If you have any Playstation 3, you can play any Playstation 1 game. If you have a Playstation 2, you can play any Playstation 1 game. If you have a PSP, and access to magic, and smoke, and mirrors, you can play any Playstation 1 game.

So, you can't lose buying Playstation 1 games so it seems, but what is worth playing? Ask on the Internet forums and you'll be bombarded with obscure Japanese 2D RPGs, or endless people telling you to play Ridge Racer Type 4. Like you didn't know that already right?

The question you've got is, outside of the obscure and the obvious, what's good?

Let PSXKid steer you straight!

1. Gallerians.

It's a bit like Resident Evil in the controls, visuals and game-play department. The game has you play the role of Rion, a kid with psychic abilities, and your quest is for the truth. Where do I come from? What is my purpose? What am I doing? You know the drill. Essentially, you march around solving problems, finding keys, and setting fire to people with the power of your mind. It's not totally without imagination, you have to keep Rion strung out on painkillers, or he loses control of his mind and arbitrarily wipes out everything he meets, useful, to a point, but he loses health-points the entire time.

If you've wondered what it might be like, making people spontaneously combust, this is the game for you. If you didn't like Resident EVil, you may want to avoid it.

2. Colony Wars - Red Sun.

The original Colony Wars by Psygnosis was good, but hard. Colony Wars 2: Vengeance, was too faffy, and fiddly. So, by the time Colony Wars 3: Red Sun came out, nobody gave a monkeys. Which is shame, because it's the best of the series.

The story is alright, standard sort of Scifi affair. It's different from the original heroic tale against impossible odds, but it's okay, more sophisticated than it's predecessor.

The graphics are awesome, both the in-game graphics, and the pre-rendered sequences, both really shows the power of the PS1. And it's much easier. Also, the ship handles well, the choice of weapons is good, and it's a good, solid playable today game.

3. Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere.

Ace Combat has been on a journey. A lot of people will have played the original on the PS1 and been turned-off to the series. Perhaps not turned off, but the thoughts of a sequel didn't really set the world on fire. Then, when Ace Combat 4 emerged on the PS2, and turned out to be awesome, people have been, to a point, anticipating Ace Combat games again. But, did you see what happened? You missed Ace Combat 3. Sadly in the U.K. we don't get the proper version, with all the missions and the story, but you can see the evolution from Air Combat to Ace Combat 4. Ace Combat 3 is very good, and worth tracking down. It's also technically impressive.

4. Rayman.

I liked Grim Grimoire on the PS2. I liked Odin Sphere on the PS2. I liked La Purcelle on the PS2. Rayman, despite being a PS1 title, and a platformer, it can almost hold it's head up in this group of games. It looks great, and plays great. You can download it on PSN for a couple of quid, or you can buy a boxed original on eBay for a quid. Well, worth the effort.

5. Carnage Heart.

A weird, weird game. Essentially, you build robots and use them to fight battles. The graphics stink. They really do, but the ability to 'program' the Artificial Intelligence in your little robots (they call them OKE's) is addictive, and very rewarding. This game is hard. It's not the actual game that is hard, it's the learning curve. And the manual is fiddly, and the interface is ropey. Can I recommend it? Yes. Because despite the failings, it's actually pretty good, and hugely addictive. It's pretty rare - but never pricey.