If you can get more than 15, it’s a good score.
Those were our halcyon days, back when the Playstation 1 reigned supreme as the one true console. The ugly grey shoebox was hardly a design masterpiece but it had some of the best games of all time; games like Crash Bandicoot, Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back, Crash Team Racing. And Croc.
Ok, nobody played Croc.
But how well do you know your Resident Evil from your Silent Hill and your Dino Crisis from your Tomb Raider?
Let’s find out, shall we. All you have to do is pick the game from the glorious low-res screenshots. I will accept nothing less than full marks.
How could I kick off with anything else?
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A killer robot with a lightsaber sword. Eddy Gordo dancing all over the shop. A wrestler with the head of a jaguar. You know what game it is.
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The GOAT.
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"It's going to have to be 'enter the police station' for me, Clive" - Andy Townsend, probably
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An easy one but it had to go in. Iconic.
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Imagine even being able to walk around with a sword that big, let alone fight a giant mechanical scorpion.
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If you get this one wrong I want you to immediately stop the quiz. You don't deserve to continue.
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Good time for a yawn and a stretch, I reckon. Probably not even worth having a look behind you.
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Even more unrealistic than the wonky building is the distinct lack of any other cars on the road.
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The character on the left, a karate instructor onion man, is called 'Chop Chop Master Onion'. This alone is better than any game out today. This is miles better than Horizon Zero Dawn.
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Not sure what is more horrifying: the game or those bootcuts.
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"You probably heard we ain't in the prisoner-takin' business, we in the killin' Nazis business. And cousin, business is a-boomin"
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Whip my hair back and forth.
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The velociraptor on the right looks like he's just remembered he's left the hob on.
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At the time, these graphics were mind blowing. No, honestly. They were. This used to look real.
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Paul Scholes hoofing it up to Shearer who can't be arsed to even challenge the header. Only 15 minutes in. Against Germany. In the World Cup. A disgrace.
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This is where unrealistic body image started. Look how angular she is.
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This is how you get ants.
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The soundtrack for this was just wall-to-wall bangers.
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The very last one. You're already checking if the discs are scratched aren't you?
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