even if you wouldn't think it from a quick glance at their box art.

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The list

Driver
Skullmonkeys
Heart of darkness
Crash bandicoot
Einhander
Alundra
King’s field
Fear effect 2; retro helix
Tomb raider 3
Rayman

I’m not going to lie, I’ve never beat rayman as a kid or a teen. Last time I really tried rayman I was 19 and still didn’t collect all the lums. Evil Mr dark conquered my land for many years. 😢

[ChasterMies]

I played Driver on PC and I can tell you that the parking garage was a nightmare. Almost as bad as the first boss of Ninja Gaiden on Xbox.

[INMATEofARKHAM]

I'm pretty sure they're is no other level in Driver than the parking garage. If there is I never saw it. 🤣

[Rainbowcookie]

@inmate 😅😅🤣

[shinoff2183]

Man kings field was the sh. I remember that took me forever to beat. I was probably 14 or so. Upstairs neighbor smoked me up. Let me borrow it and I was hooked.

[franwex]

Yes. Driver’s tutoring level is ridiculous.

I played Fear Effect 2 when it first came out, and don’t recall it being that difficult. If anything, it was a lot easier than the first and less frustrating as the loading times were greatly reduced.

Rayman I played in the Gameboy advance and never bothered to finish it.

[CrimsonWing69]

I don’t think Einhander is one of the hardest PS1 games of all time. It’s not easy, sure, but I beat it and, to put context behind that, I barely beat any shmups.

[Terry_B]

Rayman belongs on that list..the others don't

[electroblood]

Sorta expected the original Valkyrie Profile on here. Although a lot of that might have been wading through a lot of mechanics not surfaced in the most elegant way.

[SimpleSlave]

The Driver tutorial is the true Cuphead of tutorials...

[chicken_in_the_corn]

Driver 2 is far more difficult than the first imo

[anast]

I played a ton of Driver. I'm not into that stuff now, but it was a fun game.