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Poy Poy is a blast!

I also wonder how games on CDs work, anyway. There's only so much info that can be read at one time by the laser, and I just don't understand how the disc could move back and forth really fast to keep up with your button pressing.

 

The game is loaded into RAM from the CD before you start playing. This is why you have to wait so long on newer systems to start playing the game, unlike older systems where the game is immediately loaded from the cartridge. It's also why you have to wait a while between levels... RAM is finite (especially so on the PS1), so after completeing a level, the system must load the next level into RAM before you can play it. If the disc is spinning during gameplay, it's probably just playing music from the CD.

Great info! Thanks, sdamon.

Do you have a PS2? That probably had even more games for it than the PS1. Although I agree with you wanting one so bad.

Puzzle games? Super Bubble Pop and Ballistic are a couple cheap fun ones. Roll Away is kind of puzzle like too.

No, I don't have a PS2, just the original PS1.

For 2D games you might want to check out the Oddworld series.

 

Also have a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_games in particular the re-releases.