Episode 166 - The PlayStation Draft
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Released February 23, 2024 listen
Show notes:
Time for our first draft episode of 2024! It’s the turn of the PlayStation, one of the most important consoles in history. Listen to the episode, then vote on who picked the best 10 games in the pinned tweet @BackPagePod on Twitter.
This week’s music is from the R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 soundtrack by Kohta Takahashi, Hiroshi Okubo and Asuka Sakai, plus the Tekken 3 soundtrack by Nobuyoshi Sano and Keiichi Okabe.
Fake Categories Posted On Twitter Before Episode[edit | edit source]
- Wrestling game where Stone Cold Steve Austin looks like a thumb
- War crime of a 3D platformer
- I played this once on a demo disc and remember it being good for 8 minutes
- James Bond game that wasn’t GoldenEye
- Game based on either KISS or the Wu-Tang Clan
- Features Chris Tarrant or Anne Robinson
- Extreme sports game that was clearly worse than Tony Hawk’s
- Cursed Squaresoft RPG that eight blokes on a forum say was good
- PC port that was essentially unplayable with a PSone controller
- I can’t believe this series made the leap from the 16-Bit era, holy fuck why
Actual Draft[edit | edit source]
| Category | Samuel's Pick | Matthew's Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Fighting game | Tekken 3 (3) | Bushido Blade (9) |
| Shooter | Einhänder (9) | Syphon Filter (5) |
| Survival horror | Silent Hill (8) | Resident Evil 2 (2) |
| Racing or sports | Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (5) | R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 (4) |
| Licensed game | Die Hard Trilogy (4) | Alien Trilogy (8) |
| Platformer | Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back (6) | Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped (10) |
| RPG | Final Fantasy VIII (10) | Final Fantasy VII (1) |
| 90+ on Metacritic | Metal Gear Solid (1) | Legacy of Kane: Soul Reaver (7) |
| Wild card | Vagrant Story (6) | |
| Free pick | Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (2) | Xenogears (3) |
Matthew won 51% to 49%
Honourable Mentions & Also-Rans[edit | edit source]
- Spider-Man
- PaRappa the Rapper
- Rayman 2: The Great Escape
- Dino Crisis
- Fear Effect
- Wipeout
- Colony Wars
- G-Police
Lore[edit | edit source]
Matthew posted a picture of the low-hanging chandelier at his brother's house, made of magnifying glasses, and it made quite a sensation.