This summer, Sony plans to shut down the PlayStation Store on legacy consoles, making hundreds of games for the PSP, PS Vita, and PS3 unobtainable once they do. Among those games are over two hundred PS1 Classics. Players who already own games from the library will still play and download them. With enough storage and deep pockets, it is possible to purchase every PS1 game available on the PlayStation Store before it closes down for good on older devices.
At the latest count, there are around 211 PS1 Classics available, give or take. Most of these games have a $5.99 price tag, with some games sporting a cost of $9.99. If a Sony fan wanted to snag each of these games, it would run them $1,335.90. Keep in mind that games go on sale now and then, and sometimes titles are added/removed as well. The end of this article contains a list of the PS1 titles currently available for the PSP, PS Vita, and PS3, sorted alphabetically.
The Classics
While the PS1 Classics line is in theory a collection of classic games from Sony's first-ever console, some games are more of a classic than others. Games such as the Arc the Lad series, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Final Fantasy Tactics, Front Mission 3, Mega Man Legends, Metal Gear Solid Parasite Eve, Street Fighter Alpha 3, Suikoden, Um Jammer Lammy, Wild Arms, and Xenogears are titles worthy of another playthrough. Players who still own a PSP, PS Vita, or PS3 and still want to play them should make sure to snag at least a handful of these PS1 titles before the PlayStation Store is unavailable for their legacy devices.
Is it worth shelling out almost $1,500 to snag each and every PS1 game available? Probably not, but $100 could snag enough golden oldies to keep a gamer busy for a very long time, depending on the games they choose.
Shutting Down
Sony has confirmed that the PlayStation Store will be closing for good on July 2, 2021 for the PSP and PS3, and August 27, 2021, for the PS Vita. Once closed, users will still be able to download any game they previously purchases, though Sony has not stated for how long or if that capability will eventually end as well. Multi-platform purchases will still work, so if a title purchased on the PS4 or PS5 has a PSP, PS Vita, or PS3, that title will show on the respective console's Download List. As for PlayStation Plus titles, they will always be available to redownload as long as members continue to renew their subscriptions.
This shutdown also means that any unredeemed gift cards will become useless, though any money in a player's PSN wallet will still be usable with PS4 and PS5 content. Any unused wallet funds will be available for a refund once each console's store closes. For complete information on the PlayStation Store closures for the PSP, PS Vita, and PS3, Sony has put together a FAQ to clarify.
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- 2Xtreme $5.99
A
- All Star Slammin D-Ball $5.99
- Alundra $5.99
- Arc the Lad $5.99
- Arc the Lad II $5.99
- Arc the Lad III $5.99
- Arc Arena Monster Tournament 3.99
- Armored Core $5.99
B
- Backstreet Billiards $5.99
- Battle Hunter $5.99
- Blood Omen Legacy of Kain $5.99
- Bloody Roar $5.99
- Bloody Roar 2 $5.99
- Bomberman Fantasy Race $5.99
- Bomberman Party Edition $5.99
- Bowling $5.99
- Boxing $5.99
- Breath of Fire 4 $5.99
- Bust-A-Move 4 $5.99
C
- Card Games $5.99
- Castlevania Chronicles $5.99
- Castlevania Symphony of the Night $9.99
- Centipede $5.99
- Championship Bass $5.99
- Chess $5.99
- Chrono Cross $9.99
- Chrono Trigger $9.99
- Command & Conquer $5.99
- Command & Conquer Red Alert $5.99
- Command & Conquer Red Alert Retaliation $5.99
- Coll Boarders $5.99
- Cool Boarders 2 $5.99
- Cool Boarders 3 $5.99
- Crash Bandicoot $5.99
- Crash Bandicoot 2 $5.99
- Crash Bandicoot 3 Warped $5.99
- CTR Crash Team Racing $5.99
- Crossroad Crisis $5.99
- Cyber Sled $5.99
D
- Darkstalkers $5.99
- Darkstalkers 3 $5.99
- Dead in the Water $5.99
- Delta Force Urban Wafare $5.99
- Destrega $5.99
- Destruction Derby $5.99
- Dino Crisis $5.99
- Dino Crisis 2 $5.99
- Dirt Jockey $5.99
- Diney Pixar A Bug’s Life $5.99
- Disney Pixar Monsters, Inc. Scream Team $5.99
- Disney Pixar Toy Story 2 $5.99
- Disney Pixar Toy Story Racer $5.99
- Disney’s Hercules $5.99
- Disney’s Lilo & Stitch $5.99
- Disney’s Peter Pan Return to Never Land $5.99
- Disney’s The Emperor’s New Groove $5.99
- Disney’s The Little Mermaid II $5.99
E
- Echo Night $5.99
- Evergreen Avenue $5.99
- Extreme Pinball $5.99
F
- Fighting Force $5.99
- Final Fantasy Origins $9.99
- Final Fantasy Tactics $9.99
- Final Fantasy V $9.99
- Final fantasy VI $9.99
- Final Fantasy VII $9.99
- Final Fantasy VIII $9.99
- Final Fantasy IX $9.99
- First Queen IV $5.99
- Ford Racing $5.99
- Front Mission 3 $5.99
- Future Cop L.A.P.D. $5.99
G
- Gex $5.99
- Gex Enter the Gecko $5.99
- Gex 3 Deep Cover Gecko $5.99
- Grandia $5.99
- Gunship $5.99
H
- Harvest Moon $5.99
- Herc’s Adventures $5.99
- Heroine Dream 2 $5.99
- Hi-Octane The Track Fights Back $5.99
- Hogs of War $5.99
- Hot Shots Golf 2 $5.99
I
- International Track & Field $5.99
J
- Jet Moto $5.99
- Jet Moto 2 $5.99
- Jigsaw Madness $5.99
- Jumping Flash! $5.99
- Jumping Flash!2 $5.99
K
- Kickboxing $5.99
- Klonoa Door to Phantomile $5.99
L
- Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver $5.99
- Legend of Dragoon $5.99
- Legend of Mana $5.99
M
- Magic Carpet $5.99
- Mahjong Uranai Fortuna-Tsuki no Magami Tachi $5.99
- Mass Destruction $5.99
- Medal of Honor $5.99
- Medal of Honor Underground $5.99
- MediEvil $5.99
- Mega Man 8 $5.99
- Mega Man Legends $9.99
- Mega Man Legends 2 $9.99
- Mega Man X4 $5.99
- Mega Man X5 $5.99
- Metal Gear Solid $9.99
- Metal Gear Solid VR Missions $5.99
- Metal Slug X $5.99
- Missile Command $5.99
- Mobile Light Force $5.99
- Monster Bass! $5.99
- MotorHead High Velocity Entertainment $5.99
- Motor Toon Grand Prix $5.99
- MYST $5.99
N
- N2O Nitrous Oxide $5.99
- Namco Museum Vol. 1 $5.99
- Namco Museum Vol. 2 $5.99
- Namco Museum Vol. 3 $5.99
- Namco Museum Vol. 4 $5.99
- Namco Museum Vol. 5 $5.99
- Nuclear Strike $5.99
O
- Oddworld Abe’s Oddysee $5.99
- Oddworld Abe’s Exoddus $5.99
- One $5.99
P
- Pac-Man World 20th Anniversary $5.99
- PANDEMONIUM! $5.99
- Parasite Eve $5.99
- Parasite Eve II $5.99
- Perfect Weapon $5.99
- Persona 2 Eternal Punishment $9.99
- Pong $5.99
- Populous The Beginning $5.99
- Putter Golf $5.99
- Puzzle Star Sweep $5.99
R
- R4 Ridge Racer Type 4 $$5.99
- Racing $$5.99
- Rally Cross $$5.99
- Rayman $$5.99
- Rayman 2 $$5.99
- Reel Fishing $$5.99
- Reel Fishing II $$5.99
- Reloaded $$5.99
- Resident Evil Director’s Cut   $$9.99
- Resident Evil 2 $$5.99
- Resident Evil 3 Nemesis $$5.99
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV $$5.99
S
- Sentimental Graffiti $5.99
- Shadow Tower $5.99
- Shooter Starfighter Sanvein $5.99
- Silent Hill $5.99
- SimCity 2000 $5.99
- Sim Theme Park $5.99
- Sno-Cross Championship Racing $5.99
- Sorcerer’s Maze $5.99
- SOVIET STRIKE $5.99
- Spec Ops Airborne Commando $5.99
- Spec Ops Covert Assault $5.99
- Spec Ops Ranger Elite $5.99
- Spec Ops Stealth Patrol $5.99
- Spyro the Dragon $5.99
- Spyro 2 Ripto’s rage! $5.99
- Spyro Year of the Dragon $5.99
- Star Wars Dark Forces $5.99
- Street Fighter Alpha $5.99
- Street Fighter Alpha 2 $5.99
- Street Fighter Alpha 3 $9.99
- Street Racquetball $5.99
- Strider 2 $5.99
- Suikoden $5.99
- Suikoden 2 $9.99
- Syphon Filter $5.99
- Syphon Filiter 2 $5.99
- Syphon Filiter 3 $5.99
T
- Tecmo’s Deception Invitation to Darkness $5.99
- Tekken $5.99
- Tekken 2 $5.99
- Ten Pin Alley $5.99
- The King of Fighters ’99 $5.99
- Theme Hospital $5.99
- The Misadventures of Tron Bonne $5.99
- Threads of Fate $5.99
- TNN Motorsports Hardcore 4×4 $5.99
- TNN Motorsports HardCore TR $5.99
- Tomba! $9.99
- Tomba! 2 $5.99
- Tomb Raider $9.99
- Tomb Raider 2; $5.99
- Tomb Raider III $5.99
- Tomb Raider The Last Revelation $5.99
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six $5.99
- Totto Trump Shiyouyo! $5.99
- Turnabout $5.99
- Twisted Metal $5.99
- Twisted Metal 2 $5.99
U
- Um Jammer Lammy $5.99
V
- Vagrant Story $5.99
- Vanguard Bandits $5.99
- Vib-Ribbon $5.99
- Virtual Pool 3 $5.99
W
- Warhawk $5.99
- Wild Arms $5.99
- Wild Arms 2 $5.99
- Wing Commander IV $5.99
- Wipeout $5.99
X
- Xenogears $9.99
- Xevious 3D/G+ $5.99
- X5 Airboat Racing $5.99
- X5 Junior League Dodgeball $5.99
- X5 Junior League Football $5.99
- X5 Junior League Soccer $5.99
- X5 Moto $5.99
