Final Fantasy X was my first PS2 game. There were so many amazing RPGs on it, but it also seemed like action games also made a big comeback on PS2, thanks to games like Devil May Cry. Grand Theft Auto III and Vice Ciry were also fun. I played Dragon Quest VIII with my wife, got FFXII the next year. My last PS2 game was Sakura Wars, bought in March 2010.
I think the PS2 would have crushed it anyway because of the incredibly strong position Sony was in when the PS1 launched. I loved the Gamecube, but Nintendo was in a weakened position and still struggled despite stronger Japanese support. Microsoft was finally getting a long-overdue lesson that throwing its overflowing checkbook at everything didn't guarantee domination. (Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be a lesson that they internalized.)
Even setting aside DVDs, the PS2 was pretty much the default choice, though the DVDs did help at first. I feel that being the lead console for the unexpected blockbuster Grand Theft Auto franchise was what helped Sony in the long run.
Soulcalibur and DOA 2 were very nice-looking games. On launch day, there were two lines at Software Etc. One line was for the Dreamcast, the other for Final Fantasy VIII for PS1. I was in the FFVIII line.
I got Skies of Arcadia Legends as my second Gamecube game. My original copy got lost, but I have since obtained another copy.. Grandia II, the Dreamcast's other notable RPG, I played on PS2 and now own for the Switch.
I was disappointed in the lack of RPGs, top tier fighting games, and Metroid for the N64, but Super Mario 64 and the Zeldas were amazing, and the N64 far outclassed the PS1 in first-person shooters. In addition to Goldeneye, I was a fan of Doom 64 and Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, both of which I have on Switch.
I've tried it, but I'd honestly rather just play the games it attempts to emulate.
The PS1 was also my first non-Nintendo system since Atari days. In my case, though, it was because the Nintendo 64 had an almost complete lack of RPGs, my favorite genre. When you're doing cover features on Quest 64 because you have no other RPGs to show, you've lost the plot. The lack of any high-quality fighting games on the level of Tekken or Virtua Fighter didn't help.
My PS1 was the first thing I bought with my first paycheck from a regular scheduled job at Wendy's, and the first game I bought for it was Final Fantasy VII. I bought a butt-ton of RPGs over the next couple of years, with Lunar 2 being the last PS1 RPG I bought before I upgraded to PS2. I still have both Lunars for PS1 in their original boxes with all the feelies.
These days, Windows PCs that aren't complete potatoes cost as much as some Macs, while even the low-end Macbooks are still very capable machines compared to low-end PCs. That helped facilitate my switch.
I remember my parents played Myst and The 7th Guest together. I played them a bit, but I was more interested in Zelda and Final Fantasy on SNES. I did play Doom, Wolfenstein, and Heretic/Hexen with my dad, though.
My SNES came bundled with A Link to the Past, which was the most amazing game I'd ever played up to that point. I also got Mortal Kombat II, which was one of the best arcade to home conversions pre-PS1, and was a harbinger of Nintendo's reversal of its censorship policies. It was ironically released 1 week before the industry-wide ESRB ratings system went live, so it just had a small warning label on the front of the box. Nintendo had tried to be family friendly in response to Congressional threats to regulate the video game industry, but they lost big on the first MK game.
Super Metroid was another near-perfect SNES game, still arguably my favorite side-scroller of all time. I was disappointed when Nintendo never made a Metroid game for the N64.
Honestly, I don't either. Mac works with my iPhone, and its free applications are as good as Microsoft Office. Plus, the computer has a lot less bloatware.
It doesn't do a lot of games, since a lot of game companies seem to have given up on the Mac market even before Apple switched from Intel to Apple Silicon, though it does include a few. You can even get Resident Evil Village on the App Store, and I have Cities Skylines on mine. But for everything else, I like my Macbook better than I ever did Windows, which now seems hopelessly clunky and bloated by comparison. My Mac never randomly shuts down to update itself.
