PSX/N64 games perfect for arcade cabinet

[s_busby_uk]

Which games from the Playstation 1/N64-era actually suit an arcade cabinet? I intend to build a cabinet for 2 players with the standard one-joystick, 6-button (each) layout, so games that require more than that range of inpuis have no real right to be on it. However, Super Smash Brothers, for example, would work rather well.

What other games for these systems are perfectly suited to the arcade cabinet experience?

[thomas_surles]

I hear mario cart and yoshi's story for n64 work pretty well.

[popsicle]

PSX favorites for me and the kiddos on the cabinet -

Einhander (pseudo 3d horizontal shooter)
Twisted Metal 2  : switch weapon, fire, machine gun, accelerate, turbo, handbrake (or hard turn)
Star Gladiator (3d fighter)
Crash Team Racing
Unholy War (kind of like Archon)

[popsicle]

Oh, and Tekken3

[Well Fed Games]

this thread: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,55003.0.html covers the Dreamcast and PS1 pretty well.

Of course my recommendation for PS1 is always The Raiden Project (for Raiden II, unemulated in MAME currently).

[bimm25e]

believe it or not Wave Race 64 is the shiznittle shnit schnappp on an 8 way joystick
Mario Party is good, as is mace the dark age, war gods, San Francisco Rush, gauntlet legends, 1080 snowboarding, snowboard kids..
racing games where you would need to "tap" the joystick to steer instead of finesse.  Automobili Lamborghini is out, Crusin USA is in.

I want to like Diddy Kong Racing so much but you really need analog for the plane stages
Mario kart is playable but its better with analog controls
I would expect smash bros to suck for the same reason... smash attacks are pretty critical...

Analog heavy games are destined to fail.  Mario 64 would be too frustrating at parts to be playable without analog, as would Zelda. 


I don't mess with psx too much because of large average iso size.  N64 library is like smaller than FFVII.

[s_busby_uk]

Yeah i figure anything on a 2D plane or that involves simple racing must be fairly playable - anything beyond thatI guess sucks. I hadn't considered the difference between the digital and analog experience - good point!

[DarthMarino]

Most fighting games would work well. I play these from time to time:

Mortal Kombat Trilogy
War Gods
Clayfighter: Sculptors Cut

[AlienInferno]

For PSX I like Einhander and Intelligent Qube (it's a puzzle type game)

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