Some can only be played in English via the PAL version, but 60Hz compatibility is an open question. I wish we had a complete list of PS1 games that were only released in both Japan and PAL territories, with notes describing how well the PAL versions run at 60Hz. The PAL/European library has some really interesting games as well - I'm just starting to check that out, though there's some real garbage too (including a whole series where they paired hilariously bad ripoffs of recent animated movies with a jigsaw puzzle and a coloring book, and called the result a game). ![]() None of those deserve inclusion on a "best" list, some may not even be good games, but they're surely distinctive and unusual. I've been sucked in by some of the more overtly oddball stuff, like Finger Flashing, Kaze no NOTAM (a ridiculously laid-back hot-air balloon game that makes Pilotwings seem like The Fast and the Furious), and the rock-climbing game Mitouhou e no Chousen: Alps-Hen. But there are tons of games that are mostly or fully accessible to English speakers, and a handful of others have been translated like Policenauts and the original King's Field. I think the sheer size of it is overwhelming - probably another reason people don't talk about it more. There's some amazingly weird and experimental stuff in the Japanese PS1 library, and I've been checking it out quite a bit lately.
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