15 Games That MUST Be On The PlayStation Classic

1. Metal Gear Solid

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Metal Gear Solid is to the PlayStation Classic what Super Mario World is to the SNES Mini - the crown jewel which, metaphorical inconsistency aside, is utterly essential.

Solid Snake came in from the Alaskan cold in 1998, and along with inventing the stealth genre, managed to infiltrate and subvert the very firmaments of video gaming in the process. Hideo Kojima's defining work was one of late '98's Holy Trinity of industry changing titles, teaming with Ocarina of Time and Half-Life in redefining precisely what a game could accomplish.

Games have latterly been criticised for trying too hard to copy the silver screen, but at a time when most coughed up narratives that were more Hollyoaks than Hollywood, Metal Gear Solid's cinematic presentation was a monumental leap forward. It wasn't just a superficial triumph; the degree of agency was unrivalled - not even by Nintendo's masterpiece - with the game positively begging the player to think outside the box - or, within it.

Metal Gear Solid could easily be re-hashed and re-sold at top whack on its own merits alone - and in fact, it already has been - but hiding from view of a PlayStation collection is one piece of Tactical Espionage Action we don't wish to see.

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Benjamin was born in 1987, and is still not dead. He variously enjoys classical music, old-school adventure games (they're not dead), and walks on the beach (albeit short - asthma, you know). He's currently trying to compile a comprehensive history of video game music, yet denies accusations that he purposefully targets niche audiences. He's often wrong about these things.