ps1 :
metal gear solid
r type delta
ape escape
resident evil 1
syphon filter 1 and 2(AWSOMENESS) and 3 was eh
tony hawks pro skater 1 and 2
dino crisis 2
dreamcast - most hellfromabove mentioned and more :
resident evil 2 and 3 (MUST MUST MUST)
confidentional mission(gun)
virtua striker 2 (awsome arcade style soccer)
street fighter 3 double impact (first and second version of sf3 together)
house of the dead 2 (gun)
under defeat (vertical shooter)
these are the must have I can think of for now
Syphon Filter was also a sleeper hit for the PS1. But avoid Syphon Filter 2 & 3. Not anywhere near as good as the 1st one.
WHAT ?!?!?
2 is just AS GOOD as 1 if not better. I personally liked 2 better because it was longer(2 cd),better weapons,music,etc. I will agree about 3 though..it was rushed and the "coolness" wasnt there.
Ok, so how exactly does that work? I have seen it a little on tv, but it was always FPS or Starcraft or something like that. Do you just go places and enter tournaments. How many tournaments are there? How often? Just wondering.
tournaments are held randomly at either arcades or console gathering. major tournies like ECC and EVO can have players anywhere from 100-200 per game and there are people coming from all over the country AND from japan,canada to compete. This years evo is supposed to have a grand price of $5k per game and a car I think.
there are online tourments through kaillera(online mame) and xbox live too but you dont really win anything other than pride and you get to make fun of everyone you beat

I've won various online tourments before. like 5 street fighter tournies on A@H.com(pop up land) and I won random capcom vs snk 2 tourny on shoryuken.com.