A sale’s a sale, but there’s no sale quite like a Square/Enix sale when it comes to getting your retro game on. No fewer than seventeen classic games for the original PlayStation are on sale now through August 18th, so grab yourself a PSN card and head to the shop for deals, deals, deals like the ones after the jump:

Check out the titles and prices on these babies!

• Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain – $5.99
• Chrono Cross – $4.99
• Chrono Trigger – $4.99
• Final Fantasy V – $4.99
• Final Fantasy VI – $4.99
• Final Fantasy VII – $4.99
• Final Fantasy VIII – $4.99
• Final Fantasy IX – $4.99
• Final Fantasy Origins – $4.99
• Final Fantasy Tactics – $4.99
• Front Mission 3 – $2.99
• Legend of Mana – $2.99
• Parasite Eve – $2.99
• Parasite Eve 2 – $2.99
• Threads of Fate – $5.99
• Vagrant Story – $2.99
• Xenogears – $9.99

Overwhelmed? Don’t have the $77 it would take to scoop them all up? Yeah, we totally get it. Here’s a breakdown for what you should acquire based on your gaming likes, dislikes, and habits:

The Retro Role-Player: You grew up playing RPGs before they even allowed you to have multiple characters in your party. Of all the gamers here, you’re most likely to actually have a good number of these in your collection. Assuming you don’t (or they’re buried in storage), the must-buys here for you are Final Fantasy V, Final Fantasy VI, and Chrono Trigger. And if you’ve got a bit more cash to spare, consider Final Fantasy Origins, which is two remastered and updated NES classics for the price of one!

The Action Master: You don’t have time for this turn-based nonsense! You’ve got places to go, monsters to slay, and loot to grab. Also, screw 16-bit graphics because what are we, twelve again? Your grab bag should include Parasite Eve 2, Chrono Cross, and Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain. Legend of Mana is your back-up plan.

The Grim Gamer: The world and everything in it sucks, your soul is darkness incarnate, and you’ve no time to trifle with the likes of the norms. Reality is what it is, life blows, so get a helmet. While you’re at it, get Final Fantasy VII, Xenogears, and Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain. Add Final Fantasy VIII if you’ve got the extra gil, cuz it’s a love story where no one ever says “I love you” and two friends beat the shit out of one another in the opening cinema–those are the best kind.

The Master Strategist: Enemy armies bow to your superior tactical knowledge, and you’ve never met a class you can’t min/max into the stratosphere. A game isn’t finished when you reach the credits, a game is finished when you’ve managed to obliterate the final boss before he can even get through the second stage of his transformation sequence. Final Fantasy Tactics, Vagrant Story, and Front Mission 3 should be in your cart already. If you dig through the couch cushions, you can probably afford Final Fantasy V too.

The Cute Gamer: Strategy and tactics take a massive back-seat to just enjoying a beautiful world with lush settings, orchestral soundtracks, and anything else that reminds you of a fantasy land. Legend of Mana and Threads of Fate are obvious choices, but there’s also room for Chrono Cross in your life and Final Fantasy IX might scratch that itch too.

The Technophile: ‘Swords and sorcery’ is a fun genre and all, but haven’t we done Tolkein to death? How about games that take place in the modern world, where magic and giant axes aren’t the backbone of most societies? Xenogears, Front Mission 3, and Parasite Eve are just what you’re looking for, and you can add Parasite Eve 2 to your cart if you like a bit more action and a little less level grinding.

The Steampunk: The world can be saved by steam! You’ve known it all along, and that’s why only a mixture of magic and technology will do. You’re looking for Final Fantasy VI, Final Fantasy VIII, and Final Fantasy VII. Xenogears may also scratch that itch, as long as you can tolerate people stomping around in giant mecha.

The Cinemaphile: Story, story, story! Amaze me with glorious pre-rendered cut-scenes, give me emotion, give me angst, and give me the option to skip (but only after I’ve seen it once, because I don’t want to miss a thing)! Cue up Parasite Eve, Final Fantasy VIII, and Chrono Cross for some of the best FMV sequences you’ll ever see on the PS1, and if you’ve got deeper pockets, consider Xenogears even though the ending is rushed because the studio ran out of money before they finished the game.

Mr. ‘I Hate Exposition‘: Um…you do realize these are almost all Square/Enix games, right? There’s going to be story? Okaaaaay… We’ll just point out Goat Simulator (PS3 and PS4) is also on sale for $8.99 this week and leave you to it. Thanks for stopping by!

Michael Crisman

In 1979, Michael Crisman was mauled by a radioactive Gorgar pinball machine. After the wounds healed, doctors discovered his DNA had been re-coded. No longer fully human, Michael requires regular infusions of video games in order to continue living among you. If you see him, he can see you. Make no sudden moves, but instead bribe him with old issues of computer and video game magazines or a mint-in-box copy of Dragon Warrior IV.


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